Sentences with phrase «time for lead actor»

And Hawkes is all but guaranteed his second Oscar nomination, this time for lead actor, for his honest, breathtaking performance as O'Brien.

Not exact matches

Films like J. Edgar and The Aviator (for which he got a Leading Role nomination) require him to play a single character through many stages of his life, never allowing the actor to fully inhabit characters at a single point in time.

While Black Panther rode a huge wave of critical acclaim and fan excitement to the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of February (and the fifth - largest of all - time), raking in more than $ 426 million worldwide, a small number of Internet trolls still did what they could to dampen the good vibes surrounding the trailblazing film, which features Marvel's first African - American director (Ryan Coogler) and a cast led by black actors such as Chadwick Boseman and Lupita Nyong» o. Starting last week, in the first few days of Black Panther «s highly - anticipated theatrical release, some Twitter accounts started trying to spread false accounts of attacks at screenings of the movie.

Snub: Jim Parsons, «The Big Bang Theory» Lead Actor - Comedy Rough one for «BBT» and its resident all - star Jim Parsons and four - time winner.

«The Prestige» From acclaimed director Christopher Nolan (Memento, Batman Begins, Insomnia) and starring a powerhouse cast including Golden Globe ® Nominee Hugh Jackman (Kate and Leopold), Christian Bale (Batman Begins, American Psycho), four - time Golden Globe ® Nominee Scarlett Johansson (Lost in Translation, Match Point, A Love Song for Bobby Long, Girl with a Pearl Earring) and the legendary two - time Academy Award ® Winner Michael Caine (Best Supporting Actor for The Cider House Rules and Hannah and Her Sisters), «The Prestige» is the mysterious story of two magicians in Victorian - era London whose intense rivalry leads them on a life - long battle for supremacy filled with obsession, deceit and jealousy with astonishing twists and deadly consequences.

The talent: Sean Penn (a Best Actor winner at Cannes back in 1997 for «She's So Lovely») pops up in his second film of the Competition, though this time in a clear lead role.

Peter Morgan (writer of The Queen and Frost / Nixon) reunites for the third time with Michael Sheen (lead actor of The Queen and Frost / Nixon) as the two men look to complete a hat - trick.

Actress Blake Lively and actor Jason Clarke lead the way from a script by Forster and screenwriter Sean Conway with a story of intrigue, mystery and chilling uncertainty for a woman whose second chance to see for the first time since childhood brings both happiness, as well as striking new questions about her relationship.

He has enjoyed perhaps a most unlikely of career trajectories, going from a relative unknown to a highly sought - after talent for both prominent supporting and notable leads in a span of time many (admittedly much better - looking) actors only wish they could find for themselves.

Most of the laughs come from the energetic leads, and although the two aren't the most gifted actors for a romance, they do have good comedic timing.

Hot off of Hoosiers, director David Anspaugh seems to be aiming for something even folksier and more naturalistic this time around, but his three leads — McCarthy, Stiller, and Molly Ringwald — are the least likely actors he could've cast.

Respect might well be demanded in a manner we didn't expect — perhaps Mr. Ledger will go into the Oscar books a two - time nominee for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.

That said, as an efficient, low - stakes thriller, A Patch of Fog comes recommended, mainly thanks to the showcase it provides for its leads: two reliable character actors given a chance to headline a psychologically probing battle - of - the - wits, something usually reserved for bigger movie stars, when this sort of film had an easier time getting funded in the current landscape.

Meanwhile, lead actor John Goodman was nominated seven times for his performance and never won.

The actors aren't all well cast (I counted only about three I'd consider to be above average for their respective roles — Acker as Beatrice, Fillion (Waitress, White Noise 2) in the supporting role of Dogberry - the only time the audience I viewed the film with laughed at anything in the film that came from actual dialogue, rather than the injected slapstick and actors occasionally comical facial expressions, came from Fillion's delivery - and British actor Paul Meston in the minuscule part of Friar Francis) The rest often appear as though they're reciting lines without any sense of meaning in the words they are saying, and when one of those happens to be the male romantic lead, that's one hell of a liability.

Sir Laurence, of course, believes the Method to be a bunch of phooey, and his patience with his leading actress» constant need for preparation time while the rest of the actors are on set and ready to shoot runs out quickly.

It would be great to have Bening and Moore both nominated for best leading actress... The last time two actors where nominated in the same leading category was Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon for «Thelma & Louise», in 1991!!!

