Sentences with phrase «of meaty roles»

McDonagh says he created Mildred in part as a corrective: He was «conscious» that his previous films, In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, were bereft of meaty roles for women.

The stellar supporting cast — which features a good share of meaty roles for more women warriors — gamely plays its parts, but Gadot provides enough wonder to lift the movie and haul it through when the third act threatens to bog down in gloomy DC movie mode.

For the first time in quite a while, though, the film world has offered up what borders on an embarrassment of riches both in terms of meaty roles for women and talented actresses who can play those roles for all they're worth.

Kang goes on to write, «[Director and writer Martin] McDonagh says he created Mildred in part as a corrective: He was «conscious» that his previous films, «In Bruges» and «Seven Psychopaths,» were bereft of meaty roles for women.»

Chastain relishes the more unhinged and rapacious facets of this meaty role, sinking under the skin of a Count's daughter whose housebound boredom and twisty desires spark an explosion of emotions between her and the story's two other characters: Jean, a worldly valet (Colin Farrell) whose cultural capital belies his lowly class position, and the devout servant (Samantha Morton) to whom he is woefully engaged.

Not exact matches

With her role as the epnoymous character in Frida (2002), Hayek disappeared into her subject so convincingly that not only would she return to the good graces of critics, but earn an Oscar nomination as well.Hayek would spend the coming years enjoying superstar status with everything from comedic turns on sitcoms like Ugly Betty (which she produced) and 30 Rock, to meaty roles in dramatic thrillers like Savages.

While Boseman and Jordan hold center stage, the women's roles are especially meaty and muscular, with Lupita Nyong» o as T'Challa's self - sufficient former flame, «The Walking Dead's» Danai Gurira — stealing every scene she's in — as the fierce leader of the king's guard, and Letitia Wright as T'Challa's brilliant sister, whose gift for gadgets essentially makes her the Q to her big brother's James Bond.

That means he's got a super meaty role in two of the biggest movies of the summer.

While Hancock's films tend to be a tad rote and unremarkable, the prospect of seeing Keaton in such a meaty role is hard to resist, and indeed the actor looks to be knocking this one out of the park.

Not only does longtime supporting actor John Goodman finally get an iconic and meaty role, but the synergy of two genres working both for and against each other make this a compelling thriller.

Each acknowledged the audience as their meaty roles were introduced, using their hands to emphasize the script's physical descriptors, or, as with Roth, flashing a knowing grin at Tarantino when he spoke of Mobray's «untrustworthy» nature.

I'm a fan of all the actors here and they seem to all be handling meaty roles here in one of the boondoggles of our era.

Given Payne's history this is sure to be a meaty role, and I'd love to see Hackman knock it out of the park with some of that Royal Tenenbaums bravado.

Naomie Harris is the bigger surprise on the cast list, seemingly content to come straight from Moonlight, where she tackled a meaty role full of depth, to being female sidekick in a monster movie.

Unfortunately, that and meaty lead roles for living legends of cinema Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer aren't enough to make this a good movie.

He hasn't had a real, meaty honest - to - goodness lead role in some time (since Antichrist, really, and that was not exactly created for public consumption), and he's not a lead in The Florida Project, but it's a nuanced, satisfying part that has plenty of shade for Dafoe to sink into.

This is not to say that Foxx doesn't play Rico well — he certainly needed a meaty role after the abhorrent Stealth and the average Jarhead — and he provides a strong and steady foil for the actions of the more excitable Sonny.

Haley previously directed another festival hit, «The New Year,» which featured another meaty role for a talented actress (in that case, Trieste Kelly Dunn, who plays a shiftless bowling alley worker with a maximum of relatability and charisma).

Upcoming films such as «Miss Bala,» «Aladdin,» «Kin,» «Superfly,» and «Bohemian Rhapsody» all boast meaty roles for actors of color, and they're more exciting for it.

Christian Gudegat «s directorial debut has one of Butler's meatiest roles to date: a deeply flawed, isolated and dedicated cop.

Equally wonderful is Patricia Arquette with the meatier role of Mason's mother, a loving if flawed matriarch.

