Sentences with phrase «young film actress»

Even in bad films, her performances are almost invariably singled out for praise, and she's possibly the most talented young film actress of her generation.

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.

A video surfaced of a young fan meeting her hero — actress Gal Gadot — at the event, where she tearfully explained how much the film meant to her.

LisaRaye McCoy, actress, makes her directorial debut with the film «Skinned» which tells the story of Jolie, a young girl that is so uncomfortable in her own skin and the stigma of what society places on dark skinned persons that she uses skin lightening creams to alter her complexion.

Coming of age films are a dime a dozen, and what it really comes down to is the stregth of the young actor or actress.

Soon making her formal television debut alongside future Oscar winner Hilary Swank in Camp Wilder, the busy young actress would soon have three substantial film roles — in movies that opened within three months of one another — at the tender age of ten.

It's Spielberg's best and truest action film since Jaws, relentlessly paced, pitch - perfectly acted (the young Fanning is almost certain to get a Best Supporting Actress nod come Oscar time), and rife with moments of such horrifically poetic imagery that it's all you can do not to stop thinking about them long after the film has ended.

A humorous bit - part as a conservative 12 - year - old facing the wrath of a group of lethal liberals in 1995's The Last Supper dropped a dollop of humor in the mix before Moss returned to more dramatic roles in Separate Lives (1995) and A Thousand Acres (1997), and the talented young actress continued her winning streak with roles in such diverse films as The Joy Riders and Mumford (both 1999).

The young star of the film, newcomer Josh Wiggins is absolutely terrific, outshining multiple award winning actors and actresses in this film, but he's not the only difference here.

She became one of the most respected and in - demand young actresses of her generation and she continued to choose challenging projects like the psychological sci - fi film Never Let Me Go, and the Olive Stone directed sequel Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.

Her first film was 1955's The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell, for which she was generously reviewed as one of the most dynamic young actresses of her time.

Best known for starring in Cronenberg's Cosmopolis alongside Robert Pattinson and for her portrayal of the wife of the Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method, Canadian actress Sarah Gadon is now taking on the lead role of the young Princess Elizabeth in new British comedy film A Royal Night Out.

And while there is a long - standing tradition in Hollywood where older men play opposite young, attractive actresses in films, but Love Actually really pushes the envelope.

At the film's press day, Collider spoke to actress Katee Sackhoff (who plays the mother of the siblings in flashbacks) for this exclusive interview about what attracted her to Oculus, being a fan of director Mike Flanagan's work, how she approached this character, her concerns about having to be intensely physical with the younger actors, and the technical challenges of the show.

The gifted young actress talks working with writer - director Nikole Beckwith, Wes Anderson's «The Grand Budapest Hotel», «Brooklyn», being at Sundance with two films, future plans and more.

The film is set in Dublin and tells the tale of a young taxi driver, played by Reynor, who gets tangled up in the world of human trafficking while trying to save his mother, played by Australian actress Toni Collette, from addiction.

Both films proved to be a box office success for the young actress.

It's tough to put the blame on Bolger's ability because almost every young actress in this film suffers from a similarly stinted performance, suggesting it might be a result of poor direction.

Thor: Ragnarok and Annihilation are two films starring Tessa Thompson released in close proximity to one another, but they each demanded different skills from the talented young actress.

They can buy all these old Hollywood actors dating hot young actresses in all the movies that come out but they cant buy into a speculative fiction film.

The story is Eilis's and the film is Ronan's, but the young actress is supported by a first - rate cast.

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Marion Cotillard was named best actress for her performances in two films, «The Immigrant,» as a Polish emigre in New York, and «Two Days, One Night,» as a young mother desperate to save her job.

As her profile rises with the recent release of The Witch, and her life begins to change, the young actress tells M. Night Shyamalan, director of her forthcoming film, Split, she has wanted to make her home in film for so long, she can't even remember when the wanting started.

Entirely absent from the first half of the film, the British actress turns up as Young Joe (Joseph Gordon - Levitt) stumbles across the farm on which the film's last act is almost entirely set.

Actress Charlize Theron is in early talks to collaborate with her «Young Adult» team, director Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody for a film on motherhood.

French love story «Blue Is the Warmest Color» won in all categories it was nominated for, including foreign language film and young actor / actress for the film's lead, Adele Exarchopoulos.

This year, the snubs were fewer and less harsh than in years past (like that year they totally ignored three of the best films of the year in Drive, Take Shelter and Young Adult, and failed to nominate the year's best lead actress performances).

