Sentences with word «crackerjack»

Goalkeeper Pickford was beaten only twice during his side's unbeaten run and it took a pair of crackerjack efforts from Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard to get the better of him in the New Year's Day encounter with the Red Devils.

Surely you've already read about how Cuarón's crackerjack team invented new technologies to achieve zero - G visuals, and there are lists aplenty celebrating Lubezki as the new master of the the single take.

Hemsworth has a knack for physical comedy, but Waititi seems to be the first Marvel director to really optimize it, sharpening some terrific gags with crackerjack editing.

for the digital age with a razor sharp crackerjack script, the film only really slips up in the way it ends, but it is a minor complaint at best.

I've written before about The Columbia Journalism Review's curious coverage of the case, from the inability of assistant editor Alexis Sobel Fitts to master the basic facts to Curtis Brainard's crackerjack job interviewing spokesmen for one side of the story.

Over on the Criterion Channel, for Super Bowl weekend, we're showing the first football movie ever made, Harold Lloyd's crackerjack comedy The Freshman (1925), and the first rugby - football movie ever made, Lindsay Anderson's heart - pounding dram...

Featuring crackerjack action sequence directed with pinpoint precision by Atomic Blonde and John Wick impresario David Leitch while still maintaining the vulgar wit of its predecessor, it might even pick up some new ones as well.

Screenwriters Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham, and Simon Kinberg whittle the Holmes character down to the basics, reasonably expand him using some of Doyle's background information to give him a slight action hero edge, develop a pretty crackerjack story involving the occult and a plan to recreate the Gunpowder Plot using a Victorian - style chemical weapon, and read between the lines of the Holmes / Watson dynamic enough to make us read further between the lines.

Skip the peanuts & crackerjack at your next ballgame, and bring this crunchy, caramelly popcorn treat, made with our all - natural and organic agave!

An acidic, crackerjack story of gossip and exploiting the press, Alexander Mackendrick's highly cynical yet highly entertaining Sweet Smell of Success stars Burt Lancaster as a Broadway gossip columnist, and Tony Curtis as the sycophant press agent Lancaster exploits for his cruel whims.

Even being billed eight years later as a «spiritual successor,» it still manages to surprise over and over as a sneakily crackerjack suspense thriller.

Now, Chris Fahey, crackerjack researcher on Higgins» congressional staff, wants to follow suit by succeeding Schroeder in the state Assembly.

Loving (Grade: B --RRB-, Jeff Nichols» film about a famous Supreme Court case that legalized interracial marriage in America, is extremely well acted and well directed, but basically amounts to two hours of quiet dignity in the face of adversity — not the stuff of crackerjack drama, in other words.

Scardino, known for TVs «30 Rock» for five seasons and TV episodes of «The West Wing,» «Law & Order» and «Two Broke Girls» among other features, evokes crackerjack performances from the entire cast, all appearing to have great fun and perhaps wondering how they manage to get paid for doing what they love.

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant Ace Detective Snappy Dresser Razor — tongued Wit Crackerjack Sorcerer and Walking, Talking, Fire - throwing Skeleton — as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve - year - old.

Skills can be honed and improved upon and being a writer doesn't preclude you from being a savvy business owner, a clever marketing strategist or a social media crackerjack.

CJ (Crackerjack Finance): Most underappreciated are themes regarding real investment over time.

But either way, it's a pretty crackerjack pairing and great material to work with, so we're definitely curious.

Between the immaculately crafted levels with a wide variety of challenges, the intense gameplay that rewards crackerjack timing, the sheer amount of post-game content and things to discover in every chapter, and a moving, amazing story in the form of Madeline's urge to climb the behemoth that awaits her, what we have here is truly magnificent and an experience that simply can not be missed.

Joseph Fiennes (The Great Raid, The Merchant of Venice) plays crackerjack, hemophobic SFPD forensic detective Michael Burrows, who is known for being insanely cautious about everything he does.

After waiting patiently for more than a month and then making subsequent attempts to reach Topco's crackerjack counsel, it is clear that Ms. Genis had no intention to respond.

