Sentences with phrase «star of films like»

How did the star of films like Juno and Inception come to work with Quantic Dream in BEYOND: Two Souls?

A veteran star of films like Mystic Pizza, The Addiction and Short Cuts, Lili Taylor was recently seen in The Conjuring.

New York Times Published: February 23, 2018 Before there was Rachel McAdams, the Academy Award nominee and tough - as - nails star of films like «Spotlight» and television series like «True Detective,» and before there was Rachel McAdams, the romance queen and star of «The Notebook» and «The Time Traveler's Wife,» there was Rachel McAdams, who gained wide...

Not only does Jai Courtney (star of films like Divergent and Die Hard 5) have an iconic character to live up to, he also has to recapture Reese's iconic 1980s look (duster jacket, Nike shoes, etc.), and as we found out while visiting the Terminator Genisys set, the performance was nowhere near the challenge as getting the costuming just right.

Last night's red carpet at the New York premiere for The Great Gastby brought some industry heavy - hitters like Anna Wintour and Jenna Lyons, as well as the megawatt stars of the film like Carey Mulligan and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Not exact matches

Fans know Dan Aykroyd as the star of classic films like «Ghostbusters,» «Coneheads» and «The Blues Brothers,» but he's also among the ranks of celebrity entrepreneurs — and celebrities who own vodka brands.

Actor Joel Edgerton («Warrior,» «Exodus,» «The Great Gatsby») wrote, directed and stars in the film, which is clearly reminiscent of similar thrillers like «Fear,» «Fatal Attraction» and even Michael Haneke's fantastic «Caché,» but gleefully twisted enough to distance itself from the pack.

Savvy marketing, followed by strong word of mouth: The studio was smart and pushed the film with recording - industry tie - ins and social media; a «Straight Outta» meme, featuring stars like Beyonce, took over the web.

StarTalk airs on Monday nights at 11 p.m. ET, and features the scientist interviewing cultural and political figures like George Takei of the original «Star Trek» series, film director Christopher Nolan and former President Jimmy Carter.

He worked with stars like John Legend and Oprah Winfrey before launching his own multi-platform media company, Macro Ventures, which was behind the production of Denzel Washington's Academy Award - nominated feature film «Fences» in 2016, and more recently, the acclaimed indie film «Mudbound,» which Variety predicts may be the first Netflix feature to compete for an Oscar.

She has a keen understanding of her place in Hollywood, right now — as one of the breakout stars of a beloved sitcom; as the most fascinating character on Legion, one of current TV's most fascinating shows; as a high - profile woman in an industry currently under an enormous amount of scrutiny for how it treats women; and as an actress building a singularly astonishing resume of excellent, low - flying indie oddball films like Ingrid Goes West and Safety Not Guaranteed.

Those Star Wars prequels — which took three films to explain the origins of Darth Vader — couldn't escape still having a Darth Vader character, so enter new nemesis Darth Maul (just like Darth Vader, only with a double lightsaber).

I just hope the rest of the Arsenal saga pans out like the first 6 Star Wars films, where Yankpaltine dies and Darth Wenger turns back to the light side of the force.

It looks like New York Red Bulls star Thierry Henry could be set to become one of the athletes in the new Entourage movie now filming in Los Angeles.

So, like a movie studio that green lights two sequels after the success of the first film, I went into The Falling Star knowing how Police at the Funeral would end.

The second film, set in the Middle Ages, stars knights who fight in «clone - like» shells of metal in competitive games and war.

Tarantulas, the hairy spiders that stole movie scenes and won hearts in popular films like «Home Alone,» «Raiders of the Lost Ark,» and «Dr. No,» take a starring role in a new study that reorganizes their group, reclassifying the majority of 55 known tarantula species and adding 14 new ones, including the creepy - crawly named for Cash.

Warner Brothers recently asked scientists working on the South Pole if they would like to speak on a teleconference with Kate Beckinsale, star of Whiteout, a new film about a crime committed at the Amundsen - Scott research station in Antarctica.

Just take a look at Kris Carr, Rip Esselstyn (who is in the film), Rich Roll, Brendan Brazier, Dr. Neal Barnard — or celebs like The Biggest Loser's Bob Harper, NFL - star Tony Gonzalez, casino mogul Steve Wynn and Bill Clinton (the list is endless)-- all of whom can attest to the many health benefits of incorporating a whole foods, plant - based diet.

The former star of Party of Five and films like I Know What You Did Last Summer is embarking on the fourth season of Ghost Whisperer, the creepy hit drama in which she plays Melinda, a young newlywed able to pass messages from the dead to the living.

When someone worries their genitals do not look the same as an adult film star, it is equivalent to saying, «My face doesn't look like Angelina Jolie on the cover of Elle!»

The idea at Etude House is that makeup is a form of play, and so every store is designed to look like a life - size doll house, filled with toylike cosmetics: hand cream in dispensers shaped like cute animals and face masks with tongue - in - cheek promises to make you look like a black - and - white film star.

If you want to wear a sterling silver bracelet like a classic film star from decades and decades ago, you need to have a sense of confidence that's hard to replicate.

Pictures and magazine covers depict Kelly starring in films alongside the top leading men of the day like Cary Grant, Bing Crosby or Clark Gable, and winning an academy award and floating up the red carpet.

