Sentences with phrase «as gallic»

As Gallic thrillers go, Rapt falls short of the pervasive chill of Guillaume Canet's Tell No One, and although Belvaux has acted in some Chabrol movies, his own picture lacks the relish for human perversity that characterizes that filmmaker's best work.

Cirque du Soleil receives similar treatment (with Matthew Lillard as a Gallic choreographer) in an unfunny yet on - target skit that identifies at once the strengths and weaknesses of the piece.

Not exact matches

Even as a dreamy 18 - year - old, it was impossible to ignore the fact that the Left Bank was full of similarly starry - eyed foreigners living out their own Gallic fantasies.

we have at most 4 real quality outfielders i.e. players that other top european teams would take... ozil sanchez santi and kos... in my books you need 6... we are two short but worse the quality of others is lower than needed... only bellerin coq and wilshere have that potential... and there are problems with each still... we should have put in bids in june for griezman kondogbia and the Burussia striker as all could have been prized away with right bid plus players thrown in IMO... now its too late and wenger is in some weird gallic world of existential hope and denial and fans are just praying we do nt lose opening 2 matches for first time in over two decades... but no one is really confident against a team which is sure to finish around mid table...

A place in the starting line - up is not the only reward for Giroud, though, as the club website has confirmed that he is one of a trio of Gallic Gunners to have been given new contracts to keep them in north London for the forseeable future.

To be honest I was getting to the point in this summer transfer window when I started thinking that any signing would do for Arsenal, as long as Arsene Wenger got his finger out and did something other than his usual Gallic Frenchman's shrug while complaining about how hard it was to find players even though every other club in the Premier League seemed to be having no trouble.

or worse... squillaci, chamakh, djuorou, frimpong, senderos... annointed by the great gallic bs artist at one time or another as our next great footballing saviour and exciting the 4th place junkies that keep wenger in his job....

The real power of the raspberry in terms of internal health lies in its flavonoid phytochemicals, such as anthocyanins, ellagic acid, quercetin, gallic acid, catechines, kaempferol, and even salicylic acid.

It acts in combination with over 25 different carotenoids, as well as polyphenols, gallic acid, caffeic acid, catechins, and tannins.

Blueberries contain Gallic Acid, an antioxidant that has been studied as a natural treatment for certain types of cancers (it purportedly kills cancer cells and avoids healthy cells).

The main agent was also identified as the common antioxidant gallic acid which red grapes are especially rich in.

However, polymers of Gallic acid and hexahydroxydipenoyl (HHDP) are linked to glucose centers to form compounds known as ellagitannins.

There's no way I could do justice to the complex mixture of phytochemicals in those plants, but various glucosinolates (really, their isothiocyanate products) and quercetin from kale; the anthocyanins from blueberries; mangiferin from mangos; and gallic acid, ellagic acid, quercetin, kaempferol from amla all induce the «adaptive stress response» as described above.

Compounds, such as quercetin, gallic acid and astragalin, may help protect the body from a range of cancers such as colon and prostate cancer.

Rutin and gallic acid have been shown to induce apoptosis (programmed cell death) as well as complete destruction of cancer cells too.

Artichoke also provides 20 % of you dietary fiber needs and a range of glycosides and plant phenols such as rutin and gallic acid.

Instead, polymers of gallic acid and hexahydroxydipenoyl (HHDP) are linked to glucose centers to form the class of compounds known as ellagitannins.

FAMOUS for effortless Gallic chic, Paul & Joe is turning its attention to that most effortless of all wardrobe staples - the boyfriend jean - as it teams up with Citizens of Humanity this season.

As I may have mentioned before, 2008 was all about the rejuvenation of French cinema for me, with Gallic productions occupying a quarter of my year - end Top 20, including the two poll spots.

A lithe, playful exercise that at points suggests a Gallic My Dinner with Andre, Cavalier's film stars the director himself and the redoubtable French leading man Vincent Lindon as both themselves and, respectively, as the President and Prime Minister of France — a role - playing game they slip in and out of at will, and which fuels a free - flowing discussion of food, globalization, national pride, and neckwear couture.

There's a gallic flavour to this issue as Cannes is upon us once again.

