Sentences with phrase «strong leading roles»

Since there are so few strong leading roles for women, actresses now must find their juice in the so - called «Supporting» categories.

It suggests that as China demonstrates a stronger leading role in global security issues and its capacity to deal with security issues grows, expanded trade with China may be seen as posing less of a threat to Canadians.

By far, the best thing about Breaking In is that it gives a strong leading role to the talented Gabrielle Union.

Not exact matches

As I've said, there have been a number of research papers of late, led in large part by the work of French scientist Laurence Zitvogel, that are building a strong case for a central role for the microbiome in cancer treatment response.

The country comparisons reveal that Singapore and Ireland have strong conditions for entrepreneurs, even though, especially in the case of Singapore, the state has assumed the role of leading entrepreneur.

While Scorsese's career in the two decades since has remained strong, De Niro hasn't really had a critically acclaimed lead dramatic role in several years.

As part of my role leading Summit's team in Europe, it is a privilege to work closely with these talented entrepreneurs every day — individuals who are at the forefront of their industries, tackling some of today's greatest challenges and building strong businesses with new, game - changing technology solutions.»

To be sure, global policy liquidity has played the lead role in pushing asset prices to new highs, with strong correlations across both risk - free and risky assets.

In the Conference on Church and Society (Geneva, 1966), considered «the first genuinely «world» conference on social issues» because of equal representation by all the continents, there were strong demands for the churches to take a more active role in «promoting a world - wide revolutionary opposition to the capitalist political and economic system being imposed on the new nations by the Western industrial countries which was leading to new types of colonialism and oppression» (Albrecht, DEM 1991: 936).

The far north of European Russia is showing strong signs of a religious revival in which the laity are playing a leading role, according to two researchers at Keston Institute, Sergei Filatoy and Roman Lunkin.

She wants as many young girls to see this movie as possible, so they can see someone like themselves in a strong leading sci - fi role.

Pumpkin seeds are B - vitamin (needed for cell metabolism) and magnesium (playing a role in maintaining strong bones and reducing risk of metabolic syndrome — i.e. what can lead to heart diseases, stroke, and hypertension) powerhouses.

Now, in his new role, Stefano is planning to build on Bühler's leading position in the fruit and vegetable processing market, by building even stronger and closer partnerships with key accounts, while also working on forging new relationships.

If Hungary wants to regain its positions as a strong player on the stage of international politics it should not head in the direction showed by Fidesz and MSZP, the clownish antics exhibited within the EU, but instead membership in a Turanic alliance, or if needed, its leading role and initiative in forming such an alliance.

When Cameron came to office, the two strategic pillars that underpinned Britain's foreign policy — a strong alliance with the United States and a leading role within Europe — were both at risk of being eroded.

Peter Mandelson, who is playing a leading role behind the scenes in organising the pro-EU campaign, which launches on Monday, is said to be eager to sign up Johnson, who has strong personal connections with the in side.

I just happen to believe that the party will be stronger if he has a more political role and takes lead responsibility for some of the party's strategic initatives.

The Dartmouth team, led by Mary Jo Turk, Ph.D., established the crucial role of resident memory T cells in the skin in eliciting a strong protective response against melanoma.

• For both men and women, the role of a family member or caregiver does not come at a cost to the investment in a work identity • Because women are more likely to occupy lower quality jobs, they are more likely to have lower career centrality • Traditional gender beliefs lead both men and women to be less career centric, but the impact is stronger for women.

In an earlier study, the research team, led by U.T. Southwestern psychiatry professor Eric Nestler, found that levels of BDNF — which is implicated in learning because of its role in creating stronger connections between neurons — increase in the nucleus accumbens in response to chronic stress.

Kavita Berger, the Center's associate director and lead collaborator with the FBI, said that's because «scientists and technologists should play a stronger role in safeguarding their work, to keep from contributing to CBRN disasters.»

This, together with steadily increasing funding from Parliament administered by the DST, has led to the building of capacity in the ASSAf secretariat, many further evidence - based studies and forum - based activities, a large - scale Scholarly Publishing Programme, a strong international presence and a wide acceptance of the Academy's key role in the national system of innovation.

At the forefront: the US Office of Research Integrity (ORI) and the European Science Foundation (ESF), with strong support from the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the European Molecular Biology organisation (EMBO) have played a leading role in both the world conferences held so far on this topic.

John Cameron Mitchell's rock opera about a transgender East German rocker made a surprisingly strong transition to the big screen — thanks, in no small part, to retaining Stephen Trask's great songs and retaining Mitchell in the lead role — in an adaptation that took advantage of the switch in medium by enlivening some of the musical numbers with quirky animations by Emily Hubley.

I was a fan and I'm really disappointed IMO it's lost it's way hugely in season four, the lead roles have turned from having strong screen

Critic Consensus: With a slow build to a dramatic conclusion, In Country benefits largely from its strong acting, particularly by Emily Lloyd in the lead role.

