Sentences with phrase «male lead of the film»

John Krasinski, the director and the male lead of the film, responded to Pratt's effusive praise on Twitter with, «Oh man... who ARE you @prattprattpratt???... nicest guy ever, that's who!».

Not exact matches

And MY point is that the failure of SOME female - led films is often used by the industry as an excuse not to make more, even when the failure of SOME male - led films never stops them from making more.

He reportedly auditioned for a small part, and though the show's producers did not deem him right for the characterization, they felt so impressed by Eigenberg's presence that they created the character of Steve Brady especially for him, as an extension of his own personality; the plan, again, was to create a sincere, committed, down - to - earth male paramour to offset Miranda's (Cynthia Nixon) cynicism.Though initially intended as a temporary part, the popularity of the character among viewers (and Eigenberg's onscreen chemistry with Nixon) led to Eigenberg's permanent inclusion on the show, as well as subsuquent movies.Circa 2002, Eigenberg expanded into film roles by playing the business partner of Richard Gere in Mark Pellington's underrated supernatural thriller The Mothman Prophecies.

Griff seems to be too psychologically damaged to make sense as a male lead, and his imagination swells the entire film in a fog of uncertainty.

In the lead - up to the film's release, there were rumblings that Bridesmaids was a straight rip - off of The Hangover, in which a male wedding party bonds over roofies, tasers and Tyson.

The «Girls With Guns» films featured strong female leads, usually supported by ineffective or soon - to - be-killed male counterparts, and blended martial arts action with heavy gunplay, usually supported by eye - piercing 80s fashion, heavy synth scores, and lots of explosions in empty warehouses and abandoned construction sites.

Unfolding like Roman Polanski's take on «The King of Marvin Gardens» while simultaneously serving as a suitable spiritual sequel to the director's debut, «Afterschool,» in which the male desire to connect meaningfully with others is frayed and warped by life experience, «Simon Killer» is Antonio Campos» latest chilly, chilling character study, with Corbet effectively replacing Ezra Miller, who led the previous film, as a neuroscience major who studied how the eyes and the brain relate, but has a seriously loose wire between his own brain and his heart.

After wrapping production last November, the movie has hit a slight bump in the road, and The Hate U Give cast is now being shaken up: a new report says the film's male lead is being replaced after a controversial video of him surfaced online.

The constant droning of sad classical music over 70 % of the film is highly manipulative.The lead actress is toiling hard in the fields, yet at all times wears lipstick, foundation, rough and mascara.Even some of the males wear lipstick throughout.Everybody is drop dead gorgeous, no mud or gore in sight.The whole film is suffused with too much romantic zeal and sentiment.The two lead actors are excellent, but as usual Tom Sturridge is poor.He fails to convince he could ever be the dashing colonial soldier with his thin, weedy style of acting.One star

The film's cast took home the Best Ensemble Cast prize, with Mahershala Ali winning Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Juan, a father - figure of sorts to the film's lead character Chiron, a young African - American male coming to terms with his sexual orientation.

The film has yet to find its male lead however, as Stanley Tucci appears to have dropped out of the running.

A game cast quite literally gives the film their all but it's hard to ignore the ugly treatment its leading lady receives, coupled with a story that — though open to multiple interpretations — never rises above a pretentious and scummy tale of male exploitation of women, both on and off - screen.

«FIRE MAY BE SUBTLE» Three leads, two male and one female, are being cast in this short film about a woman whose psyche suffers a major break after the death of her boyfriend.

With stunning cinematography and camera movement and one of the best leading male performances of the year (FLF or not), this is one of Brazil's finest films this decade.

