| 单词 | amiable |
| 例句 | “Oh! no. You are very obliging to say such things—but certainly not. There is no comparison between them. Miss Campbell always was absolutely plain—but extremely elegant and amiable.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Aeron Greyjoy had been the most amiable of his uncles, feckless and quick to laugh, fond of songs, ale, and women. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, a young English lady. Very nice, very amiable. She had travelled from Baghdad.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time he’d seen her after the war she’d tried, he recalled, to be amiable, but he had not been capable of accepting this. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The amiable Swede departed, her kindly face flushed, her eyes suffused with tears. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z When she saw her friend at the door, his white beard and his amiable, toothless smile, Mariam felt tears stinging the corners of her eyes again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Madame, the most kind, the most amiable are not always the cleverest.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “It would be simplest, I think, just to proceed along the train carriage by carriage. That means that we start with No. 16—the amiable M. Hardman.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Heqet stood up too, an impatient scowl on his usually amiable face. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Old Chao said this pointedly; but then as if remembering himself, continued in a more amiable tone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z If this were true, then wars were not calamities into which amiable innocents were led by evil men. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Pumpkin was amiable to every horse he met and became a surrogate parent to the flighty ones. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “What an amiable creature I was!—No wonder you should hold my speeches in such affectionate remembrance.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Mrs. Pocket instantly showed much amiable emotion, and said, “This is that odious Sophia’s doing!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Now that our father can see a way of saving face, he’s almost amiable. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Their own father, an amiable giant nearly seven foot tall, lacked the drive and ambition of his sons, and he refused to support this tomfool idea. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Amy’s definition of Jo’s idea of independence was such a good hit that both burst out laughing, and the discussion took a more amiable turn. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Wasn’t it odd that Smith was so amiable about having been caught? Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing can pry them away from that; the City is what they want it to be: thriftless, warm, scary and full of amiable strangers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z What word is a synonym of "amiable"? Ans. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z “In what an amiable light does this place him!” thought Elizabeth. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Not all mythical beasts are friendly, of course, but even the hostile ones have certain amiable redeeming aspects. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And for years after that, a chauvinist of the more amiable sort. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In the window in Molly’s bathroom, also on the ocean side, a light cotton curtain dances constantly in the breeze, sucked toward the screen and out again, billowing toward the sink, an amiable ghostly presence. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Exactly. I say, Jo, how is Grandpa this week? Pretty amiable?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He may have been an amiable little horse, but his career prospects looked dim. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Great has been the pleasure, I am sure. I never met with a disposition more truly amiable.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Sometime in the summer of 1930, an amiable but faintly mysterious peddler suddenly appeared in the black ghetto of Detroit.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With amiable regret, he declined the offer of a combat post under General Dreedle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It cost Meg an effort to say that, but Sallie did not see it and exclaimed in amiable surprise, “Only that? How funny...” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z While sitting on a table in the examining room, I was looked at by a young and amiable doctor who was also a professor at the university medical school. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a mass of faded yellow hair unbecomingly arranged in a large bun, wore glasses, and had a long, mild, amiable face rather like a sheep. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z That amiable animal stood uncertain of the solid ground, and would not move. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Without them, his eyes were small and weak and amiable, watery with smoke, crinkled at the edges with laughter. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Patrick was a bright, amiable, undaunted fellow with whom we got along very well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z This amiable spirit was felt at once, and both aunts ‘my deared’ her affectionately, looking what they afterward said emphatically, “That child improves every day.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z That he should never have been able to indulge so amiable a feeling before, passed suspiciously through Emma’s brain; but still, if it were a falsehood, it was a pleasant one, and pleasantly handled. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z "God rest you, gentlemen," he said, in a surprisingly amiable tone. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Bill is a very nice fellow, amiable and full of knowledge, experienced on mountain trails, and with the inestimable bonus that he is a gifted orthopedic surgeon—just what you want in a dangerous wilderness. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z But he was such an amiable, modest fellow that he never complained. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His usual forgettable, amiable smile was nowhere to be found. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z This trip through the halls was slower, and Misha was a very amiable chaperone. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He was thin, taciturn but amiable, and his dæmon was a ferret. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He entered politics as an alderman in 1790, and then because of his record of achievement and an amiable personality, the rest of the aldermen chose him to be mayor in 1792. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “The coolness of you two rascals is amazing,” began Mr. Pickwick, trying to get up an awful frown and only succeeding in producing an amiable smile. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma was in the humour to value simplicity and modesty to the utmost; and all that was amiable, all that ought to be attaching, seemed on Harriet’s side, not her own. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Somehow, in the broad, shadowless light of noon, the water looked amiable and welcoming. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “I remember once calling you ‘George,’ in one of my amiable fits, about ten years ago. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z The final addition to the regular group at the farm was Mr. Jelliman, an amiable white pensioner and old friend of the movement who became the farm foreman. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before Spassky left Reykjavik, Bobby had delivered to the Russian at his hotel an amiable letter and a gift-wrapped camera as a token of friendship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If you let your mind relax, all the words will flow into each other in an amiable sort of nonsense. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In front of the gate they met a large crowd gathered in amiable conversation around a bonfire on which a pig was roasting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A native of Indiana, Doss is an amiable, soft-spoken, extremely thoughtful man who looks nothing like a National Park Service employee. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “It was not what she agreed to. Did you meet the amiable old retainer at the gate?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Mallister or no, he was a more amiable riding companion than this sour old priest that his uncle Aeron had turned into. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Bunny, for all his appearance of amiable, callous stability, was actually a wildly erratic character. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z His smile was amiable, yet she could see the sheen of sweat on his brow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was Bruce Herrod, the amiable thirty-seven-year-old deputy leader of the South African team, and the sole remaining member of that expedition with real mountaineering credentials. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you will be so amiable as to write me down the name and address of your sister?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She had taken an amiable caprice to me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Phillips was an amiable man and was, judging by his letters, highly articulate, but he preferred not to speak. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Rely, therefore, on your hopes; and if these friends are good and amiable, do not despair.’ Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your young lady has an amiable way to her. I should take very good care of her if I were you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The academicians watched my mother as they played with me, to see how she took their games, their dandling of her beloved son, their demonstration of amiable paternity; and her smile warmed us all. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The amiable, decent American was in all his features. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His amiable North Country personality cloaked a sharp legal mind and soaring political ambition. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z On the afternoon of September 10, driving out of Cut Bank after buying some parts for a malfunctioning combine, he pulled over for a hitchhiker, an amiable kid who said his name was Alex McCandless. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not the least, my dear,” interrupted Jo, “so let us look amiable, and drop a card here, as the Kings are evidently out, for which I’m deeply grateful.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A chipmunk, usually an amiable companion, chittered angrily and bit his finger when he held his hand toward it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Carson, almost always amiable on the air, was so annoyed that on the spot, in front of his television audience, he told Mr. Callas that he’d never appear on the show again. Charlie Callas, Zany Comedian, Dies at 86 2011-01-28T18:59:38Z As we strolled along flat trails thick with red sand, my amiable guide, Clovis Ratsaranandrasana, told me of his previous life. In Madagascar, an island with unique species is a biking biologist’s dream 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z There is a strong, bitter section here too about white trappers who are about to lose their livelihoods, thanks to the amiable nightmare that to them is the Tennessee Valley Authority. Books of The Times: ‘Southern Cross the Dog,’ a Novel by Bill Cheng 2013-05-21T21:36:57Z A weird hybrid … JJ Abrams' and Steven Spielberg's Super 8 's amiable, ever so slightly disappointing mystery adventure is a weird hybrid. Super 8 - review 2011-08-04T13:00:02Z McKay represents the Communists as amiable with big teeth, he said, but they end up being a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Harlem Renaissance Novel by Claude McKay Is Discovered 2012-09-14T22:57:55Z If artistically “Zinnias” is an amiable blip in Mr. Wilson’s output, it evidently carries personal meaning for him: He met Hunter as a child and collects her work. Music Review: ‘Zinnias: The Life of Clementine Hunter,’ by Robert Wilson 2013-01-27T23:01:31Z It was, unlike the earlier manifestation of Sunday Wogan, an amiable listen well pitched for the slot. Radio head: Weekend Wogan 2011-04-13T07:00:03Z There are no screaming accusations, no threats or recriminations, no tearful apologies in this amiable mother-son road odyssey. Movie Review: ‘The Guilt Trip,’ With Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen 2012-12-18T18:30:08Z Cuiffo, who has an amiable if strained smile, a precise gait and spiky hair, is stymied if not baffled by this request. Is Originality Even a Worthy Ambition Anymore? 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z There is a lovelorn sequence set in Spain and an amiable poem, set in the United States, in a barber's shop, where the talk is of Obama. White Egrets by Derek Walcott | Book review 2010-03-21T00:07:00Z Mr. Cook is an amiable presenter, but he doesn’t pretend to have Mr. Jobs’s magnetism. At the Apple Keynote, Selling Us a Better Vision of Ourselves 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Armstrong has written a small but select group of pop nuggets for the show, performed with amiable gusto by the actors, that ably mimic the head-wagging early Beatles hits. Theater Review: ‘These Paper Bullets!’ Opens at Yale Rep 2014-03-27T21:56:49Z The show satirized the traditional genre and established Mr. Garner in the public’s mind as an amiable antihero. James Garner, disarming leading man of film and television, dies at 86 In performances of four experimental Takemitsu scores from the 1960s, along with a more amiable one from 1991, the orchestra became like an enchanted body able to set the entire building in audible vibration. 