Sentences with phrase «with crackling dialogue»

With crackling dialogue, historically accurate (and footnoted!)

Surprisingly poignant for a movie that turns America's pastime into a card - counting experiment — and filled with crackling dialogue from Oscar winners Aaron Sorkin and Steve Zaillian — Moneyball focuses on the essential issue of baseball and of life: How do you measure human value?

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The dialogue is often witty, but it doesn't crackle with the kind of comedic energy that Craig Roberts brings to the running internal commentary.

There have been films more implausible to be sure, but the successful ones managed to move briskly, feature more interesting characters, or crackled with smarter dialogue that Man on a Ledge ever does even for one scene.

The LPCM mono sound is in good shape, with clear dialogue unaffected by hiss or crackle.

With Ocean's Eleven, director Steven Soderbergh has broken into mainstream Hollywood, and it's about time Hollywood can claim a director who actually takes time with his films — lets the characters grow on us, lets the dialogue crackle at the right pacing, and lets the content dictate the style (not vice verWith Ocean's Eleven, director Steven Soderbergh has broken into mainstream Hollywood, and it's about time Hollywood can claim a director who actually takes time with his films — lets the characters grow on us, lets the dialogue crackle at the right pacing, and lets the content dictate the style (not vice verwith his films — lets the characters grow on us, lets the dialogue crackle at the right pacing, and lets the content dictate the style (not vice versa).

Their dialogue - heavy scenes in Jaffey's office crackle with electricity as they trade barbed lines, each trying to get the better of the other.

We are frequently subjected to ten minute blocks of drama without a single spoken line, whilst other scenes crackle with sharply written dialogue.

Taut and crackling with tension with limited dialogue, it's got a genuine sense of gritty reality in that inimitable»70s filmmaking style.

Despite the surreal feel to these interactions, Diablo Cody's dialogue crackles with cynicism and realism.

Now comes «Tully,» which reunites Reitman, Cody and Theron in a crackling good domestic comedy / drama with smart, economic, often hilariously spot - on dialogue, expertly crafted performances from the cast — and some strange and unexpected detours that might give you a case of plot whiplash when you realize exactly what's been going on.

The dialogue crackles with anger; even the simplest exchanges seem brusque, testy, drained of the usual pleasantries.

The film also did well across the board, with nods for three of the actors — actors make up the biggest branch of voters who love showy roles and crackling dialogue.

The dialogue, by Jacob Brackman, crackles with wit, and at the same time, structurally speaking, there is a sort of openness about the way the story unfolds that is altogether rare in the American mainstream.

But the film has aged remarkably well over twenty years, perhaps because it was even something of a throwback at the time: the imprint of conversation - driven French auteurs like Eric Rohmer is borne proudly by this sharp, sexy and nastily funny comedy of manners, whose dialogue crackles with such cutting truth and wit one wonders why Soderbergh doesn't write more these days.

With a clever script that successfully updates many Christmas myths and dialogue that crackles with sophisticated wit, this movie offers the kind of pre-holiday experience that parents and children alike will appreciate.&raWith a clever script that successfully updates many Christmas myths and dialogue that crackles with sophisticated wit, this movie offers the kind of pre-holiday experience that parents and children alike will appreciate.&rawith sophisticated wit, this movie offers the kind of pre-holiday experience that parents and children alike will appreciate.»

Miller (Capote) directs with intelligence, though not flair, but the script makes up for any flagging energy with crackling Sorkin dialogue and performances that sing with revolutionary fervor.

James Lee Burke, acclaimed by critics as «America's best novelist,» «the Graham Greene of the bayou,» and «a poet of the mystery novel,» returns with his popular character, Dave Robicheaux, in a novel rich with atmosphere, ripe with menace, and filled with the kind of crackling dialogue that has made Burke a consistent New York Times best - selling author.

ALIAS: Mitzi & Mack - Humorous crime set in South Florida -»... a fast - paced screwball comedy reminiscent of It Happened One Night, Some Like It Hot, and The Philadelphia Story, but with a racier plot line and a razor sharp assessment of love, lust, marriage, and money in the iPhone era... dialogue that crackles...»

Their new tales, set more than a century apart, sparkle with wit, crackling dialogue, and heroines who discover the courage to reach out for life's adventures.

Jonathan Lethem's debut novel, Gun, With Occasional Music, is a book that just can't sit still: It's a cross between noir (with classic, crackling dialogue to match), sci - fi and a dystopian trip, and I'd recommend reading it twice to get it all straiWith Occasional Music, is a book that just can't sit still: It's a cross between noir (with classic, crackling dialogue to match), sci - fi and a dystopian trip, and I'd recommend reading it twice to get it all straiwith classic, crackling dialogue to match), sci - fi and a dystopian trip, and I'd recommend reading it twice to get it all straight.

With laugh - out - loud humor and crackling dialogue, the chapters hurtle toward a killer finale in the most thrilling Lomax & Biggs adventure yet.