Sentences with phrase «impressive debut by»

Writer - director J.C. Chandor, whose father toiled for Merrill Lynch, makes an impressive debut by focusing the action on a 24 - hour period that starts with staff layoffs.

Immaculately composed yet skittish, edgy and surprising, this impressive debut by writer - director Michael Pearce emanates a chill that will have you hugging your sides.

Not exact matches

But a striker should remain his priority this summer, and Janssen seems to be on his shortlist after an impressive debut season following his # 400,000 move from Almere City — fee reported by The Guardian.

He made his debut at just 17 years of age and after an excellent season with the reserves, and an impressive pre-season, he was called into the Gunners first team squad by Arsene Wenger for the 2013/14 season.

At the top we mentioned how last year's Runners - Up were Freshmen (aka 2017's DKE SO squad) and under the same house as this current Freshmen crew led by Ben Wellek... In the many debut performances we've seen out of Freshmen, very few have been as impressive as theirs..

With this in mind they have had their attention caught by the Dutchman, who has been impressive for the Magpies in his debut Premier League season.

If it wasn't impressive enough for Eddie Nketiah to score both goals against Norwich on his Arsenal debut to send the Gunners through to the next round of the Caraboa Cup, the 18 year - old has done even better on his debut for the England U19s by scoring FOUR times in the World Cup Qualifier against the Faroe Islands.

An impressive debut against Arsenal over a year ago followed by a more difficult game at home to Leicester and he has only started one Premier League game since.

Alexis scored Arsenal's second with his 25th strike of an impressive debut campaign, and Wilshere is excited by the prospect of the two combining even more next season.

Making an impressive Olympic debut, the 20 - year - old had started strongly and faded towards the end of the race but did just enough as she made it through by 0.01.

Mandzukic only joined Atletico last summer after being allowed to leave by Bayern Munich and had an impressive debut campaign scoring 12 goals and providing five assists in 28 appearances in the league.

Martin Ritt's impressive feature directing debut is a socially conscious drama, about union corruption, interracial integration, and moral integrity, well acted by John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier.

Louis eventually winds up at a prison camp run by a preening sadist known to the men as The Bird (Japanese musician Miyavi, making an impressive screen debut), who takes a personal interest in trying to break Louis.

This impressive debut feature by Stacy Title has its wobbly technical moments and one or two underdeveloped narrative strands, but it's brimful of provocative ideas and moral dilemmas as well as being extremely funny.

A very impressive dramatic debut for comedian Stiller, and a well - crafted and directed film by Veloz.

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night is an impressive debut, made by someone with a clear vision and a wealth of genre movie knowledge.

Written and directed by comedian Jordan Peele, who is best known for his sketch comedy show, Key & Peele, Get Out is a very impressive debut film.

By this, there lies the question on whether the denouement is as satisfactory as it could be but Nichols» handling is undeniably good and it makes for an impressive debut from him.

The most impressive directorial debut of the festival was Women Without Men (Neshat, 2009), directed by accomplished Iranian visual artist Shirin Neshat.

Gerwig's directorial debut is impressive and launches her directorial career by proving she will be a force to be reckoned with.

Deathdream belies its low budget with both an impressive cast headed by veteran character actors and director Bob Clark's creative economy, which he had displayed two years earlier in his jokey - gory horror debut Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things (1972), which Ormsby co-wrote and starred in.

Andy Serkis» impressive directorial debut is powered by the outstanding central pairing of Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy.

Director Fede Alvarez made one strong feature debut with 2013's Evil Dead, made even more impressive by it being a remake of a film with an ardent, vocal fanbase.

Despite these relatively minor flaws, Romeo Must Die does feature some very impressive acting, including terrific debut performances by R&B singer Aaliyah and rapper DMX (Belly).

Charlie Plummer (All the Money in the World) was being praised on Twitter for his performance, and while it's an impressive leading role debut for a newcomer, I didn't find it within the same vein as Timothée Chalamet's turn in Call Me By Your Name.

In 2012's most impressive debut feature, Benh Zeitlin explores The Bathtub, a corner of the Louisiana bayou that's grateful to have been forgotten by the rest of the world as the rest of the world has gone about the slow process of falling apart.

So, it's not surprising that an impressive number of powerful women were also honored for their work both on the small screen, with Big Little Lies and The Handmaid's Tale, and on the big screen, with first - time writer - director Greta Gerwig winning Best Motion Picture, Comedy for her directorial debut, Lady Bird, along with leading lady, Saoirse Ronan winning Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy.