20 years after his death, Toru Takemitsu still sending signals in his music 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Yet the amiable performance was layered with complexities within. Music Review | Gilberto Gil: At the Nokia Theater, Complex Colors in Simple Settings 2010-03-13T01:40:00Z By and large, his music is as open, approachable and amiable as he is. Peter Schickele Brings P.D.Q Bach Back to the Stage 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z Eventually the two warring sides in this story come to an amiable truce. Etcetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice ? reviews 2011-08-05T21:55:00Z This week sees a slight return to form for the Oscar-winner, with the release of amiable comedy Danny Collins, in which he plays an ageing rocker trying to reconnect with his family. Al Pacino: five best moments 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z The amiable, articulate author pointed to several catalysts for the farcical "Yellow Face." In 'Yellow Face,' David Henry Hwang lampoons cultural politics, himself 2011-08-04T20:03:04Z For the most part, the group is an active, amiable one in which linguaphiles help one another with translator minutia. Who should translate Amanda Gorman’s work? That question is ricocheting around the translation industry. 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Even with the amiable Ms. Bocanegra as a guide, this presentation of research — and many slides, which awkwardly, didn’t always appear as planned on Thursday — is theatrically lethargic. Review: When Colors and Disciplines Don’t Quite Match 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Somewhat reserved when discussing her own movies, the amiable, soft-spoken Ms. Coppola grew considerably more animated whenever the topic drifted away from her, to other films and filmmakers. Film: It?s What She Knows: The Luxe Life 2010-12-10T22:53:00Z George wins over the kids first, with his amiable alpha shtick, and the mothers quickly follow. Movie Review: ‘Playing for Keeps,’ by Gabriele Muccino 2012-12-06T23:03:59Z This comes across in sequences showing the ramblings of an amiable prison director at the time, Alfredo Elias, and in visits with a prisoner nicknamed “the colonel,” who hailed from the United States. ‘Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles’ Review: A Prison in the Amazon Jungle 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Is it the amiable, lackadaisical air of the very light film? David Thomson on Owen Wilson 2011-07-14T21:09:01Z After watching the 37-minute video, the amiable ceramic sculptures placed around the gallery feel more like relics. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Le Carré’s natural voice has a dark woodwind timbre, and in mood ranges from amiable to indignant to melancholic. Best audiobooks of 2016 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z At the beginning, when the husband asks his wife, "Is your lover coming today?" a seemingly amiable inquiry conceals layers of anxiety and doubt; the more you know, the better the play becomes. Michael Billington on giving away the plot 2011-04-03T21:01:01Z The book ends abruptly, with sputtering reunion attempts and amiable charity gigs. Review | Was Led Zeppelin the best or the worst of rock-and-roll? A new book will help you decide. 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z But, while it makes a perfectly amiable evening, Wright can't help pushing Pinero's faithful re-creation of a past theatrical age to the edge of caricature. Trelawny of the Wells - review 2013-02-27T00:47:00Z As critic Thomas Beer observes in his introduction to my worn 1927 copy of the book, Ros’s style “has the final merit of concealing thought and plot. Your mind rocks along in an amiable delirium.” Review | What’s the worst novel ever? It might be this 19th-century train wreck. 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z The same holds for transparent gaps and blind spots, such as her blasé misunderstandings of theory and her amiable preference for evidence congenial to her thesis. Review: ‘The Death and Life of Great American Cities,’ by Jane Jacobs 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Between the apparently amiable watchmen, the patriarchal landlord and his extended family and a bored pot-smoking mother, and all their various staff, dealers and service providers, we get a fascinating social overview. Neighbouring Sounds – review 2013-03-21T23:10:01Z The film works just fine as an anthology of amiable encounters and improvised collaborations. Review: Agnès Varda and JR Travel in the Present, Glancing at the Past 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z If her appearance didn’t add anything musically, it was entirely appropriate to a show that was more amiable than exciting. Foo Fighters celebrate July 4 with lots of opening acts and a mobile throne 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z While the ensemble sports some capable singing voices, the show lacks the kind of outsized musical-comedy personalities needed to coax howls from amiable mirth. The humor is deadpan, or just dead, in 'Lucky Stiff' 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z His father, Louis, who’s not exactly portrayed as a model parent in the memoir, is an amiable and supportive dad onscreen. Review: ‘Huang’s World’ Mixes Food, Travel and Attitude 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z It took a few years to connect this amiable figure in warm-up pants with the signs, the bumper stickers, the legislative lobbying, and the e-mail blasts of Levees.org, to whose mailing list I belong. Don’t Call It Katrina 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Afterward, we’d steer her car to the bookstore, or the downtown record store, where the amiable mid-30s clerks said we reminded them of the teenaged troublemakers in Daniel Clowes’ graphic novel “Ghost World.” My “Ghost World” years: Confessions of a teenage AOL catfisher 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z The prosecution countered that it was Mr. Cosby who had been a deceiver, hiding behind his amiable image as America’s Dad to prey on women that he first incapacitated with intoxicants. Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Sexual Assault in Retrial 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Colin, an amiable and wealthy idler, lives in a friendly hallucinogenic version of the world we know. Whimsy and War: Boris Vian’s Two Minds 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z Silly, amiable stuff that has faded with time. The Coen brothers’ films – ranked! 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s a warm film about paranoia, an amiable one about calamity, an optimistic one about catastrophe. Jacques Rivette’s Thirteen-Hour Experimental Film 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z At Thanksgiving, I’d show up at my friends’ homes, like an amiable stray. Thanksgiving Wins a Convert 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z Still, he speaks Spanish well enough, and has good enough manners, to establish an amiable, bantering rapport with his instructor. ‘Language Lessons’ Review: Who’s Zooming Who? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Rucker's delivery is amiable enough in a Perry Como-Andy Williams sort of way, but there's little chemistry between singer and song. Holiday music: Seth MacFarlane, Downton Abbey, Idina Menzel, more 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z He’s also, most pointed out, very amiable and polite, at 17 still a little gauche beneath the cheekbones – a nice Wokingham lad. Mad Max’s Nicholas Hoult on hanging off lorries and channeling Andrex puppies 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z As we chatted with Laurent Tizio, the amiable owner, after breakfast the following morning, he said, “Brie is one of those products that really tastes best where it’s made.” A Brie Binge East of Paris 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Now they can have amiable conversations and can reminisce fondly about the good times. When parents split up – your stories 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z They saw in the waiter’s amiable tableside presence a friend who was content with the racial status quo. A Mississippi Restaurant Has Been Beloved for Decades. But There’s Another Story to Tell. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z Jones also brings Pepe's travails to life through animated sequences, enabling the frog itself to react to having his amiable persona and good name hijacked by bad actors. In PBS' "Feels Good Man," Pepe the Frog is the "superhero" who gets vindication 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z Dudamel is a joyfully appealing figure, and the film benefits from following such an amiable subject. ‘¡Viva Maestro!’ Review: A Documentary in Need of a Conductor 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z He presents himself as an amiable "ideas" guy, one of the dozens who pop up on our screens and social media feeds with promises of a life worth emulating. "The Anarchists" is HBO's chaotic examination of fear, loathing and a crypto-bro con in Acapulco 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Harvey, an amiable comedian with a side gig as a bestselling self-help author, presented the 2015 Miss Universe pageant live from Las Vegas. Anatomy of a scene: how Steve Harvey destroyed Miss Universe 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Stack's brand of chummy 1970s and 80s nostalgia is amiable, and there is a lovely set-piece about dangerous childhood escapades on "slam door trains". Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction reviews 2012-02-10T22:55:11Z So this amiable troupe offers a streamlined one-act, one-hour version of the tale of Princess Aurora and all that befalls her. 7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z All told in the first person, illustrating the outside world's unfairness and comic horror, what links these stories is each narrator's amiable psychosis. Robert Lopez's 'Good People' have been very, very bad 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Sardonic, deceptively amiable, and clever as a bag of snakes, Cromwell helped cut through the knotty business of Henry's first divorce. The Man Booker 2012 shortlist: the authors on their novels 2012-10-12T21:54:02Z It's amiable enough, but unless the very notion of a physicist with an Alabama accent blows your mind, the premise feels a little weak. Reality TV, redneck-style 2013-06-21T12:00:00Z That is the central subject of the new teen drama “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” which is a movie of amiable sentimentality and considerable skill, but of canned sensibility. What’s Missing from “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Stroll around for a few days and you begin to notice it: a constant stream of chatter, argument, gossip, running from noon to night, conducted mostly by amiable young crowds. T Magazine: Elegy on the Adriatic 2011-03-25T15:35:20Z For readers who regard him as an amiable goof, Mr. Garlin expects that they will be surprised by the desperate, relentless side of himself presented in his book. Fat?s No Longer a Punch Line 2010-02-18T01:32:00Z Not even because the British sleuth famed for having “solved more murders than anyone in the history of the Metropolitan Police” is an amiable fool whose celebrated cases were all solved by his household staff. Even on Christmas Eve, Criminals Don’t Take a Holiday 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Some called me attractive with my olive skin and amiable smile, but I was too insecure to believe them. “I’d like it if you’d go back to the hotel with me”: My life as a female cabbie 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Scholars say Bach was an amiable guy, witty with words and an enthusiastic improviser. CD reviews: Early music on the cutting edge 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Our critic praised the picture’s “relaxed and amiable vibe.” The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The landing in front of the model becomes an amiable scrum with strangers helping families pose and people trading phones and cameras. Renewing an Affair With the Empire State Building 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Over the years, Nkoloso has been called “an amiable lunatic,” “a court jester,” and “Zambia’s village idiot.” The Zambian “Afronaut” Who Wanted to Join the Space Race 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z It's an amiable film with some great musical moments and the classic "growing success" montage showing them on the road in south-east Asia. The Sapphires – review 2012-11-07T15:06:20Z Michael, the most amiable of the four, suddenly reveals that he threw out his daughter's pet hamster; apparently he'd never told Penelope that he just hates hamsters. Roman Polanski's "Carnage" at the Venice Film Festival: No, You're Beastly! 2011-09-02T09:10:00Z Heavy set, swaddled in black, a little bit socially awkward, they talk in amiable grunts punctuated by the word "awesome", a textbook rockers-on-tour ensemble. 'So I'm a transsexual and this is what's happening' 2012-07-22T19:30:00Z Their opener, amiable if a little stiff, played on the idea of aggressive niceness, “roasting” stars in the room with compliments. The Golden Globes Sets the Thermometer to Warm 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Cut back to Ken Hawks, her amiable milchidik bedmate who is directing an airplane epic, and wouldn’t you know it, while shooting a flying scene, his own plane crashes and Mary is a widow. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Then he saw Kathryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty,” in which he played an amiable but plainly lethal member of the Navy SEALs. Chris Pratt Is a Superhero in 'Guardians of the Galaxy' 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Bahari was an amiable Newsweek journalist covering the Iranian election when he was interviewed for a segment of Stewart's "Daily Show." 