Sentences with phrase «jewel of»

«This one's been re-engineered from head to torque converter, and the LT1 is the crown jewel of this massive engine family.»

Le Mans is the crown jewel of the FIA World Endurance Championship and attracts many teams from the American Le Mans Series, as well.

The jewel of the tech suite is the Virtual Cockpit, a 12.3 - inch digital instrument cluster that is controlled by thumb buttons on the steering wheel and can handle most navigation, audio, telephony and vehicle monitoring functions without taking a hand off of the wheel or an eye too far from the road.

Nonetheless, people were willing to pay a premium to drive this jewel of a small car.

Each car will be ranked according to the amount of energy used, the greenhouse gases emitted, and the amount of petroleum displaced — while racing flat - out for a class title in the crown jewel of the ALMS.

When the Chevrolet / GMC truck fleet was redesigned for 1955, Chevy's Cameo Carrier was the acknowledged jewel of the lineup.

In Si trim, this jewel of a motor cranks out 160 horsepower - among the highest in its class.

The jewel of the 2012 Honda Accord Sedan's three - engine lineup is its 3.5 - liter V6 featuring an updated version of Honda's Variable Cylinder Management (VCM) technology that saves fuel by allowing the engine to run on six, four or three cylinders, according to demand.

The styling change is designed to attract fresh attention to the car and breathe new life into what has become the crown jewel of Mazda's troubled U.S. operations.

On price, the Bentley Continental Flying Spur Speed is the crown jewel of the group, coming in at $ 230,600.

It was pure innovation: a jewel of design, mechanics and passenger safety.

This model is the new crown jewel of the Racing subfamily, packing some serious horological heat under the 44.25 - mm case.

It's a garage jewel of the highest karat, packing concours clout with a liquefying 1,100 hp one - two hook.

And it is seriously undermining the power and persuasion of the nation's education reformers, who have long seen the standards as the crown jewel of their national efforts to improve American public schools.

But rather than respect the staff, for political and malevolent reasons the board has undermined the public education system that once was known as the jewel of Colorado.

As important, they could still have a critical influence on the ARRA itself — helping to salvage its crown jewel of reform, the vaunted Race to the Top (RTTT).

For me, INAV in training is the «jewel of the crown».

And then, gradually, it got richer and richer and finally the jewel of the human mind — I'm a mathematician, I really think that it is the jewel of the human mind — gets broken off as pure mathematics.

When it comes to the crown jewel of its $ 110 billion in education stimulus spending and the foundation of its efforts to reshape American schooling, an administration rocked by public outcry against backroom deals wants to hide the judging table from the public?

«This new school will be a jewel of South Melbourne — giving local students and families access to first - class facilities and easing enrolment pressures in our growing community,» he said.

JULES AND JIM The jewel of the French New Wave is about to get a new setting on video — restored, re-subtitled, letterboxed.

His latest offering, The Ninth Gate, tells the tale of Corso (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Dead Man), an unscrupulous rare book dealer who is hired by a wealthy businessman to complete his collection of satanic books by finding out if the crown jewel of his collection, «The Nine Gates and the Kingdom of Shadows», is authentic.

Oscar ® - winner Charlize Theron stars as elite MI6's most lethal assassin and the crown jewel of her Majesty's secret intelligence service, Lorraine Broughton.

For his first Hollywood studio production, Steven Soderbergh (whose independent debut, sex, lies, and videotape, had won the Palme d'Or at Cannes a few years earlier) crafted this small jewel of a growing - up story.

As I stated above, this crown jewel of this film is Mary Elizabeth Winstead «s performance as Alex. Pitch perfect, she has really stepped up her game lately.

The result is an exquisite jewel of a film.

And yet, there's something undeniably irritating about someone remaking An American Werewolf in London, one of the greatest horror movies of all time and the crown jewel of writer / director John Landis «career.

Remembering something about «the jewel of Monterey, California,» she sets out to find her family, accompanied by Nemo (voice of Hayden Rolence) and Marlin (voice of Albert Brooks).

The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Charlize Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission.

An arthritic bird dog tracking the scent of women, Michael Douglas is a jewel of denial — predatory, delusional, wolfish, unforgettable.

Paul Thomas Anderson created another brilliant film here: a really masterly piece of work with a performance by Daniel Day - Lewis which was a jewel of this year's awards season.

Diahann Carroll and Tamu Blackwell, Claudine (1974)-- As a Harlem housemaid and her unruly teen daughter, the queenly, Oscar - nominated Carroll and the spirited Blackwell enact a funny, fiery, and painfully authentic familial bond in this finely - cut jewel of 1970s American cinema.

He is the jewel of Get Out, the best friend with all the crazy theories who somehow also has a knack for seeing things as they really are.

The jewel of that pilot was when Issa took an open - mic stage and started freestyling, eventually landing on some material about her best friend's unsatisfactory vagina.

And while it's hardly the crown jewel of his career, Hitchcock bids adieu with a film appropriately studded in gleaming diamonds.

Averaging a bitrate of 38 mbps, the crown jewel of this package is the 2.40:1, 1080p transfer of the film itself, a thing of perfection whose magnificence quite honestly sneaks up on you as you catch yourself peering deep into an image that starts to seem almost holographic in its three - dimensionality.

Jeannette, the Childhood of Joan of Arc — Bruno Dumont Premiering out of the Directors» Fortnight at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, Bruno Dumont's punk musical on the childhood of the titular historical figure was described as the jewel of the festival.

The original Game Boy Color title is still heralded as an cult - classic platformer, and we saw Shantae: Risky's Revenge as the crown jewel of DSiWare.

Although he's not originally from Austin, Texas, Eric is one of three AFCA members to graduate from the jewel of Southwest Austin, Bowie High School.

«It's a precious jewel of a film that I know people would love and enjoy if they got to see it,» Owen said.

Akbari & Cousins's Life May Be is a jewel of an essay film, a dialogue between two artists conveying lyrical and intimate reflections on landscapes both exterior and interior.

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Buddy cop films that blend tense drama, wise - cracking partners and eye - widening action have long been popular, with the jewel of the genre being Lethal Weapon.

The winter of 2015 will receive a lot of attention for big franchise additions like Avengers: Age of Ultron, SPECTRE, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part Two, and the crown jewel of geek anticipation, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but the film I have circled on my calendar is Midnight Special.

Among the many great turns from familiar character actors like Billy Bob Thornton, Oliver Platt, Colin Hanks and Martin Freeman in the unexpectedly great «Fargo,» there nestled a centerpiece jewel of a performance by the all - but - unknown Alison Tolman.

With another 13 days of business before it faces any serious blockbuster competition with the arrival of «Deadpool 2,» the crown jewel of the MCU is well on its way to making $ 700 million domestically, a mark only reached by «Avatar» and «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» without inflation adjustment.

The crown jewel of the lot is a 40 - minute making - of featurette that chronicles the film's entire journey from pre-production to release.

The survivors of the 4th World War band together to rebuild their own cities while bandits, murderers and thugs roam the wasteland to find their next victims - Goodman Town is the crown jewel of this apocalyptic wasteland...

The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton (Theron) is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission.