Sentences with phrase «masterful performances as»

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.

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.

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.

At the center of it all is Michelle Williams, giving a masterful performance as a woman who refuses to be manipulated by rich men, smug men, media men, policemen, and even the one man who supposed to be on her side, Fletcher Chase, an ex-CIA agent Getty assigns to get his grandson back... as cheaply as possible.

Troy Baker again proves why he gets the amount of work he does with his masterful performance as Pagan Min.

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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.

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.

Krasinski and Blunt pull off fiercely expressive performances as young parents desperate to keep their family safe at all costs, and Blunt in particular has a deft way of combining horror, grief, and love into one masterful expression as Evelyn watches helplessly while her family fights for their lives.

The sheer neurotic intensity of Techine's characters — characteristically stretching both backward and forward in time, as in a Faulkner novel — holds one throughout, as does Techine's masterful direction and many of the other performances.

Thomas Jane, who could have been a huge superstar were it not for his unfortunate name, turns in another great performance and Jane Adams is masterful as his luny yet focused pimp.

The almost excessively subdued atmosphere prevents Nebraska from becoming anything more than a passable endeavor, and yet it's just as clear that the movie benefits substantially from its pervasively easy - going atmosphere and smattering of Oscar - worthy performances - with, of course, Dern's masterful turn as the central character remaining a consistent highlight.

The build - up is masterful, as is the quality of the characterizations, which are short but effective, and when it all boils over, there is much power in the performances.

Anchored by Schoenaert's masterful committed performance (he gained over 60 pounds of muscle for the part) the film also works as a fascinating character study.

Much has been made of the terrifying impact of his guerrilla warfare commandant, but the most masterful moments of the performance are as he loses dominance over his child soldiers — the impotence with which he clings to his his blind warpath lingers after the chills.

Chalamet is painfully vulnerable in this star - making turn and the supporting performances by Armie Hammer and powerhouse Michael Stuhlbarg are great as well, really rounding out this masterful vision.

The performances are as good as any you will see this year, but Nolte must be especially recognized for his masterful evocation of a man in the throes of becoming aware.

In any case, once again the acclaimed actor delivers another masterful performance in a movie that, as far as I am concerned, is highly overrated and does not deserve an Oscar nomination for Best Film.

First Reformed (2018) First Reformed, a summation of Schrader's four - decade long career, combines all of the director's reigning pet interests into a masterful work about a lonely priest (Ethan Hawke, in one of the best performances of his storied career) who adopts an alienated environmentalist's martyrdom as the 250th anniversary of his small parish approaches.

Captain Phillips: Armed with Paul Greengrass» taut direction and Tom Hanks» masterful performance, Captain Phillips is an exciting, enthralling, and entertaining picture that earns its place as the best of 2013 many, many times over.

As it happens, the movie contains one of Streep's most solid and square performances, and the movie is a masterful suspense piece.

Though Hollywood has tackled America's legacy of slavery before, it has rarely done so with as visceral a combination of strong visuals, masterful performances and, most importantly, a screenplay that takes an unflinching and unvarnished look at out country's antebellum past.

This is thanks to both the quality of the material and its telling; Nagy's script is perfectly pitched, as is Haynes masterful direction, but the real strength — and joy — of this film is found in its two lead performances.

Ben's brother gives the performance of a lifetime as an emotionally annihilated janitor forced to look after his dead brother's oversexed nephew in Kenneth Lonergan's masterful New England drama.

Much as a masterful conductor has the ability to make an «off» note feel like an essential part of a performance, a great principal knows when to highlight beauty and back off from challenges.

Here's as close to a perfect reading of it as you may ever get: Jerry Stiller's masterful Selected Shorts performance.

The Master Chief's sales performance was masterful last month as players flocked to stores to purchase Halo 5: Guardians, making it the best - selling game in October 2015.