'Rosewater's' Jon Stewart, Maziar Bahari bonded after joke bombed 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Taylor is an amiable acquaintance and occasional Post reviewer, as well as a mainstay of the Washington mystery scene. Review | One critic’s summer reading list: From a scandalous memoir to obscure literary journalism 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The show's use of "blind auditions" – in which the judges make their first decision on the sound of singers rather than their looks – results, Cohen suggests, in a more amiable atmosphere. Ten years of The X Factor, the show-off show with a talent for survival 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z “Lowell Lake was a tall man, rather thin, with thin sandy hair and a distant, preoccupied, though amiable disposition,” the novel begins, a description that applied to the author as well. L. J. Davis, Journalist and Novelist, Is Dead at 70 2011-04-09T05:07:20Z Ms. Moss gave an amiable shrug and then fished in her big Balenciaga bag for a fresh cigarette. A Few Words With Kate Moss, Fashion’s Garbo 2012-11-05T18:07:07Z You check into the headquarters, the Logan Fringe Arts Space on Florida Avenue NE, an amiable hive of music with bars and food inside and on the patio. Review | Fringe Festival’s early returns: Politics in the lead 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z There is a doppelgänger theme, interestingly like that of his earlier film I Wish, in which two brothers were being raised in different households: with the amiable slacker dad and hardworking worrier mum. Cannes film festival 2013: Like Father, Like Son - first look review 2013-05-18T05:23:40Z Though amiable as always, and well intended, his jive talking was essentially a black stereotype rendered in pink felt and was discontinued in 1975. Autistic Julia joins Bert, Ernie and Abby Cadabby in championing Muppet diversity 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z “Sing” is relentlessly amiable, and has little in the way of vulgar humor. Review: ‘Sing’ Gives Animated Belters a Stage 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z The Americas with Simon Reeve is an amiable travelogue in which a dishy documentarian gads about the US. Jonathan Glazer: 'Nazism took hold like a fever. It's happening again' 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Every word needs to be understood, so that the amiable music can make its melancholy point. Gemma New test-drives the Long Beach Symphony with an interesting, ambitious program 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z It’s the sort of amiable, straightforward treatment we get everywhere; I’m not sure how aware of Fraser’s autism people here are, but more often than not, Italians are kind to children. He promised his son Rome. Would it deliver? 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z The narrators of this winning and amiable novel are triplets — known as One, Two and Three — with very different reactions to the discovery that their new neighbors are behind the chemical company poisoning their town. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z For all the ego involved, “Watch the Throne” is shockingly amiable. Arts & Leisure: Two Titans Share The Seat of Power 2011-08-09T19:00:08Z There’s also Luis, an amiable slum resident who Mr. Alpert misses on one visit because he’s doing prison time for working the black market — an activity he cheerfully returns to on his release. Review: ‘Cuba and the Cameraman’ Lavishes Love on a Country … and Castro 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z By then, you realize that its confiding, soliloquizing title character is not quite the amiable host you thought he was, and you’re most likely feeling guilty for having egged him on earlier. Review: A Richard III Who Steps Straight Out of the Land of Id 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z In the flesh, however, he's more like an amiable professor. Oliver Stone 2010-07-17T23:00:00Z Mr. Maltin, an amiable guide, goes on his own journey to Canada, Germany, North Carolina and the Mojave Desert to track down archives and descendants of the passengers and crew. Critic?s Notebook: TV Documentaries for the Titanic?s Centennial 2012-04-04T22:10:23Z Thomas Carnegie, considered the better-looking and more amiable younger brother of the industrialist Andrew Carnegie, was one of his great-great-grandfathers. On a Georgia Island, a Lot of Good Food and Plenty of Nothing 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z All the videos are amiable and useful and are ultimately to be filed alongside NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and the MTV “Unplugged” series. Review: ‘Motown Gospel Presents 1 Mic 1 Take’ Sells Simplicity 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Hamblin is at his best in “If Our Bodies Could Talk” on those rare occasions when he drops his dementedly amiable tone. Review: ‘If Our Bodies Could Talk,’ Our Spleens Probably Wouldn’t Be Funny 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z “You walk in the door and it’s an immediate ‘no’ before you’ve said a word,” he recalled in an amiable, slightly bemused Southern drawl. Can Luke Combs, Country’s Everyman, Grow Up Without Losing Touch? 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z Recently, the amiable antiquarian cherry-picked several dozen delectables for “The Early Bird,” a gathering of art, decorative objects, and furniture that celebrates the arrival of warm weather. A New York Gallerist Curates a Sale of Nature-Themed Art, Objects, and Furniture 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z In Wodehouse's Blandings Castle stories, reluctant patriarch Lord Emsworth is a jumble of legs and befuddlement, an amiable, spindle-limbed weather vane buffeted hither and thither by the winds of familial tomfoolery. Blandings is just the ticket, by jove 2013-01-12T06:00:00Z Her bright spark — equal parts humor, passion and charisma — opens up the music to the listener in the most amiable way imaginable. Seattle Pro Musica's 'Nowell' is pure vocal beauty 2010-12-16T21:52:11Z But nowhere do these works become memorably strange or distinct; nowhere are they governed by a sensibility that seems anything more substantial than amiable. Dance Review: Movements in Jazz, With Pollock and Coltrane 2010-03-01T22:27:00Z “Vanguard” is more in line with his brand of amiable action mayhem Chan pioneered in 1980s vehicles like “Police Story” and “Project A,” only not as good. ‘Vanguard’ Review: Jackie Chan, More Avuncular Than Action This Time 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z This amiable shows how they get there, trailing a ramshackle alliance of middle-aged paraplegics and street kids as they wend their way from African slum to European concert hall. Benda Bilili! ? review 2011-03-17T22:10:01Z Revolori's amiable turn as the band's well-read brainiac keeps a group that primarily depends on edged weapons and acrobatics connected to its large-heartedness. The "Willow" legend continues, only now the quest is open to all who would take it, including girls 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z The two young women are game and amiable screen presences. Review: In Kevin Smith’s ‘Yoga Hosers,’ Enlightenment Is Elusive 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z He was an amiable and warm singer, precise and flexible, with a crisp pop voice and smooth R&B inflections. Singers Embrace the TV Road to Stardom 2011-05-22T01:30:15Z He inquired further throughout the interview, and while he was amiable about it, this wasn’t flattery or deflection. Josh Radnor Is ‘Existentially Restless.’ And That’s O.K. 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z Miles O'Neill as Dan hams up his own death scene to the point that his amiable grandstanding more or less eclipses the denouement of the show. The Ballad of Backbone Joe 2010-08-13T21:01:00Z “Believe me,” he writes in his amiable, conversational new memoir, “The Storyteller,” life as a rock star “is all that it’s cracked up to be and more.” Review | Dave Grohl’s ‘The Storyteller’ is just as upbeat as you’d expect 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z But his compulsive work habits, amiable public persona and quest for self-improvement propelled him from Canadian Broadcasting Corp. gofer to his home country’s leading media personality within a decade. Alan Thicke, mainstay of TV comedy and star of sitcom ‘Growing Pains,’ dies at 69 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z Michael, the most amiable of the four, suddenly reveals that he threw out his daughter’s pet hamster; apparently he’d never told Penelope that he just hates hamsters. Polanski's Carnage: When Talk Turns Toxic 2011-12-14T14:55:31Z Reiser’s an amiable guy, but not, here at least, a memorable character, and the most uncomfortable thing about this show was seeing NBC take one of its old talents and miscasting him as himself. Vacation Robo-Post: The Worst TV Shows of 2011 2011-12-28T13:33:45Z The orchestra benefited from the rousing warm-up of the Marsalis to offer an amiable performance. NSO offers exuberant Marsalis concerto 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z He is a needy, amiable, slightly hysterical doofus. ‘Downhill’ Review: A Small Disaster in the Snow 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Borg, an amiable optimist who confesses to daddy issues, and Mr. Rizzolo, a steady father and skeptic, push the limits of docudrama, indirectly revealing psychological character portraits of themselves without introducing overtly fictional elements. | 'Locker No. 4173b': One Person?s Detritus Is Someone Else?s Play 2011-05-10T21:40:15Z The amiable singer-songwriter chatted with us by phone recently about life on the road with his family. The Guthrie family brings the spirit of song and protest to Kent 2010-04-30T00:01:00Z The murders are certainly macabre, but the best fun is running all over the city with these amiable partners, meeting the denizens of the night and poking into this vast repository of ghoulish secrets. Marilyn Stasio Finds Herself Rooting for the Bad Guy 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z Yogananda was invited to the White House, and his activities were reported with amiable newspaper headlines like “East Indian Mystic Starts on Motor Tour.” ‘Awake,’ About the Life of Paramahansa Yogananda 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Hercules is not the harrowing Euripidean tragedy in which the hero slaughters his family in a fit of insanity, but an amiable comedy for all ages written by Helen Eastman. Much Ado About Nothing/Hercules 2010-07-30T21:15:00Z A couple of plot points are engineered to warn against oversensitivity on the left, but mostly Coe’s politics appear to be the amiable centrist kind that are now routinely roasted on Twitter. ‘Middle England,’ a Traditional Novel Set in Our Very Unconventional Times 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Another is a caper about two amiable numbskulls who work at a restaurant called the Sushi Shack. ‘Lot’ Offers a Fictional Look at a Vibrant, Polyglot American City 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Mendez creates a colorful portrait of a vigorous, self-deluding and rather amiable Fidel, blustering, thrumming his fingers impatiently and, in one moment of exasperation, bathing his face in ice from a liquor cabinet. Review | She might get top billing, but ‘Celia and Fidel’ at Arena Stage shortchanges the female revolutionary 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z These Southern rock renegades, who hit it big in 1990 with the multiplatinum "Shake Your Money Maker," play the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma on Saturday, after which they take an indefinite, amiable hiatus. The Black Crowes play Emerald Queen Casino Saturday 2010-12-02T21:36:00Z Mr. Robbins tosses around his lines with amiable lightness, like the professional he is. Review: ‘A Perfect Day’ About Aid Workers in the Balkans 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Ho Chi Minh, often romanticized as an amiable nationalist, was in fact a merciless despot who inflicted “systemic cruelties” on his people. The Disaster That Was the Vietnam War 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The Sky group is very amiable and in no way disconcerted, apparently, by my workroom being at the top of the house. Michael Holroyd: writers in front of the camera 2011-08-19T21:55:13Z The amiable Brian takes refuge in mordant humor: “Bad luck. Good luck. It’s all chance,” he says, then adding darkly, “Rotten sort of lottery, life.” Review: ‘The Herd,’ Rory Kinnear’s Drama About Family Friction 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Greg Baldwin as the baker, his amiable nature crushed, gets his own power ballad, “If I Have to Live Alone.” Revival of 'The Baker's Wife' wafts freshly baked aromas at Actors Co-op 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z Even among the amiable freaks and weirdos of the Book Club, Treleaven was particularly unusual. This week's new live comedy 2011-08-26T23:06:02Z Wilson’s disdain for these films is not malicious: he’s too buoyant, too amiable a person. The man behind the Razzies: 'Brian de Palma had no talent' 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z "Back in my adolescence, I was more amiable, bubbly, and on lightly humid days, maybe even flouncy. I was role model material and then some," McCurdy continued. Jennette McCurdy insists she's no role model 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z But Sara Jane’s amiable, chatty reflections and the music over which they are laid simply do not create enough dramatic tension to sustain our engagement. Theater Review: In ‘Arlington,’ an Army Wife Fights a Lonely Battle 2014-03-03T03:00:01Z But also, the mood of Mirman’s shows — amiable, casual, a bit chummy, as the title Pretty Good Friends suggests — is common. He Made Brooklyn Comedy a Scene. But His Life Took a Different Turn. 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z It's not just that the two men went into amiable partnership on this project, with Spielberg producing and Abrams directing. David Thomson on JJ Abrams 2011-07-28T22:36:00Z Filmed in Los Angeles, but keeping its setting anonymous, this amiable look at life on the margins gradually accumulates a melancholy that punctures the drollness. Review: ‘Hunter Gatherer’ Profiles Two Men Living on the Margins 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z “Guys!” he said, steeliness underlying his usually amiable and rumpled air. New York Fashion Week: At Marc Jacobs, the Show Before the Show 2011-02-16T22:35:41Z There are moments when Chung, always amiable in his on-camera role, shifts gears to talk about architectural details and even acoustics or structural engineering. KCET's 'Cool Spaces!' offers earnest, enthused tour of new architecture 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Yamagami knows exactly what he's doing, and it's a kick to see him figuratively thumb his nose in amiable defiance of the authorities. Ansel Adams' Manzanar photos at Bainbridge museum 2011-07-26T04:11:47Z She had seemed in my mind on the phone from 3,000 miles away like a very amiable dowager. I wrote my way to true love 2013-02-14T01:00:00Z We left our car nearby at a lot watched by an amiable attendant for a few dirham a night. A Stroll by the Casbah in Northern Morocco 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z It was "amiable and old news," she joked, "clearly the Jewish gossip network needs an upgrade." A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z “It’s very different from many restaurants in Florence,” said Mr. Fantini, a former veterinarian who now plays the role of amiable, sharply dressed host. Bites: Restaurant Report: IO Osteria Personale in Florence 2012-08-03T16:40:37Z The band Woods offered amiable, falsetto-voiced pastoral pop that settled into one monotonous tempo, until finally breaking free on the final song. Wolf gang grins, but doesn't flinch 2011-07-17T23:23:00Z The movie strives for a knowing, amiable tone. Review: ‘Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game’ 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z In its amiable, ambling way, The Joneses is a zeitgeist film: it says as much as a Michael Moore screed about the American way of debt. The Joneses Review: Keeping Up With Them Could Kill You 2010-04-16T01:10:00Z Hiromi is back for round two on a smaller stage with her trio, wowing them with amiable virtuosity. ArtsBeat: At Newport, Rain Rules the Day 2011-08-07T22:20:30Z He deplores the “diffident cough” in Mr. Buruma’s writing and finds him “courteous and amiable” to a fault. Books of The Times: Paul Berman?s ?Flight of the Intellectuals? 