Sentences with phrase «turns in films like»

His charm was easy to feel, even in endearingly lobotomized turns in films like the Amanda Bynes vehicle She's the Man (also from 2006).

A few years ago, he had broken through with a series of breathtaking turns in films like The Spectacular Now and Whiplash.

«Parks and Recreation» actress Rashida Jones and recent «Saturday Night Live» alumnus Andy Samberg have entered the mainstream scene with turns in films like I Love You, Man, The Social Network and Friends with Benefits.

The youngster has demonstrated much talent in her career, receiving widespread praise for her turns in films like True Grit and The Edge of Seventeen, so she should make for a valuable addition to Transformers.

Philip Seymour Hoffman was a prolific actor, with an Oscar for his riveting turn in Capote and career or scene - stealing turns in films like Doubt, Boogie Nights, Moneyball, and The Master.

Starting with his role as Ra's al Ghul in Batman Begins, Liam Neeson has transformed from a strong actor with a formidable screen presence into the current definitive movie badass, following his turns in films like Seraphim Falls, Taken, Unknown, and The Grey (among others).

Plaza and Kendrick are incredibly talented actresses who have proven themselves capable of playing it as outrageously as needed, «Workaholics» star Devine lives to play in the gutter, and Efron has surprised many people with his comic turns in films like «Neighbors» and «Dirty Grandpa.»

Trevor Howard, most famous for much more civilized turns in films like «Brief Encounter» and «The Third Man,» delivers one of his most dynamic performances as an ex-serviceman who, bored with civilian life, joins a gang of black marketeers for excitement and money.

Gerwig has become an indie comedy staple, with her turns in films like «Greenburg,» «Frances Ha» and, my favorite, «Mistress America.»

Not exact matches

Although the films Alibaba Pictures Group has invested in like So Young (by actress - turned director Zhao Wei, who is also a major shareholder of the company) and Tiny Times (by popular writer Guo Jingming) have recorded remarkable box - office revenues, the company has yet to turn a profit, with a net loss of HK$ 443.54 million for the first half of last year.

But Tahir built up his chops by acting in plays while waiting for film and television roles to trickle in, and turning down parts when they felt too much like typecasting.

Along with a handful of possession - themed TV shows (The Exorcist, Preacher, Outcast), audiences are continuing to turn out in droves for films like The Conjuring franchise.

Family Movie Night was pretty much exactly what it sounds like: we each took turns picking a film, and then the four of us hunkered down with pizza and popcorn in the basement and watched it together.

Flint compared herself to the hugely outnumbered band of Spartans in the film 300 when talking about the onslaught from Ukip - turned - Tory voters that she and others like Gloria de Piero and even Dennis Skinner faced.

It was like the final scene in a slasher film where the kids think they've fought off the antagonist, only for them to suddenly turn up for one more round.

M * A * S * H is a 1972 — 1983 American television series developed by Larry Gelbart, adapted from the 1970 feature film MASH, which, in turn, was based on the Oh, I really love mash - up games like this where characters from two different worlds are put together!

NOTE: Even though this movie is in English, you may want to treat it like a foreign film and turn on the subtitles.

The film feels predictable, rushed and overdone, like the filmmakers tried way too hard at masking a revenge themed action movie, and in turn the results are unimpressive.

Since «Law Abiding Citizen» turns out to be «Clyde: Portrait of a Serial Killer (or «Clean Shaven Death Wish), in which the daddy - turned - vigilante (played by Gerald Butler) starts killing, not NYC lowlifes like a Scottish Charles Bronson, but innocent people, ala Henry (Michael Rooker) in the 1989 John McNaughton film, brutality needs to match brutality, because the cause and effect of the carnage needs to be better proportioned.

The rest of the actors look like they're lost in some direct - to - video «Speed Racer» sequel, save for Evangeline Lilly, who turns in some nice work as the film's Adrian.

It's adapted by Tracy Letts from his 1993 play (Friedkin also turned Letts's play Bug into a film in 2006), and its theatrical origins do become obvious in the way certain characters are left disconcertingly off screen; the movie is concluded with a long, slow and single - location sequence, which makes it looks oddly like a filmed stage play.

«The Rock» is great like he always is in films like this, and the ending chase scene brings the goods, with a terrific supporting turn from Jon Bernthal as one of his workers who decides to help him out not knowing what he is getting himself into.

The film also finds unusual uses for the likes of «(The Sun'll Come Out) Tomorrow», «If I Could Turn Back Time», «In Your Eyes», and «All Out of Love.»

And while I enjoyed this in theaters, I also like watching on DVD so I can turn on the captions — that way I can catch all of the dialogue that goes on in this film which is made in a way that the viewer seems to be eavesdropping on household happenings.

The core group of vapid, naive, yet not totally unlikeable youths are played by Emma Watson, Taissa Farmiga, Katie Chang, Claire Pfister, and newcomer Israel Broussard, who, like the men from previous Coppola efforts, delivers a very strong turn in a film filled with rock solid work.

It turns out that the film's villain — a Canadian Nazi (played by Haley Joel Osment in fake archival footage, and Ralph Garman in the present day) who's managed to stay alive by freezing himself for 75 years before the two Colleens accidentally wake him up — isn't at all interested in Hitler - like world domination through racial genocide.

Whenever I return home, it feels like I've turned over a new chapter in my film life.

And I've gone along with that in films like Celebrity or Turn the River or Love and Sex or any of those.

