Sentences with phrase «repartee as»

Nostalgia for the decade of scrunchies and grunge is at its height, and gawking at how the stars ofBeverly Hills, 90210 (Ziering) and the American Pie franchise (Reid) have aged certainly is worth sitting through their insufferable repartee as an ex-husband and wife trying to protect their kids from the hammerheads zooming through the air.

Not exact matches

Much as I like the intertwining of inspiring stories, witty repartee, and gong show ideas — I don't watch «Dragons» Den» or its American equivalent «Shark Tank.»

While remarking that of course a barbarous age is not expected to hold to modern standards of decency, Chamberlain writes: «At the same time the whole range of literature might be ransacked in vain for a parallel to the naïve filthiness of the passage forming Section IV, or to the extraordinary topic which the hero Yamato - take and his mistress Miyazu are made to select as the theme of their repartee.»

Like many of the children, she's alert to times when other children are too fragile to sustain the give - and - take of repartee; and when, as often happens at the after - school, one of the younger children suddenly begins to cry, or seems to be right at the precipice of tears, she switches gears almost immediately.

The witty repartee in the plays of Oscar Wilde and George Bernard Shaw, for example, depends entirely on the pleasure audiences get from seeing traditional values turned upside down, as in Shaw's remark, «Do not do unto others as you would have them do unto you: you may not have the same tastes.»

Replacing Jon Stewart on The Daily Show is not one of them, as this awkward repartee during Woods» Tuesday press conference ahead of Thursday's PGA Championship painfully illustrates:

The news isn't as in - depth — more outline style — and the comments / repartee are missing, but for now, I'm more willing to deal with that than I'm willing to deal with the SBN format.

After watching the revival on Netflix, I decided to go back to the beginning and have been completely addicted to the witty repartee of the Lorelais (and I'm certainly not hating watching young Milo Ventimiglia as the wayward Jess).

Tongue - in - cheek repartee and action sequences employing clever gadgetry lend some zip to the yarns, which also showcase the rugged good looks of Robert Vaughn as debonair Napoleon Solo, and the blond, turtlenecked charm of David McCallum's Ilya Kuryakin.

As the better Marvel films have shown, you need a lot more than zippy repartee to make a superhero film feel heartfelt and thematically resonant.

This repartee goes to both sides of the law, as Olivia Williams (The Last Days on Mars, Anna Karenina), in a refreshingly adroit performance as a Southern cop named Brentwood, has a lot of interplay with her partner that sounds like funnier banter than it is.

As do Mr. Affleck and Ms. Lopez, though they are most likely aiming for suave, risqu wit, rather than the horselaughs their repartee provokes.

Neeson's recent star persona has been rooted in a certain grizzled authenticity, but simply dropping Danny Boy over scenes of macho repartee in the trailer, as Run All Night does, speaks of a certain low - hanging fruit approach.

In the «30s, there was a series of screwball comedies — cleverly disguised as mysteries — that revolved around a rich, happily married couple, Nick and Nora Charles [William Powell and Myrna Loy] who drank too much; engaged in something called witty repartee, and solved mysteries.

The happiest of matrimonies the film presents is that between the director and his source material; Stillman, who established himself as a master of upper - caste repartee with films like Metropolitan (90) and The Last Days of Disco (98), feels more at home in Austen's wit - driven world than ever before.

of the same name, this relentlessly - witty film features some of the funniest repartee around as it simultaneously explores a laundry list of sobering themes ranging from religion and mortality to love and betrayal.

Nevertheless, Hathaway is certainly game, as is the rest of a very energetic ensemble of players, who each get their moment to shine with some choice bits of slapstick and witty repartee.

Hollywood never managed to get Hemingway or Fitzgerald right in this era (or any era, for that matter), but this film takes a respectable run at the same themes in the Hollywood vernacular: high society meets classic Warner street smarts as four Americans in Paris resort to witty repartee and hard - drinking antics to hide haunted souls.

With his signature shrewd repartee and gleefully OTT violence, Quentin Tarantino's latest film, The Hateful Eight, is a grisly and gratifying ensemble article that doubles as chamber piece.

Observe and Report more often goes for laughs at the expense of its characters, merely using them as vessels in order to continue to pile on uncouth repartee and so - called shocking ugliness.

Guns blazing, rapid - fire repartee and huge explosions are requirements in this genre, as is an on screen bond between the two leads.

Second, their no - holds - barred repartee makes the road movie concept fun again, as it features the two venturing out to see Americana, while encountering other wandering souls (one played by Selena Gomez) along the way.

Here, he plays it coy, at first, holding back on the melodrama and allowing his two fine leads — Timothée Chalamet (Lady Bird), as Elio, and Armie Hammer (Free Fire), as Oliver — to develop their rapport through gentle glances and easygoing repartee.

A colorful supporting cast of characters add to the solid repartee, with Dennis Franz (Body Double, Dressed to Kill) stealing a good deal of his scenes as the easily irritated head of airport police.

And while Fogelman has written some nice, tart repartee for Pacino and Annette Bening (as a fastidious hotel manager in whom Danny sees a potentially «age - appropriate» love interest), the actress is around just enough to make you wish there were more of her.

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It's especially refreshing to see a main protagonist in a Woody Allen (Magic in the Moonlight, To Rome with Love) film not carry the neurotic delivery or quirky mannerisms of Allen's persona, much as Cate Blanchett did in Blue Jasmine, as Abe feels every bit as Phoenix's character, even though he's delivering Allen's usual repartee.

Strangely enough, Flynn has warmer chemistry and a saucier repartee with Flora Robson's virgin queen, Elizabeth I — even in scenes where they're competing with a «cute» monkey that doesn't so much upstage them as pad out the screen time.

Their next 24 hours, told in alternating voices, is a romp through Manhattan that turns into a sexy romance as the teens listen to bands and exchange witty repartee.

In this instalment, Lindsay explores the idea that evil as an entity has existed since the beginning of time, and touches on the ancient god Moloch and demonic possession, all the while giving his characters snappy repartee, Dexter an entertaining inner monologue and still managing a bit of D alliteration.

Hap and Leonard's wildly off - color repartee provides both through line and funny counterpoint to the extended, violent action scenes (which our reviewer referred to as «print versions of Sam Peckinpah's six - gun ballets»).

Humorous repartee and fluid watercolor paintings set the tone and mood for new readers as they follow plucky Kate and her beloved horse along the trail for a day of adventures.

I'm sure I'm no ascetic; I'm as pleasant as can be; You'll always find me ready with a crushing repartee, I've an irritating chuckle, I've a celebrated sneer, I've an entertaining snigger, I've a fascinating leer.

I too love Sarah's Farmhouse and Tommy Smythe, who as you know assists Sarah and makes me laugh with his witty repartee.