Sentences with phrase «magnificent performances in»

Jeremy Irons gives not one but two magnificent performances in David Cronenberg «s chilly 1988 psychological thriller Dead Ringers.

The last of our half - and - halfers came in 1994, as the brilliant Hristo Stoichkov capped off a pretty impressive season with Barcelona — a league title and a run to the final of the European Cup — with a series of magnificent performances in Bulgaria's run to fourth place in the USA World Cup.

The young Italian turned in a magnificent performance in the second leg against Chelsea as Paris Saint Germain knocked out the Premier League leaders on away goals.

After his magnificent performance in Los Angeles (18 - for - 23 for 279 yards and two touchdowns), gimpy old Kevin Hogan has a reasonable chance of not only leading his team back to the Pac - 12 title game, but winning his third conference title.

Jacinto won his last warmup for this race with a magnificent performance in the mile - and - a-sixteenth San Felipe Handicap.

While Josh Waldock introduced some humour with his comment: «The #QueensSpeech was a disappointing sequel to Colin Firth's magnificent performance in 2010»

Winstead has had a bit of an odd trajectory in her career, going from thin supporting parts in big dumb studio movies to a huge indie breakout with her magnificent performance in Smashed a few years ago that she unfortunately didn't really capitalize on afterwards, but here she gets the best of both worlds by developing a kickass character we can root for in a thrilling genre piece that also has some depth to her.

Probably the best line of the night came from Leonardo DiCaprio who, upon winning Best Actor referenced the irony of winning in the comedy category for his magnificent performance in Wolf of Wall Street.

by Walter Chaw I have a theory about Treat Williams: I believe that he, after being passed over for an Oscar for his magnificent performance in the 1981 Sidney Lumet film Prince of the City, has been on a vicious retributive rampage against the American viewing public.

Elizabeth Olsen delivers a magnificent performance in her debut feature film.

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We do not have world star players in every position, but neither did Leicester, in fact we have a good team that could be a great contender even against the big spenders, just look at Ramsey, he was key for Wales magnificent performance (just see what happened when he did not play), the point is that is not necessary to splash the cash, what we need is a new Manager with a different vision that understand and demand from his players not indulge them....

A magnificent team performance saw reigning European champions Real Madrid put to the sword in devastating fashion at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday evening, as we booked our place in the knockout stages of the Champions League with two games to spare.

Arsenal put in a massive performance at the intimidating arena of Borussia Dortmund, the magnificent Westfalenstadion, to come away impressively with all 3 points, and all but one foot in the knockout stages of the Champions League.

Only a few games have hung around my mind with that sort of impact: Brazil v Netherlands, 1998 World Cup Semi Final, Ronaldinho's Clasico in 2005, and Barcelona v United 2011 (for the performance of Andres Iniesta who was magnificent without breaking a trot or a sweat or even once striking a ball in anger).

Unfortunately for the Azzurri, that turned out to be their greatest achievement on the night as Spain put on a magnificent performance, scoring two goals in each half to seal their 3rd consecutive major international title.

After the euphoria of our magnificent second half performance against Palace last week, we head to the North - East to face what I believe to be one of the most uninteresting teams in the Premier League, Middlesbrough.

Despite being knocked out from the Champions League, the team gave a magnificent and brave performance, one that won't be forgotten in a long time.

Spurs fans in a record Premier League crowd of 80,827 were treated to a magnificent performance against Liverpool at Wembley on Sunday.

Casillas had been Spain's undisputed number one goalkeeper for years, even when he had been dropped at Real Madrid, but a series of subpar performances over the past couple of years, combined with the magnificent last few seasons David de Gea has had, meant that Del Bosque could not ignore the fact that 35 year old was no longer the best goalkeeper in the squad.

Bayern were lacklustre, but that would just take away the credit from Arsenal, who put in a brave and magnificent performance.

Normally in such magnificent team performances it's difficult to single out one individual display — but this was the De Bruyne show.

There are trade - offs to this method, however, and while Hooper's version of «Les Misérables» is magnificent in many ways — strengthened by all - in performances from Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, and Samantha Barks — it often feels curiously small in scale.

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A spectacular piece of virtuoso cinema that impresses not only for its remarkable technical achievement (Lubezki reached heavens with that jaw - dropping «forged» long - take), but also for being an incredibly well - constructed (and hilarious) character study with Michael Keaton in a magnificent career - defining performance.

Jessica Chastain gives a magnificent and thoroughly believable performance as a ruthless woman who will do anything to win in the amoral world she works in and the political «rats» whom the competing lobbying firms work to win over.

