Sentences with phrase «by hammy»

You may also be surprised by the hammy acting and cheesy dialog in the game's live action cutscenes if you didn't already know that this is one of the hallmarks of the series and is all quite intentionally over-the-top.

Mel Gibson is back with this middle - of - the - road conspiracy thriller that's spoiled by hammy dialogue, Ray Winstone and a tedious storyline.

It can be no mistake that Edith balks at her publisher's suggestion she add a love story to her manuscript — Crimson Peak is the first time del Toro has tackled romance face on, and the result is stilted, hampered by hammy dialogue and a sped - up timeline that gives the relationship little room to breathe.

It might have been nice to spend more time with Jyn and her make - do crew — especially the mysterious Saw Gerrera, played by a hammy Forest Whitaker channeling both

Not exact matches

Next up, Front Lunges all on one side so you keep the muscles steamy, then Stiff Legged Deadlifts on the platform to get deep into those glutes and hammies, ouch, followed by Double Leg Wall Squats and Lateral Step Ups...... are you stinging yet?????

Fulfilling his troth, Robin is convinced by the elder Loxley, Sir Walter (Max von Sydow, hammy), to take the dead prodigal's place as lord of the manor and husband of the distinctly displeased Marion in order to prevent the baronial lands from being seized by the grasping tax collectors of the newly crowned King John (Oscar Isaac, mincingly monotonous), whose chief henchman, Sir Godfrey (Mark Strong, bald), is playing a double game as both John's right arm and a stalking horse for a French invasion of England.

Modeled on a live Disney extravaganza, the climax has hammy actor and political pretender Charming foiled by stagecraft mishaps more than blazing action.

Joston's performance may be hammy by today's standards but its the perfect foil and is typical of many old classic western tough guys... «got a smoke?»

Sure, some of the acting might be hammy, it has managed to win me over by its good special effects and the overall feeling of isolation under the dome.

Yet unlike so many of the director's previous cinematic puzzle games, Redbelt cares far less about tricking its audience than about plumbing its protagonist's psyche in a way both viscerally exciting and intensely analytical, a nifty trick that's aided by a host of uniformly sturdy but tonally divergent supporting actors (dainty Emily Mortimer, chilly Rebecca Pidgeon, hammy Rodrigo Santoro, goofy Tim Allen) who don't, at first glance, seem well - suited to coexist with each other.

Director Rupert Wyatt gets an adequate performance from Franco and a rather hammy one from Olyelowo, and Pinto is primarily window dressing, but moments of brilliance from Lithgow and a truly astounding performance by Andy Serkis as the motion - capture - animated Caesar make rise of the Planet of the Apes worth seeing.

He is, in fact, dwarfed by George, and every other hammy performance on screen, his presence shockingly overshadowed, his usually radioactive charisma dimmed.

There is a scene in DreamWorks Animation's Over the Hedge when Hammy (voiced by Steve Carell), an already - hyperactive squirrel, chugs a can of the most caffeinated cola on the market.

But Herzog's deliberately bonkers approach, matched by Cage's hammy performance, is strangely entertaining.Detective Terence McDonagh (Cage)...

What should have been a smart and elegant romantic story to sweep you off your feet is frequently undercut by Hudson's hammy attempts to get cute, mixed with Wilson's constant need to look constipated.

There's a vague and hammy attempt to create an antagonist, in the shape of a cartoonish colonel played by Yul Vazquez, but it's mostly plain sailing despite the tragedy at the film's core.

It all points to a conspiracy entangling the ubiquitous corporation behind surrogacy, the wheelchair - bound inventor of the technology (James Cromwell), and an anti-robot, save - humanity protest movement led by a dreadlocked figure named the Prophet (a hammy Ving Rhames).

Also disappointing is the lack of a legitimate threat, with Blue more bothersome than evil, performed aggressively by a miscast Issac, who chooses to play the ghoul with broad, hammy indication instead of finding an effective sting of ruthless intimidation.

