Sentences with phrase «terrific actors in»

Jim Broadbent is a nice addition to the pantheon of terrific actors in the series as the professor of potions, Horace Slughorn, offering the tight mix of bumbling charm and wry whimsy in keeping with the nature of the series as a whole.

A script that pays close attention to character and a capable cast that includes a terrific actor in the lead ensures that the audience will be attentive and impressed.

As for Jason Clarke, he's quietly been a terrific actor in Hollywood for some time now, who occasionally gets stuck in an unfortunate project.

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Sure, many things have changed in the show since the Carter administration (directors, staging, gender swaps) and many terrific actors have tread the boards of Victorian London (even NBA superstar Scottie Pippin graced the stage for a walk - on!).

Christopher Plummer confronts Nazi horrors again in Atom Egoyan's preposterous thriller, which squanders a terrific performance by the Oscar - winning actor.

John Doe is played by the terrific character actor Kevin Spacey, in a role similar to the one in The Usual Suspects.

Every actor in this movie is terrific and gives their all.

The young star of the film, newcomer Josh Wiggins is absolutely terrific, outshining multiple award winning actors and actresses in this film, but he's not the only difference here.

With a solid voice cast that emphasizes their vocal work over their star power (there are recognizable actors in a few roles such as Bratt and Bernal (Blindness), but none that cast in order to sell the film commercially), a vibrant color scheme, outstanding visuals, terrific toe - tapping tunes, and an imaginative concept, this will likely go down as a favorite Pixar film for many who follow the animation company's output religiously.

With solid actors, good writing, vibrant costume work, a terrific score from Coogler - regular Ludwig Goransson (Central Intelligence, Stretch), humor that's delivered with refreshing subtlety, and Coogler's taut pacing that also takes the time to build up its scenarios, Black Panther succeeds at delivering an unlikely solo effort in the superhero genre, and leaves skeptics and those completely unaware of the characters within the comic books hungry for more.

Anchored with a lovely, subtle sad eyed performance by the beautiful Keri Russell and a cast of terrific comedic prodigy actors, including the great Andy Griffith in his last film appearance as the crusty diner owner.

The ensemble of actors is terrific, with Arkin the stand - out as the man who refuses to believe in happiness.

With a terrific cast of character actors, a tense dynamic between Takakura and, well, everyone else in the movie, and Ishii's trademark no - nonsense direction, Abashiri Prison is a B - movie genre classic that heralded even better things to come in the series.

The other supporting actors have their moments, with Caine getting a few terrific scenes in, but Bentley and other actors like Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, David Oyelowo, and John Lithgow all have their talents somewhat wasted in smaller parts.

With an excellent cast of character actors in all of the roles, as well as terrific costumes, sets and special effects, no expense was spared in getting the look and feel of the eerie world the Addams» inhabit just right.

Similarly, Alex Ross Perry's terrific third feature, «Listen Up Philip,» is a quantum leap forward from his last feature, the micro-indie «The Color Wheel,» and it's thanks in large part to great actors making the excellent script really sing.

Bridges is terrific, but many of the supporting actors seem out of place, and Taylor Hackford's (The Devil's Advocate, Ray) directorial style (or lack thereof) is in many places quite awkward.

It's terrific that this actor and the industry around him has insisted and / or at least allowed a mix of credits, with films as diverse as The Ghost Writer and The Matador in there with the 007s and Mama Mias.

In addition to being a visually sumptuous showcase for a terrific actor, it's fun to think how many of the alpha - male artists she quotes would be horrified by the thought of a woman speaking their precious, earth - shattering words.

It's a terrific performance, a starkly physical turn from an actor most associated with states of tortured introspection (although there's much of that in the film too).

In this juxtaposition, a young girl named Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in one of several terrific performances by unknown actors) creates her own happiness in the shadow of the Happiest Place on Earth, and gets into trouble, as she's raised by a single mother (Bria Vinaite) who in many ways is a child herselIn this juxtaposition, a young girl named Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in one of several terrific performances by unknown actors) creates her own happiness in the shadow of the Happiest Place on Earth, and gets into trouble, as she's raised by a single mother (Bria Vinaite) who in many ways is a child herselin one of several terrific performances by unknown actors) creates her own happiness in the shadow of the Happiest Place on Earth, and gets into trouble, as she's raised by a single mother (Bria Vinaite) who in many ways is a child herselin the shadow of the Happiest Place on Earth, and gets into trouble, as she's raised by a single mother (Bria Vinaite) who in many ways is a child herselin many ways is a child herself.

Hirsch turns in another terrific performance proving yet again that he's one of the most talented young actors working today.

And the actors are terrific in roles that are sharply well - written, with astute dialog and moments that are both humorous and surprisingly dark.

British actor Fletcher makes a terrific directing debut with this sharply told story of a family struggling to survive in a bleak environment.

Close - ups look terrific, rendering the actors» pores, whiskers, and wrinkles without the harshness or waxiness that sometimes mars an image that has been overly filtered, or that originated in HD.

In it, Anderson masterfully juggled multiple plot threads, and coaxed terrific performances from all of his actors, especially Mark Wahlberg.