He took those two magnificent performances and dropped them into a trendy, gimmick - ridden exercise in fashionable cinema.

You can also chart the change through the magnificent performance of Theron, who appears to be regaining her sense of self and placement in the family.

She's moving, miffed, and magnificent in Love is Strange, giving a pitch - perfect supporting performance, in the purest sense of the term.

Not only is Relativity Media, the studio that is distributing «Season of the Witch,» promising all these elements in the new supernatural action film, but it's also claiming the movie throws in magnificent stunts and memorable performances that will leave audiences downright frightened.

Buoyed by McDonagh's biting wit, and boasting measured characters and magnificent performances, The Guard is a pure crowd - pleaser that will leave the audience in stitches.

«Offers the frustrating experience of watching two magnificent actors give utterly real performances in a cloying dramedy that embraces all the worst aspects of the One Last Trip sub-genre» — Norm Wilner, NOW Magazine

The three - time Oscar winner has made bad movies watchable and has consistently turned in one magnificent performance after another in more than her fair share of great movies.

David Oyelowo is magnificent as MLK, giving a career - best performance as a man driven but still prone to self - doubt while there's hardly a false note struck by any of the supporting players, Tim Roth in particular delivering a memorable turn as Alabama's governor George Wallace.

He also delivered remarkable performances alongside Jennifer Lawrence in Passengers, in Antoine Fuqua's The Magnificent Seven and through supporting roles in the films Moneyball, The Lego Movie, Her and Zero Dark Thirty.

It's a magnificent performance (especially given that it was Blakley's debut) in a film filled with small yet vibrant character sketches.

In collaboration with the Parisian agency les bons faiseurs, La Semaine chose the image which better reflects this 50 +5 edition: the magnificent actress Jessica Chastain in a scene from Take Shelter, second feature film by Jeff Nichols where her performance in one of her first leading roles was particularly remarkeIn collaboration with the Parisian agency les bons faiseurs, La Semaine chose the image which better reflects this 50 +5 edition: the magnificent actress Jessica Chastain in a scene from Take Shelter, second feature film by Jeff Nichols where her performance in one of her first leading roles was particularly remarkein a scene from Take Shelter, second feature film by Jeff Nichols where her performance in one of her first leading roles was particularly remarkein one of her first leading roles was particularly remarked.

He was robbed of an Oscar a few years previously for his magnificent turn in «Dead Man Walking» but here gives a similiar emotive and heart wrenching performance and thoroughly deserved his 1st Oscar this time around.

The magnificent Cicely Tyson gives a performance for the ages in director Michael Wilson's impeccable Broadway revival of Horton Foote's 1953 masterwork «The Trip to Bountiful.»

Recently we've been looking back at the remarkable career of Denzel Washington, star of our latest cover film The Magnificent Seven, and coincidentally Clark has picked out Washington's performance in Spike Lee's Malcolm X as his favourite by a black actor.

Peter Saarsgard (The Magnificent Seven, 2016) also has a notable performance as Robert Kennedy, the attorney general who's dealing with the shocking death of his brother while helping console his sister - in - law and somehow maintaining professionalism.

Also starring John C. Reilly sporting an epic beard and Katie Holmes in her first movie in years, the movie has plenty of talent surrounding it and early word is that Kline has another magnificent; y quirky performance to tack onto his resume.

It's one of the season's most thrilling hours, thanks in large part to a unique structure and magnificent, boisterous performances from Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis.

Yes, Streep is a magnificent actress who is destined to go down in history as the best who ever lived, but the movie she's nominated for, «Florence Foster Jenkins,» was mostly just «cute» and not an Oscar - winning performance.

And Ruben Niborski, the non-religious actor who plays Menashe's son, is magnificent in a uniquely subtle performance.

Hoffman (whose performance in Magnolia may have been the most underrated of his career) makes for a magnificent mountebank, his belief stretched a mile wide and an inch deep.

Writing in The Independent, Geoffrey Macnab praised Spall's «magnificent central performance» and the film's «occasional flights of visual splendour».

«David Strathairn delivers a quietly powerful performance supported by a magnificent ensemble cast in an impressive feature debut which its writer - director calls «a human tapestry.

Coogler made his directorial debut with the powerful drama Fruitvale Station, in which Jordan gave a magnificent performance as Oscar Grant,

She earned four Academy Award nominations for performances in THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS (1942), MRS. PARKINGTON (1944), JOHNNY BELINDA (1948), and HUSH... HUSH, SWEET CHARLOTTE (1964).

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