The artifice is heightened by the character's painfully cheesy dialogue, not to mention Leigh's hammy delivery.

The German forces are represented by Kapitan Kahn (Thomas Kretschmann, Europe's hammiest leading man; see Dario Argento's Dracula 3D), who keeps the pretty blonde peasant Masha (Yanina Studilina) hidden away to rape at his whim while also falling in love with her, and Khenze (Heiner Lauterbach), the bald tyrant of a head officer, who spits out some of the film's unintentionally funniest lines («These damn lice can't even let a man die without making him itch.»)

The killer's first (and worst) lead role was opposite a hammy Richard Harris in Orca, a shameless attempt by Dino De Laurentiis to ape the success of Jaws.

Before long, Catrin's script has attracted the attention of the War Department (run by Jeremy Irons, who regales the writers with a wonderfully hammy rendition of the St. Crispin's Day speech); her movie might help nudge the United States into the war, which means they get to shoot it in color — and they have to find a role for the hopelessly untalented, but toothily photogenic, Yank war hero Carl Lundbeck (Jake Lacy).

The dynamics between the varied characters are wonderful, from the father possum teaching his daughter how to play dead to the irrepressibly energetic squirrel Hammy (voiced almost unrecognisably by Steve Carell of The 40 Year Old Virgin fame).

I caught up with Geoffrey Rush, one of my favorite actors, promoting his new film, The Eye of the Storm, where he plays a hammy Australian performer who decamped years before to London's West End to escape his harridan mother, played by Charlotte Rampling.

Built around the hoariest of plot devices (a Dubliner stalked by his evil doppelganger), with hammy acting to match, this attempt to highlight the social cost of Ireland's economic revival suffers from the same identity crisis as its tormented hero.

The disc also offers an all - new animated short called Hammy's Boomerang Adventure (with an optional commentary by director Will Finn) and a Verm - Tech Institute Infomercial (with Dwayne LaFontant).

He is also befriended by his mysterious and nosy new neighbor W.F. (Jeff Bridges, all mouth movements and glasses - fiddling mannerisms), who provides sage one - on - one counsel — and occasional narration — in a hammy way that briefly raises the question of whether he's a figment of Thomas's imagination.

They accomplish this by throwing themselves into their roles with a shoulder shrug and a sense of hammy abandon.

So far it's plenty of hammy Hollywood style cutscenes (shamefully ripping off some of the presentation style from Band of Brothers) carried by a surprisingly compelling, brutal and really engrossing game, I'm really enjoying it and great to be able to say it's almost as good as the original.

After a lacklustre training scene, Buffy proves herself ready to take on the legions of the bloodsucking damned led by the evil Lothos (Rutger Hauer) and his hammy henchman, Amilyn (Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Pee - Wee Herman).

Director John Huston (Fat City, Key Largo) saves the picture by giving it the right tone in every scene, as it could have easily been bad had it been too hammy or too serious.

The filmmakers» attempts to humanize Riggs, presumably in search of a more balanced movie, are undone by Carell's hammy antics.

Hamster These nocturnal creatures are loners that love to eat and store food (in their cheeks), so you can let your hammy get accustomed to your scent by holding a treat in your hand before carrying her.

A happy hammy's diet should consist of balanced, high - quality commercial food (like pellets), supplemented by fresh food and occasional treats.

This is a common question from new hammy owners, so we wrote up a Russian dwarf hamster diet list that consists of the best dwarf hamster food that is recommended and trusted by many within the hamster community.

Clara spouts out the same hammy one - liners in every mission, and it's obvious that Zoe is voiced by a different actress which is jarring for returning players.

I especially love the lines spoken by Dr. H8 whenever a hero is killed; the hammy delivery almost helps alleviate the pain of losing the hero in question.

A bid to recapture the atmosphere and glory of the Resident Evil games of yore, Revelations 2 has a familiar set - up — a mysterious island surrounded by zombie - like monsters — returning characters (heroes Claire Redfield and Barry Burton) and the trademark hammy dialogue.