Sentences with phrase «of dry humour»

In a work by Maximilian Kirmse (b1986, Berlin), a plastic portable toilet from a building site by the artist's studio is elevated to a pointillist style, exemplifying the kind of dry humour that underscores the whole display.

Although it's sounds depressing, Lonergan fills it with a lot of dry humour and the entire cast are excellent; Kyle Chandler only features in flashbacks but he brings a really strong paternal presence and, despite appearing high in the film credits, Michelle Williams actually features very little.

If director Paul Andrew Williams tries too hard to apply a familiar sense of dry humour to the proceedings (landing closer to last year's eye - roller Severance than to anything Edgar Wright has ever done), he finds his calling in the fine art of overcompensation: throw enough severed body parts around and scream «fucking cunt» to the rafters as many times as possible and perhaps everyone will forget that you don't have much to say at all.

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We also know that it is from the humours that are cold and moist, and thus, those suffering from the flu must spend the Winter months in a Hot and Dry climate, until Cured of all symptoms.

«He's far from boring, he's just got a dry sense of humour,» Warnock added.

He had a nice dry sense of humour.

The two of them got on well, and the Deputy Prime Minister was one of a long line of British politicians who were immediately charmed by the Queen's mixture of diplomacy, great experience and wisdom, discretion and a distinctly dry sense of humour.

Got on well: Nick Clegg was one of a long line of British politicians who were immediately charmed by the Queen's mixture of diplomacy, great experience and wisdom, discretion and a distinctly dry sense of humour

While I expect students to be disciplined in their yoga practice, I balance this with a dry sense of humour and a light - heartedness in the face of the challenge.

And I balance this with a dry sense of humour and a light - heartedness in the face of the challenge.»

I'm an honest, Passionate, Have a dry sense of Humour, Down to earth, Laid - back, Have my Priorities Straight and Caring person who would give the shirt off my back to help someone in need.

I have a somewhat dry sense of humour with a huge heart and love to be around family and friends... I love my job and everything it involves being an interior designer!

Optimistic and positive with a dry sense of humour... I keep my feet on the ground in his crazy world... has the world gone mad?

Kind, Gentle, friendly, intelligent, understanding, good character, dry wit humour, an independent lady, a good listener, enjoys a good discussion on a wide variety of topics.

It may be that you've failed to mention some of your really good points, or that you've been too dry with your sense of humour or have been a bit too specific in highlighting the kinds of people you don't want to date, rather than those you do!.

Dating in Yorkshire is a unique experience, thanks to the hardy mindset, dry humour, and the cheerful hospitality of the UK's largest county.

I am a bubbly, fun loving big girl with a good but somewhat dry sense of humour.

I listen without judgement and answer respectfully, sometimes with a dry sense of humour.

Outgoing, fun and funny, smart with a capital S, sharp sense of humour may miss it unless you spend a bit of time with me - can be very dry, very on the ball to the point of «wow» factor.

I have dry sense of humour and incredible eyes.

I am very easy going, down to earth, with a dry sense of humour.

Laid back, easy going, dry sense of humour.

A wonderful rogue - liek adventure romp, filled with dry british humour and lots of fun.

Yet anyone whose last will and testament demanded the establishment of a Nick Cave Memorial Museum clearly has a sharp sense of humour, and Forsyth and Pollard (who have worked with Cave before on projects such as short film series Do You Love Me Like I Love You) are as wry, dry and entertaining as their subject.

Vassilis Nemeas) shares the same dry, philosophical humour as Plato's Academy, but is ultimately a conventional concoction; I Diathiki tou Ierea Ioanni Melie (The Will of Father Jean Meslier, dir.

Endgame takes away the humour and ridiculousness of the first film, turning it into a dry and pedestrian 96 minutes.

With its story built out of substantial but discrete blocks, many of them notable for their bone - dry humour, it sometimes calls to mind the dark comedies of Östlund's fellow Swede Roy Andersson, albeit with a less surreally heightened visual style.

The film is a fleet - footed, ultra ornate mittel - European caper with all retro fittings in place and bursts of cartoonish macabre filling in where the Martini dry humour once was.

What started off as an edgy slice of humour to Marvel's stories (the dry wit of Tony Stark, the faux set pieces of Ant - Man), is beginning to come a frustrating norm.

Although even a tiny flicker of knowing dry humour would have made it a lot more entertaining.After his...

While a microscopic budget and somewhat misguided premise create constant irritations, this British comedy has such a bone - dry sense of humour that it can't help but keep the audience laughing.

She sells us early on with her dry sense of humour, handling sarcastic quips with ease.

The trailer still seems to be designed for an audience with tastes slightly - left - of - centre: the humour is dry and deadpan, Charlize Theron says socially unacceptable things about hating children, and the trailer song is still of the indie - rock persuasion.

A charming tone and likeable characters make this film thoroughly engaging, with its dry sense of humour and authentic look at the difficulty of launching a music career.

Isle of Dogs may be ruff around the edges, but it's an exquisitely rendered animation overloaded with visual gags and dry humour.

I don't think that the laughs «dried up» in the third act, though; I think part of the charm of the these movies is the expert mixing / balancing of the humour / drama in just the right proportions, like a well - made martini, if that's the sort of thing you're into.

McDormand is a force of nature as the grieving mom whose anger exhibits itself with devastating results — and often, outrageously dry, foul - mouthed humour.

Evans, so stiff as Captain America, gets to exercise a very dry sense of humour (and since he's probably under Marvel contract not to lose his muscles, looks good enough to be described by one of the teachers as «the quiet, damaged, hot guy»).

Her section of the film is closely aligned with DA Pennebaker's 1967 documentary Don't Look Back, as Jude teases the British press (personified by BBC reporter Bruce Greenwood) with a series of non-sequiturs and riddles; and Blanchett comes closer than anyone to really capturing the spirit of the man, with the dry humour and cocksure swagger of her performance being brilliantly observed.

Mirroring the decaying Detroit with the crumbling Tangiers, it's a masterpiece of darkly stoned atmosphere and bone dry humour, set against a mesmerising and eclectic drone soundtrack.

Despite the fact Andersson uses mostly unknown actors, they do a good job of underacting, which successfully combines with the dry humour to make quite a funny film, even if as a story it makes no sense.

If that all sounds a little high - minded and dry, it's saved from being so by an eclectic soundtrack, a palpable love of storytelling, deep humanism, righteous fury, bawdy humour and Gomes» startling ability to shuffle tones, genres and eras.

Yet, with his typical dry sense of humour, he also thanked those who had not describing them as «boneheads, Philistines and skinflints», who could all «rot in hell».

Not only are both games Japanese style role - players with a dry sense of humour but the turn - based combat also relies heavily on the timing of your button presses to augment both attack and defence.

Yet Hausner's films are permeated with bone dry humour and a sense of the absurd.

Disappointingly, Yorgos Lanthimos» latest isn't nearly as densely packed with ideas as The Lobster or Dogtooth were — but the bone dry humour of the film comes close to making up for that.

He's cold, calculating and wholly arrogant, but possesses a dry, sharp sense of humour.

The female variant in particular immediately won hearts thanks to Jennifer Hale's fantastic voice acting and instant control of any military situation, kept relatable and grounded with a dry sense of humour and human failings like romantic inexperience and exquisitely terrible dancing.

This exacerbates the dodgy playing, but the spontaneous nature of it adds to the dry humour that runs through many of my videos.

There's a comedic style here that you can see obviously inspired modern adult cartoon comedy, full of sardonic wit and dry humour.