Sentences with phrase «series of nods»

No del Toro production encapsulates his romantic fascination with horror better than Crimson Peak, a picture that harkens back to the days of Hammer Horror and makes a series of nods to the likes of Mario Bava, Charlotte Brontë, and Charles Perrault.

Throne - Holst's endorsement from Bishop, unseated by Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin in 2014, caps a series of nods she's received from Democratic elected officials in New York in the lead up to the June primary against Dave Calone.

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The wilderness - shooter video game series has long been a sort of self - caricature, an unapologetic shoot - em - up that winks and nods at the genre itself, and for its newest iteration, Far Cry turns an eye toward Christian culture — barely.

«Filled with classic English recipes inspired by the series, tidbits about the denizens of Downton Abbey, and plenty of asides guaranteed to make a true fan smile and nod knowingly.»

Shortly before Christmas, parliament nodded through a statutory instrument that, its detractors said, put in place a series of ill - considered regulations governing the sexual practices UK citizens might view through the medium of video on demand.

Alas the nod to the famous rapper went uncommented upon by a series of MPs, but it was finally recognised by the SNP's Gavin Newlands.

It's in this greyed - out, apocalyptic scenario that Bryan Singer's film lays out its basic plot line: with their backs against the wall in the present tense, the X-Men (or what's left of them following a series of Sentinel raids) opt to send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)-- or at least his consciousness — back in time 50 years so that his younger self can try to alter this chronology — a scheme that nods to H.G. Wells and Harlan Ellison (as well as the X-Men comics series).

In 2007, McCarthy was cast in a supporting role alongside Christina Applegate on the ABC comedy Sam I Am.She found genuine success with the sitcom Molly and Me, playing one - half of a weight - challenged couple opposite Billy Gardel and earning an Emmy nod for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.

Premium pay channel HBO dominated the nominations Thursday for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, earning a stunning 104 nods, including honors for its two freshman series, «Game of Thrones» and «Boardwalk Empire,» as well as the acclaimed miniseries «Mildred Pierce» and the TV movies «Cinema Verite» and «Too Big to Fail,» about the nation's banking crisis.

On the television side, Netflix's political drama «House of Cards» led nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Awards, taking three nods for best actor (Kevin Spacey), best actress (Robin Wright) and best cast performance in a drama series.

The Cooler Gang nods pensively during their discussion of David Fincher's acclaimed Netflix series Mindhunter, starring Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallany.This week at the Water Cooler, we're looking at David Fincher's newest Netflix...

Condon attempts to use metaphors for the significance of each act through a series of visuals of a virtual room of users, all of whom seem to be Assange himself, a nod to the fact that Assange was a chihuahua puffed up to try to look like a big dog through the creation of a bunch of alias sources claiming to be working for WikiLeaks.

In a series of tweets from various users, references from Scarface, to renaming his classic Harry Potter films and a nod to the current «Yanny vs. Laurel» debate are notable standouts.

Nods in Program of the Year, Writing, Directing, three Acting nominations and Variety Series make it the story of the day.

Best actor in a TV movie or limited series Robert De Niro, «The Wizard of Lies» (HBO) Jude Law, «The Young Pope» (HBO) Kyle MacLachlan, «Twin Peaks» (Showtime) Ewan McGregor, «Fargo» (FX) Geoffrey Rush, «Genius» (National Geographic) IMMEDIATE REACTION: This category shaped up as expected, with movie stars on premium cable along with a nod for MacLachlan in the highly anticipated return of «Twin Peaks.»

The latest Transformers title from High Moon Studios isn't set in the classic universe, it isn't set in the Michael Bay universe, it's more of a reboot of the series with several nods to the classic franchise.

Veep, which ended Modern Family's five - year win streak last year and has 17 nods, was stronger, funnier and more biting than ever even in the absence of series creator Armando Iannucci.

Perfectly striking the series» balance between nodding to the peerless original film by creating a wholly new story within a similar loopy, darkly skewed universe, Tolman's Molly Solverson (love the name incidentally, since she does do a lot of solving) evokes Frances McDormand's Marge Gunderson but never imitates her.

This running joke of the Metal Gear series is a nod to the fans, who always have to wait several years for a new entry in Snake's adventures.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominees for the 75th annual awards show during a live broadcast on Monday morning, which included plenty of familiar faces, including Issa Rae, who landing a nod for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series for Season 2 of her HBO comedy Insecure.

The film noir put out inky tendrils in many existent genres, forever altering even the Western (Anthony Mann, perhaps the most gifted director associated with the new vision, the new mode, also began his remarkable series of James Stewart Westerns in this era: Winchester» 73, The Naked Spur, etc.); and certainly its temperamental affinities to the science - fiction film, a prime manifestation of the McCarthy era, are worth a nod.

Originally, Oscar - winning director Sam Mendes said he felt «physically ill» at the prospect of returning to the spy series — even after smashing box office records and racking up awards nods.

For one, most of the gear nods back in some way or another to classic titles in the Zelda series, something which long - time fans will no doubt get a kick out of.

