Sentences with phrase «by modern audiences»

One of the earlier Disneys and perhaps the most ridiculed by modern audiences, Cinderella tells the story of an orphan girl who finds all of life's problems solved in the arms of a man.

Sherlock Holmes could have been torn asunder by a modern audience, who demand a darker, edgier, Kevlar - clad hero.

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By thoughtfully planning and developing a coworking environment that aligns with your target audience, equipping the space with modern technology, and monitoring usage, executives can create and manage vibrant, highly efficient environments that inspire innovation and retain tenants long - term.

It's just one manifestation of our soft spot for «filter bubbles,» exploited by everything from Amazon's book recommendation engines to the elaborate audience - tailoring of modern media.

With his pulse on modern day digital marketing and media, his clients have impacted their audiences in bigger ways than ever before by clarifying and leveraging their stories.

The television star I am thinking of wears expensive - looking, light - colored suits with dark ties, and faces a studio audience from behind a modern wooden desk flanked by plastic plants.

A very convincing case can be made that what we have translated as homosexuality in our modern translations in no way speaks of what was understood by the original audience.

The Modern Catholic Novel in Europe By Theodore P. Fraser Twayne, 210 pages, $ 24.95 In his straightforward, surehanded account of the Catholic novel after the late 1800s, Prof. Fraser analyzes the novels of the well - known British Catholics Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene and the novels of the Continental Catholics that have never had the audience in America that they deserve: Bernanos, Mauriac, Green, Chesbron.

His uncompromising sermons on «The Sins of Society» attracted large audiences; they also drew criticism, and he was described by a contemporary as a modern Savonarola.

The stark and simple contrast between the agonising political imperatives of the 1960s and the seeming ease and openness of the modern world is shattered by the snivelling toad Nicholas, which leaves the audience dolefully wondering whether the political world has actually changed very much.

It was the underlying arguments and conclusions used by Shapley and Curtis that are held up to modern scientific scrutiny - not a hypothetical straw pole of an audience that consisted of mostly non-astronomers.

In their latest film The Farrelly Brothers have decided to provide a modern audience with an updated take on The Stooges, played spot - on by Will Sasso, Sean Hayes and Chris Diamantopoulos.

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a brilliant directed film by Alejandro González Iñárritu, who manipulates the camera to give the illusion that the film is one continuous long take (which can get dizzying at times) giving a film that is resonate to a modern day audience as it examins these fictitious characters and their commentary on what it means to stay relevant.

It's fashionable, of course, to praise modern blockbusters for going «dark,» as if that by itself is genuine evidence of challenging an audience.

Using a different type of animation within the modern 3D CGI, a back - story is projected to the audience regarding an evil Peacock in Lord Shen (voiced by Gary Oldman).

Steve Martin's (Shopgirl, Cheaper by the Dozen) modern take will do little to change anyone's mind about that, but perhaps for a younger, less familiar audience, it might actually merit some interest.

Before that, however, audiences will get the chance to see the director's horror thriller Neon Demon, which centres around aspiring model Jesse (Elle Fanning), whose youthful vitality is devoured by a group of beauty - obsessed women in modern - day Los Angeles.

Directed by Steven Spielberg, one of America's most accomplished modern - era directors, the film is both technically and emotionally powerful, rudely propelling its audience into the sheer nightmare of the war arena in order to shock it out of its customarily passive role and engender some level of emotional identification with its key characters.

Every episode features two insane nightmares, inspired by the horrors of modern society, and uses tropes and touchstones of the horror genre to guide audiences through its absurd universe.

Tarantino's frequent use of the N - word will no doubt inspire both challenges and defenses — I'd argue that, as it was in «Django Unchained,» the term allows modern audiences to experience period racism that much more vividly — and there's also the matter of Jennifer Jason Leigh, who spends much of the movie getting punched in the face by various characters.

The discussion, led by Film Comment Digital Editor Violet Lucca, touches on modern audiences» emotional distance from older works, the enduring power of the film medium, and the particular experience of younger generations of cinephiles.

The War Dogs prologue, narrated by Miles Teller, will stun audiences in the revelation that modern warfare is less concerned with patriotism, and in defeating the (nondescript) terrorists, but it's all about money and private contracts.

Virtually indescribable to modern audiences despite its familiar elements, Dead & Buried is a Darwinian fossil of the horror cinema, whose DNA has been perverted by the progressive commercialization of the culture and weakening of the intellectual position.

Greeted by a rapturous standing ovation at its Sundance premiere — which precipitated it becoming one of the highest - selling acquisitions in the history of the festival, and the third consecutive film to win both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award — this slick, funny and bruising high - school saga transcends its YA trappings by dropping the full weight of film history on a thoroughly modern milieu.

