Sentences with phrase «aleck in»

The movie rests on (Adam) Butcher, and the actor proves to be a well - rounded smart aleck in the making.

«Breaking In» far too quickly devolves into unintentional laughs provided by the henchmen, complete with long stretches of near silence, affording the smart alecks in the audience the chance to half - shout, «She's gonna ELECTROCUTE him,» or «There's ONE IN THE CHAMBER» and «Shoot SHOOT» at the screen.

Not exact matches

Their favorite theme was that of the immediate return of the Lord Jesus Christ, who would burst the skies asunder in his glorious appearance and shock all the «smart aleck» professors and liberals.

Shosha is afraid of Arele's smart - aleck theology; Arele is afraid of living in a puzzling universe, vulnerable in the presence of a tyrant who demands obedience from those who do not even know his will.

He tells Jack Burden, the smart - aleck, wisecracking narrator (to whom the story equally belongs), that he himself went to an old - fashioned Presbyterian Sunday school where in the old days they still taught some theology.

It was definitely a slip - up on his part because from most of the comments I've read, people think the Rays did this when in fact it was just a smart (aleck) that handed it to him.»

«In Australia we have two words for a chap like him: smart aleck.»

He climbed out of the pool and rubbed his eyes, which were red with chlorine, and said in a very loud, smart - aleck voice, like I had when I was his age: «They used this chlorine on the Germans in World War I and news they're using it on us!»

See, smart aleck Devoe has already figured out that the train wreck was no accident but rather a ruse for the hijacking of nine nukes, so he rather rudely corrects her in front of a roomful of colleagues.

Rodriguez has the chops of a smart - aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid, and they come together to remake the world in the image of its young audience.

Wilson has been turning up in too many movies as the charming, deadpan co-star for us to be charmed anymore, while Murphy must play something other than that smart - aleck motor - mouth character if he has to be funny again.

There is some actual meat to the scenes between the two, as, from his professor, the egotistical, young «smart aleck» learns about the balance of the author's voice with an actual story, the humility of rejection, and that being a writer means a devotion that doesn't always result in success.

Mr. Downey's Iron Man / Tony Stark character has ingrained in movie goers his motor - mouthed smart - aleck persona that fits very well with the lacking - a-conscience cocky defense attorney who only defends the type of white collar criminals who can afford his unmatched courtroom savvy.

Writer / director Danny Strong (co-creator of «Empire,» screenwriter of the «Mockingjay» films and actor in «Gilmore Girls» and «Buffy») introduces us to Salinger before all of that happened, young, ambitious, and like Catcher in the Rye «s Holden Caulfield, a smart aleck who has left or been asked to leave a number of top schools.

Reitman was Oscar - nominated for directing two of his first three films (Juno and Up in the Air), a nearly unheard - of achievement, and largely skated by any charge of being «overrated» (Juno took some flak for its smart - aleck dialogue, but that fell at the feet of screenwriter Diablo Cody).

Rudd is perfectly cast as the smart - aleck Everyman, Douglas brings legitimate weight to a character that demands respect the minute he appears on screen, and Lilly finds plenty of moments to shine in what's basically the Pepper Potts role.

Like everyone else, I first noticed the rising young actress in Juno, where she played the spirited best friend of Ellen Page's smart - aleck main character, and though I rarely interview actors — I just don't know what questions to ask — I jumped at the chance to talk to Ms. Thirlby when she came to Seattle for the SIFF showing of The Wackness.

Stripped of all his usual nice guy / smart aleck mannerisms — stripped of any mannerisms at all, actually — Sullivan is uninterested in anyone's sympathy.

Joseph Gordon - Levitt makes up for the sin of appearing in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra by being a kick - arse action star who isn't the least bit flashy, whilst Tom Hardy regularly steals the show as the smart aleck Eames.

We might try to be smart alecks and say that the most radical things on the new Highlander are its mid-dash tray with the unique pass - through for a smartphone cable, and the PA system that lets the driver yell at the unruly mob in the back seats without turning around, but that would be ignoring the dozens (hundreds?)

Amy D. Shojai also appears on Animal Planet's «Cats - 101» and «Dogs - 101» and lives in North Texas with a senior citizen Siamese and a smart - aleck German shepherd fluent in doggerel.

In addition to being a certified animal behavior consultant, Amy Shojai also appears on Animal Planet's «Cats - 101» and «Dogs - 101,» and lives in North Texas with a senior citizen Siamese and smart - aleck German shepherd who routinely attacks stuffed toyIn addition to being a certified animal behavior consultant, Amy Shojai also appears on Animal Planet's «Cats - 101» and «Dogs - 101,» and lives in North Texas with a senior citizen Siamese and smart - aleck German shepherd who routinely attacks stuffed toyin North Texas with a senior citizen Siamese and smart - aleck German shepherd who routinely attacks stuffed toys.

Amy Shojai also appears on Animal Planet's «Cats - 101» and «Dogs - 101,» and lives in North Texas with a senior citizen Siamese who routinely hurls cat curses at a smart - aleck German shepherd.

And its visual correlative — stark black enamel stripes arranged in a predetermined symmetrical pattern — is the work of a precocious smart aleck (whose youthful callowness is also on display in the title of the 1958 Black Painting, «Arbeit Macht Frei») demonstrating the true condition of the art form.

Thanks to the Internet, it seems as though your firm's hard - earned reputation is in the hands of people who can hurt you with just one smart - aleck comment or a harsh online review.