Sentences with phrase «kid film actor»

Chloe Grace Moretz is the best kid film actor since Jodi Foster.

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Kids With Cameras follows the progress, challenges and triumphs of a group of children with autism and Aspergers syndrome participating in a film camp hosted by non-profit Actors for Autism, and taught by award - winning educator Brad Koepenick.

The film's soul, however, belongs to Patinkin, a great actor who even in his most stubborn scenes never fails to instill Saul with the best intentions; a dad just looking to do right by his kids with the only handbook available to him.

There was a time when all you needed for a family film was a cute kid, a rambunctious animal and a few exasperated adult actors who didn't mind playing second — make that third — fiddle.

Some things that probably factor into the industry's disagreement: Peter Jackson adapted books fifty years old and respected as great literature, the Potter books were being written alongside the first movies; Lord of the Rings centered on adult characters and played to a wider audience with PG - 13 ratings, the first Potter movies were PG, skewed younger, and starred kids (though anyone can see the films matured and so did the fans, many already wrote the series off); finally, where Jackson provided one distinct vision and a cast of respected performers, Potter had a rotating director roster (all of them secondary to Rowling) and limited opportunities for its accomplished actors, giving the brunt of the work to the three kids and spectacle.

Four years after setting box - office records with «Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid», actors Paul Newman and Robert Redford and director George Roy Hill re-teamed with bigger commercial success with «The Sting» which became one of the top ten highest grossing films of 1973.

His mother sends the kid off from the slums of Baltimore to live with her estranged parents, the Rev. and Mrs, Cobbs (played by Oscar winning actor Forest Whitaker, and Oscar nominated best supporting actress Angela Bassett both of whom for their work in films «The Last King of Scotland», and «What's Love Got To Do With It?»)

The directors: Jean - Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium) The talent: Dardennes regulars Jérémie Renier and Olivier Gourmet (who won Best Actor at Cannes for the brothers» 2002 film «The Son») return in supporting roles, but «The Kid With a Bike» is headlined by perhaps the most established star they've yet worked with: Cécile De France, the -LSB-...]

A longer search took place to find the actors to play the kids in the film.

A cinematic time capsule of sorts in that you're essentially watching a kid (both the character and actor playing him) grow up before your very eyes, the film has some really poignant things to say about adolescence, parenting and life in general.

There is nothing conspicuously revolutionary about the «The Kids Are All Right», a sleek, smart, enormously entertaining film about a middle - aged lesbian couple (played by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) whose teenage kids seek out the sperm donor who is their biological father (Mark Ruffalo); it has big - name actors, a sun - dappled Los Angeles setting, and the feel of a classic Hollywood comedy at its snappiKids Are All Right», a sleek, smart, enormously entertaining film about a middle - aged lesbian couple (played by Annette Bening and Julianne Moore) whose teenage kids seek out the sperm donor who is their biological father (Mark Ruffalo); it has big - name actors, a sun - dappled Los Angeles setting, and the feel of a classic Hollywood comedy at its snappikids seek out the sperm donor who is their biological father (Mark Ruffalo); it has big - name actors, a sun - dappled Los Angeles setting, and the feel of a classic Hollywood comedy at its snappiest.

I thought Vantage Point looked like a pretty decent thriller from the trailer - quite refreshing to see actors of a certain vintage in a film like this, rather than a bunch of kids - but reviews suggest my enthusiasm was possibly misplaced (I'll get to make my own mind up soon enough).

As for the performances, you will spot several top British actors, including Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Toby Kebbell and the kid from The Reader (David Kross), but none of them have much of a chance to shine since they are only in the film briefly.

Criterion's brilliant Blu - ray set of «The Night of the Hunter» devotes an entire disc to a documentary composed of pristine rushes and outtakes from the film, most with background audio of Laughton directing his actors using both carrot (for the kids) and stick (on Shelley Winters).

The same could be said for Asa Butterfield who started as a kid actor in films like The Space Between Us and Hugo.

Even if the audience has never quite experienced the level of ordeals that these kids go through, the emotions are performed so well both through the actors and the film's dreamy style that it's hard not to empathize with these characters.

The film is directed by Korean American filmmaker / actor Justin Chon, and is about two Korean American kids living in Los Angeles in the early 1990s.

Adi watches Oppenheimer's footage of the murderers describing his brother's death in that animated, kids - playing way familiar from The Act of Killing, though these are not the same two «actors» who appeared in that film, underscoring that a desensitization to the atrocities committed has happened on a national, not individual, scale.

There's been an overwhelming sense of nostalgia at theaters this summer, with films like «Mad Max: Fury Road,» «Jurassic World» and «Terminator Genisys» all reviving decades - old franchises on the big screen, and «Vacation» continues that trend with the latest installment in the National Lampoon series that began with Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo and a rotating door of actors playing their two kids.

In this moment and throughout the film, Christopher Walken reminds us that although he often plays caricatures and joins in kidding his mannerisms (see the recent «Seven Psychopaths»), he can be a deep and subtle actor, particularly good at suggesting deep intelligence.

After an unsuccessful attempt with a «Cat People» remake at Warner Bros, Bill Condon and producer Michael Laughlin decided to collaborate on Condon's early version of «Dead Kids,» and with assistance from Hemdale and tax incentives from the New Zealand government, began production in northern New Zealand, with an eclectic mix of American actors: Dan Shor had recently appeared in John Huston's «Wise Blood»; Dey Young had just debuted in «Rock and Roll High School»; Michael Murphy was a Woody Allen alumnus; and Mark McClure had achieved a kind of immortality as Jimmy Olson in the «Superman» films.

