Sentences with phrase «several nods to»

This action / adventure is filled with several nods to The Legend of Zelda's storied past.

TVGB: There were several nods to other games and pop culture references in Alien Hominid HD, can we expect to see the same type of humor in Castle Crashers?

Kincaid, who was born in Antigua, makes several nods to literary history in this family drama: The Sweets live in the Shirley Jackson house in Vermont, for one.

His vision of Dallas is particularly sinister; King compares it to Derry, Maine, his iconic fictional city that just isn't right — one of several nods to his 1986 novel, It.

(«This year, when you hear your name called, don't get up right away,» returning host Jimmy Kimmel joked in one of several nods to the bungle throughout the night.

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.

Astro Boy does contain several nods to its Japanese origins with the inclusion of a couple of giant robots and the sort of mass metropolitan destruction that features so prominently in post-World War II Japanese popular culture.

Agents of SHIELD has already made several nods to the Edward Snowden revelations and the dangers of unfettered government organisations, and it looks as though Captain America: The Winter Soldier might enter the dark heart of the agency in a pleasingly intriguing manner.

And several nods to the Steven Spielberg's»80s classics seem to nod to inspiration; there's an introspective, steady approach to the way Spielberg shot the kids in a movie like E.T. that Reitman successfully modernizes for his own film.

Powered by the mythical vibranium that is found in the Black Panther universe, the concept car's design features several nods to the movie that inspired it.

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.

It is one of several nods to that film, not the least of which is a delightfully uncomfortable use of gore by way of alien violation.

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During the interrogation, Mr. Tsarnaev, who sustained a gunshot wound to the neck, had trouble speaking and answered several questions by writing on a piece of paper and nodding.

It's packed with nods to the lucky holiday and the names of several notable Irish Americans.

There are several other party switchers angling for the GOP nod in next year's mayor's race, including supermarket / oil mogul John Catsimatidis (he made the change in preparation for a 2009 mayoral bid, but then dropped out when Bloomberg announced he would push to overturn term limits and run again); DOE Fund founder George McDonald; and Manhattan Media executive Tom Allon,

«I'm 87 today — I'm not looking to roll up i.o.u.'s,» he reportedly said, giving a nod to several others, including Mark Weprin for City Council Speaker and Cyrus Vance to serve another term as Manhattan District Attorney.

Perhaps these nods to Ms. Lasker were the result of her support of what is referred to as the «Great Clarkstown Giveway» which enabled several individuals of influence, particularly Mr. Lettre, to take unlimited sick leave, a MINIMUM of 3 weeks of vacation and no longer be required to work a minimum of 35 hours per week in favor of the vague definition of «reasonable» hours.

In between, they roused from slumber several times during the night, tossing and turning or getting up to smoke, tend to a crying baby, or relieve themselves before nodding off again.

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Reading this post I nodded several times when I recognized me having had the same behavior as you once did and I also can relate to the journey you've made.

I love this look for its supremely modern interpretation of traditional tailoring; nodding to the classic with several intriguing elements.

There are several unashamed nods to Full Metal Jacket, Saving Private Ryan and Gibson's own Braveheart and Hacksaw's major problem is that it doesn't come close to bettering any of them.

The devs included countless Easter eggs and nods to the original cartoon, not to mention several direct quotes lifted from the original animated Transformers movie.

There are several awkward scenes replicated from the original film and a couple of cute nods which reinforce a sense of sincerity in Greenberg's attempt to do justice for a new generation.

Steven Spielberg's Cold War thriller (well... it's thrilling to some people) could well vacuum up several crafts nominations (cinematography, production design, editing) on its way to a best picture nod.

There were nods for several actors predicted to be Oscars favourites.

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 tone is often boosterish and inspirational, almost at times a travelogue, with brief nods to Chicago as the home of the blues, several sports teams, improv comedy and poetry slams, before returning to the high murder rate and the mayor's proposed school closings.

This film gives the nod to several other sci - fi and classic films by re-enacting scenes from them.

The year featured several notable nomination achievements including Denzel Washington increasing his record - setting total of Black Reel Awards nominations with four, including two Outstanding Actor nods for Fences and The Magnificent Seven, in addition to directing and producing.

