linney
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And few could make Kristen as adorably consternated as Ms. Linney does.
Mr. Kline has never seemed like a diva, but he can certainly play one; Ms. Linney slips very comfortably into a character as temperamentally fraught as Kristen, who in addition to having to wrangle her fractious family is the mayor of Millersburg—and trying to save it from a predatory developer, Connor Boyle, who is played by Billy Carter with precisely the combination of charm and guile that Satan might possess should he try to possess you.
Bringing these viewpoints to life is a galaxy of performers contributing voiceovers, including Tom Hanks, Michael Greyeyes, Meryl Streep, Morgan Freeman, Ethan and Maya Hawke, and, in a metatextual wink, Paul Giamatti voicing John Adams, a role he played alongside fellow castmate Laura Linney in HBO’s 2008 miniseries, “John Adams.”
From Salon
Along with letters, memoirs, speeches, pamphlets and newspaper extracts read by a cast that includes Meryl Streep, Kenneth Branagh, Morgan Freeman, Claire Danes, Matthew Rhys, Edward Norton, Michael Keaton, Laura Linney, Craig Ferguson, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, Adam Arkin, Damian Lewis, Keith David and Paul Giamatti, once again suiting up as John Adams, they present a complex picture of a story often obscured in red, white and blue certainties.
From Los Angeles Times
As Vince, Bateman — who also directed the first two episodes, efficiently, with “Ozark” co-star Laura Linney helming the second two — leavens an exasperating character with his innate likability.
From Los Angeles Times
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