Sentences with phrase «much like a television»

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While the performances and solid production values merit attention as far as major motion pictures go, The Queen does seem very much like a television docudrama that somehow got the push to be released into theaters.

Not exact matches

Dana DiTomaso, partner at Edmonton - based Kick Point, asked the insightful question: why do brands spend so much on television ads, but let their Google Adwords look like everyone else's?

Ben Engebreth, a programmer at CamelCamelCamel, said the company doesn't have nearly as much data on Confederate flags as it does for other, more commonly tracked Amazon products, like televisions, computers and household appliances.

But Apple and other Big Tech corporations like Google and Amazon — along with much of Big Pharma and even Starbucks — have avoided paying hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes on their worldwide earnings because they don't mainly sell physical things like cars or refrigerators or television sets that they make here and ship abroad.

But Tahir built up his chops by acting in plays while waiting for film and television roles to trickle in, and turning down parts when they felt too much like typecasting.

As much as she would like to sometimes, she can not make television disappear by «killing» it.

I know it's ridiculous to how much I look forward to a scripted once in a lifetime romantic television, and I probably should end my night reading a book that will makes my brains all smarts n» stuff... But, like have you ever seen the Bachelor?!

Head coach Dabo Swinney used his podium time on national television to fire back at the incredulous critics — who, much like all those pro-Washington media folks, seem to be an apparition — who think Clemson isn't truly a national brand, isn't truly elite.

Fixtures are arranged by Sky Sports for television and from now on I'd like you all to check out their beloved Man Utd and how much their helped by Sky especially when they play midweek games.

The player is pictured holding the club shirt looking for all the world like a model showing off a new dress and the club television interviews him where he says how much he is aware of the love the fans have for the club, how dedicated they are and how he will do everything to show that he loves them and truly belongs to them.

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

Sometimes I feel like our society is pushing our little ones to watch television and play video games and forget about how much brain power and imagination can be cultivated by a single -LSB-...]

It's only after they are around other children who have already latched onto this notion that kids don't like vegetables and after they start watching television where cartoons, commercials, and other television shows perpetuate the «kids don't like vegetables» notion (if you watch kid's programming, you'd be surprised at the number of times that either kid characters in shows or television commercials portray vegetables as yucky) that they are exposed to the much - accepted norm that kids don't like vegetables — and so they decide that vegetables are yucky.

How much difference television debates and exchanges like these make is difficult to gauge and most likely marginal.

This acceleration can be controlled with a single parameter that is readily tuned with a digital hologram written to a standard LCD screen, much like your LCD television at home, but just a much smaller version.

Jonathan's advice to anyone who would like to get involved in science television making is «get as much experience in the practical demonstration and communication of science as possible, either in schools or science centres.»

Once the scan is finished, the algorithm untangles the paths of the captured photons and, like the mythical image enhancement technology of television crime shows, the blurry blob takes much sharper form.

Much like in an old tube television where a beam of electrons moves over a phosphor screen to create images, the new microscopy technique works by scanning a beam of electrons over a sample that has been coated with specially engineered quantum dots.

SCREENWRITER: You might also say that scientists love acting like starlets on television news and documentaries, blogging, and self - promoting as much as anyone in movies.

Much like in an old tube television where a beam of electrons moves over a phosphor screen to create images, the new technique works by scanning a beam of electrons over a sample that has been coated with the quantum dots.

Like you, I subscribe to various high - end periodicals, where much has been written in recent years about the current golden age of science on television, and Ghost Hunters does not often get a mention.

JS: I study film to learn from my mistakes, identify what I'm doing well and improve posture and skill, much like having a personal coach on the television.

I truly enjoy reading the author / chefs who describe this process and, much like cooking shows on television, I can live the dream along with them — down to imagining the wonderful aromas as well as the delicious tastings from frequent sampling of the stock as it gathers richness and body.

The fact that this is the last Links I Love to debut before I'm a Mrs. * Cue hysterical screaming * Like, WHAT?!?! There's that, and there's the big Bachelor announcement from last night's prime time television... SO much is happening, y ’ all.

For most of my life, I've washed my face much like you see it done in a television commercial: splash with water, rub some cleanser all over the place (often a foaming cleanser... shudder), rinse it all off, and dry with a towel.

