Sentences with phrase «recent film performances»

I do not care too much for Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, or Jonah Hill's recent film performances.

Not exact matches

Disney has been promoting the film heavily for months, though its recent mixed reviews from critics could dampen A Wrinkle in Time «s opening weekend box - office performance.

The strange thing for me about recent insipid performances and disastrous results is that I am calm before the Spurs game.This does not mean in the slightest that I am confident but it has now reached the point where it can't get much worse.If we were still in with a realistic chance of winning the league -LCB- not un-reasonable expectations of wins against Blackburn, Sunderland, West Brom and Liverpool would have had us ahead of Man Utd -RCB- I would have at best been hiding behind the settee or at worse avoiding the game totally and watching a crap film until 10 0 / clock.

One of Sir John's most recent performances was in the Oscar - nominated film Jackie, which was released in the UK just eight days ago.

The screenplay by Alan Zweibel and Andrew Scheinman packs more on - target social satire than any film in recent memory, and zesty performances keep it clicking along at a rapid pace.

The director's work has been spotty, with his first film, Dawn of the Dead 58, holding his highest Metascore and his most recent, Sucker Punch 33, possessing his lowest, and lead actor Henry Cavill, relatively unknown at the time of his casting, hasn't inspired excitement in his recent lead performances in Immortals and The Cold Light of Day (maybe we can blame that on the material).

Just when you thought we were done with our review of the past year in film (including our recent report on 2013's best and worst movies), we have one last look back to offer you: our annual evaluation of movie studio performance.

In addition to his star turn in Unbroken, he can be seen in the great British film» 71, as well as Starred Up, in which he gives the most powerful performance by a male actor in recent memory.

That said, the performances, particularly the two leads and an engaging young Hispanic girl, are among the most captivating in recent memory, giving the film a charm and humanity that make it well worth seeing.

The result is a work that — like a whole sub-species of French films of the recent decades — fetishizes its own hyper - naturalistic visual style and performances (all but one by non-actors) while offering no original or striking insights into the world it portrays.

The sci - fi noir that is Blade Runner has since become one of the most iconic sci - fi films in recent history thanks to the direction of Ridley Scott and an enthralling performance by Harrison Ford.

These comments perhaps serve as a testament to just how far digital performance capture has come in recent years, to the point where some actors actually prefer the process to - or at least would put it alongside - traditionally filmed roles.

Collette's most recent outings (Little Miss Sunshine, In Her Shoes, The Last Shot) have been fairly disappointing (due to the films rather than her performances), and it's interesting to note that she was in the thriller Like Minds right after this.

It's one of the best lead lead performances to be found in a horror film in recent memory.

One especially unnerving scene places us at a swanky gala dinner that is interrupted by a performance artist — played, brilliantly, by the actor and stunt coordinator Terry Notary, whose motion - capture work in the recent «Planet of the Apes» films serves him ferociously well here.

This latest performance cements the film as one of the best performers for Paramount in recent years — with $ 132.

It may not have quite stuck the landing, but Alex Garland's Ex Machina was still one of the more entertaining sci - fi films of recent years, full of heady ideas and indelible performances.

Hong Sang - soo, whose recent film «On the Beach at Night Alone» finds an actress wandering around a seaside town thinking about her relationship with a married man, is not too different from his thematic concerns in «Claire's Camera,» This is a multi-lingual project that clocks in at sixty - nine mostly magical minutes, the whole episode graced with performances by Ms. Huppert in the title role and Kim Min - hee, who worked with the director in three of his films, in the role of youthful Manhee.

The characters are very sympathetic, the performances are first rate (especially Bridges), and it has one of the most perfect scores in recent science fiction film history.

Even Amazon, Netflix, and A24 — recent history's most aggressive acquirers — arrived at Sundance this year with finished products, launching films to critics and select audiences with the hope that this will buoy the movies» performances when they are unveiled in theaters, and on the companies» services, later in the year.

Despite the ambition associated with his recent work — their formal grandeur, volcanic performances and evocation of American history — it's easy to overlook that films like There Will Be Blood and The Master were more often than not hysterically funny in their parodies of the human animal.

Winstone's performance as Gal is untypically restrained, especially when compared to his recent work in Gary Oldman's Nil by Mouth, the film he's best known for in the States.

Beirut is a higher quality film than the recent 7 Days in Entebbe, both in performance and delivery.

One of Spielberg's finest recent works in terms of flawless film making and terrific performances.

The band's ordeal follows recent outcry surrounding the SXSW film festival performance agreement, which threatened to deport performers from outside the country if they played shows not authorized by the festival.

I've always been a fan of Tom Wilkinson's performances, especially from his more recent films [i.e. Batman Begins, The Last Kiss, Michael Clayton, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind] and he definitely delivers.

After a recent screening in the suburbs of Chicago, Cromwell took part in an audience Q&A (which I had the privilege of moderating) that saw him expounding on subjects ranging from the film and his performance to the Bush family to memories of his first on - screen nude scene.