2010-05-02T21:52:00Z As several of my correspondents have pointed out, I arrived in Minnesota simultaneously with perfect biking weather, cool and sunny; yesterday, at last, I had an amiable tailwind too. In Transit Blog: Just Me and My Shadow, Pedaling Toward Chicago 2011-09-09T15:53:53Z He does not look his age, more like an amiable ascetic with a tidy moustache, medium-length grey hair, dressed in a shirt and jeans. ECM: In search of free jazz and free expression 2013-03-26T14:00:31Z Not the real David Beckham, who is presumably otherwise engaged, but a pale and amiable imitation, who fits right into the production’s smiley sensibility. London Theater Journal: Make 'Em Dream 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z The two exchanged exuberant, chattering rhythmic figures and drew the audience into an amiable singalong. Music Review: Maya Beiser?s Multicultural Harmonies at Poisson Rouge 2010-04-18T22:55:00Z Racy, amiable and honest, Catastrophe doesn’t feel the need to amp up its story with surprises either. Review: Catastrophe Is Knocked Up, Grown Up 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z He led a reduced orchestra in a lithe, crisp performance that illuminated the concerto’s amiable character, playing with a pearly tone and singing lines throughout. Music Review | New York Philharmonic: Jeffrey Kahane Leads the New York Philharmonic 2010-03-26T20:47:00Z “Don’t worry so much about it,” goes the amiable thesis of “Rae Street,” “I’m just waiting for the day to become night.” 66 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/WARNER-SEVEN AR There was something not just contradictory, but almost implausible about Arthur Penn. In person, he was maybe the most amiable and engaging film director I have ever met. Arthur Penn: a gentle man and a master of violence 2010-09-30T10:47:00Z Is that amiable waitress really a paranormal stalker? Review | Big ideas anchor ‘Reykjavik’ and ‘The Old Man, the Youth, and the Sea’ 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z He's got the hits to back him up – musically partnered by singer Myles Kennedy, an amiable wailer who is hopelessly overshadowed from the start, he fills the set with his catalogue's big beasts. Slash – review 2012-06-08T17:04:25Z He learned British folk songs and sang them in an amiable tenor, and he was drawn to ragtime and the blues, particularly the fingerpicking complexity of early rural blues. John Renbourn, Eclectic Guitarist Who Founded the Pentangle, Dies at 70 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z He starts the film as an amiable idiot but, as Park’s regime grinds on, he gradually becomes gloomier and gloomier. My streaming gem: why you should watch The President's Barber 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z So that means at least five more months of jokes, songs, ’80s TV reunions and amiable bickering. An Online Show that Runs and Runs (and Runs) 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z Because hiding behind Siddharth’s quiet, amiable exterior lies a monstrous brutality fueled by grief. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Directed by Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist” is an amiable pastiche that looks and moves more like the silent movie parodies in “Singin’ in the Rain” than it does a real silent movie. Movies: A Season of Movies About Movies 2011-12-04T03:43:05Z Although he is amiable and warm, he is also reticent and does not riff. Ted Chiang’s Soulful Science Fiction 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z None can really help: His neighbor, an amiable, emotionally stunted man who befriends cockroaches to stave off loneliness, is now next for lethal injection and wants help on drafting his final words. A play about death row wrestles with meaning 2011-02-11T00:30:32Z He works in an argot of amiable swing, punctuated by startling disruptions and occasional shots of seraphic beauty. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z But given the relative restraint of what was happening onstage, the proceedings were strikingly amiable. Stars dimmer than expected in the concert Rossini opera ‘Semiramide’ 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z The story of stand-up comic Mike Birbiglia's violent sleep disorder crashes through the window of reality to become an amiable, Woody Allenesque comedy REM behavior disorder has been very mean to Mike Birbiglia. Sleepwalk With Me: His American Life 2012-08-24T04:21:10Z Pixar’s only prequel shows the college days of Sulley and Mike from Monsters Inc: amiable, but with nothing like the power and originality of that first film. Every Pixar film ever made - Ranked! 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z But if his nerves were bothering him, they served him well during the near two-hour performance where he appeared at ease, delivering amiable banter throughout. Andrew Bird rocks with ease at Auditorium show 2012-05-13T12:57:00Z A trombonist with an amiable, misty tone and an inquisitive instinct, Priester has been flouting the divide between jazz’s mainstream and the avant-garde since before that line was drawn. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z The Ear is an amiable place: good music, good company, good drinks and food. The 200-Year-Old Bar Beloved by Book Editors and Longshoremen 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z His amiable act doesn’t question religious dogma with any persistence or engage with doubters. What’s So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z The full premiere of this two-act work arrives on June 4; I hope it will seem of greater consequence than these amiable, chirpy excerpts. Review: From Tap to Sci-Fi Rites at Ballet Theater Gala 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Not much in the way of drama, then, but some amiable salt-of-the-earth time spent moving wardrobes with the team. TV highlights 06/07/2011: Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance 2011-07-05T22:00:01Z Arthur is an old familiar, the amiable guy who nobody expects much from. Arthur Christmas: Santa Goes Corporate 2011-11-22T16:00:38Z But his amiable image was something of a facade, he wrote in his memoir, noting that a therapist had nicknamed his nice guy persona “Uncle Fluffy.” A Slap Could Sting the Smith Family Brand 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z Viswanathan enlivens her persona by walking a line between snark, warmth and empathy, making her able navigator through a world of amiable idiocy. Sweet but unchallenging, "Miracle Workers: Dark Ages" dresses our modern ignorance in medieval garb 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z In a conference call with several witnesses, Gordon Brown had an amiable discussion with Nick Clegg on forming a centre-left government. 5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond by Andrew Adonis – review 2013-05-13T07:00:03Z Enter Luke Ryan, an amiable and dogged defense attorney from western Massachusetts who serves as How to Fix a Drug Scandal’s guide through the thicket of appeals after Farak’s arrest. How to Fix a Drug Scandal: behind a staggering Netflix crime docuseries 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z After an amiable perambulation with the last of the Victorians, we build to a frantic cliff-top scramble as the Edwardians lose their grip on events and themselves. Britain at the Turn of the 20th Century Was Dealing With a Lot, Badly 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z In contrast with the amiable treatment white people receive from a friendly cop who lives in their neighborhood, Pryor demonstrated how black people must make a show of being nonthreatening when stopped. How Richard Pryor Changed the Way Comedy Sees Police Brutality 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z He isn’t an especially contentious man — on the contrary, his manner is generally amiable and serene. ‘A Hidden Life’ Review: Refusing Hitler, Embracing Beauty 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z What remains, at least on the husband’s side, is esteem—the feeling one has for an amiable aunt. Take that, monogamy! We’re actually hard-wired for polygamy, which helps explain why so many cheat 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z It was all amiable enough, and raised, according to the remarks by Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubinstein during the concert, more than a million dollars for the opera. Review | Different Bernstein takes at WNO, Library of Congress concerts 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z Just down the road, in the tiny and amiable town of Blanco, we found it at the Blanco Bowling Club Café, just off the nicely rehabilitated town square. Get Your Texas Kicks on U.S. 281 2010-05-06T21:41:00Z That evening, when I asked him to assess the country’s current situation, his amiable disposition shifted to neutral. In Haiti, Tracing a Paradise Lost 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z Wilson continues: “Yes, Charlie is tasteless and discomfiting. Have I somehow missed all the gentle, polite satire? That amiable, convenient satire that everybody likes.” Why I didn't sign the Charlie Hebdo protest letter 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z While they did topical material, mocking targets that are now long forgotten, many of their funniest bits are timeless comedic premises performed with amiable understatement. Recalling Bob and Ray, Who Paved the Way for Today’s Deadpan Humor 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z But as a low-key, largely amiable comedy that spends as much time critiquing — or gently mocking — wokeness as it does affirming it, it’s in a particularly tricky place. In ‘Woke,’ Waking Up to Racism Is a Lot Like Going Crazy 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Many of the best resorts are here, too; I stayed at the Sandpiper, a subtly luxurious 40-year hotel that was loaded with amiable English tourists who were slow-burning toward their signature lobster red. | Eating in Barbados 2011-12-08T17:44:29Z She canvassed tirelessly for her husbands—wearing a Welsh hat in Cardiff, purple ribbons in Maidstone and “playing the amiable to a pitch of distraction”. A mismatch made in heaven 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z Rodrigo is sort of a 20th century Vivaldi; his many amiable concertos are all cut from the same cloth, even the same color of cloth, so two in the same concert is tiring. Munich Symphony Orchestra tries too hard not to drown out guitarists 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z There's a vague sense of disbelief for the viewer, watching this happy boat trip to Dublin; what are the chances of runaway children being ferried by such an amiable soul? Kisses Review: A Moment in Childhood 2010-08-05T00:00:00Z The two form an amiable, productive partnership — not only is Soto smart, she's as hardworking and dogged as Bosch, driven in part by a formative tragedy in her childhood. Michael Connelly sends Harry Bosch into 'The Burning Room' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z All were amiable, rich and alert, controlled but relaxed, not really about anything else but smart people making music in the early evening. Music Review: Jazz Improvisation, Casual but Tight 2010-12-23T21:55:52Z It’s an amiable delight, driven by deliciously absurd pratfalls and practically no dialogue. The 25 greatest summer films 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z These are complicated questions, but your answers are likely to determine your response to this amiable, energetic, scrambled movie. ‘Dope,’ a Teenage Comedy, Plays With Stereotypes 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z And that’s all, folks — amiable and colorful as it is, the movie is also spectacularly inconsequential. ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Review: They’re Yellow but Not Mellow 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z But this amiable production’s temperature never rises above lukewarm: good sentiments are, unfortunately, difficult to dramatize, an issue compounded by a score that can feel like aural wallpaper. ‘Come From Away’ Review: Looking for Light in Somber Times 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z How to find a point of intersection between the gauzy, sun-dappled languor of her maiden hit Slow and the amiable fussbudget tendencies of the woman who wrote it? The persistence of Rumer 2011-03-17T21:29:00Z But the visit isn’t just a friendly attempt to reconnect: the amiable demeanor of the gay, heavily tattooed Frank hides a more somber purpose. Theater Review: ‘The Great God Pan,’ by Amy Herzog, at Playwrights Horizons 2012-12-19T03:00:00Z This perfunctory career interview isn't devastating stuff, but it does reveal that under the serious auteur there does lie a rather more amiable movie and comics nerd. TV highlights 05/07/2013 2013-07-05T05:59:00Z Instead of a months-long collaboration on the original list, with its attendant, amiable disputes and compromises, I debated myself; I listened to the rival noises in my head. Secrets of the New All-TIME 100 Movies List 2012-05-17T10:00:44Z When the Sun Goes Down is her third LP of amiable powerpop in less than two years, which says something about how assiduously she's exploiting her time in the spotlight. Selena Gomez, tween queen 2011-07-21T21:13:00Z He registers at first as an amiable host with an amusing line of patter about growing up Catholic in Denver. Review: Reliving a Childhood Interrupted in ‘The Tricky Part’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z It's not often a brutal murder is soundtracked by a three-chord riff, but this amiable cobblers somehow gets away with it. Bula Quo! – review 2013-07-06T23:06:06Z This Australian hit “is the definition of lightweight, but it’s amiable and touching, and it’s easy to get sucked in by its scenic and anthropological charms,” Mike Hale wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe’ and ‘High Maintenance’ 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Victoria Jones is a very amiable student from Lancashire who begins talking to me a mile a minute in a way that would defeat the deftest shorthand practitioner. ‘I assumed it was all my fault’: the adults dealing with undiagnosed ADHD 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z American actor MacLeod Andrews delivers the main text in Pete’s voice, which varies from amiable and reassuring to resigned and appalled. The five best audiobooks of 2014 The trouble is that everything we know about this amiable reprobate makes us doubt that he will ever put aside his longtime love of booze, bottoms and all the other inexhaustible pleasures of bad behavior. Book review: In ‘The Big Seven’ by Jim Harrison, a detective behaving badly 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z But Mr. Norton, while amiable and good to look at, is a little dim: The bland quality that made him interesting as a psychopath in “Happy Valley” is just bland here. ‘Grantchester,’ a British Detective Series on PBS 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Leary’s performance is in tune with the show — amiable, occasionally appealing, generally nondistinctive. Review: In ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll,’ Denis Leary Is an Aging Rocker 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z In interview footage in this movie, directed by Sam Jones, Hawk also seems an amiable enough fellow. ‘Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off’ Review: Shred Until Shredded 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z With a wry wit, an amiable mien and a flexible morality, Ames was a natural spy. 'Good Spy' scrutinizes Middle East CIA officer Robert Ames 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z They wanted an amiable, shiny, Black face that could connect with their viewers, but we don’t necessarily have to talk about the Black experience. Wayne Brady and his Black experience 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z A successful writer puts down one of his short stories by calling it “amiable.” Three Sharply Observed Books Showcase the Enduring Appeal of Memoirs About Dealing With Disease 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z On Wednesday he played three of his piano études with amiable fuzziness and great feeling. Music Review: Philip Glass at Issue Project Room 2012-06-14T21:26:50Z Elsewhere, the amiable Jonathan Miller talks about his return to the theatre, Andrew Graham-Dixon opines on Murillo, and AlunaGeorge play live. TV highlights 06/02/2013 2013-02-05T20:00:01Z Like its amiable, irresistible ménage, “Fighting With My Family” softens its rougher edges with humor. ‘Fighting With My Family’ Review: They Body Slam You, Your Mum and Dad. Lovingly. 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Moayed has one of the smaller roles, but he provides Rich with an amiable gravity and intimations of emotional troubles he once faced. Review: ‘The Humans,’ a Family Thanksgiving for a Fearful Middle Class 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Kentridge himself delivered anecdotal talks about time and its consequences, an amiable, professorial emcee. When refusing the hour saves the day 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z The leering title is the wittiest thing in this amiable comic misfire. Movies 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z She was amiable, likable and as bouncy as one of the little dogs she judged on Over the Rainbow – but journalism is not her forte. Olivier theatre awards: the BBC should be red-faced over its red-button coverage 2011-03-14T17:53:50Z Raffish, charming and, any way you cut it, entertaining, Moore stood atop an era that saw Bond evolve from the sharp, desirable killer Sean Connery helped create into an amiable, somewhat prettified comic character. Roger Moore wasn’t a good Bond, but he was my Bond 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z As a soloist with New York City Ballet, Tom Gold often seemed an amiable dancer, and some of his good-natured personality may be creeping into his ballets now that he has become a choreographer. | Dance: From Beach to Bathroom 2014-02-28T23:23:34Z Most of those will be amiable squirts of plot description topped, like a lemon slice on a Diet Coke, with the dread weasel-word “compelling.” Riff: A Critic’s Case for Critics Who Are Actually Critical 2012-08-15T15:40:06Z His new eight-episode online series, the ragged, amiable and occasionally quite funny “Cop Show,” fits this pattern. Review: ‘Cop Show,’ Colin Quinn’s Police Procedural Satire 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The faux documentary, the photoshopped museum images and the book signing reveal a laboring artist with the amiable courtesy you’d expect of a transplant from Wisconsin. Artist or Artifice: Who Is Adam Himebauch? 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z The days drifted by in this amiable fashion. Mississippi yearning 2010-12-04T00:05:15Z Some other songs pay amiable lip service to hardship, as metaphors for relationship turmoil: “Barricade” is about the walls we build, and “Pins & Needles” is about being strung along. New Music: Big Boi’s ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,’ and Lifehouse 2012-12-10T23:17:11Z Reminded of his experiences of a London fog, M. Zola said that the brouillard which he was privileged to witness was an amiable one. From the archive, 3 October 1893: Émile Zola on Victorian London 2012-10-03T06:30:00Z To be fair to Caroline she is a very amiable travelling companion. TV review: Agony & Ecstasy: A Year With English National Ballet; Caroline Quentin: A Passage Through India; Horizon: Predators in Your Backyard 2011-03-08T22:05:01Z It’s an avenue for character and conflict, even on an amiable fish-out-of-water show like Sweden. Must-Read TV: The Bridge's Elwood Reid on Getting America to Watch Subtitles 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Shelton is among the most versatile of contemporary country singers, an amiable rapscallion one minute and a thoughtful brooder the next. Blake Shelton's 'All About Tonight' is a variety pack of country styles 2010-08-09T23:37:00Z Mr. Clooney is wry and gruff, and then earnest and amiable, in a role that dozens of actors could have played. Review: ‘Tomorrowland,’ Brad Bird’s Lesson in Optimism 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s an apt description of this Philadelphia-based songwriter and guitarist’s vibe, amiable and hypnotic, the songs alone seemingly capable of producing a contact high. Kurt Vile turns out ‘fried or sizzled out’ rock tunes 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Wodehouse also likes to portray the 9th earl as "a fluffy-minded and amiable old gentleman", which was certainly adjacent to his own self-image. Will PG Wodehouse's Blandings work on TV? 2013-01-12T15:58:12Z He made eye contact with young women in the crowd, but it was amiable, not lusty. Nick Jonas, at Terminal 5, Sings His Hits and Covers, Too 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Perceptive of slight shifts in the social current but never condemning his sinning characters' souls, Perrotta proves an amiable guide through it all. Everyday People, Extraordinary Books 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z But Mr. Apatow found his footing with some amiable jokes about parenting that explored his unease about warning his children about drugs or sex or even cheating. ‘Trainwreck Comedy Tour’ Is Amy Schumer’s Thing 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z This is an amiable, but essentially sentimental and predictable satire about an ordinary guy from Naples who becomes obsessed with getting on to the Italian version of Big Brother and becoming a big star. Cannes 2012 roundup: why the jury's Amour for Haneke was an anti-climax 2012-05-28T10:01:04Z Yes, Henry, an amiable pharmacist, was wide-eyed and clueless, but he was as dependably kindhearted as Fred Rogers. The Return of Olive Kitteridge, the Tart, Crotchety, Beloved Curmudgeon 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Here, the point was to celebrate amiable incompetence. The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by The Authors Cricket Club – review 2013-07-18T07:00:01Z The concerto is amiable but unmemorable, an apt description for much of the concert. Music Review: The New York Philharmonic With Riccardo Muti and Carter Brey 2010-04-15T22:16:00Z He is the type of scientist who challenges orthodoxy and how science is conventionally done, yet appears the most mild-mannered and amiable person you're likely to meet. Beautiful Minds 2010-04-14T05:45:00Z Highlight: Duncan Oakley singing Big Bush Woman Robin Ince's Utter Shambles Essentially Robin Ince chatting to his mates, the six-part Utter Shambles is one of the more amiable entries in the comedy podcast canon. The Podfathers (and mothers): top 10 comedy podcasts 2010-06-23T13:06:00Z The Branch Davidians are generally shown as an amiable, levelheaded, fun-loving bunch, who stockpile guns in preparation for the end times but also play a credible cover of “My Sharona” at a local bar. Review: Taylor Kitsch Is a Charismatic David Koresh in ‘Waco’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Albert, slightly bewildered and deeply embarrassed, lives with an amiable frown to hide his wide-eyed panic, like an actor thrust onto the stage of life without knowing his lines. “Only God Sees Me”: Revisiting a Brilliant French Comedy Released Twenty Years Ago 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The amiable dance film “Rise” begins with a wordless sequence backstage at a Parisian ballet performance. ‘Rise’ Review: Step, Repeat, Recover 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z And not many actresses of any age can shift from amiable to crazed, or from kind to intimidating, so fast. David Thomson on Patricia Clarkson 2011-08-25T21:15:01Z They're also convincing in two guises: that is, Kaminski portrays two hugely pregnant women — one deaf and amiable, the other hearing and fierce. 'Clybourne Park': A racially divided neighborhood, close to home 2012-04-27T23:34:03Z My husband and I were amiable but distant co-workers in a newly intensified household economy. A lunchbox lesson in letting go 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z But the mood of the series changes after the pilot; a show that was distinctive for being relaxed and amiable starts to feel a little more forced and artificial. Review: Con Man Poses as Long-Lost Grandson in ‘Sneaky Pete’ 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z He realizes Gauthier as an amiable, naïve spiritualist who sees a get rich opportunity within his rash action. "Pam & Tommy" is the greatest, hugest love story ever told about an unauthorized celebrity sex tape 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z It's very amiable, feelgood entertainment, featuring some broad comedy and stereotypes, yet with a notably bold repudiation of homophobia. English Vinglish – review 2012-10-04T21:15:02Z Focusing on the physical fabric of England, from rock formations to road signs to greenhouses, Mount presents himself as our amiable guide to the view from our window or a walk down the high street. How England Made the English by Harry Mount - review 2012-05-18T21:55:01Z Harrison was an extremely popular figure in the SF world, renowned for being amiable, outspoken and endlessly amusing. Harry Harrison 1925 - 2012 2012-08-15T12:28:38Z Falstaff, the amiable fat man of great appetite, is of course the primary Fool. Wagner and Verdi: A harmony of opposites 2013-06-20T09:15:00Z It’s too soon to tell whether this amiable show, which runs for five episodes, will upend those preconceptions, though it’s probably not in its interest to do so. Television Review: ‘The Week the Women Went,’ on Lifetime 2012-08-13T22:24:20Z As it turned out, Mal's first day on the set would be anything but amiable. The role Beatles roadie Mal Evans was born to play 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Burnistoun and Gary: Tank Commander – two amiable if admittedly more conventional BBC Scotland comedies – were both recently granted the privilege of a networked slot. Limmy's Show!: why is this fine sitcom broadcast only in Scotland? 2012-11-23T12:14:46Z Horrible Bosses 2 has ditched its predecessor’s universality, but kept its amiable good will. 'Horrible Bosses 2' has nothing to say about bosses, and that's okay 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z More than 30 years later, with the former first lady’s blessing, Weinberg began writing this amiable book about the experience. Watch One With the Gipper: An Aide Recalls Movie Nights With the Reagans 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Prochnik is a smart and amiable writer, perhaps too amiable. Books: Meditations on Noise in 3 Books About Silence 2010-05-17T22:17:00Z The dancers of Cisne Negro, the Brazilian company appearing this week at the Joyce Theater, are so glowingly amiable, youthful, attractive, enthusiastic and musical that you wish the program’s choreography made them look better. Dance Review: Illustrious Local Compatriot Contributes to a Troupe?s New York Visit 2011-08-16T21:52:58Z Her clean, mellow voice isn’t rangy or expressive — she speaks the songs as much as sings them — but it’s perfectly suited to the deadpan lyrics and cuts easily through the band’s amiable indie-rock grooves. | 'We?re Gonna Die': Amid Catchy Choruses, Personal Tales of Life?s Brutal Verities 2011-04-10T21:32:33Z Mr. Bogdanovich is an able and amiable guide to Keaton’s life and work. Review: ‘The Great Buster’ Brings a Deadpan Genius Back to Life 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z He's an amiable Everyman, viewed with affection even by those who consider him naïve. 