Sentences with phrase «of old pros»

The entire ensemble of old pros play their designated roles well; standing out are Cumming, whose trademark impishness fits this role like a glove; and Danny Trejo, playing a nice guy for a change and pulling it off wonderfully.

Has its cornball charm, thanks largely to the confident work of old pros Carell, Arkin, and Buscemi, but it's ultimately a big, gaudy, predictable show, strictly for the rubes and tourists.

The film, with its large ensemble cast, is well acted, and director Coppola gets the best out of old pros Woods and Turner, while at the same time coaxing solid performances out of her young cast, especially Dunst and Hartnett.

Prematurely feted by the Academy, Mendes is no different from Brett Ratner, really, in that he leans heavily on the expertise of old pros like Conrad Hall and now Murch — though as Ratner hasn't an ounce of taste in the first place, this has scarcely had a quantifiable effect on his work.

The cast was such a bunch of old pros.

So what if the young kids get upstaged by a couple of old pros?

They have a happy combination of old pros and eager rookies.

The Boston Celtics are riding high once more due to a blend of old pros and young hotshots, a canny coach, a cannier general manager — and perhaps because Willis Reed of the rival Knicks is sidelined

Wayne Gretzky, 17, can't drink beer legally with his Edmonton Oiler teammates, but the youngest major leaguer is playing with the flair and finesse of an old pro

Simon Kinberg's script is awash in banal, expository dialogue — the characters having to keep explaining the plot to each other — but people don't go to X-Men movies for naturalistic exchanges: a few pithy one - liners will suffice, and Jackman puts the ones he does get across with the gruff brio of an old pro.

And I enjoyed the studied cynicism that Philip Bosco put into the role of the old pro who runs the school for the deaf.

Michael B. Jordan laces up his gloves as Adonis Creed Johnson (son of Apollo) and with the help of an old pro (Stallone, back for the umpteenth time), he revitalizes the Rocky franchise in a major way.

Reminds me of my old Pro Skater days.

Not exact matches

Apple ships its current, top - of - the - line MacBook Pro with 16 GB, but you can match that on a computer that's six - years - old for under $ 100.

Ironically, because of the changes Apple made to the way it makes its laptops, older MacBook Pros are the most upgradable computers on this list.

The MacBook Air is less upgradable than older MacBook Pros, but there are still a couple of ways to extend its life.

Like many post-recession pros, I rotate through freelance and contract gigs to earn dough, which made me give serious side - eye to a recent Glassdoor study finding that 89 % of 18 - to 34 - year - olds would prefer more perks to a pay raise.

The 19 - year - old U.S. swimmer, who earned five gold medals and broke world records, won't be partaking in any sponsorship deals since she's opted to enroll at Stanford University instead of going pro.

We typically went to a dive bar called the Old Pro in a hangar - like building near the intersection of Oregon Expressway and El Camino Real.

I picked up an old Everyman edition of John Henry Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua in a secondhand bookshop, and, reading it, discovered that there was a beautiful and spiritual rationale for Catholic sacramental theology.

It's really difficult to tell sometimes when kids are ready to cook — some are extremely precocious and are able to compete like old pros on shows like Masterchef Junior, others lack the interest or even the drive to boil a kettle of water.

Okay, so maybe you (and I, for that matter) can't find a 20 - year - old bottle of Semillon, but you can still tackle a BYOB dinner like a pro.

A 36 year - old accountant who'd never played pro hockey before last night got to close out the last 14 minutes of a game as Chicago's emergency goaltender, and stopped all seven Winnipeg shots he faced.

Jan 04,2016... When I was growing up, the only pro sports team in my home state was the Virginia Squires of the old...

Then a whole seasons experience with 30 + year old pros and a manager with over 40 years experience and off the back of a cup performance in which he dueled with the toughest striker around and didn't come off second best, he comes off all that yet he lacks confidence, plus he's second guessing his choices and doesn't look as fit as when we first signed him.

This year Bunning and rookie congressman Tom McMillen, the Maryland Democrat who played 11 years in the NBA, (page 70) joined representatives Jack Kemp (Buffalo Bills) and Mo Udall (the old ABL Denver Nuggets) and Senator Bill Bradley (New York Knicks) in the Jock Caucus, as Udall has come to call the collective of five former pro athletes now serving in Congress.

