Sentences with phrase «masterful performance»

It is a fully realized and masterful performance for a film that required it to have any chance of success.

She hasn't even been nominated since inspite a string of masterful performances in challenging roles from wide - ranging auteurs.

In Gim me Shelter, Vanessa Hudgens and Rosario Dawson give masterful performances as a pregnant runaway teenager and her abusive mother, but an overly saccharine environment weighs the rest of the film down.

That film was the perfect example of the pitfalls of the genre (made barely palpable by masterful performances from its two now Academy Award winning male stars), serving to reinforce my own predilections (prejudices) regarding films about real life individuals.

A must see for the magnificently masterful performances of two incomparably iconic actors.

Fortunately fans could take some comfort in Benigni's masterful performance on the television special L'Ultimo del paradiso later that same year.

Edgar's masterful performance scored him the best overall individual combined time.

Koscielny — 8.5 A masterful performance from the Frenchman.

Masterful performances abound, though it's the brutalized women who come out on top in spite of their abjection.

The Master - Joaquin Phoenix turns in an explosive, masterful performance opposite an equally strong Philip Seymour Hoffman in this powerful drama about a deranged WW 11 Navy veteran's power play relationship with a charismatic cult leader reportedly based on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

Corduner's masterful performance underlines the effect of war on innocent bystanders.

I insist that you simply must partake of my final masterful performance in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

From Notley's masterful performance in the televised leader's debate to a train - wreck press conference held by four prominent CEOs, there were many key moments and events that provided a clear indication that the campaign was going well for the NDP and very, very poorly for the PCs.

Carried by masterful performances from all its stars, «Rosemary's Baby» is one of the best horror films of all time.

Listeners will not want to miss Turpin's masterful performance of Angie Thomas» acclaimed novel, which examines injustice and the complexities of race in America.»

Also Credit Don Cheadle's masterful performance for making the movie riveting for its duration.

«Short sentences, simple vocabulary, good flow — it was a masterful performance,» he says.

James had another masterful performance on Wednesday night, in which he scored the Cavaliers final nine points to secure a 113 - 108 win over the Denver Nuggets, including two final fadeaways that you'd only trust him to make.

I've played absolutely perfectly before, put in a masterful performance, and then my perfect play evaporated because one guy lost his mind and got lucky.

Ms. Freeland went into the lion's den at a meeting of Germany's SPD, a party unfavourable to the agreement, and delivered what by all accounts was a masterful performance.

Thomas was obviously a key to last year's defense, not only because of his production (15 TFLs, and no, they didn't all come in that masterful performance against UNC) but because of the attention opponents had to give him.

Finals MVP Tim Dunlaey came up with a masterful performance in the final, scoring 22 huge points to help lift his boys to the crown.

I think Floyd is going to put on a masterful performance come fight night.

It was a dominating and masterful performance.

That changed in Week 7 with a masterful performance against Arkansas.

He scored in the 3rd minute on Wednesday and put in a masterful performance throughout the Blaugrana's 3 - 0 victory, sending Barca through 4 - 1 on aggregate.

And Ramsey, who is much - maligned on here, also gave a masterful performance in midfield.

Standing on its own, it was a masterful performance — the first shutout thrown in a seventh game since Sandy Koufax did so in 1965.

Down 3 - 1 in the series and looking like toast, LeBron James and the Cavaliers stormed back with a pair of masterful performances to get to Game 7.

James followed up his 82 points, 24 rebounds and 18 assists in Games 5 and 6 with another masterful performance in Game 7.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan — 4 After last week's masterful performance we expected more from the Armenian, but didn't look confident for such a big game.

What followed was a masterful performance from Gregory Gaultier as the French top seed added to his U.S. Open title of 2006 with a straight games win over Nick Matthew, the third seed and 2007 champion.

Granit Xhaka has quickly grown into an influential player for Arsenal, and put in a masterful performance as the Gunners defeated Crystal Palace 2 - 0 earlier this week.

There was his masterful performance against CSKA Moscow, his near match winner against Juventus in the fall and, of course, his goal in the derby.

It was not a win, but Arsenal produced a masterful performance at the Etihad as they outplayed the champions in their own backyard, and probably deserved a win for their enterprise.

They ended up dominating the match with Dembele giving a masterful performance in midfield — power, pace & precision passing.

James McAvoy gives a masterful performance.

What I saw in my several viewings was an embracing yet acerbic melange of genres polished to a single piece through a screenplay larded with wit, superb filming, and masterful performances.

Critic Consensus: Led by a masterful performance from Timothy Spall and brilliantly directed by Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner is a superior Hollywood biopic.

Critics Consensus: Led by a masterful performance from Timothy Spall and brilliantly directed by Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner is a superior Hollywood biopic.

Taxi Driver highlights Martin Scorsese's illustrious direction and De Niro's masterful performance that both create a neo-noir presentation of the 1970s that's revered as both respective talents» best.

The Academy loves tragic biopics, so the absence of Oyelowo's name in the list of this year's nominees, especially considering his masterful performance as MLK, was a bit shocking.

The films In America (2002), «Morvern Callar» (2002), Minority Report (2002) and Code 46 (2003) may all be very different, but in each of them Samantha Morton has given a masterful performance as a vulnerable young woman who has lost a loved one.

And yet, thanks to a masterful performance by Andy Serkis as the super-smart ape Caesar, this movie became one of our favorites.

The religious paraphernalia in Amato's home indicates the moral framework the gangster persistently violates, but it is Robinson's masterful performance that catches the unease behind the barnstorming evil, the reserves of guilt and inability to love (despite his name) that Amato deflects by needling others» weaknesses.

In his final film role (he announced his retirement from acting in June), Daniel Day - Lewis gives another masterful performance but for most of Phantom Thread, he's only telling what his character wants us to know.

It's a masterful performance.

In the face of such a unified vision, it feels belittling to evaluate the masterful performance of Juliette Binoche in Blue against the crisp dialogue in White against the lush cinematography in Red.