Sentences with phrase «with occasional moments»

At other points it comes off like a hyperbolic and unfocused blog entry, with occasional moments of insight buried amid strange digressions about the glories of the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team, or how Eric Clapton's music is overrated.

Self - indulgent and, for the most part, misguided, A Life Less Ordinary is a bad film with occasional moments of genuinely good humor.

And at the Tribeca Film Festival this week, lots of filmmakers have tackled the elusive subject — including two very different films that took an episodic approach, and found common ground mostly in their depiction of love as a messy, sad and formidable struggle with occasional moments of transcendence.

Stand Off sustains an atmosphere of levity and fun, which it then undermines with occasional moments of stupidity.

Instead, the film gets its scares from the atmospheric creepiness and intensity brought in the style of suspense and thrills, with the occasional moments of humor put in there to lighten the mood.

The cinematography is done well for the most part with occasional moments of greatness.

You sort of drift along with occasional moments of lucidity but then it all goes haywire with frequent bouts of «reality detachment».

However, watching it for the first time as an adult, I found it to be just a mildly amusing during most scenes, with the occasional moment of true inspiration.

It has to be stressed though, the film isn't strictly speaking bad, just quite bland with the occasional moment of interest / weirdness.

To put it bluntly, this is basically a walking simulator sprinkled with the occasional moment of avoiding monsters.

Wrapped in a shimmery geometric grass cloth in silver, blue, and aqua, the space is kept clean in its design — with an occasional moment of razzle - dazzle.

Not exact matches

Interestingly I have just this moment come form a sermon where the preacher talked of one of the consequences of the choice to «participate with Jesus» is to «stand out» and annoy the occasional «high ranking official», thereby affirming all of this!

There were moments where he did just what he should, wedging Beauty Salon against the ropes, and whacking him with hooks and the occasional uppercut.

Coquelin is a player with many strengths, although of course he is prone to his occasional moment of hotheadedness.

But if they were to slump out of the top four, it would pile up with last season's climax — they almost managed to manufacture a two - horse title race, then came third — and this season's European campaign to suggest that here is a team capable of occasional brilliance, but with an unhappy habit of blowing the crucial moments.

The 27 - year - old's first two seasons at the Emirates were filled with highs and lows and, despite the midfielder's silky touch and occasional moments of magic, he simply did not perform in the same way that had persuaded Arsenal to pluck him from Real Madrid for a club record transfer fee.

MONDAY, MAY 18, NOON EST... the ladies of Looking Glass Lane reconvened our online discussion following our talk with Ayelet Waldman's about her memoir and latest book, Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace.

Though I must admit I do take the occasional antacid, as I have had serious reflux with my first pregnancy, and this time around had it from the moment of conception.

I've shed many tears while trying to re-write the script, made some errors (some weeks I've spent too much time on work or my creative life with too little for my family, some weeks the opposite), and found occasional moments of balance.

Looking for a lighter perspective on parenting that reassures you that you aren't the only mom with questions, doubts and the occasional awkward moment?

Working for Gordon «As time goes on, you even remember with affection and fondness the occasional moments that were absolutely awful.

Boohoo's having a moment on here again with this beaut ass dress from their occasional wear range!!

Minneapolis About Blog Here you'll find: baking recipes, photographs of little hands and kitchen moments with friends and family, occasional musings and reflections, and some poetry and prose.

I think life is meant to be lived in shades of grey with the occasional crystal - clear black and white moments.

I'm going to be doing my best to get to regularly scheduled programming around here (with the occasional emotional moment, I'm sure), so there will be new outfits, back to school talk and some updates to the health and fitness section of the site.

Minneapolis About Blog Here you'll find: baking recipes, photographs of little hands and kitchen moments with friends and family, occasional musings and reflections, and some poetry and prose.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a I'll be honest: the cultural phenomenon that is Girls has more or less passed me However, I will absorb the occasional moment from the show through

Slow - moving, atmospheric, with an occasional chilling and / or horrifying moment (yes, some good ones, but not many).

