Sentences with phrase «like scene stealer»

While the top categories are separate others are integrated like Scene Stealer and Best Kiss.

Not exact matches

I remember watching WWF (before it was WWE) as a kid, Roddy Piper, Hitman Hart etc and you'd get the camera going backstage into a soap opera like drama, arguments between fighters, The Million Dollar Man stole an ambulance after a fight in a staged kidnap scene etc..................................

People have really got to start remembering that cameras exist, and that even if a nativity scene looks like it's unattended, you're going to get caught if you try to steal the baby Jesus.

Tarantulas, the hairy spiders that stole movie scenes and won hearts in popular films like «Home Alone,» «Raiders of the Lost Ark,» and «Dr. No,» take a starring role in a new study that reorganizes their group, reclassifying the majority of 55 known tarantula species and adding 14 new ones, including the creepy - crawly named for Cash.

New additions like Helena Bonham Carter and Imelda Staunton are fantastic additions, and make for some gloriously scene stealing villains that are an absolute joy to watch.

(In addition to the various stars, the movie boasts scene - stealing appearances by folks like Michael C. Hall, Chelsea Peretti, and, in a performance that remains a consistent highlight, Jesse Plemons.)

Wiig has been the funniest person on the planet for a while, ruling SNL when she was on it, stealing scenes in movies like «Knocked Up,» and now, in this script she co-wrote with Annie Mumolo, who plays her airplane seatmate in the film, she's front - and - center in all of her awkward glory.

Dominating every scene she is in, Rampling steals the picture with her precise, gestapo - like techniques and leering innuendos.

John Goodman is like a cranky Grizzly bear and steals many scenes with his angry outbursts and irrelevant rationale.

My favorite is Quicksilver (Evan Peters), who — just like he did in Days of Future Past during the infamous kitchen scene — absolutely steals the show when he uses his super-speed, this time to save scores of students from a blast during an absolutely incredible and hilarious sequence set to the Eurythmics» «Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).»

However, while Forgetting Sarah Marshall might also not have been the most obvious movie to inspire a spin - off, like Madagascar's Penguins (who've ended up with their own TV series), the producers have wisely chosen to focus on Marshall's scene - stealing standout....

Jacob Tremblay, much like his scene - stealing turn in Room, is the strongest highlight within The Book of Henry.

Goodman known mostly for scene stealing bit parts in Oscar winning pictures like «Argo» or «The Artist» is the real star of the film.

And Alan Rickman, back as Professor Severus Snape in only a handful of scenes, manages to steal great portions of the movie with his carefully metered, acid line readings, like a cloaked version of Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly.

Jeff Goldblum, as the Grandmaster of the planet Thor finds himself in, making people fight in his gladiator - like ring, steals every scene that he appears in.

Lately Kevin Smith has been using him to play megalomaniacs and put him in a very central role both Red State and Tusk, but really, Parks ace in the hole was stealing single scenes, like his Mexican Pimp in the back half of Kill Bill, or his prospector in Django Unchained.

How this all happens is absolutely fascinating, beginning with the arrival of the FBI and Special Agent Richard DesLauriers (Kevin Bacon), who uses a warehouse to re-create entire city streets and the crime scene; Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), who runs the show with nerves of steel; Sgt. Jeffrey Pugliese (JK Simmons), the Watertown cop who finds himself in the middle of a shootout with the culprits; Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick (Michael Beach); Dun Meng (an excellent and scene - stealing Jimmy O. Yang), the young Chinese man who was carjacked and kidnapped by the pair, only to turn the tables on them; and of course the Tsarnaev brothers, Tamerlan (Themo Meilikidze) and the younger Dzhokhar (Alex Wolff), who both look and act so eerily like the real thing it is positively chilling to watch them.

They are the classic wacky best friends and their antics serve their purpose, but they definitely aren't scene - stealers like your Joey from «Friends» or Dwight from «The Office,» at least not at the get go.

The talented leads are ably assisted in this endeavor by a gifted supporting cast stocked with versatile veterans like Alan Alda and Ray Liotta, as well as scene - stealing comediennes such as Kathryn Hahn and Kerri Kenney.

They don't just «break out,» they wrestle the spotlight away from the bigger names and elevate the movie to heights it might never have reached otherwise — like Melissa McCarthy's boisterous, scene - stealing (and Oscar - nominated) performance in Bridesmaids.

Flashy scene - stealing performances, like Cruz's admittedly dazzling turn in «Vicky Cristina Barcelona,» tend to hog the attention in the supporting races, so I'm glad to see some factions acknowledging Tomei's humbler, more delicate work.

No character better exemplifies the movie's out - there visual sense than the shapeshifting witch (a scene - stealing Rinko Kikuchi) with heterochromatic eyes who uses her long, tentacle - like hair as an extra set of limbs and occasionally disappears into a swirl of colorful fabrics.

That allows for some interesting character pairings like Coyote looking up to Robert as a father figure, Sol playing kindly grandpa to Mallory's kids, Brianna (June Diane Raphael, still a massive scene - stealer) going into business with Frankie, and Bud (Baron Vaughn) desperately trying to make peace between everyone.

Freeman manages to encompass Ian Holm mannerisms and quirks like a glove and completely steals every scene he is in.

The likes of Cillian Murphy, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley and Brie Larson delight, as one may expect, but it is Sharlto Copley's slightly off - kilter Vernon who is the real scene - stealer here.

So it's up to Gru and Lucy, with the assistance of Gru's yellow little digit - like minions (scene - stealers as usual) to ferret out the bad guy.