He'll be angling for his first nomination since «Brokeback Mountain» after turning out excellent work in films like «Prisoners,» «Enemy» and «Nightcrawler» in recent years.

Whilst some films turn to dust in your memory this one will stick around like a ghost and repay revisits in years to come.

Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes (in what feels like a rare turn) have palpable chemistry, and the film is shot with the sweeping air of off your feet romance that we desperately want to see in our romantic comedies.

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot is an acting showcase featuring one of the best performances of Joaquin Phoenix «s career and a supporting turn for Jonah Hill that joins his acclaimed performances in films like Moneyball and The Wolf of Wall Street.

Like Ballad of Narayama, they are often essentially musicals: Karumen kokyo ni kaeru (Carmen Comes Home, 1951), Japan's first colour film, had characters break into song and dance and even put on a climactic show in the Hollywood manner; Kinoshita's masterpiece, the experimental melodrama Nihon no higeki (A Japanese Tragedy, 1953), is about a failed singer turned geisha and abused mother.

Evidently the victims - turned - zombies in this film hew closer to a sci - fi - like transformation rather than supernatural resurrection.

Cumberbatch is best know as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC series Sherlock, but has also seen feature film turns in movies like The Fifth Estate, Star Trek Into Darkness and this November's The Imitation Game.

Even his music in lower - key films, like the Keira Knightley romance «Last Night,» turned out to be among the composer's highlights.

While The Discovery plays in many ways like a more effective version of the concept - choked Brit Marling / Zal Batmanglij movies, the cult scenes feel underdeveloped next to their film The Sound of My Voice, an intriguing but ragged thread left dangling as The Discovery turns towards more concrete, backstory - driven explanations for its characters» obsessions.

Williams turns in a terrific performance in this 1996 comedy, proving that his improvisational skills extend to reactions of a more subtle nature than the crazy riffs he displayed in films like «Aladdin,» «Good Morning Vietnam,» and «Mrs. Doubtfire.»

This gives us an opportunity for a chase scene on a mountain road that turns out to be, like so much in the film, foreplay, plus some not at all tense would - be thriller moments and one pretty funny joke.

But the strength of a film like this doesn't lie in surprises or sudden turns; its strength lies in its relatability and the questions it forces you to ask yourself during and after the viewing.

Apart from the obligatory chapter stops (15, in this case), there are unfortunately no supplemental bonus features, except for a small collection of trailers for films like Echelon Conspiracy and Wrong Turn at Tahoe, the latter being the latest of many straight - to - video flicks starring Cuba Gooding, Jr..

After securing the 2013 Sundance Film Festival's Screenwriting award, a slot on the National Board of Review's top ten list of indie films, and the vocal support of critical heavy hitters like A.O. Scott, Lake Bell's pitch - perfectly precise comedy In A World... announced itself as one of the more confident debut features in recent memory, let alone from an actor - turned - director / writeIn A World... announced itself as one of the more confident debut features in recent memory, let alone from an actor - turned - director / writein recent memory, let alone from an actor - turned - director / writer.

It's not quite as awful as Lynch's last effort, the horror - comedy «Knights of Badassdom,» but while the idea of watching a scantily - clad Hayek fight her way through yakuza henchman and prostitutes - turned - assassins may sound like a ton of fun, «Everly» is never able to match its B - movie aspirations, instead forced to flounder in the gutter like the filthy, exploitative grindhouse film that it is.

Emily Blunt delivers an extraordinary performance in the lead role (rather than simply acting drunk, she plays Rachel as an alcoholic desperately trying to look sober), but it feels like she's in a different film — one that isn't marred by soapy plot turns and Taylor's messy direction.

As such, your liking for the film may come down to how interesting you find the modest twists and turns in the story.

In Ridley Scott's stunning sci - fi — fantasy sequel, Ford magnifies the gravitas and uncertainty in his original «Blade Runner» performance, turning Rick Deckard into the film's most human — or, if you like, least robotic — figurIn Ridley Scott's stunning sci - fi — fantasy sequel, Ford magnifies the gravitas and uncertainty in his original «Blade Runner» performance, turning Rick Deckard into the film's most human — or, if you like, least robotic — figurin his original «Blade Runner» performance, turning Rick Deckard into the film's most human — or, if you like, least robotic — figure.

What made it even more remarkable at the time was that Kline was known almost exclusively as a dramatic actor, in films like Sophie's Choice, The Big Chill, and Cry Freedom — only people who'd seen him onstage or in The Pirates Of Penzance could have anticipated such a broadly comic turn.

Stealing Beauty's correlations with the later The Dreamers — a ripe lead with bee - stung lips; a moment in which the 19 - year - old protagonist nestles a paramour's photograph against an erogenous zone (a gesture Jonathan Rosenbaum called in his review of The Dreamers «the perfect encapsulation of Bertolucci's idea of a turn - on»); scatological punchlines; an unlikely virgin; shock nudity — are numerous and sundry, so much so that one would like to call the newer film an apologia.

Amidst those early signs of viewer interest (Blade), franchise launches (X-Men), moments of director / source material synergy (Raimi's Spider - Man) and 18 or so MCU films, Deadpool is recognizable as a triumph of perseverance and (baby) hand - in - glove casting, as well as proof that R - rated superheroing is viable at the box office (which in turn smoothed the way for more serious takes like Logan).

Perhaps that's why large portions of this film feel like scenes Toback just wanted to use up somehow — particularly the Grodin sequence, in which his character rails against his fading faculties by turns sweetly and violently, and which might have been moving if it didn't feel so detached from everything around it.