Sentences with phrase «performances in a film»

The latter probably gives the best performance in the film, and the fact that he also starred in the far superior «Bright Young Things» makes you realize how much this movie is lacking.

Josh Hartnett's performance in this film, is a good reason to check out the movie.

The most indelible performance in the film is not, strictly speaking, a performance at all.

Instead, we get a very fine performance in a film which avoids some (but not all) of the cliche - ridden pitfalls of the rags - to - riches story.

Her performance in this film is a collection of reactions, vocal whoops, and pouncings that we have seen often before in lesser actors.

The supporting cast around Newman is amazing including Bruce Willis who gives one of his best performances in this film.

Unlike the vast majority of his contemporaries, however, he could truly act as well as make music, delivering superb, natural performances in films for directors like Martin Scorsese, Sam Peckinpah, and John Sayles.

Neither these nor any other performances in the film depend on self - conscious histrionics; Jones in particular portrays a crafty codger with some secret hiding places in his heart.

That story is Kate Winslet, who offers a powerhouse lead performance in the film.

For his performance in the film Robertson received the Academy Award for Best Actor.

The performances in the film work wonderfully because each serves the story and never goes much beyond that.

Stay past the credits for the best performance in the film... and hope the inevitable success of Iron Man 3 finances Black's next three Kiss Kiss Bang Bangs.

Carano's screen presence evokes nothing less than»70s Pam Grier — where the effect is not that of an actor giving a natural and charismatic performance in a film, but, rather, a natural and charismatic person acting in a film.

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot is an acting showcase featuring one of the best performances of Joaquin Phoenix «s career and a supporting turn for Jonah Hill that joins his acclaimed performances in films like Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street.

We're not necessarily saying the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences doesn't honor the greatest performances in film, but getting an audience to laugh can often be more difficult than getting them to cry.

She earned an Oscar nomination for her performance in the film.

The best performance in the film, however, belongs to Matthew McConaughey, who appears, sadly, only in the beginning as Mark Hanna, an established trader who takes the young Belfort under his wing to teach him how to be a successful trader (how?

All of the performances in this film are perfect in their own way (perhaps the result of an experienced actor directing).

Antonia was also nominated as a shooting star at the Berlin International Film Festival 2012 for her performance in the film.

In the 20 years since, his career has been defined by a remarkable wealth and variety of interesting characters and intense performances in films as diverse as Lone Star, American Beauty, Seabiscuit and Capote.

But the play was a deeply religious work, metaphorical, the imagery of man merged with horse essential to its message, so while Richard Burton and Peter Firth gave excellent, Oscar nominated performances in the film, the picture never quite captured the power of the stage play.

Q: Because you've done a lot of acting in the past, when directing the performances in the film did you apply what you'd learnt or valued from directors on other projects?

Well, for starters, there are some fine performances in the film.

To be honest, I though Reese Witherspoon was good as June Carter, especially when compared to her performances in film such as Legally Blonde.

The performances in this film are incredible, and considering the type of film it is, I'm even more amazed by what these actors were capable of achieving.

Affleck has turned in superb performances in that film, as well as Gone Baby Gone, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford and Out Of The Furnace, and he stars in The Finest Hours, the Coast Guard rescue tale which Disney opens Friday.

Mark Rylance's performance in the film is proof positive that the uncanny valley doesn't need to be feared anymore.

And I'm glad I did because some of the issues I'd had the first time (I'd found its metaphor a little scattered) came more into focus, and I was reminded of its many strengths - Peele juggles all sorts of genre and tonal trickery with ease, and I love every single performance in the film (yes even whatever Caleb Landry Jones is doing).

During that same period, Christie was swiftly becoming a staple of British cinema, delivering memorable performances in films by John Schlesinger, Richard Lester, and Joseph Losey.

The buzz around the central performances in the film are deserved: Fiennes has discovered a late - career touch for comedy and it's a memorable performance.

Instead of Howell, whose performances in films always seem to be underrated, we have two underwear models with passable acting abilities in Knighton and Bush.

Anne Reid, from Roger Michell's The Mother, flits in as a witness and in a blink gives one of the best performances in the film.

In the years since her breakthrough in Late Marriage (2001), also an Israeli Oscar submission, and the first Viviane installment, Ronit has become the face of Israeli cinema having delivered brilliant performances in films like The Band's Visit and Or.

Annette Bening and Jamie Bell's performances in this film will break your heart and leave you sobbing.

She made a break - out performance in the film adaptation of Nicolas Spark's romance novel «The Notebook» and stole the show from Lindsay Lohan in the teen angst comedy «Mean Girls.»

The London Hotel in West Hollywood was host to a celebration for Hidden Figures and Janelle Monae's performance in the film.

«Draft Day» (2014)-- Boseman gave a memorable supporting performance in a film about the inner workings of another sport: football, as player Vontae Mack.

The performances in the film are excellent.

Beyond all that, the performances in the film were great, too, especially Radnor and his young counterpart, nine - year - old newcomer Michael Algieri.

The performances in the film were pretty great.

Her performance in the film was critically acclaimed, and Gary Thompson of the Philadelphia Inquirer questions whether this role is out of her usual «pretty slacker» range but finds her performance «compelling».

Given Daniels» oeuvre, it might come as a shock that not a single performance in this film felt too showy.

Chau is on the Golden Globes nomination list for a Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the film.

Probably the best performance and most crucial performance in the film, however comes from the veteran actor Ron Rifkin as the film's moral center of the judge and father.

And while they both give fine performances in that film, here the two of them are already an unbeatable double act.

Acting wise it is Alexandra Daddario as stranded daughter Blake who delivers the best performance in the film.

Boxing comes secondary here but Johnny Harris comes second to no - one with a towering central performance in a film that plays out like a pugilist Ken Loach drama.

The first thing that one needs to note about Captain Phillips is that, despite his broad Boston accent, Hanks» performance in this film is phenomenal, far overpowering some of Billy Ray's script's shortcomings and omissions.

Added LeClair: «Azazel is always after authenticity and the performances in the film reflect that.

EW — On Wednesday, the SAG Awards announced their nominees for this year's best performances in film and television, kicking the Oscar race into high gear.