Sentences with phrase «title role in the movie»

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The movie, which stars @ellefanning in the title role, features Booth as a Romantic poet.

Joaquin Phoenix will assume the role of Jesus Christ in the upcoming movie Mary Magdelene, which follows the story of Jesus» final days from the perspective of the title figure.

The final chapter of that boat's life is a number of men who apparently had title character roles in the movie «Deliverance» showed up and took the boat off my friend's hands.

Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award - winning actress who became popular after playing the title role in the Lara Croft blockbuster movies, as well as Seven Names of God.

In this made - for - TV movie, Joanna Pettet plays the title role, one of many Wyoming homesteaders of the post-Civil War era.

The same goes for the fact that the Black Panther is the only character that the MCU seems to think needed a test - run introduction (via a supporting role in 2016's Captain America: Civil War) before getting a movie with his name in the title.

The movie has been so long in the making at DreamWorks that the late Chris Farley was originally intended to voice the jolly green ogre in the title role.

Also earning the highest Metascore of the festival, the film is a «tender, wrenching, and beautifully made movie,» according to Owen Gleiberman of Variety, with a «remarkable performance» by Mary Kay Place in the title role as a widow who spends her days caring for others, including her drug - addicted son.

His television resumé includes the part of Alex Haley's father in the 1979 miniseries Roots: The Next Generation and the title roles in the made - for - TV movies The Jessie Owens Story (1984) and Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story (1987); he has also played recurring roles on such series as Glitter, The Trials of Rosie O'Neill, and Viper.

However, the movie, which stars Australian newcomer Jordana Beatty in the title role, unfortunately doesn't live up to its full potential and expectations, which were created by the successful book series it's based on.

«Danny Collins» has Al Pacino at his best in years as the title role, and boy did I not expect this movie to be so great.

Gerwig also continued to star in smaller movies, playing the title role in Lola Versus and reteaming with Baumbach for Frances Ha.

Ricki and the Flash is a strange little movie, especially for Streep who plays against type once again in the title role.

It looks like Sony is aiming high for the lead role in Bloodshot, the first offering from the studio's shared Valiant movie universe, with The Wrap reportedly revealing a wishlist of actors to play the title character.

As its title suggests, Twilight is centrally concerned with the effects and implications of aging, and even if Newman at 73 is arguably too old to play Harry Ross, he imparts so much muted yet virile intensity to the role that he winds up carrying the whole movie around in his pocket — to extend a metaphor that the movie also plays around with.

Director reveals both films will «collide» in the new movie titled Glass, with Unbreakable's Samuel L Jackson taking a lead role alongside Bruce Willis and Split's James McAvoy

Lelio is already making in - roads into Hollywood with another English - language movie coming out later this year called Disobedience, starring Rachels Weisz and Rachel McAdams, and he's also filming an English - language remake of his earlier film Gloria with Julianne Moore in the title role.

That is the Rock (WWF star Dwayne Johnson) and he plays the title role in this prequel to the «Mummy» movies, giving us the background of the character who appeared briefly but memorably in the second one as half - man, half very large bug.

Director Craig Gillespie («Lars and the Real Girl»), writer Steven Rogers and a breakout Margot Robbie in the title role do a phenomenally entertaining job bringing all this to vibrant life, mixing biopic and documentary - style tropes, direct address, and split screen for a movie that sometimes seems as if it can't believe it's telling a true story, either.

George O'Brien stars in the title role as Jeffrey Carson, a vacationing movie hero who finds himself in a real - life battle against mobsters.

Years after the failure of a «Jonah Hex» movie (starring Josh Brolin in the title role), DC has opted to lend the character to The CW for their upcoming «DC's Legends of Tomorrow» series.

Variety reports the news that directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are in talks to reunite with their Mississippi Grind star for the planned movie, which sees Brie Larson in the title role.

None of the characters in this movie have proper names, but it is not giving too much away to say that Jennifer Lawrence plays the title role, exclamation point and all.

Talking to PeopleTV, Clark Gregg says that he's having «a blast» filming Captain Marvel before talking about how proud he is to work on the first MCU movie with a female superhero in the title role.

The focal point of the DVD's cover art, both in the movie's 2005 home video debut from Buena Vista Home Entertainment and in next week's reissue from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, the new distributor of lesser Miramax titles, is Paul Rudd, who plays the medium - sized but memorable role of Jimmy Rusoff, Angie's boyfriend from the other side of the tracks.

In Snowden the movie, in which a fiercely committed Joseph Gordon - Levitt plays the title role, Oliver Stone removes all doubIn Snowden the movie, in which a fiercely committed Joseph Gordon - Levitt plays the title role, Oliver Stone removes all doubin which a fiercely committed Joseph Gordon - Levitt plays the title role, Oliver Stone removes all doubt.

Kimberly Pierce's hapless Carrie remake, starring Chloe Grace Moretz in the title role, didn't quite light the box office on fire over the weekend, failing to plug the gap in the horror movie schedule vacated by Paranormal Activity 5, which moved to next fall.

The movie, though it flags at times, is buoyed by a chilling performance by Noah Taylor as Hitler and a charming one by John Cusack in the title role.

FUN FACTS: - Theme song «The Man with the Golden Gun» performed by Lulu - The title role was originally offered to Jack Palance - the fourth and final movie in the series directed by Guy Hamilton - Christopher Lee wore full body makeup to have the appearance of being tan.

The book features a cover with the official movie poster featuring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt in their title roles from the film.

Featuring True Blood «s Alexander Skarsgård in the title role and Margot Robbie as Jane, the movie has faced a litany of criticism.

