Sentences with phrase «second act comes»

Yet all of Marvel's phase three films and their tentative questioning of the underlying political ethos of the franchise feel like buildup for Black Panther, which in its second act comes very close to completely tearing down the Marvel Cinematic Universe en totale — and making viewers long for such a thing to happen.
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.

Not exact matches

Ultimately, second acts can and do happen — and they come when one least expects them.
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.
The second - highest effective rate increases would come in Alaska, where Affordable Care Act customers could see average price increases of 449 percent, Avalere found.
Which is to say that the path which the individual life must take is one of growth from nothingness to being, by attempting first to understand that one's life situation is ambiguous; second, by opening oneself up to the creative God - power within oneself and waiting for its revelation, however gradually it may come; and third, by acting upon its discovery.
So discipleship is learning the virtues of Jesus so that when the time comes that we are called to act then we can act out of our second nature to do what King Jesus tells us to do.
Second, do you think it is impossible for good to come out of the result of an evil act?
Bonhoeffer was executed in the last days of the Second World War in a vengeful act of cruelty by the Nazi regime which he had contested since Hitler came to power in 1933.
2 - 3), and whether it is apt to celebrate communion in the morning when Jesus instituted the Eucharist after supper (16.1 - 17.1), the pastor in Cyprian returns at the end of the letter to assure forgiveness to those who may have erred in good faith in the past (18.4), and requesting his people to recognise that since Christ's «second coming is now drawing near to us,» (18.4), it is incumbent upon them to act so that «He may find us upholding what He has counselled, observing what He has taught and doing what He Himself has done.»
Whether you believe in that or not, which I'm sure Jews do not, I think the Mormon Church has acted maturely and respectfully in «postponing» baptisms for deceased Holocaust victims until after Christ's Second Coming.
Consider that Act I. Act II came in the second half, as Villanova turned a relatively close game into a blowout and Michigan started to cut into that lead, and it felt safe to utter so - you're - saying - there's - a-chance.
Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!
We've seen Barzagli be the starting right - center back in a 3 -5-2 or come in to act like a closer - type player as Allegri switches from four - man defense to three - man backline in the second half.
The squad should return to a more senior looking line - up, with Gerrard and Suarez set to start, having almost pulled off a rescue act by coming on for the second half on Wednesday's game against Swansea.
An early goal in the second half acted as a catalyst, which galvanized the team further and help them come out on top.
around midnight i began to question my decision to have a home birth, & maria was getting tired... she called in a second midwife for support & my doula arrived from another birth... i was afraid of the power - i hadn't felt it like this in kayenn's birth... i was afraid that i would come apart - even though i had to - i know now that coming apart is a part of the process... someplace in the middle of this birth i realized that i did not know how to do this - i was acting against the birth process - literally & emotionally... i had a mental idea of what it should look, sound, smell, be like... after some hours maria checked me again, i had been at 9 cm for 4 hours... she said to me, «some babies can come through at 9 cm, but yours will not, sokhna... sokhna, you are going to have to fight to bring this baby out... go into the bathroom, get in the shower & work it out... «so i did... i went in the cold bathroom alone & remembered every cold detail of kayenn's birth... i wondered if i could get to the hospital on time to have an emergency c - section & i began to cry... & as i cried i had to go to the bathroom - i sat on the toilet & the rushes came down like nothing i can explain - but they didn't hurt - it was just POWER!
A little more than a year into his second act as the leader of the largest police force in America, Bill Bratton is just coming off a season in which he was forced to watch the profession he loves endure a nightmare.
Lau, who came second in the primary held on December 11, 2016, challenged the announcement of Umar, who was by then sacked as Acting Governor of Taraba State by the Supreme Court, as the winner of the primary.
When the first point was made, the second consideration comes with more questions about the acting of the military, meaning:
If so, the Kinderhook freshman needs to come up with a real strong second act.
Then comes a bonus second act.
Almost all of our senior management are non-Canadian, but all the second in command or the people coming up are Canadian, so we're acting as a school.»
A second attempt to detect long - sought Majorana fermions, particles that can act as their own antiparticle, has come up positive, suggesting the strange particles are real.
When the time comes, act swiftly and decisively, and resist the urge to give your sugar baby a second chance no matter how much time you have invested in here.
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.
In the controversial Fight Club (1999), Leto had a small part as a masochistic anarchist wannabe; in 2002's Panic Room, he played the most verbose and bumbling of the three burglars tormenting Jodie Foster's character.In the coming years, Leto would divide his time between an acting career and his rock band, 30 Seconds to Mars.
Bobby Moynihan, as the socially awkward Alex, comes dangerously close to wearing out his welcome in the second act but gets funnier the more cocaine he does.
His character comes to fruition in the second act and apart from being present during pivotal battle scenes, his character is not given enough time to establish, and so comes off rather bland and underwhelming.
It's an eloquent moment, and it comes just before the second act of the film, during which a cascade of ridicule and recrimination descends into revelations of adultery, betrayal, and racial invective, laying bare the core of unrest in the hearts of minds of hard - court heroes, once upon a time.
