Sentences with phrase «gut punch of»

that wasn't trying to traumatize players with a gut punch of an ending (looking at you Hotline Miami)?

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

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.

«All About Nina» is a true gut punch of a...

The quiet that settles over the group's strictly controlled daily routine is short lived, leading to a real gut punch of an ending.

While you are at once charmed by the whimsy and romance, there's still a gut punch of emotional rawness just waiting to be delivered.

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

As a virtuoso juggling act, Infinity War has no real parallel in popular culture; as a movie, it's an impressive montage of greatest hits until the gut punch of a finale.

For those Marvel movie fans still clutching their stomachs after the emotional gut punches of April's Avengers: Infinity War, the rebelliously funny relief of Deadpool 2 couldn't come soon enough, giving us all a chance to forgive Josh Brolin for turning our favorite Spider - Man into the world's most depressing meme.

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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.»

It's a punch to the gut and a highly unexpected one because of some of the characters who disappear.

Unfortunately, the hits are less of the sales variety and more about gut - punches to its stock price, revenues and overall reputation.

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.

[Steve Eisman] A write - up on the impending Hilton (HLT) spinoff [Clark Street Value] CBRE (CBG): industry deep dive to detect an emerging moat [Punch Card] A look at Discovery Communications (DISCA / K)[Contrarian Edge] Sustainable sources of competitive advantage [Collaborative Fund] Why deep learning matters and what's next for AI [Algorithmia] The unexpected genius of Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg [Fortune] Google's online travel adventure upsets its biggest advertisers [Bloomberg] A billionaire's dreams of creating a guns empire [NYMag] If oil refiners crash, so will the economy [WSJ] Mastercard, Visa set to reap spoils of India's war on cash [Bloomberg] How Best Buy (BBY) fought Amazon [WSJ] The evolution of media & entertainment: conversation with CEOs [YouTube] How to get comfortable with being umcomfortable [Inc] Why gut feelings may really help you make risky decisions [Washington Post] Why stoicism is one of the best mind - hacks ever devised [Aeon]

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.

I would guess most people don't let go of their ego unless life throws them a few gut punches.

For the last six weeks it has felt like life has punched me in the gut, knocked the wind out of me and then kicked me when I was down.

The cartoon was sort of a punch in the gut, but not in a bad way for me.

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.

But you know, it really was like a punch in the gut because it came out of nowhere.

As much as I love beautiful goals being scored — and Juventus most definitely had a couple of those on Saturday — seeing this team continue to make self - inflicted mistakes in defense is just like constantly being punched in the gut by one of your best friends.

Juventus, coming off a 3 - 0 gut - punch of a home loss in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal against Real Madrid, had done what seemed impossible two hours before.

While the red card was certainly a gut punch, none of Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola or Louis van Gaal could stop the Portuguese coach in the previous season, as José went on to win his second European Cup.

OK, OK, lots of it — baby clothes especially — I'm probably hanging on to for nostalgia reasons, as they are tied so tightly to memories that even looking at them is like an emotional punch to the gut.

Statistics may not convince her but I hope the visceral gut - punch of Wren's story might.

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.

To the cheers Tuesday night of hundreds of party faithful, Suffolk Democratic chairman Richard Schaffer lambasted County Executive Steve Levy's defection as «a punch in the gut» and vowed to «kick his butt» both this year and next.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's new budget, released Wednesday, threw what looks like a gut punch at New York City: bam, hundreds of millions of dollars in state revenue suddenly pulled away.

Meanwhile, another fiscal gut punch is on the way: The city landfill is expected to run out of space by 2023.

Then, in early January, Spoelstra got what he described as a punch in the gut when LyondellBasell Industries, which owns the paper companies responsible for remediation of the river, filed for bankruptcy.

«It still feels like a punch in the gut,» said Tom Riordan, chair of NAM's small and medium manufacturers group, in a statement.

Finally, the addition of probiotic - rich miso adds an extra gut - healing punch.

I could do without the punch - in - the - gut cramps that accompany my monthly «ladies holiday,» or listening to full - grown men be shocked at the strength of that «cute little girl.»

Engage your core (draw your belly in and up toward your spine slightly or imagine the tension you'd add to your abdomen to brace for a punch in the gut) and hinge forward at the hips to a 45 degree angle, allowing the weights to hang in front of your body.

The Collagen Beauty Greens are made of a blend of high quality Marine Collagen, combined with organic trees that offer a daily serving of vitamin A, hyaluronic acid and a punch of probiotics for gut health.

Uhm — and if you have leaky gut, uh — you're gonna end up with leaky gut - brain barrier, and a lot of those uh — Peroxynitrite superoxide free radicals can — you know — get to the brain and kind of punch holes in the blood - brain barrier.

When squatting (especially at the bottom), brace your gut like you were about about to get punched in the stomach, and hold it tight, activating the transverse abdominis muscle (the internal supporting muscles of the core), giving you a natural weight belt.

According to the study, «High doses of free fructose have been proven to literally punch holes in the intestinal lining allowing nasty byproducts of toxic gut bacteria and partially digested food proteins to enter your bloodstream and trigger the inflammation that we know is at the root of obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, dementia, and accelerated aging.»

Alright so if I haven't convinced you yet, the 3 of the 1 -2-3 punch is hear to love your guts.

It can punch holes in the wall of the gut lining, leading to bloating, creating an aching belly, and causing your immune system to malfunction.

Instead of gluten to punch a hole in your gut, quinoa has saponins.

To improve your gut flora, you need the one - two punch of fermented foods plus starchy tubers.

More in line with his tighter debut, Pretty Hate Machine, With Teeth is made up of bursts of dark, scary and paranoid gut punches.

This movie came out of nowhere and gut - punched me with joy.

Granted, some of those scenes and moments are truly outstanding — Hathaway's showstopping rendition of «I Dreamed a Dream» is every bit as excellent as you hope it will be, as is the bookend finale number featuring various cast members — but many that one would expect to gut - punch the soul come off as decidedly meh.

Heavy with earnest good intentions but too underpowered and oddly packaged to deliver the emotional gut punch its subject demands, Septembers of Shiraz is a disappointing misfire.

«Lincoln» begins with a battle sequence, but instead of the gut - punching, no - holds - barred nature of «Saving Private Ryan» (or even «Munich,» which, like «Lincoln,» was penned by playwright Tony Kushner), it feels half formed and safe.

Without the emotional gut punch that seemed to come in every frame of Mungiu's masterpiece 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, this picture truly opens up on multiple viewings, and with its eyes set to the heavens, the film seems Hell bent on questioning their existence entirely.

And while a lot of Don't Breathe brings that same level of intensity, it's a much more restrained and calculated brand of horror that builds tension through silence — and because so much of the movie is quiet, everything else feels like a punch in the gut.

Whether with its gut - punch grittiness, its visual exploration of interrelated themes or both, Raw is quite unshakable and will leave viewers reeling one way or another.