Sentences with phrase «own as an action star»

Top Gun 1985 established Cruise as an action star, but again he refused to be pigeonholed, and followed it up with a solid characterization of a fledgling pool shark in the Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money in 1986, for which co-star Paul Newman earned an Academy Award.

Theron has been flexing her bona fides as an action star with movies like «Mad Max: Fury Road» and «Atomic Blonde,» but «Tully» is a gentle reminder that she is one of our finest actresses working today.

10 years ago, who could ever have imagined that awkward, weak - chinned weird boys John Cusack and Nicolas Cage would be able to reinvent themselves as action stars, casually wielding high - powered weapons and careening around the screen on stolen police motorcycles?

The trend of tooling up seasoned dramatic leads as action stars looks set to continue regardless, with the release of Sean Penn's The Gunman coming this Friday on both sides of the Atlantic.

Bottom Line: Atomic Blonde is an entertaining summer film that spotlights Charlize Theron's remarkable acting as an action star.

Taken 2 — $ 50 million [debut week] Liam Neeson's («The Grey «-RRB- newfound career direction as an action star gained

Liam Neeson is obviously enjoying his second career as an action star.

After Liam Neeson launched himself as an action star at age 56 with «Taken» (2008), middle - aged actors are showing up in cinemas to prove that they can take it too.

With the weight of her career as an action star, Grier makes Jackie her own and dominates the screen with her energy and charisma.

Towards the beginning of her career, casting Blunt as an action star might have seemed an odd choice.

Schwarzenegger, in his prime as an action star, is mostly subdued, giving a few of his traditional one - liners («Stick around» punctuates a scene in which he impales someone standing, and his unintentionally funny line, «Get to da choppa!»

Theron's reinvention as an action star has been fascinating to watch and Atomic Blonde is great if you want an enjoyable spy movie with a strong female lead who can go toe to toe with anyone she comes up against.

she was great as an action star with Tom Cruise in «Edge of Tomorrow» pulling this off is harder.

Reveling in her rising status as action star, the actress talks with SPINOFF about going toe - to - toe with Keanu Reeves, Bobbi Morse's «little secret,» and the major drawback of that Wonder Woman costume.

Even if he's entering his 60s, Brosnan still has what it takes to deliver as an action star, though he does feel like old news, and the thrill is mostly gone in seeing him going through familiar motions.

Michael Jai White (Spawn) makes a convincing case here that he deserves future consideration as an action star on the order of a Vin Diesel or a Sylvester Stallone.

Carano is playing Mewes» wife in a role that should showcase another side to the actress, who established herself as an action star with movies such as Haywire, Fast and Furious 6 and, more recently, Deadpool.

Reeves has little dialogue, but his facial expressions and a particularly angry monologue show that Reeves is best as an action star.

The three brothers appear as action stars.

I grew up during that period, so the fact that we get to have this ridiculously talented actor as an action star is crazy and completely amazing.

However, by ditching the high - concept, flimsy mystery premises of their previous films and instead providing old - school action / thriller gravitas, Serra and Neeson manage to deliver their best film yet - one that should more than suitably appease fans of the genre, and / or Neeson's career as an action star.

Lautner's history of martial arts (the one thing that he actually had going for him as an action star in training) is never exploited to its full potential, while veteran actors like Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello and Sigourney Weaver are smart enough to jump ship before the first act is even over.

For some reason, Arnold Schwarzenegger was of the opinion that, at this point in his phenomenal career as an action star, he needed to deflate his macho image by constantly making fun of it.

Although I don't think anything could quite measure up to Taken, Neeson proves that he is still able to hold his own as an action star despite his age.

Not exact matches

The studio does have a pair of big spring releases in Ghost in the Shell, the controversial adaptation of the popular manga comic that stars Scarlett Johansson, as well as the action - comedy adaptation of the 1990s lifeguard TV show Baywatch.

Schwarzenegger, of course, was one of the biggest action stars in the world before he served as Governor of California between 2003 and 2011.

