| 单词 | talky |
| 例句 | We’re talking the whole way on the train, talky talk, chattering at each other across the aisle of the swaying car like edgy ball players. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just couldn’t get away from my last clients. That was one talky woman! I bet I can tell you about every moment of the last ten years of her life!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z And look at the modest, talky straightforwardness of phrases like, “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He wrangled the eclectic, if erratic, score — a succession of talky set pieces in which arias are more like brief soliloquies — into a coherent, flowing drama. Review: The Time for Prokofiev’s ‘War and Peace’ Is Now 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z In this very talky play, Lensing and his actors tackle serious issues with a light touch. At Salzburg Festival, Directing Slow and Fast 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z What she provides instead is talkier, if less eloquent. Review: Four Women, Four Lifetimes, One Camera in ‘20th Century Blues’ 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z It’s a role that the tall, talky Mr. Gray wears comfortably, although his tendency to sprinkle conversations with funny, self-mocking comments suggests he doesn’t want to be taken too seriously. Critic’s Notebook: James Gray Makes His Way on the Cannes Star Circuit 2013-05-26T21:37:19Z Even as Chaya becomes a fascinating Henry James heroine, tormented by her wishes and her losses, Asher remains a sad, talky but unknowable elf. A Poor Girl’s Progress Through the Gilded Age 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z This book feels longer and talkier than the first two, and the plot is more convoluted, bouncing from Moscow and Washington to Greece, New York, Khartoum, Macao and Hong Kong. Review | Only one sexy couple can stop a Russian spy from taking over the CIA 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Her work and delivery was narrative and clear, open and talky, about men and women and black identity and life and death. Village Vanguard Celebrates Its 80th, Adding Poetry and Comedy to Jazz 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z With long, talky exchanges and no camera, the director, Pam MacKinnon, is forced to create focus however she can, mostly by having the actors move back and forth a lot. Review: Uma Thurman, Trapped in Trumpland in ‘The Parisian Woman’ 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Sirk, not for the last time, seems to let the performances get away from him in this talky piece, but he uses the studio environment to create some splendid false perspectives and dappled lighting schemes. DVDs: Douglas Sirk Without Tears 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z As a fan of Whit Stillman's dry, cheerful, talky romantic comedies, I have been looking forward to "The Cosmopolitans" since it was first announced back in April. Among Amazon pilots, 'The Cosmopolitans' a promising diversion 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Graf’s talky, witty “Don’t Follow Me Around” concerns the police psychologist who, called in to investigate, runs into an old friend — and, indirectly, her old flame. Movies: Somber Themes Dominate Berlin International Film Festival 2011-02-16T12:30:06Z It is very talky, and often annoying, but in that way that is also true of “Parenthood” — all of you, be quiet and get therapy! Need a New Crime Drama? Visit This Colorful Nail Salon 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Nelson’s aesthetic in these plays has been so demonstrably uniform — and to some who are easily made antsy, so defiantly talky — that an audience member either commits or tunes out. Review | Playwright Richard Nelson ends his epic cycle of hyper-realistic drama with — what else? — a global pandemic 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z As directed by Leigh Silverman, the play becomes truly animated only when the talky expositional scenes are interrupted by flaring action sequences that erupt like little bursts of fireworks throughout. Theater Review: David Henry Hwang’s ‘Kung Fu’ Opens at Signature Theater 2014-02-25T03:00:01Z In The New York Times, Janet Maslin called it “heartfelt and serious,” but also “talky enough to dispel many of the emotions it means to arouse.” Long Forgotten, a Landmark Film in AIDS History Is Rescued 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z But those appearances are usually casual, talky and short; they briefly present the artist as something like a regular person, trying to be relatable. Intimacy Is Overrated: Concerts in the Livestream Era 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z But the play mostly unfolds in short, talky scenes — too many of them, perhaps, and too talky. Review: Teen deals with friendship, mom and other challenges in Schmeater's insightful 'Crooked' 2011-01-19T17:19:04Z But some measure of dramatic credibility would be nice, especially once “Violet & Daisy” settles down to become, in essence, a talky, single-set, three-person play. Movie Review: ‘Violet & Daisy,’ by Geoffrey Fletcher 2013-06-07T01:36:07Z During this show, his second in two nights, he held down the stage with confidence and a splash of roguish charm, which got activated as he pushed back against a talky crowd. Music Review: Ed Sheeran at the Mercury Lounge 2012-02-02T23:20:55Z Schoeck’s vocal writing is less pleasing: much of it is talky and shapeless, and it is often swamped by the string and woodwind scoring. Music Review: A Meandering Thread Becomes James Joyce 2010-10-10T19:42:00Z None of the principal players bring the kind of honest, spontaneous feeling to their performances that is crucial to animating the highly literate, sometimes tryingly talky plays of Shaw. Theater Review | 'Candida': Two Men Who Adore Her, One Woman in the Middle 2010-03-08T06:35:00Z These productions feel forced: talky, infelicitous and banal. In ‘Languages of Truth,’ Salman Rushdie Defends the Extraordinary 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z “The Little Foxes” is talky, with convoluted, Shakespearean scheming; there’s a reason that thin plots are characteristic of a sung art form. Susan Graham, Opera’s Sweetheart, Tries Something New: Being Nasty 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Steven Spielberg eschews the battlefield for a talky yet affecting look at Lincoln's final months. AP critics pick the year's best movies 2012-12-14T21:29:02Z If “Parenthood” were cynical, or if “Thirtysomething” were less ponderous, you’d get something like “Tangle,” an engrossing and talky drama about a few suburban families who are nursing some serious ennui. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z The Essingers are one of those big, talky families that seem to generate their own weather system whenever the far-flung members get together. Families Banter and Bicker Their Way Through Three New Novels 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z But here is “House of Darkness” anyway, a talky, allegorical horror film that delivers plenty of LaBute’s typically sharp irony and observations but little raison d’être. ‘House of Darkness’ Review: If You Prick Them, Do Bros Not Bleed? 