'Strangeness in My Mind' explores Istanbul with the eyes of an amiable Everyman 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z But much of this amiable 90-minute set is distinctly original and bittersweetly on target. ‘My Son the Waiter: A Jewish Tragedy,’ Brad Zimmerman’s Show 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z But much of the rest of this amiable album has evident scars left by studio effects. Playlist: Cover to Cover: The Why and Wherefore 2010-11-20T19:40:00Z The show had also benefited from depicting an amiable, wholesome vision of Australian life that did not bait controversy, he added. After 37 Years, the Sunny World of ‘Neighbours’ Comes to an End 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Look at the way Rob Brydon's recent amiable stab at the genre was more about gags and singalongs than anything deeper. Alan Carr's Chatty Man is the right talkshow for now 2010-12-13T14:47:00Z Wherever we went, city or tiny village, the locals were amiable and friendly. Inspired by the Billy Joel tune, a family heads to Vienna 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z He's a silent witness to every tantrum and an amiable grounding presence evening out Oliver's disorganization. Like a good neighbor, Howard Morris is there for us on "Only Murders in the Building" 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z After Salinger's death, neighbors recalled him as an amiable and unassuming fixture in town, different from the recluse he appeared in memoirs by his daughter and a former lover, Joyce Maynard. Letters reveal human side of JD Salinger 2011-01-27T00:16:46Z Mr. Daniels, 61 and warily amiable, is a lifelong baseball fan. Jeff Daniels Takes a Baseball Break From ‘Blackbird’ 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Palin’s daughter was an amiable blank, reflecting the light and heat generated by her mother rather than generating any of her own. Sarah Palin’s new TV network shows just how far her star has fallen 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The latest example: , an amiable but unsatisfying musical that just opened off-Broadway after being developed at California’s La Jolla Playhouse. Sunshine and Murder: The Movie-to-Musical Express 2013-11-20T14:00:41Z On her first album, “Worship Soul,” her voice is bright, clear, amiable, professional. New Music: Albums by Rascal Flatts, Anita Wilson and Loudon Wainwright 2012-04-02T22:29:45Z Mr. Corden, a portly British performer, was energetic, amiable and cheerfully self-assured, but not particularly special. Review: James Corden Is Amiable, if Not Particularly Special, in ‘Late Late Show’ Debut on CBS 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z And in many ways it was the opposite of Mr. Jansch’s performance: amiable, playful, shaggy through waltzes and shuffles; a bar gig, not a séance. Music Review: Casually Tough, Steeled by Ghosts 2010-12-16T23:04:03Z He also was a gifted entertainer, a born TV host, and his amiable and charming personality was often described as the key to his success as interviewer. David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies 2013-09-01T15:31:08Z It's amiable, but the more miles it clocks up, the more this film looks like a vanity vehicle for its co-director, writer and star, Dax Shepard. Hit and Run – review 2012-10-11T21:00:01Z The movie mostly bounces along powered by a lunacy that toggles between amiable and sinister. ‘The Jesus Rolls’ Review: ‘The Big Lebowski’ Character Is on a … 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Rush is amiable company, quick with stories about playing for next to nothing in the 1950s and ’60s. Review: ‘I Am the Blues’ Visits the Music’s Home Turf 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z I came to this show to hoot at the motifs of its subgenre—the sham glamour of photo shoots, the cornball lines lobbed at pitch meetings—and stayed for its amiable exploration of self-discovery. Wearing Its Topicality Lightly, “The Bold Type” Is a Show to Warm a Jaded Heart 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z Senator Kennedy is shown making brief, amiable appearances at meetings, where he is treated with gentle reverence, less the lion of the Senate than a lionized symbol of a greater, more gracious era. Television Review | 'The Senators? Bargain': On HBO2, ?Grand? Legislation Goes Wrong 2010-03-23T21:40:00Z An orphan of uncertain parentage, Ben is single, amiable but prickly and rapidly going broke. New life for the underground hit ‘The Never-Open Desert Diner’ 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z To stay afloat, this amiable sequel decides to ever so slightly democratize itself: The upstairs-downstairs division that has long separated the estate’s masters from their servants begins to leak. ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’ Review: Gilded, Aged 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Once an amiable, niche jam-band bohemian paradise, the Bonnaroo festival has swelled into one of the country’s most vibrant pop culture experiences. Summer Stages 2012-05-17T19:59:09Z When Sparro errs towards disco, as he does on the bouncy We Could Fly and the garrulous Happiness, he sounds more comfortable and assured, and there's an amiable joy sneaking through. Sam Sparro: Return to Paradise – review 2012-06-14T20:00:01Z For fans of a certain earlier strain of Mr. Allen’s work, the comedy’s “shambling, amiable vibe may seem comfortingly familiar,” Mike Hale wrote in The New York Times. What’s on TV Friday: Woody Allen’s ‘Crisis in Six Scenes’ and ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage’ 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z Fantastically amiable, modest, and unshowy, there is something gallant about her, too, as though, deep inside, she is always braced for adversity. Rachel Whiteread: 'I couldn't say no. It felt right to do this one' – interview 2012-07-07T19:19:01Z Rather than science fiction, the comic is closer to amiable French sex farce, but fired by Barbarella’s erotic energy. A French Siren Returns 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Funches delivers this signature quip with an amiable smile, and while his well-constructed act has the quirky vibe of a delightfully charming diversion, it’s one that resonates. Ron Funches Works a Crowd, and Its Assumptions 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Robert Langdon Lloyd is quite amiable as Hero's father, Leonato, until he erupts sensationally in a furious tirade when Hero is dishonored at her wedding altar. Review: Buoyant, zestful 'Much Ado About Nothing' 2013-02-20T00:16:04Z His murderer is not just a cartoon sweaty creep but someone who could, however briefly and unconvincingly, convey something sufficiently amiable or avuncular to get away with his monstrous murders. Beyond the negroni: Stanley Tucci's 20 best films – ranked! 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z He recounts these perceived shortcomings with an amiable ease that sounds a lot like contentment. ‘My brain feels like it’s been punched’: the intolerable rise of perfectionism 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z The title track of the album also addressed a real-life situation: Skinner's struggle with the boutique record label that he'd set up with his manager, the amiable Ted Mayhem, which they called the Beats. The end of the Streets 2011-01-02T00:04:01Z The ABC host's ongoing nightly campaign against what would happen if Obamacare is repealed under current Republican plans reflects his deep engagement with the news — all the more jarring because of Kimmel's amiable, unwonkish persona. Jimmy Kimmel Is an Unlikely Health Care Advocate. Here's Why He's So Effective 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z Wood portrays a peacemaker in Jon who manages to be the most amiable character onstage yet who also might be operating from blind self-interest. Playing with memory in 'Marjorie Prime' 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Me, I see a point in this play’s amiable restlessness, or I think I do. Review: A Shaggy Fish Story With a Bounty of Questing Heroines 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z It’s amiable, inventive and idiosyncratic, one of this year’s most intriguing hip-hop albums and also a bold statement of left-field pop. Meet Aminé, a Joyful Rapper With an Eye on Politics 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Burns has made it crystal clear what his style is: lots of chatty, mostly amiable folks, working out their not so troubling differences in the greater New York metropolitan area. The Fitzgerald Family Christmas: Ed Burns Pulls Together Another Dysfunctional Irish-Catholic Brood 2012-12-06T13:00:49Z They keep a decent and worthy, amiable and unchallenging film short of the greatness of the subject itself. The Too-Easy History of “Suffragette” 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Attractive, amiable and well educated, they are still playfully affectionate after five years of marriage. Theater Review: ?Belleville? at Yale Repertory Theater - Review 2011-11-04T22:39:42Z The interview, what with the host’s amiable treatment of Trump and the infamous “hair-tousle,” earned Fallon accusations of normalizing an extreme and dangerous politician. We can’t decide what we want from Jimmy Fallon — neither can he 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Even the engagingly idiosyncratic Gaby Hoffmann, as Donna’s best friend, is limited to an amiable blandness. Movies 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Comedy Central is premiering “South Side,” their amiable new sitcom set in the working-class Chicago neighborhood of Englewood. ‘South Side’ and ‘Sherman’s Showcase’: Two Flavors of Nostalgia 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Two of the featured works fell into the “amiable but uninspired” category. Review: Emanuel Ax, at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Gives a 19th-Century Lesson 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The first movie looked pretty moderate, but the new one is an amiable entertainment that rattles along likably enough. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days – review 2012-08-02T20:15:01Z Instead, she’s aiming for something amiable and affectionate, letting the mood that she sets speak more loudly than her. Music Review: Solange at the Bowery Ballroom 2012-12-13T23:06:41Z But there was nothing memorable about Mr. Gyorgy’s brief “Improvisations,” which sounded like amiable lounge music. Music Review: Adam Gyorgy at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-11-14T22:02:25Z He wanted to know what Nash — an amiable police inspector and amateur magician who patrolled San Francisco in an early ’70s bright yellow Plymouth Barracuda — would be like 20 years down the road. Don Johnson Is Back as ‘Nash Bridges.’ Why? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z It's amiable enough, I suppose, but there is far too much laughing, she says, like a grump. Rewind radio: If I Were You; TED Radio Hour; Stuff You Should Know; Stuff Mom Never Told You; Desert Island Discs – review 2013-07-27T17:05:00Z The amiable old gent, though, is hiding something. New leaf for Bob Newhart 2011-01-17T14:57:23Z But the Kennedy approach to managing the media still stands as a kind of lesson book on amiable press relations for presidents. Masters of their medium: JFK on TV, Trump on Twitter 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z When a taxi driver greets his invitation to dinner with a perfunctory “sure, be glad to,” Elwood replies with amiable urgency, “When — when would you be glad to?” Theater Review: ‘Harvey,’ With Jim Parsons, at Studio 54 2012-06-15T02:17:16Z “Can I help you?” an amiable man asked me through my car window. In the Bay Area, the Grateful Dead will live — and twirl — forever 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Readers who want an amiable travel guide to graveyards will enjoy parts of this book. How to Read a Graveyard by Peter Stanford – review 2013-05-03T18:00:03Z It's all perfectly amiable, but the production needs more spit and polish if it is to recapture its original zest. The Ladykillers – review 2013-07-10T18:40:00Z That’s one reason for the amiable, complacent mode that frequently characterizes the worst of independent films. Movie of the Week: “Ishtar” 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z But as Mr. Scott’s diverse audience expanded and his operation professionalized, he also ran up against the limits of his amiable anarchy. Before the Astroworld Tragedy, Travis Scott’s ‘Raging’ Made Him a Star 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z He is an amiable enough character, but lacks the ability to re-animate the language from within. Romeo and Juliet 2010-09-22T21:30:00Z He’s an amiable presence who poses little danger that he’ll depart from the script. The Oscars 2015: For the Birds 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Her own sit-downs with him affirm that he is as amiable and self-deprecating as fans might hope. Review | ‘Weird Al: Seriously’ gives a talented musician his due 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Anyway, both of Damon's faces explain why his appearances in the current season, both as angry Kavanaugh and Saturday’s amiable family dude, work so well. "Saturday Night Live" has a problem not even Matt Damon can solve 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z It shows his amiable demeanor backstage, gamely enduring a pushy interview. Playlist: New Albums: Neil Young, Thelonious Monk and Shelby Lynne 2013-12-06T21:53:11Z The generous intake of illicit substances seems to have addled Berger’s amiable mind. | 'Hair': Back When Even War Seemed a Bit Less Scary 2011-07-14T02:01:04Z The amiable singer from Georgia touches a lot of familiar bases on this reissue of his 2002 album. Holiday music: Seth MacFarlane, Downton Abbey, Idina Menzel, more 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z And who can wonder at the rebellious tendencies in Matt, an amiable kid with a history of shoplifting who is torn between his parents’ divergent needs and outlooks? The power of the ‘Pen’: David Marshall Grant’s darkly comic drama about destiny He was amiable but not particularly expressive, and the gentle volume of his Texas twang was frequently drowned out by garbage trucks. What Does Everyone See in Jesse Plemons? 