Sentences with phrase «gut punch from»

They experience criticism, that inevitable taunt and gut punch from book reviewers, bloggers and yes, friends and family at times with a judge - y, disapproving glare.

That and the $ 300 million it brings in would have been a nice booster to an economy that's taken some gut punches from Sandy.

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He wrote that «the Trump edict essentially kills any chances of this deal happening and is a major gut punch to those Qualcomm bulls hoping this soap opera could end with a bid following pressure from the shareholder meeting, which is poised to happen next month after getting delayed.»

Then a parade of horribleness ensued when four gut - punches took the market down, making the «Mad Money» host even more inclined to warn investors to stay away from oil stocks.

There are brilliant bits of dialogue (don't miss the gut - punch reference to Stand By Me) and terrific acting, from people like Olivia Colman (the wife on Rev.) and Léa Seydoux.

And the punch in the gut from last week's World Vision situation (in which 10,000 children lost their sponsorship as a result of an evangelical protests) continues to leave me, and many others, feeling breathless.

Still, all that the Jazz had built — carefully and meticulously over the past few seasons — received a gut punch when news from Hayward broke for real.

If you're going to drop a 3 - game series, that's about the best way to do it — get gut - punched in the first game, fight hard but still lose the second, and then pull off a come - from - behind, big win in the third.

Not to mention the punch in the gut I get when trying to plan a budget - friendly birthday party for one of the boys, and coming across pictures from some of the stupendous, over-the-top parties depicted on Pinterest.

«Commuters are facing hellish, dangerous commutes due to Gov. Cuomo's mismanagement, and the governor taking $ 5 million from the MTA to fund ski slopes is a punch in the gut to riders,» Cox said.

After getting my balance back from that punch - to - the - gut feeling, I laced up my running shoes, put on my headphones, went to a nearby park, and took a walk.

I'm forced to eat healthy otherwise I'm getting punched in the head with seizures or punched in the gut with pain from gluten.

Thanks in large part to a heartbreaking performance from Ava Kolker, the newest Insidious opens with a gut punch of an origin story.

The new story and setting start out much the same as the first game, with Marian taking a gut - punch and brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee emerging from a garage to rescue her.

Yet they and the rest of the cast (look for cameos by Gena Rowlands, in the nightclub scene; Cassavetes, protecting Lelia from a Forty - second Street masher; and Seymour Cassel, getting gut - punched by Ben) are indelibly associated with Shadows, where they seem as real as the preserved cityscapes that are a key pleasure of the movie.

Discreetly directed by Andrew Haigh, featuring nearly invisible performances from Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay, it's a quiet punch to the gut, a reminder that tranquil domesticity should never be taken for granted.

That's the moment when this trailer for Youth, the new film from Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty), lets you know you're probably in for a real gut punch of a film.

«Free Fire,» the latest cinematic gut - punch from Ben Wheatley («High - Rise»), gets off to a retrotastic start, with a high - energy credits sequence composed of a fat»70s - era font and a punchy track from the Boston punk band the Real Kids.

Well - written, executed, and featuring a diabolical performance from Michael Shannon, 99 Homes is an appropriately enraging gut punch of a watch.

CHICAGO — David Gordon Green's «Your Highness» was like a punch to the gut — an unqualified train wreck from someone who had been correctly dubbed one of the best working filmmakers.

Moments like these make Freedomland richer and more ambitious than the typical fare: ironically, the film plays a bit like the series of gut punches one might receive from a two - part episode of a well - written TV cop drama (Price has written for HBO's The Wire).

That László Nemes» debut «Son Of Saul» won the Grand Prize on the Croisette certainly marks it out for attention, but those who haven't seen it yet (it opens finally in the U.S. next week) probably aren't yet prepared for the gut - punch power and masterful filmmaking on display from the Hungarian director (a former assistant to Bela Tarr).

If you have ever seen Neil LaBute «s first few films (In the Company of Men, Yours Friends and Neighbors, Nurse Betty and The Shape of Things), you will have learned to expect certain things from him — tons of flashy, quick dialogue, despicable characters and at least one crushing gut punch to set you spinning for hours after the film concludes.

It is a dazzling scene right out of the gate, and while it will not gut punch you the way that the heartbreaking opening from Up did, for this film it felt just right.

Up strolls generic Williams thug # 2287287 to slug her in the gut and cart her offscreen over his shoulder, just in time to escape the heroic duo emerging from their garage with a lust for punching thugs in the face.

This quote from Whoopi Goldberg always punches me right in the gut: «When I was nine years old, Star Trek came on.

From that top speed, it decelerates back to zero in a gut - punching 8.7 seconds.

Not having an optional, upgraded powertrain is a punch in the gut, really — the full - blown, twin - turbo V8 from the Mercedes - AMG C63 is a tall ask, but the 362 - horsepower, double - boosted V6 from the C43 would be perfect.

Ever get feedback from an editor or beta reader that feels like a gut punch?

A volume of one - and two - page stories from more than 70 authors sounds like a stunt, but these are exemplars of narrative economy and gut - punch endings, and together, they read like the worst 10 weeks of nightmares you'll ever have.

I suspected that bringing Infinite's Booker and Elizabeth into the world of the original Bioshock would bring the world of Columbia and Rapture together, but I wasn't prepared for how true that would be, and I was even less prepared for the emotional gut punch that came from the consequence of the connections Burial at Sea made between the sky and the sea.

The biggest gut punch is the Clairconctlar from Star Control 3, who have been coerced into servitude.

Imagine if you could watch Street Fighter V tournaments from the tarmac on Guile's Air Force base, or at Union Station, watching as Chun - Li punches M. Bison in the gut before finishing him off with a spinning kick that flies past your face.

If waiting for the Oct. 28 release date for Titanfall 2 feels more painful than a gut - punch from a giant robot, worry not; you'll have a few chances to try out the game early.

These competitions require Rally Tickets to play (earned by completing Tour stages and collecting coins), but losses will also cost Toads from one's personal stock, a gut - punch that doesn't exactly encourage players to take on higher - level opponents, for fear of eroding their already meager population even further.

But I may prefer Filipino painter Manuel Ocampo's visceral canvases at Tyler Rollins Fine Art, New York, where a series of gut - punching, gonzo works borrow imagery from political cartoons from the Philippine — American War, among other sources, to explore America's history of colonialism in his homeland.