Sentences with phrase «character study at»

While the surface says «sci - fi,» Another Earth is a character study at its core, focusing on a person's inner universe as much as the potential of the external one.

Not exact matches

According to studies conducted by Jayne Gackenbach, a psychologist at Grant MacEwan University, «people who frequently played video games were more likely to report lucid dreams, observer dreams where they viewed themselves from outside their bodies, and dream control that allowed people to actively influence or change their dream worlds — qualities suggestive of watching or controlling the action of a video - game character.»

In a seven - year study of executive teams at Fortune 500 companies, privately held firms, and nonprofits, Fred and team show how a CEO and senior leadership team's character impacts the bottom line (nearly 5x greater returns), reduces risk, and engages the workforce (26 % greater level of workforce engagement).

The series isn't exactly easy to watch — these are real violent crimes, after all — but the show gives a look at the failings of the justice system while also offering a somewhat unsettling character study.

These films were in stark contrast from Scorsese's work at the time, the character study of a live - at - home, celebrity - obsessed comedian with delusions of grandeur in King of Comedy and the «one crazy night in Soho» comedy After Hours — both of which met tepid results.

It's a strange line of reasoning, given that studies show women make up half of the gaming community, female characters are at the forefront of some of today's most interesting and exciting video game titles and, notably, the new game takes place during the French Revolution, home to the best - known real life female assassin of all time, Charlotte Corday.

We called it back at the beginning of the series — we were going to be studying character a lot more in this series, particularly the character of the Doctor.

At the very least, Lenny Belardo is a fascinating character study, demanding to be better understood in his unpredictability.

I'll take you at your word regarding your recommendation to study and suggest you read WHAT GOD DOES TO YOUR BRAIN by two neuroscientists, Andrew Newberg who is a «theist» (believes in some kind of divine character) and Mark Waldman and agnostic (a non commit on the question).

Most significant discussion of the Martha - Mary story found within Luke's central section (10:38 - 42) has been confined in recent years to studies which articulate Luke's view of the social character of the Gospel: by placing Mary «at the Lord's feet» (10:39), Luke is affirming liberated social identity for women disciples (cf. 8: l - 3).44

Most of those years were with 7th graders, but at some point in her teaching she taught every grade except 11th in some capacity or another including German, social studies, multi-cultural education, ELD, adolescent skills and character education.

Larry Nucci at UC Berkeley, who has studied moral development and character education for 40 years, has stronger words for grit.

Dr Annette Idler is Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Programme, Pembroke College, and Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford.

Robert Seely is a Research Associate at the Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford, and a doctoral candidate in the Defence Studies Department, King's College London.

The first government - funded human genomics research study performed on African soil — aimed at unlocking the unique genetic character of southern African populations — has revealed a high level of genetic diversity.

Video games that pit players against human - looking characters may be more likely to provoke violent thoughts and words than games where monstrous creatures are the enemy, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Connecticut and Wake Forest University.

Different as they appear at first glance, they share basic structural features, according to a new study: characters with vertical symmetry (like the Roman letters A and T) and a preference for vertical and horizontal lines over oblique lines (like those in the letters X and W).

According to a new study by researchers at Concordia University, Colorado State University, Syracuse University, Hofstra University and the University of Toronto, a male gamer who chooses to play as a female character will still display signs of his true gender.

But males who really identified with their characters in the sexist, violent games didn't feel as much empathy for the victim,» said Brad Bushman, co-author of the study and professor of communication and psychology at The Ohio State University.

«Killing characters in video games may be fun for players, but it appears to be bad for business,» said Brad Bushman, co-author of the study and professor of communication and psychology at The Ohio State University.

Since the 1970s, for instance, Loftus has been able to implant false memories in individuals in lab studies — that they were lost in a mall as children or that they hugged Bugs Bunny at Disneyland (where there is no Bugs Bunny, because he's not a Disney character).

What's the Deal: More character study than action movie, this adaptation of Martin Booth's 1990 novel «A Very Private Gentleman» is instead concerned with the inner workings of its amoral antihero, whom we witness do very bad things at film's start that haunt him until the very end.

Like «The Squid and the Whale,» this character study pushes the definition of comedy to the breaking point, and unlike the far less successful «Margot at the Wedding,» it leaves us faintly smiling after the workout.

But while Barry is awfully funny at times, it's mostly a deliberately slow, even serious character study of a very troubled person, with [Bill] Hader's natural charisma intentionally dampened.

Gerry is the yin to Curtis's yang in this often adroit character study about losers on the brink of becoming winners, not so much on the craps table or at the roulette wheel, but in their journey to some measure of self - realization.

Director and co-writer Joshua Marston, whose debut, Maria Full of Grace, won the Audience Award at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, returns with another fascinating character study.

