Sentences with phrase «most dramatic actor»

Not exact matches

American actor Franklin Pangborn spent most of his theatrical days playing straight dramatic roles, but Hollywood saw things differently.

Daniel Craig is having the time of his life in a role that may be his most impressive, while Channing Tatum continues to stretch himself as an actor, showing just as much ability in his dramatic tones versus his comedic.

The only time the «Harry Potter» franchise stooped to splitting a book into two (and the book was itself not the longest of the series), while all other credentials are present and correct — David Yates is in his stride as the franchise's most reliable director; the actors are the best they'll be; the visuals are as dramatic as the themes — the installment is let down by ending in mid-air and having a whole inert section where the three kids play house in a forest.

At the same time, most of the actors in the film are comedic actors, except for Dane [DeHaan] who is a generally dramatic actor.

But from the deftly staged opening onward, Stiller makes the most of his comic timing and, especially his underappreciated skills as a dramatic actor.

We are instead given a number of impressive, but token flashy performances by veteran actors in tough guy bit parts (Pete Postlethwaite and Chris Cooper as irredeemable lifelong criminals) and newcomers in «dramatic stretches» (The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner who is good (again) but not as great as the star - makers would have you believe, and most notably, Blake Lively, excellent as a drug - addled neighborhood floozy).

It's not an unusual trajectory to take; after all, most actors crave the respect of their peers, and what else but dramatic roles for a comedian?

The actors do most of the talking and thus the discussion is largely from their point of view, though Zamm also finds ways to inject remarks about technical matters or dramatic intent.

Carell, who began to shed his «gross - out - comedy - actor» tag in 2014's «Foxcatcher», continues to demonstrate his skill as one of the most exciting dramatic actors working today while Gosling is on fine, flashy & quick - fire form in his best role since «Crazy Stupid Love» and a superb supporting cast includes an always excellent Rafe Spall and «New Girl's Max Greenfield who delivers a brilliant turn as a nauseatingly hilarious mortgage broker.

Luhrmann... confirmed he'd found his man: «In casting Tom one had to find an actor who could credibly be (as Fitzgerald describes him) «one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven,» had five - star acting chops and in the big dramatic showdown scenes between Gatsby and Tom, hold the screen against Leonardo DiCaprio, in the appropriate age group.

He then cast Bateman, who was on in an earlier incarnation, signed dramatic veterans such as Fonda and the character actor Stoll and re-teamed with «Date Night» star Fey (in arguably her most dramatic part), hoping to bring her along for the career reinvention.

If you're like most people, you probably know James Franco best as the goofy comic actor from «Pineapple Express,» «This Is the End,» «The Interview» and the like, or the intense dramatic actor who earned an Oscar nomination for «127 Hours,» played «Spider - Man's» best friend / nemesis in Sam Raimi's movies and headlined an acclaimed James Dean TV biopic after getting his start on «Freaks and Geeks.»

Meanwhile, Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter wrote of the film, «Intense emotional currents and the jagged feelings of volatile actors are turned loose to raucous dramatic and darkly comedic effect in one of the most sustained examples of visually fluid tour de force cinema anyone's ever seen... An exemplary cast, led by Michael Keaton... fully meets the considerable demands placed upon it by director Alejandro G. Inarritu... The film's exhilarating originality, black comedy and tone that is at once empathetic and acidic will surely strike a strong chord with audiences looking for something fresh.»

There's one truly memorable scene in The Skeleton Twins, and it's the one that draws most clearly on the comedic experience of its stars, a pair of former Saturday Night Live castmates moonlighting as dramatic actors.

Wright has found an ideal collaborator in Oldman, an actor who knows how to embrace his most dramatic side but who still excels in his quieter moments.

Motherwell also relies on his characteristically limited palette that most often features black and white as the principal actors in his dramatic visual essays.