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Indie stalwart Patricia Clarkson shows up as a married woman who provides Kepesh with regular, no - strings attached sex, and the always welcome Peter Sarsgaard is superb in a handful of scenes as Kepesh's son, who takes pride in a moral superiority over his absent father, only to find himself just as fallible.

Also on hand is David Wenham as Jason's dad Patrick, a wizened ex-pro golfer who flits in and out of a handful of scenes as if he was above the whole endeavour.

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He also serves as adviser and investor to a handful of other startups, making him one of the hottest commodities in the New York startup scene.

Long before I began stockpiling a rather eclectic collection of curiously homoerotic Men's Fitness magazines in my closet as a randy teenager, decades still before the global pornification of the 21st - century Internet age, my tender childhood libido found a secret refuge amidst the colorful scenes contained in a handful of old university textbooks placed happily among my parents» bookshelves in the family room of our home.

As a side note, this represents Jill Clayburgh's final screen appearance, so there's something unintentionally sad about her handful of scenes.

It's like Ingmar Bergman's Scenes from a Marriage condensed into a shorter timeframe and only a handful of rooms, although its depiction of a crumbling relationship can be just as complex, if not quite as emotionally resonant during its final stages.

Not much happens in The Midwife, but its depth and texture make this a moving film about families, time passing and shared history — and the handful of scenes in the maternity unit where Claire works, five or six little miracles of birth, somehow add to its sense of a life as mysterious and precious.

As the gay community sought to define itself, it's not surprising that sex, once furtive and approached with no small amount of fear and shame, suddenly became openly and publicly celebrated and sought after, and in a handful of American cities, the gay scene became the center of a wildly celebratory orgy that lasted until 1981, when the discovery of AIDS led many men to reexamine their sexual habits.

There are a handful of tense scenes in Eddie Coyle too, such as the cold and calculated bank heists and a stake out at a train station which ends in a brief flash of Yates» car chase handling skills, but these aren't what really make the film shine.

Though we only see a handful of them in action, each one is so unique (from their voices to their mannerisms) that it's amazing to watch as McAvoy jumps back and forth between them, sometimes in the same scene.

Captain America: Civil War was smart enough to act as a soft origin story for Black Panther, using a handful of well - placed scenes to introduce the character among the melee of the rest of the film, so that when Black Panther proper came out, we were already more or less up to speed.

While Poltergeist easily featured a handful of memorably scary scenes and moments of genuine intrigue, Poltergeist II only stands out for Julian Beck's formidable performance as Reverend Kane, whose harrowing face and imposing demeanor makes him a good foil for the naive but tight - knit family to test themselves against.

Irons appears in only a handful of scenes, but he's a kick as a pre maturely decrepit horndog lusting after the one young thing within his reach.

Irons appears in only a handful of scenes, but he's a kick as a prematurely decrepit horndog lusting after the one young thing within his reach.

And Alan Rickman, back as Professor Severus Snape in only a handful of scenes, manages to steal great portions of the movie with his carefully metered, acid line readings, like a cloaked version of Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly.

But for all the flaws in is overall design, Jayne Mansfield's Car has a handful of powerful scenes, most involving Thornton as a damaged WWII veteran and Duvall and Hurt as men who loved the same woman, but feel inclined to suspend their rivalry after she passes.

The scene is minimalist in conception, with the young Chiron asking Juan a handful of questions, which the man answers as carefully and honestly as any loving surrogate parent could, even as he wrestles with the inner conflict that defines Ali's revelatory and humane performance.

The film is moving, crawling, even, with passionate energy, leading to bombastic outbursts of emotion from its actors, all generally constructed as believable, organic forces even though many are tossed around in only a handful of scenes.

The film's immersive depiction of the misery of plantation life as well as hangings, near - lynchings, whippings, a rape and numerous other scenes of brutal punishment proved too much for a handful of academy members Sunday night, though the mid-screening walkouts were minimal.

Sometimes it leaves their bodies, too, resulting in a handful of eye - popping if unconvincing gross - out scenes that add just enough shock - value to qualify the generally comic proceedings as a horror movie.

The plot grinds through a handful of inept scenes involving two bumbling Boris and Natasha — type villains (Jake Lacy and Malin Akerman), but is injected with adrenaline by the appearance of Jeffrey Dean Morgan («The Walking Dead») as a smooth - talking government goon, self - described as «the guy who comes to change the sheets» when science poops the bed.

I'll make no bones about how 12 Years a Slave is a tough watch, as there are a handful of scenes of vicious beatings that will have many in the viewing audience having to avert their gaze from the acts of severe cruelty and torture inflicted on people who deserved none of it.

EXTRAS: The Blu - ray release includes featurettes on the film's visual effects, Joseph Gordon - Levitt's wire - walking training and the supporting cast, as well as a handful of deleted scenes.

Featuring a script written by Arcel, Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind), Jeff Pinker (The 5th Wave) and Anders Thomas Jensen (The Salvation), this movie feels as if all involved were responsible for crafting a handful of ten minutes scenes that they'd all figure out how to combine into a cohesive narrative whole at a later date.

Nymphomaniac: Volume I leaves off with a handful of scenes from the upcoming Nymphomaniac: Volume II, and it looks as if it could be darker and more disturbing.

Universal's DVD comes with an «Anatomy of a Scene» special and deleted scenes as well as a handful of featurettes on fight training, explosions, casting and other behind - the - scenes aspects.

At the risk of encouraging the dastardly duo to strike again, the movie does have some exceedingly rare bright spots: Crista Flanagan's Ellen Page impression is good enough to sustain a handful of scenes, and the attack by a bloodthirsty Alvin and the Chipmunks is sufficiently random to pass as inspired.

Recently, Furious 7 used CGI to add Paul Walker to a handful of scenes following his death during the filmmaking process, while the new Star Wars stand - alone, Rogue One, also used the technique to resurrect the late actor Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin.

Like Plank, Strunk pointed out that those handful of states, such as North Carolina and New York, with strong data systems dominate the research scene.

A small update to kick start the year off, you can now see a comparison between the GameBoy and Mobile versions of Seiken Densetsu (Final Fantasy Adventure), detailing the differences between the two versions of the game as well as screenshots of a handful of scenes side by side.

Even though there are at least a handful of eco-fashion brands on the NY Fashion Week scene, few have yet to charm me as much as EDUN.

Silent Vigil for an Endangered Planet In Istanbul, the International Day of Climate Action got off to a slow start, as just a handful of people gathered for a silent noon - time walk on İstiklal Caddesi, the popular pedestrian thoroughfare as well known for its regular weekend protests as its nightly party scene.

Mercer isn't a character so much as a handful of loosely associated scenes.

The home of this «California Gurl» features seven bedrooms and 11 bathrooms, as well as a handful of guest houses, a lagoon - style pool, and an atmosphere that sets the scene for the star's party - centric tunes like «Last Friday Night» and «Waking Up in Vegas.»