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z He swerves from bouncy jokiness to violence — and from long, talky takes to quick, syncopated edits — with the dexterity of someone who has studied the early work of Quentin Tarantino. ‘Dope,’ a Teenage Comedy, Plays With Stereotypes 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The Stephen Sondheim number Ms. McDonald chose, the Baker’s Wife song “Moments in the Woods,” from “Into the Woods,” was one of his talkiest. Music Review: Audra McDonald at Lincoln Center 2013-05-10T21:59:41Z Hollander impresses, too, as he did in a dazzling star turn in “Travesties,” which won the actor a 2018 Tony nomination — two talky plays requiring an actor at home with reams of language. Putin, Chekhov and the Theater of Despair 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Even more talky and cooperative is Spaceteam, a game that turns people into deranged clones of Scotty, the “Star Trek” engineer. Critic’s Notebook: ‘25 Must-Play Video Games’ at Museum of the Moving Image 2013-12-15T23:20:43Z But should he be listening during the talky bits, he may find one exchange from the third instalment, The Bourne Ultimatum, particularly pertinent to his style of governance. Six surveillance films to make Trump paranoid 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Despite Presswell's evident enthusiasm, the tediously talky, dramatically stilted results offer conclusive evidence that mastering suspense requires artistic skill beyond sampling the Master of Suspense. 'Candlestick's' blatant Hitchcock tone underwhelms 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Ms. George’s intricately conceived but talky drama comes to life only when she allows her characters to elbow aside the fancy machinery of the plot and open their hearts. Theater Review: ‘The (Curious Case of the) Watson Intelligence’ 2013-12-10T03:00:01Z R keeps his hunger in check without much struggle, a process that’s personalized through his voice-over and in talky passages that show Mr. Levine’s ability to sustain interest with just two people in a room. Movie Review: ‘Warm Bodies,’ Written and Directed by Jonathan Levine 2013-01-31T22:50:15Z The character’s occasional zingers go only so far to redeem “In Praise of Love,” the talky, genteelly plodding Terence Rattigan play that is receiving a revival from the Washington Stage Guild. ‘In Praise of Love’: A second look at the 1970s play’s retorts and tear-jerkers 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z Right on the money: the play was talky and disjointed, silly at times--not in a good way. Review: ‘The Present’: Even in Russia, It’s Hard to Turn 40 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z But we need our headstrong, talky ones, the ones who live to stir the pot. Books of The Times: ‘Every Day Is for the Thief’ by Teju Cole 2014-03-25T20:21:54Z But it was also talky, with lengthy introductions and speeches, and one gambit to rearrange the final awards ended awkwardly. Soderbergh, Cheadle return to Detroit in ‘No Sudden Move’ 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z But attention strayed in the talkier scenes and when the story simply wasn't clicking. Theater review: In new SCT musical, it's 'Brementown' or bust! 2010-04-22T21:17:00Z Some viewers may find fault with this episode, especially the talky parts between Gus and vigilante vamp Quinlan, while the oddly suspended Ancients sleep/snore nearby. 'The Strain' recap: The Master, crispy around the edges, still lives 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z “Berlin Station is a little talky, maybe a little over-plotted and populated,” Mike Hale wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Berlin Station’ and ‘Graves’ on Epix 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Unabashedly talky and unapologetically angry, Mr. Leigh’s film chronicles the debates and machinations leading up to a massacre of demonstrators marching for electoral reform and workers’ rights. At the Telluride Film Festival, the Past Isn’t Safe at All 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z The best scenes, which are the talkiest and the least given over to plot, instead showcase Ms. Hutchinson’s dry, roguish, gutsy voice. Review: ‘Somebody’s Daughter,’ High-Achieving but Hungry for Guidance 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z For all the merits of Zweig’s libretto, it is very talky, and much of Strauss’s music is of the dry type familiar from the less memorable portions of “Der Rosenkavalier.” Review: 'A Silent Woman' With a Big Voice 2010-07-27T11:30:00Z On Sunday that was happening all over the place, as roughly 98 subplots unfolded over lots of conversation and a few flashes of action in a talky, busy episode. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7, Episode 2: Come Together 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Its inspired and single-minded purpose is to chronicle any grasping attempts by music writers to characterize Mr. Casey, the talky, confrontational lead vocalist and lyricist of the Detroit postpunk band Protomartyr. The Playlist: Britney Spears Puts on a Show and Tove Lo Plays it Cool 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z “How to Build a Girl” is too talky at times. ‘How to Build a Girl,’ by Caitlin Moran 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z One could argue that this week’s “Leftovers” is too slow and too talky, and that not enough happens given that we’re so close to the finale. ‘The Leftovers’ Season 3, Episode 6: The End Is Near 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z The 40-minute result is as talky as a Stoppard play but far less sparkling or affecting. A Day of Divas 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Among the half-dozen trekkers profiled in Lydia B. Smith's mild, talky film, one is a devout Christian, the others adventurers on a more general spiritual mission. 'Walking the Camino' an eloquent trek to Spanish shrine of St. James 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Most of the action is talky, and takes place in and around the White House and in the House of Representatives. Lincoln: more jaw-jaw than war-war. And no vampires 2013-01-23T14:26:46Z In its talky early sequences, Caan's script pushes too hard; within the first half-hour, not one but two characters tell Johnny what a contradiction he is. Scott, James Cann go head-to-head in "Mercy" 2010-04-14T01:40:00Z The value of marquee name Robert Pattinson may not have seemed terribly relevant to the target audience for this cerebral, talky drama, based on a Don DeLillo novel. It's no fantasy: Prometheus, MIB3 and Snow White still on top at UK box office 2012-06-19T13:28:11Z Taub and Woolery’s adaptation retains the outline of the original, while shortening and tightening the talkier bits, making space for songs. Review: Finding Community in ‘As You Like It’ 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z I want to let Segel’s performance during our interview speak for itself, as does his performance in this thorny, talky, frustrating and intriguing film. Jason Segel on playing David Foster Wallace: “I’m starting to think the things we’ve been told will make us feel good are a lie” 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z At the same time, I’ve really — in a way I never expected to because both these men are so — both these characters are so taciturn and not talky. Arrow Co-Creator Marc Guggenheim on Tonight's Season 2 Finale 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s not just a tiny film, but an unusually talky one, compared to your other work. Producer of ‘Bourne’ series turns his hand to a low-budget, psychological thriller. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The play, nearly twice as long as David Hare’s 1997 film adaptation, is a talky, twisty marathon, clocking in at three hours. Wallace Shawn's 'The Designated Mourner' gets new relevance in the Trump era 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z He’s a talky, 120-pound Jewish guy in a motorized wheelchair, unable to pick up a pencil or feed himself. Review | The perils and pleasures of inter-abled romance 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z The series—which was Swiss-Army-knifed by Louis C.K., who wrote, directed, and paid for it, and played the starring role—is one of the great talky television shows in recent memory. Was “Horace and Pete” Even Television? 