Admittedly, Martin's turn as the bumbling French detective wasn't as bad as Roberto Benigni in Son Of The Pink Panther, but the idea of him taking another stab at the dodgy Gallic accent fills us with dread.

This 1996 Hollywood remake is effectively the same as it's Gallic parent, only with two crucial advantages: 1.

As the narrative approaches its desired fusion of Gallic and Indian cuisine, so too Hallstrom looks to have hit his sweet spot: the very middle of middlebrow.

In his heyday as a global movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger usually played characters with super generic Anglo names — a Gallic shrug on the matter of onscreen credibility, since it was a given that he could only ever look and sound exactly like an Austrian - born former bodybuilder.

Canet is mostly known in the U.S. as an actor or Marion Cotillard's baby daddy, but anyone who saw the overlooked and taut 2006 thriller «Tell No One» knows he's akin to the Gallic version of Ben Affleck — an actor who has bloomed into a terrific director (maybe not so coincidentally, Affleck's been trying to remake Canet's film).

Based on Reif Larsen «s cult novel «The Selected Works Of T.S. Spivet,» the film, which seems to be right in Jeunet's quirky wheelhouse, is toplined by young newcomer Kyle Catlett, with Helena Bonham - Carter, Callum Keith Rennie, Kathy Bates and Judy Davis also on board, and marks the Gallic helmer's first time shooting in 3D, which, as with Martin Scorsese and Ang Lee in recent years, is surely worth the price of admission alone.

Debuting as a TV movie in its Gallic homeland (the Blu - ray offers the film both in English and French), the hour - long feature is minor but not without interest, with Welles cast as a dying man who longs to turn a popular myth involving a sailor and a woman into a real event.

The film's new arrivals include Rob Lowe using a deliberately atonal Gallic accent as the mayor of Vermont's newly acquired parcel, and Fred Savage as Fred Savage.

But while the (d) evolution itself is an organic one born of desensitization, things have progressed along a more self - conscious path in recent years, with the incendiary work of Catherine Breillat, Gaspar Noé, and Michael Haneke helping to foster the impression of contemporary Gallic life as a veritable Sodom and Gomorrah.

If the Gallic firm is serious about making DS stand on its own two feet as a brand in the UK then the products need to be more clearly defined than this oddball crossover.

As a result, it has tasked its designers and engineers with creating a model that delivers a distinctively Gallic take on luxury and refinement.

I'm not sure if the phrase «making a rod for your own back» is common parlance on the other side of the channel, but if not, Peugeot's probably introduced it to the Gallic lexicon.The «rod» in this case is the iconic 205 GTi, a car so good in its day - and still adored now - that in the succeeding three decades, every new sporty Peugeot has been compared with it and usually dismissed as below par.

Giordano has a talent for turning a few words into a portrait - in - depth, an example being his description of a slender young dilettante as looking like every French film director's dream — «unbearably lonely, ultra-sexy, Sartre - reading Gallic beauty.»

Propyl Gallate, a.k.a. Propyl Ester / Gallic Acid: A preservative derived from Gallic Acid used as an antioxidant.

As she mentioned, «the restaurants, while paying homage to their Gallic counterparts, lean towards a locavore - oriented cuisine with none of the formality of classical European dining.»

Utilizing organic produce grown in their own gardens, they serve classic French cuisine with local touches — such as the slow - cooked Mekong fish, fried frog legs and lamb shank with cardamom — with typical Gallic service and style.

The modern city was practically born on Ile de la Cite, occupied as early as the 3rd century BC by the small Gallic tribe of the Parisii.

Located on East London's vibrant Brick Lane, this charming French restaurant brings a feel of Paris to the Big Smoke and serves up Gallic favourites such as duck confit, dauphinoise potatoes, bouillabaise and moules - frites.

Presented here as a stream - of - consciousness alphabetised address book, the volume mixes Garbay's free - form Anglo - Gallic poetry with Lucas» various artistic experiments, dabbling in dirt, dominoes, and drinking.

■» European countries and Australia are backing away from their emission reductions policies as they realize their economic cost and political unpopularity» Do not discount the Gallic folly... as Hollande and his minions will implement a carbon tax as a bargain with the EU tolerating their abysmal record on deficit reduction...