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The Academy Awards drew its biggest TV audience in more than a decade on Sunday night, as the Oscars were shared by a variety of hit films and performances.

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«Just Go with It» has major problems with its lack of wit and exhausted repeated jokes, but thankfully, Aniston's performance is able to boost up the comedy in the film; adding to an amount that ranks higher than many other films that try the same formula of comedy as of this film With Sandler's and Aniston's connection being believable, «Just Go with It» manages to hit the mark for several adults and teens to enjoy.

Throughout the film there are several cinematic camera tricks, which hit the mark about half the time (and are annoying the other half), and overall the performances of the cast are good, though I thought that the cheerleader's portrayal was a bit uneven, perhaps due to the script that had her alternatevely playing hot and cold.

Recently, she hosted the third season of «Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner» for the Si TV Network.New York Newsday raved over her performance in the indie hit «Woman Thou Art Loosed» calling her portrayal of an ex-con recovering addict «Haunting «Six Page Pictorial in the new Las Vegas National Magazine «Player» released Jan 2006Studied Shakespeare at «The Actors Circle Theatre» in Los Angeles and received a standing ovation for her portrayal of «Miss Alma» in Tennesee William's «Summer and Smoke «Running Scared, the film she had a supporting lead in with Paul Walker, is the Top Ten DVD Rental of the month.

It's too bad this film didn't really hit it on the big screen but the performances are superb and you have to love Hayden's voice - she's a great singer.

Stars Jamie Foxx and director Quentin Tarantino praise the actor's indelible performance as plantation owner Calvin Candie in this latest look at the hit film.

Kaluuya, who got his start on the hit British series «Skins» and is currently filming Marvel's «Black Panther» for «Creed» director Ryan Coogler, delivers a nuanced performance that builds as the dread mounts.

Pirates of the Caribbean is the first film ever released under the Walt Disney Pictures brand to receive higher than a PG rating (the film is rated PG - 13), and the team assembled to make the film is a virtual Who's who of hot properties: Director Gore Verbinski had a huge hit last year with the spook fest The Ring, Writers Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott were the writing team behind Shrek, Actor Johnny Depp is so extremely selective in his roles no one would ever imagine he'd do a Disney film, Orlando Bloom is fresh off the Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Geoffrey Rush has at least one Academy Award under his belt, and Keira Knightley has become a hot property after her performance in the run away indie hit Bend It Like Beckham.

The performances also hit all the right notes; Edgerton brings the requisite portentousness to his enigmatic stranger while Bateman shows good range and balances the nuances of his character well.To speak more of the film would only give away plot developments that are better left unsaid.

This film sounds like it will be a heavy hitting drama and I won't be surprised if Wilde knocks it out of the park with her performance.

Directed with the equal energy by British director John Hough, whose lean, high - powered action scenes are energized by the dynamic, almost child - like performances of his thrill - addicted characters, it's a classic of seventies speed cinema, where car chase and stunt films were really about rubber hitting — and leaving — the road.

A hit at the London Film Festival, the film encouraged an assessment of the director's fiction and film work, and gave notice of a cinema with time for naturalistic performance and authentic space years before the indie directors» apparent invention of «quirky» American representations.

His career took off when he starred in Amenábar's feature film debut, the surprise hit THESIS (1996), followed by OPEN YOUR EYES (1997) where he played alongside Penelope Cruz and received a Goya nomination for his performance.

In the feature, Donaldson effectively compares and contrasts the career trajectories for Mimi Leder, who made her name through her Emmy - winning work on «ER,» directed the one of the top - grossing films of 1998 with «Deep Impact» and then went to «movie jail» and didn't direct another film for nine years after the middling performance of her 2000 family drama «Pay It Forward,» to those of Trevorrow, who made his feature debut with the Sundance hit «Safety Not Guaranteed,» won the choice gig helming «Jurassic World» on director Brad Bird's recommendation and managed steer to the reboot of one of the most popular film franchises of all time to giant box - office success.

