Sentences with phrase «by the characters in»

Just over half thought it should mean being «Like Jesus in His relationships with others selfless, giving time, affirming, trustworthy and caring» (which is lovely and true, but might as easily be modelled by the characters in Friends).

Duncan Smith, who is personally targeted for criticism by characters in the film, said he did appreciate some of Loach's previous work.

Narrated by each character in shifting turns, «Mudbound» presents a fascinating exercise in perspective and narrative focus, weaving in and out of the two families» stories and the constantly changing dynamics of dominance and dependence, all of it set against a backdrop of poverty and the unforgiving forces of nature.

There is something of an emotional commitment brought to the storyline by the characters in this film, which really comes across well on screen.

That line should provide the necessary caution for you to be braced for just about anything to be said by any character in this latest from director Nicholas Hytner.

The recent batch of horror is left to a passing mention of «torture porn» (by a character in one of the movies within this one (or perhaps the movie within that one)-RRB-, while remakes and rebooted franchises earn a bit more of Williamson's chagrin.

It was cool to hear certain names and situations mentioned by the characters in conversation.

It's bad enough that Caldwell's program has a really stupid - sounding (but apparently real) acronym — «CRISPR» — but there is literally no need for anyone other than maybe a virologist to use the word «pathogen» as much as it is uttered by the characters in this film.

Knee Deep is a non-linear murder mystery that is acted out by characters in a stage play.

The power games played by the characters in the new movie are motivated by sexual politics.

It is, quite simply, a decision made by a character in keeping with what one would expect her to do, and not a cheap ploy for drama.

Alien Covenant movie review: Michael Fassbender the actor of the perfect composure (a bang - on description, by a character in the film), is superb again, even when all the flying, fighting, flirting and fuming are being done.

«Joke Corral: Herd of Jokes» (4:34) is montage of corny jokes performed by characters in the style of the bonus short.

A new fully animated featurette takes audiences «behind the bricks» of The LEGO Ninjago Movie, guided by the characters in the movie as if they were the real actors bringing the story to life.

Sheik is portrayed as a male sheikah and is considered as such by the characters in the game.

A more simple option may be to simply break up paragraphs if it's logical (for example, a line of dialogue broken off from a chunk of prose), or combine them (if dialogue is spoken by a character in direct relation to the chunk of prose).

• Compare the use of the element of disguise by characters in both Summer of the Mariposas and Homer's The Odyssey.

I also think the peer camaraderie achieved and enjoyed by the characters in Ghost, despite the varying backgrounds among them, is a theme that is always inspiring to readers.

An anecdote told by a character in a thriller brings me the explanation.

Though the two books approach the modernization of fairy tales differently, readers of both will arrive at the same conclusion: The crises faced by a character in a classic fable are not always meant to be left behind in childhood.

He has published three full - length science fiction novels and is currently writing a series of short story volumes inspired by characters in songs from the rock band Genesis.

The testimonials given by the characters in the sales video are not genuine.

He will also ante up his Freelance Police badge that can be used by any character in TF2.

As well as the return of Patrols, ambient enemy encounters, public events and region chests to find, there are two new excursions; Adventures, side - missions given to you by characters in the world, and Lost Sectors, which are marked on your map as new places to explore, with a cache of treasure and a boss to fight waiting at the end of it.

However, this tutorial is given by the characters in their in - game personas and mileage varies on how annoying each character may become.

The action consists of a series of quests and side - quests, issued by characters in the landscape that can be talked to or given objects from DeathSpank's inventory.

Also, players can control the course of the story via the TOi System, the in - game information aggregation program used by the characters in the game.

Mystic Warlords of Ka'a is based on a fictional card game played by the characters in popular CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.

Character abilities are drawn forth exclusively by Spritnite stones, with abilities being unique to a given character and support Spritnites that can be put to use by any character in the party.

July 24: Paint portraits of family or imaginative figures inspired by the characters in Florine Stettheimer's paintings.

However, many of his grandiose «improvements» were controversial at the time, to the extent that he was gently mocked by characters in Jane Austen's Emma [which was published in 1815].

In addition to the 1960s, exemplified by the Claes Oldenburgs, the Yayoi Kusamas, and the John Chamberlains, there's a Wes Anderson, a camping backpack design worn by a character in his 2012 film Moonrise Kingdom.

It is a grin without a cat (Lewis Carol) and is inspired by a character in Carol's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

I didn't ridicule you about your» misleading temperature charts» I just pointed that you are barking up the wrong tree and are destroying your own credibility... I can not be wrong, because I am guided by the laws of physics, not like you, by the characters in IPCC, characters that should be in jail.

Not exact matches

But merlot had a rare and abrupt crash, sabotaged by a single event in 2004: the Oscar - nominated vino - centric buddy - dramedy Sideways, in which the characters trash - talk the crowd - pleasing grape.

Thank God I'm just a grandparent these days, without school - aged kids who are trapped in an increasingly bizarre and irrational world run by adults - mostly parents and otherwise unemployable administrators — where the rules, the procedures and the approved behaviors vary daily and the changes come so rapidly and abruptly that the characters in Alice in Wonderland would be totally jealous.

«It's not what Mark had in his head initially, and that's why he's spoken very openly about his being caught off guard by the script and where the character ends up,» Johnson said.

«An unforgettable cast of small - town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by number one bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout,» explains Amazon.

Research by Paul Zak found that character driven storytelling led to the production of a hormone called oxytocin in test subjects.

When paired onscreen with actors living fully in the present — playing characters who are defined by their relationship with the lead rather than by their own complicated backstories — DiCaprio is again made to suffer.

The Mickey Mouse corporation became the biggest brand in family entertainment by taking years to develop new characters and properties, then stoking demand by limiting DVD releases and other access to «the Disney vault.»

«I was just lying on the bed thinking and came up with all this bizarre imagery... I think also the idea that because I was in a foreign city by myself and I felt very dissociated from humanity in general, it was very easy to project myself into these two characters from the future who were out of sync, out of time, out of place.»

Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe shocked the world by popping up not as himself, but as Super Mario in an homage to the chief character in Nintendo's many franchises.

L'inizio Pizza Bar in Long Island City in New York claims its sales jumped 75 % over the weekend by activating a «lure module» feature that attracts virtual Pokemon characters to the store, thereby tempting in nearby players.

Her 1959 debut role in showbiz — when the gravelly - voiced Jewish Brooklynite played a lesbian with a crush on a character portrayed by the still - undiscovered Barbra Streisand in Driftwood — was beyond risqué for its time.

In one of the most quoted parts of the speech, he spoke of his wish to see his children judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.

In part, those expectations were stoked by photos of Western influences seeping into the regime: Jong - un has done photo ops at water parks and taken roller - coaster rides with foreign diplomats, Disney characters have performed for the new leader on state TV, and Jong - un's wife has sported a Dior handbag, to name a few examples.

If you're a fan of the «head slap» made famous by NCIS character Leroy Jethro Gibbs, you know that this non-injurious action is usually meant as a reminder when a team member is in violation of one of the Gibbs rules.

In the credit card world, tokenization means taking credit card account numbers out of merchants» hands, replacing them with strings of characters — essentially, digital tokens — that would, theoretically, be useless if stolen by criminals.

(The series is based on a character who first appeared in July 1966, predating the formation of the Black Panther party by a few months.)