Sentences with phrase «less than actors»

Not exact matches

The show's seemingly quick unraveling came less than a day after a Sunday Buzzfeed article outlined Rapp's claims that a drunken Spacey tried to seduce the then - child actor in 1986.

This was the case recently when Amy Pascal, Sony's co-chairman and chief of its film division, came under intense criticism for her remarks about President Barack Obama and less than flattering statements about high - profile actors, including Angelina Jolie, Kevin Hart and Adam Sandler.

It's called «Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon» and it refers to the fact that pretty much any actor or actress is most likely just a few roles away (or less) from having worked with Bacon, who has starred in more than 80 films and TV shows.

And Face ID — which Apple touts as being less vulnerable to bad actors than its Touch ID fingerprint sensing — could be more secure than using a fingerprint sensor on a phone simply because such sensors tend to be so small that they require you to input several partial prints from the same finger.

The actor, best known for playing Luke Skywalker, was less than amused by the video Pai released last week, in which he dressed up as Santa and explained the «seven things you can still do on the Internet after net neutrality.»

The notion of a bureau - inspired plot is in some ways less ridiculous than the «crisis actors» theory — Hogg's dad really was in the FBI, and for all we know, he really does hate Trump — but on another level, it's even crazier.

Rupert Murdoch's suggestion that all the Egyptians he knows are white carries less weight than the claim from director Ridley Scott that using Middle Eastern actors would make fundraising difficult.

It turns out that when we let ourselves surrender to the «Time of the Season,» we are less like the animals and flowers of the field than a) like actors playing parts in some two - bit melodrama about low - class Others, or, b) like the starry - eyed Icaruses of the first verse seeking to take one another «to the sun» and «to promised lands.»

Most fans familiar with the work of the actor are not surprised he has almost single - handily pulled in a fifth - of - a-billion-dollars in less than a month.

Hard just war theory reverses these emphases, replacing them with the following: a presumption against injustice and disorder rather than against war; an assumption that war is tragic but inevitable in a fallen world and that war is a necessary task of government; a tendency to trust the U.S. government and its claims of need for military action; an emphasis on just war theory as a tool to aid policymakers and military personnel in their decisions; an inclination to distrust the efficacy of international treaties and to downplay the value of international actors and perspectives; a less stringent or differently oriented application of some just war criteria; and no sense of common ground with Christian pacifists.

Wahlberg was met with outrage when it was revealed he earned the fortune to re-film portions of the film to erase disgraced actor Kevin Spacey while Williams reportedly received less than 1,000 dollars (# 728).

Twitter and Facebook is exploding, because less than 20 people in the crowd clapped for him after he thanked god for winning best actor

Disney, now owners of Star Wars producer Lucasfilm, has recently adopted a «legacy pay scale» policy; in layman's terms, veteran actors were paid ludicrously higher wages than their less experienced counterparts, regardless of screen time.

I mean this all situation is getting comical by the days and we have all the actors we need... Just a bunch of deluded and less than average performers under the guidance of the most delusional man in world football.

In other words, these behaviors were less for domestic show than they were for other international actors.

The remaining candidates received less than 10 percent and included teacher Rick Gallant of Steuben County, actor JG Hertzler of Tompkins County, economist educator Charles Whalen of Ontario County, and Pastor Karl Warrington of Ontario County.

Actor Patrick Swayze died less than two years after he was diagnosed with the invasive disease.

Eye tracking revealed that the participants with either condition were less likely than controls to look to the actors» facial expressions for clues about their feelings.

Most actors tested pulled the chain delivering the shock far less often than the chain delivering food.

Some of the actors come through well, which helps even out the less than stellar script.

It's been two decades since those six Friends burst A lot's happened since to the six actors who lit up our screens a show about women dating The actors were given the salary of the least paid cast member, meaning Aniston and Schwimmer earned less than they could have.

Critics Consensus: The ending may be less than satisfying, but Denzel Washington reminds us why he's such a great actor in this taut and brutal police drama.

Critic Consensus: The ending may be less than satisfying, but Denzel Washington reminds us why he's such a great actor in this taut and brutal police drama.

Tim Robbins ranks among contemporary cinema's most acclaimed and provocative voices; a multifaceted talent, he has proved so adept at wearing the various hats of actor, writer, and director that no less a figure than the legendary filmmaker Robert Altman declared him the second coming of Orson Welles.

In June 1996, the LAPD arrested the actor (who had already spent time in three rehabilitation facilities between 1987 and 1996) on counts including drug use, driving under the influence, possession of a concealed weapon, and possession of illegal substances, a development which struck many as ironic, given his star - making performance years prior in Less than Zero.

And while Farrell is admittedly quite good as the smooth, charismatic Jerry, Yelchin is simply unable to become the compelling protagonist that the narrative clearly requires - with the actor's less - than - engrossing performance matched by an underwhelmingly bland supporting cast (eg Toni Collette, playing Charley's concerned mother, is hopelessly wasted here).

5 SNAPS UP - My Review of 5 Flights Up (3 1/2 Legendary Stars) The recent success of the new Netflix series, GRACIE AND FRANK, speaks to the pleasures of watching two legendary actors clearly enjoying themselves despite the less - than - inspired packaging.