The film caught some flack for its racial and gender politics once it hit wide release with The Ringer's K. Austin Collins distilling why, in a year where the Academy is once again facing a potential #OscarsSoWhite crop of nominees, Rockwell's performance as a redeemed racist cop may not be the narrative Hollywood wants to push:

The film also boasts some great supporting performances from Willem Dafoe as Wick's friend / fellow hit man Marcus; Ian McShane as Winston, the de facto head of the New York assassins» guild; Adrianne Palicki as a rival assassin and Dean Winters, who steps out from his All State Mayhem commercials in a fun role as Viggo's right - hand man, Avi.

The film, however, barely scrapes the surface, tethering more to a safe «edge» and although most of the cast gives some stellar performances (Adam Sandler, Judy Greer, Ansel Elgort, to name a few), the film falls short of hitting you where the book did - right in the gut.

Most famous for performances behind the CGI - created Gollum in Lord of the Rings and King Kong in Peter Jackson's remake, Andy Serkis looks like a mad troll and embraces the look in his incarnation of Ian Dury, the music - hall showman of the British punk scene who hit it big with the song immortalized in the film's title and embraced fame with the same excess with which he embraced booze and drugs.

«Mr. and Mrs. Bridge» was part of that great run, a very good film with two great lead performances, by Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, but that just did OK and never became a hit.

Stephen Frears, director of The Hit, My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liasons, The Grifters, High Fidelity, Dirty Pretty Things, The Queen and so many more quietly great films, seems to get a pretty significant performance out of Ben Foster in his biopic about the myth, hubris and ultimate downfall of American cyclist Lance Armstrong.

A great original story with some dedicated actors giving good performances is what keeps this movie moving at a good pace, but due to its lack of laughs and poor CGI the film's grade takes a hit.

«Already a global superstar, entertainer and athlete John Cena has put audiences around the globe on notice with his standout performances in films such as the hit comedy «Trainwreck» and «Sisters,»» noted Neuhauser.

Other highlights from 2016 (and also must see films) have included the very informative and poignant documentary, «Maya Angelou and Still I Rise,» by Rita Coburn Whack and Bob Hercules; Mick Jackson's «Denial,» the gripping Holocaust denial tale with compelling performances from Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall; Paul Verhoeven's «Elle,» with its great Isabelle Huppert performance; the remarkably thoughtful sci - fi film, «Arrival,» by Denis Villeneuve; Tom Ford's «Nocturnal Animals,» with its outstanding performances from Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon; David Mackenzie's «Hell or High Water,» this summer's sleeper hit; Cristian Mungiu's «Graduation,» winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes; and Cristi Puiu's «Sieranevada,» winner of the top prize at this year's Chicago International Film Festival.

Continuing the year of the vet, earlier we saw strong performances that could attract voters» attention from a past winner, 70 - year - old Helen Mirren, in Woman In Gold (a film The Weinstein Company has already started campaigning for its star); and 72 - year - old Blythe Danner getting a full - bodied leading role in the hit adult indie I'll See You In My Dreams which has grossed over $ 7 million so far for new distributor Bleecker Street, which will probably be encouraged to launch an Oscar campaign on her behalf.

His illustrious filmography is notable for great films and even better performances: opposite Liam Neeson in Michael Collins; in Dean Parisot's hit comedy Galaxy Quest; Lee's Sense And Sensibility with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet; Richard Curtis» Love, Actually and most recently with Helen Mirren in Gavin Hood's Eye In The Sand even better performances: opposite Liam Neeson in Michael Collins; in Dean Parisot's hit comedy Galaxy Quest; Lee's Sense And Sensibility with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet; Richard Curtis» Love, Actually and most recently with Helen Mirren in Gavin Hood's Eye In The SAnd Sensibility with Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet; Richard Curtis» Love, Actually and most recently with Helen Mirren in Gavin Hood's Eye In The Sand Kate Winslet; Richard Curtis» Love, Actually and most recently with Helen Mirren in Gavin Hood's Eye In The Sand most recently with Helen Mirren in Gavin Hood's Eye In The Sky.

