Sentences with phrase «as glum»

We see Penelope Cruz as a glum missionary, Michelle Pfeiffer as a boozy American, Judi Dench as an imperious aristocrat, Willem Dafoe as an arrogant German professor (or is he?)

Though All Is Bright looks like a comedy and is marketed as one, it's as glum as holiday films get.

John Banville adapts his own 2005 Man Booker - winning novel as a glum bereavement drama of the rain - on - windowpanes variety.

As for online film critics, reports of the decline of Internet advertising in recent years may leave them feeling as glum as a songwriter who just received a royalty cheque from Pandora.

Langella, though, has a triumph as the glum conniver Bob Alexander, who's like a synthesis of all the overbearing powermongers who've skulked through the White House over the last 20 years.

The atmosphere in west London is as glum as anywhere on earth.

Not exact matches

As far as I was concerned, anyone who watched us eating dinner that first night in Philadelphia would have seen an ugly cliché confirmed: Look at that glum couple with all of those little kidAs far as I was concerned, anyone who watched us eating dinner that first night in Philadelphia would have seen an ugly cliché confirmed: Look at that glum couple with all of those little kidas I was concerned, anyone who watched us eating dinner that first night in Philadelphia would have seen an ugly cliché confirmed: Look at that glum couple with all of those little kids.

This time around, I think the combination of having to set aside plans repeatedly due to weather, feeling trapped at home, and the end of a successful training cycle and race (my first marathon), all culminated in a bit of feeling glum and fearful about the what's next — as I inevitably tend to be fearful that there's no way I can possibly live up to my own expectations in each new year.

This Pumpkin Spice Latte Parfait is the perfect light and healthy fall sweet treat, and this recipe includes gluten free and vegan recipe options!By the time September rolls around I tend to get a little bit glum, as the days get shorter and the mornings become cool and crisp.

By the time September rolls around I tend to get a little bit glum, as the days get shorter and the mornings become cool and crisp.

A glum - looking Jackson caught just two balls for 26 yards as his team lost 31 — 26.

Everyone else was staggeringly glum: Sir George Young, Andrew Lansley and Nick Clegg looked as if they'd just swallowed a fly.

As the prime minister announced his resignation - his proper resignation - I was stuck outside, starting to feel glum.

«We shall go forward as one nation,» he says in a rather lacklustre fashion before leaving the stage looking glum and frankly knackered.

Tory MPs as most Labour backbenchers sat glum - faced.

There were glum faces among Yes campaigns at the referendum count in Dingwall as news of the early results emerged, putting the No campaign ahead

Mr Miliband highlighted the potential for the measures to cause splits in the coalition by referring to Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg — who recently confessed to being a secret smoker — and Mr Hughes as «glum and glummer».

A «glum» Jeremy Corbyn made no comment as he left a heated meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party.

As Jack Dee returns to TV with a new show, ITV sitcom Bad Move, we look back at the glum stand - up's funniest jokes and quips.

Glum and depersonalized, as if Eastwood couldn't muster the energy to guide us through this maze of improbable twists.

It's unrelentingly glum (as is Katniss) and its purported twists and surprises can be seen coming a mile away.

The Quantum of Solace star's glum showing came as a pal revealed the night before at Harvey Weinstein's party, the star's split from the 40 - year - old fashion sales exec.

For Forman, Milda's parents — a pushy, overprotective mother and an indifferent father, collapsed in front of the television — represent the young lovers projected into the future, as the romantic idealism of youth gives way to the glum pragmatism of middle age.

As marshalled by Kurzel — with whom Fassbender and Cotillard also worked on 2015's gauzily glum Macbeth retelling — such convolutions are quickly set to one side in favour of swoopingly gorgeous set - pieces.

In times when Hollywood curtails the glamour to address a serious crisis (like a new war for example or the lack of gender parity in Hollywood) it can come across as merely glum.

A glum, gloomy view of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq as damaged goods, the film succeeds most as a taut whodunit laced with a character study.

The setting seems more glum than celebratory, however, as both Robert and household manservant Alfred Bridges (Herbert Mundin) will soon go off to South Africa to fight in the Boer War.

SIGHTS: With filming done in Serbia and Hungary, The Raven looks overly glum, as fog takes the place of any ray of sunlight a la Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Charming children's comedy starring Jim Carrey as Tom Popper, a high - flying but glum and recently divorced businessman whose life changes in all sorts of ways when he inherits six penguins from his eccentric explorer father.

«Birdman» was no fluke; while he went through a lull period after his phenomenal debut «Amores Perros» with the glum, heavy - handed «21 Grams» and «Babel», he has since proven himself as one of the greatest film makers of his generation.

The poll results that Education Next released Tuesday carry mildly glum news for just about every education reformer in the land, as public support has diminished at least a bit for most initiatives on their agendas: merit pay, charter schools, vouchers, and tax credits, Common Core, and even ending teacher tenure.

A narrative poem following the nasty Dr Glum as he uses his magical drum to make others unhappy - but will he learn his lesson?

Not everyone is glum of the situation though as is evident in the words of Jason Davis who represents the e-book site BookBee who feels its Kobo that can prove to be the trump card.

Again, my commentary isn't intended as anything but my glum view of the latest moves by Amazon.

Some of the top local titles span the gamut from one - man teams through tightly focused console indies, including Texas - honed games such as physics - heavy iPhone puzzler Enigmo, CosMind's evocative art - game Glum Buster, Red Fly Studios» Wii / DS quirky Mushroom Men duo, knockabout Guildhall @ SMU student title ToyBox Heroes, and user - generated game website Mockingbird.

The photograph of three women, all cooks, sitting in front of wall painted with mountains and endless sky serves as a counter-point to these monumental, glum works.

As The Boston Globe noted, despite its glum message, McKibben's first book became an best - seller and environmental classic which has been translated into more than 20 languages and became the first book to introduce climate change to a general audience.