Sentences with phrase «throwaway role»

Equally unremarkable are Oscar - nominees Queen Latifah (for Chicago) and Terrence Howard (for Hustle and Flow) who were wasted in throwaway roles as a miracle - performing fairy and latter - day Scrooge, respectively.

Other vets like Michael McKean and Bob Balaban are relegated to throwaway roles as the screenwriters, and newcomers like Rachael Harris hardly get a minute of screen time to shine.

Rourke has been doing nothing but horrible films and throwaway roles for years (with the exception of Sin City) and this movie proves that the talent is still there.

As her attorney, Idris Elba fails to deliver a consistent / convincing accent — he goes too «Noo Yawk» and calls his client «Moddy» for reasons I don't understand — but he brings gravity to a potentially throwaway role.

Liman also earns points by casting Julia Stiles and Clive Owen in seemingly throwaway roles, as spies looking to take Bourne down.

Eventually, they get their local guidance counselor involved (Sasheer Zamata, making something special with a possible throwaway role), along with their estranged rail worker dad Chet (David Sullivan), while being pursued by a dorky rent - a-cop played by Tim Blake Nelson.

Why, oh why would you waste this kind of talent on throwaway roles whose shoes could have easily been filled by any half - competent actor looking for a week's pay?

Scottish actor Ewen Bremner has a disappointingly small throwaway role while Raoul Bova, the Italian hearthrob from Diane Lane's Under The Tuscan Sky plays the archaeologist who can, of course, read ancient Egyptian, Mayan and Cambodian - well, just enough to read the warnings carved all over the walls of the pyramid.

False notes are rare among the entire cast, including those in customary throwaway roles; even the likes of a briefly seen flight attendant (Jennifer Bransford) and hotel bellboy (Sam Rockwell) exhibit some level of colorful personality.

This story deserved better, and although Cate Blanchett delivers top - notch work as usual, the rest of the cast is wasted in throwaway roles, including Robert Redford, who never really makes a mark as iconic news anchor Dan Rather.

I found it shameful to see a great actor like Rory Kinnear reduced to a throwaway role.

Most of them are entirely personable — with the exception of Kravitz and Till, who are so wooden they could give you splinters — and in Lawrence's case, she turns what was a throwaway role in the original trilogy into a heroine with a beating heart.

James McAvoy is excellent as the misanthropic antagonist, delivering one of the best performances of his career, but the rest of the cast (including Jamie Bell, Eddie Marsan and Jim Broadbent) is wasted in throwaway roles.

Nathan Fillion steals the entire film in his lone scene as Hermes, but the likes of Anthony Head (replacing Pierce Brosnan) and Stanley Tucci are wasted in throwaway roles — just one of the many reasons to avoid «Sea of Monsters.»

Unfortunately, the rest of Cooper's top - notch cast (save for Joel Edgerton) is wasted in throwaway roles, which is not unlike the film itself, because for every outstanding setpiece, there are several scenes of tedious filler that grind the movie to a halt.

Lupita Nyong» o plays Gwen, another flight attendant, and is pretty much wasted in a throwaway role.

All of the characters are fairly one - dimensional, and despite a supporting cast that includes Peter Mullan, David Morrissey and Ruth Sheen, they're absolutely wasted in throwaway roles.

The strangest element of the film apart from the throwaway role for name actor Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) is the performance of Hugo Weaving (The Turning).

Their laconic, Southern - accented tour guide, Tequila (Channing Tatum), introduces them to Champagne (Jeff Bridges), the gruff, raspy - voiced leader of the Statesman, along with the bullwhip and electric - lasso - wielding Jack Daniels / Whiskey (Pedro Pascal, Game of Thrones), and Ginger Ale (Halle Berry, wasted in a thankless, throwaway role), the Statesman's counterpart to Merlin (Mark Strong).

Whitney Cummings in a throwaway role.

Nevertheless, the film's three stars — Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson — still turn in some decent performances despite the lack of any real laughs in the script, and although the terrific supporting cast (which includes the likes of Kevin Pollack, Brian Dennehy, Rashida Jones and Rosamund Pike) is mostly wasted in throwaway roles, it makes «The Big Year» a lot more enjoyable than it has any right to be.

The directors cast the rest of players wisely, with the aforementioned actors all very good (Mulligan is perfectly acidic and bitter) and even smaller parts for John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund (nearly dialogue free), Adam Driver (who was part of one of the biggest laughs at the Cannes screening) and Alex Karpovsky, aren't just cast for cameo purposes, but really enliven what would otherwise be throwaway roles, creating a rich world for this movie to take place in, and for Llewyn to interact with.

While Katie Holmes inclusion here is another throwaway role and the least interesting female on screen, American Honey's Keough is a scene - stealer.

There are more love stories to come - Adonis falls for a singer named Bianca (Tessa Thompson), and this is no throwaway role.

The rest of the cast is comprised of great character actors like Nick Nolte, Michael Chiklis and Clifton Collins Jr., but their talents are wasted in throwaway roles.

Not that much could have elevated the silly script by Richard D'Ovidio (Thir13en Ghosts, Exit Wounds) to great heights, but it certainly shouldn't have played as a straight - to - video release at the hands of a seasoned director and an Oscar - caliber star like Halle Berry, who seems hell - bent on eroding her star appeal in throwaway roles.

Cumberbatch is prickly and funny, McAdams finds warmth in what might have been a throwaway role, and Ejiofor finds the humanity in the conflicted Mordo, who has been around the block too many times to be fully charmed by Stephen Strange.

Ramírez (Hands of Stone, Joy) continues in these throwaway roles, when nearly everyone enthusiastically following his careers knows he is better than the parts he's given / accepts.

However, «White House Down» does benefit from some great chemistry between Tatum and Foxx, and the supporting cast is excellent, even if many of the actors are wasted in throwaway roles.

This easily could have been a throwaway role, but unlike the gentlemen, I saw a depth behind her eyes.

Selma Blair is wasted in a throwaway role as a porn star attracted to Al; Rosario Dawson is similarly squandered as Imogen's flaky friend Lana.