Sentences with phrase «than a cameo by»

We also later get a split within the company (Virtual Self Industries) that pioneered the machines and a conspiracy involving the company, the FBI, the company's former owner (little more than a cameo by James Cromwell), and the leader of the human revolution (a dreadlocked Ving Rhames in an almost - constant, amusing meditation pose) involving a weapon that destroys the surrogate and liquefies the brain of the operator.

Not exact matches

Not to be outdone by the show's award - winning eight - season run, the film is touting a long list of A-list celebrity cameos and is sure to feature even more larger - than - life scenarios for Vinnie Chase and his boys.

Yet as he has already shown in his many cameos elsewhere on the pitch in other positions in the years gone by, the England international has far more to his game than just straight - line speed and an ability to make it past the full - back to reach the byline.

The inclusion of an absurd yet thoroughly captivating celebrity cameo, which essentially stands as a high point within the entire series, perpetuates Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb's better - than - expected third - act atmosphere, although, unfortunately, director Shawn Levy ensures that the film concludes with a whimper by offering up an excessively sappy final stretch that just goes on and on - with this underwhelming climax confirming the movie's place as an almost passable concluding entry in a seriously forgettable trilogy.

The steady cavalcade of cameo appearances, coupled with the inclusion of a few genuinely funny comedic set - pieces, prevents the movie from becoming an all - out bore, admittedly, yet it's worth noting that both Carell and Fey's small - screen work is, by and large, far more entertaining than anything within Date Night's appreciatively short running time.

Touches to make «hip» what should be an unabashedly square story — such as the casting of Nick Cannon in a supporting role and an out - of - nowhere cameo by Ja Rule — more jar than gel.

«Baywatch» was a regular movie, where his return was not so triumphant, the performances were regular, the plot a bit absurd, and it causes me more stupor that Zac Efron continues to star in comedy movies with rude jokes, but what saves are Cameos of the old characters, but by God, as Pam Anderson ruined, and more than invited her to that movie, it's a damn roll.

Downey hasn't been back in 15 years and he left more than a few loose ends in his wake, including an old girlfriend (played in an extended cameo by Rosario Dawson), a bitterly disappointed father, and a troubled best friend doing time at Rikers.

But by bringing in a host of cameo performances, all with silly foreign accents (Ashley Judd as a photographer sporting a Russian accent as if she's from Kentucky and the Australian actor Geoffrey Rush as Trotsky, who is never able to overcome sounding more Australian than Russian), it took away from the film's energy and left it stuck in the usual banality reserved for such Hollywood biopics.

The sword - and - sandals, «Jesus Picture» star, Baird Whitlock (George Clooney, sillier than ever — an injoke reminiscent of Steve Buscemi's ever decreasing mortal remains in the Coenography) is missing, and the gossip columnists (both played by Tilda Swinton, both underused), the sailor tap - dancing musical has an alarming case of closeted gayness (and a wonderful cameo from the Highlander frenchman, Christopher Lambert), the Busby Berkeley mermaid picture has a star (Scarlett Johannson, in a glorious Noo Yawk accent) and whose fish tail is getting more ill - fitting by the hour due to a pregnancy scandal about to break, and a Euro - flavoured drawing - room melodrama has been saddled with an aw - shucks singing cowboy leading man (Alden Ehrenreich in a breakout performance) who is far, far out of his depth.

Overall, «Marshall,» directed by Reginald Hudlin («House Party,» «The Ladies Man»), is a sleeker, glossier version of history than I like, but the ending, particularly once you know the cameos, is powerful.

A cameo from Alfred Hitchcock (impersonated by Roger Ashton - Griffiths even less convincingly than Anthony Hopkins in Hitchock) only makes things worse.

It's a considerably funnier movie than its predecessor, thanks in large part to Kat Dennings (who returns as Jane's intern), the always - amiable Chris O'Dowd (who shows up as a decidedly underpowered rival for Jane's affections), and a sneaky - good cameo by Chris Evans, a.k.a. Captain America.

Suicide Squad is the third official film in the DC Extended Universe, a bit tangential to what's come before, save for a couple of Superman / Aquaman references, as well as the appearance of Bruce Wayne / Batman (Affleck, Gone Girl) and a cameo by The Flash to remind us there's more going on in the world than just what's surrounding this new cast of super-powered characters.

A previous report that Ryan Reynolds had filmed a cameo as Deadpool for Logan are now being refuted by none other than Logan director James Mangold, star Hugh Jackman, and Reynolds himself.

The domestic scenes, where Cage surrounded by comedians like Paul Scheer and Will Sasso as his mates, and where he gets all Zero Dark Flirty with McLendon - Covey, are far more interesting than the foreign ones, where a riff - laden cameo by Rainn Wilson sums up the more scattershot approach.

Slightly jarring is the amount of almost cameo like appearances by the likes of Owen Wilson, Bill Murray et al, who while charming and non-invasive don't have time to sell you on the role they play rather than the fact that they're there.

Donald Sutherland as the villainous President Snow is represented more frequently by white roses than in person so when he does appear with a big wolfish grin, there is the delicious knowingness of a megastar arriving for a third act cameo.

After a temperamental A-list actress (Winona Ryder, in a delicious cameo role) walks off of his latest project, less - than - successful director Viktor Taransky (Pacino) replaces her with a digitally - created starlet, Simone (played by, as the credits jokingly state, «herself» — though she's largely embodied by model Rachel Roberts).

