Despite formidable box office – it's grossed $167m£109m9m) Stateside, more than the other four nominees combined – most voters weren't as jazzed, with even Gillian Flynn's seemingly assured screenplay nomination falling by the wayside.
Sure, "Bridesmaids" may have taken the country by storm and introduced her as a formidable box office talent, but her impressions on "SNL" have shown us for years what she's capable of.
The Army Special Forces Underwater Operations School is located in Key West, Florida, which also hosts a formidable population of box jellyfish.
An expert in software-defined radio — the modification of radio signals with a computer, as opposed to mixers, amplifiers, and other hardware — Humphreys used a general-purpose processor to build what he calls a "formidable lying machine," a box that "listens" to the G.P.S. signal, gradually builds a bogus signal that aligns perfectly with the real, and then slowly overtakes it.
An expert in software-defined radio the modification of radio signals with a computer, as opposed to mixers, amplifiers, and other hardware—Humphreys used a general-purpose processor to build what he calls a "formidable lying machine," a box that "listens" to the G.P.S. signal, gradually builds a bogus signal that aligns perfectly with the real, and then slowly overtakes it.
But as the Warner Bros.-released movie hits theaters this weekend, its most formidable foe at the box office is Sony Pictures' "Jumanji" reboot.
Which is not to say, of course, that the real thing, South Africa without any letters, will be anything other than formidable in Durban on Boxing Day and beyond.
Vietnam's street markets, which sell everything from live frogs to toilet paper, remain a formidable foe for big-box hopefuls.
A formidable figure in American press boxes during my Sports Illustrated years was Jerome Holtzman of The Chicago Tribune.
Operating with integrity in the business of professional boxing has posed a more formidable challenge to Ward than the fighters he has faced in the ring.
Home Depot is a formidable competitor (see "Profit in a Big Orange Box").
