Sentences with phrase «other charming actor»

Not exact matches

There's also great work from their other crew members, played by Gina Rodriguez, so charming in Jane the Virgin and so striking here; Tessa Thompson, quietly affecting and deserving of her Bafta - nominated rising star status; and the Swedish actor Tuva Nuvotny, who makes a piercing impression in a small role.

He's a hard man to resist, which is as much a testament to the character as written as to his casting: A rock singer - guitarist for the Belgian band A Brand with only one other IMDb feature credit to his name, Vermeir is a naturally charismatic performer with the capacity for nuance, a bit like «Malcolm in the Middle» - era Bryan Cranston in appearance, with that actor's ability to find layers of «Breaking Bad» - style complexity beyond that charming first impression.

However, the only other actor with a real chance on this shortlist is The Master's Joaquin Phoenix, who had some momentum when the film was first released but who lost charm as Day - Lewis gained strength during this award season.

The only redeeming quality to the film (other than the aforementioned running time) comes from the quality performances by the lead actors, especially Peter O'Toole, who exudes devilish charm in one of his best performances in years.

He dials down the bug - eyed mania of many recent efforts in favor of a textured performance that emphasizes his natural chemistry with other actors, his vulnerability and barely caged rage, and his weirdly charming sense of humor.

Among the other fiction films to look for in theaters or on VOD: John Michael McDonagh's Calvary, in which Brendan Gleeson gives a beautifully modulated performance as a dedicated priest who is no match for the disillusionment of his parishioners and the rage of another inhabitant of his Irish seaside village, determined to take revenge against the priesthood for the sexual abuse he suffered as a child; the desultory God Help the Girl, the debut feature by Stuart Murdoch (of Belle and Sebastian), all the more charming for its refusal to sell its musical numbers; Tim Sutton's delicate, impressionistic Memphis, a blues tone poem that trails contemporary recording artist Willis Earl Beal, playing a character close to himself who's looking for inspiration in a legendary city that's as much mirage as actuality; and two horror films, Jennifer Kent's uncanny, driving psychodrama The Babadook, with a remarkable performance by child actor Noah Wiseman, and Ana Lily Amirpour's less sustained A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, which nonetheless generates some powerful political metaphors.

None of them are inspired, no matter how many times these actors have charmed us in other films.

By «ensemble» is meant that each actor is given sufficient time to strut his or her stuff, and Holly Hunter as Beth, with at least two other films to her credit this year, displays her charming, Georgia - born southern accent, often driving her husband crazy.

In the omni - charming actor's latest, he plays a primatologist who, other than the usual and perpetual buffness, is a master of ASL, driver of Ford's new Bronco, semi-frequent flier of helicopters and single.

Although the three lead actors are all working under serious impediments — Travolta has been equipped with a singularly ridiculous soul patch and a Boston accent that runs the gamut from non-existent to «SNL» sketch broadness, oftentimes in the same scene, Plummer has a role that all but insists on being played in the hammiest manner imaginable and Sheridan (whose previous films have included such better projects as «The Tree of Life,» «Mud» and «Joe») is playing a contrivance instead of a character — they are not without a certain innate charm, and indeed, the best scenes here are the ones in which they are simply allowed to interact and bounce off of each other in a relaxed manner before having to return to the mechanics of the increasingly forced plot.

For some in the right age group, maturing alongside Harry can be life - defining — tracking their own growth by seeing Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, among other young actors on the films, transform from precocious children to charming adults over the course of the series.

For fans of the actors and hardcore enthusiasts of the «road movie» genre — of which there are enough entrants to program its own festival — $ 5 a Day has enough charm to warrant a rental; others, however, may mostly shrug.

Just hearing brilliant actors like Richard Jenkins and Catherine O'Hara at each other's throats or watching remarkably likable stars like Adam Scott and Mary Elizabeth Winstead figure out their relationship has enough charm to get one from lights down to credits roll.

As for McAdams: Other than being one of the most endearing and charming and natural and beautiful actors around, she's doesn't have much going for her.

The group's Dorian Award for Film Performance of the Year — Actor went to Matthew McConaughey for his work in Dallas Buyers Club as Ron Woodroof, a charming and straight scraper whose AIDS diagnosis inspires him to champion others with the disease.

The movie is awful, from the script's blending of Southern charm and Jewish slang, to the over-the-top performances by its actors, but when an internet posting begins a rumor that star Marilyn Hack (Catherine O'Hara) should garner an Oscar nomination come awards time, the film's publicist (John Michael Higgins) goes into overdrive, generating even more buzz about possible nominations for its other two stars, Victor Allen Miller (Harry Shearer) and Callie Webb (Parker Posey).