Sentences with phrase «like high drama»

On another level it can make «Weekend at Bernie's» seem like high drama; there are, for starters, a lot of flatulence jokes.

Not exact matches

«Every sector in New York likes to believe it's the toughest,» he said, referring to real estate's reputation for drama and high stakes.

Like Elizabethan drama, they are so heterogeneous in form as practically to constitute a rebellion against classical restraints; they simply can not resist mixing intense pathos with high comedy, stateliness with farce, heroic magnificence with nursery fantasy.

As a child of divorce himself, Don Jr. knows all too well what it feels like to be caught up in the drama of a high - profile public divorce.

If you like Keira Knightley, a great historical drama, or high fashion with a splash of intrigue then this is the movie for you.

What seemed like a wonky and legalistic categorizing section took on high drama as some developing countries tried to use the so - called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (or INDCs) as a place to remind wealthy nations that there is and will remain a stark divide.

In the hours before bedtime, I often watch a little TV, but only comedies — I've found that high - stakes dramas and gory scenes from Game of Thrones stress me out and keep me up later than I'd like.

During periods of high stress (like back to school, work, family drama etc) the adrenals are working hard to deal with stress.

I did think Heirs was bit juvenile but I enjoyed it anyway, you know what my taste in dramas is like... It was a bit like watching the first 902010 with everyone way out of high school, and LMH's wardrobe was extremely questionable.

This outfit looks like something my (very stylish and nice looking) high school drama teacher would have worn.

I've only been out of high school 8 years (although even that feels crazy), but I already feel like we're all getting to the point where we can laugh about old drama and really appreciate each other as adults.

I did not have high expectations when I first watched Manhattan Love Story and I usually don't get into shows that are more comedies than dramas, but I am really liking this one.

He is very laid back and mellow and defiantly drama free looks like a biker average build few pounds over weight body is in in extremely good shape (long salt and pepper grey hair long beard) very high sex drive DADDY DOM Me i am very outgoing a little overweight very high sex drive very...

I am a very happy person because I avoid drama and seek to be cheerful all the time... I like outdoor activities & sports, travel, movies, good food, wine music and good company I read good books and write some... exotic island or high in the mountains are my favorites... I play some Texas hold»em...

Please don't make a big deal out of the text messages, as men don't like a high - drama, clingy or possessive woman in their lives.

Just hoping to meet a regular nice guy, not looking for high drama, just great company, sweet man who likes things simple and direct and fun

Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high average Metascore by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed foreign - language film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.

I'm a sucker for crime dramas so I watched The Bridge with high expectations.Overall I was pleased.The main characters compliment each other well and Diane Krugers character became more interesting after I learned she had aspergers, a form of autism, from a critic review.Demian Bichir was great as well and I look forward to the next few episodes.I like the Mexican / American themes crossing

Continuing our coverage of images from films that will be featured at January's Sundance Film Festival, we bring you images from two of the higher profile dramas that will be screened in - competition at the festival: The Ledge and Like Crazy.

I was the president of the drama club in high school and I studied at the Los Angeles Theater Academy and got my degree from UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television I like to think I know actors.

An aspiring high - school track star runs against the headwinds of bigotry and cyber-bullying in «1:54,» a message - first Québécois drama that unfolds like a slow - moving, decade - old public service announcement.

It is a riveting half - hour drama about a young woman who becomes a high - end prostitute, which may make it sound like little more than salacious cable programming, but there's SO much going on here that it takes more than one viewing to really appreciate it.

Woody Harrelson barely makes an appearance and still seems like the most underutilized star in the franchise (although Stanley Tucci gets nothing more than a cameo appearance), while Donald Sutherland is the film's greatest benefit, hitting that perfect note of high drama and total commitment to the character — they were lucky to cast him in the role.

A heist - style drama about genius high school students and their task to pull off the ultimate, cheating scam on behalf of dozens of wealthy peers doesn't quite sound like the nail - biter Bad Genius ends up pulling off, but here we are.

Wile I'd like to see another few episodes to make sure, there's something comfortably gooey right away about This Is Us, reminding us once more that amid all the high - functioning detectives, emergency - rescue personnel and secret - agent superheroes covered in cryptic tattoos, there are very few network dramas aimed at viewers who are simply interested in everyday people and how they feel.

This violent drama debuted at last year's Cannes Film Festival and earned high praise from those who caught it, and it's easy to see why: this movie looks like it rules.

As much as we love a high - toned costume drama like Phantom Thread — not to mention summer's big «n» dumb blockbusters — there's nothing like a horror film to get the juices flowing.

Ellie opened up to reporters about what it was like having Jon Hamm (who guest starred on the Netflix series) as her high school drama teacher.

Cox aside, this pedestrian drama is hobbled by too many monodimensional characters and too much overly explanatory dialogue that feels like a dry high school history lesson...

Cox aside, this pedestrian drama is hobbled by too many monodimensional characters and too much overly explanatory dialogue that feels like a dry high school history lesson... Full Review

So my new year's wish is that for X, actors substitute Greta Gerwig, who made sure, in Lady Bird, that even characters as peripheral to the action as Stephen McKinley Henderson's mournful high school drama teacher felt like full human beings who could have wandered in from, or off to, their own movies.

That approach eventually filtered into television, with high - school dramas like Winnie Holzman's My So - Called Life becoming the standard - bearer for emotionally mature teen storytelling.

Though it is a thriller at heart, and does have a high - speed driving subtext, the film feels more like a throwback to the music video stylized, R - rated crime dramas of the 1980s than the new Fast & the Furious over-the-top, CGI - infused modern action - thrillers.

