Sentences with phrase «helped by a cast»

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Now's the time to make justice reign in the academic community and soon all of America by casting out those who are too obstinate or stupid or evil to see what we can all now see with own eyes, what well - intentioned people can't help but know.

It's helped by a game cast, genuine thrills and ample humor that opens the doors for a serious conversation about casual racism.

Interested applicants were asked by the casting teams to bring anything they feel would help pitch their restaurant concept.

Fans then had to help cast the vote by retweeting who they thought was most worthy of the award, and the Costa Rican international thought he'd help the process along by voting for himself.

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By the way — look out for some exclusive interviews I had with the Director and cast of The Help.

I am heartened by that, because young people have for so long been cast adrift, and this will help to bring them into employment and training in a sustainable way, and also in a way that will perhaps enable them to garner the knowledge to create their own businesses one day and employ others, which is what we have seen over many years.

Director Uli Edel made the harrowing Last Exit To Brooklyn in 1989, an adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr's cult novel and he moves the action along very adeptly here, helped by an excellent cast and a strong screenplay from Eichinger, no stranger to controversial subjects.

BY GEORGE J. DACRE With author Mary Crescenzo in the audience, a cast of 13 portrayed the secrets, thoughts and frustrations of victims of the disease - Alzheimer's - that saps memories and revealed how programs can help the victims to some degree.

As for why they weren't all black, Sato says that the black and white colors of today's penguins help camouflage them by reducing shadows cast on their bodies.

It is not helped by the fact the cast appeared to not really know what kind of movie they were making.

First - time writer - director Aimee Lagos» time - skipping thriller ultimately adds up to less than the sum of its parts, but good performances by the youthful cast help compensate for the overly familiar story.

When that picture unequivocally flopped, Steven Spielberg helped rescue Scheider (and in many ways put the actor on the proverbial map) by casting him as the lead, Police Chief Martin Brody, in the blockbuster shocker Jaws (1975).

He does this, not simply through the strength of his cast (although this definitely helps), but also by dent of the fact that he is just good at what he does.

The Secret Circle boast an incredibly talented and beautiful cast of actors but that can not help the fact that overall its a little too safe, a little too boring for a show created by The Vampire Diaries» Kevin Williamson.

Popular songs from the past six decades help tell the tale of a colorful cast of goblins, elves, fairies and imps, and their hilarious misadventures sparked by the battle over a powerful potion.

Each of these people gets a chance to state their peace, and they're joined by an eccentric supporting cast of caricatures that includes Jeff's supremely dumb best friend (Paul Walter Hauser as Shawn Eckhardt), Tonya's very presentable skating coach (Julianne Nicholson as Diane Rawlinson), and the former «Hard Copy» reporter who helped turn Tanya's story into a national pile - on (Bobby Cannavale, whose hair alone helps to cement the movie's comedic tone).

It certainly helps that he has one of the finest casts I've seen so far this year, headlined by three tremendous performances from the leading triumvirate.

With the help of The Wrap and tweets from Production Weekly, we can almost piece together the increasingly large cast for The Muppets, written by and starring Jason Segel.

Helping Allen to make this possible is his wonderful cast, which is headlined by a near - Oscar - worthy Radha Mitchell, playing the title character with incendiary flair.

THE HUNTED does feel like a retread of many films you may have seen before, but is helped by a likeable cast and Friedkin's knack for action sequences.

Strong performances by many cast members and some heartfelt scenes (as when Bethany gets her first real look at the stump of her arm) help create genuine emotion in this story and a deeper appreciation for the impressive attitude of this young surfer.

Stephen Soderbergh's crime comedy casts Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as down - on - their - luck Southern brothers who decide to change their fate by pulling a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina, with help from incarcerated master criminal Daniel Craig.

Sure, nostalgia must help, but the 1980s strike me as the apex of comedy films, with their many entertaining works often populated by early «Saturday Night Live» cast members.

Voted on by 111,228 eligible SAG - AFTRA members and coming just over three weeks before Academy Awards ballots are due, the SAG Awards tend to honor character - driven films with sprawling, starry casts, like last year's winner, «American Hustle,» 2013's «Argo» and 2012's «the Help.»

The 1966 remake of «Stagecoach» (Twilight Time) can't help but fall in the shadow of John Ford's original masterpiece, but it has a cast that keeps the wheels rolling (including Ann - Margaret, Red Buttons, Bing Crosby and Slim Pickens), while «South of Heaven» (Synapse) offer a more contemporary western by way of blood - soaked revenge thriller.

It's helped by the performances of Kidman who casts an ethereal presence upon the proceedings.

