Sentences with phrase «more than a cameo»

Speaking of big impact, «Lower» Manhattan makes more than a cameo appearance, it's practically a supporting actor.

If the rest of the stars studding the cast are not quite so indelible — a few of the roles are scarcely more than cameos — each one fulfills his or her duties with aplomb.

Woody Harrelson barely makes an appearance and still seems like the most underutilized star in the franchise (although Stanley Tucci gets nothing more than a cameo appearance), while Donald Sutherland is the film's greatest benefit, hitting that perfect note of high drama and total commitment to the character — they were lucky to cast him in the role.

That co-stars Theron and Robert Duvall have been singled out with DVD cover critics» quotes is a bit odd considering their involvement amounts to little more than cameos.

Danny Trejo fans expecting him to feature prominently here given his cover placement will be disappointed to learn that the Machete star appears in a single scene, amounting to little more than a cameo, which perhaps explains why the same picture of him is used on the front and back of the case.

Maz Kanata (Lupita Nyong» o) is little more than a cameo but makes the most of a Holonet message.

Although heavily marketed, Channing Tatum's return amounts to little more than a cameo.

Films in which he only has a minor role will mostly rank low, and films in which he has little more than a cameo will receive unranked honorable mentions — and even then only if they are noteworthy.)

Following the death of family patriarch and celebrated poet Beverly Weston (Shepard, in an appearance that's just slightly more than a cameo), the entire brood returns to the titular home to rally around their mother Violet (Streep), a cancer - battling, pill - popping woman.

«It was more than a cameo.

Oprah Winfrey is the stand out supporting player, delivering some of her best work to date as an Alabamian denied voting privileges in what amounts to little more than a cameo.

But «Spy Hard» is little more than its cameos, so it comes as no surprise to see Ray Charles driving a bus.

Nadia and Jessica (Natasha Lyonne) were fairly small parts originally, but they drop even more here, while Vicki and Heather appear so infrequently that they become little more than cameos.

Most of the famous faces are little more than cameos, and so you will have to spend more time with Coop's (Michael Showalter) failed attempts at romance (with Lake Bell) than anybody wants to, but there are so many distractions from the «plot» of «First Day of Camp,» that the piece rarely drags.

You can argue that this is irrelevant because these performances are little more than cameos.

We also later get a split within the company (Virtual Self Industries) that pioneered the machines and a conspiracy involving the company, the FBI, the company's former owner (little more than a cameo by James Cromwell), and the leader of the human revolution (a dreadlocked Ving Rhames in an almost - constant, amusing meditation pose) involving a weapon that destroys the surrogate and liquefies the brain of the operator.

There seems to be a never ending stream of little more than cameos from a tremendous line - up of actors: Barry Corbin, William Fichtner, Jesse Plemons, David Dencik, Evan Jones, John Lithgow, Tim Blake Nelson, James Spader, and Hailee Steinfeld.

Interviewed for the piece were American Bird Conservancy president George Fenwick and Alley Cat Allies president Becky Robinson (the cats» «moneyed lobbyist,» as Mandvi explained, tongue firmly in cheek), while Jackson Galaxy's contribution was, sadly, reduced to little more than a cameo.

Her role is little more than a cameo this time.

Not exact matches

Not to be outdone by the show's award - winning eight - season run, the film is touting a long list of A-list celebrity cameos and is sure to feature even more larger - than - life scenarios for Vinnie Chase and his boys.

A loan move to Ajax could perhaps suit all parties, especially as the summer arrival of Angel di Maria is likely to prevent Januzaj securing more than just a series of cameo displays from the bench.

His positioning was all over the place, he looked lacklustre in his attempts to keep the ball and ultimately he gave the ball away more times during his short cameo appearance, than most players over the 90 minutes.

Ramsey misplaced more passes in his cameo than Elneny in the whole game.

Ox was pretty solid, and I thought Perez deserved more than 6 for his cameo appearance.

Giroud will be eased out of the team just like Mert... IF we buy Morata, or Icardi, Giroud will lead the attack for like 5 - 10 games into the season if he is in good form... then the new striker will start with cameos... Giroud for his price alone is more than enough back up for us, and then his hardwork... if we sell him just like that we will be back to square one, depending on the new striker to quickly hit the ground running may or may not work!

Alexandre Lacazette has found himself out of the starting line - up since the arrival from Borussia Dortmund, but he managed to do more for our side in his 10 - minute cameo than his attacking counterpart did inside the full 90 minutes.