As actor James Franco took the stage wearing all black and a Time's Up pin to accept his award for best lead actor in a comedy for The Disaster Artist, actress Ally Sheedy, watching from home, weighed in.

A rapper by trade, Ashley «Bashy» Thomas is, like Plan B (Ben Drew) and Adam Deacon before him, also a rising British actor, and The Man Inside sees him taking on lead duty for the first time following supporting turns in The Veteran and Noel Clarke's 4.3.2.1.

Two other auteurs also scored dual nods for writing and directing: Barry Jenkins for «Moonlight,» which included in its eight nods supporting actors (and first - time nominees) Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, and Kenneth Lonergan for «Manchester,» which totaled six nods including leading actor Casey Affleck (his second nod) and supporters Michelle Williams (her fourth) and Lucas Hedges (his first).

For those who wish to see the young actor tackling both small and lead roles with the youthful exuberance and undeniable charm that assured he would be a household name by the early 1940s, it's definitely worth your time to pick up 1936's Speed and 1935's The Murder Man.

Like many actors turned first time directors, they are led by passion for the project (even though this one landed in Cheadle's lap), surrounded by «yes» men, rather than contemplating whether this film works as a whole.

Not only did «Moonlight's» Mahershala Ali and «Fences»» Viola Davis earn Oscars for their supporting roles — the first time two African American actors won in both supporting categories in the same year — Ruth Negga was nominated for her lead role in «Loving» and Denzel Washington earned his seventh acting nomination plus a shot at best picture as one of the producers of «Fences.»

It kicks off with some genius mock movie advertisements for each of the lead actors, shown before even the production logos, to trick the audience into thinking they are real for a small moment in time.

For the inaugural Best Youth Performance, recognizing performances by actors who were 18 years of age or younger at the time filming began, The Witch sees lead actress Anya Taylor - Joy and co-star Harvey Scrimshaw competing with Royalty Hightower from The Fits, Sunny Pawar in Lion, and Alex Hibbert from Moonlight.

Elite's transfer is very nice, and along with deleted scenes and trailers, the commentary track (which includes two of the film's lead actors) also provides a rather vivid portrait of the horror genre at the time, which, for many burgeoning filmmakers, was the only way to enter the film business before the larger studios devoured the remaining independents.

With Waltz having won twice already, his reviews would need to be absolutely titanic in order to do so a third time, but a third nomination and first in the Lead Actor category seem like a very solid bet for the Austro - German veteran.

Hurt, 70, is up for Leading Actor, up against Kenneth Branagh for Wallander, Brendan Gleeson for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in Into The Storm (BBC2) and first - time nominee David Oyelowo for his performance in Small Island (BBC1).

She was a 10 - time nominee going into this morning's announcement and she now stands at 13 with her nominations for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (Trumbo), Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role (Woman in Gold) and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role (Trumbo).

He even takes his time (about half an hour) to introduce our protagonist Bobby Sands and it's here, he is aided immeasurably by his lead actor; Michael Fassbender's transformation from a passionate healthy prisoner to one of starved frailty is astonishing and it's easy to see why he made a name for himself after this.

Irish model and Once Upon A Time actor Jamie Dornan has now been confirmed for the lead of billionaire bondage - lover Christian Grey in the big - screen adaptation of E.L. James» novel, FIFTY SHADES OF GREY.

Though it nabbed Critics» Choice and Golden Globe nominations for its two lead actors, — Emma Stone and Steve Carrell (Carrell also snuck into the SAGs Best Actor category)-- those categories are going to be way more stacked by the time the Oscars are announced.

Everything about it promises negligibility, and the promise is kept: a less - than - super star (Coburn), a female lead whose potential has scarcely ever been fully realized (Lee Grant), some character actors who stopped getting — or making — good parts some time ago (Andrews, Hendry), a forgettable British sub-leading man who muffed his one big chance (Jayston — Nicholas of Nicholas and Alexandra), an anonymously pneumatic foreign blonde (Christiane Kruger), an English hack with conspicuously unimaginative pretensions to distinction (Hughes), and above all the tiresomely formulaic genre in which doublecrosses are so taken - for - granted by the audience that no degree of geometric complication can do more than increase the boredom.

Cloaked in personal tragedy and painfully unfortunate timing, Lucky is certain to be remembered for its coincidence with the passing of its lead actor, rather than for its own...... Read more «Brian Thompson reviews «Lucky» for The Young Folks»

Key features: Most of the features — including a superb Boorman commentary and a handful of documentary featurettes — are imported from previous editions, but the new Blu - ray version gathers the four lead actors for a great reminiscence about their at - times difficult experience on set.