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z This is the kind of loose, talky slacker comedy that needs razor-sharp observations and originality to work. Review: ‘Animals,’ an Animated Comedy From the Duplass Brothers 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z For one thing, Mr. Wilson’s script is at once talky and terrifyingly bleak: how else to characterize a landscape where love is dismissed as “a neurosis everyone should have together?” Review: Judi Dench Brings Titania to Life Again 2010-02-23T11:35:00Z But the result was a talky, pokey narrative that wasn’t brought to life by its action set pieces, no matter how well they were done. ‘Daredevil’ Season 2: Watched It All? Let’s Talk 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Then the Emersons reappear … What might have been starched and talky in other hands comes out of the wash alive with spring and spirit. A Room With a View: No 9 2010-10-16T10:46:00Z The blasting of Ray offered an explosive end to a very talky episode that was dense with both convoluted plot details and the continued crumbling of our already plenty gloomy characters. 'True Detective' Recap: Big Blasts and Diminished Men 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z Conventional wisdom has held for months that "The King's Speech" and "The Social Network," a pair of handsome and talky comedy-drama blends with biographical and historical roots, were the best-picture front-runners, and so it appears. Winners and losers of today's Oscar noms 2011-01-25T17:20:00Z The acting here smooths out the blocky, talky, implausibly ruminative aspects of Laverty’s writing. ‘Sorry We Missed You’ Review: The Human Toll of That One-Click Buy 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z This is succinct writing, a little talky, but extremely conscious of the borders. Critic’s Notebook: Bruno Mars’s New Album, ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’ 2012-12-11T19:11:57Z I forgave Fred Astaire his talky rendition of songs like “Cheek to Cheek” because he was the epitome of effortless grace. Love ‘La La Land’? Hate It? So Do We. 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z The poems are fairly talky: most are miniature dramas, with dialogue and strange twists. Music Review: The Least and the Most in a Tanglewood Series 2011-08-04T21:33:12Z “Here Comes Trouble” is talky and vaguely ill composed, but Mr. Moore is in touch with the American demotic. Books of The Times: ?Here Comes Trouble? by Michael Moore - Book Review 2011-09-13T12:00:00Z After 45 minutes of talky intrigue and betrayal, a tiny iceberg is visible in the blackness. ‘The Sea Wolf’ and ‘Titanic’: Fascism on the High Seas 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z It was a great blueprint, but it was even more cerebral and talky. Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke: how we made the Before Sunrise trilogy 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z But though credible characters aren’t on offer, the four actors all comfortably inhabit the same talky, lightly surreal world, and it’s pleasant enough to reside there with them for an hour and a half. Review: ‘Laugh It Up, Stare It Down,’ on Love and Marriage 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z "The Outfit" is a cheap, talky and stagy chamber drama that thinks it is clever. Mark Rylance is the one reason to try on "The Outfit," a crime drama that looks better than it feels 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z He studied film at Towson University in Maryland, where he made a series of three talky movies about love and life on campus. Mike Flanagan Explores His Private Horrors in ‘Midnight Mass’ 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z The film’s talky, unemotional directness might turn some voters off but, aside from Scott Z Burns’ info-packed script, she has the best chance of recognition. The early favourites: who might be winning Oscars in 2020? 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z The singers use the talky middle of their range, delivering bunched-up phrasing at slanted angles in generalized American drawls. Kurt Vile and War on Drugs Share a Middle Ground 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z All of that is true in Mike Leigh’s subtle, tragicomic “Mr. Turner,” which among other things possesses a pictorial intensity and a sense of widescreen spectacle not heretofore seen in Leigh’s talky and claustrophobic films. “Mr. Turner”: This gorgeous story of a wounded misanthrope genius will surprise you 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Chandor made his name with 2011's talky financial crisis drama Margin Call, a debut feature that earned him an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay. Why Robert Redford lost his voice 2013-12-23T01:10:29Z Meanwhile, there is a painfully talky scene where Sarah stalls to buy time, and Orson engages in fisticuffs with one of Mike's ex-special forces that feels like a fight scene rehearsal. In "Operation Fortune," Aubrey Plaza saves Guy Ritchie's latest action-packed but lackluster caper 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Adroitly handled, the technique allows the opera to be talky while flowing ever forward. Review: After a Met Opera Milestone, ‘Boris’ Brings Another 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Is it a geriatric version of , talky and sharp? Scent of Doomed Men: Al Pacino and Christopher Walken Team Up for Stand Up Guys 2013-01-31T12:59:25Z With sequences that consist of voiced diary entries, and with a lurching offstage main conflict that filters in via talky scenes, this ambitious shipboard tale runs surprisingly low on drama. Standout plays at this year’s Contemporary American Theater Festival: The list 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z He added: “And I would tell him, no talky talky, just show me your eyes.” Matthew McConaughey Shifts Gears 2012-07-06T23:59:02Z Returning to a character he has portrayed before, he is seducing audiences with his technical virtuosity, crunching on all those crisp consonants in Hare's talky script while wielding his wiry body like a conductor's baton. Tony Awards 2015: Yet another British invasion of America 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Much of the power in these scenes — and the talkier ones — arises from their riskiness. Sally Rooney and Love in the Time of General Systems Collapse 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The capable cast is burdened with a lot of talky exposition, and the play sometimes drowns in it. Oregon Shakespeare Fest, 2013: the Bard, and more 2013-07-24T22:08:57Z The talky script, so reliant on a specific form of line delivery, is matched with three exquisite, gutsy performances from Colman, Weisz and Stone – all also nominated yet all, sadly, unlikely to win. Why The Favourite should win the best picture Oscar 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z The play runs well over two hours, but it never feels talky or long. ‘Next Fall’ a skillful blend of wit, drama and family 2013-03-15T22:54:19Z While touching on serious and timely issues, including anti-Semitism, women’s rights and the perpetual tug-of-war between art and commerce, the play’s central showdown often feels labored, expository and talky. If you’re in the mood for comedy, try these productions 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Like most of LaBute’s work, “Out of the Blue” is talky, sparsely staged and presented with his signature detachment. ‘Out of the Blue’ Review: The Spider and the Fly 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the acting in director Christopher Henley’s production lacks the kind of polish that might turn this extremely talky play into an engrossing theatrical experience. A pack of Parisian oddballs take on the corporate elite 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z On it he croons in a talky flow about a manuscript — or is it a love letter? this song? his career? — that he fears will be vulgarized by commercial forces. Playlist: A Confection of Pop, and Newport Chops 2011-08-20T19:45:06Z Other changes Goyer makes serve to translate Asimov’s talky novels of ideas into a pageant of explosions and special effects. Review: The Math of ‘Foundation’ Doesn’t Add Up 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z This brash and talky first novel is about a handful of women who grew up together in an outer borough of New York City. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Coming in at a tight and talky 74 minutes, “Incredible but True” is a sweetly absurd time-travel comedy that coats its lunacy in a touching poignancy. ‘Incredible but True’ Review: Track to the Future 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z A friend of mine, a writer who saw this Roundabout Theater Company production in previews, said she hadn’t remembered the play being so relentlessly talky and repetitive. Review: ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Is a Tempest in a Bourbon Bottle 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Yet where Swift’s earlier forays into pop retained her signature – pulsing synths overlaid with talky teenage vérité -- these songs sound far less distinctive. Taylor Swift smooths out the wrinkles on sleek '1989' 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z The music harks back to the metronomic beat, talky verses and major chords of the Velvet Underground, but it has its own twists, as Verlaine’s guitar lines push toward Eastern modes. Tom Verlaine’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Some of the individual tales may hit the emotions harder or stay in the mind longer, and some viewers may never acquire a taste for his talky, elliptical, melancholy style. ‘The Woman Who Ran’ Review: Conversations With Friends 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z Inevitably, then, “Shipwreck” is a talky, thinky piece, but Ms. Washburn’s skewering of the chattering classes is as sparkling as it is spiky. From ‘The Simpsons’ to ‘The Twilight Zone.’ And Now, Trump. 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z It’s great news if you hate talky comedies and love big-budget blockbusters with white people in them—but potentially bad news for the state of moviegoing as we know it. “Inferno” isn’t a box office disaster: Dan Brown’s overseas hit may be the future of movies, whether we like it or not 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z A prime example of the so-called adult western, “Hombre” is talky as well as pictorial. In ‘Hombre’ and ‘Kid Blue,’ the Antiheroes Wear Stetsons Ride Tall on a Rebellion Frontier 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z LaBute's talky film is a slow burn that may signpost where it is going, but the leads keep things interesting because Long is chatty and obsequious, while Bosworth maintains both composure and an allure. Neil LaBute talks "House of Darkness," his modern take on "Dracula" that flips the power dynamic 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z It’s talky and clumsy, alternating between self-importance and clowning. ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ Review: They Fought the Law 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z A talky, digressive piece, this anti-death penalty broadside is infused with a jittery hyperactive energy as Loach sought to overcome the staid traditions of television drama. Ken Loach – all his films ranked! 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Simon was a remote and formidable presence onstage, not afraid to stop a song midchord in order to chew out a talky audience member. Books of The Times: Under a Strange, Soulful Spell 2010-02-19T05:52:00Z Like her other stage pieces, “Rose” is high culture and low, talky but agile, brainy but — and! — feeling. Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Like an earnest Lifetime TV movie bleached of plot and tension, “Voices of Swords” is occasionally tolerable but mostly just talky. In ‘Voices of Swords,’ Aging Parents Are at Issue 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z It felt very talky and still to me. Star Trek director boldly goes to conquer non sci-fi fans 2013-05-07T15:50:20Z There's something pleasantly old-fashioned about this very talky movie, and the three main actors are all very likable. 'How Do You Know': A love triangle with too many dull points 2010-12-16T21:52:04Z What can you say about how you filmed the courtroom scenes and kept this long, talky film, nimble? "Anatomy of a Fall" inverses the formulaic whodunit and shows the "limitations of a courtroom" 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Hankey was joined by the Marschallin of the radiant soprano Lise Davidsen, who kept her immense voice carefully restrained for much of this long, talky opera before unleashing its full force in the final minutes. Is It the End of an Era at the Metropolitan Opera? 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Besides the talky script’s unvarying tone, too much is told while it is being shown. Theater Review: ‘Bikeman: A 9/11 Play,’ on a Journalist’s Sept. 11 Experience 2014-02-20T23:38:15Z Midge herself, who Ms. Sherman-Palladino describes as “pure energy and pure light and such strength,” which makes her sound like a lot of Ms. Sherman-Palladino’s talky, resilient women. Did You Hear the One About the Housewife Who Walks Into a Comedy Club? 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z And she doesn't spoil it with a political talky bit. This week's new singles 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z The tone never entirely gels in Reisman’s grim, plucky, decidedly talky dialogue, but it’s a vivid vision. Review | Solas Nua stages ‘The Frederick Douglass Project’ on an Anacostia River pier 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z A novel that is concerned with friendship, geopolitics, math, and science, it’s talky and intellectual, while also unfolding a riveting drama: a deeply satisfying book, all the more impressive for being Rahman’s first. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z First of all, let me set your mind at ease, O Entertainment Consumer: Yes, this is a 50-year-old French film with subtitles, but I promise you it isn’t some talky, black-and-white odyssey into the soul. “That Man From Rio”: a stylish and conflicted French ancestor to Indiana Jones 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z A later sex film — talky, arty, shot in crumbly black and white — is now known as “The Blue Tape.” Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Mr. Goulian has written a talky book with a terrier yap, one that reads like a skittish celebrity memoir with no celebrity attached. Books of The Times: Why Be a Tree Stump When You Can Soar? 2011-05-18T00:52:01Z “And he said, ‘Yeah, but Jesus, it’s talky.’” James Nederlander, Theater Owner Known as Broadway’s Last Patriarch, Dies at 94 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z The director’s vivid imagination enlivens a static, talky finale, with Orestes receiving his verdict flanked by stolid, robed jurors and feral, scuttling Furies. Music Review: ‘Oresteia’ Is Revived as Prelude to Bard Music Festival 2013-07-29T21:21:44Z Reading these talky and cluttered books is like scrolling through microfilm: There are no grand vistas, but there are neck aches and, often enough, because Freud led life up to the nostrils, fantastic “aha!” moments. The Devilish Life and Art of Lucian Freud, in Full Detail 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z They have a talky, crackling quality that keeps them afloat even when they veer toward the pretentious. Kathleen Collins’s ‘Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?’ 