Like most television shows, the goal of Dr. Phil's producers were to create as much controversy as possible to attract viewers.

Because the documentary «Oklahoma City» is an episode of «American Experience,» opening theatrically before airing on PBS on Tuesday, and because it documents events that were widely broadcast on television, much of the movie plays like a tightly edited rundown of familiar material.

For a film with a $ 150 million budget to look like television is unconscionable and it seems absurd that no one was able to convince Jackson not to adopt the format, or at least not to try it out on a franchise with so much riding on it.

Dexter used to be one of the best shows on television, but now, there isn't much to like about the ending.

The American public is enthralled with the judicial system so much, that afternoon courtroom reality shows like Judge Judy have all but eliminated the once housewife popular soap operas off of daytime television.

It very much feels like a sensationalist women's drama made for television, with substandard thriller elements that, once all of the cards are revealed, make little sense, while also barely resonating for those looking for more substantive fare.

With a television series like this, a person's tolerance for murky storytelling directly correlates to how much they enjoy the actors and their performances.

The film is written by the same creative quartet that work on Jamie's television show, so they know the character inside and out, and how much you find funny will also greatly depend on whether or not you know white kids like Brad Gluckman yourself, the well - off white kid who wants so desperately to be down with the hip hop lifestyle.

The first of those won't be difficult, but the second will be — «The Handmaid's Tale» was the big winner at the Emmys, but it feels too much like the show of the moment for the Globes to shy away just because the Television Academy likes it too.

And while it feels like a fully realized film for much of the time, every now and then the television - like pacing becomes distractingly apparent and jarring against Haynes much more relaxed flow.

Doctor Strange, in general, is meant to open the doors, quite literally, to the paranormal and other - worldly for the MCU (Asgard in Thor is technically just an alien planet with super advanced science), much like The Flash opened up parallel dimensions to the DC television «Arrowverse.»

Such a trait is tough to forgive following the flawless appearance of earlier DTVs like Tarzan II and The Lion King 1 1/2, but it doesn't hinder the experience much, and if you are unable to overlook it, you can always tinker with your television / monitor's levels to find more pleasing results if willing.

The lack of effort seems to indicate that by this point the DVD producers for this series, much like the original television viewing audience in the late»80s, have started to lose interest.

The superhero blockbuster trend shows no signs of slowing down, with upcoming releases of Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, X-Men: Days of Future Past and dozens of other planned films, including the much - anticipated sequel to Avengers Assemble, and new television series such as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Superheroes are everywhere, from shirts to toys to exhibitions like the Marvel Super Heroes 4D experience at Madame Tussauds.

In almost every aspect, it feels very much like a made for television production, and what could have had some resonance just doesn't quite feel real enough to be an authentic commentary on the media and politics.

Bewitched is a very original and very clever updating of the classic television show, but how much you like it will depend largely on funny you think Will Ferrell is.

As the principal competitor to Marvel in every medium from comic books to television, DC's Extended Universe made sense and didn't even seem like much of a gamble.

Steve Smith creator and actor of the Red Green character, has been involved in Canadian television production for decades and — much like Red Green — has learned how to make something out of nothing in the entertainment business.

Like a lot of television comedy, «Toy's House» is much more interested in the laughs that can be mined from character rather than plot.

Brolin's performance seeps through the computer effects, the fact that Thanos (despite looking like a character from the 90's television show «Dinosaurs») is shaped to look so much like actor, only benefits the undertaking.

The one exception is Joseph Cross, who after starring in the much - maligned Christmas family film Jack Frost, dabbled in television, and has since returned to films, appearing in movies like Untraceable, Milk, and Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day - Lewis» upcoming Lincoln.

In fact, it feels much more like a pilot episode to a new horror television series, a la «Buffy» or «Angel», replacing werewolves for vampires.

Making a film like this work requires a director savvy enough to understand how to balance brutality with comedy, and Caruso shows such adept skill that one wonders why he has spent so much time in television.

Before that I had written a movie that Roland Emmerich is producing that became my writing sample that I got hired for Tomb Raider off of but, I also had just come out of the Transformers writers room which I don't know if you know much about writer rooms but basically, on some major pieces of IT the studio will bring together a team of writers to work, almost like they would work in a television writers room, where you work collaboratively with other writers and you come up with ideas.