Sentences with phrase «with middling reviews»
The original Dungeons game was met with middling reviews, but it definitely had a cult following.
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With middling reviews, a lack of content, a poorly communicated DLC plan, and slow negative build - up of media attention; to say Destiny stumbled out of the blocks would be underestimating things.
xXx (or «Triple X») was supposed to be Vin Diesel's big - time action franchise after the original The Fast & The Furious turned the previously under - the - radar actor into an overnight sensation, but the resulting film met with middling reviews and profitable but not explosive audience reception.
The feature starred Peter Sarsgaard and was met with middling reviews.
Produced by friend and mentor Louis Malle, Cavalier's metamorphosing tale of obsession and repression was originally met with middling reviews in l'hexagon upon its release in 1962.
Open Road Films would be an interesting choice; they're the reigning Best Picture distributor (Spotlight) and their major (only) push this year, Bleed for This, was not only met with middling reviews at Telluride, it doesn't have a Best Actress contender to compete against.
• Disney's «Secretariat» opens this weekend, met with middling reviews that still indicate a pass on the critics» part.
For an original, R - rated comedy with middling reviews (47 % on Rotten Tomatoes), this kind of success is almost unprecedented.
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I'm in the middle of a review with them as well — we both might have been leads for their March / April free - iPad - for - signing - up campaign.
Mr Scott dismissed suggestions Wesfarmers, which is in the middle of a strategic review of its loss - making hardware operations in the UK and Ireland, had been hasty in moving to demerge Coles, which is struggling to keep up with Woolworths.
«We feel there is a comparative advantage in cattle production [in Australia]... with increasing demand coming from the middle classes of Asia,» Mr Bryant told The Australian Financial Review.
There is an app from Baby Shusher (the same company that makes the gadget) that you can get for your smart phone, but I've seen a bunch of negative reviews with people complaining about ads popping up, it freezing in the middle of shushing, or just crashing completely.
We rated this Playard in the middle of our list because it is so much lighter than all the others with reviewed.
A growing middle class, along with aging baby - boomers, is fleeing New York, state and federal records reviewed by Gannett New York showed.
The poll found a middling reviews for the ethics agreement struck in Albany, nor were they in agreement with Cuomo's claim the session was «the probably the most successful in modern history, the poll found.
Participants» medical records were reviewed to determine whether they had been diagnosed with diabetes or high blood pressure in middle age or later.
The research team arrived at these conclusions after reviewing data from a total of 88 studies covering close to twenty years between 1990 and 2013 and involving almost 56,000 children with HIV, living in low and middle - income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia.
admittedly they have some fairly dubious reviews at times, but the fact that their scores are more often than not very similar to the average that metacritic gives them is proof that they are not super hype builders or givers of crazy reviews, they are pretty middle of the line and reasonable with their scores.
Review I have seen this movie twice, probably the third romantic movie that compelled me to do that, and the reasons are quite simple: It's probably impossible that anyone can't relate to young Josh Hutcherson's character, an 11 year old with a normal middle class life and problems (parents initiating divorce); that its surprise by the rediscovery of a young classmate (Charley Ray) initially as an unexpected friend and later as something else... The well crafted work of director Mark Levin is based on the mutual discovery of all these feelings (mostly new and uncontrolled) that evolved in Josh's character and in another particular viewer: you.
I originally agreed with this site's less - than - enthused review of the first movie, which was «edgy» in an obvious, trying - too - hard way, occasionally wearing its «R» rating with all the misplaced pride of a middle school boy sporting a chocolate milk mustache as if it were a Sam Elliott - style soup strainer (although — kudos!
I never saw «In Bruges», but nearly every review I have read sang praises (with the exception of a middling one by James Berardinelli).
Similarly armed with some award season aspirations, it too received middling reviews.
Daniel Barber's feminist Western, which sees Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld, and Munu Otaru as three women menaced by Union soldiers (Sam Worthington and Kyle Soller), premiered at TIFF a year ago, where we gave it a middling review, but Playlisters who've caught up with it since loved it to death (it was on my Top 10 of last year, for instance).
Despite middling reviews, the magic - themed heist film Now You See Me proved a surprise hit for Lionsgate back in 2013, and now the company is releasing a sequel this summer with returning stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dave Franco, and Woody Harrelson, joined by Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Radcliffe.
Straight Outta Compton Film Review by Kam Williams Gritty Raptrospective Chronicles Rise and Demise of Legendary Gangsta» Group Back in the Eighties, the CIA began orchestrating the introduction of crack - cocaine to African - American communities all across America, starting with the South Central L.A.. By the middle of the decade, the epidemic had turned Compton into a godforsaken wasteland rife with drug addiction and crime.
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Fantastic Four review: Great independent storytelling in the middle, topped with corporate icing that makes you feel sick when you're done with it.
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Lean On Pete also did pretty well with $ 12,350 each on four screens, while Chappaquiddick (No. 7) and Miracle Season (No. 11) each pulled in soft openings befitting their mediocre reviews and middling just - barely - wide - release rollouts.
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A take by Jalil Lespert premiered at Berlin (to middling reviews, including ours), but «Saint Laurent,» while unauthorized, is higher - profile, with a big name cast and Cannes regular Bertrand Bonello («House Of Tolerance») at the helm.
The laugh-fest received better than expected reviews given its raunchy, over-the-top content, and joins «Now You See Me» as a better - than - expected non-franchise entry in the middle of release schedule packed with action and kids movies.
