Sentences with phrase «as bombastic»

There may have been question marks surrounding last week's annual video games expo — E3 in Los Angeles — with some publishers not hosting booths, but gamers need not fear: it was as bombastic as ever and promised much for the year ahead.

Timothy Spall, who finally earned best actor praise at the Canne film festival for his bio-pic performance in Mr. Turner, is accurately vile here as the bombastic Irving.

In keeping with the theme of constant contradictions Lone Survivor manages to be occasionally as bombastic as its predecessor and yet considerably more sensitive.

What begins as a bombastic beat ala THE FAST & THE FURIOUS devolves into a myriad of problems.

Not many people know about the other apocalypse comedy of 2013, It's a Disaster, a lower key affair that is technically more of a comedic take on «No Exit» than something as bombastic as This is the End or The World's End.

Graphics are crisp, especially so on the Switch's screen, and the music is just as bombastic and catchy as it was a few years ago.

This time he costars with Tilda Swinton and Matthias Schoenarts as a bombastic rock «n» roll producer who intrudes upon their quiet getaway on the Italian island of Pantelleria.

As a bombastic piece of entertainment that unites at least 27 characters with speaking parts along with an assortment of other entities, it's miraculously enjoyable.

In the 1960s, his feature film debut, he plays the haunted and pale Boo Radley in To Kill A Mocking Bird; in the 1970s he immortalized his love for the smell of napalm in the morning as a general who like to surf and plays Wagner when going into battle; in the 1980s he plays a quiet, down - on - his - luck country singer who does odd jobs for room and board while trying to put his life back together; and in the 1990s his turn as the bombastic Apostle E.F. might just be the best single performance of that decade.

I thought Washington, who already has two Oscars to his credit, might just shade it for his turn as a bombastic Pittsburgh bin - man in Fences, especially given the unwelcome publicity Casey Affleck has received over two cases of alleged sexual harassment.

Kelly saw no use for those he saw as bombastic, machiavellian troublemakers — like Anthony Scaramucci and Steve Bannon, both of whom he pushed out within weeks.

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Ottawa's intentions are noble, but it is the bombastic tone used as a backdrop to promote the plan to Canadians that has been less than effective.

Bombastic open letters generate headlines, appeal to would - be franchisees and build a reputation for Corrin as a tough - talking leader.

From his bombastic remarks to his over-the-top lifestyle, he often comes off as little more than a rich bully pandering for attention.

Hollywood tends to reward — and remember — bombastic performances over more subtle fare, and DiCaprio's frequent casting as the stoic protagonist allows his scenes to be eaten away by his supporting cast.

Yes, the guy you know as will.i.am is a bombastic pop star and the frontman of the Black Eyed Peas, but Adams has established himself as a go - to social and technology consultant big brands trust.

The show cast six supporting «citizen journalists» who reflect the broad swath of personalities on the right, with a gun - rights activist in the vein of bombastic NRA spokeswoman Dana Loesch, provocateurs in the vein of Milo Yiannopoulos, what Miller described as a «pseudo-intellectual with no real credentials,» and a stay - at - home livestreamer rambling without much of a point.

As a pop star, he's beyond bombastic.

With all the bombastic talk of millions in funding and unicorn companies with valuations of more than $ 1 billion, it appears things are not as flush for disruptive startups as they seem.

As you have already probably deduced from the bombastic claims of $ 8,750 per hour at «no - loss», the Azure Method is just another scam with laughable claims.

In an election year when reality seems as remote as a Pluto flyby; a year already marked by bombastic promises of walls, jobs, «a future to believe in» and free stuff for everybody, maybe we should take a quick break from the narcoleptic snooze imposed on us by the mass media.

If these nasty bombastic Christians that protest funerals and wrap their lives around political candidates as a savior actually read the Bible they would see they are not in line with God's will.

Palin has become less popular as she has become more bombastic.

A «cameo essay» explains the reasons for this decision roughly as follows: the gospels contain sayings proclaiming God's rule as both present and future; Jesus could not have said both things; the future eschatology appears «bombastic and threatening»; therefore, Jesus must have spoken of God's rule only as present reality.

In today's high court appeal judgement, Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge, Mr Justice Owen and Mr Justice Griffith Williams said: «If the person or persons who receive or read it, brush it aside as a silly joke, or a joke in bad taste, or empty bombastic or ridiculous banter, then it would be a contradiction in terms to describe it as a message of a menacing character.»

While the mayor deflected questions about his views on Cuomo's opponent, tea partier Carl Paladino, he did say that, «anger is not a governing strategy,» an apparent allusion to the Republican nominee's bombastic style and his campaign slogan, «mad as hell.»

Speaking at the Women's National Republican Club today in midtown Manhattan Kasich cast the nation's options as between an irresponsible and bombastic approach and a reasoned, sober and effective approach.

