Sentences with phrase «whose affable»

Colombe is great as the sleazy Stan and Kevin Janssens is also very good as Richard, whose affable exterior and good looks mask a genuine monster.

Not exact matches

Seann William Scott plays Doug Glatt, an affable but dim - witted bouncer whose sole talent — brutish thuggery — occasions his unlikely recruitment into minor - league hockey.

Szostak, whose large glasses and round face make him look like an affable owl, had been letting Benner do most of the talking.

Ed tv casts Matthew McConaughey as Ed Pekurny, an affable everyman whose life changes dramatically after he's cast as the star of a 24 hour television program documenting his every move - with Ed's newfound notoriety increasing substantially after he begins dating his brother's girlfriend (Jenna Elfman's Shari).

The American remake of the French Canadian film Starbuck features Vince Vaughn as affable underachiever David Wozniak, whose mundane life is turned upside down when he finds out that he fathered 533 children through sperm donations he made twenty years earlier.

The movie is showing us Barnum as an affable family man whose worst trait is the desire to be accepted by his snooty in - laws.

Meanwhile, Christian Bale's stately if unmemorable Bruce Wayne / Batman reassumes relationships with Michael Caine's affable man - servant Alfred, Morgan Freeman's man - sage Lucius Fox and Gary Oldman's modest cop, Lieutenant Gordon (whose quietness is drowned out by the film's bombastics).

Ruffalo also had a charming, affable leading - man turn in «Begin Again» this year, as a weary record label exec whose passion for music is reignited by a young singer - songwriter, but his turn as real - life Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz in Bennett Miller's retelling of a bizarre true story is a prime example of an actor at the peak of his powers.

The writer / director may have an affable personality, but he's also a whip - smart filmmaker whose previous two movies, Fruitvale Station and Creed, proved he was well equipped to make the jump from intimate, character - based indies to the blockbuster big leagues.

The low - key tone and casual pacing create an atmosphere akin to a fly - on - the - wall doc, while a nuanced moral conflict builds through the plight of the title character: an affable but flawed widower whose liberal values clash with his community as he struggles to gain custody of his child.

The best of the rest manifests in Colin Firth's genuine, affable Jamie, a writer whose girlfriend has been having an affair with his brother.

Berman and Pulcini, whose previous film was the affable, conventional Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's, negotiate the intricate shifts in register and emotional tone without a misstep.

Caleb is star struck by the reclusive Nathan, whose casually affable manner isa thin cover for a sharp mind and world - conquering ambition.

This is an affable, predominantly inoffensive bit of goes - down - easy middlebrow fare, whose crimes are mainly those of uninspired screenwriting technique (underwritten roles, conveniently sidestepped conflicts).

By an affable Frenchman, whose broken English far outstripped our unintelligible French.

Doig's latest historical novel set in the fictional Two Medicine Country in northern Montana stars an affable bartender and his precocious 12 - year - old son, whose coming - of - age takes place in a saloon.

The adaptable, affable Tibetan Terrier is a great choice for the dog owner whose idea of exercise is a walk around the block.

It may be a bit hard to believe, knowing that Nintendo projects itself as an affable company whose executives seems to be more congenial than your second - grade elementary teacher.

Bui just might be the most affable and energetic denizen of the New York art world, but (as befits a man whose mentor was Meyer Schapiro) he also has a deeper working knowledge of artistic activity in this city over the past sixty years than almost anyone I know.