When Joe Barton (R., Texas) wondered why Samaranch's «crackerjack Olympic investigators» found no wrongdoing after members of Toronto's bid committee for the 1996 Games submitted a 32 - page document in»91 outlining requests from IOC members for jewelry and cash in return for votes, Samaranch said, «This report names no names.»

Much as I would like to see us continually dominate them as in most recent years, I've got to admit that's a pretty crackerjack squad they have there now.

As fanciful as that scenario sounds, the NL East could very well produce the first crackerjack.

There is little I enjoy as much as playing a foursome with men who are crackerjack golfers but who needle each other's scores into the upper 80s.

Coupled with Mostow's crackerjack direction, they keep things from breaking down too often.

Each shares crucial information with one brother that is withheld from the other, sending personal dialogue sequences into a frenzy of calculating mistrust and crackerjack deception.

«This high - paced, crackerjack episode of Billions really defines the incredible world of Bobby Axelrod.»

I like one of three crackerjack cops is Sherrie Rose in her first - time good action and looks hot and sexy.

The two - half structure has now been condensed down into individual scenes that revel in wordplay and crackerjack comic timing from the talented lead actors.

They just happen to be crackerjack assassins, arms dealers, government handlers.

Crackerjack read mate.

From there, the script was handed over to Tony Gilroy, known for his work on crackerjack espionage thrillers Michael Clayton and the Bourne trilogy.

Even so, I'm not sure why you go so far out of your way to showcase in minute detail how crackerjack a unit Ray and his team are if you're not going to do a darn thing with the any of them when things spiral out of control.

Set in the shadow of Disney World, The Florida Project brims with brio and boasts crackerjack performances from a non-professional cast (Vinaite, a revelation, was found on Instagram), plus Caleb Landry Jones, Macon Blair and an A-game Willem Dafoe as the motel's level - headed manager Bobby.

The festival's other highlight to date, in terms of pure enjoyment, is Ang Lee's Life of Pi, an exhilarating 3D epic overflowing with adventure, heart, and crackerjack filmmaking.

Even though exceptional vehicle dynamics have always been a forte of these two mid-engine crackerjacks, the Weissach think tank pulled various strings «to get even closer to 10 out of 10 points.»

shift paddles, the under hood fireworks turn the go - almost - anywhere Alfa into a true crackerjack capable of taking on the F - Pace, GLC, Macan, and Q5.

The 505 - hp crackerjack epitomizes all the elements that can make Alfa Romeo great again.

With a passel of Lexii on hand as mobile test laboratories, the full - day course of braking, steering, skid control, and understeer / oversteer exercises improved their skills and assuredly set them thinking in the right direction, in no small part due to crackerjack instructors Lea Crouteau and Robert Ames, both of whom know the fast way around a frozen racetrack.

Its 110 - hp engine had an easy time motivating the roughly 1,700 - lb crackerjack that made history for its amazing handling, roadholding, and performance.

«You were absolutely crackerjack... straightforward, professional, positive, energetic, knowledgeable, honest, bright, encouraging, quick - witted... and I didn't see a single hole in your presentation.

She's a misunderstood hypochondriac as a child, then grows to become a chess whiz, joke teller, book lover, crackerjack teacher, keeper of a important secrets — and a joy to read about.

«Katharine Weber's crackerjack historical mystery may be the most effective 9/11 novel yet written — and it isn't even about 9/11.»

Estate Appraisal Jenkins» crackerjack antiques appraiser Sterling Glass unlocks a veritable Pandora's Box when she commences to open doors and snoop around the secret rooms and passageways of Wynderly.

On October 29th, San Diego pet lovers enjoyed a spooky day with their dogs at Crackerjack Productions» annual How» lin Dog Costume Contest at the Delmar Horsepark!

Crackerjack Games is an independent game studio, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

The biggest and least substantial was the reveal that crackerjack game studio Naughty Dog is bringing its Uncharted series of games to the PlayStation 4.

The exhibition, which starts at Fifty - One East Fourth Street (Tanager Gallery) and travels all the way up to Fifteen West Fifty - Seventh Street (Green Gallery), introduces us to the nascent and crackerjack happenings from some of New York's finest and most renowned artists.