Sentences with phrase «rich performances»

After all, it offers rich performances by a fine cast and gives us something to talk about long after the credits stop rolling.

I have heard that his direction is simple with very few takes, but he gets such rich performances out of his actors.

Even so, «Noah» is flooded with rich performances from a star - studded cast, impressive visuals, and an emotional core that truly works.

Lonergan's tale is devastating and heavy, and is full of emotionally rich performances from Affleck, Michelle Williams — who plays Lee's ex-wife, and newcomer Hedges.

Johnny Depp, whose staggeringly rich performance as John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester animates the current release The Libertine, finally became bankable with Pirates of the Caribbean after years of teetering on the edge of superstardom.

With an assessment system that enables students to demonstrate proficiency through rich performance tasks rooted in their areas of interest, coupled with advisory systems that provide students guidance on the path needed to attain their aspirations, students like Rebecca will be better positioned and equipped to pursue their dreams.

He's here with a cluster bomb of rich performances in three prestige films: an Internet rebel in «The Fifth Estate,» a plantation owner in...

We have seen Franco and Hill turn in rich performances in the past that have garnered Oscar nominations for both of them.

The emotionally rich performances by Fanning and Englert (the daughter of director Jane Campion in her first significant screen role) root the film.

Pais, a reliable «working actor,» gives an especially rich performance, using sheer physicality to portray a man incapable of relaxing and letting go.

At the other end, we have The Proposition, a western with many rich performances from a very well - chosen cast, but which is ultimately a little too straightforward in its execution.

Summary: A tight screenplay and three wonderfully rich performances, elevates this little indie drama into something much more rewarding.

He and Alicia Vikander, who gave an understated and rich performance earlier this spring in the sci - fi thriller «Ex Machina», are one of the best cinematic pairs of the year.

Saoirse Ronan gives one of this year's most emotionally captivating and quietly rich performances as the competent young woman torn between two loves; and more significantly, her roots and newfound identity in America.

Browning's rich performance keeps Naomi from coming off like a plot device; longtime Beastie Boy Horovitz is a wonderful surprise as the antsy Nick, whose fatherly affect transforms into something more pestering in a way that seems organic (and pathetic), rather than one - dimensionally monstrous.

The scenario inspires rich performances from a particularly raw Theron and a suitably sparkling Davis — the former committed to conveying the hardships of maternity in all of its unglamorous glory, the latter calm and kind as Tully brings Marlo back from the brink of desperation.

Cynthia Nixon's rich performance leads a tremendous cast in exploring the frustrations of living in a man's world, told with wit and a master filmmaker's ability to convey the passage of time, or the isolation of a society's expectations.

Coming off his big Oscar win for Birdman, it would be easy to simply endorse the immense talent of director Alejandro González Iñárritu - easier still to add an endorsement for the physically grueling and dramatically rich performance of Leonardo DiCaprio.

Here, the bare bones feel familiar, and despite psychologically rich performances, and some cleverly staged action scenes there's just not a great deal we can get purchase on, and very little to surprise.

Daniel Day - Lewis is one of the most acclaimed actors in the history of film, and while he's become famous for his amazing and deeply rich performances, he's also become arguably just as famous for the lengths to which he'll go in order to achieve greatness.

Richer Performance Evidence — authentic, performance - based demonstrations of capabilities, using diverse methods and media to capture insightful evidence of learning progress.

The Senna's rich performance bent reflects its sole focus as a track machine, McLaren says, bringing «the purest connection between driver and car of road - legal McLaren».

Reviving the Supra name that has been used across four generations of Toyota sports cars between 1978 and 2002 — all powered by an inline six - cylinder engine — the next - generation rear - drive sports car will draw on the company's rich performance car heritage.

The Oscar - nominated star of «The Florida Project» creates rich performances filled with physicality and thought, without being judgmental

The Roaring Twenties is richer is emotion than any other Walsh film I know of, and much of the credit must go to Cagney; emotionally, this may be the actor's richest performance as well.

This coming - of - age comedy - drama is personal and often painful, with rich performances by Ronan and Metcalf and an emotionally honest screenplay by Gerwig.

It'll be a snooze for those looking for a standard post-apocalyptic thriller, but accepting it as a drama with rich performances and three - dimensional characters, it's elegantly wrought.

«Clouds of Sils Maria» Theater and film have long relished in telling the story of aging actresses facing down the challenge of the hungry up - and - comers, but director Olivier Assayas finds a lyrical spin on the material, in no small part thanks to a trio of rich performances by Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart and Chloë Grace Moretz.

Al - Mansour, the daughter of Saudi poet Abdul Rahman Mansour, and a former oil industry executive, had made a few splashes at festivals with shorts and documentaries before now, but «Wadjda» is an extraordinary calling card going forward — gorgeously shot, delicately balanced, always humane, and summoning up rich performances from a not - massively experienced cast.

Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Return of the Jedi) would also earn his sole (to date) nomination for his rich performance as Philadelphia police detective John Book, who gets put in charge of an investigation of a murder in the bathroom of a bus terminal witness by a young Amish boy, Samuel (Haas, Boys).

Yasmin Paige (Submarine, The Double) offers another rich performance, this time as Annabelle.

Summary: Lovelace looks great and offers a plethora of rich performances, but beyond this the narrative simply isn't compelling enough or presented with enough depth for the audience to fully engage or emotionally invest.

As you might expect, the two veteran leads take full advantage, with Allen especially delivering a rich performance that effortlessly swings between domestic bliss and survivalist cunning.

He also explores the film's complex character dynamics, rich performances and haunting dialogue, while building a convincing case for the picture's emerging status as a great American classic.

He gives the richest performance among the well - cast ensemble ably led by Jason Clarke and Jake Gyllenhaal.

The full Doctor Strange reviews paint a promising picture full of rich performances, dazzling visuals and some of the best action we've ever seen.

I think with a better script they easily could have given bigger and richer performances.

McCarthy resists oversimplification of the story, preferring to find deeper truths in the journalistic procedure itself and in the character - rich performances of that ensemble (happily, McCarthy mixes in brilliant unknowns with his star players).

Expect the film, with its rich performances and almost Coenish blend of tones, to be one of the fall's critical favorites — and maybe a commercial one, too, if winning the Audience Award at Toronto is any indication.

Christopher Plummer steps in as the legendary J. Paul Getty, delivering a terrific, gravitas - rich performance that anchors Scott's dramatic retelling of events surrounding the 1973 kidnapping of Getty's teenaged grandson Paul (Charlie Plummer).

Within no more than two days of teaching the lesson, each member of the collaborative chooses three pieces of student work from the rich performance task to bring to share and discuss.

«Providing a summative measure does not have to conflict with the multiple indicator approach that California has adopted and can build on it, to ensure that parents have a clear entry point to interact with the richer performance data and the state can clearly identify those LEAs and schools with wide achievement gaps and in need of extra attention,» the letter says.

The 2015 model's crazy - rich performance, features, technology, and safety show that the GTI is more than just the original hot hatch.

On the night before press days at the North American International Auto Show, Buick took the wraps off of its 2 + 2 coupe concept that pushes the brand's design forward, but also moves the company back towards its rich performance past.

David Teie, a musician and composer with a rich performance background, has proposed that every animal has a unique biological response to sound.