Sentences with phrase «performance in the central role»

But the limitations of its script and of Jonah Hill's performance in the central role keep it from transcending its shortcomings.

But it is a powerful film, one of the nine shortlisted for the foreign - language Oscar, and it is elevated, as it would need to be, by Diane Kruger's superb performance in the central role.

He propels the action, not through quick cutting, but through Timothée Chalamet's remarkably sure - footed performance in the central role.

Jakob Cedergren gives a stunning performance in the central role of this surprisingly taut tale.

Given the picture's enduring popularity, there's really no point in rehashing the plot — OK, for the uninitiated (all two of you): Ripley (series star Sigourney Weaver) heads back into space and leads a team of military grunts against the nasty extra-terrestrials — but there's always room to rehash many of the highlights: Weaver's terrific performance in the central role; the contrast between the heroic Corporal Hicks (Michael Biehn) and the cowardly Private Hudson (Bill Paxton); the escalating villainy of company man Burke (Paul Reiser); scripter Cameron's ability to keep piling on confrontations and director Cameron's ability to milk them for maximum tension; and, of course, those wonderful alien creations.

Not exact matches

The emergence and effectiveness of Cazorla in the central role has certainly coincided with Coquelin's return from a loan spell last season and the Frenchman's performances ever since.

That is because of the excellent performances that we have been seeing from Alexis Sanchez in his new central role, but according to a report in The Mirror the former Chelsea star and current pundit Pat Nevin thinks we may be missing a trick with the powerful Frenchman.

In his absence, Ramsey has seen his central midfield role occupied by Francis Coquelin and Santi Cazorla with some commanding performances.

Play Ramsey in his preffered central role, tell him we expect a match winning performance from him in the middle and if he performs then he stands more chance of claiming that spot for EPL games.

After Sunday's performance, I would rather see Gueye in the central role with Sanchez alongside him and Vertout just in front, subject to all those players being fit.

Michael Carrick and Herrera to start in central midfield roles while Daley Blind's performance against Sunderland might keep his place in starting lineup with Jones, Rojo and Valencia making the back four.

One of my central priorities will be to aggressively exercise the Public Advocate's role in reviewing the performance of City agencies and developing proposals to improve vital services on which New Yorkers depend.

There's little doubt that the effortlessly engaging central performances play a substantial role in the film's success, with D'Agosto and Olsen's charismatic work ensuring that their respective characters never come off as the sleazeballs one might've anticipated (ie Shawn and Nick's relentless scheming is almost Ferris Buelleresque in its good - naturedness).

Timothee Chamalet and Armie Hammer are superb in the central roles, and despite an unignorable bathetic turn in the supporting performances, this is an important film.

Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer are superb in the central roles, and despite an unignorable bathetic turn in the supporting performances, this is an important film.

But a game performance by Brenton Thwaites («Maleficent») in the lead role eventually outpaces the provocative central mystery, stylishly driving the audience toward a resolution that lacks equivalent substance.

Keaton was great in the role, although for me, Birdman's glories were more widespread and weren't really all about his central performance.

These two are brilliant in small yet crucial roles, but in no way impede the inspiring performances of the central players.

Helms is best known for his standout performances in a diverse compilation of projects, including his prolific work as a correspondent on Comedy Central's THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART; his memorable role as «Andy Bernard» on NBC's critically acclaimed comedy THE OFFICE alongside fellow DAILY SHOW alum, Steve Carell; and striking gold with his leading comedic role in THE HANGOVER trilogy alongside Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis, which collectively grossed nearly $ 1.5 billion worldwide.

The cast also deserve the utmost praise for making the roles their own; the always reliable Hanks is solid in the central role and there are exceptional performances from the first rate support, namely, Barry Pepper and the aforementioned Goldberg and Ribisi, who are all outstanding.

But while there are some genuine insights and well - pitched performances (Eric Stoltz and Annabella Sciorra are appealing as the central pair, but Carlos Jacott and Chris Eigeman steal the film in supporting roles), the prickly dialogue that marked out «Kicking and Screaming» only spikes intermittently, and so the film overall goes down just a little too easily, a little too unremarkably.

That performance (coupled with some high - profile US gigs like hosting the MTV VMAs for two years straight and a Comedy Central stand - up special) catapulted him to movie stardom, leading to starring roles in 2010's Get Him to the Greek (in which Brand actually reprised his Sarah Marshall character) and a remake of the Dudley Moore classic Arthur.

The aggressively baffling atmosphere never becomes as problematic as one might've assumed, with the stellar performances - Leto is fantastic in the central role, while Diane Kruger, Sarah Polley, and Rhys Ifans offer up strong supporting work - and the consistently surprising and eye - popping visuals effectively sustaining the viewer's interest from start to finish.

But the introspection offered by this many - layered approach would fall flat without the strength of its central performances, and while a number of Anderson's staple actors make appearances — Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, among others — Ralph Fiennes steals the film as M. Gustave H. Achieving the subtle distinction between delivering a huge performance without being over-the-top, Fiennes balances his theatrical gravitas with his rarely - executed gift for comedy, making it impossible to imagine anyone else in the role.

One of the strongest parts in question is the central performance of Cate Blanchett, shedding her usual period piece garb for the role of Annie Wilson, a widowed mother of three sons in modern - day Brixton, Georgia.

The action film, directed by Jeremy Rush, will star Frank Grillo, who has long been in the waiting wings for a lead role on the big screen after his strong central turn in MMA drama Kingdom (exclusively on - demand through Virgin in the UK) and scene - stealing performances in the Captain America franchise.

We also recognised that a feature of current processes in Queensland is the central role that teachers play in assessing their own students» performances.

CCSSO supports school improvement in states by fostering a sense of urgency among chiefs that the SEA plays a central role in improving persistently low - performing schools, equipping all states with strategies and approaches to meet the needs of all children, and fast - tracking efforts in states who are willing to take bold, relentless action to address persistent low - performance.

Woolford's performance explores the central role given to the male sexual organ in both American art and politics, perpetuating the tradition of phallic humor in popular culture.

Central to the exhibition will be fragments of the artist's writings and footages and videos as well as short films from the oeuvre of French director Jean Michel Bruyère in which Samb plays the role of an actor at the service of Bruyère's durational performance - installations.

As a result, Tramway plays a central role in the support, development and promotion of work by Scottish based artists, each commission an investment in Scotland's creative community — pushing the boundaries of innovation and experimentation, and challenging and redefining performance and visual art for the new century.

The actualities of production accordingly play a central role in her prints, printing machines, installations, and performances — process always remains legible.

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The OEP (IP) will have responsibility for the evaluation and audit of Indigenous programmes and operations... (It) will play a central role in measuring the performance of the Australian Government's Indigenous programmes.

Literature suggests that perturbations in both «bottom up» attention mechanisms and «top down» executive control processes may play a central role in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety.22 These perturbations extend to both emotionally charged and affectively neutral stimuli, reflecting both preferential treatment of specific categories of stimuli (i.e., bias to threat cues) and heightened vigilance of one's own performance and behaviour (i.e., cognitive monitoring).