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z The tone is talky and digressive; few real characters emerge; one feels lashed to the mast after only 50 pages or so. Review: ‘The American People, Volume 1’ by Larry Kramer Retells History With Passion 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The result is a little naive and overly talky. At Washington National Opera, 20-minute operas are on the right track Fizzy and flouncy and oh, so talky, “Cyrano, My Love” imagines the creation of Edmond Rostand’s blockbuster French play, “Cyrano de Bergerac.” ‘Cyrano, My Love’ Review: A Nose for Romance 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z I have a soft spot for this talky doomsday story, written and directed by Romero. Summer Horror in the City 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z It’s acutely written and beautifully acted, but the kind of talky, rarefied miniature that could easily have gone nowhere beyond the film festival circuit. sex, lies, and videotape at 30: how Steven Soderbergh changed independent cinema 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z While the film is talky, it is rarely dry. “Varda by Agnès” is a poignant and joyous self-portrait of the remarkable late artist 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Less a civil war Saving Private Ryan than a 19th-century prequel to The West Wing, Spielberg's wide-angle account of the abolition of slavery is his talkiest film, but all the better for it. This week's new films 2013-01-26T06:00:06Z As a result, this “Fences” inches along, seeming talky and lackluster. Revealing the holes in August Wilson’s ‘Fences’ 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z But no one in the industry expected that a long, talky, R-rated drama released at the height of the summer movie season would earn over $900 million at the box office. For filmmakers, ‘Oppenheimer’s’ $900M-plus haul is an important moment for Hollywood and theaters 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Daniel Edward McShane III speaks with a slight Southern accent and calls himself “a little talky.” ‘Lord Commander’ of the DMZ Has Seen It All on the Korean Frontier 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Sue Kroll, the studio’s new head of marketing, argues that despite the setting and the talky nature of the film, “Air” has the makings of a crowd pleaser. Hoping to Draw Moviegoers and Filmmakers, Amazon Heads to Theaters 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z Amir ElSaffar has composed new music, an atonal jazz that Shepherd bangs out on keyboard when Pavel transitions into talky song. Review: In Wooster Group's staging of Brecht's 'The Mother,' techno postmodernism turns political 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z If “Girls” is talky, that’s because there is a lot that needs to be said. Review: There's less Gold Rush in John Adams' latest 'Girls of the Golden West,' but it's still gold 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z But as more outsiders enter Charlie’s world, the dialogue becomes increasingly strident and talky. Review | ‘The Whale’: Brendan Fraser is great, the movie not so much 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z This is a talky piece of fiction, featuring long narratives about Vietnam and the Kennedy Assassination and theoretical physics; it is riveting in places, but it also has a lot of loose ends. A complete, opinionated reader's guide to Cormac McCarthy's novels 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But it’s fairly fitting because “House of the Dragon,” which is much more limited in scope than its predecessor, “Game of Thrones,” has been very talky in its first outing. ‘House of the Dragon’ ended on the brink of war. What could Season 2 bring? 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z In the case of “Old Man,” there are supernatural elements woven into what is a very talky, largely predictable psychodrama. Review: Twisty thriller 'Piggy' seeks justice and more 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z And in contrast to the talky, therapy-set “In Treatment,” it never feels like a showy acting exercise. Review | Steve Carell treats ‘The Patient’ in stellar serial killer drama 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Just when we thought the indie world might finally tire of fawning over talky British post-punk bands, Wet Leg took the scene by storm with their deadpanned hit “Chaise Longue.” THING festival returns to Port Townsend with superb comeback lineup 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z In the 1950s and ’60s, Auden hoped he might be regarded as “a minor Atlantic Goethe” even as his poetry grew loose and talky, his diction occasionally recondite. Review | Auden was more than a great poet. Two books remind us why. 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z I was among the minority of critics who didn’t fall head over heels with the series, a talky, cerebral, therapyspeak-infused take on “Groundhog Day” that probably should’ve been a movie. Review | ‘Russian Doll,’ ‘Flight Attendant’ boast two of TV’s best performances 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z But streaming and social media have opened other paths for a tune like “Bruno,” with its talky vocals and low-slung groove; its peculiarity is an asset on TikTok, where songs are prized for their memeability. What do 8-year-olds and Nancy Pelosi have in common? Their favorite pop star is Lin-Manuel Miranda 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Long exposition and new techy lore stuffed into stretches of talky, cerebral scenes with a runtime that’s already pushing 2 1/2 hours isn’t for every moviegoer. Five questions to help you figure out if you'll love 'The Matrix Resurrections' 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z This being a Sorkin project, “Ricardos” is an awfully talky affair at times, with an anachronistic sub-theme of gender inequity running throughout the proceedings. Review | Golden Age of TV is tarnished in Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Being the Ricardos’ 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z Frankly, those talkier segments stall some of the narrative momentum, and “Night Raiders” never really builds in intensity, as it should. Review: The not-so-distant future carries a dire warning in sci-fi thriller 'Night Raiders' 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z But even with all this promise, “The Woman in the Window” falls apart, devolving into tawdry body horror and tiresome, talky exposition. Review | Despite its sparkling pedigree, ‘The Woman in the Window’ is a dud of a movie 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z “Drenched in tenderness and sensuality, ‘Premature’ is brimming with life, with director Rashaad Ernesto Green brilliantly capturing the picnics, house parties and street scenes of Harlem that burst with teasing, talky energy.” Here are the movies that wowed Washington Post critics in 2020 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z But true to its subtitle, “Shipwreck” chronicles the recent political past in a manner that blends history play melodramatics with talky, topical realism. No matter who wins the election, artists will called upon to repair a broken nation 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z But the overall effect of this talky, shapeshifting piece is numbing. Commentary: Theaters nobly fill the COVID void, but screens make me miss the stage even more 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Mr. Garfield often played talky, anxious characters — salesmen, corrupt businessmen and sweaty politicians. Allen Garfield, character actor in ‘Nashville’ and ‘The Conversation,’ dies at 80 of coronavirus 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z Garfield often played talky, anxious characters - salesmen, corrupt businessmen and sweaty politicians. Allen Garfield, elite ‘70s character actor, dies at 80 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z The Post’s Gary Arnold called it “talky, static, derivative.” Perspective | Yes, Billy Jack went to Washington. He did not enjoy his visit. 