Sentences with phrase «whose occasional moments»

No one is there, maybe, in «The Pact,» a tightly controlled low - budget chiller whose occasional moments of unexpected special effects are set up beautifully by long periods of suspense.

Not exact matches

But for other students, those whose backgrounds have led them to experience that fight - or - flight reaction not just in occasional high - stress moments but all the time, developing a sense of belonging and connection in school may require a more immersive intervention.

Others inspired by Brashear include the unbelievably loyal Jo (who is initially impressed by his stubbornness, then dismayed by his lack of commitment to her and their child, and at last, proud of his accomplishments, trotted out for a public embrace in a Navy courtroom) and Billy Sunday's pretty wife, Gwen (Charlize Theron), whose brief appearances reveal precious little about her own boozy despair, as their central function appears to be assuring you that Sunday must have occasional non-asshole moments, since he's married to glamorous and self - assured cover - girl - of - the - moment Charlize Theron.

Aside from the occasional magical shot or affecting actor moment, it's a film whose poverty betrays most every frame.

Though denounced at the time of publication, Nothing Personal is now recognized as a masterwork whose powerful message of a confused and often compromised society seeking fleeting moments of joy, grace and occasional redemption remains equally relevant more than a half - century later.