Sentences with phrase «of decent actors»

There's a cast of decent actors, a script that's at least not embarrassing, and a couple of solidly fun special effects sequences.

Such a waste of decent actors.

Not exact matches

«Paul Vallone is a gentleman and a decent sort and many of our GOP members appreciate that the Vallone family were rational actors during the Giuliani administration,» he said.

The cast, made up mostly of soap opera / TV actors do a decent enough job and theres even a brief appearance from Robert Englund, stealing the show as a jailed werewolf (think he's a werewolf anyway!)

There isn't one decent performance to be had from a cast of amateur actors (adult actors included) that couldn't make dialing a phone look believable or funny.

For all the good moments which find the actors sounding off well, or the odd decent musical number, it ultimately feels like a collection of bits which have no real reason to associate or progress to the chosen conclusion.

In the movie, Director Mimi Leder does a decent job of showing the villain's side of the story, and Romanian actor Iures manages to invoke some empathy for his position.

Not as terrible as the previous chapter, since at least things start to finally happen and the technical aspects are decent enough to make it watchable, but the actors achieve the lowest bottom in awful acting and the whole misogyny of the plot is shocking and abysmal.

So it's a bit of a disconnect seeing some decent actors and then seeing some truly awful actors.

All the lead's do well in this character study that becomes a chase movie, the actors given space to not explain every character nuance to us, the photography's decent, wide vistas of rugged Western canyons.

It's also a treat to see an older generation of great African - American actors get a decent role on screen; Angela Bassett (pictured above with Letitia Wright) and Forest Whitaker acquit themselves well.

While Ayer does a decent enough job establishing that these men (and woman) have known each other a long time, there's a lack of chemistry (and inability to adequately improvise) among the actors that seems out of place for how tight - knit they're supposed to be.

It's got an overcrowded cast of only marginally decent actors like Idris Elba and Matt Dillon.

There's a decent bunch of actors here, and the production values are pretty good for what was publicised as a throwaway comedy (in fact it looks a lot like the Scooby Doo set).

The first half of the movie is not that great, filled with way too much bad acting, including that of the lead actors, but once things get going in the end of the second and into the third acts, the film turns into a pretty decent revenge flick.

I thought Vantage Point looked like a pretty decent thriller from the trailer - quite refreshing to see actors of a certain vintage in a film like this, rather than a bunch of kids - but reviews suggest my enthusiasm was possibly misplaced (I'll get to make my own mind up soon enough).

And yet, for all bar the opening ten minutes of Darkest Hour, the Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Harry Potter star gives such a convincing turn as Britain's wartime hero that he's already scooped the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama and a Bafta nomination, and must stand a decent chance of repeating that success come Oscar time.

EXTRAS: In addition to a pair of audio commentaries (one with director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett, and another with Wingard, Barrett and actors Sharni Vinson and Barbara Crampton), there's a fairly decent making - of featurette.

Stand Up Guys features an A-team of veteran actors in search of a decent screenplay, yet there is some pleasure in watching them perform.

We watch other people revolving around him, all good actors playing decent characters, and they seem convinced, swayed, or seduced by some irreducible kernel of truth in Ben Kalmen.

The Powers That Be, however, clever things that they are, have surrounded Lautner with a bunch of wonderful older and more experienced actors who do a pretty decent job of convincing us that the decidedly average script has something to offer.

What it however couldn't buy was some decent actors (the acting is particularly horrid and the movie features one of the blandest baddies ever) and a good script.

As for the surfing, the film gets by on passable doubles (including Hamilton herself) shot from a distance, some decent close - up effects, and some sporting degree of actor athleticism.

For the first time being aware of Brady, I thought he was swoon - worthy in his role and a decent actor.

That's the only reason I enjoy his films anymore because otherwise he doesn't know about «writing dialogue that doesnâ $ ™ t all sound like its coming out of his mouth, where to put the camera or how to get even halfway decent performances from talented actors.»

It has a decent story rooted in a cool mythos, plenty of bullet - time inspired action, and a respectable group of actors headlined by the always - sexy Angelina Jolie.

The Screen Actors Guild have become a fairly decent harbinger of the Oscars simply because once a consensus builds it is very difficult to shake it up.

The actors do a decent enough job and go beyond the call of duty that their names suggest, but it's Mendelsohn who outshines everyone and truly looks like he belongs in the fucked up world Gosling juke - boxed together.

Jenna Dewan is at best a decent actress with great potential, but it would be a hard sell for me to think of Channing Tatum as anything more than a pretty boy actor (hearing him «recite» Shakespeare in She's The Man was teeth - grinding).

With actors of this quality, it would seem easy to make a decent movie, but this is not just a decent movie, and it certainly isn't easy.

Though it's not much to go on, the trailer suggests that Carano is actually a pretty decent actor, and regardless of the film's success, it could mark the arrival of Hollywood's newest female action star.

6:30 am — TCM — Roberta Apparently the studio still didn't trust Fred and Ginger to carry a film; this time they're second leads behind Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott, but at least Dunne and Scott are decent actors and Roberta has a fair bit of charm outside of Astaire and Rogers, due in no small part to a solid score by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach.

2:00 am (11th)-- TCM — Roberta Apparently the studio still didn't trust Fred and Ginger to carry a film after their debut pairing as second leads in Flying Down to Rio; this time they're second leads behind Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott, but at least Dunne and Scott are decent actors and Roberta has a fair bit of charm outside of Astaire and Rogers, due in no small part to a solid score by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach.

Emma Thompson is the most mediocre of all of the actors since her performance is silly and way too over the top for what could have been a decent villain.

