Sentences with phrase «something of a revelation»

And for me, it has been something of a revelation in terms of how I watch TV.

Seeing it this way, even after having screened the movie multiple times, both for pleasure and in a classroom setting as a teacher, proved something of a revelation.

First released last year, the Switch has been something of a revelation for Nintendo, with extremely strong sales that have helped the company forget about the troubles of predecessor device the Wii U.

Casey Affleck is something of a revelation as the hero - worshipping murderer, and Philip Seymour Hoffman once again shines as a ne'er - do - well.

Speaking of the controller, it came as something of a revelation after the boxy pad that shipped with the NES.

Speak, O weird one, and tell us of the revelation that God has given only to you!

Newspaper reports have been linking other clubs with the signature of the 20 - year - old, who was something of a revelation at the Liberty Stadium last term.

Coquelin, 23, has been something of a revelation since returning last month from a loan period at Charlton Athletic.

Cho, though, is something of a revelation here.

And despite Italy's coarse - grained and often indifferently paved roads, the Urus was also something of a revelation in terms of driving comfort.

Audi's current toolkit of technologies and drivetrains is making every new generation of each model something of a revelation.

This thing with the SSTs reminds me of the revelation after the Cold War that in many Russian cities, mayors or other local leadership would have their «offical» daily temperatures exaggerated in order to make it look as if it were really colder than it was, in order to get more money for fuel from Moscow.

The trip has given Victoria new impetus to push forward with fundraising for a future donation towards a similar project elsewhere in the world, and Richard talks very enthusiastically about how the trip was something of a revelation for him.

The Suffolk coast was a new experience and the shingle beach of the beautiful seaside town of Aldeburgh proved something of a revelation.

Chevrolet's Volt was something of a revelation when it was introduced back in 2010, as a 2011 model.

Yesterday the Countach was something of a revelation in the wet.

At the time this was something of a revelation.

His inaugural address, in which he introduced the «family of New York» theme that he'd return to over and over through the years, was something of a revelation.

As he poked further into the subject in the 1990s, he had something of a revelation.

In addition to all of this, young actress Millicent Simmonds is something of a revelation — put her in more movies.

Reuniting with his «Pride & Prejudice» director Joe Wright in an entirely different kind of role, Macfadyen is something of a revelation; buried underneath a walrus moustache, he's a boisterous, vibrant man of enormous appetites, and Macfadyen positively relishes the chance to seize a man with so much carpe diem (particularly when put in contrast with the brooding, repressed Mr. Darcy).

Both of them are fantastic, with Clay being something of a revelation.

Weisz, who also produced the film, has played many such darkly self - possessed women before, but McAdams is something of a revelation.

Not that there's anything wrong with cheap scatology, mind, only that it seems played - out, and so it's something of a revelation to find that franchise's own secret weapon, Seann William «Stifler» Scott (who, let's face it, is impossible not to like ever since he was brought to orgasm through manual stimulation of his prostate in that franchise), so quiet and unassuming in the title role as dim, sweet Doug Glatt.

The increasingly perverse plot revolves around Joe, a smooth, black - stetsoned Texan lawman / hitman (Matthew McConaughey, something of a revelation) who is enlisted by a trailer - trash punk (Emile Hirsch) to bump off his momma.

I recently read Gone With the Wind for the first time, after years of being a fan of the movie, and it was something of a revelation.

At this point I should probably point out that anyone who prefers reading ink on paper, to reading text on a screen should not just dismiss the Sony Reader; in fact you're in for something of a revelation.

But in that sense the new Novotel is something of a revelation; a lot more energetic, inviting and engaging than I had anticipated.

Developer: NetherRealm Studios Publisher: Warner Bros Singleplayer: Yes Splitscreen: Yes Multiplayer: Yes PEGI: 18 + In many respects the original Mortal Kombat was something of a revelation to me: I enjoyed Street Fighter at the time, but I was never that heavily addicted to it.

The primary reason for such praise was the sublime naval combat which at the time was something of a revelation.

In many respects the original Mortal Kombat was something of a revelation to me: I enjoyed Street Fighter at the time, but I was never that heavily addicted to it.

However, as a handheld console, it's something of a revelation — and it's from this perspective that we should really be viewing the Switch.

And yet seeing Af Klint's work for the first time, in the largest gallery of the Camden Arts Centre in London, is something of a revelation.

But the little - seen High Ground is something of a revelation, one of a number of paintings with a palette of turquoise, pale green and lemon, overlain with a scatological smearing of white and black.

But to Ms. Siddall, the inclusion of modernist works in a fair devoted to emerging art was something of a revelation.

And while Warhol's free - wheeling framing of figures and street scenes is hardly a surprise — given his art's voracious appetite for images — the breadth of Burroughs photographs are something of a revelation, especially his collage pieces.

Enable that on your Xbox One, and you will be able to get 3D surround sound in your XO Three — which is something of a revelation for a $ 70 headset.

When compared to the hard metal edges of my Nokia Lumia 930, the comfortable curves of the G4c have proven to be something of a revelation.