Sentences with phrase «manic turn»

This is probably the best news I have heard this year, the manic turn - based strategy game Worms Is making a...

Above all, there's Sam Rockwell, whose manic turn as the gonzo Billy steals the movie even from notorious gonzo - character specialist Woody Harrelson.

At the very least, while his modus operandi is the same as Batman v Superman's Lex Luthor, at least Daniel Bruhl's (Burnt) performance as Baron Helmut Zemo doesn't erode the good will of the film as Jesse Eisenberg's manic turn does.

More concerned with world - building than standing on its own two feet, Iron Man 2 fell short of its predecessor thanks to a manic turn from Mickey Rourke as the parrot - loving Russian hacker who goes by the name of Whiplash.

Not exact matches

While everyone hopes to relax and rejoice as the year comes to a close, all too often business owners find this time of year to be a manic flurry of seasonal promotions, forward planning, and insane hours (or, for some, a far worse pause in getting paid as clients turn their attention elsewhere).

Life is certainly manic at the moment and J turns 13 today so my head has been all over!

When the Rangers lose three or four in a row, Corbett has been known to turn manic.

I'll complain and whine about the price, but in the end I'll swallow my pride and turn on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse because it means I can have 45 minutes of calm in my otherwise manic life.

A number of trials have turned up no benefit of omega - 3 supplementation in bipolar disorder, a brain disorder that causes manic episodes of elevated mood, energy and cognition, and major depressive episodes of lowered mood, energy and cognition.

So, if carb cycling has a lot of moving parts and may turn you into a manic depressive, why do people do it?

By turns bizarrely affectless and then prattlingly manic, much like its dual protagonists, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World unfolds during the wind - down of civilization as we know it.

Forster's manic editing style — at its worst in The Quantum of Solace (2008)- does turn that opening street rampage into a blithering mess of shakycam shots, reverse - swish - swoop pans and psycho - edits, but the film soon calms down, and there are several strong performances in the quiet scenes that buffer Lane's ongoing question for answers.

The first terrorist to begin shouting orders is Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike turned brunette), a manic, verbally abusive radical who passed weapons to her three male comrades.

Wyrmwood is standard stuff with a few good kills and a handful of compelling makeup effects, pulled together with high, some would say manic, energy, culminating in a strangely zeitgeist - y mutation where it turns out that some of the zombies can be controlled telepathically or someshit.

Woodley matches him beat for beat, turning her shy character into a geeky complement to Sutter (she introduces him to manga; he helps her discover the joys of whiskey) without devolving into the ol' manic - pixie - dream - girl cliché.

Tellingly, just as DiCaprio's best role in the last decade was as a charming man - child in «Catch Me If You Can,» Portman's best turn was playing the manic pixie dream girl in Zach Braff's «Garden State.»

Of course, the manic pixie dream girl who comes to life is an affectation, too, but in the screenplay by Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks (played by Kazan) turns out to be a multi-layered woman, with a personality all her own, which is not always to Calvin's liking.

Both Michael Sheen, as the repressive - turned - obsessive Boldwood, and Tom Sturridge, as the capricious soldier Troy, more than compensate for the impediments of the two leading actors, commandeering each scene they are in and striking the perfect balance between fear and self - loathing and compulsive desire and manic obsession.

Aside: Hepburn's manic delivery inspired me to turn on the closed - captions at one point, and I immediately noticed heavy paraphrasing.

Worse, it turned out Mark Whitacre was not only a compulsive liar with delusions of grandeur, but a manic depressive with suicidal tendencies.

There's little such darkness here, however, as Nancy and Jack discover an immediate, alcohol - fueled chemistry and head out on the town together; her cover is blown, however, when they run into Sean (a gleefully manic Rory Kinnear), a former high - school classmate of Nancy's who, it turns out, has been harboring an alarmingly obsessive crush on her for the better part of 20 years.

Eschewing Xs turn - based combat for a more manic battle system, heroines Yuna, Rikku, and Paine change outfits on - the - fly to adapt to their foes.

Less manic, goofy, and memorable than an Oliver Stone spin on the Wilson - Plame affair would likely have turned out, Fair Game balances its slow - boiling anger at the Bush administration's malfeasance in selling the 2003 invasion of Iraq by keeping an eye on engaging the general audience with Scenes from a Georgetown Marriage.

But for as empty as it ultimately turns out to be, at least the latter boasts of some agreeably manic eye candy from Rodriguez.

Then, considering that the story as a whole isn't as much about Kemp as it is the situation, Sala turns out to be somewhat of a rock in this manic adventure.

A familiar plot turns into a delicious screwball comedy when a tough kid is exposed to a manic household and people who are willing to let him change.

The ETF turns over its portfolio at a manic pace: in 2010, the portfolio turnover rate was 284 %.

He jumps onto the sofa and goes into a manic rage (scrabbling at the sides and trying to pull the seat to pieces) If you try to get hold of him he turns and tries to bite.

A sharp turn off India's manic Jaipur - Delhi highway steers you into the Rajasthani idyll of Bishangarh, which sprawls at the feet of its 230 - year - old hilltop fortress, now the Alila Fort Bishangarh.

Master six game modes in the single - player game, then turn friends into foes in manic four player multiplayer - local, online or with a mix - perfect for those one - more - go gaming session that race into the night!

If you're interested in this particularly - manic brand of turn - based fun, here are my suggestions for games to try.

Master six game modes in the single - player game, then turn friends into foes in manic four player multiplayer — local, online or with a mix — perfect for those one - more - go gaming session that race into the night!

Soft colors, manic bees, and double beds in various iterations suddenly take a cynical joke and turn it upside down.