Sentences with phrase «clever bit»

This could just be a rumor, or even a really clever bit of early film publicity, but there's no way of knowing just yet.

It is a very clever bit of design and engineering.

It's just a delightfully clever bit of entertainment whose faults are acceptable.

And while there are a few clever bits here and there (ie a Busby Berkeley - inspired musical number), the film's sense of humor often leans towards the juvenile and silly (ie after being nicknamed «Kronky - poo» by his new girlfriend, Ms. Birdwell, Kronk dubs her «Birdy - poo»).

Word - lovers may find themselves skimming the book for clever bits: reflections on why we refer to lowlifes, but not lowlives, tenderfoots instead of tenderfeet, or why a baseball player flied out instead of flew out.

However, the potentially really clever bit is that Nest learns your routines so as to set itself to use energy more efficiently, saving you more money.

The mechanics aren't mindblowing or anything, but I played the first 20 levels and they already managed to sneak in a few clever bits here and there, so I can see the later puzzles getting pretty challenging.

In one of the film's most clever bits, Shakespeare himself turns up in statue form (fittingly voiced by Patrick Stewart) to tell Gnomeo how he foresees things ending, as they do in his version.

«This is one of the most incredibly clever bits of practical conservation I've seen in my entire career,» says conservation ecologist Stuart Pimm of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, who was not involved in the new study.

Mallrats mixes clever bits and an appealing quirkiness (which goes a long way) with gross - out practical jokes, needless repetition and obvious padding, since it has no real plot.

The LEGO Movie is an enormously clever bit of entertainment, and one that I could even see gaining a kind of cult status with time.

The script manages this okay, usually creating clever bits of dialogue for us to get the gist of what's happened in the past rather than blatant exposition, it has that too.

Could be a very clever bit of business by Mark Hughes.

These genies aren't magical; they are research tools known as gene drives — clever bits of engineered DNA designed to propel themselves into the DNA of a pesky or troubled organism.

Snow White is the standout of the princesses, but keep an eye on Sleeping Beauty, she has some really clever bits.

This might appear to be a clever bit of marketing by one of the world's biggest consumer product companies, and marketing it surely is.

Now the clever bit.

But the clever bit is the angled measuring units.

A clever bit of contract gamesmanship.

Straight after, a clever bit of dribbling from striker Sammir allowed him to weave into the box and pull the ball back to Yoda who slotted into the open net in the 94th minute to secure all three points for Getafe.

A number of manufacturers have introduced a 360 degree rotating feature, which allows for extended rear facing, forward facing and, (the clever bit) a stop in between, so you can face the seat towards the door.

This clever bit of engineering allows you to easily get your little one snug and secure in the seat with minimal effort.

In a clever bit of engineering that exploits the structure of one molecule and the strength of a second, chemists have melded DNA strands with buckminsterfullerenes, the soccer ball - shaped molecules of pure carbon.

The clever bit is the system of notches and holes in the struts that allow the cords to be strung with the appropriate tensions for various needs.

Now these clever bits of software, when combined with the sensors and networking capabilities of today's smartphones, are sparking nothing short of a techno - cultural revolution.

A clever bit of «molecular addressing» might correct mitochondrial diseases, and perhaps even delay ageing.

This is where the clever bit comes in.

But (and here's the clever bit), while this is happening, recombination is taking place between var genes in the genomes of dividing malaria parasites.

Step 3: Now for the clever bit.

Single parents over 50, but the clever bit is that their initial profiles are written by their children.

Supposed to be a comedy - musical but you couldn't prove it by me (Martini does have a really good voice), One clever bit of business though... at one point in the film, several «real» gangsters show up.

In a clever bit of casting former boxer Mike Tyson also turns up for some action but proves that as an actor he's not a heavyweight.

There are some clever bits here and there.

(One clever bit of casting that shows up here is Derek Jacobi as Senator Gracchus; Jacobi is an excellent actor above all, but it also provides an allusion to the classic I, Claudius in which Jacobi played Emperor Claudius — underscored by the fact that Commodus tells young Lucius a story about Claudius in one scene in Gladiator.)

In optional commentary, Johnson rightly cites «diminishing returns» as his reason for paring it down in the final cut — there were so many cool and clever bits of business that none of them got a chance to stand out.

In a clever bit of character building, the film opens with Robbie (Adam Scott) effortlessly running through the end of a marathon while his brother, an able - sighted Bill (Nick Kroll) sweats the last leg out trailing behind on Robbie's guide rope.

Both that film and THE ILLUSIONIST deal with what is real and what is a clever bit of misdirection.

It's flashy, it's garish, it's self - aware and self - satisfied, it's front loaded with exposition that flashes through character introductions and a survey of the very complicated relationships in the British underworld and it's so packed with oh - so - clever bits that it's entertaining even when you don't know what's going on.

There's a clever bit of character building that occurs in the verbal sparring matches between M and C, too — we see M's sense of honor and order and C's inability to care about people either as individuals or collectively.

The Five - Year Engagement starts off with a clever bit where Tom (Jason Segel, who also co-wrote the movie) is constantly stalled in his attempt to propose to his girlfriend, Violet (Emily Blunt).

She does get some good lines but at the same time she gives a great amount of the clever bits to her fellow thespians.

It's a fits - and - starts comedy that one remembers for some clever bits, but ultimately, the energy expended by the performers seems to exceed the quality of the material.

He's both a memorial to his own youth and a clever bit of self - analysis from the film - makers.

Aside from a few decent sight gags and a clever bit where Mitch battles a fleeing henchman hiding in a little girl's bedroom, leading the combatants to attack each other with the dainty décor at hand, the dated humor falls flat.

It's a clever bit of high - energy filmmaking set in the 1960s and it ended with all the pieces in place for its young cast to forge ahead with new adventures.

Instead of the movie's creative team owning their desire for a white actress to headline a Japanese property, they got cute — or convinced themselves that they were being cute — expecting moviegoers to swallow their race - based twist as a clever bit of subverted expectations; to use their public relations nightmare to prop up a resolutely dull screenplay.

But in spite of this clever bit of theater, Les Misérables the movie is unlikely to supplant the long - running stage show in the minds of anyone who's seen both.

The film, directed by competent journeyman Neil Burger (imagine directing Limitless, The Illusionist, and Divergent), has a nice polish to it, and clever bits of back - and - forth dialogue are sprinkled throughout.

It's a clever bit of staging that pays off if you notice it.

«It was a clever bit of directing and scriptwriting.