Sentences with phrase «kilter by»

The churning year 2000 stock market may lead institutional money managers to consider this year's annual review as an opportunity to begin re-balancing portfolios thrown out of kilter by years of substantial stock...

There are good reasons people make jokes about not sleeping with someone on the first date — you can throw a budding relationship off kilter by jumping into bed together too quickly.

Somehow, I felt even Sheila, never again to be «Lee» would not really want to hear what I had to say, so I tried to look cheerful and hope that perhaps that day my senses were put off kilter by the music and bright lights.

But then it was unceremoniously knocked off - kilter by a brutal one - two punch.

Throw things off - kilter by undoing a few buttons for a niche neckline, then pare it back with a skinny jean for a contemporary twist.

Not exact matches

New data released by Hartford Funds today reveals high levels of investor optimism going into 2016, despite major life changes potentially throwing their finances off - kilter.

By beginning in such an off - kilter way,

By beginning in such an off - kilter way, Breaking Bad gave us room to resist the horrors that followed.

In 2010, Berry did his best to do things a bit off - kilter — running when opponents expected the pass, passing when opponents expected the run, keeping things fast - paced (possibly not the best idea for an underdog), employing the underdog - friendly 3 -3-5 defense, etc. — and the results were decent; despite low overall quality, ULM won five games, three by a touchdown or less, and came within a one - point loss to UL - Lafayette of finishing bowl - eligible.

By focusing on one oligosaccharide to the exclusion of all others, such formulations could be inadvertently throwing an infant's intricately interconnected systemic functions completely out of kilter.

While middle and working class Americans have been devastated by Great Recession, the wealthiest have done just fine, while their tax burden remains the lowest it's been in over 40 years.The last few months have seen the emergence of a counter-narrative which focuses attention on economic inequality and a tax system in New York State out of kilter with notions of fairness and equality.

By contrast, glaciers in intermediate conditions can easily get out of kilter, accumulating internal heat until enough meltwater builds up at their base to trigger a surge.

The favoured theory blames disrupted circadian rhythms, set by a body clock whose timing is thrown out of kilter in autumn by the sudden shortening of the day.

Many wash up not only incapacitated by the cold, but also with life - threatening conditions like dehydration, pneumonia, infections, or off - kilter blood chemistry.

But if the arms differ by a sliver of the light's wavelength, then the out - of - kilter overlap sends some light leaking out a perpendicular «dark port.»

AR5 would become an irrelevance if it was so out of kilter with developments showing up by 2015.

The thin storyline follows ace reporter Rowena Price (Halle Berry) as she goes undercover to prove that her childhood friend was murdered by Bruce Willis» Harrison Hill, with complications ensuing as Rowena finds herself surrounded by suspects and shady figures - including her off - kilter assistant at the paper (Giovanni Ribisi's Miles Haley) and her on - again - off - again boyfriend (Gary Dourdan's Cameron).

For one, there's off - kilter narration by Wenders himself, and his pleasant German accent and stilted delivery mostly get in the way.

Standout installment not only benefits from guest appearances by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim but also channels their uniquely off - kilter humor in a trippy sci - fi storyline that sustains its length.

This follow - up finds Delpy's Marion living in New York with a new boyfriend (Chris Rock, replacing the first film's Adam Goldberg) when they are visited by her off - kilter family members for the weekend.

One of the few engrossing moments in the film finds Alexander riling up his men with an impassioned speech, though Stone manages to ruin that by inexplicably cutting to a soaring eagle midway through (a shot that's undeniably impressive, but indicative of the film's off - kilter momentum).

The opening minutes of «Fugue» not only suggest that we're in for another grim and off - kilter portrait of femininity, but that Smoczynska is again twisting a very familiar setup into a ruthless piece of storytelling that plays by its own rules.

The goofy, off - kilter riff on LA sleaze fits within a genre highlighted by better films like Paul Thomas Anderson's Thomas Pinchon adaptation, The Coen's The Big Lebowski or Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye (Renny Harlin's The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, too, but whether that was superior is a maybe).

As played by André Benjamin, a.k.a. André 3000, in this off - kilter biography written and directed by Oscar - winner John Ridley (who penned 12 Years A Slave), Jimi Hendrix is still as mysterious a figure as ever.

«Borgman» Alex van Warmerdam's Cannes competition entry hasn't seen a US release outside of the festival circuit yet, but I really hope a wider audience gets to see it and be alternately as tickled and as chilled by its clever, weird, off - kilter vibe as I was.

Like Refn's other films, it looks like it has an intensity that's only made more compelling by the slightly off - kilter, violent world the character inhabit.

