Sentences with phrase «witticisms as»

What ultimately saves the dialogue, in my view, are the lovely performances Baumbach coaxes out of his actors, all of whom tend to treat the witticisms as material to play against rather than simply deliver.

Then it becomes clear that the murderer is not of this world, leading to such witticisms as a running joke as to whether alien goo found at the scene feels like human ejaculate.

The Wilde play is a source of such classic witticisms as I can resist everything except temptation, but it's set entirely in a circa 1890 London drawing room; not the most photogenic of locales.

And every little rural enclave has its number of wise old owls who have spent a lifetime sipping draft beer and schnapps and are rife with such witticisms as «you greenhorns couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a banjo.

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He later countered with a series of typical Boris witticisms, including the argument that «America is the proudest creation of London» and that «as a city we are not quite as fat as you... I mean not yet».

It's hard to go wrong with Oscar Wilde's writing, as there is just as much joy, if not more, in hearing the many witticisms, spoken mostly in asides, than in following the plot at large.

It takes few chances, frequently using sass as a smokescreen, hiding what's unoriginal and cheaply sentimental about this story behind a veil of witticisms about oblivion and «cancer perks.»

And yet, accepted as fantasy, 5 To 7 has a bright, literate charm that's hard to resist, thanks to the scattered witticisms in Levin's script, a deftly managed tone, and fine performances across the cast, especially the always - vibrant Thirlby, or Glenn Close and Frank Langella as Brian's eccentric parents.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld (Comedian, «Seinfeld»), who also contributes some of his trademark witticisms in the script, stars as Barry, a young bee on the verge of adulthood who leaves his Central Park hive because he can't quite see any value in working as a drone the rest of his days.

Between, find Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as hitmen Ray and Ken, respectively, exiled to Bruges, Belgium after a London hit goes bad and forced to excrete witticisms in one another's company like Juno - spawned Pez dispensers.

Chris Terrio's screenplay, which draws from a portion of Antonio J. Mendez's «The Master of Disguise» as well as a Wired magazine article, is loaded with witticisms until the final act, at which point Mendez heads to Iran and presents the six hidden Americans (among them, only a wily Scott McNairy stands out) with their task.

Umbers comes across as a British version of young Christopher Reeve, and Moore briskly negotiates his motivations and witticisms («I find the best way to keep my word is never to give it»; «Modern marriage thrives on mutual deception»).

Fart gags for the rug rats and, for adults, witticisms such as «No Ship, Sherlock.»

Although the movie is continually punctuated with high - octane action, at least the snippets of included dialogue are important to the storyline, as opposed to the fluffy and frequent witticisms of previous Bond scripts.

There is something to be said for the sight of genuine Hollywood talent at their most athletic and battle - ready delivering character - appropriate witticisms out of the corner of their mouths as they shoot across the screen.

Blunt and Friend strike a few flinty sparks, and Julian Fellowes's script has its share of dry - as - dust witticisms.

A noble mission, to be sure, and one that shows the filmmakers have the right instincts about how to tell this story, but ultimately The Fault in Our Stars doesn't live up to these claims, as it takes few chances, frequently using sass as a smokescreen, hiding what's unoriginal and cheaply sentimental about this story behind a veil of witticisms about oblivion and «cancer perks.»

Cohen's wisdom and witticisms have now been collected in The Good, the Bad & the Difference, a collection of his columns as wise and funny as a combination of «Dear Abby,» Plato, and Mel Brooks.

Also heard are the many witticisms, sometimes mocking, yet always affectionate, of such Roosevelt intimates as Henry Adams, John Hay, and Elihu Root.

Like some yammering New Age shaman, it peppers the viewer with witticisms and dubious wisdom, such as «You're All About Going Deep,» «The Sooner You Get To the Second Chakra, the Better,» «Write It All Down,» and «Let the Dream Write Itself.»

Master of witticisms, he once quipped: «aesthetics is to artists as ornithology is to the birds.»

Voltaire — as an example humanist — was a little inclined to studied witticisms — think a pompous Oscar Wilde.