Sentences with phrase «second act»

A split - second act of violence forever changes the lives of two»90s kids.

Has he lost his way as a painter, or discovered an important second act as a sculptor?

That said, he deserves full credit for the strong second act and the realistic scenario.

Make the pot pie one night, and keep pasta and parsley on hand for a surprising second act.

When the film does hit its climax, the fun comes back into play, but it's been a long second act to get to it.

For her sake, here's hoping she proves them all wrong, and that she's able to come up with enough second acts to sustain her career for years to come.

It's just unfortunate that it went off the rails in its uneven second act.

Although the movie runs into some problems during its bloated second act, the ending is rewarding enough to make it all worthwhile.

It felt natural then to move on to Anke Kempkes, a dealer who specializes in second acts.

I love the brilliantly paced and lovingly lit second act when Evey is taken prisoner and we learn Valerie's heartbreaking story.

Babers» career has twice been propelled by second acts.

(Batter adapted from Second Act Kitchen's blueberry muffins.

There is a moment in the early second act where Jesse (Radnor) and Zibby (Olsen in full manic pixie dream girl mode, and yes, she goes by Zibby instead of Liz or Elizabeth because that makes her quirky or something) exchange letters that include such chestnuts as «I was listening to the overture and as the music began to swell I suddenly realized that: I had hands.

Once you're a pathetic pile of garbage in some piss - stained pants, Dark Souls «second act begins.

One of my biggest disappointments this year was that Broken Age's second act didn't make its way to Steam in time for me to list the game as a whole on my top ten.

There is no explanation for the numerous references to the titular Johnny Mercer tune and too much of its slower second act churns along without fresh ideas.

Author David Foster Wallace has a surprising lesson about second acts: they come when you least expect them.

He agreed to put in the baffling «Thor Cave» scene (which makes no more sense now than it did then) and they let him have an extended second act with the Avengers hanging out on Hawkeye's farm.

There's little doubt, then, that the comparatively traditional second act comes off as palpably erratic, with Kubrick offering up an almost equal mix of engaging and padded - out sequences - although, to be fair, it's impossible to deny that when Full Metal Jacket is cooking, it's really cooking.

Midway through The Night Before, I was envisioning making this hilarious holiday spin on The Hangover a regular Christmas movie tradition until that wretched second act happened.

Pursuing their own second acts after long careers in public mental health, the evocative writing of psychologist / journalist Irene S. Levine is enriched by the photos of her psychiatrist / husband Jerome.

The late second act scene to awkwardly shove it into the continuity of the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes exactly when expected (and it easily the most egregious since Hawkeye showed up in

Steve Jobs bans all books published by John Wiley & Sons from Apple's retail store after Wiley announces plans to release an unauthorized biography of the late Apple founder titled iCon: Steve Jobs, The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business The New York Times, April 2005.

The other is a world that has enjoyed a brief intermission prior to a terrific second act in which an even larger share of credit losses will be taken, and in which the range of policy choices will be more restricted because we've already issued more government liabilities than a banana republic, and will steeply debase our currency if we do it again.

As is, Hamels isn't as impressive as he used to be, so unless he has a Verlander - ish second act up his sleeve, this duo definitely benefits from nostalgia in these rankings.

An unexpectedly nuanced second act follows, leading to a muted conclusion that leaves this study of rural Russian society with a powerful message.

The actress was spotted in New York City filming scenes for the film Second Act with a long bob that hits just below her shoulders and has clean, blunt ends.

«Snitch» is passable thanks to a sturdy second act and a decent performance by Dwayne Johnson, but it's never captivating.

Playing an aging singer who helps reassemble a famously fractured rock act 20 years after an ugly break - up, Still Crazy launched an incredibly successful second act to Nighy's career, landing roles in such hit films as Love Actually, the Underworld saga, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Valkyrie, About Time and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1.

It perhaps takes a bit too long to get there (DeHaan spends the majority of the elongated second act of the film hobbling his way through endless corridors looking for secrets and mostly just finding eels — seriously, there are a lot of eels in this movie), but there's an allure to the film that is often undeniable.

If The Singing Detective seems an electrifying beginning to his own second act, it's perhaps because he has now found focus in his work.

However, its slow pacing and dedication to Ben's recovery in the first and second act show that there's more to this film than easy comparisons.

But true to the tedious spirit of political suspense stories, it will be a four - year second act in which individual countries finalize their respective climate action targets that will etch the legacy of the summit in stone.

As far as second acts go, public life in post-imperial Britain offers two distinct options.

Spending as much time in as many parts of the ship as we do, the inevitable second act troubles pain us not only for the threat to human life but for the damage to be incurred by this enchanting shared space, an engineering achievement of incalculable hubris.

The viscous black seas of Oil Ocean Zone (which appear halfway through the game) make the boss in that area's second act particularly tricky, to the point that I saw the «Game Over» screen more than once.

In Bitcoin they've found a lucrative second act.

Selling to a search fund gives an owner the opportunity to quickly transition out of the CEO role, liquidate his position in the business and move on to his preferred second act.

Decker is a key member of the team, led by CEO Terry Semel, that set the strategy for Yahoo's post-bubble second act.

For co-founder Henry Blodget, the sale of Business Insider caps a remarkable second act: A former securities analyst during the dot - com bubble of the late 1990s, Blodget was charged with fraud in 2002 for publicly promoting stocks that he was privately skeptical about.

He fixed himself when his career was tanking in 2011, and he fixed himself again to put on a brilliant second act in 2017.

This was a four - game career of two distinct halves; a promising two - game first act completely obliterated by an appalling, two - game second act.

Then comes a bonus second act.

But the disease is having a disturbing second act in Bangladesh.

Whatever the basis, the initial odd tingling grows until it reaches a level that triggers the far more animated second act.