Sentences with phrase «surprising second act»

In a move seemingly inspired by the postmodernist quotation that was very much in vogue at the time, he brought back his chevron and diamond motifs for a surprising second act.

Make the pot pie one night, and keep pasta and parsley on hand for a surprising second act.

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Well, that brings up the second surprise: The presence of armed guards tends to dramatically increase the likelihood of violence and injury during a robbery, as the Center for Investigative Reporting found when it analyzed detailed FBI crime incident reports from 2007 to 2011 — which the group got through a Freedom of Information Act request.

Then, at the most opportunistic moment, a man waltzes in at the last possible second, waves his arms in the air, acts «surprised» that others are paying attention to him and declares victory for himself, moving up the totem pole the process.

It is a welcome surprise to see a lighthearted Western that places its importance more on the characters than on the famous real gunfight depicted - and the deep - focus shots are beautiful -, but still the film has trouble with maintaining the focus and pacing in the second act.

Though the first installment is a bit choppy, the second and third are filled with the kind of surprising stories, nuanced acting and hard - won redemption that make the show feel more like a mini-movie than a mere hour of TV.

There may be instances of excessive school spirit and surprising bullying, but the majority of the second act is comprised of gabbing and snacking and uninspired trivialities.

Despite an episodic first act, this is Tarantino's most linear picture and as such, offers less in the way of surprises, especially in the second act that telegraphs a confrontation but takes its sweet time building up to it.

She took time from filming the second season to talk about her current acting crush, surprises on set, and re-creating scenes at home.

Hart's War spends its second act as a fairly conventional prison camp / courtroom intrigue complete with surprise witnesses, stunning reveals of new evidence, and heated soliloquies protesting innocence and corruption.

Bringing together a murderer's row of British acting veterans and some of director Edgar Wright's most frequent comic collaborators, it's little surprise that «Hot Fuzz,» the second film in Wright's thematically connected «Three Flavours Cornetto» trilogy, is perhaps the most outrageously funny of all three of them.

I will say this: One thing I think is pleasantly surprising / slightly disappointing (can't decide) about 3 Days to Kill is that the title implies a ticking - clock action / peril situation, but it turns out to just be» 3 days to kill [time with his daughter in the second act] ``.

Volkswagen's somewhat surprising move to give its retro machine a second act has resulted in the all - new (but no longer capital n New) Beetle for 2012, which the company would like you to think of as less cute and much sportier but still retro.

My second was to do enough paid acting annually to cover the cost of my classes,» Dennis says, «I achieved those goals the first year and surprised even myself.»

From O'Donnell — Steig acting as Reviewer A, in his Second Review, had asked the editor to «insist» that we present the «most likely» West Antarctica trends, specifically proposing iridge, although, in an email yesterday, Steig expressed «total surprise» that we had complied with his iridge proposal and, in his Feb 1 RC post, even criticized us for complying his proposal.