Sentences with phrase «in films like»

The crew is rounded out by Gina Rodriguez, Tuva Novotny and the achingly vulnerable Tessa Thompson — so brash and indomitable in films like Dear White People and Creed, yet here so delicate I kept hoping she'd turn around and go home instead of facing whatever horrors lie ahead.

The emotional levels are present even in films like Frozen and Zootopia but also the desire to go the extra mile.

While Jonah Hill is without a doubt the star, having had tons of experience in films like Superbad and Knocked Up, Tatum does a fine job as well and the two actors have great chemistry together.

Don Cheadle, generally cast as the earnest do - gooder in films like Hotel Rwanda and Crash, taps into his hilarious, no - holds - barred side and demonstrates why he is easily one of the best actors around.

Robert Downey, Jr. was a teen heartthrob in films like The Pick Up Artist, but he started to garner real praise with this adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis» bestseller.

The players include Tatum O'Neal (who was already the youngest - ever winner of a competitive Academy Award) and Jackie Earle Haley, who would grow up to star in films like Little Children (2006), Watchmen (2009), Shutter Island (2010), and the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010).

As manly men do in films like this, the two playfully joke over which one of them will die tomorrow.

Beginning his career as one of Takashi Miike's go - tos in films like The Way to Fight and The Man in White, hitting his stride in Ryuhei Kitamura's Azumi and Godzilla: Final Wars, and even turning up as one of the Crazy 88 in Kill Bill, actor Kazuki Kitamura is one of Japan's most recognizable faces.

In films like the striking and austere schoolhouse drama Cracks (the directorial debut of Jordan Scott, daughter of Ridley Scott), meanwhile, and last year's Solitary Man, in which she hooked up with Michael Douglas, Poots is showing a range that obviously endears her to casting directors and filmmakers alike.

But the project has been gestating for some time while Pratt honed his franchise skills in films like Jurassic World and the Guardians of the Galaxy / Marvel movies.

Will Poulter has been a standout in films like We're the Millers and The Maze Runner, but here he's rather forgettable as the hopelessly in - over his head Jim Bridger.

Michael Showalter has helped deconstruct the romantic comedy genre several times now, in films like The Baxter (which he directed) and They Came Together (which he co-wrote).

More recently, the actor has experienced a bit of a resurgence in films like «Zombieland,» «2012,» «Rampart,» «The Hunger Games» and «Seven Psychopaths.»

She's at her best when paired with a director as skilled as she is, who asks for finer strokes than the great broad daubs she uses in films like The Iron Lady or Florence Foster Jenkins.

Despite Diego Luna's past sultry roles in films like Y Tu Mamá También and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, in person Luna reveals a boyish charm and wears an easy smile.

In films like Amores perros, 21 Grams and his miserable but brilliant 2010 drama Biutiful, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has proved himself a bold and original film - maker who's prepared to take chances, but Birdman is perhaps the most daring high - wire act he's attempted.

As for Matthew McConaughey, he's been revitalized of late taking a diverse array of roles in films like «The Paperboy,» «Bernie,» «Magic Mike,» and «Killer Joe» (he's gonna have a helluva 2012), and this is another leftfield choice from an actor suddenly challenging himself.

It is always shocking to me when notable actors show up in films like this, and they outshine the actual stars of the project.

(I think particularly of Lamont Johnson, who has built a reputation for taut direction of two - character confrontations in films like The McKenzie Break, A Gunfight, and You'll Like My Mother and such TV movies as My Sweet Charlie and Deadlock.)

Indeed, Offerman has quite a bit in common with his signature creation — like Swanson, he's a genuinely talented furniture maker — but in recent years he's broken from his man's man persona to branch out with more dramatic roles in films like The Founder and the second series of FX's «Fargo,» for which he received a Critics» Choice Television Award nomination.

Tom McCarthy possesses an extensive acting resume, having starred in films like Fair Game, The Lovely Bones, 2012, Duplicity, Syriana, Good Night and Good Luck and Little Fockers to name a few.

The youngster has demonstrated much talent in her career, receiving widespread praise for her turns in films like True Grit and The Edge of Seventeen, so she should make for a valuable addition to Transformers.

Known mainly to audiences for his screwball work in films like Notting Hill, Ifans has never offered so accomplished and meaty a performance as he does in Anonymous.

After starring in films like The Cider House Rules and Pleasantville, Tobey Maguire takes a decidedly different role as the web - spinning superhero in Spider - Man.

Crowe wrote other rash, restless dreamers in films like «Jerry Maguire» and «Almost Famous,» but Lloyd is his best work.