His counterpart is a grizzled former 007 himself, Pierce Brosnan, growling his way into a meaty and morally ambiguous role as former IRA member and Irish Deputy Minister Liam Hennessy, attempting to politick his way around the aftermath of the bombing, which is claimed by a rogue IRA cell.

While not traditionally beautiful according to the Hollywood standards of yore, the American actress Brittany Murphy had «jolie laide» looks — big, brown eyes, a slightly disdainful mouth, a pointed chin, just - out - of - bed hair — which she used to great effect as she combined parts in ditzy comedies like Clueless and Just Married to meatier roles in the dark thrillers Girl, Interrupted and Don't Say A Word.

At 67, she continues to land meaty leading roles and in movies that the public tends to take note of.

The Buzz: I suppose I should rave here about how excited I am to see Swank in another meaty dramatic role, but after Amelia, Black Dhalia and even Million Dollar Baby (yes, I'm one of the rare few who didn't like it) I can't say that I'm too terribly excited.

Given one of the meatier and more dynamic roles of his career, he displays impressive range as the everyman just looking to get by.

Secondary players like Albert Brooks (Drive), David Oyelowo (Selma), Alessandro Nivola (The Company), Peter Gerety (The Wire), Glenn Fleshler (Boardwalk Empire), and Elyes Gabel (World War Z) all get meaty enough roles playing morally gray figures caught up in Abel's mission - though the film itself doesn't use any of them for very distinctive purposes.

There are plenty of meaty supporting roles for actors — Jesse Plemons catches the eye as a preppy lawyer, Bradley Whitford as Graham's main opponent on the board.

It was Christina Choe's dramatic - competition entry, however, that gave her the meatiest role: a New Jersey woman who believes she may be the long - lost abductee daughter of a well - to - do couple (J. Smith - Cameron and Steve Buscemi).

Fans of Judd may also enjoy her strong role, although Freeman's part isn't meaty enough to leave a lasting impression.

Apparently a huge fan of English TV star Miranda Hart (an unknown in the USA), Feig gives her a funny and meaty role, and she almost steals the film from McCarthy at times; they're like a kind of female Laurel and Hardy.

Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader are both fantastic, and they were both always fantastic, just waiting for those meatier roles to take them out of that just funny box.

Most of the buzz is based on the theory that Williams has been great thus far in the likes of Wendy And Lucy, Meek's Cutoff, and her Oscar - nominated roles, so she's likely to do something good with her meaty opportunity here.

, and chews through the meatiest supporting role here, Bacall's before, as a louche, drink - wobbled woman of vintage glamour and tragic fire.

My gut tells me more men than women would get nominated, not because of any overt sexism, but because men are more likely to get the meaty roles that the Academy likes to recognize.

Unfortunately, while The Monster gives Kazan a meaty, sometimes challenging role, it doesn't offer much in the way of a comeback for Bertino.

Nick Nolte and Neil Patrick Harris are always welcome in movies, but when they are stealing the roles of Butch and Lou, they kind of awkwardly feature, rather than deliver meaty performances.

But the meatiest role in this story of suffocating family bonds belongs to Bale, who plays Micky's ne'er - do - well trainer and half brother, Dicky Eklund, whose own career went off the rails when he developed a drug habit.

His role, although played well, isn't really meaty enough for someone of his stature, and we like him too much to want to see him in the unscrupulous shark role.

For example, Matt Rorie does an excellent job of playing the role of an aggressive spy, taking down from afar with a meaty machine gun.

I imagine his fairly meaty role in the game was due to the popularity of the slickly enjoyable Arrow TV show.

Next up, get ready for a meaty series of Q&A s with artists and curators about the role and impact of money in the art world.

We keep dancing around the idea of hiring new roles in law firms and thinking about innovation — putting technology in place — but we're missing the meaty part of the conversation, which is who is going to uproot this entire model?»

The combination of single - player elements and open - world environments makes for a game that invites you to explore its outer reaches as you settle into the role of Talion, with surprising plot twists and a meaty endgame that begs you to keep playing even when you think your journey has come to an «official» end.