Sentences with phrase «decent acting by»

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While I don't agree that the church's «message should be one of... finding a partner, getting married and sticking together» — given the many ways to live well today, that's an extremely narrow and heteronormative view — the book does speak to the ways the church is a place of support, friendship and guidance for men, whether by offering engaging activities (at the risk of sounding cliche, group sporting events for example) or teaching classes to build marketable skills or acting as an employment center to help them find meaningful careers with decent wages or offering essential mental health counseling.

It being readily apparent that street thugs are not bothered by the SAFE Act, the question becomes why should ordinary, decent citizens be encumbered by it?

Jack Thorne's recent play set on 1997's election night, 2nd May 1997, contains a touching first act in which a perfectly decent Tory MP, about to be swept out of office by electoral forces beyond his control, wonders what it has all been for.

Personally and despite having an honest, decent and hardworking Local Labor MP, (for whom I'd previously voted,) it was the thought of electing the kind of entrenched Blair period right wing low life; exemplified by people like Harman, (who let's not forget either wanted to exempt details of MP's expenses from the freedom of information act,) more than anything else that made me vote UKIP.

Conservative MP Andrew Percy said Mr Harper was a «really decent guy», and said it was «like him to act honourably» by resigning as he did.

A superb sci - fi flick, Forbidden Planet offers an unusually intelligent script, exciting direction by Wilcox and generally good acting from a decent if rather dull cast.

A decent premise is let down by a terrible script, dour colour scheme and some shockingly bad acting (even the usually fantastic Sheridan Smith is a little clunky).

Acting wise there's some pretty decent performances here and Mother (played by Rose Ross) steals the show.

«Snitch» is passable thanks to a sturdy second act and a decent performance by Dwayne Johnson, but it's never captivating.

Semi decent idea for a story ruined by a poor cast, acting and directing.

Another thing holding the film back, while it does have a decent idea that they do not go as far with as they could, is that the acting by some of the cast is really fucking bad.

Good acting by all, bad script, bad story, decent action sequences / effects.

It wasnt a masterpiece by any means but, the action was awesome some solid acting made a decent movie.

Sad to see that a quality, amazing, awesome, well - acted, well - made film that every aspect of it is perfect is getting bumbed out by three bad to decent films that are kind of forgettable.

Director Ma has made a quietly merciless picture, a horror movie, really, about a decent man, an ordinary man, left alone, bereft, embittered, ruined by his act of decency.

«Snitch» is passable thanks to a sturdy second act and a decent performance by Dwayne Johnson, but it's never captivating, which should be a requirement of all «message movies.»

Though it starts out as a fairly decent, low - budget action film, «Everly» gets progressively worse with each passing minute, dragged down by the terrible dialogue, poor acting and paper - thin villains.

Did Tony Leung give a great acting performance, or could Ip Man have been played by pretty much any decent actor?

Their written conversation, that includes creepy questions and edgy suggestions by the unknown person takes up a decent amount of time of the second act.

I was expecting more from this film (after watching the engaging trailer, and knowing the screenplay is by Nick Hornby), so I got a little disappointed... It is a very decent film, the acting is flawless (Saoirse Ronan can definitely carry a film), the colours, the sets and locations, the costumes are all beautiful and the story does grab your attention... and then it ends: when it seemed the real drama would happen.

Unfortunately, despite decent acting jobs by the principal cast, the director's decision to inject so much distracting personal drama into the production means the film suffers from an absence of the cinematic momentum necessary to generate the sort of palpable tension which made Black Book a hit.

The last fifteen minutes are actually decent, dragged along by great acting from Woodley and the ever - spectacular Miles Teller.

While I wouldn't say that May in the Summer is a film that is ground - breaking by any means, it is definitely a quiet little indie flick with good acting, a decent although predictable story, and some beautiful direction from the film's star, writer, and director Cherien Dabis.

gets weighed down by its plot machinations and... decent acting.

Even when trying to be a man who only looks out for himself, he can't help but assume that there's something like the real him — someone who plays by the rules and acts in a decent way — in everyone else.

by Walter Chaw So the dialogue's not so bad (having seen Pearl Harbor), the story's not so obscure (having seen Akira), and the voice acting's pretty decent (having listened to Claire Danes do San in Princess Mononoke).

Probably one of the more eagerly awaited sequels in recent memory, Avengers: Age Of Ultron crafted by Marvel Studios / Disney and directed by Joss Whedon, makes a decent entry into the second - film - of - the - franchise market, but does not supersede the original in acting, writing or humor (so one can forget the «The Empire Strikes Back,» «Superman II» and «The Dark Knight» allusions).

The voice acting is decent and writer Brian Michael Bendis» story is good for an online game of this magnitude, tasking players with taking down Doctor Doom powered up by the Cosmic Cube.

Governments and the international community have to save lives now, but also act to reduce that chronic vulnerability, building local abilities to manage the drought cycle, improving the flow of data, information and ideas for adapting to climate change and drastically increasing long - term investment in smallholder agriculture and pastoralism, which have shown they can provide a decent life for millions of East Africans, provided they are supported (rather than ignored) by governments.

«In addition to curbing health problems, boosting developing country e-waste recycling rates can have the potential to generate decent employment, cut greenhouse gas emissions and recover a wide range of valuable metals including silver, gold, palladium, copper and indium - by acting now and planning forward many countries can turn an e-challenge into an e-opportunity,» he added.

While I don't agree that the church's «message should be one of... finding a partner, getting married and sticking together» — given the many ways to live well today, that's an extremely narrow and heteronormative view — the book does speak to the ways the church is a place of support, friendship and guidance for men, whether by offering engaging activities (at the risk of sounding cliche, group sporting events for example) or teaching classes to build marketable skills or acting as an employment center to help them find meaningful careers with decent wages or offering essential mental health counseling.

Co-sponsored by Senators Edward Brooke and Walter Mondale, the Fair Housing Act sought to end residential segregation and ensure all Americans had access to safe and decent housing.