Sentences with phrase «affectionate tribute»

As beguiling a raconteur as he is a performer, Louie makes for a wildly entertaining movie subject, and Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute.

Designed in affectionate tribute to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Kempinski Hotel Ishtar Dead Sea is built with local stone boasting 345 rooms and suites within a stylish Arabesque monument building that weaves clean and simple lines into an Arabian theme.

«He looked like us, he represented the Chicago mentality, the Chicago people,» says actor Dennis Franz in This Old Cub, an affectionate tribute to the ballplayer (directed by Santo's son Jeff and narrated by Joe Mantegna) that was recently released on DVD.

Rightly indignant that the tale of their beloved monsters remained untold to the general public, McCarthy and Gilbert have produced an affectionate tribute, A4 - sized with lots of pictures old and new, splendidly sententious Victorian quotes, and plenty of anecdotes, covering such things as dinosaur merchandising 1850s style (strictly educational), and the famous dinner party «inside» the iguanodon (apparently in the mould, and partly outside at that).

Would that this affectionate tribute to the unassuming man behind a musical revolution had more energy of its own.

The story, says McGrath is an affectionate tribute to the superhero genre — with plenty of twists.

Be warned: you may tear up, as I did, toward the end of this affectionate tribute.

The Python's affectionate tribute and send - up is a comedy classic — and inspired the Broadway hit «Spamalot.»

Like the DeLorean car that floats by a little later, this, I'm sure, is meant to be an affectionate tribute to Robert Zemeckis, who directed the classic Eighties sci - fi fantasy Back To The Future, which Spielberg produced.

Both versions are an affectionate tribute to the wild frontier of the silent film industry, when the big studios banded together as the «Patent Trust» to shut down any independent outfit using their patented movie camera.

There are no running commentaries, but several separate featurettes have Martin Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Curtis Hanson, Tim Robbins, and Christa and Samantha Fuller paying informed and affectionate tribute to Samuel Fuller the filmmaker and Sam Fuller the man.

It's easy to see why — the movie is an affectionate tribute to Mexican culture in general and Dia de los Muertos in particular, well - versed in the rituals and traditions and customs associated with the celebration, around which the story is constructed.

All these years later, this affectionate tribute to old Hollywood and innocent matinee westerns is just as funny, thanks to a knowing script (by Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels and Randy Newman), engaging performances (by Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short) and Landis» savvy direction, which is larger than life in all the ways that those original westerns were.

Lady Bird could be considered a spiritual prequel to Frances Ha, but having Gerwig behind the camera make a difference, in that the film is not an affectionate tribute to her, but an unmediated reflection on her formative years.

This affectionate tribute should appeal to a very wide audience.

Nitpicking aside, Zapico's James Joyce is an affectionate tribute that offers an original way of introducing the great writer and his work to a new generation of readers.