Here's the full list of 142 films that featured on our contributors» ballots: (Disclaimer: Luc Besson's Lucy didn't get a single vote - I just like this image of Scarlett sorting through stuff) 71 1001 Grams 12 Years a Slave 20,000 Days on Earth 22 Jump Street 52 Tuesdays A Girl at my Door A Most Violent Year A Most Wanted Man A Touch of Sin Aberdeen Alleluia American Sniper Birdman Black Coal, Thin Ice Blind Blue Ruin Boyhood Calvary Captain America: The Winter Soldier Casa Grande Chef Citizenfour Climbing to Spring Cold in July Danger 5 Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Der Samurai Duke of Burgundy Edge of Tomorrow Electric Boogaloo Enemy Fandry Force Majeure Frank Free Fall From What is Before Giovanni's Island Gone Girl Goodbye to Language Guardians of the Galaxy Haemoo Han Gong - ju Hard to be a God Horse Money Housebound Ida Inherent Vice Interstellar It Follows Jauja Jigarthanda Jodorowsky's Dune John Wick Killers Lady Maiko Les Combattants Leviathan Li'l Quinquin Life Itself Like Father Like Son Locke Love and Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere Magical Girl Maidan Man From Reno Melbourne Memphis Mommy National Gallery New World Nightcrawler Norte, The End of History Nymphomaniac Of Good Report Only Lovers Left Alive Over Your Dead Body Pale Moon Peaky Blinders Pride R100 Red Army Seven Weeks Sils Maria Snowpiercer Song of the Sea Sorrow and Joy Spring Stand By Me Doraemon Starred Up Starry Eyes Stray Dogs Texas Chain Saw Massacre The Act of Killing The Babadook The Dam Keeper The Double The Editor The Grand Budapest Hotel The Great Beauty The Great Passage The Guest The Hobbit The Internet's Own Boy The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness The Lego Movie The Missing Picture The One I Love The Overnighters The Penguins of Madagascar The Raid 2 The Sacrament The Second Game The Secret Life of Walter Mitty The Snow White Murder Case The Tale of the Princess Kaguya The Terror Live The Tribe The Wind Rises The Wolf of Wall Street The Wonders The World of Kanako These Final Hours They Came Together Tokyo Tribe Tusk Two Days, One Night Under the Skin Wadjda We Are The Best!
Arkin keeps the jokes coming during the middling second act.
And with this fantastic and freaky film finally hitting select theaters, now comes the return of the spoiler - packed conversations of Kristy Puchko and Rebecca Pahle, as they dive into the second act twist and shocking climax of Colossal.
The first act came out in early 2014; the second didn't make it to stores until April of 2015, more than three years after the Kickstarter concluded.
The second half of the picture works much better, which is unusual, since many musicals have a strong first act to which the second can't compare (The Sound of Music, Funny Girl, and Fiddler on the Roof immediately come to mind).
For some reason acting always seems to come second in the horror genre... or third or fourth and sometimes not even at all.
But as you can guess, it's not that easy and a few naked speed bumps come up along the way, causing quite the intense climax in the end of the second act.
Things take a long time to really come together, the second act drags, and the story sometimes feels minor compared to the on - screen visuals.
Acting Career: After leaving San Francisco, Annette Bening moved to New York, where her stage debut came off - Broadway with the Second Stage Theatre, playing Holly Dancer in Coastal Disturbances, alongside Tim Daly.
The film plays it coy with the details, until the various pieces of its puzzle come together in the third act, as the brothers to explore even stranger things — a dead body and its living counterpart existing side by side, a grisly scene in a tent that repeats itself every few seconds, even more visual hints left by an entity that seems to see everything.
Even though it features some excellent performances and a great story, Being Flynn isn't without its faults most notably the pacing which leaves the film dragging through the second act when Jonathan comes into the shelter for the first time.
Brooklynn Prince, «The Florida Project:» The year's most startling and realistic performance came from this 7 - year - old, who was so authentic on screen it never felt for a second like she was acting.
The Mirando Corporation, run by the eccentric CEO Lucy Mirando (Swinton), reclaims Okja, who they view as their property, and this brings the film into a second act that shifts gears again, now into road movie / adventure mode ---- with coming - of - age fundamentals ---- as Mija, now in cahoots with members of the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), heads from Korea to New York.
Not for even a second of its remarkably short running time does this strange concoction come even close to being scary, and you'll have a tough time working out where the bad acting stops and the tongue - in - cheek stuff begins.
With nothing else for the villain to do until the finale, he's shipped off to an asylum, although that's at least more convincing than the way the screenplay forces in a second bad guy in the movie's final act in order to trigger the movie's genuine climax, which comes after another battle with Electro over the fate of New York City's central power plant.
Crazy Stupid Love Rated PG - 13 for coarse humor, sexual content and language Available on DVD and Blu - ray This romantic comedy about love, loss and pain comes on strong with a terrific first and second act, only to be brought down several notches by its ridiculous third.
The biggest one for Spotlight is that for the second day in a row, the most likely contenders for acting prizes and nominations from the film, Michael Keaton and Mark Ruffalo (both previous Oscar nominees) have come up short.
And while the film marks only Monáe's second live - action feature, between this and «Moonlight,» acting work is sure to come to the six - time Grammy - nominated musician soon enough.
With a powerful second - generation Intel Core i5 CPU and two discrete Nvidia video cards that act as an efficient tag team, this PC can handle any game or productivity application that comes its way.
Valiant Entertainment is the second coming of a publisher that was, in its time, one of the real innovators in the comics industry, and the new kids (some of whom are actually the old kids doing a second act) have shown they have a trick or two up their sleeve.
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