Sentences with phrase «most child actors»

In a welcome change from most child actors, they never resort to cloying «look how cute I am» mugging and line readings to endear themselves to the audience; in fact, it's their spunk, strength, and steadfast refusal to act cute that makes them so likable — and so completely believable as action heroes.

Hugo's tale is not, frankly, all that fascinatingly distinct from the many other home - alone stories we've seen, though Butterfield is more affecting than most child actors and Scorsese's visual panache is diverting.

My fears seemed to be confirmed in the first few minutes Favreau's film, as it begins with jittery close - ups of young «man - cub» Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi, who's neither a standout nor annoying like most child actors) running and jumping across tree branches in the jungle.

Jackman infuses Charlie with a kinetic energy that's compelling to watch, and young Goyo has a sweet and spunky charm that resists most of the cloying attributes that hamper most child actors.

Not exact matches

Now, puberty does cruel things to a child — most of us would be best served by serving in camera - free prison camps between the ages of 10 and 14 — and Lino Facioli (the actor playing Robin) is hardly the only hormonal disaster on the show (see also: Stark, Bran), but at least his wiener teen face serves his dainty, dim - witted character.

Macaulay Carson Culkin, one of the most famous American child stars, was born on August 26, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA, as the third of Follow the ups and downs «Home Alone» child actor Macaulay Culkin on.

Good actors are wasted, sets dominate storytelling, and it's all based on the most banal and artificial of children's tales.

In the process, Huston inadvertently launched himself as one of the most respected character actors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.Born May 14, 1962, in Rome, as the illegitimate child of John Huston and European actress Zoe Sallis (during the former's separation from his then - wife, the late Ricki Soma), Daniel Huston came of age in Ireland and London.

Young women dominate Forbes» analysis of actors who return most profit for film investors» money, writes Ben Child

Two of TV's most beloved child actors, Danny Bonaduce (The Partridge Family) and Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch) unite, assisted by Sherilyn Fenn (Rude Awakening, Boston Public), to make it through Bigfoot's startling appearance at a music festival in North Dakota in Bigfoot.

(Source: deccanchronicle.com) One of the most acclaimed actors in Hollywood and an Academy Award winner, Matthew McConaughey talks about his fears, his character in the movie Sing and reactions of his children towards the movie.

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«That some of the world's most celebrated actors, directors and dramatists are once again coming together to create a unique piece of work, is a testament to both the power of the arts to reach across cultures, and to the strength of these individual children's stories.»

These include Moonee (Brooklynn Prince), the hyperactive child of 22 - year - old Halley (Bria Vinaite), an unemployed single mother with bright - green hair who spends most of her time dodging rent deadlines from the motel's patriarchal manager, Bobby (Willem Dafoe, the first name actor to surface in Baker's typically microbudget filmography).

Fearless of repeating himself, Kevin Zegers, the child actor who starred in the first two films (as well as Keystone's 2000 hockey chimp film MVP: Most Valuable Primate), is back as Buddy's owner Josh Framm.

And as far as work experiences, I find that the most talented older actors retain a sense of the child in them.

The Plummer children are played by young actors unknown to most viewers (Brittany Snow, star of the recently cancelled «American Dreams» might be the exception); they perform capably in their roles from cutesy tots to angst - ridden teens though none particularly stand out.

It stars Jane Fonda as Hillary Altman, the matriarch of the clan, and «Muppets Most Wanted» actress Tina Fey, «Arrested Development» actor Jason Bateman, «Girls» actor Adam Driver (who was also recently named as a member of the cast of the upcoming «Star Wars» film), and Corey Stoll of «The Normal Heart» as the Altman children.

Best Film: A Most Violent Year Best Director: Clint Eastwood — American Sniper Best Actor (TIE): Oscar Isaac — A Most Violent Year; Michael Keaton — Birdman Best Actress: Julianne Moore — Still Alice Best Supporting Actor: Edward Norton — Birdman Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain — A Most Violent Year Best Original Screenplay: Phil Lord & Christopher Miller — The Lego Movie Best Adapted Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson — Inherent Vice Best Animated Feature: How to Train Your Dragon 2 Breakthrough Performance: Jack O'Connell — Starred Up & Unbroken Best Directorial Debut: Gillian Robespierre — Obvious Child Best Foreign Language Film: Wild Tales Best Documentary: Life Itself William K. Everson Film History Award: Scott Eyman Best Ensemble: Fury Spotlight Award: Chris Rock for writing, directing, and starring in — Top Five NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Rosewater NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Selma

Not all of these films are, strictly speaking, children's films, and some are documentaries; but most of them feature children, and in many respects they establish a particular kind of filmmaking that The White Balloon exemplifies: loosely scripted narratives with documentary elements that employ mainly nonprofessional actors.

