Sentences with phrase «just as comic»

Just as comic books use words to supplement their visual images, these artists used words to keep visual art alive when it seemed to be on life support.

As directed by Nick Gomez and written by Peter Steinfeld, the film is clearly intended not just as a comic mystery but as a wild farce.

Just as comic books don't stop at two but go on for years with new stories and characters, one gets the distinct feeling of Shrek the Third as a continuing presence.

Not exact matches

«Everybody I would talk to knows the characters and read comics as kids, and we just didn't,» Bettany said.

There was something going on in comics where there was just a lot of raping going on... And I thought there was a much more complex and dangerous road to go down that doesn't have that in it, and as a male creator, do that: teach by example.

«But don't forget that I also read a lot of comic books as I was growing up, and I think that might have influenced me just as much.

However and nevertheless, in the effort to describe their loyalty to the particular, empirical theologians sometimes begin, just as I have begun, preoccupied with generalities and with logics — a procedure which is ironic when it is not simply comic.

Just as the rain cloud perpetually hangs over Joe Btfsplk in the comics, McAdoo has been shadowed for a long time by the opinion that he is not a «forced» in the game, as Abdul - Jabbar is a «force,» or Cowens or even Erving.

Finally, anyone who reads such publications needs to take everything that is printed with a liberal helping of salt, remember as The Jam so eloquently put it, the News of the World is «It's just a comic, not much more»

Back in 1958, when they first met, Dave was a young teaching pro at the Rockaway Hunting Club just outside New York City and Susan was working at NBC as secretary to Pat Harrington Jr., the television comic who was then appearing occasionally on The Jack Paar Show.

Media (not just TV and movies, but books, comics, and video games) will not provide equal representation, so we often find ourselves making a special effort to find and promote children's entertainment that acknowledges that women and girls exist, and not just as stereotypes and girlfriend characters.

Through tightly choreographed dance routines, which showcase the excellent comic timing of Amanda Lawrence as a conference delegate, we glimpse just how difficult it is to put together an international agreement.

It was probably just as well that Trump missed comic Michelle Wolf's vicious roast of the absent leader and his team.

A comic strip is a string of panels, just as a sentence is a string of words.

American Film Institute: AFI is America's promise to preserve the history of the motion picture, to honor the artists and their work and to educate the Batman begins making a name for himself just as the flamboyant Joker takes over the Mafia in director Tim Burton's adaptation of the comic book.

These are some reviews of the features released in 2005 that have generated the most discussion and interest among film critics and / or the Batman begins making a name for himself just as the flamboyant Joker takes over the Mafia in director Tim Burton's adaptation of the comic book.

His fellow Boston comics of that era all admired him, even if they didn't always adore him, because he could be just as nasty in person as on stage.

I will say one thing about TDK and Aquaman: The comic book character is unbearably pitiful and TDK managed to translate that perfectly into a just - as - pitiful game.

With just as much comic timing as beauty, Rebecca Romijn - Stamos made the transition from model to actress look easy.

Just as Stewart the stand - up comic became one of the most urgent and satisfying voices in American broadcasting, so has this talk show host suddenly blossomed into one of this year's most relevant filmmakers.

Each of the comics we've done has just been meant to be the best comic we could come up with, because I don't think in terms of making one thing as a bounce board for something else.

In the midst of all the franchises coming from studios today, there's one unlikely collection of films that has just as loyal and rabid a fanbase as any comic book, young adult or fantasy series.

We picked out seven games that have (basically) never had their own comic book series before and detail as best we can for potential publishers just why they'd work in the realm of word balloons.

And before anyone flips out about Pepper suiting up as just a gimmick (although Iron Man is successful without them), she had her own armor as the hero Rescue in the Marvel comics.

Comic book creator Mark Millar is just as confused by Carrey's comments.

What doesn't disappoint is the natural comic chemistry of its leads as well as the movie's ability to surprise, zigging rather than zagging, and finding small jokes just as satisfying as larger set pieces.

Occasionally the comic incidents feel a little jarring and clunky, such as Richard's attempt to stash a dead body which stops just short of Weekend At Bernie's.

