Sentences with phrase «as her sophomore effort»

Not exact matches

HIGH SCHOOL: Smith fell short of the 100 - yard mark only four times in 49 games at Escambia: 87 - and 71 - yard efforts as a freshman and 88 - and 93 - yard performances as a sophomore.

«cents Amador Valley sophomore pitcher Johanna Grauer, who in a losing effort still solidified her standing as the most exciting / talented pitcher the East Bay has seen since Valerie Arioto graduated from Foothill in 2007.

The Adirondack Council has viewed Stefanik, a sophomore Republican, as critical in efforts to preserve research grant funding for the Adirondack Lakes Survey Corporation (ALSC) in Ray Brook, a nonprofit laboratory that takes samples from local waterways annually to monitor acid rain recovery.

When: December 25th Why: This might as well be called «Oscar: Actor's Workshop» for the amount of talent that director John Wells has managed to cram into his sophomore effort.

His sophomore effort is less assured, as if he's trying too hard.

Add in that it's the sophomore effort from Academy Award - winning screenwriter Diablo Cody, and there were probably as many people ready to hate it as to love it.

Gia isn't hagiography, I'll give it that, but it is reductive to a fault; once known as a screenwriter with a literary bent, having risen to the challenge of distilling novels by no less than John Updike and Tom Wolfe, Cristofer turned into a sensationalist when he started directing, and virtually anything that's not an exploitation staple is relegated to the margins in Gia — not to mention in Cristofer's sophomore efforts Body Shots and Original Sin.

Beginners proves no exception to his varied array of cinematic efforts, as expected given its status as the sophomore feature from designer turned director Mike Mills.

«All is Lost», writer - director J. C. Chandor's sophomore effort following 2011's «Margin Call», is a tremendous achievement, and as far removed from the earlier film as possible.

Mark Webber's sophomore effort as a director, The End of Love, follows a jobless single - father who is struggling to make ends meet while caring for his son.

Norwegian helmer Joachim Trier burst on to the scene with his 2006 feature debut Reprise and while he has had a tendency to keep audiences waiting a bit since then - sophomore effort Oslo, August 31st arrived five years later and third effort Louder Than Bombs four years after that - he has firmly established himself as one of the premiere talents on the arthouse circuit.

How did Tobe Hooper retrogress so far as to go from «Texas Chainsaw», my absolute favorite horror film to this sophomore effort which could rank as one of the worst?

Not to be confused with Samuel L. Jackson's other snake movie, «Black Snake Moan» is the sophomore effort from writer / director Craig Brewer, whose debut film «Hustle & Flow» (another movie about a Southern musician battling his inner demons) earned the director critical acclaim in 2005 as one of the generation's most promising young talents.

Then again, it was probably smart that he took the time to find the perfect project for his sophomore effort, and he seems to have found it with «Seven Psychopaths,» which falls in the same wheelhouse as the Sundance crime comedy, albeit with a decidedly goofier tone.

Honorable Mentions: Some of the other debuts, sophomore efforts and general step - changes that impressed us this year include: Yuval Adler's Venice 2013 title «Bethlehem ``; E.L. Katz's pitch black, gross - out «Cheap Thrills ``; Eliza Hittman's lovely, heartfelt «It Felt Like Love ``; Anthony Chen's shockingly underseen «Ilo Ilo»; Charlie MacDowell's Sundance favorite «The One I Love»; Tim Sutton's lyrical, abstract «Memphis»; David Wnendt's transgressively icky «Wetlands»; Leigh Janiak's horror debut «Honeymoon»; terrific Israeli film «Policeman» by Nadav Lapid that finally got a release this year; Hong Khao's lovely «Lilting»; Daniel Patrick Carbone's wonderful «Hide Your Smiling Faces»; and Scott Cohen's debut film «Red Knot» with Olivia Thirlby also marks him out as one to watch.

Take Shelter (d. Jeff Nichols) Much ink has been spilled about the closing moments of Jeff Nichols's sophomore effort, yet the real mark of his intelligence is not his ambiguity about the film's apocalyptic elements, but rather his restraint in framing them as personal matters of faith between a married couple who are about to weather any number of crises, not all of them earth - shattering.

«Always Shine» (Oscilloscope) Sophia Takal's sophomore directorial effort stands as one of the year's most compelling indie thrillers, and will hit close to home for any actor who's looked on as a friend's career moves forward.

Dear Ma, After seeing Steve Buscemi's sophomore directorial effort, Animal Factory (following 1996's Trees Lounge), I nearly reconsidered choosing film criticism as a career path.