While it is difficult to condense a long Victorian novel into a modern two - hour film with wide audience appeal, Vinterberg pulls it off brilliantly with the aid of a fine screenplay by David Nicholls («One Day») and a great performance by Carey Mulligan.

Audiences will be shocked by the use of modern slang.

Modern audiences won't be impressed by the special effects, even «Gladiator» from 1999 looks better than what we see here.

E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial may feel hokey to modern audiences, but it's one of many movies directed by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas that had a huge impact on my childhood and on my creative sensibilities.

Rather, by making movies that smartly and distinctly bridge that eternal art / commerce gap and appeal to inclusive modern audiences, they are working to ensure the franchises are for all of us.

If there's one curiosity to so much of modern horror, it's the tendency to try and connect with audiences by subbing out perspective and personality for...

Screen farce, like screen pornography, may involve culturally embarrassing examinations of audience metabolism and endurance, examinations which may explain why modern audiences are seldom moved as emotionally as they think guiltily they ought to be by the five - act tragedies of Shakespeare.

In fact, it actually harms its story by making it seem a bit silly and kind of shallow, especially since it's aiming to entice modern audiences who thrive on «bad guy gets it!»

You could argue that this represents a real cross-section of Southern attitudes and how they evolved through the Civil Rights movement and into the modern day, or you could see it as simpering, middlebrow - pleasing pabulum meant to assure its middle - class elderly white audience that it's not racist and appreciates good, Oscar - feted movies about black folk (written / directed / produced by white folks) based on Pulitzer Prize - winning plays (by white folks).

Who Framed Roger Rabbit helped bring animation back to the masses with its huge success paving the way for modern animated films such as The Little Mermaid and Aladdin to be accepted by adult audiences as much as they are by children, just as Walt Disney intended for his animated films such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Alice in Wonderland and Pinocchio.

Thomas, who created the BBC / PBS series Call the Midwife — an unlikely cult hit of a show about nurses in 1950s London — seems to have been compelled by a desire to make the book more accessible to modern audiences.

A decade ago, the High School Musical saga proved there was still a huge and willing young audience for giddy self - empowerment anthems sung by personable - looking people, and Hamilton shows the voracious appetite for old stories told using modern music.

The review, which you can check out on The Guardian, was written last year by verbose English writer Will Self and offers a somewhat jaded take on the relationship between critics and modern audiences.

The differences in the new screenplay by Steve Conrad play much better to modern movie audiences than the 1947 version.

Into the Woods takes audiences on a wild ride through never land, with a modern twist on a number of the fairy tales written by the Brothers Grimm.

«Sleeping with Other People» (September 11): This hilarious game - changer to the modern romantic comedy was first introduced at Sundance 2015, where audiences fell for two single friends played by Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis who are compulsive cheaters, but want to maintain their own platonic relationship.

«Although modern coolness emerged out of jazz and spread through popular music, the movies brought cool to the masses by giving audiences unparalleled access to it.

Some genre purists would certainly take issue with such an obvious effort to create new material by fusing the icons of literary classics, but Sommers» adrenalized upgrading for modern audiences isn't that different from Siodmak's first venture; the former's just over-cranked and way louder (aided by Alan Silvestri's outrageously bombastic score) in a 5.1 mix guaranteed to work out your home's subwoofer.

Nancy, the classic master teen mystery - cracker, will be shown in a way you've never seen before, by a creative team with a huge respect for the original tales, and what she could mean for a modern audience.

Readers have been delighted by both companies that make foreign translations of English language books available, as well as companies like Le French Book that operate in reverse, taking modern - day bestselling French titles and making them available in English to US and UK audiences via ebook.

The four two - minute documentary - style films, created by BBC StoryWorks, BBC Advertising's commercial content production arm, challenge the perceptions of traditional Britain, offering a modern take on the stunning landscapes, fashion, culture and history, and will air on BBC's commercial, international news channel, BBC World News, to an American audience between October 2017 to March 2018.

You will be raving about the modern architecture, the 2 minute walk to The Pass and Clarkes Beach and by the time you're up to the facilities, your audience will be in awe, with their jaws dropped.

In an article published by Yahoo! Japan, SEGA Games COO Kenji Matsubara has stated the company are looking into bringing back the Mega Drive for a modern audience.

These games are not only attempting to preserve the games that they were inspired by, but they are seeking to improve them for a modern audience, showing these classic video game styles of gameplay to a new generation of gamers as well as providing new experiences for fans of the classic titles.

This trend is clearly a hook used by curators to make the past relevant to a modern audience, but that surely underestimates the audience.

VMFA's collection features work by all but two of the other artists in the Modern Masters stamp series, issued to mark the centennial of the 1913 Armory Show, a landmark exhibition that introduced modern American and European art to a broad audModern Masters stamp series, issued to mark the centennial of the 1913 Armory Show, a landmark exhibition that introduced modern American and European art to a broad audmodern American and European art to a broad audience.