Sentences with word «escapist»

Compared to that, Creed is a work of escapist fantasy.

Shrek the Third probably marks the dividing line between whether you are watching because you are a die - hard fan or you are just looking viewing the film for escapist entertainment.

Shoes suitable for a prince to pick up (or Robert Downey Jr.), droll humor supplied by a sister - in - law sidekick (Bonnie Hunt) and surprising twists and turns along the road to romance make for escapist fun.

Non-religious folks also engage in escapist thinking and self - manufactured myths to help them find meaning in life, gods or no gods.

The platformer debuted on the Switch last Thursday alongside lots of other games including Furi and Escapists 2.

Sprinkled with little personality bits here and there (Tallahassee's mad quest for an ever - elusive Twinkie, Columbus's crippling fear of clowns, etc.), Zombieland doesn't break any new ground in the horror genre so much as make for a strong dose of escapist fun for knowing fans of the films.

And the fantasy sequences in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty — which stars Stiller as a Life magazine photo editor with escapist daydreams — yield some of its funniest moments.

This is reality as escapist fantasy (it is Florida, after all), and this is what lingers, as the camera lingers on one last escape.

Research waned during and immediately after the world wars, but at the same time, dinosaurs» sheer weirdness made for perfect escapist fare in movies such as 1933's King Kong.

These two psychological factors may be amenable to alteration with psychological or educational interventions to promote social engagement, feelings of connectedness and to reduce reliance on escapist coping strategies that appear detrimental to psychological health.

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Pure escapist action adventure with a female protag battling for survival.

In an ultimate twist of irony, The Purple Rose of Cairo becomes the kind of pure escapist entertainment for many of us that the film of the same name within does for Cecilia, capturing our minds, hearts and imaginations.

James, I'm glad you enjoyed this film as a fun escapist film, but I did not.

There is an audience for Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves out there to be sure, primarily consisting of the crowd that likes escapist adventures told with comic book depth, not serious enough to think too hard, but engaging enough to overcome its problems with energy.

Rashid Johnson The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Thurgood), 2008.

Above: Rashid Johnson, The New Negro Escapist Social and Athletic Club (Thurgood)(detail), 2008.

«What I would love is for a generation of kids to have access to these sort of truly, truly escapist adventure movie.

For those who spend their commute plotting escape and their lunch hours reading escapist fiction to get out of their heads for an hour or two.

When a character takes a moment to read off the model number of the Bell helicopter he's piling into for the big chase scene, it's clear the balance has tipped from escapist movie musical to extended infomercial.

«I never make escapist fantasies,» del Toro says.

Neuroticism and the use of escapist coping strategies were positively associated with distress by multiple studies.

Hulu's first Marvel series is a dazzling, escapist romp.

While this exhibition has a celebratory and social tone, it is not escapist in its intentions.

After all, there are probably a lot of nurses who, when they're not reading escapist tales about whirlwind romances with pirates, are quite professional.

No Hughes - directed film is without some pathos, but The Breakfast Club skews more towards drama and realism than Hughes» typically more escapist fare.

Excerpted from the Preface (pages 10 - 11) Most couples walk down the aisle fully expecting to live «happily - ever - after» following the wedding, in much the way suggested by escapist Hollywood movies and your average fairy tale.

This is a lot like a great escapist novel you read on a long, lazy summer vacation — except in the game you get to be the protagonist.

Which may well be the best approach for a bit of escapist summer fun.

Video games have been slowly moving away from being marketed as just escapist entertainment.

Great sights and sounds mixed with some interesting drama makes for some pretty good escapist entertainment of it's own.

Screenwriter Abi Morgan has been saddled with the unenviable task of capturing and framing a victory — Pyrrhic or otherwise — to meet the demands of escapist movie audiences who require cause for celebration.

2005 «Any mystery by Michael Connelly is a great escapist summer read!»

But the man, who hasn't directed a film since the brilliant but bleak Munich in 2005 (no, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull doesn't count), has became Hollywood's most heavy - handed melodramatist in his later years, bombarding even his most escapist work with daddy issues and inoffensive, utterly sentimental narratives.

Were they huge and involving RPGs, pure escapists dreams, or even games that you were obliged to play with your children?

It would replicate the immersive, escapist experience of physical books.

It's deliciously tacky but ultimately a fun piece of escapist cinema.

However, Verhaak et al. (2005b) did not find significant associations between escapist coping and distress despite using the same coping scale as Terry and Hynes (1998), and employing a very similar longitudinal design focused on predicting distress after IVF treatment failure.

However, Caruso and screenwriters Landon (Another Day in Paradise) and Ellsworth (Red Eye) aren't exactly setting their sights too high, employing a mixture of teen comedies, romance, and paranoid thriller elements solely to deliver escapist cheap thrills.

If you're a fan of Berkeley this is a must own, and anyone who enjoys a much rousing, escapist musical should pick this up without pausing to give thought.

Films and shorts have the ability to transport audiences into escapist fantasy, upon which games can add another level of interaction.

The New Escapist Promised Land Garden and Recreation Center, 2009.

- Juliet Nicolson, author of Abdication and The Great Silence: Britain From the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age «Jewell's many fans should eagerly embrace this story about two different women living in two different times whose lives converge in the most unexpected way... Family «Lisa Jewell's latest escapist love story is heartbreakingly good.»

«Shoes are the most escapist fashion accessory and incredibly inclusive, which is important to me with Man Repeller,» Medine says.

Although the original Escapists was released without any multiplayer, the sequel not only features a versus mode, but both online and local drop - in / drop - out co-op that allows for up to 4 players, which is an incredibly exciting improvement for any game series.