Among the anticipated highlights at the ongoing San Diego Comic - Con (SDCC), for horror fans was tonight's world premiere screening of The Woods, from director and writer duo of Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett (You're Next), but the whole event just became bigger than anyone imagined, as it has been revealed tonight that the film is actually called Blair Witch and it is a sequel the 1999 found footage classic The Blair Witch Project!

Just as Danny Elfman is the composer - of - choice for superhero / comic - book films in 2003, so he was in 1990.

Its melting pot approach to thought and movement was, at least in this particular film, very counterculture influenced, just as, say, the quasi-underground comic work of Alejandro Jodorowsky and others was in the days of «Metal Hurlant.»

Pussycat has an amazing BJS comic performance that is just about as good as WUD.

Developed separately from the Millar - penned comic on which it's loosely based, Vaughn's film improves on that version in just about every way, delivering a smarter (but no less absurd) take on Cold War - era spy movies that embraces as many genre conventions as it breaks.

However, with what's there, they do get good use out of the stars, with Harrison Ford (Ender's Game) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Sabotage) recurring throughout the movie just enough to keep their effort above a cameo, and Antonio Banderas gets some good laughs in a comic relief role as the fighter who is always passed over, but really wants to be back in the fold.

There's been a lot of talk about comic book movie fatigue these days, but the people at Marvel Studios clearly aren't letting that affect their productivity, because just like fellow Disney - owned company Pixar, they've continued to deliver the same high - quality films as when they started.

Just as disappointingly, Freeman largely fails to capture the blackly comic humour of the character.

The characters have never been better or more well - rounded, going where they have never gone before in some cases, with lovers Spock and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) experiencing thier first spat, and with Pegg popping up as the irascible Jiminy Cricket of the piece, but being allowed to be more than just comic relief, though Pegg excels there.

Based upon the comic book by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons and directed by Matthew Vaughn (Kick Ass, X-Men First Class), it tells the story of The Kingsman, a super-secret spy organisation that recruits a promising teen (Taron Egerton) into their ultra-competitive training program, just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

And as comic book films become more prevalent, perhaps this trend of world mashups will go beyond just shared cinematic universes and into this weird wave of smashing together disparate properties.

In analysing the dynamics of (mis) perception that allow sequences of images to be viewed as comic narratives — asking, in effect, just who or what we think we're laughing at — the articles assembled here hopefully shed some light on the contested ground where ethics and aesthetics meet.

Anderson puts his top - tier cast in comic situations and there are laughs, to be sure, just not quite enough to energize the material as a whole.

As a loyal fan of the comics i just hope he does break the fourth wall etc..

Plus, the title Annihilation would resonate with casual MCU fans who don't read the comics, as the word transcends both mediums; thus, it would appeal to a broader audience, not just comic book fans.

At once a funny action - adventure (with typical visuals expected of a Strange comic) and a compelling character piece, The Oath is an exciting follow - up for new fans who have just gotten to know Strange and his motivations, as well as his buddy Wong.

I've long since given up on Levy (something about his child - catcher role in New York Minute (as well as his impenetrable avant - garde turns in Christopher Guest's arrogant flicks) have turned me right off), but Martin, one of the smartest, most transgressive comics of his generation, you just sort of want to like.

And what of Tessa Thompson, a black actor reportedly just cast as Thor's love interest (possibly as Valkyrie, as white / blond / blue - eyed as Thor himself in the comics) in his next solo adventure Ragnarok?

The literature of Frank Miller is a prime example that comics aren't just for kids, and just because they are graphic novels, they are as important to our culture as any other piece of American fiction writing.

Ask any comic book fan, and they will tell you that Jack «The King» Kirby was just as important a Marvel comic creator as Stan Lee.

Fiennes is especially adept at sliding into this bizarre little parallel world; his comic timing is unrivaled, and he knows exactly how to twist his delivery just so that he can squeeze as much out of Anderson's script as possible.

But instead of a religious icon, the tribe clearly just see the gorilla as a symbolic figure, taking a cue from the Christopher Priest - scripted Black Panther comic.

Rival to T'Challa in the film, just as the character Killmonger has been a long time arch-rival to The Black Panther in the comics.