Sentences with phrase «good character reference»

This format is also a great way for school leavers to show what their teachers or classmates thought of them, or anyone else who can give you a good character reference.

If you're trying to get a scholarship, a good character reference might describe your ambition, your work ethic, your sense of fairness, and passion for certain subjects.

She has nothing to do with the actual story, but serves as a good character reference for Sportello and a handful of the supporting cast.

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Such recommendations must also include a statement from the recommending stockholder in support of the candidate, particularly within the context of the criteria for Board membership, including issues of character, integrity, judgment, diversity, age, independence, skills, education, expertise, business acumen, business experience, length of service, understanding of the Company's business, other commitments and the like, as well as any personal references and an indication of the candidate's willingness to serve.

book of Enoch to the well - known Biblical character, or when it quotes Jesus» reference to the mustard seed as the smallest of all seeds.

The character of the god is therefore best understood by reference to the whole complex of experiences which constitute the religion in question.

I often think of this with reference to the best - loved character in American history.

As it is, the very cosmopolitan editors, with condescending reference to the proletariat and the Midwest, view him simply as Good Old Gus, «a New York character,» «a genuine American tale.»

Asking for references is a good start, as is a thorough interview to help you gauge the sitter's character, personality, and qualifications.

The screenplay is better when it withholds — throughout The Post, characters walk and talk (the other credited writer, Josh Singer, who also co-wrote Spotlight, is a West Wing alum), and drop references to people or events that would have been familiar knowledge to those at the time.

With funnier jokes, better animation and more inspired references, this entertaining sequel is considerably superior to the first movie, boasting also a sweet message about love transcending all differences and characters much more charismatic now than ever before.

He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

Great script, great puzzles (challenging, yet sensible), great characters with good voice acting, and finally great dialogues with tons and tons of well placed pop - culture references and humour.

«Deadpool the character is so eclectic in terms of his references and his taste — and so what better way to set the tone of a movie than with Juice Newton?

This is not only Toy Story for a new generation, but if you're an old school gamer as well you will recognize a lot of characters and some very funny references (some references that I wasn't even expecting either).

Not only did the film make all kinds of»80s jokes and references, but John Cusack's character existed as something of a throwback to the many famous roles he had in that aforementioned decade (Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Say Anything, et cetera).

In four seasons, Adam Reed's FX show — a James Bond spoof crossed with theater of the absurd, featuring possibly the best voice cast anywhere — has showcased a giddy progression of plots and characters, including space pirates, regular pirates, a tattooed baby, a Russian brain implant, dozens of Burt Reynolds references, Burt Reynolds himself, and the most disturbing mommy issues in TV history — thanks to Archer's drunken mom Malory, voiced with deliciously evil gusto by Jessica Walter (whom you may know as Lucille Bluth).

If, on the other hand, you enjoy a Tarantino - scripted conversation or two or five — particularly in a period piece where the characters can't make references to movies or TV shows — «The Hateful Eight» may well engage you as a darkly funny locked - door mystery that's in no hurry to show its hand.

Adrian Pasdar contributes the doc's best moment when he nails the drug references in the picture; Henriksen's reveal of his character's imagined back - story conversion comes a close second.

Breaking the fourth wall can completely take you out of a movie, especially when you are attempting to cleverly reference one of the most well - known characters in the genre.

The work of Flannery O'Connor, openly referenced in a shot of a character reading A Good Man Is Hard to Find, hangs heavily over the film, wherein the external chaos that ripples outward from Mildred's actions ultimately resolves itself as an examination of her character and the pitfalls of her implacable stubbornness.

While the casting of Crispin Glover as a disassociated loner who discovers he has the power to talk to rats is sort of inspired, «X Files» expat writer Glen Morgan's Willard suffers (and yes, I feel silly for saying this) from a lack of character development, a forced psychoanalytic structure, and a sort of inbred Comic Book Guy fondness for self - reference (i.e., the majority of the bit characters have animal names — a sort of thing used best in Landis's An American Werewolf in London and Dante's The Howling: Mrs. Leach, Mr. Garter, Janice Mantis, George Boxer, and so on) that grates.

Suicide Squad is the third official film in the DC Extended Universe, a bit tangential to what's come before, save for a couple of Superman / Aquaman references, as well as the appearance of Bruce Wayne / Batman (Affleck, Gone Girl) and a cameo by The Flash to remind us there's more going on in the world than just what's surrounding this new cast of super-powered characters.

Hopefully for their encore, the creators will figure out a better way to give is all of the snark, zaniness, and tongue - in - cheek references we want, without having to shoehorn several dozen characters into yet another formula plot barely worth following.

The film opens with a reference to dogs as man's best friend, and the progression from one segment to the next is in turn dictated by the dog's movement and by how willing the characters are to treat the dog in accordance with that statement.

A few stock characters, including a park superintendent, are predictably over-the-top, but there are corny and even laugh - out - loud clever car and plane - name references, as well as a few inside jokes and good one - liners.

David Lynch's Mulholland Drive contends that the answer to the eternal struggle between what is real and what is fantasy comes in the form of a Keatsian confusion — it's the difference between Adam's dream and Eve rendered flesh, blurred in the mind of the creator and his audience.A film is a dream of the director made tangible, a conceit familiar from the fourth wall - breaking in Ingmar Bergman's Persona (banishing any mystery there might have been regarding the visual references to that film in Lynch's piece), and a movie's characters therefore become projections of its maker's sublimated longing (clarifying too the auteur's use of wardrobe and colour schemes from Hitchcock's meditation on objectification, Vertigo, as well as those of his first collaboration with inamorata Tippi Hedren, The Birds).

