Sentences with phrase «like overture»

That foyer feels like an overture to a great opera — beautiful and enticing.

Like an overture, it gives me hints about what I can expect from the larger whole.

It plays like an overture for Grand Guignol to come, but Life primly avoids further gross - outs, declining to explore territory where Carpenter or Cronenberg — heck, even Collet - Serra or Natali — might have ventured.

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Over three hours long with both an overture and an intermission, «Lawrence of Arabia» is the type of movie that barely gets made anymore (with rare exceptions like «The Hateful Eight»).

Many of those workers now field competing overtures from countries like China, Mexico, France, and India, in some cases finding themselves pushed toward the very countries Trump has accused of stealing American jobs.

I didn't speculate on this in the review, but it did seem that by placing his comments about the sex abuse crisis in that section, he might have been trying to suggest that he had worries, like those worries shared by the late Avery Cardinal Dulles and others, about a one - size - fits - all policy that applies to all those accused of any sort of sexual overtures to people under the age of eighteen.

Joe Flacco can use a weapon like Funchess, as could Gary Kubiak, assuming he passes on any other overtures.

The French international resisted overtures from the likes of Manchester United and Paris Saint Germain in the summer, mainly due to the fact that Atletico were under a transfer ban — which stopped them from signing players.

But she didn't deserve the friendly overtures, because she couldn't suck up her frustration and instead wound up posting asshole status updates like a jerk.

The campaign has been careful about such overtures in the past as it fended off criticisms from the left by her primary rival Bernie Sanders, who highlighted her 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War, ties to controversial Republican figures like Henry Kissinger, and warm relationship with Wall Street.

She said his overture to the environment «might make him sound like a keen defender of nature but his government's actions suggest that protecting our natural world is a long way from the top of their priority list.»

So, I had made the overture to Kyle, like I have done countless times to friends and people I meet who have a history of training, but wasn't sure what to expect as far as a follow - up response.

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«Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy» begins with something of an overture, a jazzy - like composition that lets viewers into the mind of main character George Smiley (Gary Oldman)-- sort of.

There is an overture at the beginning of the film and then, two - thirds in, a 12 - minute intermission, like the Roadshow presentations of yore.

When the William Tell Overture starts playing and he rides to save the day, it feels like the Lone Ranger truly lives again.

It dispenses with the «flashback» overture, plunging more or less straight into the action, but — like the 1939 William Wyler version with Laurence Olivier — it restricts itself to the «first generation» half of the book.

The roadshow version of The Hateful Eight, which runs just over three hours long, and includes a musical overture introduction and an intermission, is something of a spectacle, and Tarantino chooses to tell his tale in six chapters, giving it a précis - like, recounted quality, which is further enforced by Tarantino's own, non-flashy narration.

Opening track «Overture» is momentous and gladiatorial, like Vangelis doing Hans Zimmer; from there you'll be locked in to your laptop, as we descend into the glitch and fuzz of a computer motherboard brought to sonic life.

The Canal revels in the visceral, trumpeting jump scares like it's the «William Tell Overture.»

There certainly isn't a theater experience quite like the 70 mm Roadshow edition of The Hateful Eight, with its expansive 2.76:1 aspect ratio and its overture and its intermission and its full color program.

Consider the reunion sequence in Punch - Drunk Love that finds Shelley Duvall singing Harry Nilsson on the soundtrack while Anderson rocks the camera like a baby in a cradle, or the wordless opening sequence of There Will Be Blood, with Jonny Greenwood's terrifying, Kubrick - ian Dawn of Man overture rattling the soundscape.

20th Century Fox's production of «How To Marry A Millionaire» was preceded by Alfred Newman conducting his overture from «Street Scene,» and like «Millionaire,» a certain fear of camera movement dominated the visual angles; for «Port,» the musical performance begins with a «flat» MGM logo in 1.33:1, and the familiar red Fox curtain appears in 2.35:1.

Another interesting design choice is that the website looks and feels like many startup company websites rather than a traditional bank - owned entity, a definite overture to younger clients.

Slow motion gives you a chance to see that last orange peg get its come uppance before a piece of music like the 1812 Overture starts blasting from the speakers as fireworks erupt and a rainbow displays your final score.

The very first Humble Indie Bundle launched over seven years ago, offering some indie classics like Aquaria, World of Goo, and Penumbra: Overture...

When the Wii came out, its gesture - based gaming started me thinking of existing games that would be perfect for it, like Penumbra: Overture and Space Channel 5.

Giving away a few indie titles like World of Goo, Braid, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Penumbra: Overture and many others with just one dollar or more?

But he employs light like a poet, particularly in the book's opening series of spreads, an overture of full - bleed details with metaphoric resonance, which announce Wyeth's visual themes: reflection, illumination, luminosity, shadows and patterns.

And really, it hasn't been since Overture's tool that we've had this kind of sampling to get to know a search market like this.

In fact, since they won't be suspicious of your motives like younger lawyers can be, older lawyers will be more receptive to your overtures in the first place.

That being said, you can and should jump on an overture like «If there's anyone in my LinkedIn network you'd like to meet, be sure to let me know» or «How can I help in your job search?»

Golder and Doubek have resisted overtures through the years from major companies like Coldwell Banker and Tucson's Long Realty.

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