Sentences with phrase «of cockney»

In 1877, John Ruskin derided Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket after the artist, James McNeill Whistler, showed it at Grosvenor Gallery: [30] «I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.»

This is most ably demonstrated in the game's opening sequence, set in a nearly distractingly English pub frequented by a fine gathering of cockney football hooligans.

Thankfully, its mix of cockney Assassin siblings, beautiful smoggy London and hansom cab racing did just that.

Terence Stamp has the ability to play a hard - edge mo - fo like any of the best of cockney slanged gangsters, but he also brings a goofiness, a loose charm, and sly wit to his performances that make for a unique performances.

When you think of today's Caine caricature, you immediately think of the Cockney crim Charlie Croker, pulling off heists and bedding beauties.

His accent hashints of cockney, Igbo and Southern drawl.

Holes are uncovered in the plot which make you question sequences and the ending is abrupt and kinda rushed, its mainly a vehicle for Goss much like «The Transporter» was a vehicle for Statham but this is abit too late and dated really, still its kinda cool to see a trio of cockneys in the main roles of a US film.

Not exact matches

The key to the strength of Victorian virtues was that those virtues were not, in fact, just middle class but were shared by nearly everyone: from the Queen down to the poorest Cockney, nearly everyone believed in the public good that came from observance of the national ethic.

Finding nine people in London should be simple as long as you get Jason Statham to beat information out of men in hats with Cockney accents.

But however hard the city fathers try to turn the place into a gray stage set for 1984, the ancient cockney love of clamor, color and street drama breaks through, as in the bright - hued, organized chaos of the East Street Market.

In a show of solidarity I will plump for 3 - 1 to the cockney boys.

The Cockney Rejects sang Shit or Bust while the Small Faces put it more politely as All or Nothing and today has that sort of feel to it.

THE cockneys love a good heist and Dimitri Payet's # 10.7 million transfer fee looks more of a steal with every game.

I always feel with Héctor Bellerin, with his cockney / Spanish accent that he is as close to being a fan of Arsenal as any other player.

My second language at the time was Cockney, and the sort of people I used to work with were keen on trying not to pay any tax.

He tried to utilise that «cockney postman» charm of his in an early admission that he required an economics primer.

@joncstone @jimwaterson of course, cockneys at football matches can be heard comparing referees to German philosophers every week

A proud Cockney, she says Labour's strategy was to bus in scores of middle - class activists.

Like a brandy biscuit that's lost its snap: mother - of - three is left «shocked and embarrassed» after irish rock band blast a man who groped a female fan in the mosh pit at calista flockhart emerges make - up free from morning spin class in los angeles natural beauty x factor's «cockney kardashian'tracy leanne jefford goes make - up free as she's greeted by fans at rehearsals after the first two contestants head home uzbek man, 29, who killed eight and injured 15 with kendall jenner enjoys dinner with new «boyfriend» blake griffin after «making things official with nba star» three hour dinner date far from blending in!

Over the past few months, fans have shared on social media photos of the Divergent Use our handy Cockney translator to find out how speak with Cockneys next time you're in London town.

«Cockney auteur» Nick Love, director of Goodbye Charlie Bright, The Football Factory and The Firm, talks to Jason Solomons about football, fashion and funk

Carol has been working as a vocal coach, getting called in to help Eva Longoria master a Cockney accent in postproduction when she's not building an archive with recordings of unusual dialects that catch her ear.

Had a lot of fun watching this fun, it's in a similar vein to Kingsman (also reccommended)- Statham plays an excellently toungue in cheek version of his normal cockney ass kicking self, great performance Melissa McCarthy.

Set in the Pacific Northwest mining town of Presbyterian Church at the dawn of the twentieth century, Altman's film centers on the relationship between wayward gambler John McCabe (Beatty) and cockney brothel madam Constance Miller (Christie), who partner up to provide the town with a high - class whorehouse.

In approximately eight weeks we see the chalet girl in question, a character named Kim Matthews transform from a working class CHAV Cockney being at the beck and call of some snooty banking family to a snowboarding champion getting the bloke in the process.

One's enjoyment (or better yet, interest) in Legend, as written and directed by Brian Helgeland (an Academy Award winner for «L.A. Confidential» and a Razzie winner for «The Postman»), will most likely hinge on one's ability to understand the deep Cockney accent everyone speaks here (even a universal translator would not help with much of...

As if your run - of - the - mill Jason Statham movies aren't bad enough, The Transporter Refueled doesn't even have the balding Cockney.

The new addition to the X-Men saga is directed by Matthew Vaughn, previously responsible for an eclectic mix of stunning cinema — British crime thriller complete with cockney gangsters (2004's «Layer Cake»), star - studded fantasy epic (2007's «Stardust») and, in a different direction altogether, surprisingly excellent comic - book adaptation (2010's «Kick - Ass.»)

Dennis Waterman is his partner, Cockney cop DS George Carter who is assigned to help him navigate the gangs of South London in the original pilot telefilm «Regan.»