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Zahedi, 59, has been a force in independent film for decades, writing, directing and starring in talky, low-budget and spellbinding work that uses his own life and persona as material. A Filmmaker Bared His Soul. It Ruined His Life. 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z But this overlong film’s glacial pace and talky, unevenly told narrative undercut its potential power and accessibility. Review: Native American drama 'Neither Wolf Nor Dog' takes too long to tell its story 2019-09-12T04:00:00Z “Spider in the Web” is slow and talky; and though it delivers a few good twists, it’s not really made for adventure-seekers. Review: Ben Kingsley makes 'Spider' special; John Travolta in 'The Fanatic,' and more 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z And in this talky, perceptive and unfailingly intelligent one-act work for two actors, finding consensus is difficult in an era when the fate of the world itself is so uncertain. Review: Is it right to bring a child into today’s world? ‘Lungs’ wrestles with the question. 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z “Crown and Anchor” is slow-paced and talky, with scenes that run long, in static takes. Reviews: Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista in ‘Escape Plan: The Extractors’; and more 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z She said she was “full on panicking” by the time she found the “walky talky thingys in the cockpit”, which also didn’t work. Air Canada investigates after woman wakes up alone on darkened plane 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z She said she was “full on panicking” by the time she found the “walky talky thingys in the cockpit,” which also didn’t work. Air Canada reviewing how crew left passenger on parked plane 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z In 1986 the Quebec filmmaker Denys Arcand made “The Decline of the American Empire,” a talky ensemble comedy preoccupied with Canada’s descent into moral and political malaise. Review | ‘The Fall of the American Empire’ combines comedy and deep thought, with mixed results 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z There's no fighting — it is a talky 20 minutes — but, quite in the spirit of HBO, there is nudity and sex. 10 essential ‘Game of Thrones’ fan films reviewed, the most professional to most lovable 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Their musical point of view—belligerent but wounded—felt a little like outlaw country, a genre that had recently formed in opposition to the slick Nashville scene, but their songs were talkier, more cerebral. Steve Earle’s Winsome Tribute to Guy Clark 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Long, talky stakeouts and even longer, talkier car rides ensue, during which the actors easily hold your interest, charging even the slower cadences of their stylized dialogue with rhythmic unease. Review: ‘Dragged Across Concrete,’ with Mel Gibson, is both moody cop thriller and glib provocation 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z Although Francesca is supposedly “pulling the strings” for these folks, both she and her mission too often get lost in the overly talky shuffle. Review: Muddled fantasy ‘We Are Boats’ fails to inspire 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z At just over three hours, the movie is undeniably long, talky and dense, but it is never uninteresting. Review: A father-son drama takes absorbing root in 'The Wild Pear Tree' 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Washington, D.C., doesn’t get nearly as much love in “The Report,” an engrossingly talky data dump of a thriller that Amazon Studios acquired mid-festival for $14 million. ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco,’ ‘The Report’ and the art of keeping a Sundance crowd off-balance 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z A cross between a drawing-room mystery and a macho B-movie, the movie is talky and twisty — at times to a fault. New video: 'The Old Man & the Gun' is warm and inviting 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z It remains a talky show, if a less self-consciously eloquent one; Wayne is a man of few words and Roland only a few more. Review: HBO's much-debated 'True Detective' returns strong — with a few advisories 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z It’s agreeably silly, and sometimes appealingly slapsticky, compared to the talkier likes of Blockers or Game Night. Holmes & Watson’s failure shows how film comedy is changing 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z No one would call “At Eternity’s Gate” a talky film, but when it does focus on the words over pictures, it’s less than eloquent. Review | Willem Dafoe is an impassioned van Gogh in this fascinating yet frustrating biopic 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z “Politics were anathema at the box office, the material was talky, there was no action.” William Goldman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of ‘Butch Cassidy’ and ‘All the President’s Men,’ dies at 87 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z His brisk, talky, self-assured style invited a similarly argumentative response. From 'The Princess Bride' to 'All the President's Men,' William Goldman had a storytelling style all his own 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The film also feels very talky, with the dialogue compensating for the limits of the animation. Reviews: Ansel Elgort in 'Jonathan,' plus animation, indies and world cinema - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Not helping matters: This talky play is difficult to hear in the big auditorium. Review: In 'Kings,' a novice politician wears incorruptibility like armor. How many dings can she take? - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z Performed on a sleek, single set, in a series of encounters spread over months, “Oslo” is as talky as you’d expect a play about talks to be. At ACT Theatre, ‘Oslo’ finds crackling drama in back-channel negotiations 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z The effect is talky and theatrical, with more than a few characters delivering substantial, revelatory monologues of the sort that introduce a critical turn in the last act. Review: 'The Haunting of Hill House,' a long, long, strange trip into spookiness - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z But this overly talky and stagey film, which takes place mostly in Colt’s hotel room and trailer — and frustratingly off-set — lacks the requisite catharsis and charisma to sufficiently engage. A bad-boy actor makes for a less than compelling drama in 'Racing Colt' 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Schrader’s movie is a talky one, but the words are precise and compelling and the images entrancing, whether it’s Pepto-Bismol swirling into a tumbler of whiskey or an urgent flyover of bleak industrial landscapes. Review: The tormented souls of Schrader’s ‘First Reformed’ 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Among the more glaring issues are performances that sound distractingly contemporary and obvious budget constraints that serve to suffocate the overly talky chamber piece instead of providing much-needed breathing room. Henry Jaglom's 'Train to Zakopané' betrays its stage origins 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z Coming up short on tension and long on talky exposition, "Josie" emerges as a Southern-fried dramatic thriller that fails to deliver the pulpy goods despite a nicely rooted Dylan McDermott lead performance. Nice turn by Dylan McDermott wasted in dramatic thriller 'Josie' 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z A chain of events — a fire and a car accident, all seen only in hindsight or off-screen — connect the characters in “Nostalgia,” a slow, talky and only faintly moving meditation on mortality and memory. Review | ‘Nostalgia’ takes a gloomy looks at a group of glum people, all connected by loss 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The confessional spirit of Eric Rohmer, the late French auteur revered for his wise, talky relationship studies, hovers insistently over the proceedings. Unhappy lives and lacerating truths in Alex Ross Perry's exquisite 'Golden Exits' 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Romero’s 1985 “Day of the Dead” wasn’t his best, but its talky debates about science versus brute force in battling annihilation at least reflected its filmmaker’s grand hopes for the thematic heft of zombies. 