Sentences with phrase «by deadpan»

Ruscha achieved recognition for paintings incorporating words and phrases and for his many photographic books, all influenced by the deadpan irreverence of the Pop Art movement.

His paintings may resemble billboards, or they may adopt the more intimate scale of the painted sketch, but they are always... portraits in an extended sense — slices of life ennobled by a deadpan iconic American eye.»

Typical to a point, the bride steps out of character with an odd sideways look, characterized by a deadpan stare that lies somewhere between resignation and a scowl that would prevent a pick - up line from ever leaving the safety of a suitor's lips, and, worse, chill the will of a nervous groom.

The game's absolutely horrible voice acting, easily some of the worst in the genre, compounds the problem, as every line of dialogue is somehow mangled, whether by deadpan voice acting, incorrect inflections that give phrases different meanings than intended, or overemphasis of every single syllable.

Characters are all upraised by deadpan humor through oddball dialogue and mesmerizing acumen by the quirky cast.

This time around he is joined by his deadpan grandson Billy.

There is a real sense of life to the action, even when it steers well into the realm of the absurd, although the emotional core of the film is often subsumed by its deadpan humor.

Eastwood's film is dark and brutal, leavened by some deadpan comedy, a tour de force performance from Gene Hackman, and a sly encapsulation of the history of the Western genre, as seen through the eyes of a pulp writer played by Saul Rubinek.

Most notably his schedule includes an entry - level economics class instructed by a deadpan professor (hilariously played by George Takei) and a public speaking course taught by Mrs. Tainot (Julia Roberts).

Fictionalizing a 24 hour period in Cave's life which unfolds as a first - person documentary peppered with woozy, dreamlike encounters that may simply be ghosts of a dimly remembered past, «20,000 Days» is saved from unbearable self - indulgence by the deadpan but unmistakably self - aware direction.

His films are highly formal and dictated by deadpan humour, rapid fire quips and quirky details.

Not exact matches

Hensarling — a polite and low - decibel conservative with a deadpan sense of humor and an occasionally sharp tongue — has become a tea party favorite by relentlessly striving to cut federal spending and shrink the federal government.

BS like what DA was saying is just more of the Circus Crapshow the media have put on all year with the Spurs and Kawhi, the media's attempt at revenge on the team that has by and large kept them out during their recent two decades of success (if not from Timmy's deadpan silence then Kawhi's, then it was Pop insulting their intelligence to their faces on a nightly basis).

Asked by a young white reporter why he wasn't fighting for freedom in the South, Liston deadpanned, «I ain't got no dog - proof ass.»

Following several excruciatingly stiff remarks by various attendees — My husband is Dan So - and - So, we have two kids, and we're really excited to be here — Lisa deadpanned, «I'm married to that tall, lanky receiver.

These stories may or may not be accompanied by a smile — some preschoolers are very deadpan.

With deadpan humour, she mocked the tussle going on in the Conservatives to succeed Cameron by enquiring about Osborne's ambitions and also singling out Theresa May.

And finally, if you are counting calories, you don't necessarily have to be deadpan accurate with it (which is impossible anyway)-- as long as you're close enough, like 10 - 15 % within the truth, that's good enough to facilitate long run progress, especially if by doing so you make the process easier and thus more sustainable.

Deadpan, the film allows us to register the difference between T'Challa and Erik as an African and an African American — Erik being burdened by the traumas and injustices of American history in a way T'Challa is not.

If My Boyfriend's Back is an irredeemably silly movie, it has an engaging lightness of tone and uniformly impeccable performances by a cast that maintains just the right attitude of deadpan parody.

Meanwhile, behind the camera, the crew — fronted by a wickedly deadpan Seth Rogen — recite the lines in unison that Wiseau can't get out of his garbled mouth:

Yorgos Lanthimos's freeze - dried revenge saga casts Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman as a moneyed married couple who find themselves targeted by a supernatural teenager (Barry Keoghan), while the tale slaloms from deadpan black comedy through Cape Fear - ish thrills towards a finale of such matter - of - fact horror that it can only be watched through splayed fingers.

The extended family includes fellow studs Reed (John C. Reilly) and Buck (Don Cheadle); Rollergirl (Heather Graham), who does everything, even sex, on skates; and a technical crew headed by Little Bill, played with deadpan dazzle by Fargo's William H. Macy.

Jared Hess» NAPOLEON DYNAMITE is deadpan funny in its slow - paced yet smart story of eccentric high school student Napoleon Dynamite (played by Jon Herder).

The Netflix series turns him into a kind of omnipresent, lachrymose host played with deadpan, note - perfect solemnity by Patrick Warburton.

Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.

The dry script, co-written by Emma Thompson, who also features as the deadpan gynaecologist, drains the film of what little potential there might have been for frothy comedy.

McHale, as he proved on «Community,» has great timing, and he's aided by his office colleagues, especially the delightfully deadpan Ko and Fry, who combines sweet and weird.

