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Like a spoof mash - up of Mad Max and Machete, this nutty action movie throws us into a Wild West dystopia with enough wit and energy to overcome its clunky production values.

Shaded with cool hues and orchestrated like a minor symphony, Farrell and Weisz balance the off - kilter dystopia with vibrant, sexual heat.

In this small nation of 1.3 million people, citizens have overcome fears of an Orwellian dystopia with ubiquitous surveillance to become a highly digital society.

Not exact matches

It's not hard to imagine the dystopia that would come to pass if Chen's suggestion were to be considered with any seriousness:

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

Jonas won't rule any of these dystopias out, but he believes the third is most likely --» democracy allying itself with a kind of pseudo-scientific health - worshipping eco-maniacal post-family feminism, culminating in a whopping tyranny to make autocracy, or even oriental despotism, look like a Boy Scout jamboree.»

But as the cave dwellers of MacIntyre's dystopia emerge into the light, what they see is not the Sun of Plato's ideal world but mere shards and fragments of the past, with no coherent way of putting the pieces back together again:

Challenging the freedom of indifference with freedom for excellence is essential if we are to deploy our new genetic knowledge in ways that lead to human flourishing rather than to the soulless dystopia of the brave new world.

In fiction, pneumatic technology is often associated with a creaking bureaucratic dystopia, such as George Orwell's 1984 or the satirical film Brazil, but it was once widely lauded.

The time in the arena brings home the themes of dystopia and is truly scary at times with all contestants out of their depth and fighting for their lives.

Derivative dystopia is a muddled, maudlin and laughable mess with a few nice fight scenes to break up the failure.

New on Kickstarter is Blood Alloy, a 2D Metroidvania shooter with a deeply»80s dystopia vibe.

Other reasons put forward by us include the fact that there are countless copycat films that deal with dystopia, the market starting to become saturated.

A humorous send - up of the 21st Century commune as a hedonistic dystopia for spoiled brats who can't cope with the real world.

At heart, Triple 9 is a nihilistic adventure set in a disturbing, urban dystopia filled with nothing but untrustworthy backstabbers.

EW does a big promo push for Snatched with Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn The New Yorker a profile of «the prophet of dystopia,» Margaret Atwood as The Handmaid's Tale gets the miniseries treatment Esquire 50 quote movie buff quiz.

But each of these releases, in its way, hit the spot, arriving at that precise moment on the calendar when audiences are starting to feel done with heat and noise and ambient buzzing dystopia.

But 2015, like every year before it, was brimming with quality cinema, whether it was in telling stories of futuristic dystopias where gas and water are at a premium, of dogged journalists hunting down the truth behind decades of sexual scandals in the Catholic Church, of human emotions personified, or real - life psychological experiments.

The Syfy channel is bringing the legendary vampire hunter back with a modern gender - switching twist, as the new action series Van Helsing follows Vanessa Helsing in a futuristic dystopia ruled by bloodsuckers, and our first official look has arrived online in the trailer for the series that first debuted last week at San Diego Comic - Con (SDCC).

It Comes at Night may disappoint some hardcore horror fans with its artful avoidance of genre pleasures, but its grim, tough - minded dystopia will prove hard to shake for many.

The additionally fraught relationships between the protagonists seem to correlate with the fragmentation of the global metropolis: speedy shots of Barcelona now render the city all the more hostile and discomforting, and the utopia has generally become a dystopia.17

Bill Paxton's presence as Cage's ideology - spewing new Master Sergeant seems meant to align Edge of Tomorrow with Aliens on some level, if not to suggest a dystopia where the dim - bulbed Private Hudsons of the world now ceaselessly march their impressionable troops into the maw of the enemy.

We're back in the realm of Young Adult dystopia, in this case (as revised by screenwriter Zak Penn, working with co-adapter Cline) the miserably overcrowded year 2045 in Columbus, Ohio.

Colin Farrell, sporting a «dad bod» and soup - strainer moustache recalling Joaquin Phoenix in Her (decidedly a blueprint for contemporary renditions of dystopia), finds himself caught in this detention system after being left by his wife, and after an unfruitful dalliance with a sociopathic fellow inmate, escapes into the woods and joins a group of militantly celibate rebel fighters led by Léa Seydoux (who bans sexual relations within their ranks), but — oh the irony!

