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Freshly anointed as the narrative feature winner at the SXSW Grand Jury Awards, Destin Cretton's moving «Short Term 12,» about a group of foster care facility employees and their charges, boasts one of the most believable, talented casts at the festival this year.

Cody's body of work is enough to attract talented casts at reasonable prices.

Bryan Singer has a talented cast at hand and he takes every opportunity of the talent present to create something tense and unerving.

It helps that he has a talented cast at the top of their game.

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There's at least one cast member I won't have to miss, because the fantastically talented DJ Mendel is going to be directing my solo show, Mother Tongue, on February 6 and 7 at The Brick in Williamsburg.

With the extraordinarily talented Danny Boyle at the helm, unflinchingly honest social commentary, a great cast and a fantastically funny script by regular Boyle collaborator John Hodge, Trainspotting, adapted from Irvine Welsh's iconic

With the extraordinarily talented Danny Boyle at the helm, unflinchingly honest social commentary, a great cast and a fantastically funny script by regular Boyle collaborator John Hodge, Trainspotting, adapted from Irvine Welsh's iconic Scottish novel is a true masterpiece of British filmmaking.

In 1999, Saldana received what seemed to be the ideal first film role when she was cast as a talented but snippy dancer vying for a spot at the fictional American Ballet Company in the dance drama Center Stage.

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new villain has the comics» Crimson Dynamo's name — Ivan Vanko [Mickey Rourke]-- but instead of wearing the hopelessly out of date crimson armor, wields a pair of plasma whips that can slice and dice even Stark's fancy suit; and finally, there's Justin Hammer [Sam Rockwell — who was a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 characters, if not sympathetic, are at least interesting and brought to life with authenticity by the talented cast.

Netflix releases the first look at its She - Ra and the Princesses of Power TV show, and announces the series» talented voice cast.

With a great - looking, talented, and very Jewish cast, the trailer for Tar, which premiered at the Rome Film Festival last year, is finally here.

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.

At the film's recent press day, del Toro and Gutierrez spoke about the genesis of the project, Gutierrez's unusual pitch that convinced del Toro to produce the movie, Gutierrez's vision using authentic folk art characters, the film's humanistic tone, casting a talented and eclectic international group of actors to voice the larger than life characters, choosing Reel FX to tackle the complicated animation design, gaining the support of Fox's Jim Gianopulos, how Zoe Saldana and Diego Luna learned to sing, the film's amazing music, and del Toro's upcoming projects including «Crimson Peak,» «The Strain,» «Pacific Rim 2,» the «Pan's Labyrinth» Musical, and the possibility of a «Hellboy 3.»

«The Boss» provides the talented Melissa McCarthy with plenty of scenery to comically chew on — she is very funny at times — but the story is paper - thin, and the script gives much of the supporting cast the proverbial pink slip.

Wonder Boys is about characters and interactions; it's about one of our most talented screenwriters, Steve Kloves (The Fabulous Baker Boys, Flesh and Bone), working at the absolute top of his profession; and it's about a cast so very sublime and dead solid perfect that wondering what will happen next doesn't drive the film so much as hoping that whatever it is takes its sweet time: We want these people to stay put.

There's inharmonious accents, with just about every actor trying out their own version of «Norwegian» to near universal failure; total tonally inconsistency, wherein certain characters go from glum to chipper without an ounce of external change; zero chemistry between any of the cast, and with a cast this diversely talented (it includes Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbough, J.K. Simmons and Toby Jones) that is a feat unto itself; gaping plot holes, from start to finish you'll wait for the screenplay from Peter Straughan (Frank), Hossein Amini (Drive), Søren Sveistrup (The Killing) to tie things up into (at least their approximation of) a neat little bow.

It played well at festivals, critics love it, it has a very talented cast, it mixes humor with human emotion, and the co-directors and co-writers won an Oscar (with Alexander Payne) for writing the script to The Descendants.

«We are excited to work with such a talented ensemble cast, with Bruce Willis at its helm,» said Ward.

As far as mindless entertainment goes, you'd think that it would at least be considered a guilty pleasure action flick since it has such a talented cast, but even this world class -LSB-...]

