Sentences with phrase «needle drop of»

Admittedly, «Free Fire» is graced by some terrific performances, particularly Riley as a rabbity, flop - sweating drug addict, and the reliably self - possessed Larson, who finds herself in the second movie this year to feature a needle drop of John Fogerty singing «Run Through the Jungle.»

All savage pleasures are elided or deferred, beyond one tension - goosing needle drop of The Flamingos» «I Only Have Eyes for You.»

Indeed, instead of an on - the - nose needle drop of «(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman» we get an on - the - nose needle drop of the Cure's «Love Song.»

Not exact matches

Already, we're seeing media companies radically abandon traditional metrics in favor a new way of thinking: the Financial Times has dropped the «click» and replaced it with user data to understand what moves the needle.

The only event that will save Glencore is a massive helicopter drop of more printed money and I doubt even that will move the needle on commodity prices (except gold and silver, of course) other than a brief knee - jerk bounce.

Oh man... not me... that thing looks like it could come to life in the middle of the night, scoot it's way down the hallway, dropping needles along the way, leaving a trail of tree sap, and squeeze you to death right in your bed.

The needle on his voltmeter jerked sideways, registering a sharp drop in voltage on the crystal's surface — evidence of a microscopic electric field that might arrange and orient molecules on the ice's surface.

Meanwhile plant pathologist Gary Chastagner of Washington State University and geneticist Ulrik Nielsen of the Forest and Landscape Research Institute in Denmark are developing trees that better retain their moisture — and so drop fewer needles on your carpet.

Using no needles and just a few drops of blood, Theranos claimed it could conduct hundreds of tests — for herpes, high cholesterol, hepatitis and even cancer.

Anywhere from twice a week to several times a day, patients jab their fingers with small lancet needles to draw drops of blood that can then be slipped into a monitor to measure the concentration of the glucose in their blood.

Since hormonal imbalance is one of the top reasons I see in women who have trouble losing weight, balancing hormones — more than exercising more or eating less — can be the biggest needle mover when it comes to dropping pounds.

The process here is simple: you prick your finger with a small needle, put a drop of blood on a test strip, and feed it into the meter, which analyzes the blood and tells you your current blood sugar levels.

So instead of giving up and risking needles all over the common areas of the condo, I bought those plastic painter drop cloths and duct tape and made a makeshift bag!

I've been on pins and needles all week waiting for my «drop in» observation and am feeling the pressure of the countdown to state testing.

As if the crazy credits and shifting needle drops weren't enough to evoke Quentin Tarantino, the movie unfolds its bare - bones narrative in a series of chronological backflips.

Robbie and Stan elicit a surprising amount of pathos from the film's West Coast redneck environs in spite of Gillespie's incessant and strangely rudderless needle - drops.

There's a poignancy to Harding's battle against her own bad reputation, and it survives I, Tonya's flippant, needle - drop approach thanks to the rage and resignation of the lead performance.

Of the other top films in the Competition, two invoked driving as a primary motif: Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Grand Jury Prize co-winner Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, an intoxicatingly strange, oblique police procedural in which a caravan of cops spend a very long night winding through the Turkish countryside in search of a dead man's grave; and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, a needle drop deep into the groove of a Walter Hill / William Friedkin / Michael Mann neo-noir, starring a terse Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driveOf the other top films in the Competition, two invoked driving as a primary motif: Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Grand Jury Prize co-winner Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, an intoxicatingly strange, oblique police procedural in which a caravan of cops spend a very long night winding through the Turkish countryside in search of a dead man's grave; and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, a needle drop deep into the groove of a Walter Hill / William Friedkin / Michael Mann neo-noir, starring a terse Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driveof cops spend a very long night winding through the Turkish countryside in search of a dead man's grave; and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, a needle drop deep into the groove of a Walter Hill / William Friedkin / Michael Mann neo-noir, starring a terse Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driveof a dead man's grave; and Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, a needle drop deep into the groove of a Walter Hill / William Friedkin / Michael Mann neo-noir, starring a terse Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driveof a Walter Hill / William Friedkin / Michael Mann neo-noir, starring a terse Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver.

Additional notes of Almodovarian surreality, like a scene of Marina trudging through strong headwinds or another of her performing with a glittery troupe of backup dancers, are as unfortunate as the on - the - nose needle - drop of Aretha Franklin's «(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman» and the heavy - handed spite of Marina's interlocutors.

There's also a thuddingly obvious collection of needle - drop soundtrack cues so on - the - nose I left the theater wishing someone could have kneecapped the music supervisor.»

Thompson Twins («Hold Me Now»), Cyndi Lauper («All Through the Night»), Wang Chung («Dance Hall Days»), and A Flock of Seagulls («Space Age Love Song») provide the needle drops that complement the action without being too terribly on the nose.

Still, there's a poignancy to Harding's battle against her own bad reputation, and it survives I, Tonya's flippant, needle - drop approach thanks to the rage and resignation of the lead performance.

It opens up nicely for needle drops and the occasional bit of atmosphere (for instance, a helicopter features at the beginning in a sequence later revisited).

Netflix films have been released with comparatively little fanfare (the Grand Jury prize winner of Sundance, I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore dropped onto the platform in February and registered nary a blip, with Bong Joon - ho's Okja also not succeeding in moving the needle all that much), as they seemed content with simply putting it up on the service and setting up a few awards qualifying runs in New York and LA and leaving it at that.

