Sentences with phrase «direct nod to»

, a direct nod to the presence of the John F. Kennedy Space Center located within the county.

The work Happy Days (In the beginning) takes a direct nod to the play Happy Days by Samuel Beckett which is one of many of his works that has and continues to inspire me.

The objects found within her assemblage works offer a direct nod to artists such as Joseph Cornell, Marcel Duchamp and much of the Dadaist movement.

A direct nod to Beatrix Ruf's seminal exhibition of Wade Guyton, Seth Price, Josh Smith, and Kelley

Everything the from the 8 bit music, to the nods to older 8 - bit titles, with everything from the level select screen that is a direct nod to Super Mario Brothers 3 to the little mini game between each level.

Specter Knight, King Knight, Treasure Knight... the naming convention of the bosses seems like another direct nod to the Mega Man series.

In another very direct nod to Banjo - Kazooie there is a scientist on each world who'll transform you into something else, like a helicopter or a snow plow.

The NSX Type R's Championship White paint is a direct nod to the RA 272 Formula 1 car that Richie Ginther drove to victory at the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix, Honda's first Grand Prix win.

The new horror movie, hitting theaters on February 24, features a character named Georgina — a direct nod to Peele's former Comedy Central show.

Watch the trailer below, but be warned: Fans of David Bowie might not get «Modern Love» out of their head after watching it (seemingly a direct nod to this scene from Leos Carax's Mauvais Sang).

We don't know how heatproof the Deadpool suit may be, but the cosmetic change to its exterior is a pretty direct nod to Wade Wilson's time on the X-Force roster.

Well, it's actually a direct nod to the comic that inspired much of this movie.

This is meant to be a direct nod to the Wondrous Boat Ride from the film, another reference to a theme park ride.

Starring Riley Keough, Matt Dillon and Bruno Ganz, the film is due out in 2018, but the controversial Antichrist, Melancholia and Nymphomaniac filmmaker has released an intriguing first - look image — a direct nod to Carl Theodor Dreyer's classic 1932 horror Vampyr (scroll down to see the similarities)-- to whet the appetite.

There's even a direct nod to heritage branding in the company's stagecoach logo.

An excellent puzzle game that definitely draws inspiration from other classics in the genre such as Portal and The Talos Principle (there are even a few direct nods to the latter if you look close enough).

Members give directing nod to Christopher Nolan for «Dunkirk,» acting awards to Sally Hawkins, Andy Serkis, Willem Dafoe and Tatiana Maslany.

From the return of Kracko to Flowery Woods (a larger, more difficult take on Whispy Woods), many of the bosses, and even a couple of the stages, are nothing but direct nods to what's come before in the series.

Acheson also makes the occasional tribute painting, with direct nods to such art history giants as Eva Hesse.

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A number of Protestant, Catholic and civil liberties groups challenged this special nod to one faith, declaring that such recognition jeopardizes the rights of other churches (and of individual Catholics) by creating a direct government link with the Vatican.

I see linking to someone's site as a head nod, and it directs my traffic to their site, which hopefully they appreciate.

In combating Iceland's direct football, Osorio decided to play a 3 -3-1-3 formation with Diego Reyes — best known as a centre - back — placed in front of the three defenders, plus striker Raul Jimenez and winger Jesus Gallardo given the nod at least partially because they are better than most Mexican players in the air.

The NYPD is prepared to collar Harvey Weinstein for felony sexual assault, a police official with direct knowledge of the case told The Daily Beast, and is awaiting only a nod from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance.

«Whiplash» however did manage a best adapted screenplay nod, rising to a total of five nominations including best supporting actor for front - runner J.K. Simmons, best directing for Damien Chazelle, and best editing.

Inception received eight nominations, including Best Picture, but Nolan failed to receive a directing nod this morning.

The devs included countless Easter eggs and nods to the original cartoon, not to mention several direct quotes lifted from the original animated Transformers movie.

Luca Guadagnino, the Italian auteur behind «Call Me By Your Name,» failed to pick up a directing nod despite earning rave reviews for helping the sun - dappled Italian romance.

Warner Bros.» Patty Jenkins» Wonder Woman, released in June to 821.8 million dollar in ticket sales, became the highest grossing movie ever directed by a woman, though it did not receive any Oscar nods.

Brits Jez and John - Henry Butterworth wrote the script, Mick Jagger is one of the producers, The Help's Tate Taylor got the nod to direct, and Chadwick Boseman, fresh from playing Jackie Robinson in 42, nabbed the lead role.

With each sneaky nod to the unoriginality of the structure (stand up, Henry Jackman, for a score so Bond it just about escapes a lawsuit) there are moments so outrageous that the fact that Vaughn was denied the chance to direct Casino Royale is entirely unsurprising.

