Sentences with phrase «escapist fantasy»

Cao's Milkman (2005) follows a day in the life of a milkman in China's Guangdong province, and is a pseudo-documentary fiction, exploring the mundane realities and escapist fantasies of the working class in China.

This campaign was designed to communicate a self indulgent, relaxing, escapist fantasy for mature, busy women, whether employed or not, who felt pressured by many demands on their time.

The first object encountered in the installation is a large black cone rising up from a flat circular disc: a witch's hat blown up to the size of absurdity, referencing both lighthearted escapist fantasy as well as the historical trauma of persecution.

Ana Maria in Novela Land (Unrated) Escapist fantasy about a slacker having a really bad day (Edy Ganem) whose fortunes suddenly change when she magically switches places with the star of her favorite TV soap opera after a lightning strike.

While the franchise churns out one blockbuster after the next, the movies are pure escapist fantasy, completely detached from the world we live in.

He found that even escapist fantasy games are embedded with one of the core principles of learning — students prosper when the subject matter challenges them right at the edge of their abilities.

Thus unfolds Youth, a surreal mix of heartfelt introspection and escapist fantasy reminiscent of Federico Fellini.

Instead, this violent escapist fantasy detonates a string of atomised action sequences so knowingly ironic that they aspire to the condition of post-modern pastiche.

The Golden Compass (PG - 13 for fantasy violence) Epic escapist fantasy, based on Philip Pullman's award - winning novel, about a precocious 12 year - old scholar (Dakota Blue Richards) already attending Oxford who ventures into a parallel universe to save her best friend and other children kidnapped by an evil organization known as the Gobblers.

But who are they to quibble with such a popular escapist fantasy which never takes itself seriously, yet somehow still resonates perfectly with the overly - sentimental, puppy love inclinations of passionate, prepubescent females?

Designed with grade school students in mind, this kid - friendly cartoon eliminates the dangerous aspects of the accurate account in favor of spinning a magical escapist fantasy unconcerned with factual accuracy.

How are we supposed to identify that what we see on the screen is meant to be one girl's escapist fantasy when it is so clearly Zack Snider's fantasy she's having?

I loved the way escapist fantasy tangoed with brute consequence in «The Shape of Water» and «The Florida Project,» two films that have nothing in common other than heroines desperate to keep faith with innocence in a fallen world.

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

Blistering social commentary, brilliant escapist fantasy, eye - popping visual wonder — Black Panther has it all.

It falls into the family of teen escapist fantasy that seemed to thrive in the 80s.

Graphic novel adaptation I Kill Giants gets its first full trailer, showcasing escapist fantasy from director Anders Walter.

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

Nobility, zealotry, authoritarianism and egalitarianism are hardly the stuff of sunny escapist fantasies.

To an outside observer or casual gamer, Dark Souls often defies what is «fun» about the hobby; these are not lightweight escapist fantasies or benign and mindless entertainments filled with beloved cartoon characters, but relentless tests of focus and skill.

Pure escapist fantasy wasn't enough anymore.

Some of these techniques are designed to help children get rid of their aggression, while others are meant to be escapist fantasy games.

Thus unfolds youth, a surreal mix of heartfelt introspection and escapist fantasy reminiscent of Federico Fellini.

Coming soon to a kitchen near you: an escapist fantasy set under the sun, starring spicy - fruity pineapple glazed pan-roasted chicken.

Star Trek is more than an entertaining, escapist fantasy — it is also a superb educational tool, say writers, scientists and teachers.

It's an escapist fantasy film that more or less works as solid spectacle entertainment.

What an odd juxtaposition of reviews of two separate type of films - an escapist fantasy, and a brutal documentary.

Ready Player One is Steven Spielberg's latest movie, a return to his populist roots and the escapist fantasies for which he is most famous.

Escapist fantasy, opium - fueled hallucination, a bit of harmless fun?

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (G) Natalie Portman stars in this escapist fantasy as the insecure manager of a magical toy store who inherits the business from her 243 year - old boss (Dustin Hoffman) and then realizes that she has the right stuff to run the place with the help of his accountant (Jason Bateman) and a precocious kid (Zach Mills).

Good, escapist fantasy.

We are not sure whether we are watching a realist drama about a kid experiencing poverty and hardship or an escapist fantasy in which the young hero is on a fantastical journey.

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

Guillermo del Toro's escapist fantasy - romance The Shape of Water was the biggest winner, the story of a young woman's love for a captured sea creature — with best picture and best director, setting the official seal of approval on what is, by any measure, a beautifully made movie to which audiences have responded with distinctively sensual delight.

The Cobbler (PG - 13 for violence, profanity and partial nudity) Adam Sandler handles the title role in this escapist fantasy, set in NYC, as a shoe repairman who manages, metaphorically, to step into the lives of his customers.

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

In our first - look review from this year's Venice Film Festival, we called the film «an escapist fantasy far from the grim absurdities of Trump - era America.»

Who am I to quibble with a patently - preposterous, escapist fantasy which never takes itself seriously, yet somehow still resonates perfectly with the overly - sentimental, puppy love inclinations of passionate, prepubescent females?

It's an unsurprising fascination for the author of escapist fantasies that center on young boys of remarkable martial prowess, even less so for an author who has built a career... Read more»

«This is The Princess Diaries meets Twilight, and Hocking hits all the commercial high notes... Switched is escapist fantasy; it isn't the specificity of the world that matters here; it's the accessibility... What teenager hasn't felt like a freak, a changeling in his or her own family?

That makes Julie Cazzin's feature on snowbirds a practical guide to following the sun or at least an escapist fantasy for those resigned to another winter of putting on snow tires and shovelling driveways.

This serene tropical island, dotted with thousands of Hindu shrines and temples, is the stuff of escapist fantasies.

Swiss - Belhotel Bay View is a 4 star all - suite hotel and an escapist fantasy of what a truly luxurious resort should look and feel like.

The superpowered characters all trying their hardest to look cool, the jutsus, peculiar, colorful clothes, the whole ninja faggotry and everything about the Naruto world fuels their escapist fantasies, while the pity - party character backgrounds, emphasis on revenge, and overall preachiness of the series make it fit just right with the mary - sueish drives of your average preteen and his sense of unwarranted self - importance towards the world.

The screams are prelude to the same thrill of victory that fuels so many of gaming's escapist fantasies.

IfNf is working with 3D artist Gary Tyler to create an experience that is both a commercial trap and an escapist fantasy.

The most luxurious (hand - painted) and the poorest (newspaper) forms of wallpaper are juxtaposed much as the escapist fantasy of artʼs reach for the sublime is disrupted by the alternately dire and ridiculous «news» of our time.