Sentences with phrase «from gruff»

Well, the interviewer lit up, turning from gruff to congenial.

However, it's nowhere near as bad as you might think and modifications to the throttle calibration make for a remarkably linear power delivery from the gruff - sounding V6.

Just in the way he can instantaneously shift his tone of voice from gruff whispers to charming low - speak on the CB radio to his female dispatcher (voiced by real - life wife Kyra Sedgwick), Bacon inhabits the Sheriff as a duplicitous character that fits right at home in a serpentine thriller such as this.

At the risk of giving away too much, I'll just say that Deadpool needs to complete one last mission to get that chance — saving a boy from a gruff time - jumping, metal - armed mutant named Cable (a fixture in Marvel's comic books, played here by Josh Brolin), who has his own motivations.

The plot's a bit skimpy but there's atmosphere to spare, plus Sigourney Weaver is backed by some solid support from a gruff bunch of British character actors.

It's easy to imagine a script supervisor standing off - camera and running down the sports - movie checklist, from the gruff trainer recovering from alcoholism to the unsupportive loved one who just barely changes her mind in time to get to the arena.

Desperate to keep her out of the foster care system where he spent his childhood, Billy seeks help from a gruff, veteran trainer (Forest Whitaker) to get back what he lost.

From his gruff, middle - aged man voice (which I still wish, deep down, was voiced by Danny DeVito) to his constant guzzling of black coffee, Detective Pikachu himself is easily the highlight of the game thanks to the game's witty writing and dialogue, and he never wears out his welcome.

Not exact matches

His sometimes gruff and often partisan demeanour is much different from that of the jocular Flaherty, who often poked fun at himself.

Take the case of the Requiem homily: these beautiful reflections on a gruff, strong, fiercely loyal and deeply spiritual monk take on an added resonance when we consider that Fr Maurus, elderly and quite wandered, literally disappeared from the monastery and to this day, his whereabouts remain a mystery.

Del Rio, 53, the Raiders head coach, is sturdy and direct, full of crustiness expected from a former gruff USC and 12 - year NFL linebacker.

Pochettino recruited Paul Mitchell from Southampton as Spurs» head of recruitment and has great faith in academy chief John McDermott, a gruff Yorkshireman who rejected the chance to move to United last month.

There's Michael Feinstein, who served as mayor of prosperous Santa Monica for eight years, walking around the convention space with a silvery man bun, Ray - Ban specs, tie - die pants and a long, flowing wrap, along with gruff Howie Hawkins, from Syracuse, whose shirt reps his Teamsters Local.

A gruff, rough - hewn cargo pilot living in the islands, Quinn Harris (Ford) hates tourists... though he's not above making a fast buck from a...

It's a well - told adventure spoof with a delinquent kid played by newcomer Julian Dennison and a gruff codger played by veteran Sam Neill, on the run from the cops.

It's Got: Gruff - voiced country crooner Tim McGraw taking a break from ill - advised hip - hop collaborations for just long enough to make a passable acting debut.

Liam Neeson is retiring from tough - guy roles, which means this train - bound conspiracy thriller is your last chance to see Hollywood's gruffest action star beating up bad guys.

The insane Zorg (a weak Gary Oldman) opposes her at every turn, but she receives invaluable assistance from Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis, appropriately gruff), a former government agent who now works as a New York cab driver.

This sassy, gruff little mouse is far from the obedient companion we've known for years.

Snake may have started out as a gruff, two - dimensional cliché, but he bows out very gracefully in Metal Gear Solid 4, assuming the mantle of the world - weary samurai, or the enigmatic nameless cowboy from a spaghetti western, as if it were always his.

From this point the plot slows, allowing us a few moments to linger and perhaps wonder why sweet Jane would be so forgiving of her gruff boss.

Jennifer Lawrence commits to an impressively not - distracting Russian accent, and doesn't flinch from the physical demands of the role, and Edgerton effortlessly essays a gruff, natural charisma as pretty much the only character with a clear moral code.

The cinematic treatment benefits from an all - star cast who provide great depth to broadly drawn characters, with Josh Brolin leading the charge as the gruff but likable crew supervisor Eric Marsh, torn between his professional and personal commitments.

In The Hidden Fortress (Criterion, Blu - ray + DVD Combo, DVD), Akira Kurosawa melds western fairy tale adventure with Japanese history for a pre-Samurai era classic of a young princess and a determined General (the gruff ruthless, and often comically exasperated Toshiro Mifune) trying to escape from behind enemy lines with a fortune in royal gold.

Also peppered throughout the film is a supporting cast that only serves to distract audiences from the slightly sloppy script: Amanda Peet as Sandy's worried wife, Jon Favreau as Sandy's prick of a boss, John Cho as a helpful coworker, and Robert Patrick as the gruff hunter.

May I suggest that, aside from its lovingly realized 1920's Broadway backdrop, there is something vaguely Italian about this film: something of Fellini in the way its true artist character (a gruff gangster played by Chazz Palminteri) is willing to die for his art, unlike the weak - willed playwright (John Cusack) who is taking credit for and uncertainly directing his overblown maiden script.

Even as the vice of poverty tightens its grip on Halley, during the course of one summer Moonee continues to enjoy the oblivious delights of childhood — hustling ice cream cones from tourists, playing with her young friends and occasionally causing mischief for the gruff but warm motel manager Bobby (Willem Dafoe).

