Sentences with phrase «writing than the actors»

Sometimes a few lines were ridiculous, but that was more a fault of the writing than the actors.

Not exact matches

When the play was revived on Broadway in 1995 by Tony Randall's National Actors Theater, Randall — citing recent renewed efforts by the Tennessee state legislature to restrict the teaching of evolution — asserted that the play is «much more timely today than when it was written.»

The only exceptions are the fundraiser Otto Fallon and his assistant Frank Pegg, although this probably owes more to the actors (Stanley Townsend and Pip Carter respectively) than the writing.

From the shoddy editing to the campy screen writing (if it wasn't completely improvised, hard to tell when no real actors were actually hired), Dead man's shoes never aspires to be much more than a

From the shoddy editing to the campy screen writing (if it wasn't completely improvised, hard to tell when no real actors were actually hired), Dead man's shoes never aspires to be much more than a low budget B - movie at best.

Pirates of the Caribbean is the first film ever released under the Walt Disney Pictures brand to receive higher than a PG rating (the film is rated PG - 13), and the team assembled to make the film is a virtual Who's who of hot properties: Director Gore Verbinski had a huge hit last year with the spook fest The Ring, Writers Terry Rossio & Ted Elliott were the writing team behind Shrek, Actor Johnny Depp is so extremely selective in his roles no one would ever imagine he'd do a Disney film, Orlando Bloom is fresh off the Lord of The Rings Trilogy, Geoffrey Rush has at least one Academy Award under his belt, and Keira Knightley has become a hot property after her performance in the run away indie hit Bend It Like Beckham.

by Walter Chaw Much will be written about Robert Forster's performance in Diamond Men, Dan Cohen's sophomore hyphenate feature, and as Forster lands an executive producer credit (daughter Kate gets the «associate producer» tag), the veteran actor's much - deserved critical buzz this time around is a product more of design than serendipity.

«Imitation» actor Benedict Cumberbatch has long been considered a likely contender for a Oscar Best Actor nomination, but some critics were less won over by the film itself, with Monitor film critic Peter Rainer, for one, giving the film a B and writing of Cumberbatch, «His performance... is a great deal more interesting than the movie.&ractor Benedict Cumberbatch has long been considered a likely contender for a Oscar Best Actor nomination, but some critics were less won over by the film itself, with Monitor film critic Peter Rainer, for one, giving the film a B and writing of Cumberbatch, «His performance... is a great deal more interesting than the movie.&rActor nomination, but some critics were less won over by the film itself, with Monitor film critic Peter Rainer, for one, giving the film a B and writing of Cumberbatch, «His performance... is a great deal more interesting than the movie.»

Centering on the life of actor Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton), he's out to prove that he is more than a Hollywood actor by writing, directing and producing his own play on Broadway.

Garden State, an auspicious writing and directing debut from Braff (of TV's charming Scrubs), is about Largeman's return to his New Jersey hometown, and like Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, it's more about mood and moments than telling a single story (and like that film, it's about an actor feeling numb to the «real» world).

The Academy obviously loves the quirky nature of McDonagh's writing, and if the actors sell McDonagh's script better than a used car salesman, you can bet this will be a serious contender come Oscar time next year.

What's important about the story and Matthew and the actors is that I've written a screenplay that doesn't have any room for anything other than hitting it absolutely on the mark.

While Tim Burton was far calmer and more thoughtful than his appearance might suggest, Ang Lee, with whom Rickman worked on Sense and Sensibility opposite Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson (who also wrote the Academy Award - winning screenplay), had an entirely idiosyncratic way of communicating with his actors.

