Sentences with phrase «last film performance»

After winning three Academy Awards and establishing himself as one of the world's greatest living actors, Daniel Day - Lewis issued a statement last week announcing that he was retiring from acting, and that the film he recently completed, director Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, would be his last film performance.

Not exact matches

The film's performance all but proved that the studio's last film, «The Rise of the Guardians» low gross was an anomaly.

Often used for children's enjoyment and artistic performances, soap bubbles are delicate, light - reflecting films that typically last just a few seconds before bursting.

When applied to photoanodes, the nickel oxide film far exceeded the performance of other similar films — including one that Lewis's group created just last year.

Her last performance was in the film «High Society» where the ring was immortalised in a scene where Grace is sat on the corner of a silk bedsheet polishing the ginormous diamond.

Preaching to the Choir seeds adequately in the very fertile genre of black films about redemption, but don't expect performances on the level of last year's Diary of a Mad Black Woman or The Preacher's Wife.

Of course it would take more than a small independent film to truly set Washington apart from the pack, and many saw her performance in the 2001 romantic drama Save the Last Dance as one of the few redeeming qualities in the otherwise forgettable teen drama.

Though he's played his share of misanthropic characters over the last few years (including Bad Santa's Willie and Bad News Bears» Morris), Thornton - to his credit - avoids the temptation to simply regurgitate his past work and instead offers up an entertainingly mean - spirited performance that proves to be the highlight of the film.

Much like last year and the year before, this year's Movie Studio Report Card evaluates both the box office performance and overall film quality of the six major studios (and many indie distributors) in an attempt to determine the best and worst studios of 2011.

The film uses excerpts from Italian B movies, rare performance footage and candid interviews with Baker, musicians, friends, battling ex-wives and his children in what turned out to be the last year of his life.

Keener, who has to deal with a sudden loss during the last section of the film, achieves moments of searing emotion, and in the very last scene, another character figures prominently — a teenage friend of Keener's daughter — and the performance by Mikey Madison is one of the most eloquent in the film.

Just when you thought we were done with our review of the past year in film (including our recent report on 2013's best and worst movies), we have one last look back to offer you: our annual evaluation of movie studio performance.

Anchored with a lovely, subtle sad eyed performance by the beautiful Keri Russell and a cast of terrific comedic prodigy actors, including the great Andy Griffith in his last film appearance as the crusty diner owner.

Clooney proves again that he knows how to direct intelligent films that rely on a great dialogue, and this intriguing character study is gripping from the first scene to the last, centered on a brilliant political battle and with an intense performance by the always fantastic Ryan Gosling.

After getting overshadowed by Forest Whitaker in «The Last King of Scotland,» James McAvoy takes center stage here with a nimble, natural performance that beautifully navigates both the humor and sincerity of the film.

A dauntingly versatile character actress by the 1980s, Lu racked up several impressive film and TV credits, including her chilling portrayal of the Dowager Empress in The Last Emperor (1987) and her moving performance as natural - born «survivor» An Mei in The Joy Luck Club (1993).

Major highlights making their world premieres include Shawn Levy's all - star ensemble drama «This Is Where I Leave You,» starring Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman and Tina Fey; Michael R. Roskam's «The Drop,» which features James Gandolfini's final performance; Liv Ullman's film adaptation of the famed play «Miss Julie,» starring Jessica Chastain; David Gordon Green's latest indie drama «Manglehorn,» featuring Al Pacino; the musical «The Last 5 Years,» starring Anna Kendrick; Noah Baumbach's latest «While We're Young,» starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried; and Jason Reitman's «Men, Women & Children,» starring Adam Sandler.

Last year's Jackie was a psychologically devastating look at the widowed Jackie Kennedy boasting one of the absolute best performances of the year by Natalie Portman, whereas in comparison LBJ is a film that will be thrown on in American History classes only for teenagers to fall asleep.

Jared Leto says he never watched his performance as the Joker in David Ayer's divisive DCEU Suicide Squad film from last year.

As The Dissolve reported last year, Kaye is still bitter about the whole affair, but concedes that the performances are excellent and the overall film is «good.»

As for the performances, Sorvino is terrific in what was pretty much her last mainstream role before Harvey Weinstein derailed her career (looking back, the Sorvino vs. Giant Cockroach metaphor feels rather prescient), and she's ably supported by Northam, Dutton and Giannini, even if the film never quite figures out what to do with Goodwin's Chuy.

Jared Leto and Michael Douglas each won a Golden Globe award last night for their stand - out performances in very different films.

If the film falls short, still keep an eye on Gosling and Penn for Supporting nods (especially if this turns into another year where Gosling has a few strong performances to choose from, like last year), but that could wind up being it.

