Sentences with phrase «of long shots»

Lloyd's videos continue the lineage of experimental film by displaying non-representational imagery and breaking with sequential narrative through the use of long shots, flicker effects, and repetitive variations of visual motifs.

If a business of long shots, this is a multi-million mile one.

At this point, Mudbound, so deserving of many category nominations from Best Picture to Screenplay to Supporting Actor and Actress to Song, seems like the longest of long shots.

He is a devotee of long shots, the revelatory way a person's face can show less than meets the eye, and the inventiveness of improvisation.

Both films also have a cool detached sensibility and in The American the frequent use of long shots and medium - long shots makes the characters feel somewhat lost in the environment they are occupying.

Weird things can happen in this category at BAFTA — absolutely nobody saw «The Station Agent» coming in 2003 — but even so, it's safe to say surprise nominee Straczynski hasn't a prayer here, while Claudel is the longest of long shots.

Hayao Miyazaki) Japanese animé master Hayao Miyazaki's latest girl's fable is the magnificent Spirited Away, easily the best animated and foreign film of this year and, without question, the longest of long shots to even be nominated for either category come Oscar time.

He trusted her, and she could argue with him; she knew his rhythms, the pace of the long shots, dialogue and action, how to adapt to changes in tone, sequence by sequence.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former New York Gov. George Pataki has been described as the longest of long shots in a crowded field of 16 Republicans seeking the party's nomination for president.

The eleventh - hour attempt by Republicans in the U.S. Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act once seemed like the longest of long shots, but now appears to have a chance — albeit slim — at passage, even though it has been deemed the most «radical» of all the Obamacare reform efforts the GOP has debated thus far.

Of course Leicester showed glimpses of class, moments of pace, but their threats came only from breakaways and a handful of long shots comfortably held by Heaton, bar one.

In fact, a 300 - 1 longest of long shots to win the green jacket in his Masters debut, his is a moniker unknown to virtually all casual golf fans before he made a charge late on Saturday, coming in with three birdies in his final six holes.

If James were to emerge as the longest of long shots, he would add style and wit to the show.

A bit of a long shot, but with Man United plotting a move for the Real Madrid megastar, Chelsea can pull of the heist of the decade and the best scoring threat they've had since Drogba was in his prime.

Okay, this is the last of my long shot, flier bets.

Cueto wasn't a shoo - in to top the charts — considering his elbow issues, he might have been something of a long shot.

At the start of spring training in February, Oakland manager Art Howe said Long was something of a long shot to make the A's.

Yeah I'm with you on our lack of long shot, sometimes it's not even that long.

The U.S. women find themselves sixth on the list just as the men do, but are much more of a long shot at 50/1.

Bit of a long shot here, but considering just how well both Force India cars have driven this season and Checo's excellent performance in Baku last season, the +1000 price is definitely worth a little wager.

As stated, a bit of a long shot here, but worth it in my opinion.

UPDATE: It is, however, the same location at which the photo of Long shooting was taken.

Torres» bid is something of a long shot.

I did realise that the project was a bit of a long shot, but what I hadn't appreciated was how long it would take to fail.

Okay, this one's a bit of a long shot, but a number of authors are willing to at least to do a Skype conversation with book and cookbook clubs.

And I think it's even more of a long shot if you're actually looking for a relationship.

Hoping your partner will change, and become more attentive or caring, may be too much of a long shot because both parties have already formulated how they see the relationship panning out.

That's bad enough, but removed from all of that, the movie itself is a slog of repetitious melodrama, unconvincing performances (One suspects Allen went with the first take of each long shot), and over-the-top, neon - based mood lighting (provided by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro).

While «The End of the Tour» might be a bit of a long shot for Best Picture (though who knows at this point), it seems like a much safer bet to net Jason Segel his first Oscar nomination as late author David Foster Wallace.

Another four will be in the thick of what should be an unusually brutal race for Best Animated Feature: Disney's «Zootopia» and Pixar's «Finding Dory» for sure, and potentially DreamWorks Animation / Fox's well - received «Kung Fu Panda 3» and Sony's «The Angry Birds Movie,» though that one is more of a long shot.

As Oscars season has continued, Lady Bird has become more and more of a long shot in each of the five categories in which it's nominated.

Nevertheless most of the longer shots I rallied for didn't make it, he said, pushing away a single tear.

While Deadpool being nominated for Oscars was something of a long shot, it was still within the realm of possibility.

Zemeckis hasn't been up for Director in a while, even when his films have been nominated, so he's a possibility, though perhaps a bit of a longer shot.

Again and again we return to the basic pattern of long shot (flat, sun - bleached, not terribly interesting desert) to close - up (flat, sun - creased, not terribly expressive face), close - up to long shot.»

Unfortunately, after all this time, it's kind of a long shot.

Production, however, is something of a long shot.

Calls will grow in the US for antitrust action against Amazon - This was one of my long shot predictions from last year, and I'm bringing it back because I think it's becoming an inevitability.

Find out just how much of a long shot stardom really is.

Might be a bit of a long shot for some given that an uncountable large number of games use that engine, but for the unaware, that's also the same engine used to power Transformers: WFC.

I know this is a bit of a long shot, and I am not counting on u guys to respond to this, but for PS2 Classics, can u re-release the Xenosaga series, i have had soooo many up votes on my idea for a re-release of the series on PS3.

The Directors Cut brings a welcome addition of local co-op that was missing from the original release, plus a couple of extra levels that bring the game's length to well over an hour, making it one of the longest shoot»em ups I have played.

Others are more of a long shot: Lara Croft, Clash of Heroes, A World of Keflings.

Nabooru is a bit of a long shot but it still would be good to see her alongside Impa, tearing up the battle field like a pair of ninjas from Naruto.

Nights is a bit of a long shot, but no doubt he / she would make for a fantastic addition to the Super Smash Bros. roster.

Spike, from SMB3, was already included as a playable character in Mario Party X so his inclusion here wouldn't even be that much of a long shot.

-LSB-...] Hugh has determined the business model of selling to the small population of rich art buyers is not for him, to much of a long shot.

It's an idea that's a bit of a long shot to catch on nationally or internationally, but that's not saying we're pessimistic.

This one is a bit of a long shot, but it's Apple could reveal a cheaper, education - focused Apple Pencil.

The Note Edge was a bit of a long shot, but not only is that hardware now confirmed, but it largely matches our expectations, with those same long - side wrap - around edges as Samsung showed in prototypes so long ago.