Sentence examples for command of the screen from inspiring English sources

I cannot remember a film in which this powerhouse performer has showed more command of the screen.

Nobody plays sociopaths half as well as Glenn Close, and as the mercurial Patty Hewes, she takes command of the screen.

And the credit for the young actor who plays Jim with a natural command of the screen reads, "Introducing Christian Bale," now better known as Batman.

Parade's End, BBC2 It helped to have read Ford Madox Ford's novel to be able to follow Tom Stoppard's adaptation – in which Benedict Cumberbatch, Rebecca Hall and Adelaide Clemens divided command of the screen between them.

Few people saw the film, but her performance was transfixing, and when she was chosen to play the young queen in "Elizabeth" in 1998, her command of the screen was assured.

The use of the echo commands in the script sends the commands to the screen which are redirected to the file for writing.

Doing so enables you to activate multiple devices with one command — either a tap of the screen or via Siri.

With the exit from Preview, Microsoft says it's made its add-ins easier to find by placing "add-in commands" on the top of the screen.

It also provides extremely good operation of the touch, although you occasionally have to press down a bit harder than you would otherwise, particularly for commands in the corners of the screen, sometimes needing to press twice if the first attempt didn't take.

Though the presence of a strong female lead has ruffled some more reactionary feathers, Charlize Theron's Furiosa is brilliant as the film's fearsome centre of gravity, commanding the screen and dominating the fight scenes.

And when you see Sidney Poitier command the screen In the Heat of the Night for instance, that's a powerful thing.