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

During last month's 7th Annual Deadline's The Contenders awards season event at the DGA Theatre he joined me on stage with his director Joe Wright to discuss the film and the towering performance in front of a packed house of AMPAS and key guild members.

OUR TAKE: By this third chapter you should know if you enjoy Shawn Levy's historical magical adventure series - but the fact that this film contains one of Robin Williams» last onscreen performances will lend the project the clout of morbid curiosity.

However, other film critics apparently weren't nearly as willing to sit back and enjoy the spectacle, or find delight in the performances of Anthony Hopkins and Stanley Tucci, as The Last Knight now holds a 17 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

After a breakthrough performance in the 2013 independent film «Short Term 12,» she has been making more studio films, playing Amy Schumer's little sister in last summer's comedy «Trainwreck,» and getting cast in «Kong: Skull Island,» due next March.

All the Money in the World A first - rate thriller from Ridley Scott, about the Getty kidnapping in 1973, the film is highlighted by terrific performances from Michelle Williams as the victimâ $ ™ s mother and Christopher Plummer (a last - minute re-shot substitution for Kevin Spacey) as the tightwad billionaire, J. Paul Getty.

While Philip Seymore Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall, and Julianne Moore have been rather busy in films over the last year, they have constantly given great performances (I don't care what everyone says, Julianne Moore was incredible in Magnolia).

The Last Photograph is filled to the brim with fantastic performances, but all of this seems to be in vain when the surrounding film is so empty.

If you saw any boxing film in the last 30 years, you'll see some of the well - worn plot turns coming a mile away, however it's worth stepping into the ring for all the fine performances.

In the last thirty minutes of the film, Baby turns into an unpredictable force of nature and Elgort displays impressive stunt work and facial expressions in his performance, putting him on par with Ryan Gosling and Tom Hardy.

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

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.

With a bold leading turn from Saoirse Ronan, and an internalized masterclass of a performance from the often underappreciated Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird is an honest comment on strained mother - daughter relationships, functioning as a sort - of companion piece to last year's best coming - of - age film, The Edge of Seventeen.

TAMPA, FL — The Florida Film Critics Circle has announced its winners for the best films and cinematic performances of 2017 and the awards were, like last year, pretty fairly spread out among an array of films.

Masterminds was originally set to release in August of last year, but those plans fell through due to a bankruptcy within the film's distributor, although honestly the fact that the movie is now releasing in the month of September a little over a year later might actually benefit its box office performance, as the movie actually co-stars 3/4 of the Ghostbusters reboot (Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones).

It's one last chance to single out the films and performances that the Academy forgot, or ignored, or maybe just wanted to punish... the voters are like that, the vindictive bastards.

The overall box office is running nearly 20 percent behind last summer's record season, and while this weekend was still about 13 percent behind the same frame last year, the strong performances of the top films is an encouraging sign.

Particularly a Christmas - set crime drama boasting a top - drawer James Gandolfini performance, sadly his last committed to film.

Michael and Marion is a match made in heaven and it's clear why their performances have received almost universal raves since the film debuted at Cannes last month.

Collette's most recent outings (Little Miss Sunshine, In Her Shoes, The Last Shot) have been fairly disappointing (due to the films rather than her performances), and it's interesting to note that she was in the thriller Like Minds right after this.

Scottish actor James Mcavoy halted a performance of Macbeth last week (ends07Apr13) to berate a theatregoer for filming the play on a cell phone.The...

The movie is ultimately saved by Boyle's ingenuity and some strong performances, but for a film with such a unique premise, «Trance» should have left a more lasting impression.

The performances ring true, the focus is sharp and clear, and the themes are more compelling than just about anything found in the films of last year.

While the new Han Solo Star Wars anthology film charges on with last - minute replacement director Ron Howard, a new report has emerged that Lucasfilm was not only dissatisfied by the direction under Phil Lord and Chris Miller, but also the performance of the young Han Solo by Hail, Caesar!

Matthew McConaughey may have become a star as a leading man in major - studio films like «A Time to Kill» and «The Wedding Planner,» but in the last few years the laid - back Texan has reinvented and revived his career with a string of sparkling performances in low - budget indies: Richard Linklater «s «Bernie,» Steven Soderbergh's «Magic Mike,» William Friedkin «s «Killer Joe,» Jeff Nichols» «Mud» and now Jean - Marc Vallee's «Dallas Buyers Club,» which has made McConaughey a strong favorite to land a Best Actor nomination.

If there's a fourth Narnia movie - and that's a kinda big if, judging by the unspectacular box office performance of the last two films - Walden Media executive Michael Flaherty has confirmed it will be prequel book The Magician's Nephew, skipping the arguable highpoint of the series, The Silver Chair, and the entertaining but racially problematic The Horse and His Boy.

Aside from being the last Wolverine performance of actor Hugh Jackman, the film contains other characters worthy of our interest.