The jokes roll in thick & fast and Chris Hemsworth confirms his place in the category of «comic - talent - underused - because - let's - face - it - he's - very - pretty» actors but the absolute scene stealer is the director himself who appears as Korg, a rock monster built like a backstreet bouncer and blessed with the voice of a pre-pubescent choir boy.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a prolific actor, with an Oscar for his riveting turn in Capote and career or scene - stealing turns in films like Doubt, Boogie Nights, Moneyball, and The Master.

Red Dead Redemption 2 is sure to steal the scene whenever it finally arrives, so from that point of view it isn't an issue for Take - Two, they just like planning other releases accordingly.

Inspiring hashtags like #MBakuChallenge — a social media tribute to the scene - stealing Jabari tribe leader played by Winston Duke — it's clear that «Black Panther» has swept the world and social media by storm.

He's not stealing scenes like Loki, but instead showing this relatable hollowness with his half - hearted conformity.

This mass of premise established, the film begins a zippy and entertaining first act, introducing us to eccentric characters like Cliff Curtis» scene - stealing «Shifter» (he can shapeshift objects) and Djimon Hounsou's sinister Pusher Carver, while Cassie and Nick band together and start seeking out allies.

Carell, who also co-wrote the screenplay, makes a smash starring appearance here after giving us scene - stealing performances in previous efforts like Bruce Almighty and Anchorman.

Yet just like according to everyone whose seen «Another Year» Lesley Manville steals every scene shes in as did Judy Davis in «Husbands and Wives» So I think Lesley Manville will probably be nominated in the supporting actress category the same way that Judy Davis was nominated in the supporting category for «Husbands and Wives»

Despite Inherent Vice «s deep roster of big name stars, it's not a sprawling ensemble piece like Boogie Nights although Martin Short and Benicio Del Toro a couple of scenes in which they get to briefly steal the show.

Toni Collette (The Hours, About a Boy) seems like she could steal some scenes with an over-the-top performance as a vain starlet, but even her character has nothing much to do but primp and act pouty.

The cast brought its «A» game; Barr and Goodman quite remarkably settle into their old - married - couple shtick like they never took a break; Oscar nominee Laurie Metcalf remains a scene - stealing force of nature as the forever unhinged Jackie; and Sara Gilbert does some of the finest work of her career as Darlene, particularly in — sorry to sound like a broken record — the second episode.

Hopkins is terrific and, even as he steals scenes by slipping back into some Hannibal Lecter - like mannerisms, Gosling manages to stand toe to toe with the veteran actor.

True, the movie has some fun with Deadpool's relationship with second - string X-Men like Colossus, who steals scenes as an incongruously gentlemanly and paternal metal monster man, and Negasonic Teenage Warhead, yet another sullen little girl equally at home texting or destroying men and monsters ten times her size, but it doesn't exactly reinvent the superhero movie.

There is also a major romantic subplot that almost feels like it wandered in from another movie, featuring singer Nicki Minaj, who steals every scene as Draya, a buxom stylist trying to tempt Calvin's friend Rashad (Common) away from his hard - working wife, Terri (the singularly named Eve).

Centered on a pair of all - time awesome performances from Arkin and especially Falk, littered with scene - stealing supporting work from the likes of Richard Libertini, Ed Begley Jr., James Hong and David Paymer, the movie is an out - and - out hoot that is as fresh and as vital today as it ever was 37 years ago.

Always jamming with wild, feral abandon, Soronprfbs consists of: Frank (Michael Fassbender), the damaged, Syd Barrett - like musical genius of the group who suffers from an «above board» medical condition that maintains he must wear a papier - mâché visage over his head at all times; Clara (a scene - stealing Maggie Gyllenhaal), the belligerent and humorless synth / theremin / noisemaker; Baraque (Francoise Civil), the French - only speaking bassist / guitarist; and the aloof Nana (multi-instrumentalist Carla Azar of Autolux, collaborator with PJ Harvey, Jack White), the Moe Tucker - like thumping drummer.

This is like an invitation for scene - stealing, and Maggie Smith effortlessly places first, with brittle comments that cut straight to the quick.

(The only exception is a single, seemingly extraneous early scene featuring one of Kiarostami's characteristic sages in residence — like the taxidermist in Taste of Cherry and the doctor in The Wind Will Carry Us — who turns up in a cafe to expound wittily, grandly, and unnecessarily on the moral nuances of stealing to the hero and his best friend, who has just snatched a purse.)

Coolidge has entertained in small doses in the right parts (e.g. Click), but here she's asked to be a scene - stealer, like what Melissa McCarthy was to Bridesmaids.

Instead, he's gone on to have an eclectic career in projects like Bessie, Boardwalk Empire, and Hap and Leonard, delivering scene - stealing performances in each one.

Caiappe and Scherfig pack the film with fun side characters and pseudo showbiz insider jokes, like when they go out to the past - his - prime actor Ambrose Hilliard (Bill Nighy, always the scene stealer) for the «corpse role» of the drunken father who's described as being a «shipwreck of a man» who is in his 60s but «looks older.»

Hit Girl is the scene stealing character played by Chloe Moretz, who looks like a short female version of Robin, with the attitude of the Powerpuff Girls» Buttercup, if she had an extremely potty mouth.

We have all of these interesting Norse heroes, like Sif and Heimdall, and the political behind - the - scenes backstabbing from Tom Hiddleston's show - stealing villain, Loki.

Though still too sombre for my liking, newcomers Tony Kebbell and Bil Nighy's respective quips and lunacy steal them every scene they're in.