Sentences with phrase «saccharine at»

Among the shows she has curated are Ripe at Tape Museum, Saccharine at D12 Grimmuseum, both in Berlin, and Regional Delicacies at the Bastakiya Art Fair in Dubai.
So while «CARS 3» can scan as a touch bland and saccharine at times, the details, which color this as a labor of love, make all the difference.
What transpires is a plot that is predictable and saccharine at almost every turn so don't expect even the slightest hint of grit or darkness.

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Sure, we've all heard this sugary - sweet - saccharine pep talk before, and it seems awfully predictable at first: Oooh!
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At its worst, this strategy of translation does to the language of Psalms what colorization does to a fine black and white film, as when «Let your mercy come to me, that I may live» becomes the saccharine «Shower my life with tenderness» (119:77).
Clearly, traditional Christmas carols can't be sung (there's a large university near where I live that attracts graduate students from all over the world, as well as a substantial local Jewish community, and probably not more than 60 or 70 percent of the children at the school are from even nominally Christian households), so most of the singing is of songs of the saccharine - secular genre — songs like «White Christmas.»
But, despite my Eeyorish inclination, I could not suppress a grin at one of the saccharine ones: IF GOD HAD A REFRIGERATOR, YOUR PICTURE WOULD BE ON IT.
From the Vicar of Dibley, to the saccharine, soporific «Songs of Praise» (with apologies to all those who love either of these shows), the BBC reminds me of Religious Education at school.
I had a small piece of shop - bought cheesecake at a friend's house the other day, and it tastes saccharine sweet, so my taste buds are changing I made these brownies but I didn't realise it was powder, as the recipe just states «raw cacao», so I bought nibs but milled them using the milling blade in my nutribullet.
It's a saccharine and horrible cliche, but it's a miracle that we got through the third and fourth rounds at Baltusrol and doled out the Wanamaker Trophy to new champion Jimmy Walker before Monday.
Such a saccharine scene might have flown in Kevin Arnold's house; at a big league ballyard, it's a bit of a stretch.
But I'm going to try!!!!!!!!!!! I do not eat sugar, nor substitutes, nor aspartame, saccharine, stevia - due to the processing, and have stopped yacon and agave - especially since Agave is now being touted as being cooked at a high temps before packaging.
Studies show that if you consume artificial sweeteners like saccharine and aspartame, you're at an increased risk of weight gain, diabetes and heart attacks.
The scalloped details at the arms and hem feel less saccharine in a bold citrus hue.
Lisa: I'm averse to overtly girly saccharine style because it doesn't reflect my style or personality at all.
And very rarely does a dress come along that manages to be all colors and all levels of saccharine cuteness at once.
His first few attempts at «serious» filmmaking wound up as misguided, overly saccharine efforts like The Color Purple, Empire of the Sun and Always.
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The film isn't perfect but neither was the book (I'm looking at you, saccharine epilogue).
Even at its most saccharine, it was a dependable genre, the type that left you in a kind of terrible movie heaven of enjoyably unlikely plot premises, clueslessly fated lovers, and fairytale endings.
And while it drifts into saccharine inanity at times, it's mainly enjoyable and funny.
At a lumbering 120 minutes, the film is padded to the breaking point with cloying scenes of Culkin cuteness, saccharine Christmas - spirit references, and product placement galore.
The conflict at the film's center is a familiar standoff between good and evil (or «love and war»), and the romantic aspects occasionally become quite saccharine, but the fusion of mythological elements, period settings, comedy, and standard superhero action makes for an entertaining experience that's more than the sum of its parts.
Like so many horrible movies of this mongrel breed, however, both Antwone Fisher and Evelyn are so uncompromising in their saccharine manipulations that nurses should stand at theatre entrances, passing out hypodermics of insulin.
It's kind of a Christmas movie — it takes place at Christmas — and it's this gentle, thoughtful, sweet but never saccharine or even really acknowledging its sweetness sweet movie.
With no hint of saccharine or Hollywood mush, Bobby is unable to detach emotionally from those who live at the hotel, not because he is soft, but rather because he is human.
The first half of this early glimpse really makes it look like a return to character study form for Crowe, while the second half lays on the heavy saccharine (I winced at «I like the animals, but I love the humans»).
The apples are tarter than the saccharine - sweet pie I had at Schmucker's the day before, but it's a refreshing change; it also pairs well with the walnuts» flavor.
Cutesy without being saccharine is a tough line to walk (I'm looking at you Undertale) and Dandy Dungeon is the first game I've seen in a very long time that manages to tow it just right.
If this sounds all too saccharine, on second look, complex themes of gendered conventions of representation are at play.
Another prize given by these judges who probably do know their Degas fairly well from the handsome show of his work seen at the Philadelphia Museum a few years ago, went to the thoroughly charming if slightly saccharine White Ballet by Everett Shinn.
Sean Raspet's large installation of transparent plastic tanks filled with water infused with the chemicals that create artificial grape flavor for drinks of all saccharine varieties were boldly clunked at the entrance to Société Berlin's booth creating a wall unto themselves.
Griffin's subject matter and style are at once saccharine, cutting and playful.
Beninati's figurative works, at once saccharine and acidic in color, immerse the viewer in a dream state of innocence with a lurking malevolence.
The buzz around Fred Tomaselli's meticulous painting - collage hybrids frequently centers on the work's more loaded materials — ephedrine, aspirin, saccharine, an assortment of brand - name pharmaceuticals, marijuana, and other psychoactive plants — which Tomaselli assembles into kaleidoscopic patterns and scenes; looking at his pictures, one might infer that «using» a drug as a raw material should constitute or symbolize «being on drugs.»
Ship of Fools, Ship Adrift (2010) derives from a saccharine nautical scene, and is reworked as an eight ton, black - bronze carnival at sea.
Her style is akin to a Wes Anderson film: quirky, sweet but not saccharine, and seeming to inhabit at once the present and an earlier time.
Emily Sundblad at Algus Greenspon, Art Basel, Nova This saccharine Swede makes delectable quotidian paintings of things such as flowers, taxis and even oversized invites to her own shows but always with the deft and sexy paint - handling of a full - blooded dandy (or perhaps, dandette.)
Apple's video ad for this system --» Apple in Education,» because the system is aimed ostensibly at writers of textbooks — gives you a decent sense of what's possible, once you get past the somewhat saccharine and trite testimonials about teaching.
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