Sentences with phrase «for little nods»

You also play as a different dude than in all the other previous AC games in the «real world» so it will probably be its own thing except for little nods to previous games.

Not exact matches

«In lieu of the usual Thanksgiving tips, we decided to get creative, partnering with Land of Nod to create the ultimate kids table for some of our favorite little ones.

«It seems be couldn't keep his body and his soul aligned,» the young pastor said, and seemed a little lost for words until he left the pulpit, walked over and opened the casket, took out a harmonica and began to play «Just As I Am» while everyone in the congregation nodded and wept and smiled, some of them mouthing the words of promise and comfort to themselves.

I'm no power - walker, and running isn't even on my radar these days, I just want to walk, to stop and look for the bald eagle that roosts in the tallest tree, to listen to CBC Morning Edition on my little earbuds, nod hello at all of the senior citizens that are my company at this hour of the day.

Dan hummed and nodded politely through my little spouts of righteous indignation, which went on for about three days until last Sunday afternoon when I was putting together the liturgy for The Mission and decided I wanted to include Psalm 9 in our reading.

When looking at the Weekly Results and Tiebreakers — more so for Power Rankings than for potential Playoff Seeding (so many weeks to go...)-- the resumes of these Teams do little to give one Team the nod over the other..

I suggested yesterday that Martinez may start instead of Cech, but I am a little surprised that Akpom gets the nod ahead of Walcott for the Striker's position but that could all change depending on how this game goes.

I have not gone a little bit crazy Arsenal fans, even though Theo Walcott would usually get the nod over his England international team mate Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain for a place in the Arsenal starting line - up.

It's part of a larger pattern of mismanaging player - assets so conspicuously that you're forced to offload them for less than market value — at the end of the day, a professional team is a group of assets, and a huge part of managing a team is doing what you can to increase the market valuation of those assets — and that's where I call this «vendetta» and not «style,» because even a disciplinarian could offer little carrots like, y ’ know, an absolutely deserved All - Star nod (at ZERO cost to himself or the club) but instead chose to publicly flip his most gifted player the bird.

It's a little far for Ward - Prowse to shoot, but he bends the ball into the middle and Yoshida, diving to meet it, nods it miles wide.

Still, sleep is essential for good health, so if you've started to dread the approach of... MORE nightfall and subsequent bedtime battles with your child, here are nine tips to make your child's trip to the Land of Nod just a little bit easier.

The adorable little Dream Comforter from Tiny Love is the perfect accompaniment for bed time, stimulating their senses while soothing and providing reassurance, to help them nod off.

So if you typically come a-running at every little noise or cry, you may actually be waking your about - to - nod - off baby or derailing her own efforts to self - soothe, and that's not good for anyone.

The money continues to be handed out at the discretion of the majority party in each house with no competition among similar projects, little concern for a group's financial need and often a nod toward political supporters.

But the foreign press has paid Mr Brown little attention in its coverage and he is unlikely to get the nod for the sought - after position at such a crucial time in the IMF's history.

Everyone nodded along, and I, the only woman in the room, waited a little for someone to say something about this pronouncement — until the silence became unbearable.

The 3M Ergonomic Mouse ($ 58; amazon.com) got a nod from the Arthritis Foundation for making that screen time a little more comfortable.

Layering turtlenecks underneath everything for a little 90s nod.

For the more musically astute readers, you may have clocked that there's a little nod to James Brown's ubiquitous song written in to this subsection's title.

As for gamers, well they might like it a bit more being able to point out all the little nods from the game, if you love the game then seeing a movie about it would be fun I guess.

They were skipped over for a directing nod from the Academy with Little Miss Sunshine, but did receive a DGA nod.

On the TV side, the star - studded miniseries «Big Little Lies» leads with six nominations, including acting nods for Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Laura Dern, Shailene Woodley and Alexander Skarsgard.

(As a nod to technology, just a little CGI is incorporated for certain scenes that would be hard to do in Plasticine, as when the vacuumed bunnies are in free - fall).

But I do feel the sound work really stood out, probably the best sound mix of any of the summer action movies (Green Zone is the tops for the year IMO, but unlike Salt has very little chance at an oscar nod).

The first trailer for David Ayer's Sabotage, formerly titled Ten as a nod to Agatha Christie's «Ten Little Indians», only dropped about a month ago, but a new cut is now available.

He initially seems a little young for the role but under a hearty beard and a deep - voiced Welsh accent (that seems to be a nod to Richard Burton), he proves himself to be a worthwhile choice, giving the performance of his career to date.

No, Curtis would have to wait until 1994, when a little movie called Four Weddings and a Funeral grabbed the attention of filmgoers and ended up snagging Oscar nods for Best Picture and Best Screenplay.

«Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri», Stranger Things», «GLOW» and «Big Little Lies» lead the nominations for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards with four nods each.

Wrestling drama «GLOW's other two nominations were acting nods for Alison Brie and Marc Maron, while «Big Little Lies» scored three in just one category.

