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The writer never manages to create a spirit of camaraderie among the squad members, and the director fails to wring articulacy out of the man-mountain Nolte.
I guess the previous "House" movie was a hit, prompting Universal to wring a few more drops from the monster cash-cow.
A pretty transparent attempt to wring cash out of the thriving British club scene, Sorted is a film that shows promise in certain departments, but does very little else.
How director's Andrew Traucki and David Nerlich wring as much suspense and terror from such a modest situation is amazing to watch unfold.
Before the Internet this movie could never have been made but the idea that the Web is full of evil is the idea behind it.Unfortunately thats all it was-the generally opinion that nowadays the Web in the wring hands can create as much chaos as anything in real life.
Much-loved moments from Sholay are parodied by Varma and for that you want to wring his neck.
It takes a gifted storyteller to wring humor and pathos out of a painful childhood, and a sharp observer to make the life story so fresh and consistently surprising.
But it cannot wait too long, lest inflation expectations drift to a dangerously high level, forcing the Fed to move aggressively – and at the cost of considerable economic pain – to wring inflation out of the system.
It's true enough that I threatened to wring the neck of the first of my children who went down again; and now that I'm going down I ought to wring my own, ought I not?
From the poultry-yard was heard the screaming of the fowls whom the servant was chasing in order to wring their necks.
Artless and innocent as she was, this honest provincial had never tormented her soul in an attempt to wring from it some little sensibility to some novel shade of sentiment or distress.
We will not wring the public bosom, with the delineation of such suffering!
So far from being edified by this very proper reply, the elder Mr. Weller at once relapsed into a broad grin; and this inexorable conduct causing the lady and Mr. Stiggins to close their eyes, and rock themselves to and fro on their chairs, in a troubled manner, he furthermore indulged in several acts of pantomime, indicative of a desire to pummel and wring the nose of the aforesaid Stiggins, the performance of which, appeared to afford him great mental relief.
The child began to wring his hands despairingly.
While this dialogue was proceeding, Cedric was endeavouring to wring out of those who guarded him an avowal of their character and purpose.
Prince John hath broken off the tournament, and set forward in all haste towards York, with the nobles, knights, and churchmen of his party, after collecting such sums as they could wring, by fair means or foul, from those who are esteemed the wealthy of the land.
Isaac groaned deeply, and began to wring his hands, and to relapse into his state of desolation and despair.
In the midst of the greatest composure of my mind, this would break out upon me like a storm, and make me wring my hands and weep like a child.
Lady Ingram thought it "le cas" to wring her hands: which she did accordingly.
I wish to foster, not to blight--to earn gratitude, not to wring tears of blood--no, nor of brine: my harvest must be in smiles, in endearments, in sweet--That will do.