Sentences with phrase «eschews bigger»

«Sicario» features neither the twistiness of «Prisoners» nor the weirdness of «Enemy,» and so is just a very solid procedural that eschews bigger drama in favor of a continual slow build... to nowhere in particular.

Happily, Google's new Clips camera eschews its biggest potential privacy concerns by keeping storage local, staying offline and only allowing file transmission to a designated paired smartphone.

Eliot Spitzer to discuss those issues, with the result being a September, 2007 «Agreement in Principle» (AIP) that cut the overall size of the resort proposal, eschewing the Big Indian portion, and committed it to a tie - in with an expanded state - owned Belleayre Mountain ski area.

Many infantry veterans consider The Story of GI Joe to be the single most realistic Hollywood war film of the 1940s, eschewing big stars, phony heroics and overblown battle sequences in favor of the everyday trials and tribulations of the humble foot soldier.

One of the most novel things Besson does is eschew big fight scenes the more powerful Johansson gets, as what's the point of getting into fisticuffs when you can simply freeze bad guys with your mind?

Her rather public (but by no means acrimonious) rejection of Disney's offer to direct Black Panther seemed to indicate a desire to eschew big budget major studio franchise filmmaking.

Particularly notable: Finding Nemo eschews a big - name voice cast in favor of talented character actors like Albert Brooks and Allison Janney, a lesson that too many recent animated films have failed to learn.

With an MBA from Harvard, Tuck has eschewed the big bucks to focus on reforming California's education system.

Walker was successful, an analyst at Slate concluded, because he «tapped into the cycle's near - universal anti-Washington sentiment» and maintained a popular «man of the people» image (a false image for sure) that eschewed big money and out - of - state interests.

Normally, I advise eschewing the big packages, but this one includes a lot.

A few authors eschew the big five and smaller independent presses before even attempting this gauntlet.

While Breath of the Wild eschews the big - headed character design of The Wind Waker, it offers a glorious return to the bright, vibrant color palate afforded by the cel - shaded art style, which I would argue makes it the most visually stunning Zelda game to date.

When I first purchased my Xbox 360 way, way back in 2008 I came across a simple little twin stick shooter that, despite a relatively steep learning curve, enthralled me to the point where I would eschew big triple A titles like Gears of War in order to spend time trying to master the Robotron: 2084 inspired gameplay, frantically diving back into the fray time and time again in an effort to top my previous score and gain one of the coveted top spots on the global leaderboard.

Like Krasner's «Little Image» paintings, they eschew the big, swashbuckling gestures of textbook Abstract Expressionism in favor of a wiry sgraffito (or occasionally, in Krasner's case, a thin and tightly controlled drip).

Ironically, the best way to catch one's eye at art fairs these days, it seems, is to show virtually nothing at all — to eschew the big paintings, bigger sculptures, and shiny mirror pieces that fill so many art fairs, and to instead devote lots of space to just a few works.

Happily, Google's new Clips camera eschews its biggest potential privacy concerns by keeping storage local, staying offline and only allowing file transmission to a designated paired smartphone.

Not exact matches

«To completely eschew using an adviser can be as big a mistake as picking the wrong one,» Davidson says.

Achingly modern (the building is essentially one big triangle) Me by Meliá eschews stuffy concierges for what it calls «aura managers,» a blend of tour director, confidant, secretary, DJ and stylist.

NEW YORK, Feb 27 - Dan Ivascyn, the group chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co, eschews making big, splashy investment or market calls, unlike his legendary predecessor, Bill Gross.

«Look What You Made Me Do» is a big pivot from the songs that made 1989 a global sensation, eschewing catchy choruses for a Right Said Fred techno beat.

The company has, over the past decade, transformed itself from a humble maker of computers into the biggest and most important technology company on the planet, mostly by eschewing the gadget - only approach.

In recent years Campbell and its Big Food brethren have gobbled up smaller natural food upstarts to respond to consumers who are eschewing processed fare.

Dick's, the biggest sporting - goods retailer in the U.S., was one of many brands to eschew the gun industry following the shooting.

«A final lesson from our bet: Stick with big, «easy» decisions and eschew activity.

What is now clear is that Modi is an incrementalist, with a strong managerial and anti-corruption beat, who eschews «big bang reforms» but is consistently attempting to implement a long - term game plan of renewal.

