Sentences with phrase «good handful of characters»

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For much of his career, he wrote bitterly satirical novels about well - off Londoners; even when the prospect of nuclear catastrophe arises, as it does in London Fields (1989), Amis seems to treat «The Crisis,» the coming «horrorday,» primarily as a vehicle for revealing the largely unpleasant traits of his handful of main characters.

Chokes on its well - meant outrage and leaves a moth - eaten plot and handful of nonsense characters on its way to a dopey finish.

Captain America: Civil War was smart enough to act as a soft origin story for Black Panther, using a handful of well - placed scenes to introduce the character among the melee of the rest of the film, so that when Black Panther proper came out, we were already more or less up to speed.

Six main Avengers, a handful of S.H.I.E.L.D mainstays and three flesh - and - blood newbies, not to mention a robot army, means it's already a battle for screen time, yet AOU still manages to be cameo - tastic, bringing back a host of favourites from previous stand - alone movies as well as some significant fresh supporting characters (including Andy Serkis as an arms dealer who's afraid of cuttlefish).

Adam Deacon A good handful of films out this year and yet the only roles I am likely to have seen Deacon in are the two separate characters he's played on Casualty.

Characters who initially seem poised to become significant supporting players — among them Army Rangers James Badge Dale and Matthew Fox and rogue CIA operative David Morse — prove expendable, either by becoming food for the encroaching zombie horde, or simply by virtue of the pic moving on to another locale: first a ghostly military base in South Korea that might be the source of the outbreak; then to Israel, where a senior Mossad agent (well played by Dutch filmmaker Ludi Boeken) may hold some additional clues; and finally a WHO research lab in Wales, where — in the pic's most elegantly crafted setpiece — Gerry and a handful of uninfected scientists enter into a careful cat - and - mouse game with the otherwise zombified staff.

OmegaUnderground expects to see a handful of Planet Hulk characters as well during the sequences set on Sakaar.

It's practically a revelation to read the best critics in the business praising John Crowley's Brooklyn, a movie (among a handful this year) that reminds us that not only do female characters exist but they are worthy of quirks and multiple...

Too many ideas, too many characters, too many contrivances and not enough depth keep this from being nothing more than a collection of a handful of funny moments strung together by a series of phony baloney plot devices you've seen before (and seen better).

Progression is handled well with the way you can augment your characters abilities and skills using the upgrade stations and skill trees but often you'll find yourself being forced to select from a series of options that don't necessarily reflect the areas you wish to focus on, leaving you playing a game that ostensibly offers up a variety of ways to play but ultimately leaves you with only a handful of ways to approach the game.

There's little doubt, however, that Kotch takes a turn for the better as Matthau's character befriends Erica, with the unconventional relationship that ensues paving the way for a handful of better - than - expected sequences (eg Kotch must help deliver Erica's baby within the confines of a gas - station restroom).

Certain Women moves, as all Reichardt's films do, at a languid pace, and a handful of characters — notably Williams's — could be a little better developed.

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.

The film, like its two title characters, like its handful of supporting characters and like its director, has spunk, personality, a spark of vitality keeping its narrative humming from start to finish, but it takes its material as seriously as it needs to at the precise times when it needs to, as well.

Though comprised almost completely of a handful of characters talking, the knockout performances of the small cast, committed to John Patrick Shanley's resonant script, elevate this to standing as one of the best films of last year.

When Abraham leaves the camera on Hiddleston and Olsen long enough to let them chew on their characters, the film offers flashes of something much more interesting: a handful of domestic scenes prove that the actors, not to mention Hank, would've been much better served by a ballsier script and braver direction.

Each Blockbuster Sale is a curated handful of classic and «best - of» stories from a character's history, so they're a great place to start for someone new to comics!

Arizona Soul Calibur 5 players, the game has been out for little more then a month, you've chosen your favorite character, spent some time in the training room, and won a good handful of matches online.

Firstly, the girls you encounter aren't random nameless characters, but come from a roster of well over 60 girls in the game, spanning all 3 years of high school as well as a handful of teachers and staff, and you'll repeatedly encounter each of them as enemies.

You have a handful of charming characters in a whacky world to the tune of some catchy music, throw in a jump button and maybe some unlockable abilities and you're good right?

Not to mention that at this point it is a solid bet there will be no major 3rd party games to get released this year, last year still saw a handful of releases even though they were few and far between this year is a wasteland in that area so new sales riding on a yarn - based game starring a second rate character and a Kirby that while does look good does not look anywhere close to mainstream.

Mission variety is pretty good; ranging from finding your way to an elevator to reach another level of the ship to making your way to the hibernation chamber to wake up the chief engineer who is one of less than a handful of people onboard the ship that can realistically help your character avoid extermination from an incoming squad of soldiers; not to mention the zombies.

The new level pack includes a brand new level set on the Planet Sovereign as well as a handful of new characters to try out.

We don't have many games in this genre and there should, as ROA is a great game with a a good selection of game modes and a handful of very unique characters with their own play - styles.

For TTT2: Prologue There will be character models exclusively FROM the Blood Vengeance movie (Devil) as well as most characters from the movie as well as a handful of stages (Snow Castle / School stage shown).

Rob Porter is currently a mercenary illustrator, character & game designer, and comic artist in Chicago, IL, drawing stuff for UDON Entertainment (Capcom, Namco - Bandai) on the side as well as a small handful of other gigs.

The major idea of this and all the previous games of the series is drastically different from Diablo's creed: whereas in the latter the setting is effectively reduced to a handful of cities with no more than 30 inhabitants in all of them, whose only purpose in life is to repair the character's broken sword or sell him a couple of potions, the world of The Elder Scrolls (called Tamriel) seems to be even better and more detailed than the real one.

Set over a hundred years after the first game, it revolves around Evan, a young king forced out of his kingdom, as well as a handful of peculiar characters that join him throughout his adventure.

Largely handled in visual novel style (though you'll find a handful of impressively animated ones in the game as well) some of these are on the lengthy side, but they do such a great job of fleshing out the characters and story that you'll rarely mind them.

A handful of very tight maps, a limited number of game modes, and a good roster of characters.

It'll take a good handful of hours to beat Golvellius — more if you're not using a walkthrough — but Sega was too cheap to spring for a battery backup for the Master System version, so you're stuck with annoying 32 character passwords.

Developer Tripwire Interactive has shared some new screenshots from their bloody first person shooter Killing Floor 2, showing off some of the game's monsters, as well as a handful of the game's many customizable characters.