The UK's Horror Channel has announced that it will be screening eleven premieres throughout November, including the UK TV premieres of Dead Snow 2: Red vs Dead, Antiviral, Final Girl, The Shrine and Beneath, along with network premieres for Cockneys vs Zombies, The Hills Have Eyes, Honeymoon, Blood Rage, House and Horror Express.

When the Cockney - accented hedonist Willie tries to figure out their next move while they fly in pursuit of Gabriel (they drink cocktails and smoke cigarettes as they fly Modesty's plane), Modesty says, «Let me do the figuring, Willie.»

He soon learns that everyone is on edge because the diner is in the midst of an armed robbery, being conducted by a Brit named Derrick (Chiklis, adopting and relishing a Cockney accent) and his two associates.

He leads an elite crew of London police officers known in Cockney slang as «The Sweeney.»

In fact if the splashy and self - consciously sensationalist promotional material so far is anything to go by, his Dom seems like the kind of loudmouth cockney wideboy who'd be a supporting character elsewhere, but has been given his own movie here.

The first three are clearly a product of a time when showing endless clips from a movie was considered promotion and when you could actually hear the phrase «three homeless Cockney waifs» as a selling point.

Under the encouragement of local pharmacist and seasoned activist, Edith (Helena Bonham Carter), downtrodden cockney, Violet (Anne - Marie Duff) and the watchful leadership of Emmeline Pankhurst (Meryl Streep) Maud finds herself engaged in a flurry of violent, illegal activity to increase media publicity for the cause.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug C - Byzantium C - Runner Runner C - Carrie C - Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 C - A Hijacking C - Despicable Me 2 C - The Grandmaster C - The Incredible Burt Wonderstone C - Maniac C - The Summit C -(Kyle) Cockneys Vs. Zombies C -(No review) Beautiful Creatures C -(No review) Olympus Has Fallen C -(No review) Dead Man Down C -(No review) Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom D + R.I.P.D. D + Insidious: Chapter 2 D + Spring Breakers D + 42 D + Riddick D + The Heat D + Closed Circuit D + Pacific Rim D + Best Man Holiday D + (Kyle) Romeo and Juliet D + (Kyle) Mama D + Now You See Me D + (No review) Lords of Salem D + (No review)

The only morsel of enjoyment you can take from this sequence is Russell Crowe's amazing cockney accent.

This is in place of the US and UK trailers, cast and crew biographies, making - of featurette, and cockney dictionary that was included on the original DVD release.

Over the course of the film, whose period setting is evoked by songs from the Marmalade, Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel and other off - the - beaten - track tracks, Bobby's victimization by Willie is made worse by peripheral stressors.

Then out of the blue, he and his girlfriend - manager Jennifer Aniston are whisked off to LA where Wahlberg replaces Steel Dragon's lead singer, a neurotic cockney gay (Jason Flemyng).

After taking a prominent role in the full length trailer reveal earlier today of FURIOUS 7, we now bring you another action packed trailer featuring everyone's favourite hard - man cockney.

It's hard to watch — and Nolan takes pains to confuse our allegiances in ways that suggest a very British class tension (Borden and ace engineer Cutter (Michael Caine) share a Cockney brogue while Angier, a Yank, is cut from different cloth), a certain nationalism, and, in the figure of Nikolai Tesla (David Bowie) at play mad - scientist - like in a mythical Colorado Springs, a clearly delineated duel between magic and the notion that technology before its time is a kind of witchcraft.

Meanwhile, Oscar winner Lupita Nyong» o follows up 12 Years a Slave with a role as a chirpy air hostess (boasting a dubious cockney accent), while House of Cards» Corey Stoll pops up as a buddy cop who could have been drafted in from the 1990s.

But McCarthy truly meets her match in the form of British action star Jason Statham, who goes wonderfully bonkers as a bratty rogue agent named Ford who is incensed that a newbie like Cooper is on the case and shows his disgruntlement by constantly bragging about his manly feats of yore like a Cockney Paul Bunyan («I've swirled enough microchips to shit a f — kin» computer»).

With his cockney accent Colin Farrell sounds like he should be part of Spinal Tap.

The rogues» gallery includes Stalin himself (played by Adrian McLoughlin, with a slight Cockney accent and an attitude that instantly makes one think of a gangster), the head of the Soviet Communist Party in Moscow Nikita Khrushchev (Steve Buscemi), and the head of the Soviet secret police Lavrenti Beria (a great Simon Russell Beale, seeing Beria's nab for power under a guise of being the unlikely «good guy»).

This is how we are introduced to Bell's character, she receives a phone call asking if she could work with Eva Longoria to develop her cockney accent — the auditorium is in fits of laughter as we hear Longoria trying to pronounce «slapper», just a few seconds into the film.

Cranky Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) takes a bet that he can turn Cockney guttersnipe Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) into a «proper lady» in a mere six months in this delightful comedy of bad manners, based on the play by George Bernard Shaw.

The film oozes with supreme libertine choreography, all kinds of Eros and spilled Blow to the sound of the Stooges, T - Rex and Cockney Rebel.