Oscar ® nominee Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect series, Up in the Air) Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect series, How to be Single), Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit, Pitch Perfect 2), Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect series) Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect series, The Help), Hana Mae Lee (Pitch Perfect series, TV's «The Patriot»), Ester Dean (Pitch Perfect series), Alexis Knapp (Pitch Perfect series), Chrissie Fit (Pitch Perfect series), Kelley Jakle (Pitch Perfect series, 42), Shelley Regner (Pitch Perfect series), Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect series, Hunger Games series) and John Michael Higgins (Pitch Perfect series, TV's «Great News») all return and are joined by all - new cast members including John Lithgow (Netflix's «The Crown,»), Ruby Rose (John Wick: Chapter 2, Amazon's «Orange is the New Black») and award - winning producer / musician DJ Khaled.

This is all helped by the great cast, who all give fantastic performances.

The story is helped along by solid direction and a cast that embodies more than imitates the characters.

The accompanying score by Patrick Doyle and well cast leads Logan Lerman, Helena Bonham Carter and Gerard Depardieu help elevate this to an early Oscar contender.

Mr. Chan is helped in his quest by a British supporting cast: Claire Forlani, Lee Evans and John Rhys - Davies, playing Interpol agents.

The Help Directed by: Tate Taylor Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard Running Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Rating: PG - 13 Release Date: August 10, 2011 PLOT: Based on Kathryn Stockett's book, the story of one woman (Stone) looking into the ways that white people mistreat their black housekeepers in the segregated South in the 1960s.

I mean the darker, more unnerving question of how a movie adaptation of Paula Hawkin's bestselling novel, cast with a pair of Hollywood's most mesmerizing actresses (Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson), penned by celebrated «Secretary» screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson, and directed by acclaimed «The Help» helmer Tate Taylor can go so disastrously off the rails.

Directed by Gavin O'Connor (Warrior) and featuring a great cast with Natalie Portman in the lead as Jane who will do anything to get her husband back from a dangerous gang; including turning to her ex-lover for help.

Heady material that deals with serious philosophical and spiritual matters, the Archers nevertheless navigate the film with down - to - earth wit and charm, helped tremendously by a likeable cast lead by Niven, Hunter and Roger Livesey.

A very sweet romantic comedy, «All I Wish» is helped by it's fine casting.

She's helped considerably by a fine cast (including the too seldom seen Marie Riviere and Andre Wilms), but in the end it's Bruni Tedeschi's sure grasp of the milieu — and in particular her acute understanding of the specific foibles of a rich, arty but out - of - touch class nostalgic for an earlier era — that makes the film a modest but surprisingly substantial delight.

The hardboiled romance of good journalism and clamminess of bad politics is otherwise often enthralling, helped by a fine supporting cast, especially Bob Odenkirk as a cigarette - croaky, ur - reporter.

Ben Kingsley gives the performance of his career in bringing passion and humility to Gandhi and his helped by a superb supporting cast.

Helped by an excellent cast, Midnight In Paris is a perfect Woody Allen film.

While actors like Woody Harrelson, Daniel Kaluuya and Sam Rockwell will help introduce clips of movies nominated for Outstanding Ensemble Cast, all of the night's awards will be handed out by actresses.

Not only does it promise a whole new spin on the core concept — by focusing far more closely on the toll that Robocopping takes on Alex Murphy for example — it's assembled a great cast to help sell that story.

We're not sure U2 are helping either, but there's no doubting the strength of that cast, headed up by Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock, and including Max Von Sydow, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, James Gandolfini, Viola Davis, and newcomer Thomas Horn as Oskar.

The script, written by Ayoade and Avi Korine, will be helped along by a strong cast, not least Jesse Eisenberg whose «The Social Network» turn proved he can navigate morally ambivalent and socially awkward roles with ease.

Directed by Gareth Edwards («Monsters,» «Godzilla «-RRB-, and featuring an outstanding cast of Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Jiang Wen, Forest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk (in an under wraps mo - cap turn), and Riz Ahmed, the ensemble will help tell the story of the events that happen before «A New Hope,» chronicling the rebels» escapade in stealing the plans for the Death Star that would prove to be so fateful.

The Artist may have continued to build credibility as a genuine Oscar ® candidate as it scored nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, but The Help took the most nomination by a single film with four [Viola Davis nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role; Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role; The Help nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture].

Directed By: Woody Allen Written By: Woody Allen Cast: Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver, and Hamish Linklater Synopsis: A romantic comedy about an Englishman brought in to help unmask a possible swindle.

Director: John Singleton Cast: Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Devon Aoki, Cole Hauser, Chris «Ludacris» Bridges, James Remar Plot: In order to gain immunity from his crimes, O'Connor (Walker) is forced to help the Feds take down a drug lord by going undercover.