And with the haunting score by Thomas Newman and the theatrical directing of Sam Mendes, this is a movie that I would not be surprised to see getting a nod for best picture at the Oscars this year.

The year featured several notable nomination achievements including Denzel Washington increasing his record - setting total of Black Reel Awards nominations with four, including two Outstanding Actor nods for Fences and The Magnificent Seven, in addition to directing and producing.

Which doesn't mean that a few deserving candidates were left on the sidelines: Steven Spielberg probably had his fingers crossed for his eighth directing nod for The Post and Call Me By Your Name's Luca Guadagnino will have to wait for his first.

No Best Directing Nod for Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri The current king of Film Twitter debate seems like a runaway train on its way to a Best Picture win, especially after claiming major prizes from the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild and many others.

Seemingly a nod to 007 or by proxy Arnold Schwarzenegger in True Lies (1994), the aim was a more direct reference to Cage's appearance in a dinner suit for National Treasure 1, when it was hidden under a workman's overall for the Library of Congress party.

Whenever Best Picture's a toss up, you can expect the nod for directing to be just as close a race.

She was the first black woman to win Best Director at the Sundance Film Festival (Middle of Nowhere, 2012), the first black woman to direct a film receiving an Oscar nod for Best Picture (Selma, 2014), and in 2018, the first black woman to direct a studio film budgeted over a hundred million with A Wrinkle in Time, an adaptation of Madeline L'Engle's 1963 Newbery Medal winning sci - fi fantasy novel.

It's rare for a movie to win best picture without a directing nod, although «Argo» pulled off that feat in 2013.

Warner Bros.» Patty Jenkins» Wonder Woman, released in June to $ 821.8 million in ticket sales, became the highest grossing movie ever directed by a woman, though it did not receive any Oscar nods.

Of the four films that seem to have any chance, however slim, of winning Best Picture — Argo, Lincoln, Zero Dark Thirty, and Les Miserables — only one, Lincoln, received a directing nod.

The film has received six Academy Award ® nominations with three of those for Linklater's producing directing and writing, five BAFTA nods and, to date, 125 wins including Golden Globe wins for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Patricia Arquette.

What You Need To Know: After «The Messenger» and «Rampart,» director Oren Moverman has become a firm favorite around these parts: both films were somewhat under - the - radar (though «The Messenger» managed to pick up a pair of unlikely Oscar nods, which helped), were beautifully written, acted and directed, and deserved a much bigger audiencTo Know: After «The Messenger» and «Rampart,» director Oren Moverman has become a firm favorite around these parts: both films were somewhat under - the - radar (though «The Messenger» managed to pick up a pair of unlikely Oscar nods, which helped), were beautifully written, acted and directed, and deserved a much bigger audiencto pick up a pair of unlikely Oscar nods, which helped), were beautifully written, acted and directed, and deserved a much bigger audience.

Remarkably for someone who hasn't directed a film for more than a decade, it's very good indeed, fully deserving of the six Oscar nominations it received last week — including a slightly unexpected but no doubt very welcome Best Director nod for Gibson himself — and standing up to comparison with Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima and even Michael Cimino's The Deer Hunter.

Even when his citations seem most direct — as in the homage to Douglas Sirk that famously structures Far From Heaven (02)-- they always reveal subtle idiosyncrasies, encompassing quick nods to other influences amidst the more foregrounded tributes.

Del Toro is absolutely clear that his latest offering isn't a direct horror movie, but with all of the jump scares, haunted houses and a clear nod to the Hammer Horror movies of old, he could have fooled us.

(Sadly, Schumer didn't win for co-directing the episode «12 Angry Men Inside Amy Schumer,» which was brilliant if you haven't seen it — but again, the directing nod went to a director on The Daily Show, which wasn't surprising.

The only deserving film to win a nod from the competition jury (Assayas shared the directing award with Cristian Mungiu, whose Graduation is solid but hardly as adventurous as his three earlier features), Personal Shopper is as ephemeral as the ghost that haunts the imagination of Maureen (Stewart), whose recently deceased twin brother had mediumistic powers.

This year's Oscar nominees, for example, are filled with history - makers like Rachel Morrison, who became the first woman ever to be nominated for cinematography, and Jordan Peele, the third person ever to get best picture, directing, and writing nods for his first film.

The new truck's rearview mirrors have been aerodynamically optimized to direct tobacco juice out and away from the bodywork, a nod to the GMC Sierra's consistently better J.D. Power scores in that area.

The name is a nod to what the publisher calls the «self - directed action» offered by its books, which combine traditional print with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (AR) technologies.