Story line sucked big time, they said they want to make it follow the real story line but it didn't, first of all, Megatron all the other characters did not look or sound the same as the original, second, The girl who studied the sound waves of the machine that attacked the military base, was not important at all, she wasted pretty much 20 minutes of the movie, all she had to do was just come in and say, «These could be organic machines».

The film is limiting potential enough by conceptually simply studying on Oscar Wilde's sexual revelations and their subsequent consequences, rather than the whole of his brilliant life and tragic downfall, but when it comes to the execution, not enough studying is done in this often inspired, and just as often undercooked character drama which at least finds superficiality in its resonance.

An impeccably written character study from Israel that is at times exhilarating, angry, passionate, funny, provocative, and is never less than absolutely absorbing.

An impeccably directed character study with excellent performances and a top - notch script mainly sustained on a great dialogue, offering us an insightful look at the creation of the most successful social network by a misanthropic young man who was unable to keep his only friend.

Based on a novel by Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation follows biologist Lena (Natalie Portman) as she and four other scientists (Jennifer Jason Leigh's Dr. Ventress, Gina Rodriguez's Anya, Tuva Novotny's Cass, and Tessa Thompson's Josie) agree to venture into an area infected by an alien presence and known as the Shimmer - with the movie detailing the characters» increasingly perilous efforts at studying the unusual activity inside.

With his hard - bitten squint and studied air of scowling detachment, Bale seems to be channeling Clint Eastwood at his most enigmatic and reserved; like Eastwood and his characters, Bale allows both the camera and his fellow characters to come to him, rather than proving his bona fides through more obvious and eager means.

Whether you look at it as an important achievement in filmmaking or simply a flavorful, engaging ensemble character study, Robert Altman's Nashville is worthy of your time and admiration.

An off - kilter and slyly funny character study about Derek, a thirty - something loner who tries to keep the world at arm's length.

«First Reformed» is at once an intimate character study and an expansive and profound look at some of the most universal questions of our time, all told through one man's riveting and unforgettable personal journey.

His Silver Linings Playbook boasts elements of both, but at its heart is a character study of those outside the bounds of ordinary, as enacted by Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Jackie Weaver and Robert De Niro.

I always enjoy watching a movie that is a great character study, especially when you have two actors at the top of their game.

This low - key character study from filmmaker Joshua Marston is built around a woman who prefers to make up her life as she goes along — one new, invented identity at a time.

Though it's a bit of a wobbly mess at times, Hacksaw Ridge ultimately winds up being a deeply moving character study about an unlikely American hero.

But I was so inspired to study how it is that when I'm looking at the character models, I'm still able to feel like I'm in their shoes so much more than when I am the character [in a first - person game].

While the movie does all of its characters the favor of not condescending to them or their perspectives — a Bible Study group that might have been played for snickers is accorded, at the very least, a neutral view — its strategy of withholding both particular characters and information about their actions (the mine supervisor played by Josh Lucas doesn't show up until a half hour or so into the picture), while perhaps looking attractively, insinuatingly oblique on paper, has on the screen the general effect of blunting potential emotional impact.

The Last Samurai At once a sprawling epic, an intimate character study, and a critique on American imperialism, Edward Zwick's The Last Samurai is the director's crowning achievement.

Sonically and visually, the movie is a mess; dramatically, it's barely a movie at all — an aimless character study with no grip on its character.

Quite possibly featuring the most memorable character in all of the director's filmography, Haneke regular Isabelle Huppert represents a force at the center of this provocative and shocking character study.

The problem is that these moments are rather few in what might have worked better as a character study, as the story at its core is not particularly new or interesting, and plods along to a predictable beat to its ultimate conclusion that feels too long in coming.

It is a pretty interesting character study (her character, Jules, is divorced, but feels uneasy dating at her age — worried about being branded a «cougar»), but you can not help, but feeling that the joke will wear thin a few episodes into the series.

This is Hou's first film in eight years; his brilliant, blithe Parisian character study «The Flight of the Red Balloon» screened here at Cannes in 2007.

However / whatever the fates aligned that allowed Dan Gilroy to make the film — a thrilling, blackly funny character study - cum - success story in the vein of «King of Comedy» with hints of «Taxi Driver,» all under the guise of a «Network» - style harsh media critique — is moot at this point, because the film should be a lasting work that should find even greater appreciation with time.

As she has expanded her story into a feature - length film, Atsuko has crafted a road movie that manages to balance absurdist bursts of comedy with a probing, at times deeply sad, character study.

But the film's other main female character serves as its much - needed voice of reason: Shazi Raja as a musician friend of Troy's who's already studying at Harvard.