The amazingly complicated plot holds more surprises than expected... particularly an extended cameo by David Hasselhoff, who becomes a human dinghy upon which SpongeBob and Patrick ride to safety.

There are scattered missteps — a conversation with a reluctant groom that could have used a few more beats, a series of cameos by laid - off workers testifying to the Importance of Family that make the movie's moral more explicit than it need have been — but overall Reitman delivers, with Clooney's assistance, one of the nimblest grownup entertainments of recent years.

It is subsequently referenced in a few spots in Part 2 (i.e. the full 91 - minute Darjeeling), where Portman's blink - and - miss cameo is much shorter than those given by Anderson faves Bill Murray and Anjelica Huston.

Filmed on location in Hamburg and Paris, with some scenes shot in grimy, late - seventies New York City, Wenders's international breakout is a stripped - down crime story that mixes West German and American film flavors, and it features cameos by filmmakers Jean Eustache (The Mother and the Whore), Samuel Fuller (Shock Corridor), and Nicholas Ray (Bigger Than Life).

Some of the jokes are just plain unsettling (there's a running joke about «child molesterers» — not a typo — that comes across as more unpleasant than amusing), but for every awkward and squirmy wisecrack there's a comedy goldmine (the cameo by Waititi as a local preacher is one of the funniest scenes in years).

Until the time is right for Rachel to face the issue head - on — that is, the third act home stretch — Nakata and Kruger buy time by introducing a nominal male lead (Simon Baker) even more bland and useless than the original's Martin Henderson, enlisting recognizable faces such as Elizabeth Perkins and Sissy Spacek to do showy cameo turns, and — above all else — throwing in a lot of literally splashy water effects.

Trouble with the Curve Directed by: Robert Lorenz Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake Rating: PG - 13 Release Date: September 21, 2012 TRAILER SCORE: 8/10 Thoughts by TSR: Clint Eastwood hasn't acted in a film directed by anyone other than Clint Eastwood since 1993's In the Line of Fire — unless we count his legendary cameo in Casper — so -LSB-...]

That the character's existence eventually has to be justified by a stilted Bruce Willis cameo is something sadder than naked franchise building; it's an inadvertent mea culpa.

There are references to «heartthrobs» like Ralph Macchio and Rob Lowe, the obligatory neon mall scene, and more than one cameo by Michael J. Fox (in magazine form).

If you are a fan of Kevin Smith and have seen all of his films, you will probably enjoy Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back much more than those unfamiliar due to the many in - joke references and cameo appearances by the characters from his previous films.

Highlights include an Exclusive Preview Screening of Room including a Q&A with Director Lenny Abrahamson; a screening of A Christmas Star — the first ever children's Christmas movie from Ireland voiced by Liam Neeson with cameos from Pierce Brosnan and Kylie Minogue; an opening event celebrating the unknown life of W.B. Yeats W.B. Yeats, No Country for Old Men and Older than Ireland, Alex Fegan's documentary telling the stories of 30 centenarians from Ireland.

Feige talks about Doctor Strange's origin story, how the movie will be different from the comics, rooting crazy concepts in real science, does Steven Strange know about The Avengers, how the film is more respectful to other cultures than the original source material may have been, how this movie was inspired by The Oath, which characters might connect with the Runaways, Mads Mikkelsen «s character Kaecilius, multiple dimensions, the trouble with writing magic action, how Mordo is different in the movie, Rachel McAdams «character Christine Palmer, is the eye of agamotto an infinity stone, the genre of the film, how this film will defy expectations, Steven Strange's role in the larger MCU, will we see cameos from the other Marvel characters, and much more.

Charismatic and effortlessly, irresistibly likable, Scott is more than up to whatever challenge comes Mma Ramotswe's way, whether verbally sparring with Mma Makutsi, using her feminine wiles to ensnare an adulterer, or — in one particularly memorable dramatic moment — confronting a crime heavyweight played, in a chilling cameo, by Idris Elba.

In a film at least ancillary about evolution (the fifth this summer behind Evolution, A.I., Jurassic Park III, and, arguably, The Animal), it seems piquant that this Planet of the Apes is actually a good deal dumber (with the exception of a wry cameo by former NRA - head Charlton Heston) than the 1968 original, its stupefaction affected to accommodate, I suspect, Hollywood's prevailing view that the viewing public has gotten denser in the intervening years.

The film also features a plethora of cameo appearances by celebrities Neil deGrasse Tyson, Anderson Cooper, Brooke Baldwin, Soledad O'Brien, Nancy Grace and Dana Bash who merely distract from rather than advance the plot.

There's the requisite coach along the way (more than one, in fact), but also cameos by a psychotherapist, a biomechanics expert and an ill - fated friend, all of whom have lessons to impart.

The New York artist's «Garbage Gods,» cybernetic samurai reunited for the first time, will loom large at this Red Bull show, along with oral history stations featuring recollections of the artist by luminaries like fellow artist and filmmaker Charlie Ahearn and director Jim Jarmusch, who gave him a cameo in his cult classic Stranger Than Paradise.

The highs and lows of their campaign are interspersed by commiseratory teas at Simpsons on The Strand over «indifferent fruit cake» rather than celebratory champagne and with a cameo performance by Lady Hale, playing Crystal MacMillan, activist and one of the founders of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.