Great performances but feel like Naomi with less
screentime does more.
Even those getting minimal
screentime do their part to make lasting impressions.
Not exact matches
We
do not need to see her rise to prominence to understand her interactions with Howard Hughes; this narrow focus allows Blanchett to carve out a character an inch wide but a mile deep, a markedly different approach than the man with which she's sharing
screentime.
By Lela Nargi
Screentime for kids doesn't get a whole lot of love in the parenting media.
Without
screentime, bedtime can be chaos as he doesn't play quietly or nicely by himself long enough to put the other child to bed.
And there are AP parents who don't believe in allowing any
screentime.
By teaching them to manage everything from ipads, TV, games consoles to computers and smartphones, kids learn a healthy balance between screens and fun real life activities because the goal is to help young children to value other activities as much as they
do screentime.
«If they lose interest in things they used to
do, if they're becoming withdrawn or there's an increasing amount of
screentime, those can be red flags,» Dr. Plemmons says.
Mike Tyson
does some memorable
screentime, dispensing an off - key singing performance that packs a punch, and Heather Graham takes the prostitute - with - a-heart-of-gold stereotype to a whole new level.
The cast also contributed tremendously well with Carell, in my opinion, being the standout and once again showing us that he can definitely
do more dramatic roles like this, Bale as always was freakin fabulous with his complex character, Gosling was pretty much the narrator but he was once again really funny and Pitt is the moral center, he didn't had more
screentime but he delivers.
Albertine has most of the
screentime and she goes a long way in selling her attachment to both her home and her husband through her heartfelt pleas for H not to go wandering the city at night and later her running outside to confirm the ambulance down the block has nothing to
do with H.
Does he have much
screentime in the film?
That said, it's tough to predict a guaranteed nomination without first seeing what he
does with the role and how much
screentime he holds in Quentin Tarantino's latest, so we'll have a clearer idea once Django screens for critics.
Since the story unfolds at such a brisk clip (and spends a lot of time with a good amount of supporting characters such as Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Mark Ruffalo, and Melanie Laurent), the Horsemen don't really have enough
screentime to create believable characters, but that's not the main attraction here anyway.
This means Happy (Jon Favreau) has a lot of
screentime for no reason whatsoever but doesn't explain why we only ever see Iron Man and none of the other Avengers save Captain America (Chris Evans) on a few TV screens.
Toni Collette again plays a troubled mother (she
did so before in The Sixth Sense) and really delves into the relatively small role, in terms of
screentime.
Kathy Bates was very funny and
does a lot with small
screentime.
They
do include some more
screentime for the humorous Kumail Nanjiani and outtakes.
For those who don't know, the Scorpion King is one of the main villains of The Mummy Returns, a character whose importance demanded an entire three minutes of
screentime in that movie (unless you count the pathetic CGI creation in the finale).
Riggs doesn't get anywhere the same treatment, let alone the same amount of
screentime, as King, in large part because there's far less of a story to tell with Riggs without going into unnecessary repetition in the interests of «balance.»
While reports came out explaining what the additional work is all about (adding
screentime for Cable and Domino) and an official announcement saying that the screenings are actually
doing much better, fans can't help but still be worried about the film.
By the time we get to the climax, the film
does come to life with some witty banter and fun action, but the «good bits» of The Expendables 2 would probably only culminate in 10 minutes of
screentime.
Then there's the sabre - tooth tiger couple Diego (voiced by Denis Leary) and Shira (voiced by Jennifer Lopez), who this time
do little more than briefly discuss the possibility of having a child (a discussion that lasts maybe a total minute of
screentime).
Much like in the source material, our main character is mostly a bland doofus in over his head who steals too much
screentime from Hit - Girl (who is too busy with high school politics to
do much ass kicking this time around).
The subtitular raid doesn't actually arrive until 70 minutes in and it takes just ten minutes of
screentime.
Kravitz doesn't have a lot of
screentime, but I enjoyed his performance.
Her American accent is fine, but despite a wealth of
screentime here, she doesn't
do anything too memorable with her part.
Meanwhile, present - day Nicole Kidman portraying a 20 - something — as she
does for a good chunk of her
screentime — demands too much suspension of disbelief.
He doesn't get much
screentime, and the part seems thinly written, but Turturro invests Emilio with a wonderfully sly comic energy.
It's the Mowry sisters who get the bulk of the
screentime, however, and it must be conceded that they
do a fairly good job.
Geoffrey Rush «s Barbossa doesn't get as much
screentime this time around but the time he is on - screen is also some of the best moments of the film.
Sometimes we see killer submissions win while two minutes of
screentime (and very little
do to) earns you an Emmy.
Slim doesn't get enough
screentime to establish him as a memorable villain.
While Duncan doesn't have as much
screentime as others,
That role falls to Kate Winslet, who doesn't have a ton of
screentime, but is as cold as they come.
Collette and Roxburgh don't really put in that much
screentime.
Judd Apatow regular Baruchel
does provide comic relief (especially in one moment that makes reference to Peter Weir's Witness), and Stamp makes the most of relatively limited
screentime.
That is thankfully not the case with Infinity War as the film feels pretty balanced between the various groupings of Avengers, though some
do of course get a bit more
screentime than others.
Hal Holbrook
does a lot with his minimal
screentime, and Tom Wilkinson helps putting a human face on a legal thriller.
Donovan was a highlight for me, although the three underbosses in Burke, Vito and Cassandra are all interesting in their own right, even if they don't much
screentime.
It must be said that our feline friends don't get the most
screentime in our favourite games, with the animal bragging rights being taken by the dog enemy.
Too much
screentime is a common theme for many of us — how
do you motivate yourself to step away?