Sentences with phrase «despite turning the feature on»

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Johnson was born in Munich to American parents, and despite featuring for Germany's under - 21 side, he opted to turn his back on the country of his birth in order to turn out for the United States instead and has made 18 appearances for the country to date.

Despite Hemsworth's frequent attempts to spice up the often drab feature with his turn - on charm, all winks and nods and knowing smiles, the film suffers terribly from its inability to identify and convey proper tone.

When: January 13th Why: It's pretty funny that a movie about counterfeiting should turn out to be an imitation itself (the Icelandic film on which its based featured the U.S. version's director, Baltasar Kormákur, in the lead role), but despite the fact that its clichéd plot seems to have been ripped off from a number of generic action thrillers just like it, «Contraband» has one thing that a lot of those films didn't — a killer ensemble cast.