Ozil created more chances and had so many more passes in his 30 min cameo than the rest of the team.

One player who did do himself justice was Masuaku who had a fine 20 minute cameo, and I would like to see him selected in a more advanced role than full back.

A cult icon at the Emirates already, «The Jeff» only turned 19 in January but is already a regular in the Under - 21 side and has made several cameos for the full side, none more impressive than his pre-season display in an Emirates Cup win over Wolfsburg.

Yet as he has already shown in his many cameos elsewhere on the pitch in other positions in the years gone by, the England international has far more to his game than just straight - line speed and an ability to make it past the full - back to reach the byline.

His raw pace in behind a leaky Everton defence will reward his manager should he earn more than just a late cameo role from the bench.

With Wilson showing he is more than ready to start in his recent cameo appearances and Radamel Falcao's return looming large, it is surely the right time to give Van Persie a rest and make him realise that nobody's place in the side is indispensable.

Bastian Schweinsteiger entered the pitch in the 76th minute, replacing Marouane Fellaini and showed more grit, determination and passion in his short cameo than the rest of the team (Anthony Martial aside) put together.

The many oddball celebrity cameos (Winona Ryder, Peter Fonda, etc) quickly prove more distracting than anything else, while the film becomes increasingly incoherent as it progresses.

You're already likely to have seen a brief glimpse of the caricature Mike Tyson plays of himself, but there's a lot more to his role than just a cameo done for an easy laugh, and he really brings a lot to the table.

As for bizzaro celebrity cameos, they don't come much more off - the - wall than Mike Tyson singing along to Phil Collins» In The Air Tonight and smashing Galifianakis full in the face at the climax of the iconic drum fill.

The steady cavalcade of cameo appearances, coupled with the inclusion of a few genuinely funny comedic set - pieces, prevents the movie from becoming an all - out bore, admittedly, yet it's worth noting that both Carell and Fey's small - screen work is, by and large, far more entertaining than anything within Date Night's appreciatively short running time.

Touches to make «hip» what should be an unabashedly square story — such as the casting of Nick Cannon in a supporting role and an out - of - nowhere cameo by Ja Rule — more jar than gel.

There's a few surprising cameos, as one would expect from today's mainstream comedies, but these, too, come across more as organic character building than lazy stunt casting.

«Baywatch» was a regular movie, where his return was not so triumphant, the performances were regular, the plot a bit absurd, and it causes me more stupor that Zac Efron continues to star in comedy movies with rude jokes, but what saves are Cameos of the old characters, but by God, as Pam Anderson ruined, and more than invited her to that movie, it's a damn roll.

Shifu has little more than a glorified cameo role in this sequel, and Po's friendship with the Furious Five is a given.

Marketed on the shoulders of big names that are little more than extended cameos in the film (Jonah Hill feels more featured in the trailer than the actual film, if you can believe it), there are bit players given as much room to play as the stars.

Granted, «The Infiltrator» is more about bringing down the men within his criminal network than Escobar himself, who appears in a blink - and - you'll - miss - it cameo, but his presence still weighs heavily on the film.

Downey hasn't been back in 15 years and he left more than a few loose ends in his wake, including an old girlfriend (played in an extended cameo by Rosario Dawson), a bitterly disappointed father, and a troubled best friend doing time at Rikers.

It's revealed that Gibson was in town for just a week filming his scenes, but the actor's role is certainly more than just a mere cameo.

With the anticipation now heightened, director Rian Johnson is fielding more questions than ever, including queries about cameos.

But by bringing in a host of cameo performances, all with silly foreign accents (Ashley Judd as a photographer sporting a Russian accent as if she's from Kentucky and the Australian actor Geoffrey Rush as Trotsky, who is never able to overcome sounding more Australian than Russian), it took away from the film's energy and left it stuck in the usual banality reserved for such Hollywood biopics.

It's an interesting spree — strewn with cameos from Jake Tapper, Rudy Giuliani, Bill Richardson and more — and Nolte seems to make more of the role than the scripts offer.

Anderson released a prologue to Darjeeling online and the film annoyingly starts with a reminder to go and watch it, then the film proceeds to directly reference it... which is more annoying than Murray's dumb cameo and the second cameo (though this one turns out all right) combined.

Besides the Murray cameo coming off like Anderson fulfilling his image, the taxi race also features really fast editing... suggesting Darjeeling is going to be, just like The Life Aquatic, more in love with the Anderson composition and editing than actual storytelling content.