Sentences with phrase «powerful acting by»

Cannes favorite Blue Is the Warmest Color also makes its way to the big screens, and showcases powerful acting by its female lead an supporting actresses.

Yes, this is an powerful act by Jesus, but it is a non-violent act.

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Actions speak louder than words and acts of kindness are incredibly powerful, especially when done by exceptionally busy people.

One of the most powerful examples of eye contact is in a video done by activist Jae West and her team at Liberators International, an organization that aims «to coordinate, record and distribute monthly global acts of freedom,» and whose YouTube channel is filled with many daring acts of kindness and awareness - raising.

Indeed, the act that both brings new life into being and gives the most intense pleasure to all living creatures is a powerful symbol of the desire for unity with others that is shared by all forms of life.

lmfao i seriously doubt an ALL POWERFUL, ALL KNOWING GOD would be fooled by your subpar acting / prayers....

The problem that Mr. Bottum correctly identifies is that those such as Chomsky who do not believe in nonmaterial beings literally can not make sense of the kinds of things done by those who still speak and act in powerful mythic symbols.

By this I mean that although love will not use coercive measures, driving people to do what they will not do otherwise, making them (as the phrase has it) act in contradiction to their own freely chosen decision, love is the most powerful of all agencies in the world.

Campaign Life 2017 is designed to gather together and mobilise people in the cause of life, so that, by the time the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act comes along on 27 October 2017, the pro-life movement in Scotland will have a more powerful voice than ever.

Sister Andrea: Campaign Life 2017 is designed to gather together and mobilise people in the cause of life, so that, by the time the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Abortion Act comes along on 27 October 2017, the pro-life movement in Scotland will have a more powerful voice than ever.

Perhaps it was the enthusiasm of Galilean pilgrims, who hailed him as Messiah as he entered the city, which called Jesus to the unfavorable notice of the Roman authorities; perhaps it was Jesus» own act of driving money - changers from the temple courts; perhaps it was the bringing of charges against him by powerful Jewish groups whom he had offended.

To highlight this usage is not deny some of uses of power are oppressive, but rather to suggest that exercise of power, especially state power, needs to be evaluated by some criterion other than whether the person who is on the receiving end of a powerful action has less power than the persons acting against them.

His lawyer Robert Richter told Wallington in his final submissions two weeks ago that the complainants might have testified against one of the church's most powerful men to punish him for failing to act against abuse by clerics.

Pius XII already commented on the unitive significance of this powerful biblical expression: «In its natural structure, the conjugal act is a personal action, a simultaneous and immediate cooperation on the part of the husband and wife, which by the very nature of the agents and the proper nature of the act is the expression of the mutual gift which, according to the words of Scripture, brings about union «in one flesh»» (Address, October 29, 1951: AAS 3 (1951), 850).

The U.S. was founded on God's word by our ancestors, but know most of our culture acts like its all crap and were «too cool for religion» in the end when i'm before my Mighty, All - powerful God, after my earthly body has died and rotting I know for sure he'll say to us all who were faithful «Well done my good and faithful servant.»

And, perhaps most importantly, there is that powerful act of Sitting that acts as a magnet drawing those I love close by for a snuggle, or a book read, or a check - in and a chat.

In a statement obtained by CapTon, Koppell said Biaggi's election «will send a powerful message and take us one step closer to the progressive Democratic majority we deserve — one that passes stronger rent laws, the Dream Act, real campaign finance reform, and the Reproductive Health Act to firmly protect a woman's right to choose in New York.»

Saying their patience is at an end, conservative activist groups backed by the billionaire Koch brothers and other powerful interests on the right are mobilizing to pressure Republicans to fulfill their promise to swiftly repeal the Affordable Care Act.

«It will be recalled that following relentless media attack on my person by the EFCC acting in concert with some powerful families with known ties to the government which culminated in the filing of phantom money laundering and corruption charges against me, I made spirited efforts to engage with relevant officials of government including the EFCC, the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the Presidency to furnish them with all the information in respect of the OPL 245 Settlement Agreement between the Federal Government of Nigeria and Malabu Oil & Gas Limited which was brokered by the administration of President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

Cuomo's three previous uses of the Moreland Act were initiated by executive orders: His 2011 investiture of then - Inspector General Ellen Biben to investigate Nassau County Police Department's Forensic Evidence; his 2012 creation of a panel to assess how utilities on Long Island responded to three powerful storms that hammered the region; and his 2013 decision to create the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption, which was shut down by Cuomo midway through its planned 18 - month lifespan.

These were created by the Local Government Act 2000 at a time when Tony Blair and those around him hoped to centralise local government decision - making in elected mayors, strong leaders and cabinets, and powerful chief officers who they could deal with from Whitehall.

Alternately, the Republicans also could reiterate the SAFE Act argument, which essentially was: Gun control is inevitable, because it's being pushed by an enormously popular and powerful governor, so we should work to temper it as much as possible (in this case, by adding stiffer penalties) giving enough of our members a reason to vote «yes» and help the measure pass.

The New York City Council unanimously elected a fiercely liberal Democrat from East Harlem as its powerful speaker on Wednesday, eschewing the moderate leadership that had overseen its ranks for a decade and eliminating the last barrier to a government fully in line with the undiluted liberalism embraced by the new mayor... Previous speakers, such as Christine C. Quinn, had acted as a tempering force in the restive Council, bottling up measures like higher wage mandates viewed warily by the business world.

