Sentences with phrase «obsession with possession»

Pep Guardiola has shown at Barcelona and Bayern Munich that games can be controlled with a borderline obsession with possession, while goals are ruthlessly stacked up for fun.

This is due to his over obsession with possession.

Poking fun at the relentless pursuit of perfection and society's obsession with possessions, this remake of The Stepford Wives deals with mature themes and adult attitudes about feminism.

Not exact matches

Not even the American people themselves seem completely at ease about whether their admitted obsessions with sexual pleasure and material possession meet the test of external and overriding criteria.

As I was watching I was trying to work out what had gone so wrong with those two, the only idea I could come up with was that although in training the energy of Sanchez and his determination to defend from the front has clearly rubbed off; they track back with greater determination, the problem is they also seem to both be copying the man from Chile's unnecessary obsession of trying to beat at least two opponents before making his pass, Sanchez can get away with this — just — but it is downright infuriating when Walcott and Oxlade - Chamberlain try and do the same as neither of them has Sanchez» close control; nothing like it in fact, the result is that we lose possession so easily and so unnecessarily which gifts attacking opportunities to the opposition.

Bilbo's growing greed towards possession of the ring is matched by the Master's corrupt political hold on Laketown, Thorin's obsession with reclaiming Erebor, Smaug's proud hold over the dwarves» riches, and the Necromancer's business in Dol Goldur.

At its core, it's a chamber drama about obsession and self - possession, but the film nevertheless finds two young women making big decisions with weighty consequences.

This year alone, they released six of the most inventive, quality offerings out there: two terrifying survival thrillers, Damien Power's devastating and brilliant Killing Ground and Sam Patton's lesser but still - worthy Desolation; Sean Byrne's masterful tale of artistic obsession and satanic possession The Devil's Candy (all three even harder to endure because the featured families in peril are so human and likable); A Dark Song, an unnerving occult thriller in which a woman hires a medium to help make contact with her dead daughter; and House on Willow Street, which, similar to last year's horror highlight Don't Breathe, sees a house robbery — led by a woman with a mission, played by modern scream - queen Sharni Vinson — go terrible wrong, but this time in a more supernatural way.

Furthermore, he puts little stock in worldly possessions beyond an obsession with racking up frequent - flyer miles in order to enjoy the conveniences which flow from upgrades in car rentals, credit cards, and first - class accommodations.

Thematically, the novel is preoccupied with relics, the physical reminders of emotion — for Miles, the abandoned possessions of hundreds of evicted tenants; for Bing, the beaten - up antiques he has pledged to save; for Ellen, the dangerously erotic images she is finally able to cultivate from the ephemera of her mind and put onto paper; and for Alice, an obsession with a World War II film which she believes captures the simultaneous hope and despair of a generation.

Its tempting to want to protect Clement Greenberg for sake of friendship and acknowledgement of his brilliance.I would agree with Alan that probably was best expoused in words on a page, altho he could be wicked in the studio, with his intuition and eye.I am more able to understand now his obsession with class, race, antecedents, personal biography and history.Co - incidentally Larry Poons friend T - Bone Burnett just produced a masterpiece which appeared on BBC FOUR on Arena.It was recordings of early American music, blues, cajun and country.What was so startling was the lyrics of dis - possession, poverty, betrayal and the way Pain if being alive was so universal.Despite his portayal as a formalist supporter of Noland and Olitski, Clem never lost his imigrant status.He had Soul in droves