Sentences with word «watchable»

At a tick under two and one half hours, the risk is that the patience of the audience is too sorely tested, and perhaps more judicious editing of the twists and turns in the source would have allowed for a more watchable film.

The series is as compulsively watchable as ever, with Dexter's marriage, stepchildren, newborn son and stifling suburban life complicating his leisure time.

The result is a lavish yet substantial and eminently watchable filming of an enchanting epochal drama.

What makes the movie watchable as more than an exercise in masochism is that Isabelle is also a battler.

All this upends the novel's themes and intentions, but the film is very watchable in a picture postcard kind of way, and Michael Sheen is outstanding as the thoroughly miserable Boldwood.

Both manipulative and condescending, this is only made watchable by the contributions of its solid cast.

However, it has all the seeds of promise and enough entertainment combined with quality scripting and acting to make it an eminently watchable movie.

Director John Hillcoat of «Lawless» and «The Road» fame does exactly what you want him to do and delivers a smart, action packed and very watchable movie starring Kate Winslet's hair, Kate Winslet, dependable everyman Chiwetel Ejiofor, twitchily useless Aaron Paul, drawly - as - ever Woody Harrelson and «The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus, enjoying a spot of bank robbing on his hiatus from zombie killing.

A terrific cast headed by Hugh Bonneville (proving, not for the first time, to be hugely adept at comedy) and a brilliantly heartfelt Sally Hawkins is fleshed out by a few familiar Brits and an on - form Nicole Kidman at possibly her most watchable for years!

Unable to see it live, it took me several tries to find any archived video that was at least watchable for more than five seconds at a time.

The fact that Philip can be so watchable yet so thoroughly and unflinchingly despicable is quite the gambit.

Reynolds is always watchable so I stayed to the end but, Jesus was it a shambles.

Yet the movie remains watchable even through the sporadic lulls within the narrative, something that's due almost entirely to Gervais» almost ridiculously entertaining performance.

He's actually quite watchable in films such as The Wedding Singer and Punch Drunk Love... it's a pity about his other films (such as Little Nicky — an insult to humanity in general).

Pop quiz everyone: you're a Hollywood studio and you help get a movie that's barely watchable into theaters.

They never got to enjoy the funny and highly watchable take on the home invasion genre.

I definitely felt the strain at times here, but massive credit to the Russo brothers for making something watchable out of it.

Bening avoids doing an impersonation, but she's obviously studied the actress, and is able to suggest aspects of Grahame that made her so watchable on screen.

It's clear right away that The Paper benefits substantially from Keaton's typically stellar turn as the central character, with the actor's charismatic performance perpetuating (and heightening) the film's compulsively watchable atmosphere on a continuing basis.

Filmmakers Daley and Goldstein have infused Game Night with a very slick, very fast - paced sensibility that is, at the outset, impossible to resist, with the compulsively watchable vibe heightened by a series of uniformly affable performances.

Still, this Cronenberg movie remains compulsively watchable even when it gets, well, weird for the sake of weirdness.

It's one of those comedies that's far from perfect but made incredibly watchable by a likable, talented cast, including Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn.

But it was still watchable for little touches here and there.

The image was certainly watchable in a pinch; and it sufficed compared with some other middling streamed images I've seen over time.

Thanks to a voluptuous Blu - ray presentation, the movie, which like the Underworld flicks uses iconic creatures as action figures, is at least watchable for a spell, then the CGI begins streaming across the screen like so many clouds of bats.

The film is essentially a basic revenge story that takes itself too seriously, but it is also entertaining and kept watchable because of its exceptional cast.

They should be one of the more watchable teams this year.

He admits his first challenge was to turn «men sitting round a table discussing parliamentary process» into watchable television.

Union remains thoroughly watchable in just about anything, and what little enjoyment «Breaking In» provides comes from watching her transform from an average bougie mom into some combination of «Taken's» Bryan Mills, Jason Bourne, and Spider - Man.

Dorff makes it work for the most part because of his performance, and I think he makes the film watchable at best.

The preformances are all top notch, except for the main ten actors, it's surprisingly watchable if it's late and there's nothing else on.

It's due primarily to the efforts of the stellar cast, then, that the movie remains surprisingly watchable from start to finish, with Gere's expectedly commanding turn matched by an eclectic roster of periphery performers that includes, among others, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, and Terry O'Quinn.

But it's still probably watchable enough that I'm going to chuck it onto my Payday playlist.

Wasn't the most original bit of film but it is made exhilarating and extremely watchable with J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller battling it out for who can be the craziest character.

Writer / director Terry George (Hotel Rwanda) and co-writer Robin Swicord (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) have delivered a sweeping historical epic that is immensely watchable by not over-blowing the romantic triangle, the war atrocities or the courage and bravery of the main characters.

Miss Bala's transformation from watchable thriller to interminable mess is triggered by a series of underwhelming, time - wasting sequences in the movie's midsection, with the film's unabashed lack of expository elements growing more and more troublesome as time progresses (ie it becomes increasingly difficult to work up any real interest in or sympathy for Laura's perilous plight).

His free - swinging bat and Emanski - approved glove make for an eminently watchable player.

The brilliant Xavier Samuel is also an incredibly watchable actor as Riley Pierce, the unknowing and naive pawn of Victoria who provides some devilishly menacing scenes of villainy.

And seriously, Night at the Museum Part One is pretty watchable as far as those types of pictures go - though Part Two irritated by anal fissures beyond all belief.

Presented as a documentary made by a teenager, the movie is relentlessly uninteresting, only watchable because of a few mild jolts and a blackly comical freakishness.

Sometimes it reaches that height of carefully crafted television that sets HBO apart like Breaking Bad (Master of None or Stranger Things or House of Cards or Orange is the New Black), but other times it's just kind of meant to be entertaining and accessibly watchable with little introspection or artistry informing its creation like The Walking Dead (Altered Carbon or Fuller House).

His demeanor is a night and day difference from Travers» and the pair are eminently watchable because of the rapport (or lack thereof).

That said, Baruchel and Quaid's downright stellar work ensures that the film does remain fairly watchable even through its more overtly inane stretches - as the actors effortlessly transform themselves into characters that are a far cry from their usual onscreen personas.

You may find yourself muttering, «He's still got it,» if only because, not for the first time in his career, he elevates what could have been misguided chaos into something entirely watchable, even likable.

«The Braves are actually watchable again»... I don't think they were ever unwatchable.

In my humble film student opinion, the trilogy as it now stands was average at best, making for watchable yet forgettable popcorn - popping gorefests with a somewhat bizarre re-working of the source material.

Add the best guest stars on television right now (courtesy of casting director Mark Saks» sharp eye), and you have the most compulsively watchable drama on TV.