Sentences with phrase «object of one's obsession»

Granted, I'm also not sure if this movie is aimed squarely at me or if I'm the last person who should see it: the screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline (based on Cline's novel) seems to be weaponizing my own personal nostalgia for John Hughes, Monty Python, «Buckaroo Banzai» and other objects of obsession from my late teens and early 20s.

Imagine Grace Kelly as James Stewart's object of obsession in «Vertigo.»

There is nothing wrong with either, but, as Dreher communicates so well, if the two become the object of our obsession, to the exclusion of everything else, we end haunted by emptiness.

Not sure what being defeated by the object of his obsession will do to Stardust, but Amell didn't PERSONALLY get the win over Stardust, so it's possible to continue this feud (although I would be surprised if it continued).

Lately, I've been obsessed with white dresses — and that one seems to deserve to be an object of my obsession too.

But it wasn't until you could play them at a click of a mouse that they became the objects of obsession they are today.

Anderson's film is a study of Daniel Day - Lewis's Woodcock — a mix of mid-century couturiers such as Amies, Charles James and Cristóbal Balenciaga, and the technique and craft that became the objects of their obsession.

Taissa Farmiga as Violet Harmon, «Murder House» — Of course, if we include Tate on our All - Star roster, we also have to include the object of his obsession.

Born To Kill — Claire Trevor plays a recent divorcee who becomes the object of obsession of a sociopathic killer played by Lawrence Tierney.

In particular, Rob Corddry (Wedding Daze) plays the gleefully accepting cuckold husband who makes cheating on him most unpleasant, mostly because he is enjoying seeing the object of his affection, his girlfriend (Tierney, Welcome to Mooseport), get it on with the object of his obsession, former NBA player and champion, Ed Monix (Harrelson, No Country for Old Men).

Actually make that Hemsworth, because it's the actor not the character who is the object of his obsession.

The film is based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a freeman kidnapped into slavery, and Nyong» o's performance as Patsey, a young slave who's become the object of obsession for sadistic cotton plantation Master Edwin Epps, played by Michael Fassbender, is easily one of the most arresting acting debuts in recent memory.

Indeed, it's got a 90 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes and has already become an object of obsession on sites where film geeks gather online.

But bringing Britain to its knees is just a prelude for Sherlock's arch-nemesis, who orchestrates a perilous cat - and - mouse game with the object of his obsession.

He spends his days mooning over his object of obsession (coworker Audrey, played by Jackie Joseph) and trying to please his gruff boss Mr. Mushnik (Mel Welles).

If it's inherently silly to take a $ 220,000 car on a pilgrimage to buy a sandwich, it's even sillier not to call ahead and make sure that the object of your obsession is actually open for business.

Those who experience this condition have an overwhelming desire to amputate an otherwise healthy limb or limbs, due to some impairment of a region in the brain that makes the limb feel alien, «an estranged body part [that] becomes an object of obsession.»

If the pup is chewing on something it should not, take a few minuets and play with it, substituting a chew toy for the object of its obsession at the moment.

David Grann: Yes, as you mention, many of the characters are compelled by an obsession, even if the object of their obsession is very different.

Libby, one of Berlin's many alluring waitresses, appears to be Dutch artist Helen Verhoeven's object of obsession.

Rogalsky's «Discipline» focuses on the electric guitar as the iconic instrument of the 20th century and an object of obsession.