Sentences with phrase «meaty roles for»

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.»

Haley previously directed another festival hit, «The New Year,» which featured another meaty role for a talented actress (in that case, Trieste Kelly Dunn, who plays a shiftless bowling alley worker with a maximum of relatability and charisma).

Not exact matches

CB: Is a chairman role really meaty enough for David Kassie?

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

While Boseman and Jordan hold center stage, the women's roles are especially meaty and muscular, with Lupita Nyong» o as T'Challa's self - sufficient former flame, «The Walking Dead's» Danai Gurira — stealing every scene she's in — as the fierce leader of the king's guard, and Letitia Wright as T'Challa's brilliant sister, whose gift for gadgets essentially makes her the Q to her big brother's James Bond.

«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.

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.

Unfortunately, that and meaty lead roles for living legends of cinema Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer aren't enough to make this a good movie.

However, those that want a meatier role - playing experience should look elsewhere for their fix.

He hasn't had a real, meaty honest - to - goodness lead role in some time (since Antichrist, really, and that was not exactly created for public consumption), and he's not a lead in The Florida Project, but it's a nuanced, satisfying part that has plenty of shade for Dafoe to sink into.

This is not to say that Foxx doesn't play Rico well — he certainly needed a meaty role after the abhorrent Stealth and the average Jarhead — and he provides a strong and steady foil for the actions of the more excitable Sonny.

On the other hand, it does offer some meaty (not just fried chicken) roles for African - American actresses.

(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.)

Paul, whose career has gone from the dumb (Need for Speed) to the daft (A Long Way Down) since his Emmy Award - winning role in Breaking Bad, finally finds his feet in this neat indie, and his performance as Hollis, while much less meaty, is as engaging and fragile as his Jesse Pinkman.

Most notably, for such a supposedly amazing project with a meaty role, seemingly every actress in Hollywood had turned it down before landing on Miss Congeniality, including Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Natalie Portman, Marion Cotillard, Abbie Cornish, Carey Mulligan, Sienna Miller, Scarlett Johansson, Blake Lively, Rebecca Hall, Olivia Wilde and Angelina Jolie.

Secondary players like Albert Brooks (Drive), David Oyelowo (Selma), Alessandro Nivola (The Company), Peter Gerety (The Wire), Glenn Fleshler (Boardwalk Empire), and Elyes Gabel (World War Z) all get meaty enough roles playing morally gray figures caught up in Abel's mission - though the film itself doesn't use any of them for very distinctive purposes.

Fed up with being unemployed, Michael employs some desperate measures whereby he dons a wig, make - up and dress in order to try to land a meaty role on a popular soap opera meant for a woman.

Weaver, Hackman, and Liotta are all fine actors who once had well - respected careers but lately the roles have been less - than - meaty for them and their careers are on the demise, while once red - hot actors like Hewitt and Lee have cooled off to make way for the newest, latest hot stars.

There are plenty of meaty supporting roles for actors — Jesse Plemons catches the eye as a preppy lawyer, Bradley Whitford as Graham's main opponent on the board.

Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader are both fantastic, and they were both always fantastic, just waiting for those meatier roles to take them out of that just funny box.

Unfortunately, while The Monster gives Kazan a meaty, sometimes challenging role, it doesn't offer much in the way of a comeback for Bertino.

Whatever its shortcomings, writer / director Onur Tukel's gleefully unhinged Catfight earns and maintains our respect for providing Anne Heche and Sandra Oh with the meatiest roles either has been handed in years.

During the Q&A, M. Night Shyamalan talked about how he wanted theater - trained actors, that's why he was thrilled to land McAvoy for this role that gives him an opportunity to sink his teeth into some meaty scenes.

His role, although played well, isn't really meaty enough for someone of his stature, and we like him too much to want to see him in the unscrupulous shark role.

For example, Matt Rorie does an excellent job of playing the role of an aggressive spy, taking down from afar with a meaty machine gun.

This means that both the farming simulation parts, as well as the role - playing ones feel weak compared to the rest in the genre, leaving JRPG fans with a hunger for something meatier, and farming simulator fans with a hunger for a more focused farming game.

Next up, get ready for a meaty series of Q&A s with artists and curators about the role and impact of money in the art world.

The combination of single - player elements and open - world environments makes for a game that invites you to explore its outer reaches as you settle into the role of Talion, with surprising plot twists and a meaty endgame that begs you to keep playing even when you think your journey has come to an «official» end.