Sentences with phrase «curious mix»

Pride, however, prevented him from keeping his actual identity a secret — as curious a mix of humility and vanity as you're likely to find.

Granted, the stages are varied but not exactly beautiful, however, the number of modes, weapons and in game options combined with online leaderboards and an alien encyclopedia make it an addictive and curious mix of genres.

This curious mix of love and fear, so familiar.

A curious mix to be sure.

While these students seem more receptive to biblical study in an academic setting, they represent a curious mix.

And television has replaced the traditional religious vocabulary with a new «religious» vocabulary comprised of a curious mix of economics, science, high technology, and fantasy.

Alternatives to traditional religious values are made tremendously appealing as religious vocabulary is supplanted by a vocabulary composed of a curious mix of economics, science, high technology and fantasy.

A curious mix of Bellamy and Kuyt.

But then I began to realize that parenting after loss was just that — a curious mix of happiness and grief, of looking back on what was and what could have been, and at the same time looking forward to new possibilities, of carrying a baby in your arms while never letting go of the ones in your heart.

The Lib Dem manifesto - writing sausage factory is a curious mix of democracy and patronage which characterises much of the party's internal processes — the mostly - elected, 27 - member Federal Policy Committee, chaired by Clegg's former PPS, Duncan Hames, appointed a 12 - member manifesto working group to be chaired by David Laws, who was nominated by Clegg.

He is a curious mix of Right - wing and One Nation.

The Yakuza games have always balanced brutality with tear - jerking sentimentality: it's a curious mix, but they commit so wholeheartedly to both that they somehow pull it off.

What emerges is a curious mix of avant - garde technique and social - realist case study, equally indebted to Barnard's art - world - video background and Dunbar's own close - to - the - bone writing.

It's a curious mix: at times deliriously hammy, at others melancholy, contemplative and oddly beautiful.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is a curious mix of the life affirming and the soul sucking.

Taking place 500 years in the future, Whedon's unique vision involves a curious mix of science fiction and the Wild West, as well as major influences by Chinese culture.

The curious mix of open - world adventure, JRPG and arcade brawler makes Yakuza a genre unto itself.

The film, which kicks off Directors» Fortnight at this year's Cannes, initially feels as though it might possess Noah Baumbach's knack for human observation given its curious mix of Frances Ha's visual style and While We're Young's dynamic.

Between those two projects, Shandling headed up four seasons of the Showtime sitcom It's Garry Shandling's Show, a curious mix of postmodernism and homage, starring Shandling as a stand - up comic surrounded by a full complement of wacky friends and neighbors, all fully aware that they're living inside a TV show.

Darren Aronofsky's preoccupation with paranoid, physically grotesque searches for meaning — a curious mix of deep - think and makeup effects that goes back to his black - and - white debut feature, Pi — grimly paints humanity as a species defined by obsessions, addictions, delusions, and self - destruction, its only prophets...

Shotgun Stories is a curious mix of rural lyricism in the David Gordon Green / Victor Nuñez mold, and macho bluster in the Billy Jack / Walking Tall mold.

Darren Aronofsky's preoccupation with paranoid, physically grotesque searches for meaning — a curious mix of deep - think and makeup effects that goes back to his black - and - white debut feature, Pi — grimly paints humanity as a species defined by obsessions, addictions, delusions, and self - destruction, its only prophets being madmen.

Curious mix of raw and cooked doesn't automatically make the GTS the stand - out car in the Panamera range

What we have here is a racing car that's been created by a curious mix of parties.

It is a curious mix of a natural wonder that has been brilliantly designed by the man in a way that you enjoy the nature without really damaging it.

Best summed up as a curious mix of the old and the new as far as architecture is concerned, Granny Mouse has a unique appearance that is both inviting and intriguing.

It is a curious mix of old world and new, all at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, the highest mountain barrier in North Africa.

Located halfway down the famous Hana Highway, you can enjoy this curious mix of peace and excitement as we rappel down into wild, inspiring, raw nature.

Uncrowded beaches, lush rainforests, picturesque surroundings and an idyllic climate have attracted a curious mix of hippies, surfers, rich urbanites, actors and artists to NSW's Northern Rivers region.

The intricacy and detail of this world cries out for more graphical muscle, concessions leading to some confusing locations and ugly characters (the cast is a curious mix of sprites and 3D models).

The Yakuza games have always balanced brutality with tear - jerking sentimentality: it's a curious mix, but they commit so wholeheartedly to both that they somehow pull it off.

There's also a curious mix of futuristic technology and elements of the past in the game's various trailers.

I have to admit it; I was more than a little worried before ploughing into the curious mix of tower defence, RPG, and hack and slash thrown up by Trendy Entertainment's Dungeon Defenders.

The explicit purpose of the exhibit is twofold: to engage art of the past two decades, a period marked by political upheaval and a curious mix of resilient and emerging cultural predicaments, and to showcase the Walker's collection practices.

The visiting artist from Spain formulates art in a curious mix of animal, man and machine.

«Curious mix of online gaming based way offshore and hyperlocal stuff — basement, backroom dens, high - stakes poker, blackjack, and a ton of half - legal video slots for the truly stupid.

Well, the content's gone, replaced with a curious mix of advertising and ravings — a folie á deux, if you will:

His practice might be regarded as a curious mix.

The ThinkPad X1 Yoga is a curious mix of awesome and meh.

BlackBerry's Android launcher is a curious mix of Google's traditional Now home screen and more specialized features.