Sentences with phrase «biting wit»

We may never get the sweet satisfaction of seeing a tweet full of biting wit go viral.

The result is a conventional dark comedy with moments of unexpectedly biting wit.

Todd is being described as being a «compassionate, sweet, smarter - than - average man with biting wit» who definitely doesn't consider himself just a sidekick to Gently but rather thinks that he is «just flat out better than Dirk at a lot of things.»

Recchia was the target of Jon Stewart's biting wit on «The Daily Show With Jon Stewart» last month after the challenger was caught on camera apparently having trouble answering questions from NY1 political reporter Courtney Gross about a U.S. trade agreement and then bragging that his role in setting up an international student exchange program during his days as a member of a local community school board gave him credentials to understand international issues in Congress.

Some love it, finding it to be a complex juggling act as Payne deals in urgent social concepts with his and co-writer Jim Taylor's trademark biting wit.

On the strength of this amusing piece, Caesar was hired by Fox Studios, where his iconoclastic, biting wit eventually cost him his job.

Servants, money and provisions seem in short supply in the Crawley family, but Becky makes one important conquest; Sir Pitt's rich maiden sister Matilde (played with magnificent biting wit by Eileen Atkins) admires her pluck and becomes her friend and protector — up to a point.

She's back with a third novel, Just Call Me Superhero, serving up more biting wit and a no - frills style that readers can eat up in big, satisfying chunks.

With sharp, nimble humor, and one - liners that come a mile a minute, Wilderpeople is a sweet story told with biting wit and an editing style that keeps things going at a rapid pace.

A master of biting wit and blunt wisdom, Churchill is disliked by many in government for those very reasons.

Recchia was the target of Jon Stewart's biting wit on «The Daily Show With Jon Stewart» last month after the challenger was caught on camera apparently having trouble answering questions from

It has Kaufman's trademark biting wit and imagination but also should be lauded for Johnson's exquisite stop - frame artistry.

Professor - type with dark brown careless hair, dark brown eyes, salt - n - pepper full beard and biting wit and humour:)

But there's nothing at the core of this Wilde - made - mild; the biting wit of the original is replaced by what feel like drive - by witticisms.

The pitiful misadventures presented here spotlight pratfalls more than biting wit, which is a dodgy endeavor considering that the median age of the double bill is 77.

If it can stray from becoming too saccharine in its inevitable familial bonding, then Grandma should be a great vehicle for Tomlin's biting wit.

«A Quiet Passion» says all of that is wrong, depicting Dickinson — in a vibrant, prickly performance by Cynthia Nixon — as a person of strong desires, biting wit and hearty ambition.

Profane and violent as well as eccentric and dynamic, The Guard marks the marriage of measured characters and magnificent performances, all buoyed by McDonagh's biting wit.

Buoyed by McDonagh's biting wit, and boasting measured characters and magnificent performances, The Guard is a pure crowd - pleaser that will leave the audience in stitches.

Attractive in a girl - next - door manner and full of sharp, biting wit (accentuated by the British voice she parlays here), the only question is how big will she get?

Some articles about the film and its circuitous route towards wide release (after receiving generally positive reviews at the 06 TIFF, it fell into distribution hell for nearly 7 years) would have you believe that it's a sleeper indie with a sharp style, a biting wit, and surprisingly meta - ending reminiscent of Joss Whedon's much - delayed 2012 flick, Cabin in the Woods.

Also, much of the biting wit and humor of the first two films has been dulled down, and there aren \» t any truly biting moments, which the first two films had.

Gerwig is every bit the wit that she revealed herself to be in 2012's Frances Ha, the marvelous black - and - white indie that she wrote and starred in.

Veep creator Armando Iannucci redirects his biting wit and affinity for savage infighting to a political environment even more cutthroat than Washington: the Moscow of 1953, when a cerebral hemorrhage put Joseph Stalin on his death bed and created a void of leadership within his power - hungry inner circle.

A film in which each line of dialogue feels meticulously composed, The Party may very well be one of the most purely intellectual comedies of the year, as its humor comes not from any form of slapstick or excessive profanity but through its biting wit alone.

The result is a tonally eccentric, strange blend of allegory, biting wit, and horror that doesn't lend well to categorization.

The coming - of - age film about a high school senior (Saoirse Ronan) with pink hair, boy problems, and a biting wit is replete with adoring golden - hour stills of city fixtures like the Tower Bridge and Thrift Town.

The biting wit seems reminiscent of Sue Sylvester's best one - liners from the early seasons of Glee with most of the show's best one - liners belonging to Roberts.

Making her way through the world with only a book, a zippo lighter, a pocket full of stolen licorice, a biting wit, and striking intelligence she tries to hide, she spends her days riding the bus to visit her mother and following the only rule that makes any sense to her: Don't do things you aren't proud of.

Lauren Willig's romantic mysteries charm readers There are few authors capable of matching Lauren Willig's ability to merge historical accuracy, heart - pounding romance and biting wit.

Carmichael, a good - humored man with a biting wit and a sense of theater that he brought from his native Trinidad, had been for years regularly jailed, threatened, and abused in the South, as had all the SNCC workers.

A train derailment disrupts the day's party, and what follows is «a kind of prickly menace and biting wit... [that] builds to a horrible crescendo in a scene with echoes of the war to come.»

Told in equally gripping parallel narratives with biting wit and grace, Brass announces a fearless new voice with a timely, tender, and quintessentially American story.

A graceful combination of raw heartbreak and biting wit (including plenty of head puns) guides Travis through this existential search for life's meaning and survival.

In performance, sculpture, film and installation, the artist confronted history, ideology and totalitarianism with a biting wit.

[H] is biting wit, his intense honesty and ability to question everything museums do with intelligence, humor and simplicity will be sorely missed.»

With precision, honesty and biting wit, she explores the highs and lows of living in New York City and how relationships — and we ourselves — evolve.

These are part of a larger body of work that varies in format and subject and expresses an ethos of angsty middle - American adolescence with biting wit, wrapped up in frustration with the establishment, struggles with mainstream culture, and in this case, humanity's rampant destruction of nature.

Even if your partner loves your biting wit, check your sarcasm during a disagreement.