Sentences with phrase «veteran performer»

Hoffman assembles a classy crew of veteran performers (including Michael Gambon hamming it up as the egotistical, extravagant benefit director) to keep this movie from becoming the clichéd and schmaltzy affair you worry it might become, especially in its cloyingly cute first half.

Versatile filmmaker Nick Cassavetes directs an impressive group of both young and veteran performers in Alpha Dog, inspired by actual events, a film that follows three fateful days when the lives of a group of Southern California teens suddenly dead - ended.

But there's only so much veteran performers like Jason Bateman, Tina Fey and Jane Fonda can do when they're given characters that don't even feel remotely like real people.

Veteran performers reinvented themselves and new faces turned into national favorites in another astounding year for small screen performances.

«We couldn't be prouder of the incredible work of a diverse group of talented filmmakers as well as both the sustained quality of many notable veterans performers as well as the emergence of so many gifted newcomers that we think will continue to make their mark over time.»

And with an impressive cast mixing veteran performers with rising stars, and source material from «Letter To An Unknown Woman» author Stefan Zweig, it certainly stood a better chance for broad appeal, when it premiered out - of - competition at Venice yesterday, than anything he's made for a while.

Veteran performer Farr narrates magnificently, treating listeners to introspective, thoughtful, and humane interpretations of every individual among the colorful characters in nine interlocking stories.

Employers have all sorts of preferences / prejudices when it comes to hiring — some prefer young «blank slate» employees, others prefer veteran performers; there are those who hire only MBAs, and those who refuse to hire MBAs; on and on.

A promising first effort from a filmmaking newcomer and the crowning achievement of a veteran performer's repertoire.

The plot involves Three dancers — one veteran performer and two upstarts who are also best friends — vie for the lead in a new production from a snooty, aloof, imperious, and oversexed director.

With a little help from the crisis, ANY CRITIC, they could have been launched into the race — though even then, Best Actress is already too full, with most slots reserved early by high - profile roles and veteran performers.

Now, those same pundits would argue that Plummer's win hewed to another age - old Oscar narrative — paying overdue respect to a veteran performer who has never won.

The Dark Knight's Christian Bale may be appearing in theaters in «Out of the Furnace» as the determined brother of Casey Affleck, but the veteran performer is already hard at work on his next role.

Lois Smith is a veteran performer whose movie credits include «East of Eden,» «Five Easy Pieces,» «Dead Man Walking» and «Minority Report,» as well as a couple of earlier Almereyda films.