Each one of these Alex Haley series have been relatively surprising in their, by network TV drama standards, genuineness, with this series continuing the «Roots» mythlogy's tradition of being more evasive of subtlety issues than it could have been, though not quite as much as it should have been, for although this series is generally genuine, there is the occasional manipulative moments, some of which go so far as to dip into melodrama.

Certainly, after the bland history lesson of «The Lady» and the joyless family - friendly shenanigans of the «Arthur» trilogy, this is easily the director's most alert, energized and recognizable piece of direction in years — a movie that, with its muscular widescreen imagery, vibrant streaks of color and pulsing musical beats, as well as its occasional tonal missteps and moments of unintentional hilarity, feels unmistakably like the work of its director.

Screenwriters William Nicholson and Michael Hirst care little about re-creating political history as it was, but relish shooting for the Barbie doll moments in the royal court and the occasional cloak - and - dagger thriller moment (the soon to be beheaded scheming Catholic Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots (Samantha Morton), passing notes from her prison cell to approve the assassination attempt on cousin Elizabeth), and in keeping all the scenes with the athletic looking Raleigh intentionally playful and sexually inviting.

Chan and Brosnan offer believable, intense performances, and Campbell coaxes Chan's style into an abrasive brutality with moments of occasional invention.

Helms» routine is a throwback, the hangdog male out of «The Honeymooners,» but he keeps it relatively fresh with the occasional bizarre moment.

Complete, in a rather contrived fashion, with his trademark quirks, Isle of Dogs is style over substance, just lacking somewhat in pathos and heart, and while featuring the occasional hilarious moment, they remain few and far between.

This is a show of modest character beats and human moments sprinkled with plenty of humor and the occasional emotional peak.

You'll get the occasional moments of lucidity — entire chapters told from the same perspective, for instance — but mostly, the game ping - pongs between people, places and decades with each new level.

There are very few decent moments in the film, with an occasional funny gag, but none of these have to do with the story at large.

Occasional moments of humor do work, along with a few nice touches, including a reference to The ’88 Games» other unexpected media sensation, the Jamaican Bobsled Team.

With a whitewashed cast and a failure to critically examine its own protagonist's place within the movement, it's also a film that may fail to speak to many women despite occasional compelling moments and appealing cinematography.

Tyger Williams» screenplay is strictly formulaic, with only the occasional bizarre moment — such as when Carter, after having broken into Leah's house, uses her toothbrush in fetish - like fashion — hinting at the stylishly baroque thriller the film might have been.

These classic cinematic moments aside, he's also known for the occasional deviation from the norm of his criminal outings and delivered films with deep religious themes; The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun and now Silence completes his unofficial religious trilogy.

Quieter moments of exposition will reward attentive viewers with clues to the conspiracy, while occasional chase sequences and gunplay will break up the more demanding components into digestible pieces.

The picture has been encoded using AVC HD, and I thought I detected the occasional, fleeting motion artifact, which I took to be associated with the codec's struggle to reconcile some warping of the original elements from frame to frame at certain moments.

McDonagh («In Bruges», «Seven Psychopaths») stays true to his style with an off - kilter tone, some occasional ridiculously violent moments and a whole lot of implausible dialogue.

Some of the film's most moving moments find Mara simply peering out at the great nocturnal expanse of Manhattan — nicely played by Cincinnati locations, and shot, at times, in an almost Wong Kar - wai-esque neon blur — while Carter Burwell's haunting score, with its two - step progressions and occasional repetitions, seems an almost perfect distillation of her longing.

An occasional mildly funny moment with alot of predictable characters.

Filled with voiceover, direct address to the camera, and occasional freeze - frames on its most dramatic moments, I, Tonya frequently risks that kind of over-explanation as it recounts one of the most famous tabloid stories of the 90s, a saga that has been explained to death over the past two decades.

Without release time, mentors can not interact with their teacher partners in a hands - on manner during the school day, except for the occasional moment during a prep period if prep periods exist.

Although their conferences — with an occasional delayed signal or frozen audio or video — aren't always «perfect,» those moments serve as opportunities for students to see problem - solving in action.

The school may only have basic kitchen facilities at the moment, but that is not holding them back from running occasional cooking classes with students.