Alden Ehrenreich, previously unknown to me, frequently steals the movie (when he isn't sparring with a superb Ralph Fiennes) as the talented, but limited star of several Great American Westerns (cue a myriad nods to that grand old genre) finding his comfortable image being given a shake - up he is less than suited to.

The premiere will take place just a few hours after the Oscar nominations are announced, with the film - and its star DiCaprio - widely expected to pick up nods in several categories.

But rapturous critical acclaim and surprising word - of - mouth success propelled it to nominations for its writer - director Barry Jenkins, supporting actors Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris, and several technical nods including for cinematography, score, and editing.

The film is a sweet but slipshod effort that hardly represents the director's strongest work; with several more deserving films in competition going unawarded, its selection feels like a nod to the more mainstream contingent of the competition.

Aside from King's refusal to grow up the script has several nice nods to the passage of time including the corporatization of several of the small town's bars (which the group's leader fails to even notice) and the fact that despite their «legendary» past exploits, no one in the town remembers the once rowdy bunch at all.

Ricky is one of several Brit stars to get the nod at the Emmys It's a British invasion for yet another year — Ricky Gervais, Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent are among a host of top UK talent nominated this year for a prestigious Emmy Award.

And it did, dropping several more nods to both the actor and character who quickly became the X-Men movies» biggest star.

In The Neon Demon, Refn artfully borrows several shots — not to mention the wallpaper — from Suspiria, all while providing a gruesome nod to Argento's ocular obsession.

In an era in which hashtag protests can quickly spread like wildfire on social media, the academy avoided a potentially thorny situation when James Franco — who has recently faced accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior from several women — failed to score a lead actor nod for his performance in «The Disaster Artist,» which earned him a Golden Globe award for best actor in a musical or comedy just weeks ago.

Beginning with the obligatory nod to Brown v. Board of Education, OCR goes on to cite several of the Supreme Court's equal protection decisions to buttress its legal authority.

While politely nodding to the Silver Dawn in several small exterior details, the modern car's look is very much its own — long and wide, with a grille that's as horizontal as its distant relative's is vertical.

I don't have that kind of money to throw around, though, and hearing several other (well known) indie writers nod and agree that «they, too, do this» makes us poorer indies feel a bit inadequate.

Burgess gives a nod to Cummings» unique use of language and punctuation and includes several of his child - friendly poems.

He was accompanied by Ian Fleming (creator of aforementioned James Bond), Noel Coward, David Ogilvy (of advertising fame) and several others, who preferred to be called the Baker Street Irregulars — a nod to Sherlock Holmes» ragtag gang of amateur sleuths — rather than BSC agents.

Massively OP reader Francois recently pointed us to IGN's Top 100 RPGs of All Time, which we thought was worth a nod since unlike many such lists, it includes several early MMORPGs: including EverQuest (100), EVE Online (81), Phantasy Star Online (63), and of course, World of Warcraft (5), plus other multiplayer games we've covered in the past, like Diablo II, Titan Quest, Torchlight II, Stardew Valley, Neverwinter Nights, and more Ultima, Elder Scrolls, and Final Fantasy franchise games than you can shake an ancient console cartridge at.

Although several sculptures employ crackle glaze and other nods to traditional pottery, the works in this exhibition are notable for the wide range of effects achieved with such contemporary materials as epoxy resin, catalyzed polyurethane, and high - gloss automotive paint mixed to the artist's specifications and applied with an airbrush.

The surfaces of these works are hyper - refined in some passages, offset by several visibly distinct layers of paint, and Reynolds manages to capture the awe - inspiring mountain sky and light with exceptional accuracy, nodding to the Light and Space artists» interest in tempered atmosphere.

Known for her elegant filmic investigations into visual gestalts, voyeurism, and perceptual memory, as well as her creative engagement with cinematic history, Rosalind Nashashibi presents several of her experimental 16 - mm productions from the past four years, including Bachelor Machines Part 2 (2007), which borrows footage and dialogue from Alexander Kluge's 1968 film Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed; and The Prisoner (2008), a nod to Chantal Akerman's 2000 film La Captive.

Initially, having nodded along vigorously to several recent anti-glitter headlines in publications around the world, I began to feel skeptical about what difference it would make.

They want to know honestly, and several years ahead of their partnership eligibility, what their realistic chances are for making partner, and if there are any steps they can take to increase the likelihood of getting the nod.