Sentences with phrase «play manic»

Dano's real - life girlfriend Zoe Kazan will play the manic pixie dream girl.

After his brilliant performance in Neill Blomkamp's sci - fi actioner DISTRICT 9, Sharlto Copley was soon snapped up to play manic pilot Murdock in Joe...

Lassick played the manic - depressive Cheswick in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and the sarcastic English teacher in Carrie (1976), to cite two roles among dozens.

Tellingly, just as DiCaprio's best role in the last decade was as a charming man - child in «Catch Me If You Can,» Portman's best turn was playing the manic pixie dream girl in Zach Braff's «Garden State.»

The film is no bromance though — Carrey plays a manic cable guy who drags newly single Broderick into his twisted fantasy world.

Dominic Cooper, on the other hand, is absolutely wasted as the one - dimensional villain, while Michael Keaton, who plays the manic impresario / announcer behind the DeLeon, delivers a wildly over-the-top performance that suggests he's the only one aware of exactly what kind of film they're making.

Not exact matches

With the benefit of hindsight we can say that The Da Vinci Code got noticed not only because of able marketing by the publisher, Doubleday, but because the book profoundly played into the manic milieu of truthiness.

The Grizzlies» appeal lies in the quirky personalities on their roster and the manic energy in their home crowd, less so than their style of play, which is as unassuming as it is unforgiving.

Will we see a return to the dazzling, manic and unpredictable style of play that left nearly half a billion fans worldwide gasping for more, or will we have sterile, tactical and predictable football played at a pedestrian tempo?

«I drove up through the night to be here so it's been a manic 24 hours but it's all been worth it to come here and play for this great club.»

And the sad truth is for that reason, his manic play, many Chelsea fans didn't lament their sale of the Brazilian stopper, and were outright joyous at the fact that the Blues had managed to coax a colossal # 50 million transfer fee out of Paris Saint - Germain

Between our house catching the stomach flu at the beginning of last week and a quick trip to watch my brother in law play football this past weekend, it was bound to be a manic Monday.

He's drifted into the corporate - dad mode that's ensnared Fred MacMurray, Robin Williams, Eddie Murphy, and Nicolas Cage, and requires a star to mug or mope or go manic to play a guy who risks his job in order to make amends with his kids then risks the kids to make amends with the job.

Then Bachchan, playing what is essentially a manic pixie dream grandpa, forces Babulal to go on a trip down memory lane, including visits to a playground, a church, and a bakery.

Mr. Petit, an elfin Frenchman with a terrible haircut, is played by the manic - pixie song - and - dance man Joseph Gordon - Levitt as an irrepressible imp, greeting the audience in accented English from a perch on the Statue of Liberty's torch.

I think that novelist - now - screenwriter Emma Donoghue originally wanted to present an ironic counterpoint for a character who is manic and crazed from seven years as a sex - slave captive (five of them as a mother), oublietted away in some freak's (Sean Bridgers, who already played this role in Lucky McKee's The Woman) garden shed.

The protagonist is such a profoundly boring and uncharismatic character, as played by Jack Lowden, that it falls to these successive manic pixie dream girl archetypes to push him into doing really anything at all, and when his efforts fail - which they almost always do - they are cast aside.

Who directed Steiger to play the role at a manic pitch of screaming hyperbole, while Keitel remained his usual introverted, tortured self?

Of course, the manic pixie dream girl who comes to life is an affectation, too, but in the screenplay by Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks (played by Kazan) turns out to be a multi-layered woman, with a personality all her own, which is not always to Calvin's liking.

The real problem for me is that a Woody Allen film without Woody Allen in the central acting role is really a poor copy of his earlier films.Blanchet plays the crazed anxious neurotic, which is the part the Allen always played.No - body can do, the highly strung, manic neurotic part as well as him, and Blanchet whilst decent can not match him.A decent enough film, but perhaps a bit dry in it's delivery

The New York City women she has become famous for playing — like Brooke, or the titular character in another Baumbach - directed film, 2012's Frances Ha — may be dizzily manic and have a certain contrived quirkiness to them, but they're fully realized women.

As blacklisted Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, he whirls his cigarette (like him, a captive in an ornate holder), sitting in still bathwater, raving about the inadequacies of American political structures in that manic brilliance that he so finely honed playing Walter White.

Usually the role of the nagging, responsible, «keeping her guy on track» wife / mother, Byrne pretty much steals the film from her male co-stars as Kelly too wants more in her life than to play the straight (wo) man, and her manic energy and increasingly creative plans inject the film with likeability and fun.