«McDonagh's latest work is simply exceptional; a film so rich with narrative fluidity, profane laughs, standout performances and complex character studies that its tremendous emotional hits — often arriving when you least expect them — might just leave you agog.»

Cregger's bland yet personable turn as the central character is certainly in sharp contrast to Moore's aggressively zany performance, with the actor's incessantly over-the-top work hitting the viewer like nails on a chalkboard and ensuring that the film becomes more and more of a chore to sit through as it progresses.

With a fiendishly clever script from Jack Reacher writer - director Christopher McQuarrie, the finest action - sequences - as - adrenaline - soaked - therapy - sessions money can buy, and a captivating performance from newcomer Rebecca Ferguson, the fifth film in this endlessly inventive franchise hit yet another level of delicious absurdity in its exploitation of masculine vanity.

If you ever wondered what the brilliant music video created for Taylor Swift's hit song «Blank Space» would have been like with all of the fancy trappings left intact but without the wit, insight, strong writing, convincing performances and plausible choreography, then «Fifty Shades Freed,» the conclusion of the three - film saga based on the distinctly cut - rate but insanely popular series of books by E.L. James, will no doubt prove to be your jam.

Cassavetes» record had been hit and miss in prior efforts, but he has delivered well in films geared more toward women in such respectable efforts as The Notebook and My Sister's Keeper, which also featured a well - drawn out performance by Diaz in a lead role.

Island also lacks strong sympathetic characters, which coupled with uneven performances and a coincidence - filled course of events, makes for a film which reaches for spectacle and merely hits «fairly engaging.»

Still, the film boasts three funny performances (Woody Harrelson, Randy Quaid and Bill Murray), not to mention a good many jokes that hit their mark with deadly accuracy.

Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy was one of the biggest hits of the year, and a hefty amount of the film's success is due to Pratt's wonderfully playful (and ever - so - slightly dickish) performance as Star - Lord.

Both Fassbender and Mulligan turn in amazing performances and director Steve McQueen deserves kudos for not only making such a hard - hitting drama, but for having the bravery to not cut the film to an R which could have killed its integrity.

Breaking out of the stylistic confines of his last couple of films, Scorsese hit the ground running with a go - for - broke epic that ran for three breathlessly - paced hours, was horrifying and hilarious in equal measure (an extended sequence involving some old quaaludes, luncheon meat, a looming legal catastrophe and an old «Popeye» cartoon was a set - piece for the ages), was jam - packed with great performances across the board and which offered viewers the pleasure of seeing a top director working at the peak of his powers.

Langella nabbed a Tony award in 2007 for playing another historical figure (albeit one of ill repute), Richard Nixon, and he's already generating Oscar buzz for his performance in the film adaptation of «Frost / Nixon,» scheduled to hit the big screen in December.

Though the acting is a bit hit and miss (not surprising considering the sisters are played mostly by newcomers), young Gunes Sensoy delivers an invigorating and mature performance as the heart and soul of the film.

The film hits ultimately hits that point but one only wishes that the movie's aim was as focused and on point as the lead performance from Depp is.

The third Thor film is set to hit theaters stateside this weekend, and has been hailed the best entry in the franchise, with many critics specifically praising Cate Blanchett's performance as Hela.

Naomi has tried to balance her career between mainstream and independent films, but her past performances in art - house sleeper hits like «21 Grams» and «I Heart Huckabees» have displayed her amazing talent for diving no - holds - barred into any character.

With the changeable weather, we missed the opportunity to take full advantage of the kids» den building or lawn croquet — and sadly Mr. Wacky the clown was ill during our visit — but the craft morning at the kids» club was a big hit, as was a matinee performance of Planes at the afternoon cellar film club.

Gladys Knight has earned number one hits in Pop, R&B and Adult Contemporary, and has triumphed in film, television and live performance.