Sentences with phrase «playing sleazy»

Jerry O'Connell steals every scene he's in playing the sleazy Jones, a character «loosely» inspired by Joe Francis.

When we meet him, he's playing a sleazy drug dealer, complete with horseshoe mustache and a tendency to hit on waitresses.

It's particularly great to hear Arkin's thoughts on his performance as he loves and hates the role, loved playing a sleazy drug - addled maniac but hated tormented such a nice person like Hepburn on set.

Yet, if Pearl Jam was so little in the eyes of Ticketmaster, then they ought to have continued playing sleazy bars.

In «Confidence,» he plays a sleazy, womanizing anti-hero.

Greg Kinnear plays a sleazy, smiling insurance salesman named Mickey V. Prohaska.

Teresa Palmer co-stars as a woman who lives with her daughter in the same hotel in which King is staying (and who becomes his only friend), while Luke Evans and Alfred Molina play the sleaziest of the sleaze.

Bruce Dern plays the sleazy, blackmailing detective to whom The Driver is the ultimate catch, going so far as to blackmail a local crime outfit to hire The Driver in order to sting him.

The best thing about this is Billy Zane, who plays a sleazy defense attorney, with the emphasis on sleaze.

Also, Sarah Silverman should only play sleazy promoters / publicists moving forward.

It's the 1950s and Matt Damon plays a sleazy guy with criminal interests, living unhappily with his unusual family, in the apparently picture - perfect smalltown of Suburbicon.

It doesn't help that Jane plays it sleazy and loose, channelling his inner Serpico, so he could come across as the shoot - first corrupt cop character.

Not exact matches

The government's heavy handed tactics of contacting witnesses is just as legal as Silver accepting legal fees for referrals — sleazy and inappropriate but legal (as Silver plays the Joe Bruno defense of accepting a possible short term conviction but having that conviction tossed on appeal).

for example, the woman of the gang can either play the role of a scared lost woman or a sleazy harlot as distractions.

McConaughey plays Mick Haller, a cocky, sleazy defense attorney who thinks he's got it all figured out.

The Change - Up does give us the chance to see its two stars playing against type with obvious relish — after all, Bateman does his most scene - stealing work when he's adorably sleazy, and Reynolds is a lot more appealing when he's not in asshole mode.

Likewise, Danny Huston — not my favorite actor by any stretch of the imagination — is a lot stronger here than in some of his previous films (like Birth), playing Justin's co-worker who has his own sleazy interests in Tessa, something she uses to get information from him about the British government's dealings in Africa.

It's a sleazier character than we've seen him play before which stands as yet another testament to what a wonderfully dynamic talent he was.

by Walter Chaw Brutally overwritten, smug, and self - indulgent to no discernible point, Jason Reitman's disappointing Juno is an unfortunate attempt to marry Judd Apatow's sleazy morality plays with a Kevin Smith pop - cultural gabber — the result being a ventriloquism tract in which virgin screenwriter (formerly blogger) Diablo Cody crams so many unlikely gluts of verbiage into so many sterile, undeveloped characters that the whole production is the ultimate act of masturbatory puppetry.

Much of the problem lies in Dillon's pale, wooden performance in the lead role: The part seems to call for effortless, bohemian, slightly sleazy charm, but Dillon plays the character as a clueless, charisma - free jock.

Elwes is set to play the «handsome, slick, and sleazy» Mayor Kline, while Jake Busey takes on the role of The Hawkins Post journalist Bruce who has «questionable morals».

While Keanu popping up as sleazy hotel manager initially seems to play as a quick laugh he totally makes you buy into his absolute ickiness and does some impressive work in some of the films more intense scenes.

Bob Odenkirk, Breaking Bad's sleazy lawyer Saul Goodman, is on the right side of the law this time, playing Bill Olson, a police deputy with an aversion to crime scenes thanks to his sensitive gag reflex.

Beginning with Eisenberg (here enjoying the role of his young career, at least until someone inevitably casts him as the lead in a Woody Allen biopic), the entire cast — including Justin Timberlake, who plays Napster co-founder Sean Parker as a kind of sleazy Svengali — deliver their lines with deft aplomb.

We're guessing that Perrineau, who plays a travelling salesman called John, will be the hostage who reveals hidden depths — especially when you consider that the other two cast members announced thus far are Michael Madsen and Danny Trejo, both of whom specialise in sleazy nutjobs.

Though he's not playing an oily rich guy, Douglas still has that sleazy charm, which he uses to manipulate the people around him.

And I, you know, I like Jackman in the early parts of the movie when he's playing this sort of sleazy character.

Rodriguez's entry, Planet Terror, not only has the right mix of sleazy pedigree and sick inspiration, but it plays masterfully with the deliberately shoddy state of the celluloid itself.

The now - notorious decision to focus on Michael Myers» abusive upbringing proves to be disastrous, as Zombie infuses such scenes with precisely the sort of sleazy sensibility he's become known for - ensuring that the majority of Halloween's first half plays like an over-the-top parody of a Rob Zombie flick (right down the casting of William Forsythe as a redneck idiot).

He's carving a niche for himself by undermining his leading man qualities and playing bad, sleazy dudes.

The rest of the picture can be filled in as follows: Keira Knightley and Chiwetel Ejiofor, who play newlywed couple Juliet and Peter, contend with the latent feelings of Peter's old friend Mark (Andrew Lincoln); Martin Freeman and Joanna Page, body doubles in movies who find attraction to one another while staging sex scenes; Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson, a longtime married couple now face a crisis in the wake of Karen (Thompson)'s discovery of an affair her husband is potentially having with a coworker; Hugh Grant's Prime Minister, the most self - deprecating individual ever to find himself in a position of such power, can't help but feel attracted to one of his secretaries even after her indiscretion with the sleazy U.S. President (an absolute waste of Billy Bob Thornton's time).

McHale will play Rex, the sleazy boss who is perpetually putting the moves on his employee (Kunis).

Quaid is actually cast here quite perfectly as a sleazy farming version of a business shark (i.e. the type Nicholas Cage usually plays).

In the film, «The Comedian,» De Niro plays an aging comic icon who develops a strong bond with the daughter of a sleazy real estate mogul.

One of the things that bothers me most about vanity publishing of any stripe — from the old - fashioned vanities that shipped you boxes of books to molder away in your basement, to the print on demand self - publishing services that are trying to re-brand themselves as «indie» publishers or «assisted publishing», to the sleazy deceptive pay - to - play companies that pass themselves off as «real» publishers — is that they take advantage of authors twice: first by taking their money, second by brainwashing them into believing all the deceptive hype.

If a dude looks sleazy than he probably is and if anyone promises you any type of return over 12 %, 99 % of the time they are probably playing you.

Just remember that this is a rather sleazy and immoral trick to play, which is why you didn't read it here (nudge, nudge, wink, wink).

Bonnie Damon of John Garcia's The Column said, «Yates provides a humorous outlet for the show with his perfectly exaggerated Italian accent and sleazy laugh, and he plays his character a little more toward the audience than the rest of the cast.»