Sentences with phrase «shady characters from»

They were very shady characters from the beginning.

For a shady character from California named Jay Gentile — owner of the sites in question — to cough up the cost of Amazon's legal team on this one seems a little far - fetched, so perhaps this really is just an attempt on Amazon's part to at least look like they've tried to do something constructive.

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How can you protect yourself from shady online characters?

Don't let a small number of jerks and shady characters keep you from the chance of finding love online.

Several shady characters turn up from time to time; sometimes they try to kill Silvia and sometimes not, depending on where in the script we happen to be.

From his first film (Those High Gray Walls [1939]-RRB- onward, the versatile Van Zandt was typed as «everyday» characters whenever he chose not to wear his mustache; with the «stache, however, his face took on a sinister shade, and he found himself playing such cinematic reprobates as evil caliphs, shady attorneys, and heartless Nazis.

It's a moral conflict expertly conveyed by Ejiofor, who, whether delivering stern lessons to his police officer student and friend Joe (Max Martini) or dealing with a host of shady businessmen (including Mamet regulars Rickey Jay and Joe Mantegna), smartly expresses his character's staunch conviction with hints of sorrow born from the recognition that devotion to his «code of the warrior» and its rituals inevitably means pain for himself and those he cares about.

His shady character is such a dramatic departure from his role in the HBO film «The Girl in the Café», in which he played the Fiennes role in a similar relationship between a British diplomat and an activist.

From the giant screaming spider - scorpion hybrids the «Gladers» call «Grievers,» to the virus - infected zombies they call «Cranks,» to a return of a shady, long - thought - dead character from their past (who could've been an entirely new character and it wouldn't have mattered), to Thomas» middle - finger salute to Janson, the callbacks to the previous two films don't do much but add padding to the narratFrom the giant screaming spider - scorpion hybrids the «Gladers» call «Grievers,» to the virus - infected zombies they call «Cranks,» to a return of a shady, long - thought - dead character from their past (who could've been an entirely new character and it wouldn't have mattered), to Thomas» middle - finger salute to Janson, the callbacks to the previous two films don't do much but add padding to the narratfrom their past (who could've been an entirely new character and it wouldn't have mattered), to Thomas» middle - finger salute to Janson, the callbacks to the previous two films don't do much but add padding to the narrative.

Alain Delon, John Malkovich, Matt Damon and Barry Pepper have brought Ripley to the screen, but Hopper's performance has an edginess which results not only from the character's criminal past, shady dealings and fraudulent identity.

Adventure Club (Unrated) Sci - fi fantasy about a trio of ten year - old BFFs (Dalila Bella, Jakob Davies and Sam Ashe Arnold) who end up on the run from several shady characters after finding an ancient artifact capable of granting wishes.

When some ill - intentioned characters from Jeff's shadowy past arrive on the scene looking for him, it sets off a riveting chain of events that reunites him with Kathie (Jane Greer, one of the all - time great femme fatales), the slippery girlfriend of powerful and shady Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas).

When the actor Jean - Louis Trintignant (fresh from furtively picking up a bondage magazine at the station newsstand) briefly ducks into their cabin, he's recognized by the filmmakers and quickly cast as their main character, Elias, a smuggler involved in a big score with a shady criminal.

Gudenkauf's cast of shady characters, from Jack's mentally unstable sister to his grieving uncle, all have their mysterious moments, which sustains suspicion until the final pages.

As journalist Annie Cheney found while reporting on this subject over the course of three years, when there's that much money to be made with no federal regulation, there are all sorts of shady (and fascinating) characters who are willing to employ questionable practices — from deception and outright theft — to acquire, market, and distribute human bodies and parts.

The season's best suspense novels share a striking commonality: The main characters are saddled with names that practically guarantee choruses of snickers behind their backs, from Flavia de Luce to shady character Junior Bender.

Hoffman transforms San Francisco into a noir playground for all sorts of shady characters — the kind that can only come from the mind of a writer who really gets people, their secrets and the lengths to which they'll go when they have no good choices.

Another important travel consideration to keeping your valuables safe from theft is a money belt or secret stash — you never know when shady characters could be after your goods.

From there it was easy to imagine what my character was like, his overconfidence getting the better of him due to his skill at deceiving others, but still capable of bravery in dire situations despite his shady nature.

The main character from the first game returns — a shady little Goblin named Styx, whose goal in life is to steal the wealth of the world.

Taking on familiar roles from international popular culture or embodying character types (chef, cowboy, painter, or soldier, for instance), McCarthy explored the shady undercurrents of media imagery.