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After spending a quiet flight with Roy, where he kills everyone on board and has to make an emergency landing in the middle of a farm, soon enough June figures out that she needs to get as far as possible from this... Continue reading «KNIGHT AND DAY [MOVIE REVIEW]»
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«With a sneaky comic tone swerving between earnest compassion and snarky derision, a middle - aged protagonist chewed up by ennui, and a colorful array of character actors populating a kitsch - Americana setting, «Downsizing» has all the hallmarks of an Alexander Payne film,» IndieWire's Ben Croll wrote in his B - review out of Venice.
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doubtful this will hold a candle to Pacific Rim (best modern kaiju film imo), but I'm still optimistic I'll enjoy this with some prerequisite booze - despite middling - to - harsh reviews.
Something I forgot to mention in my review was that this is the first game where I've spotted a male character with hairy shoulders, rather than just fur in the middle of their chest.
For now, A.I. has been greeted with no accolades, middling reviews, and a lack of financial success such that it will is considered a failure.
Included in the package: • Seven «Sum It Up» pages / stations, each with three problems, to put on walls around the classroom • «Sum» answers to write on the back of each page / station for students to use • Detailed answer key for the teacher This activity works well in the middle of a lesson and can also be used as a review.
Included in the package: • Eight «Sum It Up» pages / stations, each with three problems, to put on walls around the classroom • «Sum» answers to write on the back of each page / station for students to use • Detailed answer key for the teacher This activity works well in the middle of a lesson or as a review.
KS3 Unit 7A Biology - Tissues, Cells and Organs Aimed for low ability Year 7 but can be adapted for high / middle ability if required Lesson 7Ad: Cells Part 1 (no exceeding in the lesson) Lesson 6 - Cells Objectives: To be able to draw a plant and animal cell To understand the functions of different parts of the cells To consolidate learning with questions ll extension questions available on each slide Answers all underneath each slide Support also available where necessary AfL sections and mini quizzes Reducing the need for photocopying Enjoy!!!! PLEASE LEAVE FEEDBACK and REVIEWS All relating to specification (any pictures used have all been taken from the internet and I am not trying to claim rights to any pictures or information used)
The contract for the Gen www.Y students at Washington Middle School who work with the student teachers, on the other hand, lays out their responsibilities, including spending 10 - 15 hours of class time with an assigned Evergreen MIT student, participating in an interview, reviewing the MIT student's Web page to make it more «student friendly,» and providing advice on infusing technology.
Activities: ♦ Cloze — fill in the missing words * ♦ Word search * ♦ Order events in the story * ♦ Drama — Freeze frame cards * ♦ Music — Sound effect cards * ♦ Storyboard — with words * ♦ Storyboard — without words ♦ Write a poem (noun, verbs, adjectives, synonym) ♦ Acrostic poem ♦ 5 senses — what a character may see, hear, smell, etc ♦ Thought bubbles - what a character may be thinking ♦ Story outline — problem, response, action, outcome ♦ Trifold — beginning, middle, end (paper foldable) ♦ Newspaper article — write and draw ♦ Graph — tally chart and block graph ♦ Bookmark ♦ Character traits ♦ Wall ball — write and draw ♦ Diorama — write and draw (paper foldable) ♦ Art — decorate the heart in the same style as the illustrator ♦ Pattern art ♦ Book cover — design a new one ♦ Book dust jacket ♦ Story review ♦ Flap booklet - write and / or draw.
Activities: ♦ Cloze — fill in the missing words * ♦ Word search * ♦ Order events in the story * ♦ Drama — Freeze frame cards * ♦ Music — Sound effect cards * ♦ Creative drawing — 2 headed dog * ♦ Storyboard — with words * ♦ Storyboard — without words ♦ Write a poem (noun, verbs, adjectives, synonym) ♦ Acrostic poem ♦ 5 senses — what a character may see, hear, smell, etc ♦ Thought bubbles - what a character may be thinking ♦ Story outline — problem, response, action, outcome ♦ Trifold — beginning, middle, end (paper foldable) ♦ Newspaper article — write and draw ♦ Graph — tally chart and block graph ♦ Bookmark ♦ Creative thinking — giant killing plan and equipment needed ♦ Character traits ♦ Wall ball — write and draw ♦ Diorama — write and draw (paper foldable) ♦ Art — decorate the footprint in the same style as the illustrator ♦ Pattern art ♦ Book cover — design a new one ♦ Book dust jacket ♦ Story review ♦ Flap booklet - write and / or draw.
Activities: ♦ Cloze — fill in the missing words * ♦ Word search * ♦ Order events in the story * ♦ Drama — Freeze frame cards * ♦ Music — Sound effect cards * ♦ Storyboard — with words * ♦ Storyboard — without words ♦ Write a poem (noun, adjectives, verbs, thought, synonym) ♦ Acrostic poem ♦ 5 senses — what a character may see, hear, smell, etc ♦ Thought bubbles - what a character may be thinking ♦ Trifold — beginning, middle, end (paper foldable) ♦ Newspaper article — write and draw ♦ Graph — tally chart and block graph ♦ Bookmark ♦ Character traits ♦ Wall ball — write and draw ♦ Diorama — write and draw (paper foldable) ♦ Art — decorate the jawbone in the same style as the illustrator ♦ Pattern art ♦ Book cover — design a new one ♦ Book dust jacket ♦ Story review ♦ Flap booklet - write and / or draw.
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REVIEW: This online professional development resource for middle school mathematics teachers offers more than two hundred recommended investigations for teachers to solve and then adapt for use with their students.