Two - time Academy Award winner Michael Caine, a potential lead actor nominee for Paolo Sorrentino's «Youth,» is working just as regularly today as he was a decade ago.

Though it's clear from the interviews that a lack of a leading role resulted in a film with colourful, memorable characters, the determination of director Singer comes through every time, as each actor expresses high gratitude for Singer's open mind and patience.

No lead actor in 2010 was given more notes to play in a more curtailed stretch of screen time than de Lencquesaing, whose daughter Alice I already singled out for praise in the first of these columns.

Last year Focus Features» parent Universal Pictures sneaked the Blumhouse title Get Out at midnight Tuesday last year, which kicked off a roaring box office whirlwind of $ 255M worldwide for the socially - conscious horror title and a year long - plus awards season march which hasn't stopped including two Golden Globe noms (comedy, lead actor), two SAG noms (ensemble cast and lead actor Daniel Kaluuya), Critics Choice wins for best horror film and Jordan Peele's screenplay, two DGA nominations for best picture and first time feature by Peele, as well as the Stanley Kramer honor at last night's PGAs.

Fox Searchlight wisely shifted her campaign from lead to supporting back in December and it payed off, as the «Crazy Heart» star now finds herself nominated for the first time opposite the year's likely Best Actor winner, Jeff Bridges (which can't hurt).

Trivia: To achieve the feeling of brotherhood between the two lead actors, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci actually lived and trained with each other for some time before filming began.

One of its strongest assets is its cast, with superior actors in the leading roles: Cumberbatch as Steven Strange, the brilliant and arrogant New York surgeon whose reason for existence is cut short by a horrific car crash... Tilda Swinton as a mystic known as the Ancient One who is willing to lead him to enlightenment in Kathmandu if only he will subjugate his inflated ego... Chiwetel Ejiofor as her faithful follower and right hand man... Benedict Wong as the guardian of the library where the accumulated secrets of their sect are stored... and Mads Mikkelsen as the brilliant student gone rogue who may soon destroy the earth, one major city at a time.

It's been done a zillion times, but this movie is different from ALL of the other kidnap movies because the director made his kidnap movie so brilliantly artistic, the scriptwriter for this movie gave it nifty diaglogue, the two leading actors and the black wife all gave Oscar - worthy performance, and the cinematography is great too.

It may seem a bit presumptuous of Zoe Kazan to write the movie with herself and long - time boyfriend Paul Dano in mind for the lead roles, but it's evident pretty early on that the two actors have great chemistry.

The actor, who was the lead in District 9, is occasionally over-the-top and fumbles a bit of dialogue, but most of the time he applies just the right amount of menace and intensity to make for a terrific performance.

Taken just as a list of actors, without considering the actual movies, this would be a pretty plausible roll - call for any year's Best Actor nominations: two prior winners (Crowe for «Gladiator» along with two other nominations, Firth for «The King's Speech» plus a nod for «A Single Man»); one two - time nominee who has bizarrely never won (Fiennes, nommed in support for «Schindler's List» and in the lead for «The English Patient»); a character actor of long - standing reputation and popularity (Turturro); and a rising star whose meteoric ascent to bankable leading man suggests his Oscar is only a matter of when, not if (HaActor nominations: two prior winners (Crowe for «Gladiator» along with two other nominations, Firth for «The King's Speech» plus a nod for «A Single Man»); one two - time nominee who has bizarrely never won (Fiennes, nommed in support for «Schindler's List» and in the lead for «The English Patient»); a character actor of long - standing reputation and popularity (Turturro); and a rising star whose meteoric ascent to bankable leading man suggests his Oscar is only a matter of when, not if (Haactor of long - standing reputation and popularity (Turturro); and a rising star whose meteoric ascent to bankable leading man suggests his Oscar is only a matter of when, not if (Hardy).

In an interview leading up to the premiere, Time Out London asked Cumberbatch if he had to eat anything «gross» like drinking the whites of eggs to help get fit for the role, to which the English actor quickly replied, «no, I eat a plant - based diet.»

In conjunction with one of the leading publishers of children's content, Sony has brought along actor Jack Black to lead an all - star cast for one of the most popular children's series of all time.

Carson's replacement is the latest high - profile voice actor switch for an iconic series lead, following the controversial switch of long - time Metal Gear Solid performer David Hayter for TV and film actor Kiefer Sutherland for Metal Gear Solid V.