Sentences with phrase «cheek satire»

It's round - about journey to the big - screen was a logical conclusion, and while the first was praised as playfully ridiculous and a violent tongue - in - cheek satire on Mexploitation films, this sequel is a long, drawn - out series of mind - numbing beheadings, choppings, limb - hackings and gore - splattering scenes that would make a death camp survivor long for the good old days.

This is one of the more depraved and messed up movies I've ever seen, but it's actually quite enjoyable, done really well, and makes for good watching once you realize that it is clearly a VERY tongue - in - cheek satire.

From adventures in distant futures on distant planets to tongue - in - cheek satires and magical fairy tales to all - too - possible dystopian thrillers, we've rounded up some of the best offerings from 2015.

Not exact matches

If you're bothered by deliberate (but tongue - in - cheek) bad taste, raging political incorrectness, sexual innuendo or comedy involving large sexual toys, or if you just don't get satire, «The Office» may not be right for you.

It certainly deserves the criticism, but the film works beyond satire — like but not quite as successfully as its predecessor in tone — to work wholly as an entry in the genre that's being lampooned, albeit one with tongue firmly in cheek.

With a script by Joe Eszterhas and direction by camp satire maestro extraordinaire, Paul Verhoeven, the tongues were planted firmly in cheek, as the Hitchcock - laced visuals married tawdry story elements in a pleasing and engaging way.

However, there is a fervent following for this sequel, and it has its own fans who champion it as the superior film, for its smart satire and tongue - in - cheek sassiness.

The movie is funniest when it sticks closest to Hollywood satire, skewering back - lot sized egos and the movie cliches that it also delivers, only with tongue obviously in cheek.

Celine Dion looks radiant singing the soaring lyrics to «Ashes,» an inspiring power ballad that seems like it would have little to do with the tongue - in - cheek superhero satire.

Star Ryan Reynolds has promised «the world's most ridiculous reaction video» if the film is actually nominated for an Oscar, but until then, there's this tongue - in - cheek take on «For Your Consideration» ads, which, like the movie's off - color satire of superhero movies, not - so - subtly doubles as the real thing.

The group, as indicated by its tongue - in - cheek title, combined humor and satire to critique the marginal position of women artists in the Mexican art world.

I was being a bit tongue - in - cheek, trying to take CO2 abatement to its illogical extreme, but unfortunately the nuttiness of the environmental movement can outrun satire.