Elsewhere, Greek film «Miss Violence» also proved popular, taking both the Silver Lion and the Best Actor prize for Themis Panou, while Tsai Ming - Liang «s «Stray Dogs» won the Grand Jury Prize, Elena Cotta took Best Actress for «Via Castellana Bandiera» (which we unfortunately didn't see), Tye Sheridan was awarded Best Young Actor for David Gordon Green «s «Joe,» Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope picked up Best Screenplay for «Philomena,» and Philip Groning «s «The Police Officer's Wife» won a Special Jury Prize.

In fact, it so desperately wants to capture that beatnik - y place and tone where crime films and swinging London met that it just seems to try too hard, slathering the movie with music, trippy visuals and other elements that just can't make up for the deficit of a weak and blandly told story about a ex-con (Colin Farrell) hired to look after a reclusive young actress (Keira Knightley) who finds himself falling in love, which of course puts himself in direct confrontation with one of London's most vicious gangsters.

Eggers wanted to reteam with Taylor - Joy on the film early in the process, but after she became a bona fide movie star in M. Night Shyamalan's hit «Split,» the young actress» schedule has filled up.

The Young Victoria is the kind of film a terrific actress (Emily Blunt) should make after too many supporting roles where she outshines the leading cast.

-LSB-...] The film will be released on 05.10.2018 and features the incredible Michelle Williams as well (one of the best young actresses, in my mind.

Oli caught it first at the London Film Festival, calling it «absolutely stunning, one of the year's best films,» and Jess reviewed it in full in Marrakech, agreeing that it's a «small, quiet, polished film that unfolds slowly but with remarkable assurance,» with some «truly remarkable cinematography,» and a «striking central performance» from young Polish actress Agata Trzebuchowska.

Perhaps that is unfair, because the young actress has amassed an impressive resume since her graduation from standard Disney fare to more challenging roles in films like «Panic Room» (she replaced Hayden Panettiere and in doing so garnering much comparison to that film's lead, Jodie Foster).

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The young actress tweeted recently about having fun filming:

Says Nottage: «I was watching television late one night when I came across a 1930s film called «Babyface,» which featured a very charming and talented young African - American actress named Theresa Harris.

Former Olympic skater's other special guests were actress Mckenna Grace, who played a young Harding, and film's screenwriter

Do you ever watch a young actress in a film, and say to yourself, «What a good actress, and at such a young age...

Ronan is one of two young actresses Wright likes to use in his films; the other, Keira Knightley, would be perfect — ten years ago.

And while the three young actresses put in strong performances, Houston's final film appearance is hauntingly predictive when Emma refers to her life as «a cautionary tale».

One of the films that didn't blow us away at Sundance, but offered a solid film full of jokes made just for cinephiles, was In a World... The film directed by actress Lake Bell follows a young female voice coach (Bell) as she joins the all - male race to land the white - hot new trailer of a blockbuster trilogy, and with it lay claim to the legendary trailer catchphrase «In a world...» She faces stuffy, douchebag competition in Ken Marino and even her own father (Fred Melamed), a legendary voice - over artist who can't bring himself to recognize his daughter's talent.

Both young inexperienced actresses give bold performances in a film that meanders through one summer in their character's lives.

Music Box Films caught Frantz prior to its Venice premiere, where the film's star, Paual Beer, won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actress for her performance.

The plot of Paris, Texas is disarmingly simple, focusing on the dramatic after - effects of a marriage's breakdown on young Hunter (played by Hunter Carson, son of writer L. M. Kit Carson and actress Karen Black); his father, Travis (a name that still had sinister resonance eight years after Scorsese's Taxi Driver, and played with shell - shocked intensity by Harry Dean Stanton); and his mother, Jane, a plain name almost willfully ill suited to the fragile, feral character embodied in the film by Nastassja Kinski.

Reality stuck to the script as the chubby young actress, Brittany Murphy, eventually brushed past «Clueless» stunner Alicia Silverstone to become Hollywood's It Girl and the star of several films.

Ella Rumpf is a young French - Swiss actress who plays the «Tiger Girl» in Jakob Lass» Tiger Girl, a super smart and totally awesome film about sticking it to the man.

The main cast also includes young actress Isabella Rice («True Blood»), Simon Kassianides (TV's «Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.»), Whitney Cummings («The Wedding Ringer»), Robert Wisdom (TV's «Ballers») and film and television star Cheryl Ladd.

Even though we aren't quite sure of the source of the film's impending dread, the young actress creates her own brand of discomfort with every, casual smirk she gives the open air beside her.