'Day of the Dead: Bloodline' disrespects George Romero's zombie legacy 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z They possess an easy, gently mocking chemistry that keeps the movie aloft, even when it threatens to devolve into a series of talky arguments or “But we can’t do that!” taffy-pulling sessions. Review | In ‘The Post,’ Streep and Hanks lead a stirring homage to the pursuit of truth 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Mild but talky look at Churchill’s early days in power. What to watch with your kids: ‘Darkest Hour,’ ‘Runaways’ and more 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z This talky setup would work just well as a stage play, since conversation is the main event. Review | ‘Lucky’ is a fond — and fitting — farewell to actor Harry Dean Stanton 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z That said, it’s full of talky sequences, political machinations, and slow, thoughtful moments. Russia’s space blockbuster Salyut-7 is a fascinating look at cinematic heroism 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z He’s like a talented theater director, figuring out how to make a talky one-set play visually engaging and dynamic. Netflix’s Gerald’s Game expands Stephen King’s novel in the best ways 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Although not nearly as visually imaginative as those films, this talkier, more muted meditation offers its own intriguing insights into the illusions we create in the name of seeing ourselves and one another more clearly. Review | ‘Marjorie Prime’: A not-too-distant future haunted by an unnervingly recent past 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z “Columbus” is melancholy without being morose, and talky without forced cleverness. Review | Two strangers make an unlikely connection — amid stunning architecture — in ‘Columbus’ 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z It’s a slight film, but it’s populated by enjoyable moments and wry observations that will appeal to fans of talky indies. Well-observed 'Person to Person' mixes comedy and drama on the less traveled streets of New York 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Director Robbie Bryan and screenwriter Robert T. Roe’s “The Eyes” is a talky, set-bound drama masquerading as a suspense picture, and nearly the entire movie consists of overwritten, overacted, visually inert confrontations and monologues. 'The Eyes' confines characters and silly twists into one-room drama 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Frank: Yeah, “Fences” was so clearly a stage production in cinematic drag, talky and inert in a way that rarely works onscreen. #OscarsSoOrange 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z So how did this turnaround happen, how did these talky, admittedly theatrical films that date from the early days of the sound era end up the toast of a new century? Marcel Pagnol's classic French films from the '30s get a long-overdue revival 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z But it’s the lives that hang in the balance, and not Ferreira’s words, that lend the talky film drama. In ‘Silence,’ Scorsese wrestles with questions of faith and martyrdom 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z In its final throes, the talky script runs low on rhetorical steam and suspense, and ends rather too neatly. ‘God Game’ considers the unholy mix of politics and religion 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z The talky drama may go over the head of younger viewers — and the subject matter is pretty intense. What to watch with your kids: ‘Middle School,’ ‘The Great Gilly Hopkins’ and more 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Not slick, nor too talky, they shared their knowledge of the game in engaging ways, with play-by-play announcer Andrew Siciliano knitting it all together. Let the cheering begin. Football, the great American blast time, is finally back. 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z In gentle Matilda’s class, he meets a talky little bird, Chuck, and a literally explosive big bird, Bomb. Family Filmgoer reviews ‘The Angry Birds Movie’ and more 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Stillman spent years adapting the collection of letters into “Love & Friendship,” a talky tale centered on the manipulative, self-serving ways of an attractive young widow. Review: ‘Love & Friendship’ delights in language, scheming 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z His talky turn plays in strong contrast to Swinton, who apart from a few raspy lines, is silent throughout the film, playing her part with the facial and physical expressions of a silent film actress. Tilda Swinton and Ralph Fiennes celebrate 'sensational cinema' with 'A Bigger Splash' 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z So it’s odd, not to mention a bit disappointing, to find that the Russian filmmaker’s latest project, “Francofonia,” is so talky and, with rare exceptions, visually dull. ‘Francofonia’ movie review: A sluggish meditation on art, power and the Louvre 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “Right now,” says Safran, “the issue for me with 21 is that it’s very talky. I want to add a little bit of energy.” Where’s real action on ‘Quantico’? Check the Writers Room 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z But only a sketch mocking tech culture — Cross' grandly mullet-haired "digital soothsayer" spouts Ted talky gibberish in an accent nicked off of Russell Brand — seems generationally old. 'W/Bob and David' picks up where the fondly remembered 'Mr. Show' left off 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Scott Mendelson at Forbes.com admired the film more than he enjoyed it and said it may appeal to fans of talky, beautiful to look at foreign movies. Brangelina's 'By the Sea' deemed a big yawn by movie critics 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The talky drama always faced commercial headwinds -- something that caused one studio, Sony, to pass on the project, before producer Scott Rudin found a backer in Universal. Box Office Massacre: 'Last Witch Hunter,' 'Paranormal Activity 6' and 'Steve Jobs' Flop 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z It’s one of the great films of the past decade: Playful, erudite, funny, talky, suspenseful and madcap, it both loves and laughs at the conventions of genre movies while reimagining and updating them. The Gonzo Vision of Quentin Tarantino 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z "Yakuza Apocalypse" is slow-paced and talky, but no film can be called run of the mill when it features vampires, a smelly turtle-beaked goblin and a furry humanoid frog with fierce martial arts skills. 