So far, innovative chefs have eschewed more extreme native fauna such as armadillo (a pork - like meat still popular in the Isthmus and Chiapas) and iguana (very big in Isthmus markets), although sustainably farmed iguana could well be the next low - fat alternative to chicken — it certainly tastes like it.

An only child who was raised on Army bases by his mother, Patricia, and Calvin, a sergeant, Kenny was always big — «When he was three, he looked like he was six,» Calvin says — but he eschewed contact sports for stickball.

«Eschewing the etiquette of internal party discourse, Teachout accused Cuomo of governing as a Republican, acting as a shill for the big banks and other campaign contributors, and being part of a «corrupt old boys» club in Albany,» wrote John Cassidy in his analysis in the New Yorker.

But his big speech fell flat with some pundits after the foreign secretary eschewed details about exactly what he wants from Brexit in favour of passages about the liberal idealism of John Stuart Mill and jokes about dogging and Thai sex tourism.

While the eschewing of political honours exemplified by Keith Hill, Tessa's sometime neighbouring MP, is impressive, there was also a lot to admire in the big tent assembled for Tessa's party.

Many people who aspire to good health and a sleek physique, particularly women, eschew weight training because they fear it will make them big and muscular.

Co-stars James Franco and Jonah Hill eschew their usual frat - boy - humor antics for serious drama in this big - screen retelling of the real - life relationship between accused killer Christian Longo (Franco) and journalist Michael Finkel (Hill).

GR: DoA set a bit of a precedent by being one of the first big fighting game franchises to eschew the «arcade - first, console port later» format.

Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Sony, Universal — all studios that have major films this year have decided to eschew the world's biggest film festival for whatever reason, giving us a much more esoteric and independent lineup.

Couples who have had their game nights ruined by bedtime - eschewing kids or something a bit more daunting can now look forward to seeing their misadventures up on the big screen.

Iron Man 2 by Matt Wedge — June 25, 2010 — Iron Man 2 largely eschews the popular practice of action sequels offering nothing but bigger and louder explosions.

2:30 p.m., Hall H — Warner Bros & Legendary Pictures Probably the biggest ticket of the weekend, this sees Warners eschewing the chance for a last minute push for «The Dark Knight Rises» (like it needs it) in favor of the first look anywhere at next summer's big superhero film, Superman reboot «Man of Steel.»

Big moments and traditional satisfactions are eschewed (e.g., the first film counts down the distance to Havana only to abruptly end over a hundred miles short of the destination) in favor of detailing everyday, almost mundane, existence for those in the trenches fighting the power.

To accommodate those big, free - breathing valves while preserving the 100 mm cylinder - bore spacing that allows this all new block to be machined alongside the 5.0 - liter in Windsor, Ontario (the deck height is also the same), the bore was increased to 94 mm by eschewing iron liners in favor of a plasma - transferred wire - arc cylinder liner technology.

Unlike most high - power, high - profile muscle car builds, whatever check - writer commissioned this psychopath eschewed the traditional big - block gas engine in favor of a 6.7 - liter Cummins I - 6, putting down an insane 1,500 hp and 2,500 lb - ft of torque to the rear wheels.

Eschewing anything like modern crossover design, the Suburban begins with a very truck - like front end, a big, squared - off nose that rises like a cliff from the front bumper.

Though I tend to be a do - it - yourselfer and a cultural outlier who eschews most anything big, corporate, and mainstream, I've come to respect big publishers.

The big news about Barnes & Noble's new Nook — which, like the Amazon Kindle, maintains the same name in spite of a complete redesign — is that the device eschews the original year - and - a-half-old Nook's clunky LCD navigation screen for an E-Ink display.

It's a customer - service area that chain and big - box retailers totally eschew.

The company eschews periodic promotions in favor of a strategy that hinges on consistently offering fair prices that are quite competitive with even the national big - box chains.

Unlike Mutschler, Margedant has chosen to eschew many of the food brands that can be found in mass and big - box pet stores — not because of concerns about pricing, but because he does not feel that those foods fit his carefully constructed brand.

There are some really good fish foods out there, and I highly recommend stocking the brands that the big - box stores eschew.

The country's biggest city's more human scale and its more varied architecture imbue it with a sense of reality that Astana seems determined to eschew.

In this he seems akin to Robert Indiana, another hard - edge painter with a big heart, though Smith eschews overt social or historical referents.

Overhaul national tax systems so that conspicuous per human over-consumption of resources is eschewed and seemingly endless, soon to become unsustainable production / pollution activities of big business are transformed into Earth - friendly, sustainable enterprises.