Sentences with phrase «meaty role»

That means he's got a super meaty role in two of the biggest movies of the summer.

Both give meaty roles to women, but their appeal is overshadowed by quirky secondary characters.

Well - liked actors are playing meaty roles, so keep an eye on the cast especially.

Previously, Duncan's stature relegated him to stereotypical tough black guy roles, but his performance here shatters any preconceived notions about his acting abilities, and will hopefully pave the way for meaty roles for this good actor.

Kang goes on to write, «[Director and writer Martin] McDonagh says he created Mildred in part as a corrective: He was «conscious» that his previous films, «In Bruges» and «Seven Psychopaths,» were bereft of meaty roles for women.»

America is fast becoming a favorite and I am glad to see her tackling such meaty roles.

It's sounding like first - time writer / director JC Chandor and producer Quinto are putting together a strong company, with meaty roles for all, and Bettany's character in particular sounds as if he could be cherishably assholeish.

Alfred Molina, Hope Davis and Marcia Gay Harden all shine in very meaty roles and the credits are all top notch, especially Carter Burwell's score with a spot - on perfect song over the end credits.

Five years ago, Miss Congeniality gift - wrapped a Christmas hit for Warner Bros. as it delivered Sandra Bullock a much - needed meaty role.

(The men have much less meaty roles, with Cooper doing his best as a callow boy - toy in over his head, but the gifted Considine is stuck in a nothing part that feels written as revenge for all the girl - hating in the similarly themed 50/50.)

While Rollerball was maligned by critics and Femme Fatale had a mixed reception, Romijn - Stamos returned to the favor of audiences and critics in the 2003 sequel X2: X-Men United with a much meatier role for Mystique than the first film.

I'm a fan of all the actors here and they seem to all be handling meaty roles here in one of the boondoggles of our era.

Certainly not the most meaty role, his Tucker makes the small Iowan town feel a little less depressing and a little more friendly.

Diane Lane has always been great, but her Connie Sumner isthe meatiest role she's had in a while; she deserves her current Oscarnomination.

The trailer reveals meaty roles for both Jackman's Blackbeard and Hedlund's Hook, but topnotch special effects aren't sufficient to carry a screenplay lacking excitement.

Upcoming films such as «Miss Bala,» «Aladdin,» «Kin,» «Superfly,» and «Bohemian Rhapsody» all boast meaty roles for actors of color, and they're more exciting for it.

He has a pretty meaty role and never flinches.

I would almost suggest busting out the Best Actor category the way the Academy did with Best Picture, except it would have to do the same with Best Actress, which would only further illustrate how many fewer meaty roles Hollywood is offering women than men.

It seems that Colin Firth has a shot at a really meaty role as the...

I imagine his fairly meaty role in the game was due to the popularity of the slickly enjoyable Arrow TV show.

The stellar supporting cast — which features a good share of meaty roles for more women warriors — gamely plays its parts, but Gadot provides enough wonder to lift the movie and haul it through when the third act threatens to bog down in gloomy DC movie mode.

But this is overwhelmingly McAvoy's film, and he clamps down hard on a very meaty role, giving each of his character's personalities their own unique stances and gazes as well as physical and vocal tics.

Robin Tunney has a less meaty role but brings a welcome spunkiness to Reeves» gold - digging girlfriend Leonore, who, the film suggests, may (or then again may not) have had a role in the man's ultimate fate.

For too long — essentially all of the noughties — McConaughey concentrated on making terrible romantic comedies, but now he's turned his back on them to concentrate on meatier roles in smaller films.

For the first time in quite a while, though, the film world has offered up what borders on an embarrassment of riches both in terms of meaty roles for women and talented actresses who can play those roles for all they're worth.

And in order to recruit one of them, you will need an interesting business and a meaty role.

With her role as the epnoymous character in Frida (2002), Hayek disappeared into her subject so convincingly that not only would she return to the good graces of critics, but earn an Oscar nomination as well.Hayek would spend the coming years enjoying superstar status with everything from comedic turns on sitcoms like Ugly Betty (which she produced) and 30 Rock, to meaty roles in dramatic thrillers like Savages.

«The Polka King» Jack Black descends on Utah with a meaty role as a Bernie Madoff for the indie music scene.

Without question, these are major, meaty roles for Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda, and there could have been little doubt that the two would work superbly together.

It's a meaty role for stage and film actress Mandat, whose very real pain at the thought of animals» suffering commands sympathy, though eventually a little tedium.

With Django Unchained, Tarantino provides him a meaty role and he tears into it with relish.

Throw in a cameo by Benedict Cumberbatch as Dr. Strange and a meatier role for Idris Elba as the stoic sentry Heimdall, and there's a lot of power on screen even before the CGI pyrotechnics kick in.

«Everything seems to be aligned for Oldman this time: prestige production, meaty role, towering portrayal.»

But despite missing some early precursor prizes, everything seems to be aligned for him this time: prestige production, meaty role, towering portrayal.

Now the actor has gone Hollywood — in a good way — with two meaty roles in studio pictures.

Unfortunately, it seems the scriptwriters only paid attention to Michael Fassbender's Magneto, who was given the meatiest role, going through a traumatic experience even after trying to be good.

While Hancock's films tend to be a tad rote and unremarkable, the prospect of seeing Keaton in such a meaty role is hard to resist, and indeed the actor looks to be knocking this one out of the park.

, and LBJ is a meaty role.

Carell is continuing his streak of taking on meatier roles.

Mudbound is her first real chance at a meaty role, and she more than holds her own against a seasoned cast that includes Jonathan Banks and Carey Mulligan.

Having read the source material, it was obvious that brutal slave owner Edwin Epps would be a meaty role.

Not only does longtime supporting actor John Goodman finally get an iconic and meaty role, but the synergy of two genres working both for and against each other make this a compelling thriller.

Each acknowledged the audience as their meaty roles were introduced, using their hands to emphasize the script's physical descriptors, or, as with Roth, flashing a knowing grin at Tarantino when he spoke of Mobray's «untrustworthy» nature.

Diane Lane is present, though surely only because she was promised a meatier role in any sequels.

But the meatier roles always seemed to go to the more established British actresses like Margaret Lockwood and Phyllis Calvert, while Lana languished in negligible second leads during most of the»50s.

In Country provides Bruce Willis with his first crack at a meaty role in a serious film, and the unfortunate fact is he doesn't do enough with it.

The conventional wisdom in Hollywood is that meaty roles for women quickly dry up when actresses reach a certain age.

It was nice to see Shaye in a meaty role rather than be stooped to a exposition tool (my main issue with the first two films).