Critics Consensus: The Water Diviner finds Russell Crowe on somewhat uncertain footing as a director, but he's rescued by a strong performance from himself in the leading role.

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Winner: Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (MPAA: R) Not surprisingly, Frances McDormand took the Oscar for her strong portrayal of a woman willing to do anything to catch her daughter's killer.

Recently, Jason Clarke was announced to be in talks for the lead role of Louis Creed, and now with Lithgow's addition, it's clear this film is shaping up to have a very strong cast.

And while he'd been a strong supporting player in films such as «Red Tails» and «Chronicle» and on TV's «Friday Night Lights» and «Parenthood,» «Fruitvale Station» would mark his first lead role.

The Fighter sees excellent performances by Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, and strong roles from its female leads, rare for a sporting movie.

The Fighter is also a rare sporting beast in that it offers strong roles for its female leads.

The strong performance, combined with the general lack of lead female roles of substance, virtually guarantees she'll compete in Best Actress category at the Oscars, as she is elsewhere.

And in a cast full of further surprises (strong turns from Emma Watson and Nina Dobrev, a revelatory leading role for the heretofore - unregarded, by us at least, Logan Lerman), perhaps the best came from Ezra Miller.

The actress makes the most of what could have been a throw - away role given the strong leads.

Pattinson is strong in the lead role, carrying the dignity of a reckless, self - made man and the madness of a man about to lose it all.

Long before John Krasinski came on board his Sundance premiere «The Hollars» as director, he had been eyed by screenwriter James Strouse as a strong contender to play the film's leading role, as father - to - be with a lot on his shoulders, John Hollar.

«This film provides the rare opportunity for a half - dozen strong female lead roles, and we are thrilled to have assembled an exceptional cast led by Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate and Kristen Bell.

Though a missed opportunity to give an amputated actor the juiciest role since Harold Russell's Oscar - winning turn in The Best Years of Our Lives, casting AnnaSophia Robb in the lead allows her to add another impressive performance to her strong filmography, this one raising clout and familiarity as her last few projects did not.

This has been on my must - see list ever since it was announced, and that excitement has only grown with each new reveal, from the casting of Chris Pratt in the lead role, to landing Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper to voice the movie's CGI characters, to the strong buzz emerging from early screenings that have pegged it as one of the studio's best films to date.

Rhys Wakefield (of The Black Balloon) is strong in the lead role of Josh, and surely Hollywood will take notice.

The charming lead Washington gave a strong performance in the role of Sam Chisolm, a skillful gunslinger who appears from the start to take to responsibility in assembling our anti-hero protagonists.

Portman, who conducted extensive research on Jackie, will certainly be a strong Oscar contender with this performance, which would be her second award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (won for Black Swan in 2010).

This is truly one of the strongest performances of the decade so far and will hopefully lead to even more equally interesting roles for Cynthia Nixon.

It is fitting that her connection to roles through directors has led her to want to go behind the scenes, finding inspiration in the strong female directors that she's worked with.

Continuing the year of the vet, earlier we saw strong performances that could attract voters» attention from a past winner, 70 - year - old Helen Mirren, in Woman In Gold (a film The Weinstein Company has already started campaigning for its star); and 72 - year - old Blythe Danner getting a full - bodied leading role in the hit adult indie I'll See You In My Dreams which has grossed over $ 7 million so far for new distributor Bleecker Street, which will probably be encouraged to launch an Oscar campaign on her behalf.

Angelic is a fan of the action roles, noting that action films, especially those with strong female leads, inspired her to become an actress.

The film has three unknowns in John Magaro, Will Brill and Jack Huston (who has since broken out with his role on «Boardwalk Empire «-RRB- as the leads, which shouldn't be a problem as Chase's depiction of youth with inexperienced talent on his HBO show was stellar, but it also boasts a strong supporting cast with Bella Heathcote as the protagonist Magaro's girlfriend, Christopher McDonald as her father, Molly Price as Magaro's mother, Lisa Lampenelli as his aunt, Brad Garrett as a composer / producer, and Chase's «Sopranos» leading man James Gandolfini, who apparently shines as Magaro's father, «a postwar, post-Depression era parent who has given his kid every advantage that he didn't have growing up.»

Newcomer Spencer Lofranco doesn't seem quite ready for his first lead role opposite a strong supporting cast that includes Ving Rhames, Mary - Louise Parker and Taissa Farmiga.

(For the record, I nearly always identify with the «victim» when watching horror films, and I think most of the audience does, too — teenaged girls, especially, flock to movies like the Scream series or I Know What You Did Last Summer for three reasons: they like to see strong actresses in the lead roles, they enjoy watching the cute young guys cast opposite the girls, and finally, they want to be scared.)