Sentences with phrase «serves as the movies»

Alessandro Nivola mostly just scowls as Terry Hobbs, whose wife, Pam (Reese Witherspoon), serves as the movie's emotional fulcrum, while firebrand John Mark Byers (Kevin Durand) comes across as far less demonstrative than his real - life counterpart.

Rounding out the cast is Danny DeVito as a tabloid reporter who serves as the movie's de facto narrator.

His study of time serves as the movie's pulse, conflating moments in their relationship: maybe Stephen and Jane have been married forever.

Within six months, the film was premiering at Cannes, beginning a year - long whirlwind that culminated in the film's immediate cult status on its release back in the spring, and has put Saulnier (who also served as the movie's stellar DP) on just about everyone's one - to - watch lists.

Aniston, meanwhile, is given very little funny to do, and ultimately serves as the movie's straight man, which is a waste of her talents.

Under motion menus, divided into 10 chapters, the DVD's supplemental features consist only of its trailer and a 10 - minute short film, Sex With the Finkels, which apparently served as the movie's inspiration.

His best friend, the roguish British expatriate Richard (Pierce Brosnan), serves as the movie's narrator and not disinterested observer.

This book serves as the movie's McGuffin — the object everyone seeks but merely serves to energize and drive the plot.

Molly McQueen, granddaughter of late actor Steve McQueen who starred in the 1968 film Bullitt, was on hand to help introduce the new car, and amazingly, so was the «original» Bullitt Mustang: the Highland Green 1968 Ford Mustang GT that served as the movie's hero car five decades ago.

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That image was cemented in the public mind, and in a not - so - positive light, by David Fincher's movie The Social Network, in which Parker was played by Justin Timberlake as a self - serving, callous playboy.

TeleXitos is the Telemundo Station Group's national multicast network that serves as a destination for viewers who want to watch their favorite action and adventure television series and movies from the 1970s to 2000s in Spanish and without subtitles.

The movie follows Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys served as the inspiration for the Pooh stories.

The failure of «The Last Movie» served as a lesson in what became known as «The New Hollywood» of the 1970s.

When it's not being used for meetings, the room serves as a space for employees to screen movies, play video games, and snack from a popcorn machine.

For stop - motion movies: Khoa Khoa Phan, with nearly 40,000 followers, serves as a guide to adding personality to a product in a fun way.

On May 2, 2015, after months of community rallying, Johnstown, Pa. — the city that served as inspiration for the popular hockey movie, «Slap Shot» — was named the first - ever Kraft Hockeyville ™ USA.

And while movies, novels, and songs often lead people astray into false directions of fulfilling their longings and desires, the story of Scripture serves as a better guide.

When we consider what movies to rent, what songs to listen to, what television programs to watch, Paul's challenge to the Philippian church often serves as the starting point for our discernment.

One of the teenagers had evidently already seen the movie, and was eager to serve as plot guide for the others.

It proved helpful for those who had skipped or skimmed the reading; it served as their version of my animated stills movie.

, but I wonder if that moment can still serve as a thesis statement for the movie.

Now the boat was almost elegant, serving food and regaling the passengers with Hongkong - made sitcoms and science - fiction movies (the two, as far as I could tell, overlap).

The subjects of horror TV shows and movies often serve as surrogates for real world fears, and understanding trends in the genre can help us understand the issues plaguing the cultural psyche.

because some media outlets are hailing it as a cinematic masterpiece, it's not my job as a movie critic to serve as your moral compass.

We get to give to stop human trafficking, serve the elderly and widows... our lives are exciting and overflowing with the Joy that comes Ion following Jesus:) we worship with dance clapping sometimes everyone grabs an instrument to play, we draw or paint what the Holy Spirit leads us to, share dreams go over scrioture watch bible movies it's awesome and we love it, we get to write poems and devotions that we wouldn't have time for before in the four walls as we would b too busy in man's busyworks.

After September 11, the movie also serves as a salutary reminder that war is not an antiseptic affair of bombs dropped from on high, but that the battle against evil is dirty and dangerous and unending.

The movie tells the story of Jesuit priests (played by Liam Neeson and Andrew Garfield), who are persecuted for their faith while serving as missionaries to Japan in 1639.