Drama Series — Outstanding Drama Series — Outstanding Actor, Drama Series — Outstanding Actress, Drama Series — Outstanding Directing, Drama Series — Outstanding Supporting Actor, Drama Series — Outstanding Supporting Actress, Drama Series — Outstanding Writing, Drama Series — Outstanding Guest Performer, Drama (Appears in less than 51 % of the episodes)

Comedy Series — Outstanding Comedy Series — Outstanding Actor, Comedy Series — Outstanding Actress, Comedy Series — Outstanding Directing, Comedy Series — Outstanding Supporting Actor, Comedy Series — Outstanding Supporting Actress, Comedy Series — Outstanding Writing, Comedy Series — Outstanding Guest Performer, Comedy (Appears in less than 51 % of the episodes)

The latter doesn't have to be worse than the former, or bad in itself — a talented actor can produce an interesting and intelligent performance, given a well - researched and sensitively written script.

Leto's Rayon in Dallas Buyers Club met with hostility not just because it embodied so many stereotypes («a sad - sack, clothes - obsessed, constantly flirting... drug - addict prostitute» as Steve Friess wrote in Time) but also because no trans consultants were enlisted, and because Leto used his speech on winning the Golden Globe for best supporting actor to talk about how that «tiny little Brazilian bubble butt was all mine» rather than anything he had learned about the realities of trans living.

I'm not too suprised that it is so well written since it is by the great Steve Martin, who has a better grasp on comedy than any of the younger actors going around in comedies right now (I'd dare say that Martin and Bill Murray are the official choices for best working comedians).

One of the Hank & Frank actors is played by Paul Weitz (brother to Chris; the two wrote Nutty Professor II: The Klumps and Antz, while Paul directed last year's American Pie), who takes on the secondary character better than Charles.

In fact, the movie as a whole is much funnier than you might expect, using comedy to break up the monotonous nature of the story, and it works remarkably well thanks to a combination of smart writing, great actors and pitch - perfect editing by James Herbert.

Written with actor Justin Theroux (Mulholland Drive), who does not appear here, Tropic Thunder is a rare Hollywood spoof that takes on the crazy system itself, rather than ridiculing its artists.

But other than that, the Emmys spread the love around, with Donald Glover's acclaimed new FX series Atlanta winning Best Actor and Best Writing (both going to Glover), the Supporting Actor awards going to Saturday Night Live (Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon), and Aziz Ansari and Lena Waithe taking Best Writing for their outstanding «Thanksgiving» episode of Master of None.

Is it true that critics are paid by the studios to write rave reviews to hype up certain movies and / or actors??? I don't know if I'm in the minority here, but I more often than not always find myself at odds with established critics (and The Academy for that matter.)

Red is the kind of lazily written, thankless curmudgeon role that uses the trials of advanced age for cheap laughs rather than harnessing a veteran actor's talent to engage our empathy; in this sense, Red's characterization as a belligerent, prostitute - loving coot is rendered so outlandish that the audience has no choice but to laugh at him.

Allen is celebrated more for his gifts behind the scenes and at his writing desk than in front of the camera, but he's a much better actor than most filmmakers.

While I'm not convinced direction from hit - or - miss Antoine Fuqua equates to an Oscar win for Gyllenhaal (Fuqua directed Denzel Washington to Oscar glory as another kind of beast in 2001's Training Day), I am convinced the actor has more than a fighting chance thanks to a screenplay written by the guy who created TV's Sons of Anarchy, Kurt Sutter.

Movie stars and actors have always had more to do with audience interest than movie directors, and for decades the greater bulk of writing almost certainly had to do with the stars.

It's why the point that Mike Shatzkin expresses in the comments on this post here — that «it is hugely counterintuitive to me that a single actor whose main capability MUST BE writing could be a more effective marketer than a publisher who would have good reason to develop capabilities at scale across a list» — is both completely right and totally wrong.

Or maybe the answer is more simple than that and the way the dialogue was written and how the actors emoted really was that bad.

and financial (the endowment supports school operations, scholarships and much more), although she also wrote that an endowment shift «would appear to position the University as a political actor rather than an academic institution.»

'' [T] he statements made on the show have no more probative force than the words of an actor reading from a script in a play,» Rivera wrote.

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