Sentences with phrase «towering central performances»

Yet Pearce, with the aid of two towering central performances, has managed to turn this decidedly base material into gripping, top - tier cinema.

These are self - consciously sombre, serious works, straining for affect and relying on towering central performances by Daniel Day - Lewis and Joaquin Phoenix.

The film is a character study elevated to devastating heights by two, towering central performances from Joaquin Phoenix as the student and Philip Seymour Hoffman as the eponymous master.

Each film is driven by its towering central performances.

Boxing comes secondary here but Harris comes second to no - one — he gives a towering central performance that simply can't be overlooked.

Boxing comes secondary here but Johnny Harris comes second to no - one with a towering central performance in a film that plays out like a pugilist Ken Loach drama.

Not exact matches

Dan Weiner's Growth Portfolio performance was not central to the analysis of the Rodriguez and Tower study.