Sentences with phrase «last screen roles»

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«The three contestants were last Friday disqualified by the screening panel headed by Gen. A.B Mamman from contesting the PDP primaries for National Assembly aspirants for their alleged roles in the political crisis in Ogun State.

Following the series» demise in 1991, Helgenberger returned to television guest - star status on ER, where she had a four - episode - long recurring role, and in the miniseries The Tommyknockers.A presence on the big screen since 1989, when she made her feature - film debut in Steven Spielberg's romantic fantasy Always, Helgenberger has played a wide variety of roles in films ranging from Species (1995) to the moody The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) to Steven Soderbergh's widely acclaimed Erin Brockovich (2000).

Tom D'Andrea's last regular TV role was Biff the bartender in Dante (1960); his final screen appearance was in the Polly Adler biopic A House is Not a Home (1964).

There has been a big push over the last few years to bring even more roles to big screen for women.

The film, also titled Youth in Revolt, is adapted from the book by screen writer Gustin Nash who made a minor splash last year with Charlie Bartlett (our review), directed by Miguel Arteta and stars Michael Cera in the title role of Nick.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is soon to be back on our screen with THE EXPENDABLES 2 later in August, but I'm more excited for THE LAST STAND which will be his first starring role in a decade.

Her last on - screen appearance was in the recently released «Star Wars: The Last Jedi,» which also featured Lourd in a small rlast on - screen appearance was in the recently released «Star Wars: The Last Jedi,» which also featured Lourd in a small rLast Jedi,» which also featured Lourd in a small role.

Naomi Watts — so wonderful in better horror fare like The Ring or thrillers like Mulholland Drive and Funny Games — does the best she can here with a comparatively inferior character, but Charlie Heaton, who broke out as the protective and lovelorn older brother in last summer's Stranger Things, and Jacob Tremblay, Oscar - nominated for his role in 2015's Room, are stymied in roles that require too little in the way of nuance or are lacking in enough screen time to show real depth.

The last Competition title to screen for the press was Jeff Nichols» Mud, which I would not have guessed features a titular role.

Sherlock Holmes has, of course, been everywhere on big and small screens within the last several years — «The Judge» actor Robert Downey Jr. portrayed the detective, with actor Jude Law as his sidekick Watson, in the 2009 movie «Sherlock Holmes» and the 2011 sequel «Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,» while actor Benedict Cumberbatch took on the role for the BBC TV series, which is still running, with «Fargo» actor Martin Freeman as Watson.

Instead, the latest effort from the actor turned filmmaker (with Farewell his last notable on - screen role) is content to recreate Lawrence Kasdan's hit, from the tragedy that brings the group together to the expected cathartic ending.

Of all the movies fans expected to see get a nod of approval or affection in the big screen adaptation of Ready Player One, a tribute to Arnold Schwarzenegger's role - within - a-role in Last Action Hero was most certainly NOT one of them.

The actor's last three big - screen appearances were in small roles, in «Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie,» «Morning Glory» and «The Switch,» and that's just not enough to help sate our Goldblum cravings.

In the last few years there has been an increasing backlash against the continued and nearly universal casting of cisgender actors in transgender roles, as well as the stereotypical characterizations of trans and non-binary people as portrayed on the big screen.

This December brings Rian Johnson's Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which will continue the main story of the franchise, while also finally bringing Luke back to the silver screen in a substantial role.

Also welcoming the exposure are Dennis Quaid (getting more Harrison Ford - like with age) and Helen Hunt, who are both benign in the parental roles, which have them sharing the screen for the first time in nearly thirty years (the last was a brief meeting of a mentally - impaired Mickey Rooney's two young friends / guardians in the 1983 telemovie sequel Bill: On His Own).

At a special screening of Terminator 2: Judgment Day 3D in Los Angeles last night, Miller and franchise creator and producer James Cameron announced that Linda Hamilton, Sarah Connor herself, will be returning to reprise her role in the sequel / reboot.

Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game: Paul Sorvino and the late, legendary screen actor Martin Landau, in his final on - screen role, star in this film about personal relationships through aging.

Olsen plays Scarlet Witch in the superhero franchise and appeared alongside co-stars Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch for last night's screening - no sign yet though of Irish actor Tom Vaughan Lawlor, who landed his breakthrough role of his career as the villain in the much anticipated blockbuster, Avengers: Infinity War.

Vera Farmiga (who last collaborated with Collet - Serra in Orphan) spends most of the film off - screen on the phone, while Patrick Wilson does what he can with a thin role playing a character named Alex Murphy, which got a laugh out of me.

An extremely strange hybrid of dark comedy / drama, actor turned director John Slattery's (from Mad Men fame) film God's Pocket will likely be forever known only because of it's featuring of one of screen legend Philip Seymour Hoffman's last roles as grubby (when wasn't he grubby?)

«Dheepan» marks his first leading role in a film (after a supporting part in the 2011 Indian film «Sengadal»), but his commanding screen presence suggests it will not be his last.