Right now, I'm still only a kid, but I've been making films with my friends since I was very little, when we used teddy bears as actors.

Supporting Actor (I really try, but don't always succeed, to focus on the SMALLER parts that blow me away): Christina Bale — The Fighter — amazingly appealing and interesting as a real scum bag — he makes him fascinating, understandable, and sympathetic AND he does so with flair and power Andrew Garfield — Never Let Me Go — I know, I'm supposed to prefer him in Social Network, but I didn't — in fact, he sort of didn't do it for me in that film but in Never Let Me Go he was moving and had a lost, hopeless but yearning aura about him that I found very haunting Mark Ruffalo — Kids Are All Right — very joyous, very charming, very sexy, and totally believable — he made me want to sleep with him and then have a nice long heart to heart with him too!

Tye Sheridan (from «Tree of Life» and the upcoming David Gordon Green film, «Joe,» which so far in a brief career makes him three for three in working with terrific filmmakers) and his co-star Jacob Lofland (in his film acting debut) transcend the child actor ghetto (saying they're good for being kid actors is wildly understating it).

Spielberg continues his reign as one of the Mount Rushmore heads of directing with his next kid friendly fantasy / adventure film with his Bridge of Spies, and now Oscar - winning actor, Mark Rylance as the BFG.

After three years of extensive research the pair have managed to speak with almost every living major contributor to the film, among them directors John Hancock and Jeannot Szwarc, screenwriters Dorothy Tristan and Carl Gottlieb, Production Designer / Associate Producer Joe Alves, Universal Studios former chairman Sidney Sheinberg and cast members Lorraine Gary, Jeffrey Kramer, Joseph Mascolo and all (17) of the young actors who played what the authors collectively call «the Amity Kids!»

Special Features New 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin's 1972 rerelease version of the film, featuring an original score by Chaplin, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New audio commentary featuring Chaplin historian Charles Maland Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star, a new video essay by Chaplin historian Lisa Haven A Study in Undercranking, a new program featuring silent - film specialist Ben Model Interviews with Coogan and actor Lita Grey Chaplin Excerpted audio interviews with cinematographer Rollie Totheroh and film distributor Mo Rothman Deleted scenes and titles from the original 1921 version of The Kid «Charlie» on the Ocean, a 1921 newsreel documenting Chaplin's first return trip to Europe Footage of Chaplin conducting his score for «The Kid» Nice and Friendly, a 1922 silent short featuring Chaplin and Coogan, presented with a new score by composer Timothy Brock Trailers Plus: An essay by film scholar Tom Gunning

Topics discussed include the significance of the title (which is given rather passing treatment in the film), the kids» experience as young actors, the physical demands of the film's stunts, working with late director Norman Tokar and star Bill Bixby, and the comic team of Knotts and Conway, who are recorded together.

Casting directors are looking for kid actors to work on a scene filming on October 23rd in Belen, New Mexico.

The film seeks adult and child background actors to portray farmers, field workers, and farm kids.

Wes Anderson's feature debut, an affectionate shaggy dog story of middle class kids who plan an elaborate heist of a small bookstore with the help of the local «criminal mastermind» (James Caan), also marks the debut of actors Owen Wilson (who co-wrote the film with Anderson) and Luke Wilson.

It's a testament to the quality of the acting (not to say Harry Potter 1 had bad actors, but all the venerable British badasses were in support roles, and the kids really didn't know how to act yet), cinematography, special effects and general world building that a film with a (somewhat) structurally flawed script can captivate me to such a level that I spend my hard early free time and money on it on three separate occasions.

This is why child actor, Dakota Fanning, deserves star of the film because her depiction of a creepy kid is exactly the tone this movie is going for.

A cinematic time capsule of sorts in that you're essentially watching a kid (both the character and the actor playing him) grow up before your very eyes, the film has some very poignant things to say about adolescence, parenting and life in general.

The film, about the founding of the Barnum & Bailey Circus, is casting child actors in New York, plus more great gigs for kids!

Each actor gave themselves totally to their role - the many selves of Dylan: Jude, Billy, Woody, Robbie, Arthur etc.Gere looked like somebody who strayed from «Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid», a rancher from the Basement Tapes out of John Wesley Harding Americana.He gave the film it's still centre.The young actor playing Woody captured well a character out of Dylan's backstory.

In the interview, Pete talks about some of his favorite movies he recommends to friends, the evolution of the project over the years, how he got involved as a director, his vision behind the stark contrast between the beautiful, almost photo realistic backgrounds and the cartoony characters, a scene from the film that I felt was a homage to Jaws, the 1400 kid search for the main star of this film, how directing the voice actors for the English version of Miyazaki's Ponyo helped him in making this film, and find out who directs Peter Sohn when he performs in his own film.

Along with directing Wish I Was Here, Braff also co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Adam and stars in the film as Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor caught in a financial and existential crisis: With his relationship with his wife Sarah (Kate Hudson) already on the rocks, Bloom ends up home - schooling his kids when his sick father, Saul (Mandy Patinkin), can no longer pay for their private school.

Interspersed throughout are related essays covering, for example, great sports movies for kids and rankings of actors based on their portrayals of famous athletes, plus interviews with various individuals involved in one way or another with the films, such as actors Bob Uecker (Major League) and Dennis Quaid (The Rookie).

Clark's still photography, which is filled with narrative tension has led him on to producing film and directing cult classics such as Kids (1995), Bully (2001) and Wassup Rockers (2006), films which blur the boundaries of documentary and fiction, often using untrained actors playing scenes which could be from their own lives.