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Not exact matches
He's a
scene -
stealer in the «Avengers»
movies, he might be the next James Bond, and he's an arthouse darling.
Tarantulas, the hairy spiders that
stole movie scenes and won hearts in popular films like «Home Alone,» «Raiders of the Lost Ark,» and «Dr. No,» take a starring role in a new study that reorganizes their group, reclassifying the majority of 55 known tarantula species and adding 14 new ones, including the creepy - crawly named for Cash.
And so, before Mr. Serkis can
steal too many
scenes, Mr. Coogler turns his attention to Killmonger and pushes the
movie in another direction, away from a white villain wronging black people to black people living their lives.
Deanna quickly becomes accepted by both her daughter and her sorority friends, a well - chosen squad (the great Allison Jones cast the
movie) that includes Gillian Jacobs («Love,» «Community»), who's so good and offbeat here that she actually
steals scenes from McCarthy.
(In addition to the various stars, the
movie boasts
scene -
stealing appearances by folks like Michael C. Hall, Chelsea Peretti, and, in a performance that remains a consistent highlight, Jesse Plemons.)
Wiig has been the funniest person on the planet for a while, ruling SNL when she was on it,
stealing scenes in
movies like «Knocked Up,» and now, in this script she co-wrote with Annie Mumolo, who plays her airplane seatmate in the film, she's front - and - center in all of her awkward glory.
The deadpan Galifianakis emerges as the
movie's biggest
scene -
stealer, playing a creepy, childlike outsider who will do anything to be accepted.
warns the hero's mentor (
scene -
stealer Ben Kingsley) early in the
movie.
Fox, playing a variation on her sex - kitten persona, does a surprisingly nice job here, though it's Seyfried's down - to - earth work that ultimately holds the
movie together (and, of course, J.K. Simmons, cast as a dopey teacher, does his expected
scene -
stealing thing with total ease).
The
movie is set to start shooting this summer, so it does indeed seem to be cutting it close to the deadline if he were to reprise his role as the
scene -
stealing Luis.
Over in the past segment of the
movie, Evan Peters has a single fight
scene, but he almost
steals the show with it.
However, while Forgetting Sarah Marshall might also not have been the most obvious
movie to inspire a spin - off, like Madagascar's Penguins (who've ended up with their own TV series), the producers have wisely chosen to focus on Marshall's
scene -
stealing standout....
(Buscemi did
steal the
movie with his
scenes, that man is hilarious.)
Del Toro is the
scene stealer in this
movie.
Jennifer Lawrence has a lot to live up to here, and she handles the many moods of Katniss admirably (her big
scene with District 11 tribute Rue is devastating), but Hutcherson winds up
stealing the
movie as the immensely likable Peeta, closely followed by a rock - solid performance by Lenny Kravitz as Katniss» stylist Cinna.
And Alan Rickman, back as Professor Severus Snape in only a handful of
scenes, manages to
steal great portions of the
movie with his carefully metered, acid line readings, like a cloaked version of Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly.
Gal Gadot, however,
steals the
movie in just a few short
scenes as Diana Prince / Wonder Woman, even though it's never explained why exactly she is in the
movie.
Albert Brooks may have been a bit too strong for the film - he
stole his
scenes to the extent that he pulled focus away from the rest of the
movie.
A loose assemblage of
movie villains straight out of central casting (including the baby - faced one who might have a change of heart and the total maniac who seems in it just to kill people, played by a
scene -
stealing Richard Cabral), there's no honor among thieves, and there's even less logic.
Lee Valmassy has a lot of fun letting loose as the gleefully farcical villain (a mohawked, golden - grilled gangster who only wears jumpsuits), and Art Hsu turns in a
scene -
stealing performance as the hero's duck - loving sidekick, but while fans of bad
movies might appreciate what «The FP» has to offer, it's not exactly the ready - made cult classic that it's so desperately trying to be.
I also put Martha Marcy May Marlene on my Top 10
Movies of 2011 list, but
Scene -
Stealers contributor Trey Hock didn't agree with me about Martha Marcy May Marlene.
As for Chalamet, the Lady Bird
scene stealer admitted his parents had seen the coming - of - age homosexual
movie, but he fears his grandma «is going to be in shock when she does.»
Dinklage, who you may remember from «The Station Agent» (and if you don't, that is the next
movie you should rent) plays a gay dwarf who not only
steals every
scene he's in, but pawns it and buys more
scenes and walks off with them, too.
They don't just «break out,» they wrestle the spotlight away from the bigger names and elevate the
movie to heights it might never have reached otherwise — like Melissa McCarthy's boisterous,
scene -
stealing (and Oscar - nominated) performance in Bridesmaids.
scene -
stealer Alden Ehrenreich), fuzz - ball sidekick Chewbacca, and a young Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) get themselves into, it surely can't compete with the behind - the -
scenes woes weathered by Solo itself, which became the third new Star Wars project to lose its director (s) when Disney dumped Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street, The Lego
Movie) over «creative differences.»
