Sentences with phrase «as laconic»

JAPAN SOCIETY GALLERY While the title of this show refers to one of Yoko Ono's early works, the «YES» must also be taken as a laconic riposte to that confused and sometimes hostile...

Steve Toltz the man is as laconic as his character Martin Dean is loquacious.

Taylor Sheridan's directorial debut - a nouveau Western centering on the investigation of the murder of a Native American girl - features Jeremy Renner as a laconic and methodical agent of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service who dispenses such folksy nuggets of wisdom as:

The film ostensibly stars Steve McQueen as the laconic and ruggedly handsome, cool - under - pressure grand prix competitor, but the real star is the setting itself.

Still, for much of the running time this is a work of almost astonishing restraint, as laconic and homespun as many of the president's storytelling sessions.

Clooney is effortlessly charming as the laconic astronaut who behaves like a cross between Buzz Lightyear and a square - jawed hero in an old Howard Hawks Western.

Addressing journalists later, he reiterated that he expected his performance, as a laconic war veteran who rescues young women from sex traffickers, to earn him bad reviews.

There's a strong feeling that could change this year in the wake of his impressive work as laconic Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in Justified's pitch - perfect second season.

Indeed, as the laconic Williams admits, it still pains him that he fouled out against Maryland in the ACC tournament final, forcing him to watch from the bench as the Terrapins pulled off a 95 - 87 upset.

Not exact matches

As for the so - called «novels» — you will have to try to be laconic.

Ginger is one of the easiest and laconic checkers in use both as a computer program and as a Google and Microsoft Word extension.

Like biblical Hebrew, Atwood's witty prose is thick with double entendre and allusion, including hidden puns whose meanings dawn on us only later, and outrageous jokes that don't so much dawn as «bomb» (one of the book's metaphors and an effect of Atwood's powerfully laconic style)

He smelled like rum and coke with cigarettes and the smell is still a comfort to me because I had never known this tall man with a gravelled voice as anything but laconic and loving.

While the report contained (as a nod to official, if aging, EU policy) a single, laconic line stating that «in no case must abortion be promoted as a family planning method,» (Item 31) it is hard to square this with the predominant language.

Now I picture all of these memories with a single laconic voice, the cadence letting you know what was happening just as effectively as the actual words.

«He's kind of a laconic guy,» said Rick Lazio, a former congressman who ran for governor as a Republican and once visited Israel with Silver, who is now a columnist for Commercial Observer and an attorney with Jones Walker.

The remarks, though hardly scorching, registered as a pointed message from the laconic Senate leader, who has strained all year to wrangle his narrow majority.

As kinetic and small - bodied as Ketchum is laconic and tall, Hoyos gestures erratically, his eyes growing wide when he talks about sharkAs kinetic and small - bodied as Ketchum is laconic and tall, Hoyos gestures erratically, his eyes growing wide when he talks about sharkas Ketchum is laconic and tall, Hoyos gestures erratically, his eyes growing wide when he talks about sharks.

It's as if Haley viewed his star's strengths — laconic wit, unforced masculinity, polite romanticism — as the only elements needed for a Sam Elliott showcase, rather than as the building blocks from which to mold an original character.

He is laconic and no - nonsense as a hit man, baroquely cruel as an interrogator.

The studio was billing the leathery, laconic Bray as the «next Gary Cooper,» even though there was still plenty of life left in the original Cooper.

Darwin Joston is very good as Wilson, bringing a laconic sense of humour and a sneering physicality.

Not as insightful as «Topsy - Turvy» or «Vanya on 42nd Street» about the process of putting on a show, it's nonetheless a fascinating meeting of the minds — between iconic New York indie filmmaker Michael Almereyda and laconic American cowboy and dramatist Shepard.

Jean's laconic if purposeful manner as Julian makes him a charismatic oasis of cool in a world which is basically violent, frenzied, shouty and sweary: There's little depth of characterization, when everyone's simply seeking to gratify their urge for money, sex, drugs or or all three, as an escape from the tedium and the horror.

John Goodman and Garrett Hedlund show up as an obnoxious jazz man and a laconic beat poet, respectively.

As easygoing as a country ballad (and its laconic star), director John Carroll Lynch's film is short on dramatic incident but long on mood and heavy with philosophical substance, as Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coiAs easygoing as a country ballad (and its laconic star), director John Carroll Lynch's film is short on dramatic incident but long on mood and heavy with philosophical substance, as Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coias a country ballad (and its laconic star), director John Carroll Lynch's film is short on dramatic incident but long on mood and heavy with philosophical substance, as Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coias Stanton's Lucky grapples with issues of realism, happiness and what awaits us after we shuffle off our mortal coil.