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z As it turned out, Mal's first day on the set would be anything but amiable. The role Beatles roadie Mal Evans was born to play 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z In photos of the match, everyone looks perfectly amiable. A Fine Italian Hand 2010-10-11T18:30:00Z Ballard becomes slightly less amiable company as he grows happier and more successful—success licenses him to be crustier and more judgmental and self-satisfied, to name-drop and settle a literary score here and there. The Life of J.G. Ballard: An Alien Among Us 2013-01-24T14:15:39Z It goes for, and occasionally achieves, an amiable vibe that requires no particular wit or skill. Paul Review: E.T. With a Potty Mouth 2011-03-17T16:05:00Z She manages at once to be ruthless and vulnerable, icy and amiable, backstabber and benefactor, to keep us on our toes. Damages 2010-05-28T07:00:00Z McDaniel, the unfailingly amiable chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, had stood by Trump, even as a trickle of GOP luminaries abandoned him. RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel is trying to hold together a party that Donald Trump might want to tear up 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Garner writes of this amiable book: “It’s been a long time since I met such a thoroughly normal guy in a memoir.” 13 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Young is amiable and impressively balanced, but as she gets to the brash bankers of the late-80s, there is a depressing sense of history repeating. Tonight's TV highlights: Windfarm Wars 2011-03-24T00:04:00Z The dialogue kids itself, perhaps too broadly and cutely at times, but this is the kind of amiable, humane, small-scale movie that almost never gets made anymore. 'It's Kind of a Funny Story': An amiable tale of a suicidal teen 2010-10-07T19:36:00Z Many of these encounters between the haves and have-nots are brief and amiable. When Outdoor Diners and Homeless People Meet, Restaurants Try to Cope 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z For the latest installment of the Legends & Visionaries series, Diana Byer, the artistic director, dusted off some of the company’s amiable works by an array of accomplished choreographers. New York Theater Ballet at the 92nd Street Y 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z And moments like that, even in a dumb movie, add a little sting to the loss of Walker’s amiable, sincere screen presence. ‘Brick Mansions’: Action takes off, but plot hits wall 2014-04-24T20:09:41Z Seeing the amiable but dull “Tenor” gave me increased respect for what Mr. Bean and Mr. Hytner have achieved with “Guvnors.” ArtsBeat: Funny Then and There, Here and Now 2011-07-25T16:19:24Z In this amiable investigation, Stefan Gates travels to Thailand to see why cultural prejudice has got in the way of delicious grub. TV highlights 18/03/2013 2013-03-18T07:00:09Z For the most part, “Love, Simon” is an amiable, slick, silver-tongued teen romantic comedy. Review: In ‘Love, Simon,’ a Glossy Teen Romance, the Hero Has a Secret 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Alfred Hickling, writing in the Guardian, called it “an amiable if undemanding cozy caper.” An Unlikely TV Star Who Knows What Britain Wants 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Assayas, rather than depicting an amiable young sci-fi director, could have depicted a fiery, introverted, idiosyncratic genius, a furiously imaginative young man or woman. The Enemy of Youth 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z His vulnerability, though, heightens the seething anger of You Lust, which transforms the frontman from amiable and self-professed weirdo to alarming dictator. The Flaming Lips – review 2013-05-22T17:23:36Z And Darcelle established herself as more than just an amiable showgirl. Walter Cole, Who Dazzled as Darcelle, the World’s Oldest Drag Performer, Dies at 92 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z The second wine list was concrete evidence of how dismissed Rodell felt by the restaurant's staff, while Comiskey had found the service amiable. "No one suspected me": Women food critics dish on dining out for a living 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z “Psychologically, making the work helped me get through graduate school,” said Musson, who in person is amiable and far gentler than his swaggering character. A Bigger Canvas for Jayson Musson Includes Puppets and Picasso 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The amiable production, while not overly imaginative, was certainly often charming — and the audience responded warmly. Music Review: ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ at Symphony Space 2013-12-29T20:37:38Z Atzmon's albums never quite catch the amiable ferocity of his live shows, but this one certainly expresses the Orient House motto: "Relentlessly, we remind ourselves why we decided to make music in the first place." Gilad Atzmon Orient House Ensemble: The Tide Has Changed 2010-09-30T21:30:00Z Ms. McMillan is an amiable writer, yet her book is lighted from within by anger at the poor food options many in this country face. Books of The Times: Tracie McMillan Writes ?The American Way of Eating? 2012-02-20T22:14:42Z The women measured the stocky, amiable actor best known for playing the crusty father on “The Wonder Years” against their memories of Lombardi. Calling Plays on a Broadway Gridiron 2010-09-16T16:36:00Z Homeless and jobless, surfing between a crammed storage locker and a friend’s couch, Shaul is an amiable operator with an instinct for self-preservation. Movie Review: Maya Kenig’s ‘Off White Lies’ 2012-12-07T01:50:18Z They will also watch Arthur, an amiable aardvark, start a school lunchroom sit-in to demand hired help for Mrs. MacGrady, a beleaguered cafeteria cook. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z Given that, “My World 2.0,” his debut full-length album, is far sharper than it needs to be, an amiable collection of age-appropriate panting with intermittent bursts of misplaced precociousness. Critics' Choice: New Music by Justin Bieber and Dum Dum Girls 2010-03-21T20:58:00Z Wherever he fetched up in the design world, whether creating clothes for women or men, his signature has been assuredness with color, strong silhouettes, resistance to trickery and amiable ease with the markers of luxury. Zegna Turns Jackets Into a World View 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Slim, with close-cropped gray hair and rimless glasses, Mr. Parks comes across as amiable, even as he expounds on what he sees as the terrible mood in Italy, gripped by recession and political stalemate. In ‘Italian Ways,’ Tim Parks Again Tries to Explain Italy 2013-06-07T21:25:53Z Sure, his comedy presents a brief reprieve from the unpleasantness of our current circumstances: Howard is quite amiable onstage, using his physicality and personality to lighten the mood as he tells his tales. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z There’s a little extra huskiness in his maple-cured tenor, but no sense of strain or disappointment; he’s leisurely, thoughtful, amiable as always. New Albums From Jesse Winchester, Lia Ices and Others 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Motion said the discussions had been "amiable and clever", and that the judges had tried to put aside literary reputations and judge the novels on their individual merits. Booker longlist 2010-07-27T18:06:00Z In person, Mr. Fukunaga is plain-spoken and amiable, evincing the easygoing confidence of a man blessed with both award-winning talent and striking good looks. Cary Joji Fukunaga on the Perils of Making ‘Beasts of No Nation’ 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Long ago the Borat character functioned as a truth serum, the kind of amiable ignoramus people were inclined to countenance or forgive either out of politeness or a sense of superiority. "Borat 2" makes an America slathered in misogyny and disinformation reckon with itself 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z With his kind face, intelligent gaze, and ready smile, Francis is an amiable and compelling figure. Review: In ‘Pope Francis: A Man of His Word,’ a Religious Leader Speaks at Length 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Put simply, the privileges that came along with being a serial killer — and an amiable one at that. Netflix’s “Confession Killer” un-solves murders in a ruthless true crime story in reverse 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Zimmerman, 23, is boisterous and amiable, openhearted and still a little stupefied by it all. How Bailey Zimmerman Charmed Nashville 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z This amiable, clever sketch show sends up the worthy do-gooder reputation of the bohemian residents of Portland through mostly affectionate skits. Portlandia: box set review 2013-06-27T14:00:01Z On “Roll It On Home,” an amiable country song buoyed by pedal steel, he soothes his worry after a night of drinking. John Mayer Is a Wonderland 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z Sunny, amiable and open, Henry is her precise opposite. TV Picks: 'Olive Kitteridge,' 'Elementary,' 'Death Comes to Pemberley' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Still, it’s hard not to notice that even the most amiable locals are growing fed up with their streets gradually turning into an obstacle course of electric scooters, tuk-tuks and bachelorette gangs. Headed to Portugal? Consider staying in Setubal rather than Lisbon. 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z But jarringly, what begins as an amiable record of a woman in the full flush of success soon takes sharp, seemingly arbitrary turns for the vulnerable. Television Review: ‘Kesha: My Crazy Beautiful Life,’ a Documentary on MTV 2013-04-22T21:45:35Z You would need to be familiar with chat shows like “The Tonight Show” of Johnny Carson vintage to recognize the format that Mr. Ufomadu is paying amiable, tongue-just-grazing-cheek homage to. ‘Ike at Night’ at the Public Theater 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z But these amiable, unaffected characters are shown to be bumping along on turbulent undercurrents of despair. The Kitchen Sink – review 2012-11-09T16:51:41Z First Love 8pm, Sky Arts 1 Another amiable hour in the company of a celeb who gets to explore what life might have been like if they'd taken a different career path. Vintage TV Launches 2010-08-31T23:05:00Z We’re in familiar territory for the author: a North London setting, amiable comedy and nebbishy internal monologues about the awkwardness of social interactions. The Brexit Romance: Finding Love in Irreconcilable Times 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Eggers’s amiable, conversational narrative invites young readers and listeners to imagine the work that went into this impressive project. Review | A new look at the Statue of Liberty and other best children’s books 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Equal measure music hall extravaganza, purposefully bad jokes and theatrical trompe l'oeil, the production aims to be amiable festive season entertainment with occasional nods to the right-now folded in. Theater Review: Slamming Doore, Heavy Sledding 2011-01-11T13:00:02Z The second season of “Ted Lasso” debuts this month, bringing a new set of challenges to the amiable coach and his underdog club, AFC Richmond. Britney, Bennifer, Beatles and Broadway: Pop culture in 2021 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z But Meyers, a mostly amiable host who became well-known doing Weekend Update for “Saturday Night Live,” has lately emerged one of the most important political voices on television. The stars aligned for Seth Meyers: “That was more dumb luck than anything else” 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Similarly, Johnson’s relations with African Americans were, Levine writes, largely “amiable” early on. When Frederick Douglass Met Andrew Johnson 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z The cast is also amiable and understated, ideal for CAP21’s black box rigged as an intimate theater in the round. Theater Review: For Artists, Growing Up Is Still Hard to Do 2011-06-20T21:56:37Z Zarem’s amiable, disheveled manner belied not only a will of steel but a propensity to hold a grudge. Remembering a relentless publicist, never too proud to beg 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z And I only have happy memories of that short time… The whole thing is a bit of a muddle now, it didn't last very long and it was very amiable, although we've never met since! City of Death: Doctor Who classic episode #10 2013-07-11T13:16:11Z Douglas is clearly comfortable with Sandy, and his performance is amiable and easy to like. Review: On Netflix, Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin Are Aging Bros 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z It's a likable, amiable movie, and a nice reminder of the roaring 90s. Spike Island – review 2013-06-20T20:45:01Z Or find himself in so many beefs with amiable peers. What Makes Katt Williams Great? It’s Not the Jokes, It’s the Performance 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Most are amiable curiosities, but “Blonde Venus,” directed by Josef von Sternberg, and two pre-Code Mae West films, “She Done Him Wrong” and “I’m No Angel,” are classics. William A. Wellman, Two-Fisted Director With Heart, in Six Takes 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z Meek Mill, not on the bill, stole sets from both the uncharacteristically amiable Wale and Fabolous. Critic’s Notebook: A Summer Jam, Proudly Local Yet Less Sure of Its Place 2013-06-03T16:20:54Z The cast members do a fine job of defining their assorted roles with distinguishing tics and punctuation marks, riffing a bit like the amiable jazz musicians with whom they share the stage. Review: ‘New York Animals,’ a Musical About Intersecting Lives 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z Francine proves to be both a tireless worker and an amiable presence around the farm. Review: In ‘The Guardians,’ Trouble on the Home Front in Wartime France 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z He’s an amiable host focused on telling an absorbing tale full of tightly edited twists and turns, and is less concerned with connecting photos of suspects with red string. Was a ’90s Scorpions Song the Work of the C.I.A.? This Podcast Is on It 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z Oddball and amiable, “Lodge 49” looked for meaning in sports-bar restaurants and closing aerospace factories, and it found a peculiar magic. The Best TV Shows of 2018 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z And this amiable approach also made him uniquely suited to keep up with the Beatles' rapid stylistic evolution. An appreciation of Ringo Starr's dynamic and joyful musical gifts – despite the naysayers 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Dishy’s amiable nudging and Mr. Grenier’s clipped, chilly denials are a combustible comic pairing. Theater Review: ‘Storefront Church,’ by John Patrick Shanley 2012-06-12T02:00:13Z There is also her crack-user boyfriend Boo Boo, a hopeless, bloated, amiable goof. High on Crack Street scores the hits despite The Fighter's fancy footwork 2011-02-02T15:24:32Z He is acerbic in an amiable fashion about today’s players, whom he tries to call “young men” rather than “the kids.” Driving to Work With Keith Hernandez, the Real Mr. Met 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z The 10 rustic wood tables are hand-painted in orange and yellow; the lights are low and the crowd amiable, skewing slightly older. 