In the intervening time between records, she has appeared in films like Hidden Figures and Moonlight.

One of its most endearing qualities is its insistence to never reduce its cast — which is made up almost entirely of senior citizens — to the jokey cliches that they so often are in films like Last Vegas.

Anyone who's been paying attention to the actor's work for the last decade or so has witnessed an extraordinary variety of complex, empathetic performances in films like «Enemy,» «Brokeback Mountain,» «Zodiac,» «End of Watch,» «Source Code,» «Prisoners,» and last year's creepy, riveting «Nightcrawler.»

Rockwell has consistently delivered since his breakout in films like «Snow Angels,» «Choke,» «Moon,» «Conviction,» «Seven Psychopaths,» and «The Way Way Back.»

Loved him in films like Julie & Julia, The Devil Wears Prada, and even manages to be the best part of a bad thing like in The Lovely Bones.

Tessa Thompson best known for her recent roles in films like Creed, Selma and Dear White People has landed a Marvel contract to be apart of multiple films, starting with Thor: Ragnarok.

Shepherd has previously appeared on the big screen in films like And So It Goes with Michael Douglas and Diane Keaton as well as Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects.

By comparison, Diana's efforts to stop the Great War provide a sense of hope not present in films like Man of Steel or Batman v Superman, while also taking the superhero genre out of an urban environment and contrasting Diana's supernatural powers against early 20th century firepower and chemical weapons.

Rachel McAdams, who is known mostly from her roles in films like The Notebook and The Vow, is now in the final stages of signing to play in the new romantic comedy About Time.

Regular television roles on such series as «The Jeff Foxworthy Show» and «Meego» kept him in front of the camera, as did roles in films like «Stuart Little» and «The Little Vampire.»

In films like «Reservoir Dogs,» «The Getaway» and «Kill Bill, Volumes 1 and 2,» Madsen is the bad ass that the audience loves.

In films like High Infidelity and Saving Silverman, Jack seemed to wait for the proper moment and just nail an over the top jolly beat.

Journalist: Ms. Faris, you've done such great comedic work in films like the tragically under seen «Smiley Face.»

In films like «Paris, Texas» and «Repo Man» and in his music, Stanton embodied a particular strain of American individualism, restlessness and heart

As we saw in films like «Blue is the Warmest Color,» which may be a natural comparison, it reiterates the falsehood in which that foreign film presents lesbian and love mirrored with the exploration, passion, and complexity that is demonstrated in Lelio's treasure.

Thankfully though, Farley is still able to bring us a good laugh from the footage that we already have of the actor hamming it up in films like Tommy Boy and Black Sheep.

After a handful of unmemorable performances in films like Knowing and Adam, Byrne is finally opting to stick with a genre that works quite well for her — comedy.

Maybe not — but just as May remains one of the enduring writer / director / actors of her era, so too has Greta Gerwig — in films like Mistress America and Frances Ha, both of which she starred in and co-wrote — become one of ours.

It then spins and lets Miranda tell her tale from her own perspective, creating a web where a full range of characters are explored beyond the surface - level characterizations that usually come in films like this.

This lack of verdict and incomplete closure would become an unfailing slasher staple, as evidenced in films like Friday the 13th (1980), Candyman (1992), Scream (1996), and It Follows (2014), to name a few.

With acclaimed work in films like «In Bruges,» his role as Jack Mulligan, a politician entangled in the widow's plot, could net him a long overdue nomination.

It's this tremendous sense of control that makes Villeneuve stand out — in films like «Prisoners,» 2014's «Enemy» and 2010's «Incendies,» the Canadian director manages to develop and sustain the most incredible tension and keeps the audience on its toes, nearly as paranoid as his characters invariably become.

Iconic film roles include a wide variety of films ranging from his Oscar - winning performance in Good Will Hunting to other notable performances in films like The World According to Garp, Moscow on the Hudson, Jakob the Liar, Hook, Patch Adams, Desconstructing Harry, Insomnia, One Hour Photo, The Final Cut, Man of the Year, August Rush, Flubber, Toys and Jumanji.

From then on, he is not Bradley Cooper, or even someone in the mold of one of the finely detailed neurotics he has portrayed so compellingly in films like Silver Linings Playbook or American Hustle,» the New York Times «theater critic wrote in his review.

Ms. Devine, with her sweet, girlish voice, is usually cast as a lovable pixie in films like «What Women Want,» but here she reveals an impressive range, bringing out both Cassie's vulnerability and callousness.