"And for whatever reason, he has a very compelling screen presence.
He's a pretty compelling screen presence, so it's good to see the Captain America franchise take off.
Though far from a compelling screen presence, Ms. Spears is unaffectedly likable, and in the one scene that requires her to cry, the tears seem to flow naturally.
In "Heaven" the Australian dramatic chameleon Cate Blanchett gives the most compelling screen performance of her career as a principled terrorist whose desperate act of violence tragically backfires, leaving her broken and reeling with despair and self-loathing.
Midway in "Disgrace," a faithful, compelling screen adaptation of J. M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning 1999 novel, its protagonist, David Lurie John Malkovichh), a haughty South African professor of romantic poetry, muses loftily about instinct and desire.
With her timeless young/old face (shades of Grace Kelly?), minutely nuanced gestures and pitch-perfect vocal inflections, Ronan is a walking miracle, one of the most intelligent and compelling screen presences of her generation.
The movie could be a career catapult for Aubrey Plaza ("Parks and Recreation"), a compelling screen presence who suggests the next generation's Janeane Garofalo, but much softer edged.
Her performances as alienated modern women in Moderato cantabile (1960) and La notte (1961; "The Night") and as the volatile, enigmatic Catherine of Jules et Jim (1962) established her as a remarkable actress and compelling screen presence.
These are my Top 10 movies of 2011: 1. 'THE DESCENDANTS' In Alexander Payne's second-best movie (after "Election") George Clooney gives his most complex and compelling screen performance (he even weeps) as Matt King, a wealthy Hawaiian landowner who learns of his wife's infidelity while she is on life support after a boating accident.
As tall and cool as a ghost gum, her almost extraterrestrial presence is offset appealingly by the warmth and enthusiasm of Nixon and Smit-McPhee (the latter has escaped the clutches of child stardom and matured into a compelling screen presence).
