1.   Although in pain and unable to play with his usual flair and effectiveness, Bryant is nevertheless playing.

2.   And, yet, he had every reason to celebrate with his usual flair.

3.   Boyle directs with his usual flair, but the story fails him.

4.   Director Tim Burton brings his usual visual flair to the project, and most of the makeup work is very good.

5.   Fincher directs with his usual visual flair.

6.   Green, however, showed his usual pugnacious flair.

7.   He brings so little of his usual flair and characteristic humor to the part that it feels as if any actor could have filled the lead.

8.   Hollings went down with his usual flair.

9.   One of them is a serial killer named Ryan Weaver, played by Ray Liotta with his usual sinister flair.

10.   With hundreds of flashbulbs going off, Ripken showed his usual flair for the dramatic.