«It's become more fashionable to be a geek in the past five or six years,» says Gough, citing the popularity of TV shows like The Big Bang Theory and the mainstream interest in the upcoming Star Trek film.

PORN SUPREMACY Boyfriend of popular adult film actress Allie Haze reveals what it's like dating a porn star... including what his MUM said

This kids» film mixes the heart of Rocky and dozens of other come - from - behind boxing dramas with the geeky gadget gestalt of films like The Transformers and Star Wars.

As schematic as a popular entertainment needs to be yet refreshingly devoid of significant lulls in the action — for exposition, weapon reloading, lovemaking and the like — the film is fast, smart and single - minded, providing not only a satisfying bang for the ever - beleaguered moviegoing buck but memorable debuts for first - time feature director Mimi Leder and fledgling film studio DreamWorks SKG (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen)-- as well as ringing confirmation that George Clooney is indeed a movie star.

«The Intern» stars both of them respectively and say what you will about sappy plots like this, «The Intern» is a very, very good film about life in general.

It made me think of the 80s, when my parents watched filmed versions of British stage plays starring people like Ian Holm on PBS.

Kinnear's next film, the romantic comedy A Smile Like Yours, had him starring opposite Lauren Holly as one - half of a couple trying to have a baby.

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE CHEESE CURDS - My Review of THE HAPPYS (4 Stars) You know that horrible cliché used by filmmakers when they say the location they used is like another character in the film?

Like a lot of films at Sundance this year, it's tightly cast, with no speaking roles for anyone outside the star quartet.

The key scenes might be better staged and photographed, but like the second trilogy of «Star Wars» films, new and improved isn't necessarily better.

It's a stacked lineup, and considering the profound un-funniness of so many Hollywood comedies, the fact that the film bats somewhere around.300 for its two - hour duration makes it feel like a genuine all - star event.

It's a ground - breaker like «Guess Who's Coming to Dinner» (1967), the first major film about an interracial romance; it uses the chemistry of popular stars in a reliable genre to sidestep what looks like controversy.

I don't exactly mean it as an insult to compare America Wedding to Return of the Jedi because, like its Star Wars counterpart, this film is weak on its own but works in context.

It comes in a thin, clear, plastic, protective case which houses a 3D Blu - ray case in the shape (the film's star) Emmett; much like that of earlier Simpson DVD releases.

This is really the actor's moment to shine after over a decade in the black wig, working that cape like America's Next Top Model, increasingly alluring visual - kei, Jrock star styling and short appearances in each of the films.

Handsomely mounted by Creed director Ryan Coogler and starring an enviable slate of black actors that makes cameoing comics godhead Stan Lee almost seem lost, the film is provocative and satisfying in ways that are long overdue, like its ornate, culturally dense production design and the deeper subtexts of honor, compassion and destiny.

Helgenberger would continue to appear in films like In Good Company and Mr. Brooks, and found particular success with the starring role of Catherine Willows on the long running proceedural CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Cutting his losses at home (where ethnic actors like Al Pacino and, interestingly enough, Robert DeNiro were getting the plum roles), Dullea returned to Canada for a number of interesting but distinctly B - grade films (Welcome to Blood City with a pre-comeback Jack Palance) and the continent for guest starring roles in poorly - received art house productions (Pope Joan with Liv Ullmann) and the occasional thriller (as Mia Farrow's disbelieving stuffed shirt of a husband in The Haunting of Julia).

Many handsome leading men lose their seductive confidence as they grow older, but Bachchan is such a industry - defining star that he can do (and often has done) whatever he wants, whether it's scowling pensively throughout a trilogy of «Godfather» - esque gangster films («Sarkar,» «Sarkar Raj» and «Sarkar 3») or playing a Cyrano de Bergerac - like bum who lends his commanding baritone voice to a struggling young movie star whose natural voice isn't sexy enough («Shamitabh»).

Starring Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Farhadi's latest pivots on a disappearance (in this case a kidnapping) much like his 2009 film About Elly, but CineVue's Joe Walsh believes it «lacks the subtlety of his early work, yet he still shows he has the ability to deliver devastating blows that leave you stunned.»

Giving the film four out of four stars, Slant's Sam C. Mac claims it «already feels like von Trier's greatest film to date,» while Eric Kohn of Indiewire thinks it's «possibly brilliant.»

Like a good butcher's cleaver, it's weighty, solid and sharp — an effective matching of director and star in what is hopefully the first of a new film series.

Though the film is called Coco, the main character is actually Miguel (Gonzalez, The Bridge), a twelve - year - old Mexican boy who has big dreams of one day becoming a famous musician, much like the romantic legendary guitar playing movie star, Ernesto de la Cruz (voiced by Bratt, Doctor Strange).

In the meantime, Cooper would nab starring roles in more and more films, like the thriller Limitless and the big screen adaptation of The A-Team.

Unlike Ferrell, Wahlberg has a few especially strong films on his resume — a result of working with directors like Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, and David O. Russell — but both stars have appeared in far too many middling films, as you can see below.

Most of his big films are also covered in the bio and show just how much swing he had during his reign, the issue he had with controversial ideas and how his close friendships with top stars of the time like Doug Fairbanks helped him.