«The Boxtrolls» is packed with fun and funny characters, including Snatcher's three assistants: the crazy one with the off - kilter one - liners is Mr. Gristle (voiced by Tracy Morgan).

Each performance feels consistently off - kilter — as if every actor has been possessed by Riley's wackadoo humor.

The pitfall of ensemble drama is that any strands that do engage are over too soon and, if mishandled, the condensed nature of each story takes its toll on potential subtlety... It's a two - hour slog stuffed with shortcuts, populated by puppets who must indulge in behaviour that isn't just off - kilter, it's off the wall.

It is quite the reverse, in fact, as Byington mines Larry's troubles for gentle and off - kilter humor, much helped by the presence of an adorable French bulldog, Arrow, who just happens to be Shwartzman's own dog.

Miles is positioned as a family man looking for a way out of his chosen profession, which softens the role enough to perhaps better fit both O'Dowd and the series» format — though «Make him more sympathetic by giving him a wife and kid» seems like the kind of network note someone would have given in the days of the movie, not after its co-star James Gandolfini moved to TV for The Sopranos — but knocks the tone of the series off - kilter.

Made by the Zellner Brothers (of Kumiko the Treasure Hunter), the film is a «loving reinvention of the western genre» that «showcases [the Zellners»] trademark unpredictability, off - kilter sense of humor, and unique brand of humanism.»

Along with his brother, Michael, Mark Polish has turned out intriguing films that explore off - kilter universes, from conjoined twins (played by the brothers themselves) in TWIN FALLS IDAHO, to a rapturous limbo of reality and fantasy in NORTH FORK.

Going by slasher rules, «Alien: Covenant» checks all of the boxes; the kills are gruesome, having sex gets you killed gruesomely, and if someone seems a little off - kilter, there's probably a reason for it.

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The script, by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, adds the requisite doses of off - kilter Marvel humor, but it lacks emotional power to match the graphic thrills.

The script, by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, adds the requisite doses of off - kilter Marvel humor, but what is mostly missing is an emotional power to match the graphic thrills.

Give Seymour and Enid and Harvey and Joyce a week off, and meet Lily and Jarrod, the latest pair of awkward, fumbling outcasts to be struck by Cupid's off - kilter arrow.

Bayona almost single - handedly rescues the film, with «conventional» scenes that manage to be unnerving by the little touches added by his off - kilter visualizations and, of course, the truly spectacular dream / story sequences.

Chaos lurks in every corner of this giddily off - kilter foray into romantic comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson.

While there are affectionate nods to Edwin Neal's unsettling performance, Moseley makes the Chop - Top his own by injecting a giddy, off - kilter quality that defines him.

There's a real off - kilter humour to these early stages, helped by Oxenbould who proves to have tremendous comic timing and a likeable chemistry with precocious sister DeJonge, even as she occasionally irritates with her over-written cinephile dialogue.

Designed by... and company, who also brought you that Russian - doll one - sheet for Cold Souls, The Paperboy's poster is a rule - breaking beauty, its placement of actors as off - kilter as its fleshy, more - than - macho color scheme.

In Ramsay's adaptation of the 2013 book by Jonathan Ames, Phoenix's off - kilter mercenary, Joe, goes on a hit job that spins out of a control.

This story of a bear who does everything in his own slightly off - kilter way is told in single - page vignettes, each with its own charming visual punch line, making this easy to work with in small doses and allowing young readers to feel a sense of accomplishment as they move — story by story, page by page — closer to the end.

This amusing introduction to the animal kingdom takes an off - kilter approach: step - by - step instructions for weird animal skills.

Uwe Boll may have a cult hit on his hands with his upcoming Postal, a rendition of the off - kilter videogame, if we're to go by recent screenings held New York and Chicago.

The next major game from Kyle Reimergarten — creator of Fantastic Arcade 2013 selection (and one of my overall top 2013 games), Fjords — Banana Chalice is a tunnel shooter about cats, bananas and monsters, with all of the off - kilter and lo - fi home - spun charm that by now has become his signature.

I don't know if Type - 0's source material was too hokey to begin with or if there just wasn't enough time to make it all sound natural, but the dialogue that builds its narrative is beset by its off - kilter delivery (though the original Japanese language voice track is available).

Although Suda51 isn't on record as the mastermind behind Let It Die — he's listed as Executive Director — the game is distinguished by the same off - kilter sense of humor and pop culture pastiches that characterized Grasshopper games such as Shadows of the Damned and Lollipop Chainsaw.