Sentences with phrase «skills as an actor»

Instead, we get to see Pacino in theaters in the silly Danny Collins, a star vehicle making use of all of his flamboyance and little of his skills as an actor.

And that goes doubly for Outside In, whose premise at first glance is interchangeable with any number of Sundance movies — yet is distinguished from the mass of «sad person returns to his / her hometown» movies, by virtue of Shelton's inimitable skill as an actor's director.

, and he's better for it, considering he's been off making better projects worthy of his magnetism and now - tested skills as an actor.

«Get Out» is Peele's big - screen directorial debut, but he's been honing his skills as an actor, writer, director and producer for more than a dozen years.

I also saw it as an honor for Spike to choose me for the role and to afford me a opportunity not only to display my skills as an actor but to be a part of a movement which really cares about people.

Not exact matches

First, the PhD student does not only require the ability to turn «suspension of disbelief» into an art form beyond the illusory skills of our most eminent Shakespearean actors; he or she must also retain the ability to remain as cynical and as hard - bitten as Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca.

Begley is, as always, an agile, skilled comic actor.

The actor has lived large on screen ever since, mainly as the stalwart of insipid rom - coms in which his most acclaimed skill was removing his shirt.

Gordon - Levitt is verbally miscast (his Franch acc - SANT is too theatrical and might make you wish they'd cast an actual French actor) but physically convincing; you buy him as a man driven to achieve the impossible, and willing to do the hard work necessary to hone his skills, and you also believe him as a charismatic, selfish leader whose hint of madness is as attractive as it is troubling.

Legendary as Al Pacino's skills are, he wouldn't be the first actor I'd cast to play a 70ish pop star who still fills mid-sized arenas some 40 years after he last charted a hit single.

Unfortunately, when those same character actors aren't given roles with any depth, their skills are practically useless, and what could have been a film as exciting as Jones» previous similar effort, THE FUGITIVE, becomes little more than another RAMBO style action vehicle, with about the depth to match.

As absorbing as the ideas are behind the film, the project just wouldn't work without the skill of the two main actors, who have to say so much with just a look, a subtle expression or a gesture in order to let us know what they're thinkinAs absorbing as the ideas are behind the film, the project just wouldn't work without the skill of the two main actors, who have to say so much with just a look, a subtle expression or a gesture in order to let us know what they're thinkinas the ideas are behind the film, the project just wouldn't work without the skill of the two main actors, who have to say so much with just a look, a subtle expression or a gesture in order to let us know what they're thinking.

The main premise of Dickie Roberts revolves around a former popular child actor who has no marketable skills as an adult, constantly trying to break back into the business, but the doors seem permanently closed for former child stars.

Cooper has finally found a movie that can show off his skills as a serious actor.

Danny Collins can be seen as a slight, whimsical film with a sharp script and a chance for various fine actors to show of their skills, which is perfectly fine.

Although he is mostly known as an actor, Paxton has apparently not lost any of the skills which may have lain dormant for over 15 years by the looks of his first big screen directorial stint, Frailty.

Rosario Dawson, «Top Five» Chris Rock's semiautobiographical love letter to New York City doubled as a love letter to the easy skill and charm of Dawson, one of Hollywood's most underappreciated actors.

But from the deftly staged opening onward, Stiller makes the most of his comic timing and, especially his underappreciated skills as a dramatic actor.

Corbet clearly wants to be more than just an actor... and has the skills and vision to make a name for himself as a filmmaker; he has an ear for dialogue, unique artistic vision and technical skills proving he has the making of a great writer - director.

Though Walter's sticky finger skills are utilized (and Eloise gets the credit for it later), Merchant's skills as a dynamic character actor are astoundingly underutilized.

As an unlikely character within an unlikelier plot, Cumming's skill is on a plane far above his fellow actors and the material itself.

Lupino's career as a theatrical director was about to be abruptly terminated, and she was about to enter television direction in earnest, both to make ends meet and also to provide herself with a creative outlet in a medium that required exactly those directorial skills that Lupino so obviously possessed: speed, and the authority to deal with actors despite tight shooting schedules.

Slightly more amusing are some of the interactions between Doug and his future in - laws, thanks in large part to the skill of good actors slumming for a paycheck: Ken Howard as Gretchen's macho dad, Mimi Rogers as her tightly wound mom, Olivia Thirlby as her too - cool - for - school younger sister, and a sadly underused Cloris Leachman as her loopy grandma.

Lumet was known as an actor's director, a core tool of the trade which the Academy tends to overlook in favor of flashier skills.

His skills and energy as an actor also help anchor the otherwise straightforward — but solid — Southpaw.

Perhaps it speaks to his skill and unconventionality, but you'd be more likely to believe Mitchum as the professions he played than the famous movie actor he truly was.

