Sentences with phrase «star of the film though»

The biggest star of the film though is Alex Ross Perry, who has a disarming, completely dorky dryness similar to when Zach Galifianakis won everyone's hearts with «The Hangover.»

The unquestioned star of the film though is Butler, who has been on a bit of a losing streak lately with films, but Olympus may be the role that reenergizes his action career.

Not exact matches

Interesting note though: Scorsese is making a film of it, and Daniel Day - Lewis and Benicio del Toro have agreed to star in it.

Though she appeared in director Adolfo Aristarain's Argentine - U.S. thriller The Stranger (1987), Roth eschewed an English - language career, instead starring in a range of Argentine films during the 1980s and 1990s.

Though director George Sluizer (The Vanishing) originally ceased production of Dark Blood when the film's young star Phoenix died tragically at 23, the film arrived onscreen nearly 20 years after its original scheduled release date.

Though not perfect, The Last Star Fighter is still a film with plenty of charm, and nostalgia value, and for that it works very well.

What The Peacemaker does establish though is that, given a really good script, George Clooney will become a major film star, one of the few to make a successful transition from television up the ladder.

Though when he originally concieved an adaptation of the timeless tale of Pinocchio Benigni envisioned the film as starring himself with famed director Federico Fellini at the helm, the director's death left Benigni the director of what would be one of the most expensive films in Italian film history.

Some things that probably factor into the industry's disagreement: Peter Jackson adapted books fifty years old and respected as great literature, the Potter books were being written alongside the first movies; Lord of the Rings centered on adult characters and played to a wider audience with PG - 13 ratings, the first Potter movies were PG, skewed younger, and starred kids (though anyone can see the films matured and so did the fans, many already wrote the series off); finally, where Jackson provided one distinct vision and a cast of respected performers, Potter had a rotating director roster (all of them secondary to Rowling) and limited opportunities for its accomplished actors, giving the brunt of the work to the three kids and spectacle.

Fascinated by the medium of film, Keaton soon began writing their pictures, and assisted in directing them; Keaton was soon starring in his own films, as well, though he and Arbuckle remained lifelong close friends.

Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci - fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral.

Though Tony Gilroy, who shared writing credit on all three previous Bourne films and directed the excellent Michael Clayton 82 (and much less excellent Duplicity 69), handles both writing and directing duties here, critics found that Legacy added little in the way of originality, while Renner proved a less captivating action star than Damon.

Though he has yet to attain star status, O'Conner has subsequently worked steadily, playing supporting roles in films such as Steel Magnolias (1990), F / X2 (1992), Hero (1993), and Disney's remake of The Love Bug (1997).

She's a good match for Radha Mitchell, the star of the first film who only cameos here, even though Clemens plays her adopted daughter.

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).

Though Con Air was a disappointment from a critical perspective, it was the top box - office action film of the year and audiences thrilled to the kinetic action sequences that also cemented Nicolas Cage's abilities as a viable action star (following on the heels of Bay's previous mega-hit The Rock [1996]-RRB-.

Impressed by the combination of «physical scale and human emotion,» The Guardian gives the film four out of five stars, but Indiewire is a little less enamored, claiming the film «stumbles on its earnestness» even though it «never ceases to be a visual marvel.»

Though a child of the colonial civil servant caste, Denis is by sentiment and inclination one of the last viable working - class filmmakers in the white - collar west, and so it is only appropriate that her film should be capped off with an appearance by Depardieu, the hulking star of Maurice Pialat's Loulou (1980), that bruising film of interclass love.

Inactive in films from 1941 to 1952, Ernest Vajda returned with his screenplay for Fox's The Stars and Stripes Forever, which, though entertaining, was far removed from the worldly sophistication of his earlier films.

Though primarily a star of Broadway musicals, Sheryl Lee Ralph actually launched her career in the Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby feature film A Piece of the Action (1977).

The real star of the film, though, is «Saturday Night Live» alumni Molly Shannon.

These were made primarily for male viewers and featured a rotating line - up of tough guy stars, though mostly shot on digital video instead of film as in the 90s.

After watching the special features when I was more awake, including the audio commentary over the entire film, I found myself remembering and appreciating more of the wealth of comic delights on offer though, so I knocked my star rating up a notch.

The 31 year - old star of «Mad Men» (which wrapped its third season this week, though me and my fellow Brits haven't even got started) has essayed the best female character in American film or TV in two years, gives great interview and, -LSB-...]

It's not his fault, though, as this film would have been weak regardless of the star, with a predictable storyline and events that will have you recalling bits and pieces of plenty of other comedies of humiliation featuring a meek man finding the cojones to finally take on the bully in his life, only to make an utter ass of himself.

Philip Glass (The Illusionist, Undertow) coats the film with his usual whimsical style, and though the film might be deemed as too slight in its subject matter to merit such heavy - handed compositions, the music is actually completely in keeping with the tragic allusions underneath, with motifs based on magic (wizard hats, old cats, strands of hair, and gold stars tie in to the coven - like relationship of the women) as well as Biblical references (Sheba is short for Bathsheba, the Old Testament woman seduced; Barbara's last name is Covett, and covet she most certainly does).

The Italian actor - turned - director fails to draw anything substantial out of his stars Penelope Cruz (who he worked with on his previous film, Don't Move, another adaptation of a Mazzantini novel) and Emile Hirsch, though the unbelievably phony dialog would stumble up even the best of thesps.

