Sentences with phrase «escapism at»

In his latest series «The Great Beyond» Roukes places escapism at the centre, managing abstract motifs that change our preconceived ideas about the body and identity.

«With idyllic beaches and verdant mountains, Maui is escapism at its finest.

Vacations and murder mysteries — escapism at its best!

I was one of the few to enjoy LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD — escapism at its finest — and although the series might have gradually lost the sense of (almost) realism that the first one had, I'm with John McClane all the way.

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Much of this suspicion of symbols is very helpful, for it brings to our attention the childishness, escapism, resentfulness, and oppressiveness that have at times become attached to religious consciousness.

If a young woman in Scotland hadn't dreamed up the «pre-tribulation fly - away» in 1830; if a British clergyman hadn't hijacked her dream and sneakily planted it around the world in the 1800s; if a crooked, jailed - for - forgery lawyer with no theological background hadn't come out with a reference Bible in 1909 with the same fly - away escapism in marginal notes; and if modern - day rapture robber barons and tribulational tycoons hadn't found numerous ways (and gimmicks like four «blood moons») to widely mass - market the same delicious delusion for the masses while breaking sales records, no one could now be into the moonshine, looking up at the moon and saying «Moon, you mush be drunk becaush I shee four of you!»

It is possible to discover, beneath the inevitable layers of childish wishing and escapism that may at times form the upper crust of symbolic consciousness, a long and continuous straining after mystery on the part of the human race.

For me though it would be nothing more than escapism from West Brom and the doldrums, a journeyman looking to resurrect his career whilst getting a half decent wage at the same time.

Ken Clarke hits out hard at the bellicose anti-immigrant rhetoric coming out of Downing Street, with a description of concerns about EU freedom of movement as «typical right wing, nationalist escapism»

Ken Clarke has hit out hard at the increasingly bellicose anti-immigrant rhetoric coming out of Downing Street, with a description of concerns about EU freedom of movement as «typical right wing, nationalist escapism».

While a desire to learn is the most important motivation among contributors at the early stages, the opportunities for social interaction and escapism become more important motivations at later stages.

Better still, it seems that in learning to do this people also get better at tolerating, and so engaging with their more difficult emotions — meaning less need for disengagement and escapism to cope with them.»

With specific regard to the sex industry some psychologists believe that it is the escapism element that drives consumers to spend more at times of economic hardship.

At heart, The Love Bug is pure escapism.

Alongside much lengthier save times at the end of days, the interface issues are irksome enough to mar the special, very real sense of escapism Stardew Valley can so masterfully afford.

This is decidedly not escapism, until a major twist flirts with that label and may very well divide audiences or at least require a lot more processing time to determine how they feel.

When Migration is at its best all is forgotten: Bonobo's ability to immerse the listener in a gorgeous electronic escapism is better than ever.

Even at 100 minutes, «Game Night» pushes its premise to the wall of synthetic escapism.

Even the resourceful, likable Reynolds is at a loss to elevate this rather dreary piece of would - be escapism, which calls out for the wry, pulpy touch of a John Carpenter (or his acolyte David Twohy) and instead gets the strained self - seriousness of director Tarsem Singh.

That's not to knock these films on quality or suggest that anything with name actors is merely mindless escapism: Fox Searchlight's thriller The East efficiently mines suspense out of Brit Marling infiltrating Alexander Skarsgaard and Ellen Page's eco-terrorist group (at least until it goes south in its last third) and the Paul Rudd - Emile Hirsch two - hander Prince Avalanche makes the most of its pastoral settings and gently bro - centric chattiness, to name just two.

They fit an origin story, a training montage and a surplus of thrilling escapism inside a movie that clocks in at just less than two hours.

It is a tremendous sensory experience, but at the risk of heresy, I have to confess to finding something a bit precious in its swooniness, a tonal register that is detectable despite, or because of, the periodic stabs of unsentimentality and brutality that function as alibis for the charge of escapism.

For many of us it's a case of escapism, but for others horror cinema can be at once scary and soothing.

At the age of 52, is there any escape for him from the escapism of Rowling's magical world?

