Critic's Choice Ryan Gosling, Eva Mendes and Bradley Cooper take a surprising left turn or two in Derek Cianfrance's unpredictable US thriller The Place Beyond the Pines.
HitFix writer Alan Sepinwall wrote, "Chuck vs. Santa Claus" was moving along amusingly enough when it still seemed like Ned Rhyerson was just a hapless criminal with the bad luck to crash into a store built above a top-secret government intelligence facility, but the surprising left turn it took when Chuck flashed on Lt. Mauser took things to another level".
The law legalizing marijuana in Colorado was the result of a long grass-roots campaign that culminated, in 2012, in a winning ballot vote, and was one of the most surprising left-libertarian successes in recent years.
It's surprising the left has been so feckless in its response.
I'd be happy to see the award go to either, or to Long, whose show consolidated a surprising 2010 left-turn towards political comedy.
But if unfettered, as Son-san proposes, Japan could switch to renewables faster than anyone and also has surprising efficiency potential left, especially in its buildings, which are broadly even less efficient than America's.
But if unfettered, as Son-san proposes, Japan could switch to renewables faster than anyone — and also has surprising efficiency potential left, especially in its buildings, which are broadly even less efficient than America's.
Said Kendrick, "Every year, I think yes, this is a good group," recalling the always extraordinary roster of honorees, noting that she always sees a screen legend, up-and-comers and perhaps one surprising choice, the "left of center," which this year — as Affleck could have predicted she'd say — she figured to be herself.
This is not surprising: In the left-most panel of Fig. 12, in the range when M Δ is an increasing function of Δ, the duration of the input spike volley, M Δ Δ, is much greater than 3, the decay time constant of the excitatory synaptic input pulses.
Mr. Obama is left-handed, and his signature move is to fake right and veer left, surprising players used to guarding right-handed competitors.
Portman's announcement aroused predictable consternation on the religious right, and also stirred up some surprising fury on the left.
