Sentences with phrase «direct stab at»

With a Snapdragon 808 processor, 3 GB RAM, 1080p screen, 2,680 mAh battery, and 13 and 5MP cameras in tow, it takes a direct stab at the premium mid-range with more powerful specs than you can find at that same price point.

Much akin to the previous Amazon spot where it took a direct stab at Apple, the new one also digs at their rival.

Motorola released one critically acclaimed commercial during Superbowl which was a direct stab at Apple.

On the three - dollar tier of the menu sits the new classic chicken sandwich, which almost anyone can see is a direct stab at Chick - fil - A's sandwich.

Not exact matches

A state agency directed New York City to toughen security at its emergency homeless shelters following the fatal stabbings yesterday of a mother and her young children at a Staten Island hotel used to house the homeless.

Perluigi Gambetti, who directs the National Prion Disease Pathology Surveillance Center at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, has a few criticisms: The hamsters were infected by injecting the protein directly into the brain, for instance, which is «like creating a stab wound» through which protein may have entered the blood stream.

The commission took a stab at these complicated questions, issuing new analysis and recommendations for how to manage these increasingly complex issues in medicine, research and with direct - to - consumer tests that allow a patient to send in a cheek swab and get health information (like the personalized genome services kit offered by 23andMe, that was recently blocked by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration).

But now technology is offering a much more direct way to take a stab at your self - esteem — or...

The icing on the cake is Martin McDonagh, the acclaimed Irish playwright who took a winning stab at writing and directing for the screen in 2008's In Bruges.

David Duchovny takes another stab at writing / directing an «X-Files» episode where his signature sense of humor fits better with the self - reflexive story.

Lagravenese, the screenwriter for such fine films as The Horse Whisperer, Beloved, The Bridges of Madison County, and The Fisher King, takes his first stab at directing with varying results.

Screenwriter Carl Gottlieb (The Jerk, Jaws 2) takes his first stab at directing a feature film, based on the screenplay he co-wrote, and ends up making almost an extended version of the caveman sequence of History of the World Part I, which came out the same year.

Roger Michell has directed this latest stab at My Cousin Rachel, starring Rachel Weisz as Rachel (the role played by Olivia de Havilland in an early film version) and Sam Claflin as her young cousin who is attracted by her but isn't at all sure if she is to be trusted.

Earlier this decade, Wilson made a move that's not uncommon for actors by taking a stab at writing and directing.

Jumping around, one fan asked if the Russos, who are directing the next two Avengers movies following this, would want to take a stab at bringing the Young Avengers to the big screen.

The other three productions, Baby Boom, Father of the Bride and its sequel, were directed by Meyers» husband and longtime collaborator, Charles Shyer, but this is Meyers first stab at fully writing and directing her own work.

Hossein Amini has penned a few literary adaptations in his time, including a pair of wildly - contrasting gems (Drive and The Wings Of The Dove), and his first stab at directing his own material can stand proudly in the same company.

Take Jayne Mansfield's Car, actor Billy Bob Thornton's latest stab at directing.

Whatever position one takes on his worth as an artist, one thing is for sure: Fincher has come a long way since the early days of his career, when he was known simply as yet another television - commercial and music - video wunderkind (along with, say, Spike Jonze, Mark Pellington, Michel Gondry, and others) taking some bold stabs at feature - film directing.

Honda Motor Company hasn't taken a stab at a mid-engine sports car since it first released the NSX 25 years ago, and the 2017 version has no direct connection to that model — which ended production in 2005 — other than its legendary name.

Your contract related question at the end of your post was likely not directed to me but I will take a stab at answering it.....