With much of the film unscored (perhaps Happy Madison scaled back its usually plentiful needle drops to keep the cast - heavy budget at a still mind - blowing $ 80 million), you can hear a pin drop during numerous moments where laughter is anticipated but not earned.

Barely registering the existence of his two daughters even when they're standing right in front of him (Leigh regular Ruth Sheen is constantly, hilariously livid as their mother), he springs to giddy life when a «natural philosopher» (played by frequent Leigh collaborator Lesley Manville) drops by his studio to conduct an experiment involving sunlight, a needle, and a prism.

The 5.1 DTS - HD master audio soundtrack is also quite lively, doing a splendid job of distributing both the catchy needle drops and James Newton Howard's appealing score.

F. Gary Gray's direction is fluid, the concert and party scenes have an infectious energy, Jason Mitchell gives a breakthrough performance in an ensemble of solid turns and the needle drop moments are on point.

Many of these needle drop moments were instantly iconic, such as the «Stuck in the Middle with You» torture scene in Dogs and the getting - ready - for - a-party confusion of heroin for cocaine scene from Fiction set to «Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon ``.

And yet it clearly doesn't matter because «Rectify» holds you captive just the way it is, void of star power (the biggest «get» is a brief appearance by Hal Holbrook, who starred across from McKinnon in the winning 2009 drama That Evening Sun) and exciting licensed music (Stone Temple Pilots» «Creep» is probably the most recognizable needle drop).

In this regard, legends that have come out of Philadelphia are referenced both by dialogue from the characters within the film, and within the soundtrack.The most notable needle drop occurs when Creed arrives in the city, a quick montage unfolding to «The Fire» by John Legend and The Roots - not just a great song about ambition and drive, but also by Philly's local boys done good.

Employing her deft touch for needle drops, and pretty swanky sense of mise - en - scene, the film nevertheless suffers from being only skin deep.

The foul - mouthed dialogue is easily heard and complemented by both the Morricone score and infrequent needle drop, all of it even - keeled, if modestly spread out.

Score, dialogue, and a few of prominent needle drops (David Bowie's recurring «Heroes», The Pixies» «Where Is My Mind?»

There's also not one, but two airings of «Immigrant Song» (a classic - rock needle drop as inevitable, and obvious, as Iron Man's use of «Iron Man,» thanks to that line about the hammer of the gods), and somehow they both work like gangbusters, as though the iconic anthem was written with these good - versus - evil brawls in mind.

And there is a scene late in the film, set beside a lake upstate, that goes well beyond the Charlene needle drop in terms of forcing us to choose between silly and sublime.

Complementing the varied licensed content are some fitting needle drops («Gangnam Style», «Party Rock Anthem») from the already slightly dated period of principal interest.

With the needle - drop of party standard «Celebration» in the opening minutes, Baker's announcing that he's graduated to the next level.

Irked that his staff had to stop their normal lessons several times a year to prepare kids for testing, he started needling district brass a few years ago for permission to drop some of the tests.

Despite lacking the needle sharpness of the mighty SS, the Camaro drop - top was competently capable.

For example, I used a blow torch to heat up the tip of some small needle noze pliers, then bent them 45 degrees in a vise so I can reach into little cracks when I drop small nuts or cotter pins or whatever.

@user14218 Seriously though, wear gloves and maybe a dust mask, when you drop that thing it may be full of 16 years of leaves, sticks, mice... «stuff», pine needles, dirt, fungus, hair... in various stages of decomposition.

The engine would be firing smoothly and then as the needle dropped near idle the engine bay would shake and the needle would surge up slightly and then fall to idle and things would rapidly settle after about 1 second of shudder.

With the V - 8's fuel economy rating of 14 mpg city and 19 mpg highway, its fuel needle will drop noticeably right before your eyes.

The performance wasn't a surprise, but lifting off the throttle was — the tach needle dropped to zero rpm, indicating that the car was running on electrons while in the Sport mode at speeds of 70 - plus mph.

We were a little suspicious of the low numbers coming from the trip computer, but the rapidity with which the fuel needle dropped confirmed that the X6 was gulping down the gas.

Vertical publishes some of the most interesting manga available in English, but they have not had a digital program — until now: They recently announced that they will make three series available as e-books: The astronaut - school story Twin Spica, the science fiction story 7 Billion Needles (based on Hal Clement's novel Needle), and the soap opera about competing wine connoisseurs, Drops of God.

Make sure the tree you choose is green, full of life, and not dropping needles when touched.

Go to any bookstore and look for these books and trainers; they promise the world, claiming to have invented a new «cruelty free» type of training (not telling you the greatest cruelty is what happens when they fail you and your dog, and your dog ends up in a veterinarian's office with a needle in its forearm while you cry and the dog slowly drops into a quiet death).

Backpacker.com recommends that you find canine - friendly trails and follow the advice of Best Hikes with Dogs Inland Northwest author Craig Romano — choose shade trails with soft, leaf - or needle - covered terrain that are «easy on the paws,» and avoid paths with sharp rocks, off - trail routes with steep drops, or any surface that might get very hot.