It's a moot question how much more affectionate the filmmakers were toward the 60some senior citizens of the silver screen who creak by in cameo roles: on the one hand, they're exploiting their sagging flesh and quaking voices; on the other, they've provided the opportunity for one last stand under the lights that at least some of the participants must have delighted in.

Monty Python star Michael Palin has landed another Tv acting role after returning to the small screen last year (13) in black comedy The Wipers...

Sigourney Weaver recently lent her vocal talents to the video game Alien: Isolation, and we would not be surprised if she reprised her role as Ripley on the big screen one last time.

It makes sense that Chewie too - or at least Joonas Suotamo who's taken over from Peter Mayhew in portraying the Wookiee on screen - will appear, and as Kelly Marie Tran's Rose Tico survived the events of The Last Jedi, she'll hopefully have a role in Star Wars 9 as well.

A Kevin Kline performance in a role he was born to play is pretty much wasted in «The Last of Robin Hood,» a tepidly sordid account of screen swashbuckler Errol Flynn's last love affair with an underage girl, and his... Continue readiLast of Robin Hood,» a tepidly sordid account of screen swashbuckler Errol Flynn's last love affair with an underage girl, and his... Continue readilast love affair with an underage girl, and his... Continue reading →

Available same day as select theaters nationwide is action thriller Acts of Violence (2018, R) with Bruce Willis, retirement comedy Abe & Phil's Last Poker Game (2017, not rated) with Martin Landau (in his final screen role) and Paul Sorvino, and teen rebel comedy Freak Show (2017, not rated) with Alex Lawther and Abigail Breslin.

Neil Diamond, the three guys» idol, turns up in a cameo role as himself, and he eats up his every last second in the silver screen spotlight a bit too hungrily.

Day - Lewis has hinted that his role in Phantom Thread will be his last for the screen.

A Kevin Kline performance in a role he was born to play is pretty much wasted in «The Last of Robin Hood,» a tepidly sordid account of screen swashbuckler Errol Flynn's last love affair with an underage girl, and his final dLast of Robin Hood,» a tepidly sordid account of screen swashbuckler Errol Flynn's last love affair with an underage girl, and his final dlast love affair with an underage girl, and his final days.

Paul Whitington reviews this week's big movie release, which features the late Philip Seymour Hoffman's last leading on - screen role...

But with «Chronicle» director Josh Trank working on a version of acclaimed game «Shadow Of The Colossus,» things might be looking up, and now another serious name has come on to take a role both in front of and behind the camera with a big - screen take on one of the most acclaimed and best - selling game franchises of the last few years.

While the legacy of Han Solo clearly plays a major role in the events of The Last Jedi, the scoundrel with a heart of gold never got a proper on - screen send - off.

Returning to reprise their roles in «Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi» is Golden Globe Award nominee Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron; Daisy Ridley as Rey; Black Reel Awards nominee John Boyega as Finn; two - time Primetime Emmy Award nominee Carrie Fisher as Leia; three - time Primetime Emmy Award nominee Adam Driver as Kylo Ren; two - time British Independent Film Awards nominee Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux; Anthony Daniels as the voice of C - 3PO; three - time Screen Actors Guild Awards nominee Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma; Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong» o as Maz Kanata; and BAFTA Award winner Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker.

Now she's set for her most stellar period yet with leading roles in two major BBC series: Peter Moffat's military period piece The Last Post, which startson Sunday on BBC1, and an upcoming adaptation of The Woman in White, as well as a much - praised big - screen turn in an atmospheric crime thriller, Beast, which will screen at the London Film Festival's First Feature Competitionin October.

In 2013, after a pair of teenage roles in the best of modern episodic TV, The Wire and Friday Night Lights, he was showered with acclaim for the way he commanded the screen in Fruitvale Station, re-creating the last day in the life of the 22 - year - old Oscar Grant, inexplicably shot dead by a transit cop in San Francisco on New Year's Eve; this year he has already appeared as one of the reimagined Fantastic Four — a mark of his growing stature, however stuttering the end result — and he will soon play the title role in Creed, an unexpected and unexpectedly promising extension of the Rocky franchise.

You've probably already heard that Whit Stillman, novelist and director of films like Metropolitan and The Last Days of Disco, has adapted Jane Austen's unfinished novella, Lady Susan, for the big screen as Love & Friendship, with Kate Beckinsale in the title role.

Screen shots from BlackBerry 10 — as leaked last month by CrackBerry — already suggested that video chat would play a prominent role in the company's next - gen communication suite, and now we've confirmed it.

With tablets slotting into that third screen role, they're becoming that bedroom, bathroom and sofa companion, a constant connection to the outside world, a way to browse the Internet whilst watching TV, a source of entertainment at any juncture: they're doing what we were all using our phones for last year.

Each summer for the last three years we've wrestled in these pages with the role lawyers play in the broadest range of our culture of literature — from the pages of pulp fiction to the grittiest portrayals on the silver screen.

In my last role as the Social Media Manager for Halu, I found that many of our audience members were dissatisfied with the way some of our actors presented themselves on - screen and off - screen.