The actors aren't all well cast (I counted only about three I'd consider to be above average for their respective roles — Acker as Beatrice, Fillion (Waitress, White Noise 2) in the supporting role of Dogberry - the only time the audience I viewed the film with laughed at anything in the film that came from actual dialogue, rather than the injected slapstick and actors occasionally comical facial expressions, came from Fillion's delivery - and British actor Paul Meston in the minuscule part of Friar Francis) The rest often appear as though they're reciting lines without any sense of meaning in the words they are saying, and when one of those happens to be the male romantic lead, that's one hell of a liability.

That's the US title of the film and it's better than the UK one, which only seems to emphasise the bland identity of its male lead.

If the apartment of the female lead in Head - On (04) looks (according to her boyfriend) like it's been hit by a chick bomb, then the title restaurant of Fatih Akin's latest film has been hit by the male equivalent.

Writer - director - star Michael Showalter (Wet Hot American Summer) attempts to turn the romantic comedy formula on its ear with The Baxter, a film that tells the story from the point of view of the poor schlep that typical romantic comedies usually leave stranded at the altar, while the bride - to - be runs off with the handsome leading male.

2016 brought an eerily similar story when director Alex Proyas» $ 140 million fantasy action film Gods of Egypt - starring Gerard Butler (who barely attempted to alter his Scottish accent), Danish Game of Thrones actor Nikolaj Coster - Waldau, and Australian Brenton Thwaites as the three male leads - opened to a domestic weekend of just $ 14 million.

The film's only podium absences came at the hands of «Dallas Buyers Club» — Chiwetel Ejiofor lost to Matthew McConaughey in male lead and Michael Fassbender to Jared Leto for supporting actor, results that were thought by many a foregone conclusion both Saturday and at Sunday's Oscars.

London Fields is a modern - day Pygmalion story split three ways, with femme fatale Nicola Six (Amber Heard) playing the stereotypical male fantasy whose chameleon - like dexterity allows her to manipulate each of the film's male leads.

The director of «TMNT» signs on for upcoming Sir Lancelot film «Man at Arms,» «The Ring» followup «Rings» gets its male lead, and more!

«Birdman» nabbed the Best Feature award with the star of the film Michael Keaton taking home the award for Best Male Lead.

Legendary's King Kong movie Kong: Skull Island may have lost two of its male stars earlier this month in Michael Keaton (Birdman) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash), but the project has now secured its female lead, with Deadline revealing that Brie Larson (Trainwreck) has signed on to the film.

Black Panther was certainly an important film on a number of levels — whether it was providing much - needed contrast to the otherwise caucasian male - led stories we had already seen in the past, or the genius marketing that further drummed up anticipation for the Wakandan - set epic.

Making its debut at the Austin Film Festival, Brad Silberling's latest An Ordinary Man is yet another film spotlighted because of its male lead.

Of course you saw this coming, but Disney's latest animated film is more than deeply watchable fare with a good gender balance in the cast — a wonderful thing in its own right — it's hilariously funny, genuinely moving and its sisterly leads are compelling characters with relatable arcs, whether you're male or female.

Much might be made of Dhont's decision to cast a cisgender male in the lead role (films with Eddie Redmayne and Matt Bomer playing trans have been met with some backlash) but this might be a unique case.

Something striking about your films is the concept of maturity within your characters, especially in this story with the three male leads.

After creating such violent male - dominated films like Bronson, Only God Forgives, and Valhalla Rising, Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is entering the world of strong female leads with The Neon Demon, a dark tale of treachery and the obsession of beauty.

The male lead from Gareth Edwards» low - budgets sleeper Monsters has got great people working on his side, because despite not having the most head - turning performance in that film he has become a hot commodity after years of playing sideline roles.

After tracing how the discoveries of Turing's World War II decoding machine led to the modern computer, Cumberbatch clarified that the Morten Tyldum - directed film «is not a period drama» but is «utterly relevant» now because of its discussion of Joan Clarke's (Keira Knightley) plight in a male - dominated workplace, as well as Turing's secret homosexual status, for which he was punished by the British government and eventually triggered his suicide.