Thing is, this particular manic New Yorker is played by Cate Blanchett.

Amie is rounded enough to be human rather than manic or pixie - like, leaving Sutter to play the Manic Pixie Dream Boy — the guy who can give her what she's never had in her life.

The film is at its strongest when it plays it cool but with a wink, losing something propulsive when it becomes as manic as Chubbuck.

On the surface, The D Train looks like the archetypal Jack Black film as in previous outings like School Of Rock, he plays a small - town lummox who lies, cheats and alienates everybody around him but writer - directors Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul smartly play on the actors manic misanthrope persona to deliver something surprisingly subversive.

Elizabeth Olsen, this year's breakthrough actress, plays the innocent optimist exquisitely — she's neither infantile nor manic pixie.

Repeated appearances by a manic Dave Chappelle, playing Miles's old buddy Tulley, help a little bit.

They're contrasting performances, too, with Crowe playing the jokes straight (a perfectly timed spit - take being a notable exception) and Gosling indulging in a manic yet entirely cohesive brand of comedy.

The tone is more contemplative this time, less manic, though startlingly, the play seems to move at an even steadier clip.

Playing a young stockbroker trying to contain his emotional turmoil, the Hong Kong actor conjures the frightening ups and downs of bipolar disorder — listless one moment, manic the next — shattering any previous attempt (including 2012's saccharine Silver Linings Playbook) to portray mental illness on screen.

And there are plentiful delights to be found in the eclectic supporting cast, from Wasikowska's fragile love interest, adeptly staying this side of manic pixie dream girl territory, to return appearances from all the principles of «Submarine» (it's impossible to dislike a film in which Paddy Considine essentially plays Doctor Who), to J. Mascis, of all people, as a janitor.

Although we meet several other memorable characters, including kindly hotel owner, Marie and racist Jimmy, the film is, in essence, a three character play, the third wheel of which is Ralph Fiennes» manic mob boss Harry.

Sharlto Copley always manages to succeed a little more when he plays an everyman role (more of this and Europa Report, less of Elysium and Old Boy in the future please, Mr. Copley), though he still often flirts with the manic energy that has caused him problems in the past.

Collecting letters from the names in the credits gives currency to spend on goodies but in the tradition of late - night infomercials, that's not all - collecting golden letters from the names to spell out «Thank you for playing» will unlock Ultimate All - Shooter, a manic top down run - and - gun effort for up to four players.

In fact, Counting Crows ««Colorblind» playing over a scene of Steve on his longboard clearly listening to rap actually made us laugh aloud, while an early scene of Steve returning from the supermarket, riding the shopping trolley and clearly on one of his manic highs while the music swells, the suburban sky so blue behind him and him so bursting with youth, well, that was the point at which we started to fall hard for «Mommy,» and while the end trespassed on our indulgence a tiny bit, we otherwise never really stopped.

It's a devil - may - care performance that will play like nails on a chalkboard to some, but it's wholly representative of the pic's manic bent.

Breaking up play every few minutes helps keep the arousal level low and teaches the dogs that they don't always have to be manic in the company of other dogs.

The game is, as mentioned, utterly insane and the tone of the visuals matched this nicely, creating what should have been a cohesive whole if it was not for the game's slightly manic tendencies with regards to its storytelling and way that scenes play out.

Price — 1200MSP There are plenty of shooters out there that offer manic run «n» gun experiences, so it's a breath of fresh air to play a shooter that has -LSB-...]

There are plenty of shooters out there that offer manic run «n» gun experiences, so it's a breath of fresh air to play a shooter that has a slower pace and rewards a slower, more tactical style of gameplay.

The game is a sheer joy to play, from its manic off - road sections to its track gameplay blistering around beautiful locales like Nice, the ingenious use of the Drivatar A.I system, the game has something for everyone.

This new speed takes a bit of getting used to if you're accustomed to the regular speed of the game, but once you get the hang of it, it's a blast to play at such a manic pace.

Sheffield developer and Game Republic member Games Faction has just released its brand new free - to - play iPhone / iPad game Storm The Train — a manic side - scrolling shooter where you have to destroy as many zombies, skeletons and evil robots as you can in a cacophany of bullet - spraying mayhem!

Ms. Splosion Man takes the easier route of keeping things mostly unchanged, and while it does hurt the game in some ways, the manic platformer from Twisted Pixel Games remains a treat to play.

«Artist Thomas Hirschhorn plays on our manic pleasure at seeing ruins by making a whole building collapse in on itself.»