Sentences with phrase «tour de force»

Each scene, from the opening bank heist to the climatic finale is tightly woven to create this impressive tour de force of summer blockbuster brilliance.

A technological tour de force that's also exciting to drive.

The technical tour de force doesn't end there, of course.

In doing so the book covers a wealth of material that is presented in a concise and disciplined manner and represents a true tour de force by the author.

Wonderful to be on this creative tour de force with you!

It is an ingenious, wholly original novel — a literary tour de force that is a triumph of art and spirit.

By the way she is insanely gorgeous and I haven't seen her in anything before but she gave a real tour de force.

Great to be on this creative tour de force with you!

From the fantastic character design to the meticulous detail seen in our surroundings, this is a graphical tour de force.

This one is very well written, a psychological tour de force, with an unreliable narrator and different revelations that keep you guessing.

At 70 she is an extraordinary tour de force.

In a collaborative tour de force, scientists from across the globe came together to collectively analyze how changes in climate may affect various organisms.

A fortunate few will have reserved seats at our dining counter, where a nightly tasting menu is a culinary tour de force.

And as with the rest of the writer - director's back catalog, each of the movie's performances feels like a mini tour de force.

Still, that's no excuse for my failure to recognize a stylistic tour de force.

As a debut film, Revenge is a directorial tour de force.

Of course, when done well, great sound effects with an actor for each character, and a powerful musical score can turn your audiobook into an incredible tour de force.

Video of his reading tour de force is here.

It all adds up to a funny, bittersweet tour de force.

How to create a photography book tour de force?

By stretching a single pop song into a day - long tour de force, the artist continues his explorations into the potential of repetitive performance to produce sculptural presence within sound.

If the error bars turn out correct, it's a genuine tour de force: the apparent statistical power is 2x what it was in previous work.

A final touch is adding candles, all the better to admire your theatrical tour de force as you sit outside on a summer's evening.

While its interior appointments have their moments, this isn't a knock down, drag out tour de force of style.

It's still wonderfully comfortable though, and a technological tour de force.

The result is at once a technical tour de force and an unsettling puzzle.

Remember — a prequel needs to be not only a literary tour de force but an effective marketing tool.

A creative tour de force that far exceeds expectation!

«I think there are a lot of mini tour de forces in the corn genome that we can use for looking at human disease.»

Two - time Academy Award ® - winner Marlon Brando (On the Waterfront, The Godfather), Academy Award ® - winner Faye Dunaway (Network) and Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Blow) deliver tour de force performances in this critically acclaimed romantic comedy.

Diddy Kong Racing is a graphical tour de force on N64, sporting fully 3D character and vehicle models (except for the wheels!)

One of our senior editors sounded a cautionary note a few years ago as we were publishing a journalistic tour de force about the health risks of drinking milk after childhood.

Atlus and Vanillaware's long - awaited Dragon's Crown is a visual tour de force with enough hacking, slashing and role - playing to keep you busy for a long time.

Adapted by Samuel W. Taylor from his own novel, The Man with My Face is an acting tour de force for Barry Nelson.

While James Cagney and Doris Day both give tour de force performances, it's a career best for Day.

They have their origins in his 2014 film River of Fundament, a six - hour tour de force which premiered at the English National Opera 29/6/14 to wide acclaim.

Light Sleeper (1992) In Light Sleeper, one of Schrader's very best «man in a room» films, Willem Dafoe gives an emotional tour de force performance as John LeTour, a world - weary New York drug dealer who spends his nights making deliveries to his high - end clients and journaling in his notebook.

Many of the Netherlands greatest 17th - century artists are represented in this intimate exhibition, including tour de force works by Gerard Ter Borch, Godfried Schalken, and Isaac De Jouderville.

A new tour de force from the bestselling author of Free Food for Millionaires, for readers of The Kite Runner and Cutting for Stone.

It was a technological tour de force at the time, featuring all - aluminum construction and everyday civility.

The research findings and their interpretation provide a veritable tour de force of how the field of educational change has evolved over time through the lens of the Journal.

Director Jacques Audiard and Tahar Rahim deliver a true tour de force in this unforgettable prison drama.

Collette gives an absolute tour de force performance of a woman who slowly becomes unhinged.

A wild horse saves a young boy's life after a terrifying shipwreck and the two become unlikely friends in Carroll Ballard's cinematic tour de force, adapted from Walter Farley's classic children's novel.

A breathtaking tour de force from one of the finest and most imaginative storytellers that animation has ever seen.