Sentences with phrase «of supporting players»

And with such a rich cast of supporting players, this is a welcome addition.

These stories exist in the same universe and feature the same cast of characters (with most of the supporting players of the first movie taking on ancillary roles in this one).

The four main leads, and many of the supporting players, do great work though.

We are capable of supporting the players we have and give them the courage to perform above their perceived limitations.

And there are plenty of supporting players on hand who help make this a better movie than it has any right to be.

The movie is well cast from top to bottom; like many British films, it benefits from the genius of its supporting players.

The leads are actually quite good in their respective roles, and the cast of supporting players are solid all around.

It's entirely possible to have the worst K / D ratio in the game and still be ranked as top player, simply by choosing to spend your time as more of a support player who drenches the landscape with ink.

But Price became more of a supporting player in the GOP's futile health care campaign, while Vice President Mike Pence took the lead, particularly in dealing with the Senate.

Dupontel tries to juggle the 3 different protagonists, alongside a growing ensemble of supporting players whose involvement further complicates the increasingly convoluted plot (a late appearance by Léa Seydoux is pretty baffling, especially due to how little work the internationally recognised actress is given here).

Rounding out the cast are a great group of supporting players who manage to stand out, even in a show that Roberts and Lee Curtis clearly dominate.

I am tired of supporting players like Ozil and Giroud.

With Melissa McCarthy leading the charge, more than a couple of supporting players make an ingratiating impression as well.

In this SI classic from April 1974, the stage lights shine on a cast of supporting players as Henry Aaron hits his historic 715th home run

The rogues» gallery of supporting players finds space for Owen Wilson (as a deep - cover double agent who bamboozles even himself), Martin Short (satanic dentist) and Josh Brolin as the straight - arrow cop who longs for the respect he never received from his mother.

While Mr. Irelan and a few of the supporting players have some solid moments (the entire cast consists of nonprofessionals), the general vibe is too stilted to convince.

But with Hanks essaying his best Jimmy Stewart, Ryan at her most dewy - eyed, a sparkling array of supporting players and a handful of snappy dialogue scenes (the «I cried at «The Dirty Dozen»» conversation is pure gold), it's infuriatingly irresistible.

The reputation of the original not yet sullied, Exorcist II attracted new A-list talent in the form of recent Academy Award winner Louise Fletcher (severe as ever) and Sir Richard Burton (drunk and devouring the scenery), who star alongside Linda Blair and a handful of supporting players from the original.

In the first film, Hannibal Lecter was more of a supporting player whose presence really stuck with audiences.

Speaking of which, it's common knowledge that superhero movies live and die by their villains, and Eisenberg and the rest of the supporting players around Superman are the best part of the movie.

The excellent cast of supporting players include Kristin Scott Thomas as Churchill's devoted, supportive wife Clementine, Lily James as his personal secretary / typist Elizabeth Layton to whom he dictates his speeches and letters, Ronald Pickup as Neville Chamberlain, Stephen Dillane as Viscount Halifax, and Ben Mendelsohn as King George VI.

It's about the characters» misadventures, the assortment of supporting players who pop on screen every now and then, and the main characters» gradual shift from a mother and daughter who don't understand each other to a mother and daughter who do.

Rounding out the cast of characters are an eclectic group of supporting players that bring spontaneity and freshness to the action.

Apatow's superb cast of supporting players strikes an uncertain chord: Leslie Mann as George's confused ex-girlfriend; unfaithful Eric Bana (never this deft); surly Eminem as himself; even soft - rocker James Taylor, who, saddled with Apatow's crudest, most bromantic line, turns it into a resigned code of resilience.

Our ability advantage should prove too strong for our opponents regardless of the support the players receive, but the FA Cup has a way of instilling belief in the most unlikely opponents, and this weekend alone will have boosted Sutton, with Millwall and most amazingly Lincoln beating Premier League opposition, as well as Huddersfield refusing to bow down to Manchester City, who will have to face a replay in the coming weeks.

