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Nicholas Cage, fairly wooden as far as actors go, imbues the screen with a range of skill from, non-plussed to over the top.
LOC could have been a very well made movie on how the Kargil war was fought; it had the locations, the budget, and the skill to have been India's "Saving Private Ryan" or "Black Hawk Down".
Based on the best-seller by Jeffrey Konvitz, "The Sentinel" is entertainingly spooky, full of shocks brought off well by director Michael Winner, who mounts a thoughtfully downbeat ending with skill.
The story is good, the dialog seems to flow with an unexpected grace that is far from boring (though a little hard to keep up with if you aren't used to Shakespeare's language) and even the smallest parts are performed with a skill you wouldn't expect; mainly, perhaps, due to the staggering number of cameos this movie has.
Christian Viel definitely has the skill and vision to deliver the goods, and hopefully his next project will be better produced.
Kenneth Branagh shows off his excellent skill in both acting and writing in this deep and thought provoking interpretation of Shakespeare's most classic and well-written tragedy.
It actually requires skill.
Monahan is a filmmaker who is demonstrating great skill and incredible sensitivity.
Tamilyn Tomita acted with such skill and conviction, she made the ending heartfelt and memorable.
The consummate skill and artistry that characterise this duos work is nowhere more in evidence than in this cartoon.
She has an amazing knack for accents, and she shows incredible skill in this film overall.
But the 90 minutes prior to this point is a well done, suspenseful, blood soaked film directed with panache and skill by John Hough.
However broken their cards may be, the actors and the crew play them with remarkable skill and commitment, so that in the end I found the result both touching and graceful.
There is genuine skill in manufacture of this work.
The great skill of this play is that with astute writing and fine acting a movie basically about "two of us" talking can make an excellent picture.
Although the work's cardinal theme relates to Socialist dogma, the unforgettable power of this film is held in its details, born of Pabst's nonpareil skill at weaving numerous plot lines into a cinema tapestry that stirs one to admiration for German rescue squads of whom their Fatherland is greatly proud while no less despairing of disastrous losses to the families of French victims; certainly, a seminal triumph fully as stimulating today to a cineaste as it was at the time of its first release.
The dialogue is witty, and the physical humor done with consummate skill.
Even when they are pacifist, they still enjoy the skill level and defeating their foes, even if it does go against being a pacifist.
What follows is a wonderful comedy, played with consummate skill by a small ensemble cast.
Writer/director Andreas Marschall definitely deserves some significant credit for his skill in constructing the film.
Astaire's romantic comedy skill is no less enjoyable here than in any of his films with Ginger Rogers and his dance scenes, both solo & with Burns & Allen, are up to par, though his one dance with novice hoofer Joan is necessarily tame.
Following him over the course of a year, the director captures the spontaneous energy, skill, and devotion to the artists connection with nature with dratic inspiring flair.
He owes money to a local gangster and forms a plan to steal from him which will involve Carlas' skill of reading lips.
While I am an unabashed fan of Denzel Washington - both of his skill as an actor and of his public persona; I am an honest enough fan to admit the (very few) times when he hasn't quite hit the mark in a film or two.
The direction is tightly controlled to not only excite the viewer by the speed and movement but to awe her with the precise skill displayed.
She fully shows enough acting talent, skill, and craft to convincingly play the clever, passionate, and confident Joan, but, unfortunately, the director missed the point of the character.
It takes about 15 minutes for the picture's rhythm to kick in (there's an early sequence with the grandfather and his dogs at the cemetery that's a little rough, and a following scene with Cosmo and the elderly man at the gate that seems obtuse), but the patchwork of the plot is interwoven with nimble skill, and the movie's wobbly tone and kooky spirit are both infectious.
Welles had the skill, a skill that no one else seemed to have, to make a crime film containing examples of the grandest poetry.
Liu plays "Chao", who is able to fool the mill bosses into thinking he is a shaolin monk possessing almost magical kung fu skill.
He overplays his character, he overspeaks his lines, and he's just outplayed in all ways by Timothy Hutton and Angelina Jolie, who are each in a class above him in terms of acting skill.
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