Russell plays the role as a cross between Wayne and the Harrison Ford of the Indiana Jones movies, swinging between laconic understatement and macho displays of self - confidence.

At least The Puffy Chair uses Cassavetes's laconic, loquacious love stories as a template, following the relational travails of ex-failed-Austin-rocker Josh (writer Mark Duplass — brother Jay is the film's director) and girlfriend Emily (Kathryn Aselton, Mark Duplass's real - life fiancée) as they take a van and Josh's brother Rhett (Rhett Wilkins) on a road trip to pick up the titular eBay - acquired furniture item and deliver it for their father's surprise birthday party.

Two - time Emmy winner Cannavale will join them as Irving, a «laconic, no - nonsense used car salesman».

As Patty, she's a husky - voiced, gangly limbed motormouth, the perfect complement to the world - weary, laconic Billy.

Stewart is increasingly proving to be one of the more persuasively minimalist actors in today's cinema, adept at the evocation of thoughtful complexity — as witnessed by her anguished but laconic role in Olivier Assayas's upcoming Personal Shopper.

Jack Palance plays the laconic mercenary John, puffing on joints and smiling a crooked grin as he lazily springs traps and puts his prisoners to sadistic tortures, and his stoner delivery sends the film into a whole realm of weirdness.

Accepting the trophy in typically laconic style, he cheerfully recognised his entire career has largely been a been based upon the one - hit wonder Crocodile Dundee and its sequels, but as he pointed out to the roar of the audience, «It was a mighty hit.»

Although Payne described Dern as a talkative man off - screen, he said the actor «understood the laconic nature of Woody, [who] can be an ornery [curmudgeon], but with a real sweetness underneath.

As he attempts to get his act together, he makes friends with his sponsor (pleasingly laconic Luke Wilson) and finds romance with Téa Leoni.

We're introduced to Tom Cruise's Nick Morton, a laconic military officer / Three Kings - style plunderer, along with his loudmouth partner - in - crime Chris Vail (Jake Johnson), as they blunder their way through a terrorist - occupied city in Mesopotamia.

At a stagecoach stopover, they meet up with the other half of the titular octet: Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), who introduces himself as the hangman of Red Rock; laconic cowboy Joe Gage (Michael Madsen); aged Confederate Gen. Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern); and Bob (Demian Bichir), who explains he's watching the place in the owner's absence.

Clive Owen plays Will with laconic menace, Charlotte Rampling is all chiselled nuance as Will's «posh totty», and Malcolm McDowell is (miraculously) understated.

In lieu of a laconic Ryan Gosling, we get a guileless Elle Fanning as Jesse, a 16 - year - old Georgia orphan who has moved to Los Angeles to try to start a modeling career.

Haywood pulls back his shirt cuff, gives a small smile — which, if you've spent any time with the laconic race car driver, you know a smile means high praise — and starts to tap on the watch's sapphire crystal as lights from the Sunset Strip below cast a pinkish glow on his grin.

Dealing with essays of any kind, it is very important to remain consistent and laconic as well — more often than not a five hundred words volume is enough.

But kids will turn the pages frantically as the children Klaus, Violet and that laconic tot Sunny hide out in the hospital only to hear over the intercom the snide voice of Count Olaf, claiming he is the new Head of Human Resources.

Laconic, stubborn Quirke makes an appealing hero as the pieces of this unsettling crime come together in a shocking conclusion.»

He comes across as cool due to his laconic nature, hating to waste his breath or time.

The Vancouver - based trickster's art filled the Baltic with images and films, as well as his own laconic music (he's an accomplished singer and musician).

Alternately laconic and garrulous, these texts, like the images, derive both from Pettibon's own imagination as well as from various appropriated sources.

The barges are imbued with his signature wit, as underscored by the laconic title, «F ----- g Couches,» that he gave to the 1972 show at New York's Lo Giudice Gallery at which they had their commercial debut.

Unforgettably pungent as his rare printed interviews had been, they were laconic in tone.

My work in mixed media is accumulative and additive, and has required using found materials, for their laconic potential, as well as being «stand ins» for all who came into contact with said material.

As he turned to walk down the hall into the dramatically darkened gallery, his laconic grin recalled Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: he was going to blow our minds, and he knew it.