Sentences with phrase «screen plays host»

A tiny 5 - inch touch screen plays host to maps and music libraries.

Movies, though, were a little different since they began life as a social activity, the cinemas screening them playing host to dozens or even hundreds of people.

Not exact matches

Encased with multiple flat screen TV's, and comfortable lounge seating in an open industrial - chic layout, the space plays host a trendy, young professional crowd in Midtown.

Jeana Lee Tahnk hosts her Screen Play blog on Parenting Magazine.

Murray is just one of a host of names lending their tonsil talents as the CG animals surrounding Mowgli, played physically on screen by ten - year - old.

However, besides playing host to one of the best gaming libraries of the past few years there are still a few notable releases making their way to the dual screen handheld.

When Hammer arrived a few weeks later, Chalamet was familiar enough with the landscape and the language that the actors» real - life dynamic — as host and visitor — mirrored what they would play on - screen.

Director Guy Ritchie steps in periodically as a combination commentator and host to discuss the production and deconstruct key scenes (with illustrative video playing in the corner), and rest is filled with picture - in - picture interviews, behind - the - scenes footage and mini-featurette «focus points» (which can also be viewed individually at full screen).

Enamored host Michael Dunaway plays excerpts of interviews with cast and crew members (director Scott Teems, actors Ray McKinnon and Carrie Preston, cinematographer Rodney Taylor, music supervisor Linda Cohen), while behind - the - scenes photos, publicity stills, and silent clips from the movie appear on screen.

Untraceable (Screen Gems, January 25) Starring: Diane Lane, Colin Hanks, Erin Carufel Director: Gregory Hoblit Rating: R The Pitch: Lane plays a «cybercop» who helps the LAPD catch the bad guys from the comfort of her desk — until, that is, the department discovers an «untraceable» site that's hosting live murders.

In our conversation he talks about why he likes working on stage and screen projects with the film's writer - director Martin McDonagh as well as several other top - flight helmers he has acted for in the past including George Clooney — with whom he says he grew close to over the course of two years he spent with him on Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind in which Rockwell played Chuck Barris, the game show host who claimed he was a CIA agent.

,» hosted by Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas, played a seminal role in getting the film to the big screen.

Keep the competition going with «Season» and «Race Now» modes, unique invitational events and an enhanced online multiplayer system, which hosts up to 16 players (on Xbox 360 and PlayStation3 system only), as well as local split screen play.

Dame Maggie Smith is, as usual, a charming screen presence, here a wily senior citizen (she's actually a good decade younger than the woman she's playing) with a host of secrets up her sleeve, though she's really reduced to a mere prop, the catalyst for Mathias» awakening.

The Iron Man sequels particularly suffered here: they lobbed a host of villains at the screen, from nutty henchmen like Mickey Rourke and Ben Kingsley to white collar technocrats played by Sam Rockwell and Guy Pearce, but each film ended in the same way: a pitched battle with a bunch of robots.

Pinball FX2 offers brand new tables and a host of new features and improvements: new state - of - the - art physics model that surpasses anything available so far, full compatibility for Pinball FX owners, online races, hotseat and split - screen multiplayer modes, Operators Menu with custom settings and advanced play info.

Listen in as the hosts discuss what plot lines (if any) they'd like to see on the big screen, and should possibly play some of these iconic roles.

It also plays host to a mix of new and old equipment, adopting an integrated (not floating) centre screen in 6.5 and 8.8 - inch format, the option of ConnectedDrive with head - up display (familiar to the new X5) and BMW's Driver Assistant Package with stop - and - go active cruise control, autonomous braking and collision avoidance systems and revised self - parking technology.

The wide center stack plays host to the LCD navigation screen as well as functions for the climate control and audio systems.

Describing the Windows 8 Surface tablet as a «full PC,» Microsoft has paired its Pro model iPad competitor with an impressive 1920 x 1080p Full HD ClearType screen with the metal backed tablet playing host to a full size USB 3.0 connector and the option of 64 GB or 128 GB storage capacities.

It comes with the Optimus 3.0 UI that tags along a host of goodies such as QuickTranslator, QuickMemo, Dual Screen Dual Play, SmartShutter, SmartStay and more.

The Motorola has managed to get the first punch in with its tidy dimensions, despite playing host to a larger screen.

LG Nexus 4 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean OS, sporting a 4.7 - inch LCD screen (1280 x 768 pixels), powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro chipset with quad - core processor at 1.5 GHz, 2 GB RAM to keep things running, an 8 megapixel main camera with LED flash to record 1080p HD videos, 1.2 MP front - facing camera for forwarding video chats, 8 GB on - board storage, NFC capability, micro USB 2.0, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11 Wi - Fi a / b / g / n, access to Google Play Store, a whole host of the Google services, 2,100 mAh battery to keep power everything and a whole host of the regular features of an Android phone.

The hotel has played host to royalty, world leaders and legends of the stage and screen.

Inside a 19th - century red - brick building, Covent Garden Hotel is an exhibition of theatrical, quintessentially British design that plays host to a fireside bar - cum - library and a private 47 - person screening room and film club.

The setting that plays host to all this mayhem is a beautiful world to live in, with colours assaulting your screen from orange rooftops, and pretty flowers all about.

Keep the competition going with «Season» and «Race Now» modes, unique invitational events and an enhanced online multiplayer system, which hosts up to 16 players (on Xbox 360 and PlayStation ® 3 system only), as well as local split screen play.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

The screen seemed huge and while the promise of console quality games wasn't ever quite achievable it played host to some of my favourite series of all time.

Gamers who already own a PS3 or PS4 get the added bonus of Remote Play, Second Screen and a host of other features.

Murray played a demo of the visually rich game on a big screen behind Colbert's desk and the comedian talk show host was nothing short of floored by it.

Our newly renovated site in 6 Burlington Gardens plays host to a lively programme of DJs, parties and film screenings.

We host a myriad of events ranging from video screenings, 16 mm projections, performance art salon series, lectures, painting classes, zine release parties, readings, knitting / craft circles, and we are currently in the midst of rehearsals for our first immersive play of a modern adaptation of The Symposium by Plato, that will debut February 7th.

Not just a visual feast, soon the Pavilion will play host to a programme of Park Nights, consisting of performances, film screenings and talks on selected Friday evenings over the next few months.

It feels like a toy playing host to powerful components, and a brilliant 15.6 - inch screen.

Gamers who already own a PS3 or PS4 get the added bonus of Remote Play, Second Screen and a host of other features.