Sentences with phrase «repartee with»

They also engage in sly repartee with a host of artists from Ellsworth Kelly to Larry Bell on crucial modernist ideas about line and drawing.

She appeared on The Tonight Show and exchanged saucy repartee with Johnny Carson, the New York mayor Ed Koch hosted a dinner for her at Gracie Mansion, and the Whitney Museum held a major retrospective.

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.

The star bullseyes every Martini - dry one - liner («I'm starving, get me a scotch»; «This is the Fun - vee; the Humvee's back there») and has chemistry with everyone: baldy / beardy / shifty right - hand man Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges); military liaison / best buddy James «Rhodey» Rhodes (Terrence Howard); indulgent assistant / flirt - mate Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow); vampy journos, starstruck GIs, earnest Afghans... There's even cute, running repartee with Stark's anthropomorphised machine - shop «bots.

So, if I wanted to have any fun with this, it was going to all be in my repartee with Claire and my relishing an opportunity to spar with her or kind of get her goat a little bit.

Sheridan's performance is amazing, and his repartee with Cage is perfect.

Just imagine her witty repartee with Skurge except instead of fearing for his own life, he's constantly aware that one wrong move could wipe entire galaxies from existence.

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.

Her repartee with Deadpool is knockdown funny.

During witty repartee with «Max,» Ethan reemphasized that the disk sold to her by Job was «worthless... it's bait, part of an internal molehunt,» and told her he wanted to ask Job why he had been «disavowed» - he then promised to «deliver the actual NOC list,» while warning her not to open up the «worthless» disk that was equipped with a homing device, that would automatically summon CIA agents within no more than 10 minutes.

In the past the philosopher had folk with whom he could share the deepest of longings, or if not that, he could at least find witty repartee with others.

Not exact matches

In a calculated response, Clinton fired back with some good - humored repartee.

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.

'' No time to lose with repartee, my loyal manservant!»

Rory has never been all that good of a person, but that fact was shielded in the original series with witty repartee, college acceptance letters, and big, big stacks of books.

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.

Even those who get a few laughs out of the title character's multidirectionally insulting repartee, delivered with relish by Woody Harrelson in the title role, may wonder what's so special about the source material.

Less obvious to mark are close - ups of the otherwise wonderful Alison Janney's oddly feral gape sharing time with the stunningly inappropriate repartee shared by George and Nina in majestically uncomfortable social situations.

The acting is a little stiff, save for a relatively lively and game Fred Gwynne, who leavens the seriousness of the film with his colorful and genial repartee.

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.

With an insipid song by Babyface and Lisa Stansfield punctuating epiphanies, and extended - metaphor repartee («I was misfiled by life,» «Wan na curl up with a good book?&raqWith an insipid song by Babyface and Lisa Stansfield punctuating epiphanies, and extended - metaphor repartee («I was misfiled by life,» «Wan na curl up with a good book?&raqwith a good book?»)

While one would never confuse an old - fashioned Western with their other works, that doesn't stop this group from trying to stuff the horse opera into the formula they had created for the Pirates blockbusters, with a swashbuckling attitude that sees plenty of rope swinging and one - on - one duels, along with the requisite repartee.

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.

Throughout the series» run, most of the openers have been too overloaded with sports celebrity cameos to carry off the zippy repartee that makes this show a delight for even non-sports fans, and this one was no exception.

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.

It's not even a good representation of 1980s films, by the way, with lackluster action sequences and agonizingly grating repartee.

Many of the most horrifying parts of The Silence Of The Lambs are in its quiet sexual insinuations, particularly the way Clarice Starling is eyed by other men and the flirtatious repartee she builds with Hannibal Lecter.

Portrayed with fire and resolve by Jessica Chastain, Molly Bloom is still very much a Sorkin character, prone to the rapid - fire repartee that Sorkin excels at.

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.

Atreus can help out with various trick arrows and support abilities but once you learn each enemy's repartee you're seldom in much danger.

What The Lincoln Lawyer lacks in structural neatness, it makes up with energy and verbal repartee, buoyed by McConaughey's innate «good guy» quality.

The F12tdf connects directly to its driver's craving for speed and is sympathetic to those basic instincts; it turns, goes, and (given sufficient tire temperature and considerable pedal efforts) stops like mad, playing to the driver's wild side with plucky repartee, responding with such absurdly dramatic dynamics that it could not be anything remotely other than a beautiful, batshit - insane Italian sports car.

Writing these road tests would be a little easier — and, to be perfectly frank, a lot more fun — were there some glaring fault that I could spear with some poignant repartee.

Reading delights listeners with her animated and beguiling performance of historical romance filled with madcap adventure, witty repartee, a delightful mix of sensual and comical tones, and characters to cheer for.

Young readers will easily connect with the indelible, strong characters, whose witty repartee adds to the book's appeal, and their ongoing urge to make things right in a world where much has gone wrong.

With plenty of geekery, charming repartee, and fairly realistic teen drama, this will have wide appeal among readers of contemporary fiction.

But beneath the witty repartee and touching moments, McMillan's stories simmer with a righteous anger at the state of the world today.

Our reviewer writes, «With wit and a gift for capturing the repartee between siblings and old friends, Lutz brings us a memorable and ultimately uplifting saga of three strong, unique women.»

Coleman's writing mimics Parker's, with short chapters, snappy repartee, and just enough action... Like all Parker novels, it is a great, fast read, recommended for all detective fiction fans.

- Locus «Stephanie and Skulduggery's witty repartee is most enjoyable, and the pacing is fast, with constant action and fight scenes during which the author neither sugarcoats the violence nor revels in it unnecessarily.»

Because the two artists involved, Jonas Wood and Shio Kusaka, are husband and wife, the exhibition «Still Life with Pots» offers insights into their visual dance, their evolving repartee of subject and object, perceiver and perceived.

Their lunchtime repartee was executed in high - speed hilarity with no holds barred, and the range of subjects that they covered was vast and frequently more than a little bit ribald.

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.

... they are rather like contributions to a casual conversation (the analogy sometimes being drawn with people chatting in a bar) which people simply note before moving on; they are often uninhibited, casual and ill thought out; those who participate know this and expect a certain amount of repartee or «give and take»...

I hated that part of me that wanted to engage him with more flirtatious repartee, but I know too well that it leads nowhere.

Faced with 18 clock hours of riveting classroom repartee combined with increasing costs of license renewal, I believe many of our senior statesmen will chose a graceful exit.

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

I had this wonderful opportunity to meet with Liz Lemon Swindle, an amazing artist with a beautiful vision and other amazing friends at Repartee Art Gallery a few weeks ago.