Sentences with phrase «talented cast led»

The secret sauce here is whip - crack dialogue written by one Amy Hennig and a memorable, talented cast led by Nolan North.

Those are some big shoes to fill, but «End of Watch» certainly has the right ingredients to make it happen, including a talented cast led by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena, and an interesting docudrama style that will most likely divide audiences.

The film is directed by Richard J. Lewis (not the comedian) but is really a product of the amazing story and talented cast led by the extraordinary performance of Giamatti.

Certainly not for even the slightest modicum of character development or dimension, as a talented cast led by Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem is criminally underserved by a script that treats their characters as props rather than actual people with inner lives who the audience are supposed to care for.

Not exact matches

The dual - threat signal - caller has used his arm and his legs — and a massively talented and athletic supporting cast, which includes his twin brother, Nzuzi — to lead the Wolverines to a 6 - 0 record through the second week of October.

Critics Consensus: Little Accidents has good intentions — and a talented cast, led by Elizabeth Banks — but it drowns them under dour melodrama.

In the end, Snowden benefits from an extremely talented cast, lead by a director who gives it his all.

With an ensemble cast of mostly all actresses lead by the Radiant Penelope Cruz, Almodovar has written his sharpest, funniest screenplay yet, holding back on his usual outrageous elements in order to let the talented ladies of the cast work their magic with his words.

Thanks to a talented cast — starting with leads Emma Stone, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer — the movie is often entertaining.

Having assembled a talented cast, and nabbing international star Mads Mikkelsen as his lead, Arcel, whose biggest credit is screenwriter of the original 2009 version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, casts his name as a notable up and comer with this latest, an impeccable piece in its own right.

Ewan McGregor leads a cast of very talented Scottish actors, each with great range and commitment.

There are plenty of talented components to this cast, and most every one of them has his or her time to shine, even such much too briefly present forces as episodes 1's Martin Sheen - who nails both Irish - American accent and depth of the good - hearted slaver who comes to find flaws in the traditions he has had to follow - and episode 3's Richard Jenkin, who effectively despicable in his audacious portrayal of a despicable radical racist who is as willing to die as he is to kill to preserve his questionable sense of order - and plenty of other people in between, from the compelling Dennis Haysbert to the charming Danny Glover, so you know that it's saying something to proclaim that leading lady Halle Berry is this series» strongest performance, delivering on powerful layers and emotional range in her engrossing portrayal of a mulatto who is trapped in society by her mixed race, and will face many unbearable hardships that will test her innocence and humanity.

The good news is that some parts of this shopping list are checked off with style and grace: Tony and Pepper are still, at heart, the leads in a screwball comedy — and Downey and Paltrow are top form here; the new villain has the comics» Crimson Dynamo's name — Ivan Vanko [Mickey Rourke]-- but instead of wearing the hopelessly out of date crimson armor, wields a pair of plasma whips that can slice and dice even Stark's fancy suit; and finally, there's Justin Hammer [Sam Rockwell — who was a finalist in casting Stark], a hi - tech weapons manufacturer who got Stark's old Department of Defence contracts even though he's not nearly as talented.

The talented leads are ably assisted in this endeavor by a gifted supporting cast stocked with versatile veterans like Alan Alda and Ray Liotta, as well as scene - stealing comediennes such as Kathryn Hahn and Kerri Kenney.

Timothy Hutton and Felicity Huffman, in new roles, lead a talented cast that also includes Lili Taylor and Regina King.

Hugh Jackman, Zendaya and Zac Efron lead a talented cast.

With the remarkably talented Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Franco leading an exceptional cast, we look forward to delving deeper as this captivating story evolves.»

The casting director of the movie scored a real coup and got some really talented young actors to play the three leads.

And the hugely talented comic cast, led byChris Rock, Martin Lawrence and Tracy Morgan, is definitely up for such raunchy physicality.

Writer - director Todd Graff leads an enormously talented cast of young unknowns in a spirited story of misfit teens who find validation and kinship at a camp for performing arts.

The rest of the cast is somewhat of a mystery here, but that leads to some pleasant surprises when the mixture is right, and it's looking promising here (especially for Gosling and Scott Thomas, who could have some great roles to play with if perception equals reality), and this doesn't even factor in how talented Winding Refn is and how he seems to be hitting his stride right about now.

Memorable and talented best describe the cast of Honour, led by the aforementioned Hart as Mona, a young Pakistani woman living in London.

Leo leads a cast of talented up - and - comers that includes Ari Graynor («The Disaster Artist»), Stephen Guarino («Happy Endings»), Michael Angarano («Almost Famous»), and RJ Cyler («Me and Earl and the Dying Girl»).

Co-directors Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn have assembled quite the cast of talented voice actors, including Anna Kendrick as female lead Princess Poppy, joined by Justin Timberlake as Branch, the one Troll who eschews all the singing, dancing and hugging, thanks to his fear of being captured and eaten by the Bergens.

Casting the lead role in a dark revenge thriller like «You Were Never Really Here» is tough because only truly talented and mesmerizing actors have the ability to pull it off.

The lead, Michael Angarano, may be an unknown to you, but you'll thrill at the insanely talented supporting cast: Kurt Russell as an adorable superdad, Lynda Carter as the hard - ass principal, Bruce Campbell as the overwrought gym teacher, Kids tn the Hall's Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald as risible teachers, and a fantastic performance from a young Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Still, there are more than enough laughs and clever surprises in this broad and sometimes violent farce to warrant a recommendation, thanks to a solidly funny script by Mark Perez, some pretty neat camera moves and choreographed action / comedic sequences from directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein — and a likable and talented ensemble cast, led by two of my favorites.

While its cast, from its talented young leads to a never - better Ben Kingsley as Méliès, was regrettably snubbed, the film vied for Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay honors and likely wound up the runner - up in the first two of those categories to The Artist, a kindred French production which took its love for early cinema in a drastically different direction (full - on emulation) to nonetheless comparably delightful results.

For this movie's main audience, they will be unknowns, and the film's courageous casting uses this as an advantage; watching the two talented leads is a discovery in itself, and lures viewers into sticking around to see what story is to be told with these genuine characters.

Tommy Boy «s star - studded cast affords it a great deal more laughs than one might expect out of the standard road - trip / buddy - comedy — a package taken straight from the assembly line and built out of comedy scraps that have come before it; however, Peter Segal makes great use of his talented leads.

A strong performance by Karl Markovics in the lead role and a talented supporting cast also make this hard - hitting and stirring drama one to see.

Paul Giamatti is brilliant in the lead role, as is Bryce Dallas Howard and the rest of the talented cast.

Emily Blunt confidently and convincingly leads a stellar cast featuring the menacing and deadly Benicio Del Toro, the always entertaining Josh Brolin and an abundance of other talented thespians.