36 Hours in Key West, Fla. 2011-01-06T20:57:02Z We shopped at Ranch Candy, an oddities-and-gift shop on the main drag, and chatted with the shop owner, an amiable guy with wide silver-rimmed glasses. Marfa Road Trip: Thelma and Louise, With a Happier Ending 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z In December, former music director Leonard Slatkin returned with a program built around ideals of amiable new music and American classics. At the Kennedy Center, Eschenbach casts the NSO in standard but staunch roles 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z The esteemed educator William Lyon Phelps said of him, “He was not disliked in college, but was regarded with amiable tolerance as a freak.” The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Phelim O'Neill In tonight's final instalment, the amiable artist moves among the posh to explore the flavour of upper-class taste with his brain-tongue. TV highlights 19/06/2012 2012-06-18T11:56:01Z Versatile, notable, amiable: Marvin Hamlisch is a perfect holiday guest, and one welcomed each year by the orchestra for a program of holiday favorites. 17 top Seattle entertainment picks for Dec. 4-10 2011-12-01T00:44:04Z Soft-spoken and amiable, he made his trumpet moan and bark and sigh. Delbert Anderson’s Mission: Putting ‘Native Sound Back Into Jazz’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z While some critics faulted Mr. Rakoff’s writing as overly aphoristic, many praised his singular style, which combined an amiable dyspepsia with an almost palpable undercurrent of melancholy. David Rakoff, Award-Winning Humorist, Dies at 47 2012-08-10T15:50:38Z In one light, his life has been a success: a career followed by comfortable retirement, an amiable marriage followed by amicable divorce, a child seen safely into her own domestic security. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes ? review 2011-07-26T16:15:00Z “I Feel You” is best thought of as a travelogue, with Beam an amiable and skeptical tour guide to places where a new understanding of empathy has led to new, successful applications. How Does Empathy Work? A Writer Explores the Science and Its Applications 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Only the first few minutes of the play, which portray an amiable but very brief backstage meeting between Pete and Cornell, are based on Mr. Gurney’s real experiences. | 'The Grand Manner': Kate Burton in A. E. Gurney?s Comedy at Lincoln Center 2010-06-28T02:12:00Z Allowed to speak for an extended period, without a debate buzzer going off after 30 seconds, Biden was focused and amiable. Perspective | Bernie and Biden have been courting voters virtually, and it’s not going well 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z In his New York Times review, Glenn Kenny called it “relentlessly amiable.” Holiday Movies to See (or Skip) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Pryce is an amiable, sympathetic presence, with legible facial expressions and an impressive ability to make himself understood in four of the five languages spoken onscreen. ‘The Two Popes’ Review: Double Act at the Vatican 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z But in this lightly comic context he’s portrayed as an amiable bungler, while his wife seems coldhearted by comparison. Video: A Master?s Baby Steps 2011-03-19T01:24:54Z Humor of this kind suffuses the movie, which at its best is an amiable cartoon. ‘The After Party’ and ‘Baahubali’: Hip-hop Dreams and Indian Fantasy From Netflix 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z Who better than an amiable everyman like Freeman to act as a non-threatening go-between for the government and the angry workers? We were holding out for a hero ? then three turned up at once 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z Through once-seedy downtown passageways, we stroll as if through an open-air art gallery with our amiable, tattooed docent. Once-sleepy St. Petersburg, Fla., awakens with vibrant arts and nightlife scenes 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z And though their chat was more amiable than it's been in times past, Letterman still brought up a touchy subject from O'Reilly's recent history: the controversy surrounding his reporting on the Falklands War in 1982. Bill O'Reilly tells Letterman his war coverage dust-up worked out well 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z Old-school Bill Murray, deadpan and gonzo, spices up the amiable mess that is Rock the Kasbah. Review: Bill Murray’s Rock the Kasbah 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Panned by Variety as “an amiable goof that looks like it was cobbled together in a hurry,” the film nonetheless qualified Campbell to conduct a master class in schlock: Actor Bruce Campbell offers an engaging master class in schlock 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z From Connolly, Bridges inherits a knack for telling amiable stories about working-class life, albeit in a glummer style. Comedy gold: Kevin Bridges' The Story So Far 2013-03-08T10:00:04Z Alfred the amiable manservant and invaluable counselor we’ve met in previous “Batman” stories has had a couple decades to get used to the idea. 'Gotham' Recap: Batman as a Goth Boy, the Butler as an Angry Young Man 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z Prager proved an amiable host, amusing and cordial with the musicians. Dennis Prager draws classical newbies, and a musicians' boycott, at Disney Hall concert 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z But Reynolds is so blandly amiable, so deeply Canadian, that the hallmark of a male movie star — the musk of danger — is something he doesn't radiate; he only simulates it. Green Lantern: Not So Super-Hero 2011-06-16T15:55:00Z Parker was amiable and wry, candid about how few scripts were good, yet he was fueled by the energy unleashed by saying, “Let’s put on a show” over and over. ‘You want to do it? Do it’: Keith Parker’s freewheeling legacy at Source Theatre 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z But Everett’s amiable tone, and especially his captivating anecdotes from his field studies in the Amazonian rain forests, will help the neophyte along. How Language Came to Be — and How We Use It Today 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z I mean, why would Longaville, who has so far been presented as an amiable slacker-stoner type, turn out to harbor razzle-dazzle Broadway fantasies? Theater Review: ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost,’ Loosely Speaking, in Central Park 2013-08-13T02:00:01Z He is not, at the present time in his long life, self-reflective, let alone self-analytical, but he is companionable, disarmingly likable, honorable by his own lights, unfailingly amiable and kind to animals. ‘Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood’ Review: Turning Tricks in Tinseltown 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z In this amiable insider’s account of the Obama years, Rhodes traces his intellectual evolution as a key adviser to the president. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z “God knows what happened here, what was repossessed,” jokes Barry Josephson, “Turn’s” amiable executive producer, between takes on the set this winter day. With ‘Turn,’ AMC goes from meth and zombies to 1776 spies 2014-04-02T23:42:25Z “To my absolute surprise, he wound up being quite amiable, and the most caring individual that I have ever known.” Jerry Vale, Crooned Smoothly of Love, Is Dead at 83 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Now released publicly, the album radiates companionship, with the guitars — acoustic and electric, picking and sliding — entwined in amiable colloquies. 15 Fresh Takes on a Classic Tradition: The Holiday Album 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z There were lessons and discoveries in all of that, but you wouldn’t want to overthink it; the music was too amiable and easy to like. Music Review: Bluegrass and Jazz Bands, With More in Common Than You?d Think 2011-07-24T22:29:53Z Mismatched secondhand tables line the wall across from a counter where regulars — including Virginia Commonwealth University students and retirees — order from an amiable, aproned staff. Where to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in Richmond 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z The performers labor through those emotional spotlights; Taylor and Lane are amiable but flat, and Trabolsi and Darrow are suitably obnoxious but wholly unsurprising. ‘Block Association’ Review: Yes, in Your Backyard 2021-04-25T04:00:00Z He is about six foot three and solid, not the amiable butterball of his early photos, and not the ingenuous smiler of those early days, either. Bobby Bland: 'Blues and soul are one and the same' – a classic interview 2013-06-25T12:24:00Z Considering the primacy of the commercial interests at play here, “Tukoh Taka” — performed in English, Spanish and Arabic — is amiable, exuberant fun. Gucci Mane’s Tribute to Takeoff, and 6 More New Songs 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z At times, it even plays like Eddie Murphy's "Coming to America," which was amiable enough but didn't exactly represent cutting-edge comedy. Review: Baron Cohen's `Dictator' least-focused yet 2012-05-11T19:27:13Z He is in his late 40s, and he’s not quite what you would call amiable. ‘Royalty Free: The Music of Kevin MacLeod’ Review: Into the Spotlight 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Still, she is the most amiable of self-lacerators, seemingly always grateful for the attention. Concert Review: Kelly Clarkson at Radio City Music Hall - Review 2012-01-22T18:02:05Z That, of course, is how conversations play out in Noah’s version — peppered with status proximity and famous authors and a fleetingly amiable moment with a soon-to-be-ex-wife. Step 1 to start loving ‘The Affair’: Admit there’s no such thing as truth 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Still, Meyer is an amiable narrator, and he introduces the reader to some of China’s greatest paradoxes, notably a pride in history that coexists with a compulsion to destroy the past. Eyewitnesses to America’s Greatest International Competitor 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z It combines TV’s particular efficiency in revealing the sights and sounds of a destination with the sense of what an amiable neurotic might experience there. “Travel Man,” Richard Ayoade’s Travel Show for People Who Hate Travel 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z He’s hangdog but amiable, folded into the sofa with one leg propped on the coffee table. John Cusack: ‘Hollywood is a whorehouse and people go mad’ 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Its lyrics seesawed between hard-nosed and amiable, but they usually led to blithely catchy heys and oohs, ready for woozy, sunny singalongs. Music Review: Pop Second-Guessing Itself, Building Up and Coming Apart 2010-10-03T22:19:00Z It’s closer to the low end, but for fans of a certain earlier strain of his work, its shambling, amiable vibe may seem comfortingly familiar. Review: ‘Crisis in Six Scenes,’ a Mere Ghost of Woody Allen Past 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Most songs here moan about brittle young relationships over the musical equivalent of bringing an amiable golden retriever along for an unhurried jog. Review: The Chainsmokers Find That Pop Is an Awkward Fit 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z French stars as an amiable alcoholic who refuses to believe that his best friend, a 6-foot-tall rabbit, is imaginary; Vanessa plays his high-society sister. New in L.A. theater: 'Herland,' 'Harvey' and the porn musical 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z He was a beanpole of a man in a baseball cap who combined an amiable gravitas with an unassuming creative openness to his surroundings, and to the night's largely unfamiliar playing partners. John Tchicai obituary 2012-10-11T17:25:54Z Cook’s amiable, shrewdly observant presence adds immeasurably to the biography, as he raises the questions we ourselves would ask, makes clear his own views, and quickly wins our confidence through his common sense and decency. ‘Trumbo,’ soon to be a film, tells the tale of one of the Hollywood Ten 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Shelton is among the most versatile of contemporary country singers, an amiable rapscallion one minute and a thoughtful brooder the next. Critics? Choice: CDs by Blake Shelton, Mike Posner, George Duke 2010-08-08T22:33:00Z “Eighth Grade” isn’t so much an amiable film as it is a film that yearns to be likable and strives to be liked. Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade,” Reviewed: A Teen Coming-of-Age Story Plagued by Niceness 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z The tone and style were amiable, but the content was serious, tussling with issues about science and public policy, the lack of scientists in government, the relationship between science and the media. Reith Lectures 2010-06-02T06:59:00Z Darting around Lower Manhattan, Ms. Rose was amiable and self-deprecating about what she has been through. My Son, My Daughter: A Mother’s Evolution 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z Because the painting and dramatic-recreation scenes have a mostly quiet, amiable tone — Renee’s helpers are awfully good sports — these sequences don’t give the play much conflict or momentum. In ‘Night Falls,’ a woman’s body becomes a temple of the otherworldly 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z |
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