Sentences with phrase «own dramatic territory»

The episode is fairly rife with humor, but it opens up into more dramatic territory near the end in an extended scene that reveals much about a brother and his insecurities and maturation.

The actor is movingly effective as he explores more dramatic territory, and proving an ability to move an audience to tears as well as laughter.

This is simple, blunt - force dramatic territory; the threat of rape is omnipresent throughout, and vulnerability provides the basis for the suspense.

, but he explored more dramatic territory with 2008's 21.

A mild venture into dramatic territory for jabbermouth Robert Downey Jr., The Judge fills it quotient for melodrama early on but continues to poureth for that sacred saccharine drama - heavy cup.

David Dobkin is trying to stretch his range into dramatic territory as he has primarily directed comedies before with Wedding Crashers, Fred Claus, and The Change - Up.

The irony is that McDonagh isn't interested in anything as cut - and - dry as a David - versus - Goliath story or a feminist revenge yarn; the empowering version of this movie is the one the writer - director only appears to be making, before veering off into thornier, more ethically complicated dramatic territory.

Their equally optimistic titles aside, both movies found their respective auteurs shrewdly staking out fresh dramatic territory, and potentially even courting a new audience.

That buoyancy floats «Made in Dagenham» above its historical roots, allowing it to happily inhabit its own dramatic territory.

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For the careful reader, foreshadowing creates a particularly effective form of engagement, ultimately moving into the territory of dramatic irony, where the reader knows more than the characters in the story.

For the director of Eshhad, Amira Mikhail, the dramatic increase in deaths is, in part, evidence of a «shift» in power from Islamic State, in which the self - proclaimed Caliphate fighters have sought new targets in north Africa after losing significant territory in the Arabian peninsula.

«In studying one of the most dramatic episodes of global change since the end of the age of the dinosaurs, these scientists show that we are currently in uncharted territory in the rate carbon is being released into the atmosphere and oceans,» says Candace Major, program director in the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Division of Ocean Sciences, which funded the research.

Recent studies have started to map the gene - wide chromatin interactions in the interphase nucleus, revealing some principles of chromosome organization into territories, and dramatic changes of chromatin organization and interactions during differentiation and lineage specification.

Unfortunately, this ultra-glossy romantic drama derived from a best seller twists into very dark territory — a drastic tonal shift that neither its stars nor debuting director, Thea Sharrock, a respected stage veteran, manage with dramatic credibility.

Unlike their more recent roles, in which she played a delightful weirdo and he played a taciturn weirdo who also was capable of murdering you, Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves will have to stretch their dramatic chops a bit for their next acting gigs, venturing into territory less in line with their actual personas.

Even once we reach the dramatic, «touching» stage of this sideshow, it must be channelled through Bianca for fear of digging too deeply into unpleasant territory: Lars has such severe intimacy issues that he recoils in pain whenever anyone tries to touch him.

Experiencing their car journey through the eyes of 10 - year - old Lucia (Ahumada), we head from Santiago to remote northern territory, and while the dramatic content is taxingly minimal, the cinematography by Bárbara Álvarez (The Headless Woman) is full of emotional clues.

Director, co-writer and producer Alejandoro González Iñárritu, well known by cinephiles for his «Birdman,» which features Michael Keaton as a popular actor trying to deal with the problems of his current life, now puts his skill on creating a dramatic biopic of fur trapper Hugh Glass (played by DiCaprio) who, in 1823 in an area which became the Dakota Territory, is brutally attacked and mauled by a bear while scouting for an expedition.

As much as Robespierre infuses the dramatic material with her own comic sensibility — proudly vulgar at times, but always keyed to these particular characters — Landline doesn't always escape a sense that, for all the occasional well - observed details, we've explored this kind of familial territory many times before, and more insightfully.

His physique doesn't allow him a chameleon presence on screen, but his quest to take on strong dramatic material may have found him the perfect middle ground — a role where his bulk is part of the territory.

There are moments when generic boundaries blur and the movie threatens to abandon its dramatic aspect and dissolve into romantic comedy territory and, charming as these moments are, at times it makes the audience forget the purpose of the story, and turns slightly farcical.

With his fifth feature - staring Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin - Reitman Junior tries something different, something initially more dramatic, but ends up back in comic territory anyway, albeit unintentionally.

Oh, here we go: «At no point does this seem like new territory, but outside of being about ten minutes too long, it's a film that works despite its rather traditional dramatic nature.»

There are a few laugh - out - loud moments — not quite enough to drag this out of dramatic tear - jerker territory — but enough to recommend it for its feelgood factor.Hide

While the script takes us into some dark territory concerning grief and tragedy, it often bends realistic protocol in order to show a more Hollywood style, falsely dramatic story.

As tension mounts in the Indiana Territory, the boys» friendship is tested in this dramatic novel in verse, masterfully read by Picasso, Michael Bakkensen, and Tandy Cronyn.

The most dramatic body language occurs when rival males meet, during courtship or over fiercely protected territory (in general, cats are happy to let other cats pass through their territory or even time - share it, but the core territory may be fiercely protected).

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