Between his recent foray into the realm of action in (the underrated) Nerve and his upcoming performance as Greg Sestero in his brother's upcoming Tommy Wiseau - focused film, The Disaster Artist, he may simply have a hard time turning off his knack for high drama and going back to comedy.

It does, however, give the film viewer a better seat than the audience and you won't see better live performances of most of these numbers, predominantly them songs from their most recent albums (from «Gim me Shelter» and «Jumpin» Jack Flash» to «Bitch,» «Tumblin» Dice» and «All Down the Line»).

Vilmos Zsigmond, who shot three of Woody Allen's recent films (Melinda and Melinda, 2004; Cassandra's Dream, 2007; You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, 2010), said in an interview that Allen is more concerned with story and performance than the visual aspects of his films, and that he wouldn't look at frame while shooting unless Zsigmond encouraged him to do so.

With its fascinating storyline and a terrific performance by its main star, Moon ultimately emerges as one of the better scifi films of recent years.

installment in this reboot series is not only an emotionally dour thrill ride, but has once again highlighted the brilliance of Andy Serkis, whose performance as Ape leader Caesar proves to be the exclamation point on an argument that he has brought to life one of the greatest characters in recent film history.

Serkis is best known for his motion - capture performances as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, King Kong in King Kong and Caesar in the recent Planet of the Apes films.

Perhaps more importantly, the script (co-written by Roman Coppola) tones down the more arch qualities, and plays up the feeling that had often been lacking from his more recent films, thanks to beautifully drawn performances from the adults, including Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray and Frances McDormand.

Like his more recent run of films, «The Master» is a deliberately - paced, slow - burn character study that is more about the actors and performances than it is about plot and story.

Daniela Vega's amazing performance as a trans woman dealing with grief after the death of her long - time lover is easily one of the best foreign language films in recent memory.

The most pleasingly cerebral of recent American films, «Experimenter» concerns Dr. Stanley Milgram (Peter Sarsgaard in an expertly shaded and intelligent performance), the creator of certain enduringly famous experiments in social psychology, which the film starts out by showing us.

However, Michelle Williams» already - lauded lead performance coupled with the recent spotlight on her lack of payment for the film's swift reshoots could potentially catapult her into a happy - to - be-there nomination... but who gets the boot if that happens?

McDormand's performance is a huge reason why Three Billboard's is one of the year's must see films and one of recent times best reviewed features, but McDonagh's film is also noteworthy for its supporting turns from Woody Harrelson as police chief William Willoughby, who cops the major brunt of Hayes public call outs, while Sam Rockwell is the best he's been since Moon as loose cannon police officer Dixon.

His performance in Dallas Buyers Club was one in a recent stretch of stunners, including Mud (a very good film that might have gotten some Oscar love itself if it'd come out later in the year), The Wolf of Wall Street, and HBO's True Detective.

The film is based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a freeman kidnapped into slavery, and Nyong» o's performance as Patsey, a young slave who's become the object of obsession for sadistic cotton plantation Master Edwin Epps, played by Michael Fassbender, is easily one of the most arresting acting debuts in recent memory.

Written and directed by Matt Ruskin, the film stars Lakeith Stanfield, in the middle of an astonishing run of recent performances, and Nnamdi Asomugha.

He has been nominated four times for film's highest award, including his recent performance as Thaddeus Stevens in 2012's «Lincoln.»

Despite it being the duos first feature film, their astute direction assures this gritty Texan crime thriller simmers with all the right tones, atmosphere, stand - out performances and beautiful artistic flourishes, to make this little indie picture stand tall amongst the other great crime thrillers of recent years, while firmly planting the Hawkins brothers as two incredibly talented, visual and character driven filmmakers.

The best performance of all, though, belongs to Rockwell, an actor who seemed destined to become a multiple Academy Award winner a few years back but has somehow lost that vibe in more recent films that Hollywood either doesn't notice or doesn't take seriously.

From his work with filmmakers like David Cronenberg, David Michôd (The Rover), and Anton Corbijn (Life) to his most his recent film, The Lost City City of Z, Pattinson has been delivering quality performances in some high - quality movies.

We we're so taken by his work in the film that we looked back at 5 of his recent performances and how they revitalized his career; hell, we went full Gyllenaissance on it.

Here you'll find the directorial debut of Amber Tamblyn; a classic screwball comedy; a horror anthology film; a forgotten Nicole Kidman thriller; a recent highly acclaimed sci - fi flick; an intense indie drama; yet another incredible performance from Michael Stuhlbarg; and much more.

​AMovieGuy.com's RATING: 2 STARS (Out of 4) Remember, the recent film from director Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter), has a performance from Christopher Plummer that keeps the film from being a complete disaster.

Since seeing the film in February, I've been something of a broken record saying that Wim Wenders's marvellous performance film «Pina» — which has been drawing rave responses at Toronto, and was recently submitted as Germany's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar — single - handedly restates the case for 3D, a technology that any number of recent Hollywood blockbusters have tarnished somewhat.