GOP leaders rejected bombastic independent candidate Bo Dietl, a private detective and former police officer, refusing to hand him a waiver to run in the Republican primary (Dietl is still running as an independent and could take votes from the eventual Republican nominee).

Meanwhile, should bombastic Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino seek another run for governor in 2018 — as he suggested he might — he will be starting his campaign deep in debt - to himself.

ELIZABETHTOWN Hyper - partisanship appears to be the new normal as the U.S. seems more divided than ever, a measure fueled by a bombastic president who relishes in upending all political conventions.

He was often dismissed by former congressman Rick Lazio, the party's designee, as an unelectable gadfly, putting forth no substantive solutions atop his bombastic rants.

Elected last year as the successor to the iconic and bombastic Marty Markowitz, Mr. Adams is every bit the pun - loving ham that Mr. Markowitz, the ultimate cheerleader of Brooklyn's swift transformation from schlub hub into Lena Dunham's lucrative playground, always was.

Trump said the Republican primary race will be «over» if he wins Indiana's contest this week, as his chief rival, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, refused over and over to say whether he'd back the bombastic billionaire in a general election.

Moore, a bombastic evangelical Christian twice ousted as Alabama's chief justice, advances to face Democratic nominee and former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones in the general election contest on Dec. 12.

Many senators, such as Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California, often do not face contested reelection bids, allowing them to move across party lines and make fewer and less bombastic promises during campaigns.

Even as he accuses many state GOP leaders of betraying the party, bombastic Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino has regularly donated to his hometown Democrats.

I'm looking for somebody with similar interests, i love 80's metal and Classic Rock as well as the tiniest bit of rap and Reggae, i am loud bombastic and just plain crazy when I'm in the right mood, once you get to know me i can be a lot of fun.

During the scripting sessions for Show of Shows, Reiner became friends with a bombastic staff writer named Mel Brooks, with whom he improvised a number of wild stream - of - consciousness comedy bits which would eventually crystallize as the classic «2000 Year Old Man» routines.

Serial fans know Pierre Watkin as the actor who originated the role of bombastic Daily Planet editor Perry White in Columbia's two Superman chapter plays of the late»40s.

As muddled, bombastic, disposable fun, it gets the job done very nicely, but our end reaction is the same as that of Mark Kermode: «Is that the best you can do?»As muddled, bombastic, disposable fun, it gets the job done very nicely, but our end reaction is the same as that of Mark Kermode: «Is that the best you can do?»as that of Mark Kermode: «Is that the best you can do?».

Of course, that's easier said than done, as Petit is such a bombastic character that Zemeckis is forced to lean on him more than he probably intended.

There's a scene where Laura gets dragged into a crowded club, and the flashing lights, bombastic music and roiling crowd of sweaty bodies she finds herself wading through feels just as terrifying to the audience as it clearly does to her.

It's a light ensemble comedy in the classical Hollywood mode, trapped somewhere between the»30s and the»80s, with a large ensemble of go - getting corporate stooges zinging off one another as To's camera flutters around the office with a bombastic, God - like command of space.

From the epic «Gone with the Wind» to the intense «The Little Foxes,» classic Hollywood was able to create films that operated as lush, at times bombastic spectacles in order to showcase the strengths of their leading ladies.

Album closer Contact is a blustering din of exploding, modular synthesizers and bombastic percussion — almost like a space shuttle reentering Earth's atmosphere, jettisoning stardust and space debris as its thrusters heat up and ignite.

It will come as no surprise if audiences no longer give a damn about another bombastic Transformers movie, especially now that it seems director Michael Bay no longer does.

The Hobbit would have been successful as one, epic film instead of three different films all operating on extended narrative plateaus, and Jackson could have combined elements of all three and still retained his bombastic vision of Tolkien's material.

Mike White — «Year of the Dog» Maybe one of the purest expressions of «screenwriter - turned - director» (though he's also an actor given to appearing in character roles in some of his films) Mike White had, in years leading to 2007, carved out quite a distinctive place for himself as an indie screenwriter dealing more in low - key human dramedy than some of the more bombastic Shane Black - types, or more mainstream Steve Zaillian - types on our list.

Nevertheless there has been a discernible change in Leigh's work since his last dysfunctional - family opus, Life Is Sweet — a change well described by Australian critic Adrian Martin in a recent letter to me: «I think that as a certain angry anti-Thatcher 80s politics has drained from Leigh's work, he has gravitated to either the bombastic nihilism of Naked (a film I have incredibly mixed feelings about) or the soft - heartedness of Secrets and Lies.»

The third act becomes a courtroom drama (in the loosest sense), as Barry, Adam, and Vanessa team up against a bombastic Southern lawyer (John Goodman).