Sentences with phrase «of good roles»

Because of the scarcity of good roles for older women in American drama, she returned to the Yiddish stage in 1927.

Rounding out the cast of delightful oddities we have strong performances across the board: Domhnall (son of Brendan) Gleeson yet again proves his worth in an ever increasing list of good roles while Scoot McNairy and, the always excellent, Maggie Gyllenhaal deliver yet more welcome eccentricity amidst the mayhem.

I was just referring to the people who claim that Hollywood is diverse when your list clearly illustrates the lack of good roles for otherwise talented minorities.

After the blaxploitation movies ran out of steam, she moved back to Denver to be near her family, but continued to work in two or three pictures a year - some of them good roles like the cop - killer in «Fort Apache, the Bronx» (1981), some of them throwaways like «Mars Attacks!»

Greta Gerwig is a bit of both - part of a generation of college - educated women (Amy Schumer, Zoe Kazan, Rashida Jones, Brit Marling) who have addressed the dearth of good roles for women by writing good roles for themselves.

2014's Kingsman: The Secret Service had many things going for it, but despite the presence of Sophie Cookson's Roxy and Sofia Boutella's Gazelle, lots of good roles for women were not really among them.

Billy offers several asides to Marty over the course of the film, expanding on the lack of good roles for women, and the sexist component to moviemaking in general.

Dario has turned himself into one of the best role players in all the league.

We signed [infielder - outfielder] Rex Hudler and [outfielder] Otis Nixon as minor league free agents, and they've become two of the best role players in the game.»

3rd best SG ever, carried Lebron and Shaq to titles, and is one of the best role models out there.

Smart, funny as hell, successful AND beautiful??? I think they are two of the best role models in Hollywood for women.

That was one of the best roles I've seen filled and every time I see it I truly believe the Fresh Prince is a struggling genius trying to make it selling outdated equipment.

Witherspoon got one of her best roles in this film, and really does carry it despite her young age.

There's perhaps no simpler, or better, explanation for why anyone who worked on The Room took part in the production — maybe not out of faith in Wiseau's vision, or even the promise of a good role, but for the joy of making movies.

Taking along his Irish sidekick (Rory Cochrane - in one of his best roles) who's suicidal after having seen (and done) far too much, they head off on a dangerous journey with a west point graduate (Jesse Plemons) in tow.

One of his better roles in this vein was as Unger, the vengeful football playing «screw» in the Burt Reynolds prison comedy The Longest Yard (1974).

Because of deliberately shadowy photography, the audience barely saw Van Zandt's face at all in one of his best roles, as the Henry Luce - like magazine editor Rawlston in Orson Welles» Citizen Kane (1941).

When the adolescent science - fiction fans of the 1950s became the directors of the 1980s, Miller began receiving some of the best roles of his career.

But every once in a while Ford meets someone who shares an overlap in his approach, most notably Bill Tench (Lights Out's Holt McCallany in one of his best roles), a member of the FBI's Behavioral Science unit who takes Ford on bureau - sponsored road trips across the country to teach local cops what they know.

Chastain looks to have one of the best roles of her career in Aaron Sorkin's highly anticipated directorial debut.

Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland is light - hearted, enjoyable, and one of the better role - playing games on the PlayStation Vita.

he plays a mentally unstable homeless man, god he is good, one of his best roles.

As the iconic run - down ghost we have Michael Keaton in one of his best roles (some would say it's The Founder but I beg to differ), For the dry - witted smart little girl we have the fabulous and a then a Burton regular Winona Ryder.

A bent cop movie with style, swagger and a sometimes questionable approach to characterisation, Oren Moverman's latest at least gifts Woody Harrelson one of his best roles in years.

Jessica Lange returns again, largely because Horror Story quite frankly has some of the best roles for women in all of television, and she simply knocks it out of the park.

In exchange, Cruise got one of the best roles of his career (something we detailed last week), as much as the film showcases the A-lister at the height of his powers.

Some are saying this is one of the best roles of Hayek's career, which is saying a lot.

A big hit at Sundance 2016 and the first local feature to gross more than a million on opening weekend in New Zealand, Waititi's adventure featuring a lovable, doughy, Tupac - loving orphan and his crusty foster uncle (Sam Neill in one of his best roles) is sure to be a favorite of CCFF crowds.

Marsden looks and acts like a young Tom Cruise, especially as he was in Jerry Maguire, but it's one of his best roles so it's hard to complain.

Zoe Kazan has carved out a nice little niche as the indie love interest (the girl next door who's cute and attainable, but with just enough edge to ensure she's never boring), while Daniel Radcliffe radiates charm in one of the best roles of his post-Potter career.

Tony Todd easily delivers one of his best roles in his career as Duke.

It's always a pleasure to see Ed Harris and it's fantastic see Michelle Pfeiffer sink her teeth into one of her best roles in years.

Gyllenhaal's wild rage and believable sensitivity is amped up here, completely convincing in one of his best roles.

We first meet Lady Bird on the return leg of a college visitation weekend, squabbling with her demanding, often hyper - critical mother (Laurie Metcalf, in one of her best roles in years) during the car ride back.

Likewise, Albert Finney has one of his better roles in years as the small - time lawyer who hires Brockovich and reluctantly goes to the mat against the giant company.

For all the darkness, young actresses might get some of their best roles in these films.

MS: I've got what I consider five of your best roles in films that fans may have missed but are definitely worth seeing.

For 20th Century Women, Mills is inspired by his mother and, even though there's a whiff of Dorothea being a less eccentric version, it provides Annette Bening with one of her best roles in years and the result is a luminous performance.

Pillars of Eternity is one of the best role - playing game released in recent times, and the Complete Edition is well worthy of its name, with a redesigned UI that managed to make the game playable on consoles.

Finally, Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) finds one of the best roles of his illustrious career in Bobby, the gruff but sympathetic manager of Orlando's Magic Castle Motel, acting as a surrogate father or benevolent protector to all who stay under his roof.

Actually, without being too vigilant about that stuff, over the past three years, I've started getting some of the best roles of my career.

Butler's fellow Scotsman Brian Cox also shows some real presence in one of his better roles of recent years as the Roman senator Menenius.

The provocative story of anger, fear, and race relations in contemporary Los Angeles also provides Ryan Phillippe with one of his best roles in years, maybe the best... Read More»

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He says he was «moody» and it didn't matter to him that he got «a good paycheck» or played «one of the best roles in the world.»

The set - up of «Foxcatcher» is stunningly slow, as we are introduced to Olympic Gold Medal wrestler Mark Schultz (Channing Tatum in one of his best roles), who's struggling financially with his career and his personal life.

About a Boy (1998), in which a London playboy is forced to grow up, gave Hugh Grant one of his best roles ever, and again a heavy reliance on voice - over allowed director - writers Chris and Paul Weitz to preserve Hornby's voice, this time in the form of his thoughts on how trend - chasing shapes — and misshapes — our lives.

I am just trying to fully understand my Freeform wants to break my heart by taking some of the best roles Robert Sheehan has played and recasting them.

The film was particularly well - received at Cannes, with The A.V. Club's A.A. Dowd noting that it gave Sandler and Stiller «some of their best roles ever.»