Derivations of our Ronaldo centric options include the diamond and the 4 -4-2 designed to take advantage of the strengths of supporting players.

With the Astros, instead of expecting them to (or hoping for them to) succeed, there's this sense of supporting each player and wanting them to succeed at all times.

McCarthy gets assistance from a large army of supporting players — comedy pros like Maya Rudolph, who plays her best friend, her sorority sister Gillian Jacobs, and her father, Stephen Root.

Eclipsed by younger action stars in the»20s, the still - buoyant Rawlinson found himself in minor films and — briefly — as a two - reel comedy star in Hal Roach's Slipping Wives (where his thunder was stolen by a pair of supporting players named Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy).

IRON MAN 3 may be heavy on subplot, but the amount of supporting players never spoils the superhero broth.

And with actors like Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, and Cillian Murphy playing the leads (alongside an impressive line - up of supporting players), it's easily his most star - studded ensemble.

The picture has the great virtue of an excellent cast, calling for a platoon of supporting players capable of understanding the issues and, in some cases, bringing a succint, rapid - fire delivery of their place in the grand scheme of illusionary credit, insurance against loss for insiders and an ethic with no regard for who pays for the profits.

Elsewhere, amidst the familiar plan - within - a-plan story that unfolds, Emmerich peppers the screen with solid casting choices — James Woods, Jason Clarke, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Richard Jenkins who all wisely resist the urge to ham things up and add more to the film than a typical batch of supporting players.

Very little is revealed of these supporting players, who function as indistinct sketches that flit in and out of Kerouac's world, never making much impact, highlighting the writer's alienation and detachment from everything around him, including the literary movement that defined his career.

They celebrate Eastwood's career and lament the lapsed ones of supporting players.

The pleasing effect here is owed not only to the flavorful, understated precision of the film's writing and direction, including the poised restraint of Sam Levy's exemplary b & w lensing, but also to the exceptional work of supporting players Sumner, Driver and Zegen, who all qualify as up - and - coming actors to watch.

Yes, Sarah Paulson will be dominating film screens, from the vantage point of the supporting player.

What Fassbender benefits immensely from, is a squad of supporting players, each making their individual mark.

Well, this latest international trailer does that job nicely, expanding on the domestic spot, and featuring much more of the supporting players inlcuding a dialed down Jeremy Irons, a dialed up Emma Thompson and Viola Davis.

Star Wars, however, has always maximised the mileage of these supporting players outside of the movies they appear in, even if it has simply been by entrusting an action figure to the hands of an imaginative child.

No one, no one, could deliver these lines — a mush of anachronistic phrases and «period» posh — with conviction, much less the miscast Cusack and a motley band of supporting players.

And while most of the supporting players fade into the background — Lauren Bacall is wasted as Lemmon's wife, and I wish Dan Aykroyd, playing corrupt Republican President William Haney, had based his portrayal on his SNL / Nixon impersonation rather than just coasting — John Heard has some funny moments as a Vice President so dumb, he probably couldn't spell «potato» any more accurately than Dan Quayle.

Kathy Bates» cranky Secretary of Defense, Connelly's scientist, Smith's (The Pursuit of Happyness) precocious youngster (easily the most annoying character in a film full of them), and a slew of supporting players are given plenty of early screen time only just become fodder for special effects destruction in the final half hour.

Although firmly targeted at mature audiences, it manages to elicit intermittent moments of amusement, largely courtesy of supporting players Simon Callow (Four Weddings and a Funeral) and Joanna Lumley (TV's Absolutely Fabulous).

Whip It also benefits from good construction, and a delightful collection of supporting players, like Kristen Wiig, Zoe Bell, Eve, Juliette Lewis, and Barrymore herself in a noticeably tiny role.

Johnson, on the other hand, is given more screen time now that Hobbs is playing nice with Dom and Co., while Sung Kang remains the standout of the supporting players.