While «Hello, My Name is Doris» does not always avoid those issues — its gentle mockery of hipster Brooklyn treads too unsteadily a line between satire and being the movie «Juno,» and its ending is too indecisive, trying to have things both ways — it has an ace up its sleeve that so many of those movies could only wish for: Its title role is played by two - time Oscar winner Sally Field, and boy is she good in it.

In director Michael Curtiz's 1945 movie version of the book, Joan Crawford won the Oscar for her portrayal of the title role in the ultimate story of a self - sacrificing mother and her ungrateful child, Veda (Ann BlythIn director Michael Curtiz's 1945 movie version of the book, Joan Crawford won the Oscar for her portrayal of the title role in the ultimate story of a self - sacrificing mother and her ungrateful child, Veda (Ann Blythin the ultimate story of a self - sacrificing mother and her ungrateful child, Veda (Ann Blyth).

Lockout, known almost universally in critic circles by the more baldly descriptive title Space Jail, feeds that nostalgia like no movie in years, albeit with Guy Pearce in the Willis role.

With director Steven Soderbergh at the helm and Julia Roberts in the title role, the movie breezes by enjoyably without so much as a grandstanding speech or an awkward moment.

Liam Neeson stars in the title role as Mark Felt but the absurdly melodramatic score and howler - filled script let the movie down

Filming has officially started on location in England and Scotland on the Working Title Films production of Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan in the title role opposite Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I. Josie Rourke, artistic director of The Donmar Warehouse, makes her feature directorial debut on the mTitle Films production of Mary, Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan in the title role opposite Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I. Josie Rourke, artistic director of The Donmar Warehouse, makes her feature directorial debut on the mtitle role opposite Margot Robbie as Elizabeth I. Josie Rourke, artistic director of The Donmar Warehouse, makes her feature directorial debut on the movie.

Redrafted as a prequel to the storyline in the game, the movie will be directed by Shawn Levy («Night at the Museum») in a starring vehicle for Holland that's said to have come together after studio head Tom Rothman saw the latest «Spider - Man» film, in which the young actor plays the title role.

With off - the - shelf shootout and showdown scenes that differ from any other over-the-top action fare only in their gloomy lighting, «The Punisher» can't begin to measure up to the popcorn vengeance of Mel Gibson's Payback or the moody, provocative, primal reprisal of Steven Soderbergh's The Limey In fact, even the cheap, cheesy 1989 B - movie adaptation of the same Marvel comic book (with dramatically lumbering Dolph Lungren in the title role) was more entertainingly bad than this picturin their gloomy lighting, «The Punisher» can't begin to measure up to the popcorn vengeance of Mel Gibson's Payback or the moody, provocative, primal reprisal of Steven Soderbergh's The Limey In fact, even the cheap, cheesy 1989 B - movie adaptation of the same Marvel comic book (with dramatically lumbering Dolph Lungren in the title role) was more entertainingly bad than this picturIn fact, even the cheap, cheesy 1989 B - movie adaptation of the same Marvel comic book (with dramatically lumbering Dolph Lungren in the title role) was more entertainingly bad than this picturin the title role) was more entertainingly bad than this picture.

It's got a lot on its side, however, including plenty of festival buzz, a well - timed (for a horror movie) fall release date, and the presence of popular lead actress Jennifer Lawrence in the title role.

Preceded by such films as «The Meteor Man» (1993), «Blankman» (1994), «Catwoman» (2004) and the «Blade» trilogy (1998 — 2004), «Black Panther» isn't the first superhero movie with an African - American starring in the title role, but it has by far the largest number of black cast and crew members.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 17, 2008 BIG BUDGET FILMS Max Payne (PG - 13 for profanity, sexuality, intense violence and drug use) Mark Wahlberg stars in the title role of this revenge thriller about a DEA agent and an assassin (Mila Kunis) who join forces to find the killers responsible for the murder of his family and her sister.

The movie called forth two of the year's most unintentionally hilarious performances, with Sally Hawkins, in the title role, doing lots of precious furtive glances and sneaky smiling, and Ethan Hawke, as her brutish husband, grunting.

Although that moment may have been years ago, the lame - ass titled movie Misconduct, which has Hopkins and Pacino in roles that are essentially the same character, is not worth their effort's and charisma.

The movie isn't the biting satire that I'd expected, but Spade is great in the title role and the film does has some funny scenes.

He announces his intentions in the opening credits, with music and red text titles that hark back to the 1960's Italian - produced Westerns, even including the music by Luis Bacalov from the original Django movie (which starred Franco Nero, who plays a small role in this new film as the Italian in the bar who asks Django his name).

Despite widely circulated reports that Tatum's deal for the title role in the standalone Gambit movie was unravelling to the point of the actor ditching the X-Men character's signature trench coat and energized deck of cards, word broke over the weekend that the Magic Mike star is still on board.

So, for example, Apatow regular Paul Rudd (who appears in this movie as a brain - fried hotel surf coach named Chuck) is friends with Rob Thomas, who is the creator of TV's terrific (now - canceled) «Veronica Mars,» which starred Kristen Bell in the title role.

Todd McFarlane has reportedly offered the title role in his Spawn movie to Oscar - winner Jamie Foxx.

Michael Caine: His breakthrough role was in 1966 as the ladies» man title character in «Alfie,» and he has delivered iconic performances in everything from period drama («The Man Who Would be King») to literary adaptations (an Oscar - winning performance in «The Cider House Rules») to Alfred in the Batman movies.