As Julie Kirgo points out in her liner notes essay for the recent Twilight Time Blu - ray release of the film, The Crimson Kimono can perhaps be best understood as a romance between its two male leads: detectives Joe Kojaku (James Shigeta) and Charlie Bancroft (Glenn Corbett).

For one, a significant number of these films are ensemble pieces that don't have any lead roles, male or female.

My only caveat of the film would be that the intimate scenes appear a bit awkward and rushed, especially from the three male leads.

His film relies far more on the strengths of its female leads than those of the males, hence Reilly's skill set isn't really ever put on full display.

Next up is the male lead in lesbian werewolf indie «Jack and Diane» alongside Juno Temple and Riley Keough, but the latter part of the year will see him with key roles in two of our most anticipated films of the year.

Christopher McQuarrie has made a wonderful action film that is just another sad excuse of shitty choices by it's male leads.

It was also a big day for Call Me By Your Name, which lead all film noms with a total of six including best picture, but Universal / Blumhouse's Get Out continued to prove it's a serious contender this season with five noms for the Jordan Peele movie including best picture, director, screenplay, editing and male lead Daniel Kaluuya.

Similarly, Edgar Wright's new film Baby Driver continues Hill's established precedent of a sullen male lead whose apparent vocation is a firm grip on a steering wheel with a mile of asphalt before him.

Up until now, the only weekend in which a film with a white male lead actor had won the box office came when «Maze Runner: The Death Cure,» starring Dylan O'Brien, knocked «Jumanji» off the top spot at the North American box office on the weekend of Jan. 26.

The chief problems seem to be: scheduling conflicts of both WKW and Nicole; the amount of time it will take to film and the filming in China are unfavourable to Nicole; WKW's inability to find a male lead to act opposite Nicole; WKW will only make this film if Nicole acts in it.

Beasts of No Nation, Netflix's first foray into original feature film making, made a huge impact this morning landing nominations in Best Feature, Best Director (Cary Fukunaga), Best Male Lead (Abraham Attah), Best Supporting Male (Idris Elba) and Best Cinematography.

For example, the introduction of the two female characters do absolutely nothing for the film and are only there to suit the needs of the two male leads.

Rockwell is known for his standout leading performances in an array of noteworthy films, including George Clooney's Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, which he received a Silver Berlin Bear Award for Best Actor at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival; Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men opposite Nicolas Cage and Alison Lohman; and Seven Psychopaths opposite Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken, which earned him a 2013 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Malof noteworthy films, including George Clooney's Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind, which he received a Silver Berlin Bear Award for Best Actor at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival; Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men opposite Nicolas Cage and Alison Lohman; and Seven Psychopaths opposite Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken, which earned him a 2013 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting MalOf A Dangerous Mind, which he received a Silver Berlin Bear Award for Best Actor at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival; Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men opposite Nicolas Cage and Alison Lohman; and Seven Psychopaths opposite Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell and Christopher Walken, which earned him a 2013 Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male.

In almost any other version of this film (including any that would come from Hollywood where inclusion, diversity and #MeToo is in full swing) the two male leads would be depicted as hardscrabble, hardworking lovable rogues conquering the world while their devoted women keep home and hearth, smiling lovingly at their achievements.

It's exactly the kind of film that money - focused studios are afraid of — intelligent, thoughtful and led by women in a genre whose «traditional» fanbase skews male.

It is the performance of Alvaro as the steadfast and moderate Louisa, however, that grounds the film and allows its audience to engage in the more highly strung antics of the two male leads.

This is the kind of film that was all the rage in the early «60s: aging male star, once a romantic lead, is cast as head of a really annoying family that puts him through absolute hell, until the denouement that insists that family life is in fact splendid and really the ONLY THING WORTH EXISTING FOR.

Woody Allen no longer casts himself as the romantic lead in his films, but it's still pretty obvious when the director's own viewpoints, neuroses, and inclinations are coming out of his male leads» mouths.