Sentences with phrase «of chewing the scenery»

Donning a wig sometimes and sometimes not, Streep has been accused of chewing the scenery.

Visual artist Micah Danges (2015) will present a number of works as part of Chewing the Scenery, a group exhibition at Crane Arts curated by Jonathan Santoro and Meredith Sellers, March 6 - 27.

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There's intrigue, murder, lust, power grabbing, some World Class Scenery Chewing (especially from Jeremy Irons), lust, but best of all there are beautiful interiors and sumptuous costumes.

Blanchett gets to chew the scenery as Hela, in all of her sinister despicableness.

The rest of his cast gets to chew much more scenery, particularly Goodman and Arkin, who look they haven't had this much fun in years.

It lazily gives up, which is a shame in its own right but is a downright crime when you consider that there's Cusack out there, putting himself on the line with all of his morose bellowing and other scenery chewing endeavors.

The actors sleepwalk through their roles (save for Rosemary herself, Mia Farrow, chewing the scenery with termitelike gusto as the boy's satanic protector), while Moore, who previously directed «Behind Enemy Lines» and the «Flight of the Phoenix» remake, seems completely at a loss without any planes to crash.

Morgan's performance is a masterpiece of scenery chewing as he accomplishes the not - at - all simple task of stealing scenes from Johnson on more than one occasion.

Knowledge of the past movies is unnecessary to follow Ash vs. Evil Dead, but an appreciation for scenery chewing and sometimes cheesy special effects will come in handy.

Though she's been guilty of occasionally chewing the scenery in the past, the beauty in Lawrence's performance here is its subtlety.

The scenery - chewing performances by John Hurt and Danny Huston may be good fun, but they undercut the sense of dread, making us feel like we are going round in circles.

The supporting cast are a memorable mix of Marvel characters who chew the scenery effortlessly and fit perfectly into the madcap world of Deadpool; Domino (Zazie Beetz), Cable (Josh Brolin) and Russell (Julian Dennison), particularly, but smaller players like Negasonic (Brianna Hildebrand) and Kiyoko (Shioli Kutsuna) will also stick in your memory.

As the groom's brassy - babe stepmother, Demi Moore does her own share of scenery chewing, but at least she looks like she's having fun.

Rappers have in the past been particularly guilty of just playing themselves in films; Ice Cube has carved an entire film career out of shouting and chewing the scenery (Boys n the Hood notwithstanding).

Similarly, Alice Braga (Isabelle) tries to stand her well gained ground, but usually sees her scenery chewed up by the likes of Walter Coggins (as Stans), Oleg Taktarov (Nikolai), and perhaps most offensively, a loony bin bit of cameo work from Laurence Fishburne.

Never chewing the scenery, he played Levi, Amy's struggling, drug - addicted ex-husband, earning some of his best notices in the process.

Considering I think Streep was borderline bad and chewed a lot of unnecessary scenery, Philip Seymour Hoffman seemed to have no idea how to tackle his character, and Amy Adams wasn't called on to do much (though is fine enough in the part), then yeah, I'm not just insinuating, I'm saying it: the «Doubt» ensemble does not deserve this award.

It's headed through a cartoonish pair of villainous siblings, offering a veritable buffet of scenery - chewing for Malin Akerman.

Even when Giovanni Ribisi shows up to chew all kinds of scenery as an alcoholic who is waaaaay beyond repair, it doesn't seem to be in the service of anything.

And sure enough, what begins as a clarion call settles into a somewhat familiar period costume drama spiced up now and again with racy sequences nonetheless sobered by the memory of the delirious hedonism of that opening, wherein we get Dracula's backstory as a hero of a holy war, repulsing Muslim invaders in Romania, turning to blasphemy when the vengeful Turks fool his wife Elisabeta (Winona Ryder) into believing that her beloved has died on the battlefield, and gleefully chewing artificial scenery with toothy relish.

Of course, we'd watch it anyway, and laugh at the chewed scenery and Bonnie Bedelia's character serving gazpacho.

Oldman's Churchill huffs and puffs his cigar less showily than fans of scenery - chewing will expect.

Many of Stone's earlier movies, as overheated as they sometimes were, did provide an opportunity for energetic hams like James Woods, Tommy Lee Jones and Woody Harrelson to chew the scenery entertainingly.

In fact, STRATTON feels like the dull pilot to a TV series, with lots of shaky exposition about his past laid out, from his upbringing by a salty old sea captain (the great Derek Jacobi — livening things up with his scenery chewing) through his status as the SBS's resident alpha.

Meanwhile, co-star George C. Scott (munching on an ever - growing wad of gum) literally chews up scenery as the Commie - hating General Turgidson who, apart from delivering some of the film's best dialogue, serves as the perfect foil to Seller's straight - laced politico.

