Sentences with phrase «by the fine acting»

Unfortunately for us, it's an average story buoyed by some fine acting and a few intense action sequences.
Although buoyed by fine acting, The Light Between Oceans drags on too long and a downward spiral toward soap opera melodrama.
Although buoyed by fine acting (even from the supporting cast), The Light Between Oceans drags on too long with a clumsily handled backstory flashback (concerning the girl's birth family) and a downward spiral toward soap opera melodrama as nature struggles with nurture once the biological mother arrives.
It's a cool concept, made better by fine acting from both the girl and her costars.
But that misstep does not negate the charms of this funny, oddly moving little film, which is distinguished by some fine acting.

Not exact matches

After news broke in November 2006 that Siemens had been involved in a global corruption scandal, involving thousands of acts of bribery in several different countries by hundreds of employees, the company had its work cut out for it in complying with securities investigations, and paying hefty fines (about $ 2.5 billion in total).
However, recognising the potential for a mining revival, Perth mining entrepreneur Nik Zuks and Kalia Ltd Managing Director Terry Larkan have been assisting local land owners with the finer nuances of the new Bougainville Mining Act brought to bear by the new autonomous President of Bougainville, John Momis.
Moving forward, Fred Miller, Chair of the Uniform Regulation of Virtual Currency Businesses Act, tells ETHNews that once the language of the model law is fine - tuned by ULC's style committee, it will be presented to the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association (ABA) for approval.
It's only by convincing his followers that his immoral acts are moral that you come to believe that we are somehow misunderstanding gods evil acts and that if we only read the bible again we'd somehow see that when he killed all the first born of egypt, or impregnated a married woman and left her with a kid or that he's fine with slavery under certain conditions as good things.
What appears to have been a carefully crafted strategy then unfolded: The state authorities acted; Griswold and Buxton were charged, tried, convicted, and fined $ 100 each; and the lower court decision was upheld by the relevant Connecticut appellate courts (including the splendidly named «Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors»).
When the state imposes prison or fines, it acts as the agent and enforcer of normal social justice, with powers derived from and limited by the social contract of its citizens.
whom I really respect his personality... It was fine hearing him complaining about the terrorist acts and how that they are financed and supported by Europeans and Americans.
The state, through the threat of punitive fines (estimated by President John Garvey of the Catholic University of America to be $ 62 million per year should CUA refuse to comply), acts as the liberator of these oppressed people.
THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY AND YET... YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME... SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.
Blasphemy is punishable by a fine of 25,000 euro under the Defamation Act in the Republic of Ireland; however the law has never been used.
If you think it's crap then fine by me.Some of you are just rude yet you don't want people to act rudely to you.The funny thing is every transfer they've put out including none Arsenal one's are all happening with the exception of the Neymar one.1 mistake out of 100 is very impressive.Idon't care what you say and will continue reporting the truth none the less.If you can't cope with it then stop speaking anyhow.
by: Anonymous My 2 1/2 month old hasn't pooped in 7 days it is Saturday and last pooped last Saterday 2 times really full diapers so much it was up his back both times and leaking everywhere but my son acts fine he coos and giggles most of the time and only cries when hungry I breast feed him and occasional formula that is all I give him but I was going to ask the doctor this Tues about it I also have weird long periods without bowl movements.
Some kids try to please their parents by acting as if everything is fine, or try to avoid any difficult feelings by denying that they feel any anger or sadness at the news.
The Right to Know Act would have required police officers to identify themselves by name if stops did not result in arrest or a fine.
In India, the Contempt of Court Act of 1971 makes a person who violates a law prescribing proceedings in camera liable in contempt of court punishable by a jail term of six months or a fine of 2, 000 rupees or both...
From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.
«By opposing the DREAM Act, he is apparently fine with denying thousands of children, whose circumstances are no fault of their own, a fair shake at a higher education.
The act would let people issued civil summonses for the offenses avoid Criminal Court and have their cases heard by the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, which could issue fines or require community service.
According to him, most of them were fined by the courts, a punishment he said was not «heavy» enough to deter other illegal miners from engaging in the act.
You may just catch the next big thing (okay, fine, and Paul Rudd) at an evening of one - acts by young members of Our Time Theatre Company, a nonprofit program for artistically inclined teens who stutter.