He then starred in indie live action films such as «Edge of Winter» and «Locke.»

Not only was Glover cast as Lando Calrissian in the upcoming Han Solo «Star Wars» film, but he'll also voice of Simba, the rambunctious lion cub who becames the leader of the pride, in Disney's live - action remake of «The Lion King.»

Now, with the excitement for «Rogue Nation,» Cruise's mission of returning as a top action star is likely possible.

[Update 11:23 AM: In a press release Tuesday morning, Nintendo noted that the length of the rewind depends on the genre of game: «Players can go back a few minutes in role - playing games such as Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, while action titles such as Super Mario World offer around 40 seconds, ideal for re-trying short segments of gameplay.»

The action star is reportedly promoting the cryptocurrency as it heads towards its ICO.

Additionally, as a heart disease survivor and National Volunteer for the American Heart Association, Star uses her international public platform to positively impact the lives of all women by empowering them to take action, stand stronger and join the fight against heart disease.

It would be otiose to give examples: a distant thunder is in the past as much as a distant star; but no matter how far in time - space a star or galaxy is, it is always faintly immanent in my Here - Now even when its action is below the threshold of human perception; its action can be made visible by a combination of lenses or a prolonged photographic exposure.

Just last week, the Southern Baptist Convention condemned the use of the Stars and Bars, as a direct response to the actions of Dylan Roof.

By his action, Bergson taught that the integrity and courage of a lifetime can be expressed in a gesture as simple, as profound, as acutely motivated, and yet as free as that of pinning a yellow armband, emblazoned with the Star of David, on one's sleeve.

Before all the action in the Moët Suite, Opening Night of the US Open began with the star - studded USTA Serves Opening Night Gala in the President's Suite, where actor Kevin Spacey — who led an exciting charitable auction during the Gala — as well astennis legend Billie Jean King and US tennis players Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan signed a bottle of Moët & Chandon — crystalized with the US Open logo — for the USTA Serves.

Tonight marked the return to action for key first - team star Santi Cazorla, who has been out injured since November, but it was not his name who stole the headlines, as one of the club's future stars laid a marker down.

But all that could be about to change if the medical team at the club can keep the talented midfielder ready for action and from the sounds of what Jack said this week, as reported by the Daily Star, there is a great chance that this will be the case.

Pundit and former football star Jamie Redknapp has now moved to slam Xhaka's actions, and his actions can hardly be defended, especially as he has also been guilty of giving away unnecessary free - kicks and penalties also this term.

Another Arsenal star included in the list of crocked players, which you can see anytime on the special Just Arsenal injury page, is our sublime Spanish midfield maestro Santi Cazorla but as far as I can tell he should be back in action.

So he was forecast to be out of action for the following three months, so Arsenal ruled out a summer move for the young star as theyawaited his recovery.

This drama, starring Scott Glenn (left) as coach Red Blaik, examines the pressures that drove several of his players on the 1951 football team to cheat on exams — and how far those cadets went to cover their actions.

On the flip side, the Bucks also use Jabari as the primary defender on most top wings, so it's not like they're completely focusing their efforts on stopping that first action, and star players do usually find a way to «get theirs» even if you have a help - heavy model.

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The Red Devils star is currently out of action for his club due to injury, but has clearly found ways to fill his time as he waits to make his comeback on the pitch.

As you can see from the new picture, however, there is already great progress and with a month still to ge before the EPL campaign kicks off it looks like Alexis is one star that is going to be ready for action.

Whilst there is nothing wrong with Cech as a footballer whatsoever, it isn't fair on such a top class, international star to be keeping him as a reserve when Cech wants regular first team action.

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Arsenal fans are already well aware of how important the Chilean international star is to Arsenal and any chance we have of winning a trophy and more importantly the title of Premier League champions, as we have seen how much the Gunners suffer when the fantastic forward is out of action or struggling for form.

Gregg Popovich didn't mention Kawhi Leonard in his postgame press conference after the Spurs» 116 - 101 loss to the Warriors, but it seemed as though he may have had the missing - in - action star on his mind.