Sentences with phrase «between turns of the plot»

Where Alexander and Karaszewski could have used more inspiration are the gags that fill the time between turns of the plot.

Not exact matches

Language: English Genre: Action / Sci - Fi MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Matthew Vaughn Actors: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon Plot: Explores the early relationship of Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr when they were friends, long before they took the names Professor X and Magneto, and the rift that forms between turning them to arch-enemies.

Benford turns out to be something of a wet noodle and the subplot involving a future rift between him and his wife (Sonya Walger) smacks of soap opera plotting at its worst.

Despite any hints of chemistry between Slate and Hamm and and a particularly winsome turn from the latter, very little is able to save the film from its loose plotting, complete aversion to real, concrete character development and a distracting inconsistent tone.

A group effort between writer / director Alison Bagnall (who has acted, like Gerwig, in a few Joe Swanberg films), writer Andrew Lewis, and actors Gerwig and Olly Alexander, the film is slight but somehow enchanting despite the standoffishness of the main character and a few odd plot turns.

The report, called «Public Schools in the Crosshairs: Far - Right Propaganda and the Common Core State Standards,» distinguishes between legitimate criticism of the standards — which comes from various points on the political spectrum — and the right - wing campaign to cast the initiative as a «nefarious plot» by liberals «to turn public schools into anti-American, anti-God indoctrination camps that churn out submissive automatons who will unquestionably serve the interests of the government and big business.»

Moving between twenty - first - century America and seventeenth - century England, The Book of Air and Shadows is a modern thriller that brilliantly re-creates William Shakespeare's life at the turn of the seventeenth century and combines an ingenious and intricately layered plot with a devastating portrait of a contemporary man on the brink of self - discovery... or self - destruction.

The conflict between ARKANE and GENKORP takes the form of a turn - based tactical strategy experience in which gamers must plot their movements carefully as they traverse the Dust and assault foes with Fallen's wide variety of RPG - style upgradeable weapons and armor.

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