Sentences with phrase «episodic narrative with»

The Call of Duty ®: Ghosts DLC season closes out with Nemesis, which introduces four new multiplayer maps, each featuring a unique Field Order, and includes the fourth and final entry, and epic conclusion to Extinction's episodic narrative with «Episode 4: Exodus.»

Not exact matches

It's just as clear, however, that the film's incongruously languid pace stands as an almost insurmountable obstacle virtually from the get - go, as filmmakers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg have employed an episodic structure that becomes more and more problematic as the thin narrative unfolds - with the ongoing emphasis on subplots of a decidedly underwhelming nature (eg Jim's continuing efforts at resisting the advances of a sultry neighbor) compounding the movie's increasingly lackluster atmosphere.

Filmmakers John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein have infused Vacation with an almost aggressively episodic narrative that grows more and more problematic as time progresses, as the movie suffers from a hit / miss ratio that is, to an increasingly palpable extent, far more miss than hit and it does consequently become awfully difficult to work up any genuine interest in the protagonists» continuing exploits.

Su Rynard's feature, with its episodic overview of various interconnected issues around the globe, lacks the unifying emotional and narrative involvement of the best nature documentaries.

and a relentlessly episodic narrative - with, in terms of the latter, the ratio of compelling to pointless sequences aggressively low.

But the narrative proves too episodic, and when you move into the final section — with all of its digressions — it just grows stale.

The episodic narrative that follows, in which Johnny explores his gifts, investigating incidents of escalating significance, is really just a vehicle for Cronenberg to mine his fascination with bodily horror, with a deadpan approach to violence that occasionally erupts into spectacle.

The relationship between these two old fighters with a shared violent past recedes into the background of the largely episodic narrative; among the twisted reflections they encounter are a grieving frontierswoman (Rosamund Pike) and a condemned murderer (Ben Foster) who relishes underlining the film's themes.

Scripter Robert Getchell's decision to employ an aggressively episodic narrative compounds the movie's interminable vibe, to be sure, and there's little doubt that Stella is rife with sequences and interludes that are either hackneyed beyond belief or hopelessly padded - out.

The episodic style, rather than breaking the narrative, punctuates it with the reframing of both idealized and semi-tragic experience.

Joe begins her episodic narrative through the chapters of her life (literally, with titles that reflect something that pops into her head upon introducing the next part), from her childhood — when she and her best friend writhe on the bathroom floor until they felt something «down there,» with her mother (Connie Nielsen) knowing whatever Joe is doing is «wrong» and her father (Christian Slater) wishing his wife would stop judging their daughter — through young adulthood (Stacy Martin plays the younger version of Joe).

Little in its episodic, low - temperature narrative decisively reaches out and grabs the viewer, with the exception of co-star Emir Kusturica; the award - winning Serbian director plays a KGB operative with dreams of changing the world for his son by spilling Russia's every secret to the West.

The Labs are the centerpiece of the Institute's year - round work with narrative feature filmmakers and are part of 24 residential labs the Institute hosts each year to discover and foster the talent of emerging independent artists in film, theatre, new media and episodic content.

The film's episodic structure (split into three parts), and emphasis on character over narrative make Zero Motivation feel like an extended pilot for a TV sitcom about soldiers dealing with their humdrum day - to - day lives.

Calum Petrie with five ideas for future Telltale games... Telltale Games has now been pushing out narrative driven episodic games for a number of years, and the source material has always came from an outside property.

We don't know exactly what titles they're working on, but three former Star Wars: The Old Republic veterans have joined forces under a studio now called FogBank, working on an «episodic narrative» game developed in conjunction with an «interactive storytelling platform.»

Big Bad Wolf and Focus Home Interactive are giving the episodic narrative adventure genre a twist with The Council.

Kevin and Dan invented a new medium with episodic narrative gaming.

Asura's Wrath seamlessly blends action with narrative, adopting an episodic nature more akin to a TV drama series

This episodic adventure title wrapped up with over three million sales thanks to its narrative journey it looks players.

Inspired by episodic dramas, ASURA»S WRATH will be split into distinct sections with gameplay and narrative unfolding as one and building to a final climatic conclusion.

If you're not familiar with the series, they are episodic games that mainly focus on narrative, decision - making, and quick - time events.

The exhibition loosely traces the narrative of the epic (and episodic) tale with each of the three galleries dedicated to the story's protagonists, Ishmeal, Ahab, and of course, the White Whale, Moby Dick.

Shezad Dawood's solo exhibition «Leviathan» is an episodic narrative around notions of borders, mental health and marine welfare issues of foremost concern, resonating profoundly with both coastal locations and contemporary life.

With a focus on material legacies of technological shifts and the reorganization of social systems, their exhibition program is approached as a continuous yet non-linear script of episodic narratives.