And while I decided to serve them while watching an afternoon movie, these dressed up greens would be perfect as a dinner party appetizer or even as a side with your favorite main course.

I still haven't gotten around to seeing the movie, but I made this dish last night and it was absolutely delicious, especially served just as suggested atop couscous with a dollop of goat cheese.

Serving movie classics like popcorn and Coca - Cola, as well as enhanced menus that include new favorites like brew pub pretzel sticks, stonefire flatbread pizzas and gourmet burgers, guests can choose from a wide assortment of food and beverage offerings.

The movie served as the most recent example of mainstream media making wine more relatable while fostering a further appreciation of what it means to be a true wine professional.

Built in a nine - acre industrial stretch just a block away from Inman Park's gorgeous Victorian homes, the site has a pretty unique history — it most recently served as the production facility, warehouse, and headquarters for actor Tyler Perry, best known for innumerable movies centered around his alter ego, the outspoken Atlanta matriarch Madea.

Well known for serving as the backdrop for hundreds of movies and a hub for all sorts of creative media companies that are headquartered there — including famous record labels like Universal Music Group and Interscope, filmmakers such as Miramax and Lionsgate Films, and a myriad of tech developers — creativity and ingenuity abounds in this Pacific paradise.

The notes were a fun souvenir to mark the event and the wands themselves they served as a nice little treat during the movie.

Wrap them in a cute little wrapper and serve them as a passed appetizer recipe, dish them up alongside one of my tasty, low calorie sandwich recipes as a great side dish idea, or whip up at batch on a Saturday night while you are watching movies for a healthy snack recipe.

Uh, I think I liked the Citadel better when it was called Hogwarts and served as the centerpiece of a series of wildly successful books and movies.

You can use it for your next business meeting or movie night, and it also can serve as a mobile hotspot for up to 10 devices.

She also accepted a Presidential invitation to attend the 2011 White House Anti-Bullying Conference, presented at the U.S. Department of Education's Safe and Drug Free Schools National Conference in Washington, DC, and served as a consultant during the production of the ABC Family movie, Cyberbully.

Whatever the plot — adventures in Dinosaur Expedition, experiments in WaterWays or construction in Skyline — these movies serve as a platform for enhancing young children's language and cognitive skills, and deepening the value of their museum - going experience.

Extra points if you're the first to identify the movie for which this song borrowed by Team Malpass served as a soundtrack and also the man who wrote the lyrics.

Kristina Johnson, an engineer who developed technology critical to 3 - D movies and served as under secretary in the U.S. Energy Department before founding a hydroelectric company, will be appointed chancellor of the SUNY, replacing outgoing Chancellor Nancy Zimpher, the first woman to hold the post.

Krumpter said the facilities will also house the backup for the county's 911 system, serve as shelter for first responders and could be available for movie and television filming.

According to the calculations of Caltech physicist Kip Thorne, who served as scientific consultant for Interstellar, the movie's black hole, known as Gargantua, must...

For generations, passionate kisses immortalized in movies, songs and the arts have served as a thermometer of romantic affection.

In addition to his geohazards consulting work, Lockwood has served as an adviser for movies and TV shows, including the blockbuster Dante's Peak.

According to the calculations of Caltech physicist Kip Thorne, who served as scientific consultant for Interstellar, the movie's black hole, known as Gargantua, must have had a mass 100 million times that of the sun and whirled about its own axis at breakneck speeds.

On other occasions the dome was transformed into a giant beanie cap with propeller (1996), banded with a giant ring engraved with Elvish calligraphy from the opening of the Lord of the Rings movie (2001), and has served as pedestal for a full - scale model of Kitty Hawk, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers» flight (2003).

Hamilton's first, simple movies were broad and cartoonish, but they served their purpose: showing how different kinds of black holes might look as you approached them from the outside and then ventured in.

He sketched detailed skeletons of iguanodons, the herding, four - legged, long - necked, long - tailed dinosaurs that serve as the main characters in the movie.

Though we're certainly not promoting M&M s as a weight - loss food (we sincerely wish we could), we do recommend ordering the small bag of popcorn when you're at the movies and buying single - serving — sized snack food packs instead of jumbo sizes.