The composer Angela Morley received two nods, for 1974's «The Little Prince» and 1976's «The Slipper and the Rose.»

These little nods, while not necessary to enjoy the film as a whole, are nice Easter eggs for the kind of people who probably have the same DVDs on their shelves as Peele and his co-writer Alex Rubens.

There are small nods to almost all the cult films from that decade, which is fine for a novel but a little more expensive to produce on screen, where copyright issues are something of a minefield.

Also, let me know what you think: Do you think this is a true teaser and we should get prepared for a Metroid Prime 4 or just a little nod to a potential Metroid game for the FAR future.

«The Shape of Water» and «Big Little Lies» lead the nominations for the 2018 Golden Globe Awards.The Guillermo Del Toro - directed drama - which is about a mute custodian - picked up seven nods in the...

I pointed out yesterday that Fox Searchlight is operating on a different plane when it comes to turning out the vote for its movies, and alongside the aforementioned surprise little hit of the final quarter of 2007 ($ 85 million and counting), further evidence arrives in the form of Tamara Jenkins» The Savages, which, despite not (yet) having connected at the box office (it's made only $ 3.6 million in a month and a half of release), garnered an expected Best Original Screenplay nomination, but also a Best Actress nod for Laura Linney, probably coming at the expense of Angelina Jolie and A Mighty Heart.

Meanwhile, the HBO series Big Little Lies, directed by Montreal's Jean - Marc Vallée, is in the running for six trophies while Guillermo del Toro's Cold War - era fairy tale The Shape of Water, which was shot in Toronto and Hamilton, earned a leading seven nods.

Speaking of, lots of little nods to the first one: Jerry's love of apples, «Welcome to Fright Night, for real,» the night club scene, etc..

Over in the TV categories, the ceremony bid an enthusiastic hello to the new Netflix wrestling comedy GLOW, awarding it four total nods — including best ensemble for a comedy series and best stunt ensemble — while four individual actors from Big Little Lies were given individual nominations — another strong showing for HBO's hit mini-series, especially since the Screen Actors Guild does not separate supporting performances from leading ones in its TV categories.

Writer - director Andrew Dominik («The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford», «Chopper») lays it on a little thick, both the state - of - the - nation nods, with ample TV clips of Barack Obama and George W Bush playing in the background, and the idea that this grimy noir is a metaphor for sickness and stupidity in the financial sector.

It's a category where even the notoriously conservative Academy have been known to push the boat out a little, but the new faces it sometimes features (last year's winner Lupita Nyong» o, for example) tend to need to break out in an otherwise recognized, buzzed film (like «12 Years a Slave») and even those picks are often offset by nods for established actresses who either deserve a consolation prize or who in general feel like they haven't ever really been given their due.

Kidman is the obvious bet for consolation prize: it feels like she's moving into the Grande Dame phase of her career in which every major role she takes has one eye on the little gold fella, and if a lot of the time she's going to aim and miss (the specter of «Grace of Monaco» hovers on the horizon, not eligible here yet, but still its stinking word of mouth and distribution troubles are already part of the narrative), in general the Academy loves a trier, so a nod for something as unexceptional - but - prestigey as «The Railway Man» would not be out of the question.

Even as the party itself is divided over embracing Common Core standards, has a retrograde on education in the form of House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (who wants to eviscerate the strong accountability measures contained in the No Child Left Behind Act), and had a primary race for the presidential nod that had seen aspirants backtrack (of offer little information) on their respective school reform agendas, Republicans were able to paper over these issues thanks to strong calls by former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Texas teacher Sean Duffy, and onetime Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for expanding school choice, advancing Parent Power, and overhauling how teachers are recruited, trained, managed, and compensated.

The designation «LE» stood for «little engine» and the junior officers that rode them became known as «noddies» because they were required to nod to senior officers as they passed by.

That might be a little hard for some of us to do with our usual spending, but there are ways to spend without really spending (nod - nod, wink - wink) which I may cover here one of these days.

Replay value isn't strong due to the linear nature of the story, but there is plenty of references and little nods to dig up, for anyone inclined to hunt for them.

tried to have its cake and eat it with little nods to the current political landscape in America and the wider world, but for the most part, the story is pretty tame politically speaking.

Yes, there were times when Far Cry 5 tried to have its cake and eat it with little nods to the current political landscape in America and the wider world, but for the most part, the story is pretty tame politically speaking.

Deckard Cain is also another kick to the nostalgia glad for fans, with the iconic character playing a major role in the early stages and even being voiced by the original voice actor to give fans that little extra nod.

For example, a fun little nod to the Back to the Future movies is the famous OUTATIME license plate being dug up by one of the archaeologists in the prologue level for Lego Jurassic WorFor example, a fun little nod to the Back to the Future movies is the famous OUTATIME license plate being dug up by one of the archaeologists in the prologue level for Lego Jurassic Worfor Lego Jurassic World.

For those who played a majority of Ms. Croft's previous adventures, there's a number of cute little winks and nods to Lara's adventures beyond just her time spent in Yamatai.