Sentences with phrase «wonderful cameos by»

Two wonderful cameos by Jason Schwartzman as the owner of a high end North Beach gallery and Terence Stamp as New York Times art critic John Canaday reveal the gatekeepers to be exactly who they were — and primarily still are — self - important men who delight in throwing their weight around.

And I would be remiss if I did not mention a wonderful cameo by Garry Shandling — the last performance before his death last month at age 66 — as a porcupine, Ikki, who appeared in the Kipling stories but not in Disney's earlier film.

Not exact matches

The sword - and - sandals, «Jesus Picture» star, Baird Whitlock (George Clooney, sillier than ever — an injoke reminiscent of Steve Buscemi's ever decreasing mortal remains in the Coenography) is missing, and the gossip columnists (both played by Tilda Swinton, both underused), the sailor tap - dancing musical has an alarming case of closeted gayness (and a wonderful cameo from the Highlander frenchman, Christopher Lambert), the Busby Berkeley mermaid picture has a star (Scarlett Johannson, in a glorious Noo Yawk accent) and whose fish tail is getting more ill - fitting by the hour due to a pregnancy scandal about to break, and a Euro - flavoured drawing - room melodrama has been saddled with an aw - shucks singing cowboy leading man (Alden Ehrenreich in a breakout performance) who is far, far out of his depth.

Throw in a few wonderful side characters, like Sgt. Bressman (Will Forte) and a great cameo by R. Lee Ermey and you've ironed out a great ninety minutes of funny.

Then there's Shannon, whose brief appearance as a Life Magazine photographer is a wonderful cameo, lifting that scene with a quiet fortitude only matched by the sweetness of the couple that he's photographing.

Beautifully animated (the technology just keeps on getting better), the film features wonderful vocal cameos from the likes of Sigourney Weaver (Avatar)-- my favorite, by far — as well as Ed O'Neill (Modern Family), Ty Burrell (also Modern Family), Idris Elba (The Jungle Book), Diane Keaton (And So It Goes) and Eugene Levy (Schitt's Creek), among others.

Played by the wonderful Brentano String Quartet (whose own cellist Nina Lee makes a cameo appearance), the music swells and falls with gorgeous harmonies, right up to a final, graceful pause.