Good performances by child actors and adults also round out this tale of Loch Ness's most famous resident.

Rupert Grint might be the strongest child actor here at the moment though, his comic relief being the saving grace where the child actors begin struggling, especially in the most heart - stopping game of chess ever seen in cinema.

Sean Baker, the award - winning director and co-writer of the great new movie, «The Florida Project,» joins Justin in studio to discuss the film, what drew him to tell this story, the juxtaposition of the hidden homeless living right outside of the most magical place on Earth, the importance of getting the details exactly right, how the movie was inspired by «The Little Rascals,» wanting to show how children make the most out of any situation no matter how dire, how desperation plays a big role in the film, the wonderful performance from Willem Dafoe, the relationship between Willem and the child actors, the challenge of working with child actors, the way Florida is portrayed in the film and what he plans to do next.

Moonrise Kingdom is Anderson's second explicitly child - scaled film after The Fantastic Mr. Fox, but instead of puppets this time he has two child actors (Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman) who aren't quite as capable of capturing the repressed emotions and inner turmoil that mark most of Anderson's characters

Establishing himself from child actor to adult Academy Award - nominee, he is perhaps best known for his roles as Moocher in Breaking Away, Kelly Leak in The Bad News Bears, pedophile Ronnie McGorvey in Little Children, the vigilante Rorschach in Watchmen, as horror icon Freddy Krueger in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street, released on April 30, 2010, and most recently as Guerrero in Fox's drama Human Target.

It was billed perhaps most prominently as evidence for the continuing McConaissance, but each and every actor, from high - paycheck megastars (Reese Witherspoon) to newcomer child actors (star - in - the - making Tye Sheridan) to, yes, the man of the hour himself (Matthew McConaughey has never appeared more vulnerable than as the title's hood - on - the - run), thrive under the tutelage of a director concerned with a casual reality, even when the circumstances touch upon the fantastical.

Out of all of the child actors out there at the moment (maybe excluding Abigail Breslin), Fanning appears the most impressive.

Along the way Kwan introduces a fascinating array of relatively unknown figures (I'm especially intrigued by Maxu Weibang, a «uniquely perverse» horror specialist who worked in the Shanghai studios in the 30s) and also provides absorbing commentary by and about, among others, Hong Kong action director Chang Cheh and his disciple John Woo; Hong Kong directors Wong Kar - wai and Allen Fong; Taiwanese directors Hou Hsiao - hsien, Edward Yang, Ang Lee, and Tsai Ming - liang (most of them speaking about their fathers or children and how these relationships inflect their films); older mainland directors such as Xie Jin; and actor Leslie Cheung (critiquing some of his own pictures).

The usually critic - proof actor has always been a hit on the big - screen, his likeable man - child persona featuring in most of his work.

Haley Joel Osment was considered the most amazing child actor around following his performance in The Sixth Sense, but he's burdened with the task of making his character's actions and words seem credible without giving away the big twist, which is a tall order for a 10 - year - old.

Despite actor Daniel Radcliffe being human, most children understand that the character Harry Potter isn't.

«There may be some school that are bad actors in this, but I do believe that most go above and beyond to provide a quality education to children.»

A spokesperson for the DfE said the schemes «help the most talented young actors, dancers and musicians attend specialist schools» and are worthy of investment «because a child's background should be no barrier to pursuing a career in the performing arts».

States, along with local educators and parents, are the most critical actors working to ensure that every child has access to a quality education.

In conjunction with one of the leading publishers of children's content, Sony has brought along actor Jack Black to lead an all - star cast for one of the most popular children's series of all time.

The exhibition encapsulates June's rise from child actor to cover girl through stunning prints of her by some of the most high - profile photographers of the decade, including John French, Eugene Vernier, Hans Wild and Noel Mayne.

Children who had the most successful adjustment to divorce had parents who were good actors regardless of their true feelings.

The most high - profile victim of the child custody system, actor Alec Baldwin, helped bring exposure to the unfairness by writing a book about his experience.

Even though the children were actors and the video contained no challenging behavior, the teachers spent more time watching the African American boy, who they said required the most attention.