Besides «Marshall» director Hudlin, stars Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad and Sterling K. Brown and producer Paula Wagner, high - profile guests expected at various screenings and events during the festival include Patrick Stewart (subject of an Oct. 25 career retrospective tribute and a conversation with yours truly); Vanessa Redgrave (Oct. 16, presenting her documentary «Sea Sorrow» and represented elsewhere in the festival by a revival screening of «Blow - Up»); Alfre Woodard (subject of an Oct. 21 career retrospective tribute); Michael Shannon (Chicago's own, as the locals like to call him, representing «The Shape of Water» on Oct. 26); Tracy Letts (Chicago's own, as the locals also like to call him, participating Oct. 18 on behalf of Greta Gerwig's acclaimed directorial debut «Lady Bird»); Michael Stuhlbarg (arriving Oct. 25; he gives a beautiful supporting turn in the coming - of - age drama «Call Me by Your Name»); Jon Lovitz (part of the Chicago - sprung comedy «Chasing the Blues,» appearing Oct. 14); and, in an Oct. 23 addition announced after the program went to press, Bill Pullman (getting good notices for the western «The Ballad of Lefty Brown»).

Other films that we admire, but didn't quite make the cut included Alison Mclean «s «Jesus» Son» featuring awesome performances by Billy Crudup and Samatha Morton as drug - addict adult - lescents in the 1970s, Stephen Daldry «s celebratory boyhood - meets - ballet drama, «Billy Elliot,» Lars Von Trier's comedic docu - like dogme film «Idioterne» («The Idiots,» made in 1998 but only released in the U.S. in 2000), Steven Soderbergh «s economic and no - nonsense «Erin Brockovich,» Stephen Frears «manchild, record store - centered love story, «High Fidelity,» Terence Davies ««The House of Mirth» featuring an excellent Gillian Anderson turn, and perhaps Neil LaBute «s best film, tellingly one he didn't write, the dreamy and odd, «Nurse Betty.»

In films like Amores perros, 21 Grams and his miserable but brilliant 2010 drama Biutiful, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has proved himself a bold and original film - maker who's prepared to take chances, but Birdman is perhaps the most daring high - wire act he's attempted.

The Gift The sins of the high - school cafeteria come home to roost in «The Gift,» a coolly unsettling thriller that begins as an unironic homage to late -»80s / early -»90s yuppies - in - peril dramas like «Fatal Attraction» and «The Hand That Rocks the Cradle,» before taking a turn toward the moral and existential minefield of Michael Haneke's «Cache.»

The film is exceptionally written — every line of dialogue sounds like something a person might actually say and, as someone who was a high school senior in 2002, it felt so authentic that I thought I was watching a documentary about my generation's coming - of - age instead of a comedy - drama from the co-writer of Frances Ha and Mistress America.

Efron's on - screen and off - screen girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens (Gabriella Montez in High School Musical 1 & 2; unpictured) • On High School Musical's popularity: «I think people can really connect to our characters, the music is a lot of fun, and there's a lot of drama, which teenagers like.

Kline and Martin both wear the costumes and try the bad French accents, but it's like the high school production of something you saw at Steppenwolf, with the most gifted students in drama class playing the John Malkovich and Joan Allen roles.

And to spite any snarking worry that director Sam Mendes would treat this movie simply like one of his dramas, Skyfall is still an action film that continues to roar as it ventures inward, its high stakes provided by an emotional story of Shakespearean proportions.

«Waiter, I'd like a large order of high school drama with a side... of murder.»

The Golden Globes love awarding high - brow soaps like The Affair and two - time winner Homeland, as well as meticulously accurate costume dramas like Boardwalk Empire and three - time winner Mad Men.

The director was always funny, even with a prisoner - of - war drama like «Stalag 17,» but he'd rarely tackled a comedy so outrageous and high - concept as «Some Like It Hot.&ralike «Stalag 17,» but he'd rarely tackled a comedy so outrageous and high - concept as «Some Like It Hot.&raLike It Hot.»

The district dropped middle - school sports, cut back on travel for its high - school teams, and pared $ 500,000 from the $ 2 million budget that supports afterschool activities like the Math Olympiad and spelling bee at Centennial Elementary, the technology and drama clubs at Rocky Top Middle School, and the anime (Japanese animation) and Knowledge Bowl clubs at Mountain Range Hhigh - school teams, and pared $ 500,000 from the $ 2 million budget that supports afterschool activities like the Math Olympiad and spelling bee at Centennial Elementary, the technology and drama clubs at Rocky Top Middle School, and the anime (Japanese animation) and Knowledge Bowl clubs at Mountain Range HighHigh.

The self - efficacy was the second theme and students spoke so positively about the high value they place on prac and the capacity for them to build relationships with students and also to see a glimpse of their own future and what it's going to be like to be a drama teacher in schools, seeing the difference that their teaching had on individual students.

Subjects like dance and drama are always taught by subject specialists to ensure the students receive enthusiastic and high quality learning opportunities.

Providing access to social work support and integrating restorative justice practices into the school day, or offering high - quality after - school opportunities (like drama or sports) from primary through high school are not options that all students across Chicago are offered.

Practice 3: Provide students with opportunities to practice and employ these skills through service learning projects, as well as high interest and participatory electives with strong cognitive content like drama, debate, and robotics.

The arguing, name calling, and finger pointing may have seemed like petty high school drama to some people, but one individual is taking the issue seriously.