Sentences with phrase «rousing moment»

There's one gently rousing moment near the end: a campfire sing - along that finds Mia and Adam joining in an impromptu rendition of the Smashing Pumpkins» «Today.»

The most rousing moment in The Magnificent Seven comes after the action has already concluded, when the credits roll to the emphatic accompaniment of Elmer Bernstein's iconic 1960 score.

This is when the Zemeckis of «Back to the Future» shows up, marshalling a winning looseness with the actors, vivid 3D cinematography, a palpable sense of weather and danger, and an emotionally rousing moment when Petit salutes the city below.

They're more suited to straight - ahead manipulations, such as the rousing moment when Thor acquires a much - needed replacement weapon.

Former President Bill Clinton will speak tonight at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Charlotte and many convention - goers predict a rousing moment that will assuage America's doubts about President Obama's qualifications for a second term.

Likewise, there are rousing moments that Maggie Smith has waited eight films for.

The film is decently well shot, and does have it's occasional rousing moments, but in the end, I personally prefer John Singleton's Four Brothers.

His speeches are every bit as artificial and scripted as Damon's misguided, exploitative pitches for «helping» people by drilling their land, but they are presented as if Lincoln's lost addresses, rousing moments of truth to power.

The good news is, most of them are fun, and there are enough rousing moments to elevate the movie to Marvel's top tier.

But for the most part, it manages to balance laughs, genuinely rousing moments, and a fully packed agenda into something fleet enough to keep running under the weight of its rich ambitions.

Not exact matches

Rome (CNN)- The photo roused emotions and sparked conversations around the world - but the man at the center of the image says the moment left him speechless.

It's a pretty incredible moment and definitely cool to hear the rousing applause the crowd gave him afterwards.

Victory on Sunday, despite their opponents being under the weather at the moment, would cause similar ripples of stunned silence and shock should they overhaul the English champions in front of what should be a rousing Blackburn support.

A lot of people do that — it's simply taking a moment to see if it's a sleep noise, a minor rouse, or something more.

One of the oldest black institutions in Brooklyn, the church has played host to Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman; Congressman Hakeem Jeffries had just given a rousing speech, putting the current political moment into context by recalling how this community had survived slavery and Jim Crow (not to mention Nixon, Reagan, and George W. Bush).

After Wednesday's rousing speeches, there was a quiet, thoughtful moment.

An adventurous rouse waiting for the moment to captivate a sensual desire.

Hailed as the prime successor to Garth Brooks in the new millennium — both for his rousing, Southern - fried honky tonk tunes and his laid - back countrypolitan ballads — country and western performer Tim McGraw shot to fame on the basis of his sophomore recording, the 1994 Curb release Not a Moment Too Soon, which sold over five million copies and heralded the arrival of a major new superstar.

There are moments in Les Misérables, the movie musical adaptation from The King's Speech director Tom Hooper, that are so rumbling and rousing and righteous that certain people might be immediately transported back into the theater seat where they, smaller of body but probably bigger of heart, first fell in love with the sweep and swoon of musical theater.

The rousing finale's done excellently though a random subplot involving Bronson's old mentor (Christopher Walken) deflates the excitement for an excruciating few moments.

Quite easily the night's standout moment was Oprah's rousing speech which will be the headline - maker come tomorrow.

Thanks to that rousing third act, good performances, and a few fine moments of suspense, «Jurassic World» succeeds as an enjoyable piece of popcorn entertainment, in spite of its troubled first hour.

Dialing up Arcade Fire, Of Monsters and Men, and The Lumineers (and practically every other contemporary band you can think of that writes rousing, lighter - raising pop hymns), the two - thirds mark of the movie is essentially defined by sequences serving as launch pads for yet another life affirming music moment (the score by Theodore Shapiro also employs the help of autumnal indie pop troubadour Jose Gonzalez to mildly better effect).

by Walter Chaw Bearing no relationship to the Gore Vidal biography with which it shares its name, Steven Spielberg's predictably uneven Lincoln features moments of real grandeur narrated to death by John Williams's inspiring ™ and rousing ™ score.

Best Adapted Screenplay winner Graham Moore brought home the sole trophy for the Weinstein - backed «The Imitation Game,» and gave a startlingly rousing speech, confessing that he had attempted suicide as a teenager, and wanted his award to inspire people in their moments of hopelessness.

Ultimately, Stephen Frears» (High Fidelity, The Grifters) dessert film is worth seeing for the splendid moments, but this isn't the rousing and meaningful film that merits must - see status for those not into films about the theatre.

Sure, it delivers on spectacle with rousing big moments teamed with the swelling of the now iconic musical score and songs.

Though the film boasts some fantastic visuals and rousing action that's entertaining in the moment, it's a fairly generic monster movie (think «Starship Troopers» in Ancient China) that's hindered by its formulaic and underdeveloped story.

Mexican best - director winner Guillermo del Toro spoke forcefully about immigration and erasing lines in the sand when he accepted his trophy, while McDormand's big moment was both a rousing act of unity and a telling display of the need for further progress — there was a dismayingly small amount of female nominees there to stand up when called upon.

Laugh - out - loud funny one moment and horribly sad the next, Wolfenstein II is one of the most rousing narratives of rebellion in a year full of them.

More than any award handed out Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, Winfrey's moment — one greeted by a rousing, ongoing standing ovation and that left many attendees and viewers in tears — encapsulated the «Me Too» mood at an atypically powerful Golden Globes.

Rango» — The Bat Chase There are a number of spiritedly strange moments in Gore Verbinski's animated delight «Rango,» but the most rousing, the most jaw - dropping, the most hilarious and weird, has to be a prolonged chase sequence involving a stagecoach getting pulled by a boar and a horde of inbred rodents riding bats and firing Gatling guns.

by Walter Chaw Joe Wright's propulsive, compelling, awards - season prestige biopic Darkest Hour finds Gary Oldman in fine fettle, delivering a rousing performance as WWII - era Winston Churchill, from the moment of his usurpation of Neville Chamberlain (Ronald Pickup) for the Prime Minister - ship through to the beginning of the evacuation of Dunkirk.

In the night's most stirring moment, Oprah Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille award by giving a rousing speech, calling out sexual harassers around the world: «Their time is up.»

The steering is alive in your hands and the moment you squeeze the throttle and rouse the V12, you know that it's driving the rear wheels and that the engine and chassis are minutely responsive.

It's a car with vivid performance, a tremendous warmth of character and a rousing delivery that grips you from the moment you press that big red starter button and never lets you go.

His images also call on moments in art history, while simultaneously rousing a confused image of the American Dream in the 21st Century.

Do you remember the moment that you realized that the real power of law doesn't often come glamorously packaged as a rousing argument to the jury or a heartfelt plea for justice, but rather in the somewhat mundane, nuts and bolts form of a dull procedural argument, or an overlooked scrap of evidence?