Then the lights went down and the very first set piece of the new installment in the "X-Men" franchise, directed by Bryan Singer (expertly abetted by the visual-effects designer John Dykstra), delivered a kinetic vortex of such imaginative allure that I'd have watched that one sequence continue for the movie's full hundred-and-forty-four-minute span.
Then the lights went down — and the very first set piece of the new installment in the "X-Men" franchise, directed by Bryan Singer (expertly abetted by the visual-effects designer John Dykstra), delivered a kinetic vortex of such imaginative allure that I'd have watched that one sequence continue for the movie's full hundred-and-forty-four-minute span.
At issue were the terms of a contract: Mrs. Williams agreed to pay for a piece of furniture in installments, using previous purchases from the store as collateral.
Which may just be another way of repeating that it's a movie, rather than a franchise installment or a piece of platform-agnostic digital entertainment.
The most damning and disturbing piece of the Goudie "Where's Mike?" installment was the part of the clip where he shows one of Madigan's constituents trying to get into the office.
In 1976, Mr. McDougal persuaded Mr. Clinton to invest in a five-acre piece of land near Little Rock, putting $500 down and paying monthly installments of $75.
It is easily the best entry since Brian DePalma's initial installment way back in 1996 and a top-notch piece of genre filmmaking.
* "LARRY AND THE WEREWOLF". This deliriously sophomoric noir-and-monster movie spoof by the resourceful Adobe Theater Company, playing in installments on Saturday nights this month, is an ideal piece of anarchic summer escapism.
(Vivien Schweitzer) 'Die Walküre' (Friday) The second installment of the director Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's "Ring," dominated by the much-discussed machine (the massive set piece of rotating planks), is both captivating and exasperating.
In another installment in which we ask writers to reflect on their own work, we had B.C. Edwards, author of this past Sunday's Lives essay, share with us the most helpful piece of writing advice he ever received.