It mattered little to Californians that Chicago, surprisingly enough, took four straight from St. Louis before Cards, with lift from old pro Stan Musial, halted Cubs 9 - 4, and that Milwaukee could do no better than win three out of five from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

(See Morata performing old pro trick of putting his leg across opponent and then falling over.

In the past, teams got up for the Pro Bowl in cocktail lounges, but this year the game was between clubs representing the two old leagues and therefore a matter of pride.

It now became a struggle between old pro Nichols, 34, winner of a PGA Championship and seven other tournaments, and 28 - year - old Harris, whom everybody calls Junior, a former U.S. Amateur champion but a relative unknown and a non-winner on the pro tour.

Target: Lacazette Pros: Young, Goalscorer, Quick, Loads of Potential Cons: Price, only one season old (in terms of success at the highest level).

A one - time star tight end (well, in middle school) and current 29 - year - old journalist, I challenged the Broncos» All - Pro cornerback to an afternoon of one - on - ones.

I think Wenger will buy a big - potential relative unknown that surprises us to replace Flamini, continue the fast - tracking of Bielik, work a bit more on Wilshere's redemption / rehabilitation, complete his 4 year Lazarus project on Diaby and keep old - pro Arteta interested in the background.

Yeldon may play well in college and get a lot of carries, but a 27 year - old linebacker who has been a pro for the past 6 years would destroy him.

TENNIS — Before 14,761 at Madison Square Garden, 41 - year - old PANCHO GONZALES outlasted Rod Laver, the top - ranked pro, to win a two - hour 45 - minute match 7 - 5, 3 - 6, 2 - 6, 6 - 3, 6 - 2 and the $ 10,000 prize money in the opening round of the Tennis Champions, Inc. $ 200,000 Classic.

The 27 - year - old Canadian pro mountain biker had secretly built a jump on a cliff near the summit of Col de Galibier three days before the peloton arrived.

STRONG POINTS: For the most part, a seasoned team of hard - hitting, smooth - fielding old pros.

So if I put aside certain morons (Wengers a crook, Wengers too old, Wengers a fool) and certain political agitators who only ever write lop sided and myopic articles to try to undermine Wenger and wind up the morons (km is the most obvious), then others who make intelligent comments (there are many — both pro and anti Wenger) have in the past 2 - 3 years put the real issues in front of the owners, the board and the manager.

Add to his raw talent and natural abilities the legacy and insight from being the son of a former NFL wide receiver (his father, also Alex Van Dyke, played six seasons as a pro with the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles), and the big deal about the 17 - year - old is justified.

Jan 04,2016... At Newport the old pros tried a new kind of tennis — the Van Alen Simplified Scoring System — in a tourn...

For the umpteenth time since Tiger Woods moved in near Mark O'Meara's place in Isleworth, a gated, guarded, garish enclave in Orlando, the wise old pro got the better of his talented young neighbor.

Angell traces two years in the career of a 27 - year - old pitcher, once a promising pro prospect, who's giving baseball one more chance to discover him after an eight - year layoff.

Messier's return may also be a godsend for 19 - year - old right wing Pavel Brendl, a talented but lazy prospect who will be a big part of New York's future if he can make the commitment required of a good pro.

The pros, for their part, missed a good part of the charm of Old Mexico — as they so often miss the charm of the places they happen to be invading for money.

Jamea Jackson, a 17year - old Floridian, is the top - ranked American junior on the WTA Tour, at No. 198, and received a wild card into the main draw of the U.S. Open (where she was slated to face veteran pro Cara Black of Zimbabwe).

But in the middle of his talk, Dunleavy strayed from the pro game and made a passing comment about his son Mike Jr., then 17 years old.

Having cut nearly 50 commercials before he had cut his full set of adult teeth, nine - year - old Tommy Okon could only watch with a pro's smug detachment as his costar in a 1979 Coca - Cola ad — 6» 4», 260 - pound Mean Joe Greene — had to slug down 27 bottles of Coke during dozens of takes until he got his part right.

On April 18, 1946 Jersey City was the scene of the pro debut of a 28 - year - old Montreal Royals infielder named Jackie Robinson.

Pro: Good to see the glimpse of Ramsey's old 1st half of 2013 - 14 season's form again.

but now its different, and surely he won't play for anything less than he deserves... there is plenty of interest in Bowman, he was on pace for a Pro Bowl season for sure if he had played 16 games... and he's still not that old, he could easily demand a 3 year $ 20 million deal, or more...