F. Gary Gray's «The Italian Job,» on the other hand, is nothing more, or less, than a slick caper
movie with stupendous chase
scenes and a truly ingenious way to
steal $ 35 million in gold bars from a safe in a Venetian palazzo.
Now with a
scene -
stealing breakthrough on the big screen as the Bearded Lady in 20th Century Fox's «The Greatest Showman,» the original
movie musical premiering Dec. 20 and starring Hugh Jackman as P. T. Barnum, Settle is about to win over film audiences as well.
Just look at Viola Davis in Doubt and Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love, a five minutes
scene stole the
movie.
That is the case for veteran actress Ruby Dee, she may not have
stolen the
movie but she did with her few
scenes.
As the
movie's visuals literally
steal the show, the 1080p / AVC - encoded video transfer offers splendid details throughout and never falters, no matter the type of
scene you are watching.
The 86th Academy Awards are Sunday, March 2 and your pals at
Scene -
Stealers, Lost in Reviews, and Downright Creepy are hosting the coolest
movie party in Kansas City.
The best: Thor
movie, Cate Blanchett
scene stealing, Jeff Goldblum Goldblum - ing.
Charlotte Rampling: The Look DVD Review by Kam Williams Documentary Offers Intimate Self - Portrait of Legendary Actress The legendary Charlotte Rampling has been making
movies since the mid-Sixties when she first
stole scenes as the late Lynn Redgrave's sidekick in Georgy Girl.
On the rare occasions that the pirates are left to be the scurvy dogs they are, the
movie finds its humor (the brethren court
scene is funny as it turns into an all - out brawl and punctuated by a unfortunately forgettable cameo by Keith Richards, Depp's inspiration for the role of Sparrow), but otherwise, two seamen (Lee Arenberg and Mackenzie Cook) who have traveled the whole of this voyage provide amusing asides to the proceedings while a monkey
steals every
scene it's in.
Soderbergh does succeed in evoking giggles out of silly moments (mostly involving Craig, who
steals every
scene he appears in), but the
movie never rises above the routine.
No character better exemplifies the
movie's out - there visual sense than the shapeshifting witch (a
scene -
stealing Rinko Kikuchi) with heterochromatic eyes who uses her long, tentacle - like hair as an extra set of limbs and occasionally disappears into a swirl of colorful fabrics.
Steve Carell is a very funny man (in the first
movie, he practically
steals every
scene he's in), but with this material, he's reduced to a shadow of his comic persona.
Michael Peña, who
stole scenes during his turn as Scott Lang's fellow thief pal Luis in the first Ant - Man
movie, will have another chance to run away with the plot in Ava DuVernay's adaptation of A Wrinkle In Time.
Adrien Brody
steals the
movie with his one
scene.
Furthermore, the director packs the margins of the
movie with flavorful supporting players: Bickle's trash - talking colleagues (including a
scene -
stealing Peter Boyle); Albert Brooks, doing a dry run to the witty neurotic he'd play in his own films; and the rotten romantic coupling of Foster (then 13, playing a slightly younger girl) and Harvey Keitel's vile pimp.
«She's the Han Solo of the
movie,» the breakout MVP of the MCU says about her
scene -
stealing, booze - swilling bisexual Asgardian ass - kicker
Yondu, who is the only OG Guardian in the
movie,
steals every
scene he is in with his
steal Mohawk and alluring whistle.
Dave Bautista's street - level action flick is galaxies away from Marvel gloss, but the Guardians
scene -
stealer lends physicality to this gutsy, Carpenter-esque B -
movie.
Of course, nothing in the previous paragraph has anything to do with Gary Cole, who
steals this
movie from the first
scene and never lets go.
Enjoyable for a good 15 minutes or so, mostly due to the
scene -
stealing powers of the adorable, much - coveted kitty whose name gives the
movie its title, this is otherwise a stale, repetitive effort whose one - joke premise — two suburban buddies forced to pass themselves off as gangsters in a grimy underworld where they clearly don't belong — never achieves comic liftoff, much less the richly subversive dimensions typical of Key and Peele's best work.
However, I think the real
scene stealer is Nicholas Hoult hyping up the X-Men while Mystique gives her
movie - ending speech.
Meanwhile, Keegan - Michael Key
steals every
scene he's in as Laird's butler, who ends up having a great deal in common with Cato from the Pink Panther
movies.
With the success of this weekend's low - budget found - footage superpower
movie «Chronicle,» we thought it would be fun to look back in the
Scene -
Stealers vault to four years ago when director Matt Reeves and producer J. J. Abrams hoisted «Cloverfield,» a monster
movie firmly rooted in the lo - fi - meets - CGI aesthetic, on the world.
«The
movie has an appealing cast including Anna Kendrick and Bridesmaids
scene -
stealer Rebel Wilson, and should do a decent job tapping in to the younger female audience that's made «Glee» such a hit,» BMO writer Ray Subers wrote before the
movie's release.