Best Bear Attack: The Revenant Best Mosasaur Attack: Jurassic World Best Blind, Flamethrowing Guitar Player: Mad Max: Fury Road The Winklevi Award for Excellence in Playing Twins: Tom Hardy, Legend Worst Romantic Chemistry: Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, 50 Shades of Grey (Runner - up: Nicole Kidman and Chiwetel Ejiofor, The Secret in their Eyes)(Honorable Mentions: Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, Jupiter Ascending; Chris Hemsworth and Tang Wei, Blackhat) Best Fake Soap Opera: Joy Best Fake Magazine: Trainwreck («S'Nuff») The Gay Panic Award: Get Hard (Runner - up: The D Train) Best Alec Guinness Impression: Max von Sydow, Star Wars: The Force Awakens Worst Liam Neeson Impression: Sean Penn, The Gunman Best Turn - of - the - Century Reference to The Atlantic: Crimson Peak The Unbroken Award for a Portrait of Endurance that Gradually Becomes an Exercise in Endurance: The Revenant Best Use of «Smells Like Teen Spirit»: Pan Best Use of «Freebird»: Kingsman: The Secret Service Best Use of «Girls Just Want To Have Fun»: Anomalisa Least Convincing Hacker: Chris Hemsworth, Blackhat Least Responsible First Responder: Dwayne Johnson, San Andreas Person You'd Least Want in Charge of National Intelligence: Andrew Scott (Sherlock's Moriarty), Spectre Most Comprehensive Annihilation of an Intended Franchise: Josh Trank, Fantastic Four Best Driver: Ben Kingsley, Learning to Drive (Runner - up: Robert DeNiro, The Intern) Worst Total Box Office: Confession of a Child of the Century, $ 74 (Runner - up: Paranoid Girls, $ 78) Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Human Category): Love Most Disturbing Sex Scenes (Puppet Category): Anomalisa Best Performance Playing a Character Named «Toussaint»: Jimmy Jean - Louis, Joy (Runner - up: Fabrice Adde, The Revenant) The «Marry Me and I'll Buy You a Piano» Award: Far from the Madding Crowd The «That Was Beautiful; What Happened?»

This is one of the key arcs of Roth's fiction, so well - developed by the time of his late literature that it is rarely referenced outright and instead intimated through his characters» struggles to fit in.

In this regard, legends that have come out of Philadelphia are referenced both by dialogue from the characters within the film, and within the soundtrack.The most notable needle drop occurs when Creed arrives in the city, a quick montage unfolding to «The Fire» by John Legend and The Roots - not just a great song about ambition and drive, but also by Philly's local boys done good.

Throughout, the narrative padding is conspicuous — when one hastily introduced character is dispatched, another character is introduced — and the copious references to better films are gratuitous, even lazy.

The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (R for profanity and sexual references) Logan Lerman plays the title character in this whodunit about a writer who disappears without a trace after publishing a best seller.

The tone of the film is decidedly raunchy, earning its R rating many times over through the many sexual references espoused by its characters; Jay Baruchel's (Fanboys, Knocked Up) character of Doug's best friend Pat is really nothing but.

Many of the best jokes in the film come from direct references to popular films and a fake film that the characters watch in the movie.

I've enjoyed watching the Avengers evolve — individually and collectively — as well as the GOTG characters (with their pop culture references and killer playlists).

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By having access to high interest characters from television shows and movies, as well as incorporating existing story lines for which the readers already have a strong from of reference, students who struggle to read or who do not read for their own enjoyment can experience a whole new world of emerging literacy.

- Booklist «The story is peppered with pop culture references to The Hunger Games, the Kindle Fire, and the X-Men, as well as comic relief in the form of characters like a talking horse that thinks it has a weight problem.

The reference to Achilles, as not a slave but a hero, known for his moral as well as physical strength and courage but also for his vulnerability (symbolically, the «Achilles heel»), stands out for me because we have two major characters with that name, and both do show those qualities.

With a comprehensive profile and a good range of character / employment / landlord references there's no reason why you wouldn't be successful in your application to house sit abroad.

Spirit Tracks is set roughly 100 years after Wind Waker with characters even mentioning Tetra, the Princess Zelda of that game, specifically, as well as other little references here and there to Link and characters / events that have already come and gone.

As well, for those who knew the game it was also an in reference to one of the game's main characters.

The characters (both returning and new) are well written, and I found myself chuckling at a lot of the jokes and references.

For reference, here are some of my favorite characters — I'm sure many lists will vary, but if you're ever curious about which characters are good to start with, these are some of my recommendations:

Passing references, as well as characters from past games, will make an appearance.

Much like it's reference materials, it tries its best at imitating exaggerated character models and a flagrant disregard for real - world physics a la NBA Jam and the stylish dunks, alley - oops and extra-point opportunities of NBA Street.

It's a typical Shin Megami Tensei mainline game, so I didn't expect much out of the characters anyway, since the side characters are almost always given insanely chaotic / lawful personalities as opposed to a well thought out character with some inclination toward them (to reference another SMT game, Devil Survivor's Naoya has a decidedly neutral yet mysterious personality until pretty late in the game).

Toys, magazine references as well as showcased on the character select screen for the game.

Well as LegaiaRules can attest there's a MASSIVE amount of linkages between games either through references to events (The 2nd Huffman Conflict etc.) or through characters (Roid etc.).