Which is a pity, because Dracula Untold contains the germ of a decent story, and Welsh actor Luke Evans is well cast as the unfortunate Vlad.

Blu - ray Highlight: There are audio commentaries for five of the ten episodes with executive producer Daniel Percival and actors Sullivan Stapleton, Philip Winchester, Amanda Mealing and Liam Cunningham, and although they offer some decent insight into making the show, it's something that will most likely only interest diehard fans.

«Fifty Shades Darker» is melodramatic garbage of the highest degree that forces decent actors like Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan (who look as interested as their contracts obligate them to be) to deliver cringeworthy, soap opera - quality dialogue.

There are the expected scenes of actors riffing all over each that populate most modern comedies, but also hints at a bigger budget and attention to aesthetics like nifty camera work, tilt - shift photography, and some decent action set pieces.

Best Picture «Another Year / Black Swan» Best Director Darren Aronofsky, «Black Swan» Best Actor James Franco, «127 Hours» Best Actress Natalie Portman, «Black Swan» Best Supporting Actor John Hawkes, «Winter's Bone» Best Supporting Actress Lesley Manville, «Another Year» Best Adapted Screenplay «The Social Network» (Aaron Sorkin) Best Original Screenplay «Another Year» (Mike Leigh) Best Art Direction «Inception» Best Cinematography «Inception» Best Costume Design «Black Swan» Best Film Editing «Inception» Best Makeup «Black Swan» /» Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows» Best Sound Editing «TRON Legacy» Best Visual Effects «Inception» /» Alice in Wonderland» /» Black Swan» Best Animated Feature «Chico and Rita ″ — one to watch Best Ensemble «Another Year» Most Underrated Film of the Year «4.3.2.1» — another one to watch Most Overrated Film of the Year «Inception» — I know I've awarded it a lot but a tadge overrated Breakthrough Performance (Female) Jennifer Lawrence, «Winter's Bone» Best Performance in a Bad Film Bojana Novakovic, «Devil» Worst Performance in a Good / Fairly Decent Film Mia Wasikowska, «Alice in Wonderland» Best Hero Luz / She, «Machete» — she was a good freedom fighter, shame about the film Best Villain Nina Sayers, «Black Swan» / Mal Cobb «Inception» Best Poster «Black Swan» Best Trailer (for a trailer released in 2010, not necessarily a film released in 2010) «Black Swan» Most Surprising Film of the Year «Centurion» Most Disappointing Film of the Year «Robin Hood» Most Ambitious Film of the Year «Inception»

The actors are sometimes fun to watch, especially when they stumble upon a halfway decent line (Isis on Carla's basic level of love for her son: «I can't keep up with all these parenting trends») or amusingly weird bits of physical comedy (stealing a Christmas tree from Lady Foot Locker).

Bonus: Disc One • Audio Commentary with Co-Directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller • Audio Commentary with Co-Director Robert Rodriguez, Guest Director Quentin Tarantino and Actor Bruce Willis • Austin Audience Version • «How It Went Down: Convincing Frank Miller to Make the Film» • «Special Guest Director: Quentin Tarantino» • «A Hard Top with a Decent Engine: The Cars of Sin City» • «Booze, Broads and Guns: The Props of Sin City» • «Making the Monsters: Special Effects Makeup» • «Trench Coats and Fishnets: The Costumes of Sin City» • «Sin - Chroni - City» • Trailers Disc Two • «Recut, Extended and Unrated» Version of Sin City • Robert Rodriguez Introduction • «15 Minute Flick School» • «All Green Version» • «The Long Take» • «Sin City: Live in Concert» • «10 Minute Cooking School»

Director Amat Escalante uses artful long takes, nonprofessional actors, and moments of abject miserableness — in one terrible - to - watch scene, a character has his genitals lit on fire — to sketch the story of a decent Mexican family churned up by their country's corrupt police force.

I got the feeling that the actors are those kind of performers who, if they are well - directed, can hand in a decent performance.

Cast offers decent text biographies of actors Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ellen Pompeo, Juliette Lewis, Leah Remini, Perrey Reeves, Craig Kilborn, Jeremy Piven, Elisha Cuthbert and Snoop Dogg.

Setting aside the argument that it's never too late to humanize a dangerous man (if, in fact, that's the point the series is trying to make), the caricature of Donald Trump presented in the series is so oafishly relatable he does little to resemble our very real and very dangerous president (aside from a decent impression from voice actor Jeff Bergman).

Despite the presence of a decent cast - with real actors like John Lithgow and Michael Rooker on hand - every character seems bland and forgettable.

Although I think I possibly needed to suspend my disbelief a little too often, it was still a relatively enjoyable film, with a decent amount of grit, intrigue, and interest and generally believable work by all actors.

Fans of the two actors will want to check it out for the performances alone, especially the always fascinating Fassbender, but while it's a decent enough entry in the British crime genre that calls to mind David Michôd's «Animal Kingdom,» the movie is ultimately pretty forgettable.

Unless you're just looking for that flick to get your date to hold you tighter and hide her face against you whenever it looks like something particularly nasty is about to jump out, The Quiet Ones is not much more than a dreadfully routine horror flick with credible actors and a decent sense of period to keep it from completely freefalling into the bad movie abyss during the unsatisfying and lackluster finale.

When you look at it as a whole you have a fairly decent screenplay with nice dialogue, great sets, a glossy, well - polished look; plenty of gifted actors (Chris Cooper and Elle Fanning, above, particular stand - outs) doing their thing making the most of the material, and enough going on to hold you attention throughout — but by the time you reach the end, one can't help but feel a little empty.