Sentences with phrase «turn on a dime from»

And though a preschooler is much more capable of rational thought than a toddler, she's still ruled by her emotions and can turn on a dime from a happy - go - lucky kid to a flailing, wailing wild thing.

At an integral point in «Me and Earl and the Dying Girl», the movie turns on a dime from a comedy into a drama.

Wilde, at least, gets the opportunity to play a little, and her facial expressions are fascinating and clever, turning on a dime from one conversation to another with expert subtlety.

Pacino does a slick turn on a dime from his junkie from «The Panic In Needle Park» while showing the depth commonality of corrupt cops.

A tense confrontation in a pub bathroom between Gary and a hoodie - clad youth explodes suddenly into surrealist slapstick, and The World's End turns on a dime from a soused comedy of manners into a science - fiction spectacle that ambitiously splits the difference between John Wyndham and John Carpenter.

Not exact matches

The stroller's three - wheel configuration turns on a dime, allowing caregivers to negotiate the tightest turns, while the extra-large canopy with ventilation window keeps children protected from sun, wind and light rain.

Turning a dinosaur on a dime isn't easy, but people have done it before, and recently — for a great example, see the David Brooks Times column from last week about the transformation of the U.S. Army over the past half - decade.

Talking heads debate evolution and myth on television; the public turns on a dime, from venerating Superman as though he liberated a nation to burning him in effigy.

The movie can turn on a dime, from the opening thrills of the Kobayashi Maru test to the alien weirdness of brain parasites.

Where Byrne and Rogen must exercise caution in not overplaying their immaturity, boisterous performances from Efron and Dave Franco as fraternity leaders manage to balance maturity and all - out debauchery to the point where each character's mental state could turn on a dime and remain thoroughly believable.

Screenwriter Gary Young makes the inexorable turn from slice - of - life despair to revenge thriller on a dime.

Publishers have long - entrenched ideas, facilities, processes, and business models that can't turn on a dime, and they're seeing increased competition from online retailers (like Amazon and B&N) and smaller publishers, who don't need the huge economies of scale and financial capital that the print book business requires.

That frown on your face can turn into a smile as fast as you blink your eyes — and you could walk away from a debt without having to pay a dime in some cases.

Still, it turns out things worked out for the better, since that left me with a grim - 2D - action - game - shaped - hole in my schedule and coincidentally Odallus: The Dark Call was on sale for half off (and comes bundled with another game from the same developer for a dime) this week.

Every car has the ability to turn on a dime, and the smaller cars seem to accelerate from 0 to 200 mph in 2 seconds.

Local brands are flatter than nationals simply because they can turn on a dime and and draw from a niche market.