Sentences with phrase «precocious stars»

Pogba was Sir Alex Ferguson's prodigal son, the precocious star of United's FA Youth Cup - winning side in 2011 who turned his back on the club following a contract row to join Juventus and help them win the Italian title and reach the Champions League final.

Contrast that with prodigal son Pogba, a precocious star of United's FA Youth Cup - winning side in 2011 who turned his back on Sir Alex Ferguson to go to Juventus, where he enjoyed Serie A title success and a Champions League final, before returning to Untied for a then world - record fee of # 89million.

Not exact matches

He had the star mentality with the behaviour of a precocious child and caused unbearable tension within the group of players.

In this sequel to the highly successful Home Alone, child - star Macaulay Culkin returns, in the role that made him famous, as Kevin McCallister, a precocious Chicago boy who mistakenly boards a plane to New York while the rest of his large family wings to Florida.

One of Virginia Weidler's earliest directors sadly predicted that the precocious young miss would never become a major juvenile star like Shirley Temple or Jackie Cooper: «All she can do is act.»

Heller's debut feature stars Bel Powley as Minnie Goetze, a precocious 15 - year - old muddling her way through the swinging scene of seventies - era San Francisco.

Goldthwait, on screenwriting and directing duty for the fourth time, ups the ante of precocious C - bomb dropping teenage girls (an alarming number of these characters seem to be popping up, from Hit Girl to Boltie) with Roxy (Tara Lynn Barr) who might not have the best aim with a handgun, but does a mean Jeff Foxworthy impression and has an impressively long list of grievances (and Star Trek trivia) for one so young.

He sees through the cloying and precocious tendencies that have become cliches among child stars, and he has great taste (because he usually agrees with me).

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (G) Natalie Portman stars in this escapist fantasy as the insecure manager of a magical toy store who inherits the business from her 243 year - old boss (Dustin Hoffman) and then realizes that she has the right stuff to run the place with the help of his accountant (Jason Bateman) and a precocious kid (Zach Mills).

We meet the Bishop family: Dad (Bill Murray, «Zombieland «-RRB-, mom (Francis McDormand, a voice in «Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted»), three precocious little boys and the loner daughter, Suzy (Kara Hayward in her first starring role).

Also starring Bria Vinaite and Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project follows a precocious six - year - old, Moonee (Prince), as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World.

Bautista will star as «a hardened CIA operative who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9 - year - old girl, having been sent undercover to surveil her family,» ComingSoon writes.

Through it all, only March's precocious adolescent daughter Holly (rising star Angourie Rice) seems to have any grasp of what's really going on — a neat device that not only provokes some sassy, sentimental comedy about March's uselessness as a father, but also provides Black with a handy get - out - of - jail - free card against accusations of reductively macho stereotyping.

Managing to balance hunk and sulky dolt, knowing better than to attempt the charming, precocious Adonis of the young Gérard Philipe in Devil in the Flesh, he only occasionally appears like a frightened deer in the glare of Pfeiffer's magnanimous star - power.

As Ray Boyd, the precocious son of the title character's love interest in «Jerry Maguire,» he stole more hearts from the audience then star Tom Cruise.

Rian Johnson's new Star Wars film needs to resolve the many mysteries of The Force Awakens — starting with why Rey is so precocious in the ways of the Jedi

Pam Grady: Diary of a Teenage Girl star Bel Powley adds further evidence that she is one of the most talented actors working today with a pitch - perfect performance as a precocious adolescent, a recent Harvard graduate, grappling with social isolation, troubling memories, and long - standing family drama in this character - driven drama.

It's been more than a decade since Owen Kline starred as a precocious Brooklyn kid in The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach's comedic portrait of a fractured family.

Doig's latest historical novel set in the fictional Two Medicine Country in northern Montana stars an affable bartender and his precocious 12 - year - old son, whose coming - of - age takes place in a saloon.

Valerie Torrey, the former star of a cult sci - fi television series, sets off across America with Alex, her precocious 9 - year - old son, stopping to speak to the oddball attendees of various comic conventions along the way.

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie is the first in a new series starring precocious preteen sleuth Flavia de Luce, who solves mysteries in 1950s England between bouts with her two older sisters.