Sentences with phrase «wonderful character actors»

Sorkin stacks the poker table with wonderful character actors like Bill Camp and Brian d'Arcy James, and tells horrifyingly wacky stories about the millions of dollars these men would squander in the name of ego.

Genesis is portrayed by wonderful character actor, Cliff Curtis, so unforgettable in the Maori dramas «Once Were Warriors» and «Whale Rider,» as well as in small roles in «Three Kings,» «Training Day» and «The Insider.»

Played by Harry Dean Stanton, that wonderful character actor who could be Robert Mitchum's sneaky cousin, the guy turns out to be an Army recruiter.

Every year, the forces of the universe align and some wonderful character actor who has spent years honing his or her craft in small roles gets to step out of the ensemble and shine, shine, shine.

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«Deathly Hallows 2» also brings back, if only fitfully, many of the wonderful British character actors who have flitted in and out of the series, including Gary Oldman as Sirius Black, Jim Broadbent as potions professor Horace Slughorn, and Maggie Smith, whose Professor Minerva McGonagall crisply defends Hogwarts against Voldemort's looming hordes.

Blofeld is a characters that has never been played by the same actor twice and Christophe Waltz is a wonderful return for the character.

No other actor in recent movies, not even James Woods, is better at creating a repellent, spiteful, vindictive character, and it's wonderful to watch him here, gnawing away at decency.

Surrounding our two leads are a wonderful assortment of great character actors: George Kennedy, Murray Hamilton, Mike Kellin, a young James Brolin, Hurd Hatfield, William Marshall, an early appearance by the great William Hickey (Prizzi's Honor), as well as the big screen debut of Sally Kellerman.

This wonderful actor ground the film in reality and brings a tired dignity to his character.

«Horrible Bosses» is an outrageous comedy with great characters, wonderful actors with brilliant comic timing and a story that everyone can relate to.

It all becomes a bit overbearing, though: Though the actors in the ensemble cast are wonderful and turn in good work, the characters are too simply - drawn to connect with on a deep level, ironically.

The asides to the Downton actors sending up their own characters are wonderful - particularly Daisy, Mrs Patmore, and Lady Mary.

All the actors were brilliants, the costumes sumptious and cinematography wonderful, but I wanted more grit, more angst and to feel more for the characters.

He's a wonderful advertisement for the export of character actors from the British subsidised theatre.

Such an amazing series was introduced to me in the form of that wonderful 2 - in - 1 bundled delight and is packed to the brim with creepy mysteries, colorful & lifelike characters who all have their own unique personalities and traits, puns & hilarious banter that easily make this one of the most well written & expertly expressed by the actors voice acting.

I mean, of course with the exception of Daniel Day - Lewis and Helen Mirren and Judi Dench — they're character, but they're wonderful leading actors, too.

And yet it stands out as one of the best films of the genre, on the strength of the storytelling and wonderful performances, particularly Michael Sheen as Clough and character actor Timothy Spall as a sensitive, brainy assistant coach.

The pair, while serviceable visual hacks, are such awful screenwriters in every facet of the game that it's kind of disheartening to see their material continually attract such wonderful cult performers as Russell and Spader, Jeff Goldblum (Independence Day), and Jean Reno (Godzilla)-- mayhaps the notion of rescuing a character from the page causes an actor's mouth to water as much as the guaranteed exposure offered by pictures as base and pandering as those on the Centropolis label (Devlin and Emmerich's now - defunct company).

And the wonderful thing about movies is that you get to work with actors and actresses to bring the characters to life.

That's impressive because The Last Day of June doesn't contain any form of dialogue, rather its small cast of strangely eyeless characters communicate solely through sighs, moans, giggles and other little sounds that work with the wonderful animations to give them more personality than most games with massive runtimes, budgets and voice actors ever manage.