Sentences with phrase «pool shark»

Top Gun 1985 established Cruise as an action star, but again he refused to be pigeonholed, and followed it up with a solid characterization of a fledgling pool shark in the Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money in 1986, for which co-star Paul Newman earned an Academy Award.

Jericho Hudson (Prinze Jr.) knows his way around a pool table, but he's still no match for legendary pool sharks Cue Ball Carl Bridges (Ving Rhames) and Tenderloin Tony (Angus Macfayden).

In this dark, agile, sinewy cinema tale of the world of pool halls, pool hustlers and the gamblers who exploit them, Paul Newman plays the brash, cocky young pool shark Fast Eddie Felson.

Wahlberg, who is likely to play the grizzled coach to Bieber's young slam - dunker, had previously compared the film to Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money, in which Paul Newman's veteran pool shark teaches young buck Tom Cruise how to cue up a victory on the felt.»

And while Hustle Kings will never bring you to where you can hustle real fools for cash in a local pub, as you proceed through the game you sure feel like a honest - to - goodness pool shark.

Those of you who are new or rusty to the game should definitely consider picking this up to hone your skills without the embarrassment that can accompany being absolutely walloped by the local pool shark.

During my quest for revenge I found it easy to set my differences with my enemies aside to take up the life of an avid pool shark, and traded in my brass knuckles for chrome rims as I became Fukuoka's Drift King while on a secret mission to crush a local gang of hoods with my racing prowess.

On the ground floor a low table hosts plastic containers of oil, while the focus of the basement is a pool table — when Scully moved from London to New York in the 1970s, he played as a bar - room pool shark to help make ends meet.

He handles the pitchers very well... Barry Zito has pool shark in him.

The «Baron», played by Johnny Cash, is a legendary pool shark.

This Paul Newman essential stars the legend as a pool shark who ruins everything he touches.

• Meru - An Oscar seeking documentary abou t • Mississippi Grind - Ryan Reynolds & Ben Mendlesohn are pool sharks

Klugman plays a pool shark who spends his nights alone, practicing his game and bitterly complaining that he'd be recognized as the best ever if not for a legendary cue - man who's been dead for years.