And on Christmas Eve, any guest at the warming center will enjoy a meal there donated by several fine Rockland restaurants, including Lynch's, Fireside Steak Pub and B's Nest, which are donating catered food in another act of generosity.
The reef effort is the kind of science - based project many Gulf stakeholders had in mind when they pushed for a federal act, called RESTORE, that allocated to Gulf restoration much of the potentially billions of dollars in fines and penalties that will be paid by those responsible for the oil spill.
The vitamin A derivative teaches your skin to act young again by stimulating the collagen that prevents fine lines.
Primers can help by reducing the look of large pores, act as fillers on pores and fine lines, evens - out skin tone / texture and helps foundation to glide on smoother for a more flawless look.
«Composed by two musicians at the height of their craft, the album reveals itself, thus far, as the apex of a limited genre still forming and as one of our finest contemporary acts of remembrance and ascension.»
This is a great true story, fine acting by Kate Mara and Common.
This is due not only to the fine work by Chilean director - cowriter Sebastián Lelio, working in English for the first time, but also to unusually delicate acting by a superior cast.
The original film was directed by the late, great Tony Scott and starred Will Smith during the period when he was fully emerging as the most famous movie star on the planet and Gene Hackman when he was still, you know, regularly acting and being one of the finest actors all time.
A big screen and small screen version of the Getty kidnapping, an oddly self - serving new version of «Israel's Finest Hour,» «Seven Day in Entebbe,» coming out and this (which came out in late 2017), it's hard to tie them together as a trend or embrace of the zeitgeist — a «talk tough, act tougher» age when «collateral damage» was tolerated by the likes of Reagan, Thatcher, Brezhnev, et al..
Aronofsky, didn't make her into a great actress all of a sudden and her acting ability is just fine as demonstrated by such films as Leon and Closer (career best work so far).
The bulk of the mid-section is made up of the horseback journey through the untouched land, and the filmmaker keeps it airy with cute but clever dialogue spoken by some fine, acting talent.
A gritty, intelligent, complex and well - acted series that fired on all cylinders throughout most of its five seasons, «The Wire» represents TV drama at its finest, anchored by a fantastic ensemble cast that rivals «Game of Thrones» in its sheer size and ability to squeeze great performances out of even the smallest roles.
A terrific supporting cast rounds out the quality acting ensemble, with a particularly fine performance by Peter Sarsgaard (Empire, The Salton Sea) as the unpopular editor trying to keep his magazine from falling apart at the seams.
Film Editors Spencer Averick — «13th,» «Selma» Alexandre de Franceschi — «Lion,» «Bright Star» Keiko Deguchi * — «God Knows Where I Am,» «Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus» Tracy Granger — «Still Life,» «Boys Don't Cry» Sabine Hoffman — «Maggie's Plan,» «Elvis & Nixon» Edie Ichioka — «The Boxtrolls,» «Toy Story 2» Janus Billeskov Jansen * — «The Hunt,» «The Act of Killing» Céline Kélépikis — «The Red Turtle,» «Now or Never» Melissa Kent — «American Pastoral,» «The Age of Adaline» Juan Carlos Macías — «Wild Horses,» «The Official Story» Jim May — «Goosebumps,» «The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe» Fredrik Morheden — «A Man Called Ove,» «The New Country» Christopher Murrie * — «Kubo and the Two Strings,» «Coraline» Tania Michel Nehme — «Tanna,» «Charlie's Country» Tia Nolan — «Annie,» «Friends with Benefits» Anne Østerud — «The Hunt,» «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» Gregory Perler — «Sing,» «Despicable Me» Jacopo Quadri — «Fire at Sea,» «The Dreamers» Fabienne Rawley — «Zootopia,» «MonsterHouse» Jake Roberts — «Hell or High Water,» «Brooklyn» Hayedeh Safiyari — «The Salesman,» «A Separation» Nat Sanders — «Moonlight,» «Short Term 12» Per Sandholt — «Land of Mine,» «A Funny Man» Suzanne Spangler — «Imperial Dreams,» «Smashed» Molly Malene Stensgaard — «Land of Mine,» «Melancholia» Alexandra Strauss — «I Am Not Your Negro,» «A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence» Christian Wagner — «The Fate of the Furious,» «Furious Seven» Monika Willi — «Amour,» «The Piano