The wonderful cast, including cult actor Danny Trejo in one scene, and a terrific Marianne Jean - Baptiste as a veteran hitwoman, helps a great deal.

Some loving it, some hating on it quite a bit and many in the middle talking about how well it's shot and the actors» performances are terrific, but also a little bit on the boring side and some have even suggested «pointless.»

This was one of the things that killed me in the otherwise terrific Eastern Promises, by David Cronenberg (a Canadian): you had a German (Armin Mueller - Stahl) playing the head of a Russian crime family, with a French actor (Vincent Cassel) playing his son.

There are other terrific actors (playing terrific roles) in «No Country,» namely Tommy Lee Jones as Ed Tom Bell, a melancholy old sheriff watching his world disintegrate, Bell's lonely old friend (Barry Corbin), Moss's steadfast but unlucky wife (Kelly MacDonald) and a lippy, freelance loot - scavenger (Woody Harrelson).

The child actors are terrific little Duracell batteries of rambunctious energy, and as the trio cuts an unsupervised path of mischief across the property — spitting on cars, roughhousing in abandoned buildings, chattering nonstop — The Florida Project conjures a sense of carefree everyday adventure that lesser films about childhood only wish they could summon.

Oyelowo has since then become one of the most in demand actors of his generation, delivering a head turning (and much overlooked) performance last year in The Butler and another small terrific turn this year in A Most Violent Year.

You might remember how terrific Shannon was in Nichols» Take Shelter, and he has become quite an interesting and dependable character actor in various projects.

Almost no one in Lady Bird is a caricature and almost everyone is played by a terrific actor, from Tracy Letts to Lois Smith to Manchester By The Sea's scene - stealing Lucas Hedges.

The thing is, Hot Tub Time Machine has an incredible deck of cards in its favor: it capitalizes off of the 80's retro craze, it has terrific actors (John Cusack, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry), it utilizes time travel, and it has a great setting (a popular ski lodge).

Actor Henry Cavill, best known for playing Superman and his terrific performance in The Man From U.N.C.L.E., has signed on to play a role in the IMF.

Being singled out among a terrific ensemble cast, word for Sam Rockwell's role in Conviction sounds like the stuff Supporting Actor campaigns are made of.

All of the lead actors are terrific in their performances.

Despite my prior relative indifference to the actors in it, they're perfectly cast — against their standard types — in this, and do terrific jobs, and the script, by the highly skilled and literate Ernest Lehman and Clifford Odets, is spectacular.

The actor's natural charm is incredibly fun to watch, in full effect with terrific chemistry with co-star Margot Robbie — they are good enough together that it's easy to forget the wide age gap between them.

And one can only imagine the between - take banter involving not just Smith and Jones but fellow Coen brothers» alumnus, Michael Stuhlbarg, the terrific New York theater actor who starred three years ago on screen in A Serious Man.

It's a type of introspective drama that has terrific actors and a strong filmmaker, putting everything on the line to explore the human spirit in the least obvious manner.

When you have a film with such terrific actors like Al Pacino (The Recruit) and Christopher Walken (Kangaroo Jack), and such easy - to - watch personalities like Affleck and J.Lo, the horrendously misguided dialogue and lack of vision to the storytelling only become more pronounced, akin to performing the Macarena in the middle of a ballet, or having the diva of an opera perform a beatbox in the middle of her aria.

Tye Sheridan (from «Tree of Life» and the upcoming David Gordon Green film, «Joe,» which so far in a brief career makes him three for three in working with terrific filmmakers) and his co-star Jacob Lofland (in his film acting debut) transcend the child actor ghetto (saying they're good for being kid actors is wildly understating it).

The intimate and sensual picture also features yet another terrific performance by 14 - year - old Elle Fanning, who is quickly becoming the most compelling teenage actor working in movies today.

A terrific supporting ensemble joins Robbie and Janney with every actor bringing in their own level of nuttiness to the movie.

All of the actors are terrific (except maybe Barbara Hershey), as you'd expect in a Woody Allen movie.

Centering on two staff members in a relationship who also have their own personal issues, the names Brie Larson («21 Jump Street «-RRB- and John Gallagher Jr. (HBO «s «The Newsroom «-RRB- probably don't jump out at you when discussing some of the best young actors working today, but holy hell they are terrific, with Brie particularly impressing far beyond anything she's done thus far.

Canet is mostly known in the U.S. as an actor or Marion Cotillard's baby daddy, but anyone who saw the overlooked and taut 2006 thriller «Tell No One» knows he's akin to the Gallic version of Ben Affleck — an actor who has bloomed into a terrific director (maybe not so coincidentally, Affleck's been trying to remake Canet's film).

«The Eye of the Storm» does feature a terrific cast of some superb Australian - born actors, specifically Geoffrey Rush, who had known better times not far back when cast as the king's speech tutor, Lionel Logue, in Tom Hopper's «The King's Speech,» and Judy Davis who had a small but more accessible role as Phyllis, the wife of Woody Allen's character Jerry, in Allen's «To Rome With Love.»