JACOB TREMBLAY, «ROOM» To call Tremblay a revelation as the lead in Emma Donoghue's captivity drama is to undersell the now 9 - year - old actor's skill.

Coogan is Dana Marschz, a failed actor with uncertain rollerblading skills and daddy issues who has found refuge as a drama teacher in a Tuscon Arizona high school.

Is there a current actor as skilled at modulating his charm levels as Adam Scott?

Credit Verbinski as well; considering this and the job he did on Pirates of the Caribbean with Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush and the rest, his skill with actors has reached a new high point.

Carell, who began to shed his «gross - out - comedy - actor» tag in 2014's «Foxcatcher», continues to demonstrate his skill as one of the most exciting dramatic actors working today while Gosling is on fine, flashy & quick - fire form in his best role since «Crazy Stupid Love» and a superb supporting cast includes an always excellent Rafe Spall and «New Girl's Max Greenfield who delivers a brilliant turn as a nauseatingly hilarious mortgage broker.

As a star vehicle, it affords the actor — with his cyborg - blue eyes and synthetic good looks — the opportunity to summon all his capital - A acting skills into a manic mural of euphoria, misery and whatever other emotions he cares to season the scenery with before devouring it whole.

Hemsworth has been described as a wooden performer, but the toughest test for any actor is comedy and here he demonstrates his skill in this area with aplomb, while also switching to portentous drama when he needs to.

As a comedic character actor, he brilliantly uses proper timing and improvisational skills to maintain the likability of his character even when the character gets into some dark territory.

Director, co-writer and producer Alejandoro González Iñárritu, well known by cinephiles for his «Birdman,» which features Michael Keaton as a popular actor trying to deal with the problems of his current life, now puts his skill on creating a dramatic biopic of fur trapper Hugh Glass (played by DiCaprio) who, in 1823 in an area which became the Dakota Territory, is brutally attacked and mauled by a bear while scouting for an expedition.

Theo James has the looks, skill and range of an actor on the verge of superstardom, and Ben Kingsley injects some humor into his role as master villain, but the script (by director Per Fly and Daniel Pyne, who wrote The Manchurian Candidate) is too crammed with information that it sounds like historical footnotes.

Cena, who impressed in Trainwreck earlier this year, is really showing his skills as a comedic actor.

Andy Serkis lends his mo - cap skills to the CGI - generated Supreme Leader Snoke; solid actors such as Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie adopt the stuffy Brit baddie archetype in the dark - suited military roles (then it was «The Empire»; now, it is «The First Order»).

A Woody Allen fan, Gerwig found in Ronan an actor skilled at channeling a version of her younger self, as Allen has cast young actors like Jason Biggs and Jesse Eisenberg to channel young Woody.

While Affleck - the - director has likely bypassed Affleck - the - actor in terms of skill, he astutely plays the lead character as the antithesis of the suave, charismatic, swashbuckling CIA agent that we've seen again and again.

Wright and Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air), as lab technicians, have little to do for actors of such skill, but thankfully Gyllenhaal and Monaghan are fun to watch.

Frankly, with material this strong, any capable actor can shine, and Craig has enough skills to mesh perfectly with the movie (as witness his recent, varied performances in Layer Cake, Munich and Infamous).

Pretending to be a bad actor can be a feat as difficult as being a good one and Ferrell and crew have that skill down here.

While Magnolia runs three hours, Anderson still has only so much screen time to divide between its large canvas of players, and it's a testimony to his writing and directing skill and the ability of the actors that everyone comes across as a fully - realized human being.

Thus was blown one of Toby Kebbell's few chances to be recognized a fan, as the skilled motion - capture actor tells Jen Yamato about acting as an ape alongside Andy Serkis and an Orc in Warcraft — and pointedly not playing Doom in The Fantastic Four, as all but three small scenes are some other actor hiding behind cgi for the reshoots.

That's what, in addition to their skills, makes actors interesting — as with an onion, peeling away the layers doesn't yield any center, just more layers.

He was as dependable a comic actor as he was a dramatic one, a hallmark of true skill, and the world will be a worse place without his presence.

Working with repeat collaborators including cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, production designer Nathan Crowley, editor Lee Smith and composer Hans Zimmer, Nolan demonstrates his all - enveloping skill with the tools of narrative, a deep understanding of and commitment to craft as well as — witness his telling actor Styles that his boots were laced wrong — a willingness to care about the myriad details of filmmaking.

After a fascinating pre-nominations derby of skilled actors in scene - stealing roles competing in a wide - open category, it all became so simple the night of the Golden Globes, when Sylvester Stallone received a standing ovation as he rose to accept his award, and the hearts of Hollywood seemed fully pinned to their sleeves.

Altman's skill as a director shows, setting up amiable scenes that are funny and well - played by his cast of likeable actors.