Sentences with phrase «through precocious»

Boys younger than 9 who show similar developmental signs are considered to be going through precocious puberty.

Note: If your child is going through precocious puberty it's important to communicate any problems your child encounters with her pediatrician.

Not exact matches

He is undergoing the precocious working through of images and sensations that over time will socialize him, make him viable, responsive, subtle.

instead its the same smoke and mirrors policy every season and he always adopts the attitude that everybody else in the world including fans, ex players and pundits are all stupid and could NEVER understand the complexities of the game and team management and transfers and that HE is the great genius father who is guiding us through dangerous and uncertain times despite our childish rantings and precocious demands.

If this happens earlier than usual, the child may be going through «precocious puberty.»

As written and directed by Satrapi and comic artist Paronnaud, the French - produced Persepolis works as best it can as a precocious and relatable vision of childhood one - third of the way through, when it recounts Marji's forced, rapid maturation during the revolution and the war.

Heller's debut feature stars Bel Powley as Minnie Goetze, a precocious 15 - year - old muddling her way through the swinging scene of seventies - era San Francisco.

Here's a supplementary list of ten performances: Betty Buckley, articulate as a psychotherapist, and the protean James McAvoy playing against her in Split; Harris Dickinson, implosive with self - loathing in Beach Rats; two turns by Michael Fassbender, as the smarmy villains of Song to Song and Alien: Covenant; Milla Jovovich's valedictory sprint through Resident Evil: The Final Chapter; Barry Keoghan as a teenage sprite barely veiling his hostility in The Killing of a Sacred Deer; Keanu Reeves, put through his paces again in John Wick: Chapter 2; Lady Bird's callous, precocious, and heartbreaking Saoirse Ronan; newcomer Millicent Simmonds and her silent movie acting in Wonderstruck; octagenarian Lois Smith playing her age as Marjorie of Marjorie Prime; and Adrian Titieni, slouching and gloomy as a bad dad in Graduation.

He sees through the cloying and precocious tendencies that have become cliches among child stars, and he has great taste (because he usually agrees with me).

The story is told through the eyes of a precocious child, «Sophie,» played by newcomer Ruby Barnhill, who is befriended by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies 2015).

A native of Catalan who relocated to Los Angeles at 18, Collet - Serra had a precocious rise through the commercial and music video directing ranks that caught the attention of producer Joel Silver, leading to his first feature gig on 2005's House of Wax, which this dewy young critic at the time described as «an adroitly shot inventory of perversities, bustling with inventive murder and anchored by Brian Edmonds's great, creepy sets.»

Through it all, only March's precocious adolescent daughter Holly (rising star Angourie Rice) seems to have any grasp of what's really going on — a neat device that not only provokes some sassy, sentimental comedy about March's uselessness as a father, but also provides Black with a handy get - out - of - jail - free card against accusations of reductively macho stereotyping.

HBO said he «opens up about his bittersweet childhood and lifelong obsession with moviemaking, his precocious early work as a TV «wunderkind,» his rise to fame through an incredible string of blockbusters, his later forays into more serious dramatic films, and the personal and professional relationships he's cultivated through the years.»

Growing up in central Indiana, Russell says he was «one of those kids they didn't know what to do with,» too precocious for his tiny school district to accommodate, but kept in high school by state laws that typically require kids to sit through 40 or so courses to graduate.

I'm a stay - at - home mum to five precocious children and wife to the ultra-handy Dave by day and a snoop by night, stalking interesting characters through historical settings, and writing about their exploits.

With Havisham, Frame nimbly explores what some could call hallowed literary ground — we first meet Catherine as the precocious child of a wealthy brewer and follow her through her years of growth and social refinement.

It's full of small village charm, with a dash of poison and murder — and all through the eyes of a precocious 11 - year - old.

From the agitation of the elliptical spots that inaugurated his precocious beginnings in the early 1960s, to the torrents of impasto with which he sprayed his way through the 1980s and 1990s, followed by more experiments in texture and paint application — not all successful, but never diffident — Poons's career has been something of a protracted high - wire act, dedicated to the pursuit of painting on its own terms.

David Hockney's career has spanned and epitomised the art movements of the last five decades; his story is one of precocious achievement at Bradford Art College, the Swinging 60s in London where he befriended many of the iconic cultural figures of the generation, to California and the cool of the swimming pool series of paintings, through the acclaimed set designs for countless operas around the world and major retrospective exhibitions.

The exhibition will present works drawn from across the artist's career - from her precocious early work done while she was still a child, through the surprisingly mature works of her late teens to the increasingly complex art, done before her premature death at age 51 in Paris in 1967.