Teacher» Kate Williams — «The Whole Truth,» «Frozen River» Dan Zimmerman — «The Dark Tower,» «The Maze Runner» Lucia Zucchetti — «Their Finest,» «The Queen» Eric Zumbrunnen — «Her,» «Adaptation» Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Richard Alonzo — «Star Trek Beyond,» «Alice in Wonderland» Alessandro Bertolazzi — «Suicide Squad,» «Fury» Christine Beveridge — «The Monuments Men,» «Under the Skin» Felicity Bowring — «Gold,» «Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy» Jerry DeCarlo — «Carol,» «Julie & Julia» Patricia DeHaney — «Sully,» «Interstellar» Naomi Donne — «Cinderella,» «Philomena» Linda Dowds — «RoboCop,» «Rampart» Audrey Doyle — «Legend,» «Mad Max: Fury Road» Tina Earnshaw — «The Promise,» «Titanic» Rick Findlater — «L'Odyssée (The Odyssey),» «The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey» Paul Gooch — «Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,» «Maleficent» Fae Hammond — «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,» «The Legend of Tarzan» Miia Kovero — «Inherent Vice,» «The Master» Michael Marino — «American Pastoral,» «The Wrestler» Frances Mathias — «Saving Mr. Banks,» «Beginners» Christopher Nelson — «Suicide Squad,» «Frank Miller's Sin City» Elaine Offers — «The Kids Are All Right,» «Far from Heaven» Conor O'Sullivan — «The Dark Knight,» «Saving Private Ryan» Daniel Phillips — «Florence Foster Jenkins,» «The Queen» Luigi Rocchetti — «Ben - Hur,» «The Nativity Story» Morag Ross — «Hugo,» «The Aviator» Nikoletta Skarlatos — «Free State of Jones,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 & 2)» Vittorio Sodano — «Il Divo,» «Apocalypto» Shane Thomas — «The Dressmaker,» «Hacksaw Ridge» Kenneth Walker — «Loving,» «For Colored Girls» Kerry Warn — «The Great Gatsby,» «Australia» Carla White — «Hands of Stone,» «August: Osage County» Ann Pala Williams — «Live by Night,» «Click» Jeremy Woodhead — «Doctor Strange,» «Snowpiercer»
While the ending is a huge anticlimax the acting by the large is fantastic with Fassbender and McAvoy in particular continuing on their fine turns and the direction of Singer is often highly inventive, therefore the film feels frequently fresh.
Blonde, blue - eyed Craig is certainly unconventional casting for Tuvia, but the acting chops of the three leads go some way to making Defiance's death - march tone palatable, as does the fine lensing by Eduardo Serra on location in Lithuania.
Enjoyably acted by a fine ensemble cast, it crisply skewers the hypocrisies of its left - liberal, middle - class characters.
With some stand out singular scenes and with some fantastic if underused acting turns by Harrelson, Affleck and Dafoe and a fine anchoring turn by Bale, Out of the Furnace is a quality drama that should have been so much more.
On most levels this is among Ms Bigelow's finest films with its narrative skills, breadth of vision, top - class cinematography — all backed by some terrific acting from an accomplished cast.
Gibson looks a bit silly with his «hair metal» hair style, and, by his own admission, looks far too old to play Wallace as a young man, but his acting chops are formidable, with a supporting cast fine tuned perfectly to their respective parts.
Fine acting, stunning photography, and music by Alexandre Desplat support the heart - wrenching emotion at the heart of this skillfully - told medical drama about organ donation.
While it is undeniably not a masterpiece like so many of his previous films, Torn Curtain still offers some excellent Hitchcock touches and set pieces, some very fine acting by leads and supporting actors, and a catchy score.
Excellent acting by a terrific Tommy Lee Jones and a strong supporting cast coupled with sharp writing and sensible direction from Haggis bring to life a fine, moving, and timely story.
There was some situation about the review with Double Fine saying no early reviews during the backer release period, but later changed their minds after quite a lot of disagreement with that stance.We reviewed Broken Age Act 1 two weeks ago and awarded it an 8/10, stating that the game contained an excellent pair of narratives, but was a bit let down by how simple many of the puzzles where.
A bill introduced last year in Congress, the Campus Accountability and Safety Act, would raise maximum fines to $ 150,000 per violation and create a public database of campus sexual assaults from information provided by student surveys.
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