Martin Campbell (The Legend of Zorro, Vertical Limit) returns as director of a 007 adventure, and this is his second time dealing with a new Bond, as well as a new direction for the series, with his last venture being Pierce Brosnan's debut, GoldenEye, arguably the best post-Connery Bond film (I'd give a nod to The Spy Who Loved Me).

The fifth entry in the dark - as - death survival horror series improves rapidly after a dull first few hours, but you can't escape the feeling that it's a pseudo pastiche of Silent Hill 2, with clunky cameos from Pyramid Head and nods to previous events.

Frozen (2010) Writer / director Adam Green has made a name in the industry with a series of unwatchably bad boogeyman slashers brimming with genre has - beens in wink - and - nod cameos.

The Sinner also picked up a nod in best - limited series or TV movie, which may have contributed to the surprising denial of Twin Peaks in that category.

Earlier this year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences responded to the #OscarsSoWhite campaign with a series of wide - sweeping promises, intended to improve the representation of minority actors, writers, and directors in its future nominations, as well as the makeup of the committee that determines those nods.

The third «Star Trek» film featuring the latest cast and crew received praise for playing like a really strong episode of the series instead of the nostalgia - based nods to the original series from the two J.J. Abrams films.

He's twice competed for the Palme d'Or and his first entry, 2009's «I Killed My Mother,» pulled in a series of awards and nods independent from its SCAD win, which goes to the best film in the Directors» Fortnight section.

In the television categories, Vallée's Emmy - winning Big Little Lies earned a number of acting nods (Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgard) as well as best limited series.

Meanwhile, the HBO series Big Little Lies, directed by Montreal's Jean - Marc Vallée, is in the running for six trophies while Guillermo del Toro's Cold War - era fairy tale The Shape of Water, which was shot in Toronto and Hamilton, earned a leading seven nods.

There are nods to the Steamworld Dig series throughout Heist but the majority of the gameplay is focused on a tactical combat and movement system that lets control a party of steam - powered robots.

Rather, it was Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond that delivered franchise - movie goods with a minimum of bombast, plus nods to its series» past that felt elegant or clever, rather than like the missing first 20 pages of some overwritten instruction manual.

In the second episode of Fox's horror comedy Scream Queens, the show's star Jamie Lee Curtis gave a subtle nod to her own scream queen past with a head tilt that she said was an homage to her Halloween fans, but in this year's Season 2 Halloween episode, the series gave a much bigger shout out to Michael Myers himself, as well as Jason Voorhees and... Mike Myers.

Best known beforehand for his «OSS 17 «series of spy parodies, his latest film, the silent movie homage «The Artist,» has become beloved by critics and audiences alike since it premiered at Cannes, and is now on course to sweep the Oscars, with nods for the film, the director, and stars Jean Dujardin and Berenice Bejo all but guaranteed.

Mindy Kaling, the creator and star of self - titled show, didn't get a nod from the civil rights group, but Amber Riley of «Glee» was singled out with a nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series.

Fans of Fire Emblem will recognize this nod to Fates» heavy focus on epic family drama, which could mean Warriors was attempting to poke fun at the series» heavy - handed stories, but there's not enough humor to justify it as fact.

I was lucky enough to check it out beforehand, and the movie serves as an extremely faithful adaptation and expansion of the first three games, with several nods to the series» long and nightmarish history.

Although in many schools these are seen as obligatory nods toward parent involvement, at Dewey these activities are part of a strategic series of initiatives designed to ensure that everyone understands the basic goals, philosophy, and work of the school.

In a defiant nod to the «dull lifestyle» minivan image, Toyota created a series of «Swagger Wagon» videos on YouTube featuring rapping parents.

Other nods to BMW heritage on car number 25 include images of the M1 race car from 1980, the BMW V12 LMR which claimed a Le Mans and Sebring win back in 1999 and a picture of an M3 GT which claimed every title in its class in the 2011 American Le Mans Series.

Thankfully there's still a nod to the analogue generation in the instrument panel where the traditional rev counter resides at the centre of a series of digital dials.

It sits on a skirt of exposed carbonfibre which is also a nod to it being the first series production Aston with all the outer body panels formed of carbonfibre.

of torque, gets the nod for the TRD Pro Series, as well.

He's producing and directing a pilot for a series called «All Signs of Death,» based on Charlie Huston's thriller The Mysterious Art of Erasing All Signs of Death (which got a 2009 Edgar nod for Best Novel).

High Crimes, Lazarus, Rat Queens, Sex Criminals and Watson and Holmes are some of the new series that are given nods this year.

«We're very proud to continue delivering a truly unlimited library of content with no limitations as to what our readers can consume,» said ComicBlitz founder Jordan Plosky in a statement, a subtle nod toward his service's policy of allowing users to read all volumes in a series.

In what feels like a knowing nod to the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War series» capturing command points is key.

Game and Wario is chock - full of nods to Rhythm Heaven, including some games that actually are 100 % focused on the series.