Sentences with phrase «facial tic of»

Dirk Uys, an Afrikaner, does an «Afrikaner» matron as well as a merciless rendition of every verbal and facial tic of the State President, whom he can uncannily resemble.

Not exact matches

To identify the facial tics that indicate pain, Jeffrey Mogil of McGill University in Montreal, Canada and colleagues filmed mice for 30 pain - free minutes and then for 30 more after inducing mild pain.

Scientists are using this information to develop computer technology that analyzes facial movements and tics to help assess the veracity of suspects» testimony.

There are also a host of side effects, that could be as minor as sleep disturbances, loss of appetite, and facial tics, to paranoia and psychotic symptoms, other psychiatric issues like bipolar disorder, depression, and suicide in those without a history of the disorders, and at it can be fatal in those that have a diagnosed or undiagnosed heart condition.

Hamming it up to the rafters, Fox comes off as more of a sneering, crazy - eyed weasel with facial tics and 0 % body fat than a menacing psychopath.

The determined absence of dialogue for large swathes of the film — superbly shouldered by Blair's array of facial tics, if laboured a little when left too long — is paramount to its streamlined structure, which focuses firmly on actions and reactions, and the incitement to both.

Claflin and Butterfield are effective, respectively, as the broken captain and the young boy eager to contribute, even if the depiction of the Stanhope character is perhaps a little too reliant on facial tics to portray inner turmoil.

Here she's operating on a different plane of weird, all throaty modulation and stroke victim facial tics.

Diamantopoulos gives off a hard - edged sensibility of leadership, Sasso is an unstoppable and energetic ball of facial tics and exaggerated physicality, and, well, Hayes» hair looks right (Speaking of jokes in poor taste, the suggestion that child Larry might be undergoing chemotherapy is a groaner).

Ferociously determined to do right by her children, (in particular, Claudia), in order for them to have a better life, her facial expressions and small, bodily tics belie a host of lost dreams and future hopes.

In the hands of some bloated Hollywood ex A-lister, Frank could have become a mess of facial tics and giant cigars.

The story takes Mortdecai and his faithful, womanizing manservant Jock (Paul Bettany, who also retains an ounce of dignity in spite of his character) through a series of weirdos, played by actors with different silly accents and other grotesque facial tics, from London to Moscow to Los Angeles.

Streep's extravagant arsenal of gestures, facial tics, and inflections has become so familiar by now that she constantly seems to be treading a line between sublime expressiveness and SNL parody.

Mel Gibson (in an understated role, none of his tough guy facial tics here) plays an ex-priest whose family is threatened (he's Episcopalian in case you wondered) by what seems to be either alien invaders or crop circle pranksters.

If you should meet a textbook editor and he or she seems eccentric (odd hair, facial tics, et cetera), it's because this is a person who has spent hundreds of hours scrutinizing countless pages filled with such action items, trying to determine if the textbook can arguably be said to support each objective.

The game features ground breaking facial capture technology that allows for the central interrogation mechanics, that requires the player to read the facial gestures and tics of his interrogees.

In the 1970s, he created a catalog of more than 5,000 muscle movements to show how even the subtlest facial tics could reveal a person's emotions.

Also, know ahead of time whether you're prone to unconscious facial tics like blinking too much when you're nervous or licking your lips.