The film is fairly tolerable as these things go: Wilder takes time off from the steamrolling plot for improvised bits with some actor buddies (including Charles Grodin and Joseph Bologna), and the project as a whole is a lot less mawkish than we've come to expect from Wilder's directorial efforts.

Yet unlike so many of the director's previous cinematic puzzle games, Redbelt cares far less about tricking its audience than about plumbing its protagonist's psyche in a way both viscerally exciting and intensely analytical, a nifty trick that's aided by a host of uniformly sturdy but tonally divergent supporting actors (dainty Emily Mortimer, chilly Rebecca Pidgeon, hammy Rodrigo Santoro, goofy Tim Allen) who don't, at first glance, seem well - suited to coexist with each other.

Film actor Robert Duvall, whose scores of credits include the «Godfather» trilogy, has sold an investment property in West Hollywood for $ 1.605 million, or $ 30,000 less than his asking price.

Carano's screen presence evokes nothing less than»70s Pam Grier — where the effect is not that of an actor giving a natural and charismatic performance in a film, but, rather, a natural and charismatic person acting in a film.

Scarlett Johansson, why were the female actors paid less than half of what the male actors earned last year?

For lovers of James Stewart, and those curious about his lesser known work, you owe it to yourself to screen your own Double Feature, and investigate one of the most likable actor's «take» on some less than appealing roles.

In addition to the three - day «Citizen Kane» workshop, I did a Q&A with the actor Jason Patric after a screening of James Foley's «After Dark, My Sweet» (1990), a modern film noir that made both of the Best Ten lists on «Siskel & Ebert,» but sank so quickly at the box office that it never played Chicago and grossed less than $ 2 million.

It looks like enough Americans still believe in the fabled powers of intense British character actors: Less than a week after Emily Browning was cast as Laura Moon in the new TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods, another actor has developed the requisite number of followers to grant him power to participate in...

Yes, it's anecdotally historic for exes to find themselves dual frontrunners in any category, much less a category wherein women have been nominated only a few more times than have been nominated for Best Actor.

It just suffers from B - list actors, a less - than - inspired director, an old fashioned script, and a lack of fresh ideas.

With «Guardians Of The Galaxy» now less than two years from release, the studio is starting to get the cast in place for what is easily the most ambitious project on their slate (it has an alien tree creature and a pistol - wielding, talking raccoon, guys), and a ridiculously long laundry list of actors have been revealed as possibilities to star.

There's little doubt, however, that the movie, even during its less successful moments, benefits from the thoroughly (and uniformly) superlative work of its various actors - McDormand and Rockwell are especially magnetic here - and there does reach a point at which Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri becomes far more engrossing and captivating than one might've anticipated.

I Vote for More Movies and Less Music: McGraw makes bland, soccer - mom country music but is a better actor than you'd have ever guessed he could be.

Morgan Freeman's mollycoddled and on meds, suffering the indignity of being infantlised by an idiot son, Kevin Kline's got a great wife but a boring life and is subsequently sexually dysfunctional and depressed, Robert De Niro's a widower whose only human contact is a soup making neighbour, while Michael Douglas, in a set up that must have presented the actor with the greatest challenge of his career, plays a rich old pervert who's eschewed commitment most of his adult life but is now about to settle for a woman less than half his age.

There's little doubt such attributes, coupled with Will Smith's typically engrossing work, goes a long way towards compensating for the ineffectiveness of the younger Smith's performance, as the fledgling actor's less - than - competent turn ensures that Kitai simply never becomes the dynamic, charismatic lead character that one might've expected (and hoped for).

Actor turned director Tate Taylor proves to be even less adept crafting mystery thrillers than he does insincere period melodrama with his third feature, The Girl on the Train, an adaptation of the bestselling pulp novel by Paula Hawkins.

This, combined with the film's extensive use of local non-professional actors, made Toni one of the biggest precursors of the Italian neorealist movement (no less than Luchino Visconti served as the assistant director!).

Like McDormand, Rockwell easily could've coasted on a broader performance and, in a lesser actors hands, the character would never have been able to do all that he was able to and be more than strictly a villain.

A lesser actor than Ruffalo might not have left you with the good feeling the movie wants you to have.

Two of the actor's last three films have barely received theatrical release and, in between them, this Ghost Rider sequel became the rare Marvel flop, its indefensible $ 51.8 million domestic pull (less than half of its predecessor's take, though it also had half the budget) ranking it lower than all but four films to spawn from the comics publisher: The Punisher and its sequel, Jennifer Garner's Elektra (a baffling spin - off to Johnson's weak Daredevil), and the notorious Howard the Duck.

That directly violates an Emmy rule requiring actors to appear in less than 50 percent of a season to be eligible for a Guest nomination.

Part of it is due to the record three Best Actor Oscars he's picked up («My Left Foot,» «There Will Be Blood,» «Lincoln») despite a slim filmography of less than 20 major works.

There's never been any confirmed word on her contract, but she's definitely in Infinity War — having been spotted filming in Scotland by multiple sources — and few name actors sign on with Marvel for less than three movies.