While almost none of the movie makes an awful lot of sense in the logic department, the action is great fun and nearly non-stop, all the while giving us an army of scenery - chewing performances from the likes of Depp and Geoffrey Rush (who makes just a perfect «evil» pirate captain, as opposed to Depp's «good» pirate captain).

There's fun music from Mark Mothersbaugh, there's a fun performance from Blanchett (who rather impressively tempers herself, resisting all temptation to chew the hell out of the CGI scenery), there's a lot of funny lines.

I've literally no idea what Wiseau says in this film at any moment, yet there's something strangely entrancing about him chewing scenery like it's going out of fashion.

Most tantalizing, though, is Kylo Ren, whose history is a slow reveal, and whose turmoil, in the cold, counter-intuitive brand of intensity evinced by Adam Driver, is a wonderfully subtle thing in a story full of big explosions and a sometimes scenery - chewing, but always delightful, performance from Domhnall Gleeson, as General Hux of the First Order, which is the evil the successor to the evil Empire.

If you want to see Shakespeare's dialogue delivered as if it were an episode of Buffy with excessively chewed scenery and awful cinematography, this film is for you.

He struts around, chewing scenery and the audience loves every second of it.

Nonetheless, there are some wonderful turns here; it's so nice to see James Woods get so much scenery to chew on, as he hasn't in this kind of big Hollywood movie in awhile.

Giamatti chews so much scenery so thoroughly that it's a shame he spends most of the picture holed up indoors, far from the action.

Matt P. [DISAPPOINTED]-- a completely unfocussed mess, saved by Geoffrey Rush's scenery chewing and a couple of standout numbers.

He gobbles up the role, chews the scenery, and makes it so believable within the context of the film's social commentary that it resonates like no other performance this year.

Played extremely straight by Hutton and with a satisfyingly reserved level of camp by Boyle and Oliver Platt (as a corporate dirtbag), The Temp walks the tightrope of pointed satire for a delirious stretch before being swallowed whole by the great beast known as Faye Dunaway (chewing scenery) and the twisty genre formulas of its conclusion.

Chewing scenery with her mouth open, Meryl Streep is Violet, the gargoyle matriarch of an Oklahoma dynasty, hooked on pills because of mouth cancer and, let's face it, in obeisance to a certain theatrical tradition.

She's afforded a number of moments that give her room to chew the scenery, and if Christopher Plummer happens to ride a wave of sentiment to a nomination as well, part of me feels that he will owe something to Mirren's coattails.

LAURA *** / **** Image B Sound B - Extras B starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson screenplay by Jay Dratler and Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt, based on the novel by Vera Caspary directed by Otto Preminger PINKY * / **** Image C Sound B - Extras A + starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan screenplay by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols, from a novel by Cid Ricketts Sumner directed by Elia Kazan by Walter Chaw A camp classic of a very particular variety, Otto Preminger's stylish, pedigreed Laura might best be read as a satire of Hitchcock's Rebecca, reuniting that film's Judith Anderson with another late, lamented mistress and acres more scenery to chew.

Janney is given the freedom to chew the scenery like crazy, but there's no reason to complain when she's providing some of the movie's best moments.

The face of this class is Donald Vidrine (a scenery - chewing John Malkovich), who uses his Cajun accent to talk down to everyone, his mind always on the bottom line.

«Gracie,» a flick about a teenaged soccer player, looks interestly enough, but «D.O.A.: Dead or Alive» looks like «Charlie's Angels» meets «Mortal Kombat,» and sounds completely awful... and, with the exception of Jaime Pressley looking hot and Eric Roberts chewing scenery, it probably will be.

The cast is what helps to make it work, from Meryl Streep chewing the scenery like it's going out of fashion as the unhinged, cancer - stricken, pill - popping head of the family and the aforementioned Roberts (both of whom have received an Oscar nomination for their respective performances) to the likes of Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Cooper and Margo Martindale who all feel very much perfectly cast when casting is so important for a film like this.

Paul Thomas Anderson's «Inherent Vice» is, as usual, stuffed with great supporting performances, from Josh Brolin's showy, hilarious, scenery - chewing to quieter, subtler work from Owen Wilson, of all people.

His ocker is ramped up to the maximum and, if he's not chewing the scenery, he seems to particularly relish a piece of broccoli in one scene.

He's easily the lead of the ensemble, and in his sixth on - screen collaboration, it seems deserving for Tarantino to give Jackson an Oscar - worthy scenery to chew on.

What I will also say is that it is never boring; Hugh Jackman seems very determined to chew up the scenery as a flamboyant devilish pirate and make the most of his screen - time, which unfortunately diminishes as the movie goes on.

With Hayek chewing the sceneries, the character is a fantastic highlight of the movie.

He plays the lead role with an understated quality, often speaking in quiet, lyrical tones instead of the more scenery - chewing moments glimpsed in the trailer.

Giamatti and Norton are facing Janus heads of actors, the homely / less - homely versions calved from the same school of over-emoting and scenery - chewing.