Sentences with phrase «terrific performances help»

A slew of terrific performances help to elevate Wilder's twist - ridden courtroom drama above your standard fare in the genre.

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With a terrific central performance by Chadwick Boseman (42), Get on Up has what it needs to give «Godfather of Soul» James Brown his due respect, but is hampered by a messy script and pedestrian direction from Tate Taylor (who did a little better in The Help).

And with the help of terrific performances by Juliette Lewis and Jonny Weston («Chasing Mavericks»), «Kelly & Cal» never fails to recognize that the solutions to life's problems are usually as unglamorous as the circumstances that make them necessary.

Following a reclusive computer - genius billionaire (Oscar Isaac) enlisting the help of an employee (Domhnall Gleeson) to see if his new humanoid A.I. (Alicia Vikander) can pass for human, the film finds new life in the often - tired robot / singularity theme, thanks to airtight writing, three terrific performances (Isaac in particular stands out) and direction marked by a craft and confidence that belies Garland's first - timer status.

No one wants to help Tom fly — his boss (Bruce Greenwood, in a terrific supporting performance) halfheartedly goes through the usual channels — yet this is the actual American military, not a dystopian future, so there is no underground way for Tom to channel his frustrations.

The relationship between Ronsel and Jamie, who bond over their shared wartime traumas, is genuinely enthralling (and helped by Mitchell and Hedlund's terrific performances), but it doesn't even get going until more than an hour into the movie, which runs for 134 minutes.

It helps with balancing issues, prevents the domination of particular models within performance classes, and promotes competitive racing in lower classes - which, although many S - class - obsessed players refuse to believe it, can be terrific fun.