Sentences with phrase «phoniness of»

«The proposed fracked - gas plant in Sheridan Hollow exposes the phoniness of Cuomo's environmentalism,» said Bob Cohen, Policy Director at Citizen Action of New York.

Even if we limit our examples to modern movies featuring killer sharks, Renny Harlin's Deep Blue Sea and David R Ellis» Shark Night 3D owned the phoniness of their special effects and had fun wringing variations on the basic stalk - and - swim visual language of Jaws.

(For some reason, an early scene includes footage of an actual surgical procedure, which serves no real purpose but to highlight the general phoniness of horror - movie representations of blades cutting skin.)

Ultimately, Wiener - Dog is about the phoniness of art itself.

It's more conventional than it seems at first, opening with swipes at the phoniness of birth - to - death musician biopics — via a black - and - white film - within - the - film — before indulging in some phoniness of its own.

There is also the factor of the phoniness of the debate and how that has evolved.

The fall of 1980 was marked by repeated reflections on the phoniness of the «roles» he had to play.

Not exact matches

If we point people to churches that have a proper understanding (of God and the human) and focus on Christ and what He has done instead of us and what «we do»... then you can have a church with a proper anthropology and you can have honesty and less phoniness and control.

The problem was that the realness of his love for his immediate family highlighted his cynicism and phoniness on everything else.

b) A long - time believer who was burned out on church phoniness and dogma — because of my honest faith, not because of a loss of faith.

Coffin could spot authenticity (and phoniness) whatever vestment it wore, and he was eager to work with anyone who shared his burning vision of a — at least somewhat — better world.

«Kids can smell the stench of phoniness a mile away.»

Are you good with the quality of phoniness?

There's a certain phoniness to some of the views of the wire, the sky and the ground — that CGI again — but there's no denying the toe - tingling, sweaty - palmed effect that is created as we watch Petit put first one foot, and then his whole body, out into the void.

It's a totally convincing piece of work and even when things start to get a little nuts it feels believable, thanks to the writing with is stunningly free of phoniness or convention and the acting, which is so easygoing and natural that you can't help but identify with all the characters by the time the credits roll, and maybe yearn to spend another all - nighter with them.

The actors bring emotional authenticity to the aftermath of trauma, but despite that and the handsome cinematography, there is also a persistent phoniness.

The film's depiction of it, despite some phoniness, rings true.

This is a leap forward for Cooper, whose last movie was 2013's Out of the Furnace, a testosterone - soaked tour de force of working - class phoniness.

It's sad and tragic story of self - discovery, loneliness and phoniness, while visually it's a feast for the eyes.

To quote Doc, something here is ungroovywhich isreally saying something like the Velvelettes, because the «here» of Inherent Vice is a smog - filled, corruption - riddled, slightly zombified cityscape of disillusionment, fleetingfriendships, cynicism, creeping executive - branch fascism, and out - in - the - openvigilante fascism, a place that stands as not just a monument to phoniness buta lurid advertisement for the false.

This is not a quick read, it has no major actions, but is a study of people, their motives, their inner lives and their phoniness, all exposed for many to see.

Not much left but ridicule of you and your phoniness at this point.