But even the resourceful, likable Reynolds is at a loss to elevate this rather dreary piece of would - be escapism, which calls out for the wry, pulpy touch of a John Carpenter (or his acolyte David Twohy) and instead gets the strained self - seriousness of director Tarsem Singh.

At first an interesting metaphor for bigotry, the show has gradually moved further away from any significant resonance beyond escapism as it layered on werewolves, shape - shifters, faeries and witches, creating a teeming roster of «supernaturals» in its small - town environs.

The only problem is that America is still in the process of a widespread national debate about gun control, so when absolutely nothing is made of the case at the heart of the story to make room for the chases and behind - closed - doors intrigue, the issue becomes a mere afterthought, which Runaway Jury indifferently exploits for the purpose of escapism.

At the end of the day, even though I find it troubling how the film advocates escapism instead of confronting problems of the real - world head on, I would be lying if I denied the amount of crowd - pleasing fun the film delivers.

Young people in the United States today, she says, are suffering because of «school stress, the college admissions process, high - stakes testing, cutthroat competition, the emphasis on stardom rather than on enjoyment of activities, sleep deprivation, parental pressure, the push for perfectionism, the need for escapism, the Age of Comparison, [and] the loss of leisure and childhood...» Among her favorite culprits for this state of affairs are testing in general, the SAT in particular, the «Nation at Risk» report, and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which she believes turned elementary schools and junior high schools into testing factories.

The BMW X5 is the epitome of escapism, ready to hit the road at a moment's notice.

Science Fiction: it encouraged dreaming, and escapism, and fostered an unreal look at what science could do for us.

Yet another means of enjoyable escapism involves taking a glance at the past.

Sandy was raised in a home and evidently socialized very well as a pup, but she is a mixed breed who spent at least a week in a shelter when her owner surrendered her for chronic escapism.

Escapism is not only a state of mind, it's also a place at the cosmopolitan Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town.

It also didn't hurt that it was pretty much the perfect game for me at the time: Solid Snake was pretty much everything young me thought of as cool meaning he was also my complete opposite, making him the perfect avatar for my much needed escapism.

It doesn't change the world - at least not in any instantaneous way - but the way that it makes us feel, the importance of what it allows us to see that we can do, the escapism that it allows us, are things that we can't discount because they're so fundamentally important.

It is pure escapism of the sort video games excel at, and that anyone can respond to.

It's at times like this where escapism and a connection to other players is a welcome break from daily monotony, and nothing has provided that better than Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Decelerating action underlines what videogames can do at its most basic level — movement and sight — and attentive players willing to engage with such works will be rewarded not with the escapism of many more popular games but a deeper entrance towards sensations and experiences often overlooked.

For now at least, characters such as Nathan Drake and Lara Croft remain figures of immensely enjoyable escapism.

What's here is fun if at times a little frustrating but overall the game will provide that escapism of becoming your favourite webslinger and taking on the bad guys of New York City.

No matter how painful and worrisome things may seem in reality, at least we gamers will always have amazing artists to deliver to us some truly amazing escapism and for that we are truly lucky.

Daniel Merriam's recent exhibition at AFA Gallery challenges the notion that escapism is fundamentally negative.

The work speaks to themes of longing and escapism often associated with a life at sea and to the ever present spectre of loss hanging over loved ones left on shore.

2013 «Khao Mo» (Mythical Escapism) Group exhibition at «Resort, An Art Exhibition for Landscape of Rest», Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Bangkok, Thailand

Treehouses are just cool, period, so naturally, if we could at least welcome the freedom, escapism, and magical realism that we assume is awaiting us in each treehouse out in the world, we would.

At a time when the world is so rife with tension, the British - born photographer offers a sense of escapism that's steeped in the spirit of freedom, youth, and nature that is so often lost and overlooked.

vegasgallery.co.uk An Urge to Merge For his solo exhibition at Vegas Gallery, British artist Simon Willems will be showing several paintings which explore themes of escapism, vulnerability, and artificiality versus authenticity.

On the other hand he never felt entirely at home with the ideals of the Barbizon School, the members of which saw Romantic idealization of the countrysite as a form of escapism from urban banality, and he remained more faithful to the French Classical tradition than to the English or Dutch schools.

This sort of escapism may very well come at the expense of time and attention being paid to children.