'Yakuza Apocalypse' by Takashi Miike is memorably bizarre 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Jimmy’s the variety show as opposed to Colbert, which will be the more talky, maybe more political, more satire.” NBC Extends Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ Contract Into 2021 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z The financial nuts and bolts of his licensing deals are addressed in a talky, protracted scene with his American backer that transpires entirely in a claustrophobic corporate meeting room. ‘Saint Laurent’ sensuously evokes the storied French designer 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Smart and talky, but also intensely engaging, it plays like a movie version of the sort of story you might find in venerable science fiction magazines such as “Asimov’s” or “Analog” at their peak. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Ex Machina’ 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z This squandering is especially unfortunate given that Wahlberg’s talky scenes in “The Departed” were some of the movie’s most memorable. ‘The Gambler’ movie review: Mark Wahlberg’s moves don’t pay off 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The film was tagged by the initial accusations of Islamaphobia, although I’m not sure how big a slow, talky, and brutally violent terrorism drama would have done even absent the controversy. Denzel Washington's 5 Best "Flops" 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z The opening is a tad talky, with an unsteady tone and pace. A Review of ‘Dinner With the Boys’ in Long Branch 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Viewers may need one as well to get through the film’s dull middle section, filled with long, talky patches in which nothing much really happens. Review: Neeson in action again in ‘Tombstones’ 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z There’s sex, violence, jack-in-the-box moments, and gushing internal organs, which all act as a nice counter to the talkier parts. 'Deeper Than Swords': 10 Reasons We're So Addicted To Game Of Thrones 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z He was by turns talky, grumbling, witty, snarling, impish. The Fifth Down: Remembering Alex Karras as a Football Player 2012-10-11T09:01:41Z Unfortunately, they don’t always overcome the play’s talky structure and polemical stance. | Long Island: A Review of ‘Men’s Lives,’ at the Bay Street Theater 2012-07-14T05:11:47Z For this is the END of this rambling, talky, little book. Insect Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:36.600Z You took my advice and cut that talky scene in the third act, and now the whole act will go off like hot cakes—see if it don't. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z Of course her running around with freaks, the way she did—artists and talky women, was a handicap. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z Hanbury and Russell, Have kept going, seldom "slowing" In the talky tussle. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 2nd, 1893 2011-09-30T02:00:16.737Z When much is needed, there is always danger that the opening of the scenario will be talky and referential rather than definite and full of dramatic action. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z He apparently needs to be needed more often and to a greater degree than you’d think a cocky, talky former major league player and World Series-winning manager would. Here's an idea if Ozzie talks way out of town 2011-06-21T16:44:00Z Lord Byron describes "a largish party," as "first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogethery, then drunk." Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z “Newlyweds” is vintage Burns: charming, talky and funny—a Woody Allen film without the severe neurosis. Ed Burns And His Latest Film, "Newlyweds" 2011-05-02T18:51:44Z Although strong positions on Israel, Zionism and anti-Semitism comprise the bulk of this talky book, they are expressed through characters who each, eventually, change their minds. 2011 Pulitzer winners in journalism and arts 2011-04-18T19:53:00Z "It's very ... talky," he complains of one protracted party scene. It's Andy Cohen's Reality at Bravo 2011-04-07T21:00:00Z In many ways, the talky, rambling, complex Mass Effect was a throwback to the era of the original computer RPGs and text-based adventures – difficult, intellectually challenging, conceived by and for adults. Top 20 Games of 2010: part four 2010-12-24T09:17:58Z These devils has got to go if you'd keep your manhood, harder to beat out than a talky woman, and even the littlest of them puts up a heap big fight. A Man in the Open But other times he's choppy and talky and has a hard time getting into the saddle. Ewing\\'s Lady All these men are a trifle debauched, talky, futile, and their companions are flighty, intriguing little women who chatter incessantly. Contemporary Russian Novelists This morning, when she was a suspected criminal, she was talky, and even laughed, and now that she’s cleared, she won’t lift her head to look at any one. That Girl Montana A little talky at the beginning, and it needs a better fade-out, but the action scenes were fine. ...After a Few Words... "I like them both, even though Spouter gets pretty talky sometimes." The Rover Boys at Colby Hall or The Struggles of the Young Cadets Moreover, he was talky, aggressive, and more inclined to be heard and felt. The Young Pitcher So we sits through five acts of piffle that was mostly talky junk to me. Wilt Thou Torchy Rather a gushy, talky party she is, with big, snappy eyes like Mortimer's, and the same haughty airs. On With Torchy Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, then altogethery, then inarticulate, and then drunk. Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 3 With His Letters and Journals Like other parties of the kind, it was first silent, then talky, then argumentative, then disputatious, then unintelligible, * then altogethery, then inarticulate, and then drunk. Lady Byron Vindicated A history of the Byron controversy from its beginning in 1816 to the present time A new Tamerlane, my JOHNNY, who could stir the Tartar hordes To—say "Asiatic Concert,"—well, you know that thought affords To your talky "Only General" a quite sensational theme. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 17, 1891 But recollections of the past are making me "talky," and, I fear, tedious. A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" Some days he's been just as he was when I first came this time—real talky and folksy, and as if he liked to be with us. Mary Marie It needn't be just a thin talky fondness. Main Street It was true the will had really been revived, as was now discovered, but Tom could not have been aware of it, or he would have spoken of it, in his native talky, unsecretive way. The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson Probably she'd be called the typical New York girl, if you wanted to talk talky talk. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The boots were for the boys, but Mrs. Blount did the buying and it was a long and talky process. Cap'n Dan's Daughter And I'm glad of it, and thank the Lord he's put a few like that into this talky world! Beasley's Christmas Party But he was too bright an' talky to suit me. The Man of the Forest "You don't seem to be quite so sassy and talky as you was when I first came in, Shavin's," he sneered. Shavings He rather likes his dinner, this Prince Karl, I am told, and does not object to his wine: otherwise a hearty, talky, free-and-easy Prince,—'black shallow-set eyes, face red, and much marked with small-pox.' History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 14 |
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