Johnson («Looper») deftly weaves the plot threads together, mixing deadpan humor, familiar characters — like the stalwart Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo, filling the furry boots of Peter Mayhew) and the chrome - plated Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie)-- and some surprising new ones, led by Laura Dern's Vice Admiral Holdo.

In fact, it probably owes its cult status predominantly to two or three superb lines delivered to deadpan perfection by Caine («you're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off», etc), than any sort of major comic consistency or outstanding action sequences.

Simultaneously, Miyagi is exposed to the indignities of being mortified by walking in on a brassiere'd Julie, wandering into her wet stockings hanging in the shower, and deadpanning his incredulity at the stupidity of the girly breed.

Written and directed by co-stars Taika Waititi (Eagle vs. Shark) and Jemaine Clement (Tongan Ninja), the film is chock - full of the kinds of deadpan reactions, awkward situations and off - the - wall humor that has been in fashion on such TV shows as «The Office» and Clement's own «Flight of the Conchords».

The quiet, subdued performances by the eternally deadpan Bill Murray and unsuspectingly versatile Scarlett Johansson make for convincing chemistry between the two as they explore an indefinable friendship.

As tap dance - loving Violet falls into a «downward spiral,» her group of friends incorporate a new student (played by Crazy Stupid Love's Analeigh Tipton) into their deadpan world of boys, suicide prevention centers, and the «Sambola.»

Perfecting his style of absurdist deadpan comedy, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth) introduces new rules, activities, and gruesome punishments at every turn: Matches are made based on arbitrary similarities; trial couples are assigned children; and time extensions can be earned by hunting down renegade singles who live in the woods and only listen to electronic music.

Their interactions are marked by a tone so deadpan that behavioural norms eventually fall off the map and a different type of universe is conjured — one in which murder is simply a practical solution to a flesh and blood problem, and nothing you wouldn't do a for a friend.

The key to appreciating any Wes Anderson film (memorable efforts as «Rushmore,» «The Royal Tenenbaums»), is to have the ability to either pick up on his clipped and funny dialogue (usually voiced by actors in a totally serious deadpan monotone), or somehow connect with his goofy situations and quirky characters that slip between incredibly believable and ridiculously surreal.

Michelle, whose deadpan delivery and rebellious nature was partially inspired by The Breakfast Club's Ally Sheady.

So please, voters, resist the urge to hand Damien Chazelle this particular award and go instead with the flavorful dialogue and novelistic texture of Hell Or High Water; the rich characterizations of 20th Century Women; the world - building and deadpan hilarity of The Lobster; or the all - of - the - above of Manchester By The Sea, which confirms Lonergan as one of the great dramatists working in movies today.

But there's also plenty that moves the spirit in that uniquely Andersonian way, from the endearing amateurishness of young newcomers Hayward and Gilman (their natural fumbling is perfect for a story about naive first love) to the stellar support lent by Murray, McDormand, Norton and Willis, who each convey a lifetime of concealed hurts with every gesture and deadpan - absurd line reading.

The entire film is anchored by Moore's unabashed sincerity and deadpan wit, and longtime fans will especially appreciate the moment when he thanks an interview subject for being «the first CEO to meet with me on the factory floor.

Aided by exquisite casting — particularly the gloriously deadpan Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford — the filmmakers create something truly special.

Building on the tradition he had established in films like Alps and Dogtooth, he there brought his obsession with societies built on arcane systems of governance to glorious fruition in a mesmerizing tale anchored by a deliriously deadpan performance from Colin Farrell (Seven Psychopaths).

by Walter Chaw Almost worth it just for Jon Voight's post-regurgitation wink, Luis Llosa's B - movie creature - feature Anaconda is a deadpan riff on the nature - amuck flicks of the mid-Seventies in general and Steven Spielberg's Jaws in particular.

The whole enterprise is overseen by Olivia Colman's hotel manager, who lords it up with deadpan restraint; even when she starts singing a duet with her husband, the mood is as un-amorous as could be.

Working as a veterinary nurse, she steals away with the titular doggie and, after a chance encounter with old school adversary Brandon (the punky brat in Welcome to the Dollhouse who threatens to rape her, now played by a witheringly deadpan Kieran Culkin) embarks on a road trip through middle America, visiting Brandon's Down's Syndrome - affected brother and his wife along the way.

Reynolds, a rising comic ace in the film world, delivers another hilarious performance that is fueled by flawless comic timing and a barrage of deadpan one - liners.

Sight gags and verbal quips all hit their marks, helped by Carrell's dorky deadpan, Buscemi enjoys the chance to display his natural comic timing, while Carrey steals scenes with some of his best stuff in recent memory — being able to make a David Blaine spoof funny 10 years out of date is no mean feat.

And I actually really liked the villains played by Dev Patel, Cliff Curtis and, of all people, The Daily Show «s Aasif Mandvi, who brings some welcomed deadpan humor to his part.

Tonto is not quite the loyal sidekick, drawn to be more of his own man, and one whose deadpan reactions and sarcastic remarks are a new addition by Depp to give a bit of comic nuance the longtime character, though one might slight Depp's performance as another of his many attempts to chew scenery in place of an honest portrayal.