Samuel L Jackson's Nick Fury also stars in the film, though we do not know if he would have a whole pair of eyes, or the trademark eye - patch.

Though Let the Sunshine In may be a star vehicle, Denis, in her first collaboration with Binoche, seems to have instructed her lead to think of the film as an ensemble piece, even if that group often consists of its smallest unit, the dyad.

But even though the film is Marvel's crowning aesthetic triumph, even though all four of its stars — Swinton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Rachel McAdams — have their game faces on and act their hearts out, even though it's got great humor and spirit, Doctor Strange isn't close to being Marvel's best movie.

Not only is it a dingy psychological thriller revolving around themes of insanity and sexual abuse, even though Foy has seen her fame increase since her breakout turn in Netflix's «The Crown» it's safe to say this film still lacks the star power of Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Seth MacFarlane, Hilary Swank, Riley Keough and Katie Holmes that Logan Lucky brought to the table.

Even though every other aspect of the film was lackluster, the all - star cast had every potential to shine.

The film is fairly paint - by - numbers and mostly predictable, but a standout performance from Shannon as the drunk, gambling - addicted father of a high school basketball star and an impressive turn from the always - welcome, always - gorgeous Carla Gugino will help position Wolves for a decently widespread theatrical release, though it probably won't have much staying power.

It was made by PDI / DreamWorks and though none of the top credited creative people are those from behind the films, there's no indication that this is some sloppy stepchild like the fabled Star Wars Holiday Special.

How crazy is it to make a biographical film of someone and then go ahead and invent sections of it.The demonic Wilson doctor and the youthful Wilson are great in their parts, but Cusack is not quite so convincing nor is his girlfriend who is ridiculously beautiful and sentimental.However the film has many good points and is an interesting viewing.l am not a fan of Beach Boys silly group harmonies, style of music, but still enjoyed the film.Mixing fact with fiction, though, did make me suspicious of the whole thing.3 Stars

Both of these erotic fantasies depend on the stars being attractive to both sexes — though the overt lesbian activity of Tramell in Basic Instinct is downplayed in the sequel, most likely a response to lesbian protests against the earlier film.

If nothing else, the film is cast rather well, and though not all of these stars merit getting much screen time, they give their small parts the necessary oomph to amuse just enough to forgive their unnecessary inclusion.

Following a few misadventurous days in Davis» life, as he loses a friend's cat, sleeps on various sofas, goes on a brief road trip and plays a few gigs, there is no real way of explaining in words the alchemy that takes place that transforms that bare - bones logline into such an engaging film, though Oscar Isaac «s wonderfully soulful, star - making turn has to take a good portion of the credit, with the supporting cast of Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, Adam Driver and Coens regular John Goodman also contributing to the rich tapestry of the film.

Verdict: A new film from Tsai Ming - Liang was always going to be an event for the artsier kind of cinephile and «Stray Dogs» (which the Taiwanese director of «Goodbye Dragon Inn» claimed was his last film, though he seems to have another, «Journey To The West,» starring Denis Lavant, premiering in Berlin in February) did not disappoint.

Though it didn't do much to assert his star power, Our Idiot Brother does reinforce the talents of Paul Rudd and with more dramatic credibility than many of his recent mainstream films.

One film to watch in the Directors» Fortnight section might be the Ben Whishaw - starring «Lilting,» while Hossein Amini «s «The Two Faces Of January» could figure somewhere in the line - up as well, though TIFF is more likely.

That left «Gatsby» to settle for the runner - up position, though the film starring Leonardo DiCaprio surpassed industry expectations with a healthy debut of $ 51.1 million.

«Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens» Though it won't premiere until Dec. 18, the buzz around this overdue «Star Wars» installment is almost worthy of its own film: The latest trailer was viewed over 88 million times in its first 24 hours.

As it stands, closing film «Damsels in Distress» — despite the significant intrigue factor of being American maverick Whit Stillman's first film in 13 years, and starring rising indie princess Greta Gerwig — is unlikely to prove sufficient to lure them, though it's a tasty reward for the rest of us.

Though Ryan Reynolds declined to comment on his co-star in a a recent profile piece with the New York Times, he did confirm that the actor would not be part of the next film starring the Merc with a Mouth.

Whilst a winter sports» flavoured romcom starring one of the stars of Gossip Girl sounds like the cinematic scrapping of the bottom of the barrel, and even though the god - awful poster seems to be trying to sell this film as the cheesiest of all time (and don't get me started on the completely unrelated tag - line), it is honestly not as bad as the synopsis and key art is making it out to be.

THE DVD by Bill Chambers Though it is the most feature - packed non-Collector's Edition DVD of a Star Trek film yet, one can't say the effort was entirely worth it when it comes to Star Trek: Nemesis.

But though it could be viewed as a series of short, fun, film pitches - Channing Tatum's happy sailor tap - dancing routine was a favourite - wrapped up in the larger narrative of a movie star being kidnapped, its so beautifully put together, well - performed, tightly - scripted and deliberating making fun of itself that it works.

The Dolby Digital 5.1 soundmix is more undistinguished than that of Star Trek: Insurrection for belonging to a somehow talkier film, though any time the Enterprise is on a gimbal there is a vigorous amount of bass and some fury that trickles into the rear channels.

The new film has already brought in some awards hardware, having taken directing and screenwriting honors at Sundance in January, though the work of stars Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt and Anamaria Marinca (of «4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days» fame) are no less commendable.