Sentences with phrase «idiosyncratic characters for»

: Where Jerry Goldsmith was lionized for any number of inventive, mainstream scores like «Basic Instinct,» «Total Recall» and «The Wind and the Lion,» the composer had an equal knack for embodying idiosyncratic characters for movies well below the widely accepted radar like «Under Fire,» «The Salamander» and «The Traveling Executioner.»

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A delicious combination of idiosyncratic character drama and increasingly violent and violently absurd comedy, this Netflix title opened the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance this year and is an assured debut for Blair, the star of Jeremy Saulnier's Blue Ruin and Green Room.

Raising Arizona has all the Coen essentials: a dark storyline about desperation for status; zany characters with sharp wit and idiosyncratic dialogue; and super stylized sets that magnify the absurdity of the world they've created.

Inventing characters is a lot of fun but I don't think I'm capable of creating a fictional character that could possibly be as dimensional, idiosyncratic or fully realized as the actual people I read about in the newspaper every day — which is another way of saying that when you're telling a true story, life itself has done most of the work for you.

For what we get, Waititi's idiosyncratic execution of humor is at its best through hilarious chemistry, character design, and unexpected quirks.

These curious similarities are doubtlessly a confidence, since Lucky was obviously conceived and written expressly for Stanton, the titular character sharing numerous attributes with the famously idiosyncratic actor.

Populated with great character actors in a superb ensemble cast, the film sympathetically displays the believable motivations and everyday, idiosyncratic human personalities of the assembled characters, mostly two - bit criminals (one with a family) and a recently - paroled mastermind criminal (Sam Jaffe) who all dream of and long for a quick, million - dollar jewelry store robbery to provide salvation and a means of getting away for their impoverished lives.

In 2002 he released Punch - Drunk Love, starring Adam Sandler, which, as a character - driven comedy, felt like an idiosyncratic left turn; five years later, he teamed up with Daniel Day - Lewis for There Will Be Blood, a loose adaptation of Upton Sinclair's novel Oil!

Concluding with Fay taking the fall for Henry and winding up behind bars, the story set the stage for a third character to take prominence in this idiosyncratic indie franchise — the couple's son, Ned (Liam Aiken), whose time has come to wrestle control of the messy situation.

Not quite funky The 2010 Honda Fit's appearance is a good approximation of its overall character — it's different without being idiosyncratic, accurately preparing you for what's inside.

Filled with Amy Tan's signature «idiosyncratic, sympathetic characters, haunting images, historical complexity, significant contemporary themes, and suspenseful mystery» (Los Angeles Times), Saving Fish from Drowning seduces the reader with a façade of Buddhist illusions, magician's tricks, and light comedy, even as the absurd and picaresque spiral into a gripping morality tale about the consequences of intentions - both good and bad - and about the shared responsibility that individuals must accept for the actions of others.

With a slew of charismatic characters that simply ooze idiosyncratic personalities, a bevy of exceptionally bombastic segments and jaw - dropping moments, and its fast and visceral dual - wielding gunplay that gives DOOM a run for its money, Wolfenstein II simply never lets up, crafting a violently addictive experience with a lot of heart.

The grace, wit, and inventiveness of his pattern - making, the lively and surprising elegance of his line, and his sensitivity to the character, the idiosyncratic humors, of light make Penn's pictures, even the slighter ones, a pleasure for our eyes.

Thomas Crow has made a similar observation: «For any artist of the first importance, the chief requirement of criticism is to match the generalizing implications of the work with its idiosyncratic and unrepeatable character....