Critics were much less supportive, and after an impressive debut weekend, its gross dropped by two - thirds the next weekend, continuing to fall as time went on.

The deliberately - paced mood piece unfolding against a decidedly - barren, British backdrop marks a most impressive writing and directorial debut by Hope Dickson Leach.

There is so much to love about the film, from the performances by leads Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, who make an impressive career turn and lead actor debut respectively and establish incredible chemistry, to the haunting classical - meets - nu - wave - pop soundtrack.

The film is directed by Joseph Kosinski, whose previous and debut film was TRON: Legacy (which I actually really enjoyed), and has quite an impressive supporting cast including Olga Kurylenko (Quantum of Solace, Seven Psychopaths), Andrea Riseborough (Shadow Dancer), Melissa Leo and Morgan Freeman looking as cool as ever.

Live By Night is Ben Affleck «s fourth film as director after cutting his teeth with his debut feature, the impressive Gone Baby Gone, followed by the slightly superior The Town, and then the Oscar - winning ArgBy Night is Ben Affleck «s fourth film as director after cutting his teeth with his debut feature, the impressive Gone Baby Gone, followed by the slightly superior The Town, and then the Oscar - winning Argby the slightly superior The Town, and then the Oscar - winning Argo.

One False Move is an engrossing small budget crime noir picture with impressive debuts all around, specifically by writer - costar Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade, The Gift).

Bolstered by a terrific performance by Toni Collette is a likeable supporting cast and an impressive debut for writer - director Jill Sprecher.

Along with Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher, David Gordon Green's George Washington was the most impressive directorial debut by anyone in the past several years.

«David Strathairn delivers a quietly powerful performance supported by a magnificent ensemble cast in an impressive feature debut which its writer - director calls «a human tapestry.

By far the best is Swoon, an impressive debut feature from the young, independent American film - maker Tom Kalin.

Impressive solo debut by Gerwig.

Mala Mala, the impressive documentary debut by NYU grads Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles, plays against this trend, painting a dark, witty and remarkably humane portrait of gender and sexuality in Puerto Rico today.

The film features an original soundtrack by The Roots, and marks a most auspicious debut by Ms. Hamilton who deftly spins a palpably - authentic tale in impressive fashion.

Irishman Breen, who had an impressive WRC debut in Sweden this year, was pushed all the way by the pole Kajetan Kajetanowicz, but eventually won by 10 seconds, with Alastair Fisher in third.

One thing is sure: the design of the production model will be heavily inspired by the impressive study which at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show debuted a new styling language for the age of autonomy and electrification — despite packing a VC - Turbo gasoline engine.

Claiming the title of the most potent DB9 yet devised, by virtue of its uprated 6.0 - litre V12 engine which now boasts 547 PS — the DB9 GT makes its public debut as part of Aston Martin's impressive presence at this week's Goodwood Festival of Speed.

The flagship race car from Sant «Agata is the Huracan GT3, because of modified aerodynamics and different suspension settings (developed together with renowned Dallara), made an impressive debut in 2015 by winning the Blancpain GT Series in Monza.

Set to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show, the Volkswagen Scirocco R20T will be powered by a 2.0 Liter turbocharged engine cranking out an impressive 270 HP.

Honda will showcase an impressive number of tuned models and concepts at the 2016 SEMA show, headlined by the North American debut of the world's baddest hatchback, Civic Type R prototype.

Healey was inspired by the experiences of her grandmother in crafting this suspenseful and impressive debut.

... This marvelous debut succeeds in creating an impressive sweep by the sheer dint of powerful writing and narrative scope.

My Sunshine Away By M.O. Walsh Putnam • $ 16 • ISBN 9780425278109 Named one of the best books of 2015 by NPR, Kirkus and Booklist, Walsh's impressive debut novel focuses on a Baton Rouge neighborhood in the summer of 1989, when a free - spirited young track star is raped one night after practicBy M.O. Walsh Putnam • $ 16 • ISBN 9780425278109 Named one of the best books of 2015 by NPR, Kirkus and Booklist, Walsh's impressive debut novel focuses on a Baton Rouge neighborhood in the summer of 1989, when a free - spirited young track star is raped one night after practicby NPR, Kirkus and Booklist, Walsh's impressive debut novel focuses on a Baton Rouge neighborhood in the summer of 1989, when a free - spirited young track star is raped one night after practice.

At BookPage, we have been struck by the high number of impressive spring debuts.