Both Scotland and Quebec have shown that if people are told their right to leave a union is not disputed, if there is reasonable redress for grievances within the existing national framework, and if the majority demonstrates a sincere affection, the chances that they will decide to stay are much higher.
J. J. Abrams's film is stuffed with period detail and sincere affection for popular culture, but it squanders its sense of wonder on a story that diminishes in emotional resonance even as it grows in scale and self- importance.
times, she is inclined to have her most intense emotional and physical reactions directed toward other women, quite beyond any comparative thing she might have ever felt for her husband — whatever her sincere affection for him?
That Rawson Michael Thurber, who directed and wrote the screenplay, was motivated by sincere affection for Mr. Chabon's book is evident in his scrupulous attempt to capture the novel's delicate tone, which is poised between whimsy and heartbreak.
SCOTT Although I admired the visual bravura of "Hugo" and was touched by its sincere affection for Méliès and his work (the gorgeous restoration of his masterpiece "A Trip to the Moon" that was shown at the Cannes and Telluride film festivals was surely a cinematic highlight of the year, maybe the century), I was not as enthralled as perhaps I should have been.
A sweetly randy tale of ex-lovers trying to maintain a platonic relationship, Leslye Headland's Sleeping With Other People (Icon, 15) feigns to satirise romcom tropes, but finally has too much sincere affection for the genre to resist them – which is fine, since the writing is quick and lively, and stars Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie have an actual connection.
Both tend to be bombastic and demand un-self-consciousness from their performers; both attract fans who mask their sincere affection behind a layer of irony.
For months President Obama has been slapping business around with harmful and abusive language, lectures and legislation, only to return and profess his sincere affection.
"Africa also means sincere affection, appreciation, close human and spiritual relations as well as tangible solidarity.... Morocco does not view Africa as a market for the sale and promotion of Moroccan products, or as a continent for making quick profit.