There are also a number of good performances to be had from the large ensemble cast with Brolin and Connelly standing out for the way that they take their potentially cliched characters — the gruff guy in charge and the wife left back home to worry about whether she will ever see her husband again — and invest them with real life and personality.

Edward, a bit gruff around the edges, isn't exactly from the wrong side of the tracks — just the less suitable side for a girl of Florence's breeding.

They're buying from hotheaded weapons dealer Vernon (Sharlto Copley, resplendent in a tacky wide - collared shirt), who's assisted by the supercilious Ord (Armie Hammer), the hippie - haired Harry (Jack Reynor), and the gruff Martin (Babou Ceesay).

As the film progresses things do get more outlandish but it is always grounded by the characters and the exploration of the dynamic between a gruff wildness man and the kid from the city.

Fancying himself a real detective, this Pikachu is gruff and never far from a hot cup of coffee.

Frank is gruff and dismissive of the robot at first, but, somewhat unexpectedly, finds old impulses from his career as a cat burglar awakened.

There's also a wonderful cameo from the original Django, Franco Nero, his gruff yet commanding presence adding a level of gravitas to the Italian sections of the film that's delightful.

Stop me if you've heard this one before: a gruff CIA agent who suffers from PTSD and sees re-animated corpses at random moments is ordered to travel to the UK and hire Stanley Kubrick to film a fake moon landing that the American government can use in case the Apollo 11 mission turns out to be a tragic failure, only the agent (who is played by Ron Perlman, by the way) ends up giving a suitcase full of cash to a failed band manager and his perpetually stoned friend who looks a little bit like Stanley Kubrick, and those two idiots get robbed by the local mafia thugs right before Agent Ron Perlman realizes his mistake and threatens to kill everyone involved — and THEN the idiotic band manager (who is played by Rupert Grint, by the way) proposes that they all head off to film the fake moon landing with the help of a artistic hippie commune run by an egotistical dolt who can't understand why he can't put giant jellyfish on the moon.

In his gruff, exasperated way he is worried about a trash - talking single mom called Halley, played by Bria Vinaite, and her kid, Moonee, a glorious performance from seven - year - old Brooklynn Prince.

«Olympus Has Fallen» was a pretty blatant rip - off of John McTiernan's «Die Hard,» so it should come as no surprise that «London Has Fallen» — which is more of a spiritual successor than a literal sequel to the 2013 film — takes a page from another installment in the John McClane series, «Die Hard with a Vengeance,» by staging it as a buddy movie between Gerard Butler «s gruff, no - nonsense Secret Service agent and Aaron Eckhart «s hostage - prone president.

Cable, the gruff, cyborg Mutant from a dystopian future, made his dark and gritty debut in the new trailer for Deadpool 2, and at first, everything seems to serious that it feels like a totally different type of movie from the irreverant comedy of the first flick.

Transporter 3 (PG - 13 for violence, intense action, sexuality and drug use) High - octane adventure with Jason Statham returning as the gruff, two - fisted chauffeur for a mission where he falls in love with the kidnapped daughter (Natalya Rudakova) of a powerful Ukrainian politician (Jeroen Krabbe) while driving her from Marseilles to Odessa through a gauntlet of mob goons.

Even the gruffest, toughest kid is blown away by a positive phone call home from the teacher.

Compared to the RCF and GSF that share the same engine, the V8 is a little more gruff on start - up as valves in the exhaust open for maximum theatrical effect, but it's nowhere near as over the top as a Jaguar F - type or anything from AMG.

Where the TFSI is smooth and free - revving, the diesel is gruff, with more step - off lag from standstill.

However, it's carried over from the previous generation car, and remains pretty gruff and noisy.

It suffers from a lot of engine noise, especially when accelerating, and under load the engine note is extremely gruff and sends unpleasant resonances through the cabin.

Adjusting to a new school, Bliss befriends Sandy — a gruff, troubled girl who may be related to the creepy voices calling from an abandoned building.

Gruff, foul - mouthed Boone Price has had a hard time adjusting to his newfound wealth, and he has never seen a woman as classy and lovely as Ivy Smithfield, a local realtor he's hired to help him move from trailer to mansion.

Alexia soon realizes that a wider scheme is afoot, and she needs the help of all of her friends - ranging from a foppish vampire to the gruff Lord Maccon - if she is to survive.

The fourth novel from National Book Award winner Julia Glass is an intricately structured family saga with a gruff yet appealing protagonist — Percy Darling, a retired librarian whose life is turned upside down when a preschool moves into a barn in his backyard.

The checkout lady was gruff and impatient, already turning to Eric's stuff, which probably looked perverse compared with the girl's, and had come from the new «gourmet» section of the market: organic jalapenos, organic Asian eggplants, organic red bell peppers, a bunch of organic kale for braising, two huge organic onions, a tiny bottle of fine Tuscan olive oil, five pounds good flour, French yeast in cakes, a huge chunk of very, very expensive raw - milk Parmesan (Reggiano, of course), two bottles Cotes du Rhone — and not just any old Cotes du Rhone but Alison's favorite, thirty - four bucks a pop.

Adult dogs do this to show other canines (and puppies) that they aren't all gruff - and - grumble and the fearful pooch has nothing to fear from them.