«The Handmaid's Tale» presents a dystopia; «Alias Grace» is a piece of postmodern historical fiction — one that incorporates fragments of actual historical record with first - person narration and epistolary structure.

No recent high - profile horror franchise has poked and prodded at America's economic anxieties with the same curiosity and sadism as The Purge series, which takes place in a dystopia where all crime is legal for one night a year.

Released: February 24 Cast: Sennia Nanua, Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine Director: Colm McCarthy (Outcast) Why it's great: If you're fed up with «young adult dystopia,» and equally over the zombie movie, The Girl with All the Gifts is good news.

Producer Michael Auret describes the piece as an «engaging tale of hope and courage in a neo-realistic dystopia» with «universal appeal.»

With constant Youth novel adaptations, it is hard to find a good dystopia movie these days.

It isn't some sentimental war story, but a highly detailed, near - encyclopedic compendium that goes deep into V - 2 rocket technology, secret Nazi collaborations with U.S. corporate interests, the dawning atomic age and a kind of fascist dystopia.

With the future - shock fantasia, his third feature as a solo auteur, Gilliam ascended to the very height of his powers, bringing his patented brand of antic absurdism into the hair - raising realm of the totalitarian dystopia.

The movie boasts some excellent production designs, avoiding the Blade Runner dystopia by mixing 19th century architecture with 21st.

Cinematographer Roger Deakins made light come alive in this fictional dark dystopia world with contrasting pools of light moving and transforming differently in almost every scene.

It's impossible from one moment to the next to understand what's going on in Once Upon a Time in Mexico beyond a vague sense of Rodriguez's irritation with Dubya's dystopia and a feeling — sometimes operatic, sometimes not — of loss and the will to vengeance.

«Isle of Dogs,» about a Japanese island of misfit canines in a future dystopia, has been received with nearly equal fanfare.

With the Hunger Games franchise coming to an end with Mockingjay — Part 2, The Movie Show team look back at the quadrilogy and ahead towards the future of the «Young Adult Dystopia» geWith the Hunger Games franchise coming to an end with Mockingjay — Part 2, The Movie Show team look back at the quadrilogy and ahead towards the future of the «Young Adult Dystopia» gewith Mockingjay — Part 2, The Movie Show team look back at the quadrilogy and ahead towards the future of the «Young Adult Dystopia» genre.

After more than a year of surviving this dystopia, the Abbotts continue on with their lives; Lee's wife Evelyn (Emily Blunt) is preparing to give birth, their hearing son Marcus (Noah Jupe) is learning the ropes from his father, and their deaf daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds) is still struggling to come to terms with her role in a tragedy that struck the family, several months earlier.

In addition to saturating themselves with science fiction and dystopias, many of my students have been reading novels that deal with real - life issues.

Dystopia has died will Y / A go with it?

A sure hit with 4 - 6 grade lovers of dystopia, or those wishing to nibble on the genre.

Filled with laugh - out - loud lines and reminiscent of the dystopias of George Saunders, The Pickle Index is exactly what one would expect from Eli Horowitz, former publisher and managing editor at the home planet of weird and wonderful literature, McSweeney's.

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Her debut novel, the first book in the Seeds trilogy, co-written with her mother Kristy and sister Elena, is a science - fiction dystopia that explores what happens when corrupt politicians control the food system.

For another, Kivali's intense spirituality is unusual in both dystopias and YA lit overall: In addition to the daily religious services required at her summer CropCamp, she meditates regularly and is deeply in touch with an otherworldy presence.

It's magic with a light touch of steampunk and dystopia, and it works beautifully.

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So, with that in mind, let's get down and dirty in dystopia.

Huxley: The Dystopia has been in development for a while and this week they released a mysterious new webpage with a countdown timer on it.

Set in a darkly imagined, underwater Ayn Randian dystopia and rife with deep narrative and philosophical themes, the game went beyond some standard video game tropes.

The big - budget game industry, with its glorification of dystopia, cold war nostalgia, and fragile masculinity product lines, will probably adapt and produce even more baroque hyperstitions to serve new and old powers.