Sentences with phrase «stunt casting»

There is plenty of stunt casting here, too.

This instance of celebrity stunt casting is a painfully failed stunt.

Also it could have been done with less stunt casting, but the real - life sport players are surprisingly good.

The Disaster Artist is a marvel of stunt casting, which is part of what makes it so fun to watch.

With all the talk of immaculate, sensual 5th century bronze statues that invite you to be allured by their erotic magnetism of their twisted poses, Hammer himself almost seems like a piece of stunt casting as the tanned vision of classical virile perfection.

An ambitious drama is undermined by stunt casting of movie stars as presidents, and a storyline that wanders across the map of the black experience.

And when Phillips's regular ace Bradley Cooper shows up — as a scowling war profiteer — it just feels like stunt casting and a missed opportunity for levity.

We fell back on sheer quantity with this act of brotherly stunt casting on an epic scale in which James and Stacey Keach play outlaws Jesse and Frank James; three Carradines (David, Keith and nerdy Robert) portray the Younger gang; young Randy and Dennis Quaid are the lesser known Miller brothers; and future Spinal Tapster Christopher Guest and sibling Nicholas bring the tale to a violent close as the cowards, Bob and Charley Ford.

That's some real stunt casting by Woody.

Very much a character study, with most of the focus mostly on Bjorn Borg (played by Sverrir Gudnason)-- notably, the film was titled Borg in Sweden — and his meticulous, robotlike preparation pitted against the wild - child spirit of John McEnroe, who was seemingly perfectly stunt cast with real - life powder keg Shia LaBeouf.

There's a few surprising cameos, as one would expect from today's mainstream comedies, but these, too, come across more as organic character building than lazy stunt casting.

Additionally, there's some fun stunt casting like Jason Bateman as Bob's high school tormentor Trevor, Aaron Paul as Bob's CIA partner and Melissa McCarthy as Bob's high school crush.

It's a bit of stunt casting full of tedious enunciation and misguided bravado that throws the film's well - managed blend of regional homage and gentle caricature a bit out of whack.

I was only commenting on the fact that the mention of stunt casting made it seem obvious to me that Liam was well aware that Keaton had played Batman.

An ever adventurous and acutely observational storyteller who has cinematically explored live volcanoes, Antarctica, and the menacing company of Klaus Kinski, Herzog is also a highly self - aware creature, as evidenced by his self - satirizing participation in the 2004 mockumentary Incident at Loch Ness and his later stunt casting as a villain in Jack Reacher.

There's a little stunt casting involved, although not as much as there might have been had scheduling conflicts not kept Adam Sandler from appearing.

As hard as director Peter Segal tries to convince us that this is a film ultimately about the relationship between chemistry - free pair of Sandler and Marisa Tomei, in the end it instead confirms that it's truly about how far formula and shallow stunt casting can go to win the lowest common denominator box office buck.

Lee Daniels» trip through the second half of 20th century American history features plenty of powerful moments as well as some amusing stunt casting — and a great performance from Oprah, who gets to play it a little trashy.

Beyond the incredible stunt casting, there's a shamelessly impressive formal gimmick: Most of the film has been shot to resemble a single, unbroken take, the great Emmanuel Lubezki (Gravity, Children Of Men) masking cuts under cover of backstage darkness.

Here, again, is the seriocomic tale of an aging, washed - up actor — played by an aging, arguably washed - up actor, in a bit of art - imitating - life stunt casting — who begins to lose his grip on sanity while preparing for what could be a Broadway comeback.

So often with animated movies, the A-list stunt casting serves as a distraction and takes you out of the narrative.

The script, from J. David Stern and David N. Weiss (Daddy Day Camp), and Jay Scherick and David Ronn (Zookeeper) is beyond simplistic, with pitiful stereotypes and celebrity stunt casting driving the action.

Perhaps it is hard to appreciate the humor given the stiff Elizabethan language, or it might be that (despite early reviews praising his performance in a feat of stunt casting gone awry) it is disconcerting to see Russell Brand playing Russell Brand as drunken dandy Trinculo.

Kris Wall (former Flickering Myth video games editor): I felt that she was stunt casting more than anything, a huge name actress playing the world's most well - known video game character was a great marketing angle, but it didn't really make for a convincing Lara Croft.

Wait, Planes, Trains had stunt casting too.

The production employs some good ol' Hollywood stunt casting, having the three adult bros play themselves (the event aboard the Amsterdam - to - Paris Nord Thalys train took place in 2015, so their maturing posed no problem).

Koltai stunt casts Natasha Richardson as one of her daughters (Constance), and Streep and her daughter Mamie Gummer as the older and younger versions of Lila Wittenborn, the old woman's best friend (as Lila's oh - so - matrician mother: Glenn Close!).

In the most menacingly effective stunt casting since Albert Brooks in Drive, Patrick Stewart plays the club's paternalistic owner, rallying a posse of «true believers,» even as he feigns talk of peace with his captive guests.

It's tempting to call her appearance here stunt casting, but given the facial similarities between Blanchett and Swinton, it's actually a genius move; Benjamin loves her because she reminds him of Daisy.

Payne's longtime casting collaborator talks about avoiding stunt casting and considering everyone, no matter how long the process takes.

By leaps and bounds the best English Pop Star Stunt Casting performance of the past two weeks.

This isn't stunt casting.

She makes for a formidable foe, balanced by Goldblum's quirky Grandmaster, who is that much funnier due to his fish - out - of - water stunt casting.

Of all the recognisable voices in the cast, Walken's sounds the most like stunt casting — you can't ignore the fact that it's Christopher Walken doing a funny voice and spontaneous laughter broke out in the theatre when I saw it where it wasn't supposed to.

Similarly, the roster of performers that also includes Luis Guzman (We're the Millers), Ken Jeong (Despicable Me 2), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious 6) and Richard Jenkins (White House Down) tries to invest added energy, but remains in the realm of celebrity stunt casting.

So, shouldn't Jake Gyllenhaal be a «piece of stunt casting» since he was in Donnie Darko, which had Drew Barrymore, who was also in the Val Kilmer Batman film (Batman Forever)?

That Eastwood decided to give the roles of the trio to the actual men themselves is stunt casting — however, they are young, good looking and sincere.

Padded story with an inoffensive screenplay, stunt casting and, dare I say it, boring.

Variety calls it a «frequently tacky tell - all» that is «elevated somewhat by the stunt casting of Bill Murray as FDR.»

Not even Joe Pantoliano (I miss Joe Pantoliano's «stunt casting» phase) does well.

I guess the term «stunt casting» seemed kind of ambiguous.

So that particular piece of «stunt casting» is meh.

«Stunt casting» can mean many things.

Casey Affleck is also mentioned as a piece of stunt casting.

«Becoming Bond» is must - see television for 007 aficionados — who are certain to get a kick out of seeing Jane Seymour, a former Bond Girl (opposite Roger Moore in 1973's «Live and Let Die»), as Lazenby's first agent in an inspired stroke of stunt casting.

It partially succeeds, mostly because any actual analysis is lost in the myriad stories and stunt casting.

The same goes for Julie Andrews, a great performer who is given little to do other than be stunt casting.

Within minutes, I was no longer concerned with viewing Oldman's take as stunt casting.

In a clever piece of stunt casting, Rachel Bloom (Rebecca Bunch on The CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) will guest - star on iZombie as a «pretentious theater actor» who has her brains eaten by Liv.