Wuthering Heights has talented British director Andrea Arnold (Fish Tank) at the helm, whose casting of Cathy (Kaya Scodelario from the TV series Skins) and Heathcliff (James Howson, the first non-white actor to play the role in its many screen adaptations) is based on authenticity to the text as opposed to star power.

Nice attention to character building at the beginning is muted by the generic road trip story and the rote character arcs by its supporting cast, which includes many talented actors like Toni Collette and Alice Eve, along with noteworthy cameos by Jessica Rothe (Happy Death Day), Patton Oswalt, Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel) and more.

While Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt were walking the red carpet for «The Magnificent Seven,» the talented cast of «Message From the King» were on stage across town at the Elgin Screening Room.

DVD A Sneak Peek at the next DC Universe Movie, Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay: A behind - the - scenes look at the next entry in the popular series of DC Universe Movies, featuring thoughts from the talented filmmakers and voice cast.

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.

«The cast is largely talented enough, and willing to laugh at themselves.

We never get to know the people at the heart of «Freeheld,» despite the best efforts of the talented cast, especially Page, who is the best reason to rent «Freeheld.»

For their first attempt at Shakespeare, Whedon and his talented cast have hit it out of the ballpark with the simple, yet effective, contemporary take on one of the Bard's best comedies.

Writer - director Damien Chazelle and his talented cast of triple threats give us a behind - the - scenes glimpse at Summit Entertainment's «La La Land» in this exclusive video!

Between the virtuoso at the helm, the deeply talented cast he was likely able to assemble effortlessly, and Warner Bros. scheduling it just as they did 2013's much - heralded Joaquin Phoenix movie, Inherent Vice looked like a promising vessel for earning the major recognition for which Anderson is so clearly destined.

While the actions taken by the cast are in the book, much of it is unnecessary for the telling of the overall story and I bet a talented screenwriter could have put this thing in at one film with less than a three hour running time.

It's got a cast of talented actors performing jokes that are amusing at least half the time, and that's better than a lot of directors can manage.

At the SLS Hotel in Los Angeles, I joined talented cast members Jason Bateman, Alexander Skarsgård, Paula Patton, and Max Thieriot to discuss the film and the role modern technology plays in their own lives.

Between the virtuoso at the helm, the deeply talented cast he was likely able to assemble effortlessly, and Warner Bros. scheduling it just as they did last year's much - heralded Joaquin Phoenix movie, Inherent Vice looked like a promising vessel for earning the major recognition for which Anderson is so clearly destined.

Despite boasting a cool premise and a talented young cast (including Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby and Joel Kinnaman of «The Killling»), «The Darkest Hour» is B - movie material at best, marred by terrible performances, clichéd characters and a lack of excitement.

Why the filmmakers decided to cast someone as known and talented as him for a role so small and brief is beyond me, but when taking a look at the rest of the cast and their roles, I suppose it's no surprise Reynolds was given the role.

The talented cast lending their voices to The Evil Within, a survival horror game developed at Tango Gameworks under the direction of legendary game designer and studio head, Shinji Mikami.

Although the film is a one - note story aimed at young children, Turbo distinguishes itself with zippy dialogue delivered by its vocally talented cast.

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What follows is an often macabre and sporadically funny attempt at conjuring a laugh from a ghastly slice of history, with a talented cast wasted on a thankless script by Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft (St. Trinians), and the poor direction of Landis who can't find the balance between grizzly murder and comedic slapstick.

With the aid of a monstrously talented cast and a director at - tune with his most chaotic instincts, American Hustle succeeds not only in its recreation of the time, but by filling its world with unique, enthralling characters that are sure to delight audiences for a long time to come.

Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax Media company, have revealed the talented cast lending their voices to The Evil Within, a survival horror game developed at Tango Gameworks under the direction of legendary game designer and studio head, Shinji Mikami.

The Unspoken, from the talented team at Insomniac Games (best known for the Ratchet & Clank, Sunset Overdrive and Resistance franchises), empowers you to battle as a gifted arch-mage by casting spells with your bare hands.