In Craig Johnson's sophomore effort The Skeleton Twins, the duo leaves an indelible mark upon 2014's collage of strong performances, ranking as some of the most colorful as well as honest contributions all year.

This is why it's so unfortunate that his sophomore effort as director, Jack Goes Home, seems to draw its inspiration more from the disjointed, multi-story American Horror Story than from any of the classics.

Peckover's well - received 2010 debut Undocumented gave no indication that his sophomore effort would define him as such a confident storyteller, well - schooled in character, atmosphere and mise - en - scène.

Sounds like a interesting story to remake but more intriguing is the fact the film is vastly different to the host of period dramas Cooper has been linked to — and frankly, projects we'd prefer to see him tackling — as a sophomore directorial effort.

Thankfully, 2013's Upstream Color was a remarkable sophomore effort, a science fiction tinged drama that was as emotionally moving as his debut feature was mind - bending.

After a great directorial debut with «Gone Baby Gone» in 2007 and a brilliant sophomore effort with «The Town» in 2010, all eyes were on Ben Affleck in his third outing as director.

But those in the know have been keeping tabs on Nichols since his breakout sophomore effort, the provocative apocalypse tale Take Shelter, and over these three films (also including his debut, Shotgun Stories, and the moderately successful and excellent Mud), he has established himself as a strong Southern voice on the independent scene, the sort of director who makes you sit up and take notice whenever he announces a new project.

Creevy's sophomore effort as a filmmaker, Welcome to the Punch, is a story of hero and foe uniting, a potentially trite set up that makes for a refreshingly streamlined film with a reliance on practical action.

Bill Pohlad, a producer who has overseen such films as Brokeback Mountain, Into the Wild, Tree of Life, and 12 Years a Slave, as well as the musically inclined biopic The Runaways, makes his directorial debut (technically a sophomore effort as his original debut was canned in the early 1990s) with a biopic of The Beach Boys» Brian Wilson that, while not a perfect film, is an interesting and sometimes illuminating portrait of an artist as a young and older man.

The latest in a seemingly new - wave of uplifting Irish cinema, Gerard Walsh's sophomore effort, South, stars newcomer Darragh O'Toole (Red Rock) as seventeen - year - old Tom, an aspiring musician suffering from stage fright.

The subversive humor that occasionally brightened the first film the notion, for example, that an innocuous summer camp is actually a high - tech C.I.A. training base for child agents is absent from this sophomore effort, as is Hilary Duff, the popular teenage actress whose co-starring role in the first film probably had a lot to do with its success.

It's a setting grubbily familiar from the cinematic likes of Mystic River and The Departed, as well as Ben Affleck's own directorial debut Gone Baby Gone; now it plays host to his sophomore effort The Town, a heist drama with a heart.

Trey Edward Shults (Krisha) could take sophomore effort It Comes at Night and Jonas Alexander Arnby (When Animals Dream) could do this as well with We Watched the Sun Disappear, but some higher profile debuts, should they be ready in time, might snag a slot.

What many don't realize, however, is that «Shaun» was their sophomore effort (their first project together, the television series «Spaced,» already secured their cult status on the other side of the pond), and so while the stakes are just as high with the release of the action comedy, «Hot Fuzz,» it's foolish to bet their futures on it.

WHY: The sophomore effort from Indonesian directing duo Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto (better known as the Mo Bothers, despite being unrelated) features a number of actors from Gareth Evans» «The Raid» films, which isn't surprising considering that the Welsh - born director serves as one of the movie's producers.

In his sophomore directorial effort, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Casey Affleck stars as an outlaw who, after escaping from prison, is trying to make his way back to the love of his life, Rooney Mara, the Bonnie to his Clyde.

Ben Affleck returns home to Boston for his sophomore directing effort The Town, a new heist flick that returns him to a similarly gritty Beantown milieu as that of his acclaimed feature directing debut, 2007's Gone Baby Gone.

With her sophomore effort, Sullivan turns from friendships to family, writing with the same warmth and nuance as Commencement, but pushing her characters farther, creating an even more complex and satisfying whole in Maine.

After a very bumpy sophomore effort that was delayed by a year and plagued by cost overruns, the organizers of Prospect New Orleans, which was started as a biennial in 2008, are officially calling this...

Motorola's sophomore effort in the Android Wear space is a solid refinement of the original, solidifying its position as one of the more function - focused manufacturers out there today.

OnePlus brought us its sophomore effort earlier this year, delivering the 5.5 - inch OnePlus 2 with prices starting as low as $ 330.

It doesn't take a lot of time or effort to stop in and introduce yourself as a freshman, and ask for updates as a sophomore and junior.