In 2014, a version of the New York DREAM Act was voted down in the state Senate by a tiny margin, despite having support of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC)-- an increasingly powerful breakaway group of Democrats that aligns itself with Republicans.

This giant cluster acts as a powerful natural lens by bending and magnifying the light of far - more - distant objects behind it.

A team of scientists led by chemists Stephen Martin and James Sahn at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered what they say is a powerful pain reliever that acts on a previously unknown pain pathway.

Now, results of a new study by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists suggests a powerful role for the protein in normal breast cells, acting as a tumor suppressor that halts abnormal cell growth.

The Trump administration has acted expeditiously to fill vacancies on top courts around the country, including the Supreme Court and powerful lower courts that could decide the fate of regulatory challenges and novel lawsuits, like localities suing oil companies for damages caused by sea - level rise.

It is known to protect our body by acting as a strong free radical scavenger and a powerful tumor growth suppressant.

The hot taste of peppers is caused by its active component called capsaicin and it can also act as powerful combatants against inflammation.

Ginger acts as a powerful antioxidant and has been shown to be effective in reducing oxidative stress caused by free radicals in the environment.

All in all, the film is plenty conventional, even in a portrayal of Ancient Rome that is about as thin as a lot of the characterization, and as contrived as the melodramatics which slow down the impact of momentum almost as much as dull and draggy spells, thus making for a script whose shortcomings are challenged well enough by a powerful score, immersively beautiful visual style, solid direction, and strong lead acting for Henry Koster's «The Robe» to stand as an adequately rewarding and very intriguing study on the impact Christ had even on those who brought about his demise.

It's a tough watch but a powerful one, and beautifully acted not just by Fox and Spall but by William and Matthew Stagg, as their young sons.

A laugh - out - loud - bad stinker of a movie in which * you * know what Eastwood's next «discovery» will be in the murder case a long time before does, and every potentially powerful scene is undermined by coarse acting, bad script and cheesy music.

Intermittently powerful, though not really engaging, this new Figgis version suffers from poor conception of Strindberg's noted play and mediocre acting by Saffron Burrows in the lead; as the servant, Peter Mulan is quite good.

Written and directed by Dee Rees from a labyrinthine novel by Hillary Jordan, it's the kind of movie they rarely make any more — heavy on plot and character development and more literary than cinematic — but so skillfully directed, photographed and acted that it sucks you into its powerful emotional storyline from the start and holds interest to the finish.

Alexander Payne's Downsizing opened the Venice Film Festival and while the film itself is a polarizing, uneven story, it boasts a powerful, touching and funny performance by Hong Chau who plays an immigrant and activist who protests the Vietnamese government's acts against her small village and ends up shrunken and placed in a TV set at a Target store in...

A very powerful film which is only achieved by the amazing acting of the main cast - Helena and Carey are stunning.

Other great scenes involve the powerful photography (by Janusz Kaminski, who also shot Schindler's List and Jerry Maguire), and the glorious acting.

Directed by Jane Campion — known for powerful»90s film «The Piano» — this isn't your typical police procedural; it's a seriously smart mystery, with top drawer acting (it also stars Peter Mullan and Holly Hunter) and an unexpected feminist undercurrent.

Despite being surrounded by a cast of acting luminaries like Sigourney Weaver, Adrien Brody, William Hurt and Joaquin Phoenix, the 23 - year - old steals the limelight with a powerful performance that also provides this tale of a small, isolated hamlet who live in fear of the outside world with its emotional core.

Other powerful performances by women that should not be forgotten during nominations are Annette Bening's dead - on turn as Gloria Grahame in «Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool,» Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf in «Lady Bird»; Margot Robbie and Allison Janney in «I, Tonya,» the young new - to - acting Brooklynn Prince in «The Florida Project,» and Carey Mulligan and Mary J Blige in «Mudbound.»

It's already been confirmed, that Wii U is indeed more powerful than the PS3 & 360, also Wii U's GPU has the ability to act and perform the same functions as a CPU, so that means the GPU can take alot of slack off of the Wii U's CPU, and that's what's going to make it possible for Wii U to keep up with the PS4 and next Xbox, it's called a Memory Intensified design, and it's a unique and very clever design of hardware by Nintendo, Wii U has a bit more power under it's hood than you think, just wait till 3rd partys start to master Wii U's hardware, I see good games on Wii U's horizon.

It's a terrific performance by blue - haired, dressed - in - black Meryl Streep, whose singing voice is as powerful as her acting.

Significantly, John Cassavetes» style was so powerful that even his acting vehicles for other filmmakers seem as if they were directed by him.

Even with the competence of the screenwriting, and the aforementioned quality of the acting, there's something missing from Kinsey that keeps it from achieving resonance, especially for a figure who was surrounded by great controversy and hatred by many powerful people in the country.

Hallucinatory and perturbing, and fiercely acted by Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood, Gerald's Game is a single - setting horror survival story that doubles as a powerful allegory about the specter of sexual abuse.

It's not only superbly acted but visually powerful, as photographed by cinematographer Sven Nykvist.

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This film is highly regarded by many, and it can only be for the final act and its powerful portrayal of self - interest winning over moral right.