Sentences with phrase «fantastical set»

More fantastical set piece than history - bound throwback.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children also reunites Burton behind the camera with his Dark Shadows and Big Eyes cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, whose knack for creating glossy visuals through his film work (by utilizing soft shadows / focus shooting techniques) looks to serve Burton's upcoming film well - in particular, during those scenes that take place in the fantastical setting where Miss Peregrine and the «Peculiars» live.

Set in some kind of post-nuclear-apocalyptic London, the film never earns its fantastical setting.

Here's hoping we see Kunio take on more fantastical settings down the road.

The script from Mitchell Kapner (The Whole Nine Yards) and David Lindsay - Abaire (Rise of the Guardians) now appears to lift elements directly from Alice in Wonderland's playbook, right down to making its protagonist the «chosen one» whose arrival has been prophesied to bring peace to the film's fantastical setting.

The campaign is probably the worst yet, with a ridiculous story and traditional Call of Duty gameplay that doesn't mix well with the highly fantastical setting.

It's issues like this that succinctly demonstrate the crux of Call of Duty Black Ops 3's campaign downfalls, at least on the harder difficulties: the traditional Call of Duty game mechanics just don't gel well with the fantastical setting on offer.

The pastel - colored world of Zubrowka is captured with all the idiosyncrasy and precision Anderson is known for: written notes, books and objects are shot straight on with loving detail, flat - planed shots center characters in the middle of the frame, and hand - crafted miniatures depict many of the film's more fantastical settings and vehicles.

Neon lights, pulsing strobes, fantastical sets, and pounding music embellish a crazy mishmash of sadism and gore, with helpings of necrophilia, attempted rape, and cannibalism.

The script is an unusual blend of dark comedy, fantastical sets of incredible design and outlandish characters best suited for older kids.

Adept and intelligent, imaginative and literate, Hartsuyker's foray into historical fiction is appealing enough to reach beyond that genre's audience and find fans among devotees of The Lord of the Rings and other sagas in fantastical settings.

The rating summary says: «This is a multiplayer online role - playing game in which players assume the role of a warrior in the fantastical settings of Summerset.

In general, Destiny seems to combine the best things about the Borderlands series — loot collecting and co-operatively killing hordes of enemies — with Halo's sci - fi story line and fantastical setting.

Of course, the Yokai Watch series is set in the modern day, but I'm still interested in what the company does with a new game set in a less fantastical setting.

Total War: Warhammer 2 freshens things up with its fantastical setting.

Scenes: Artist creates dreamlike and fantastical settings for her surreal, live installations

He thinks Davey is a genius, and his work certainly speaks for itself: His portraits are infused with a glowing, soft light and fantastical settings.

In order to catch a wider audience, developers need to bait the hook with something interesting, like a fantastical setting from the world's most famous role - playing game series.

Not exact matches

It's a purely nerdy choice, given that it's a fantasy role - playing game set in a fantastical icy land complete with elves and dragons.

A question for all you who hold that God is a fantasy: Why do you care if a fantastical monument is set up?

Philip and Carol Zaleski set out to show us that they were something in between — or, rather, both things at once: whimsical and ponderous, very learned and very fantastical.

The BRAND NEW TV show is set in a fantastical pop - up book world, and the TV series follows their adventures as pulling pop - ups triggers unexpected wonders and causes exciting new worlds to unfold before their eyes.

LOTR fans should be pleased, as I think The Hobbit picks up the same tone of adventure mixed with comedy and peril of the original movies, with its fantastic settings and even more fantastical characters.

The idea that real - life Hollywood - types, like an Oscar winning makeup artist John Chambers (John Goodman) and a producer (played by Alan Arkin), played a huge role in setting up this great cover story is truly fantastic, in the most fantastical sense.

The film had great set design and art pieces, but it's not really like a blatantly fantastical fantasy — it is shot and depicted almost like a historical fiction with some bizarre creatures in it.

Once all that exposition is finally over and done, Coco is free to flit merrily from setpiece to dazzling set piece as Miguel encounters all manner of fantastical, authentically Mexican creations (multicolored alebrijes!

From the Studio: Kubo and the Two Strings is an epic action - adventure set in a fantastical Japan from acclaimed animation studio LAIKA.

On a visual level, Bird mostly keeps things tight and relatively grounded and believable when showcasing advanced technology and inventions in our real world setting; however, things get stretched too far into CGI malaise when we are ported over to the fantastical world of Tomorrowland.

Even when the films» stories are set in distant lands and deal with ancient empires, her cleanly organized frames (often filled with carefully spaced plants and animals) and characters» lightness of motion make the fantastical always seem within reach.

Originally labelled a haunted house movie set in space, it created a whole new sub-genre of science fiction horror, kickstarted the careers of Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver, and introducing mainstream audiences to the fantastical works of the late surrealist sculptor and painter, HR Giger.

It was a huge flop as I think most people just weren't prepared and were not expecting its weird blend of a fantastical dream sequences set within a brothel fantasy of a tormented wrongly institutionalised psychiatric patient!

If there's a certain airlessness to Folman's live - action aesthetic and a tendency to over-egg some of the speeches, it does set up a kind of artificial, sci - fi - ish tone early on, even in this, the least fantastical part of the film.

The world of Coraline Jones (voice by Dakota Fanning) is set in a fantastical 3D environment with eccentric residents and stunning visuals.

Although «The Conjuring 2» isn't without its flaws (the fantastical elements don't work as well as the stuff grounded in reality, and it's much too long at 135 minutes), Wan has delivered yet another effectively creepy horror flick that earns its scares thanks to some chilling visuals and inventive set pieces.

The first teaser trailer for Blue Sky's CG - animated Epic was wonderful at showing off its fantastical forest setting, but not so much at introducing us to the characters.

Backed by a booming orchestra, Halsey delivered the thundering, ominous pop cut on a fantastical stage set up and amidst flurries of faux snow, which added a chilly touch to the otherwise warm proceedings in Los Angeles.

Miyazaki creates complex fantastical worlds that function according to their own mysterious but incontrovertible logic — and then embeds those worlds within equally specific real - life settings (so that, for example, the magical undersea kingdom in Ponyo believably exists side by side with the bustling small port city where the human hero, Sōsuke, lives with his mother).

Honorable Mentions: As usual, some good films have to fall just outside the top 10 list including: Tommy Lee Jones «feature - length directorial debut, «The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada ``; Christopher Nolan «s excellent, in - between - Batman - movies cum rival magician film, «The Prestige,» starring Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale; Guillermo del Toro «s fantastical fairy tale, «Pan's Labyrinth ``; Sofia Coppola «s anachronistic teen alienation set in the 16th century, «Marie Antoinette ``; Martin Campbell «s superb rebooting of the Bond franchise with «Casino Royale ``; Martin Scorsese «s «Infernal Affairs» remake «The Departed» (which has been on TV so many bloody times, its power has worn off); Oliver Assayas ««Clean» which featured a Cannes - winning performance by Maggie Cheung as a struggling addict; and Park Chan - Wook «s final installment of his vengeance trilogy, the beautifully haunting, «Lady Vengeance.»

Most of it is a bit farfetched, but within the context of the set - up, it holds to to the fantastical premise.

What we get instead is often very deliberately mundane: The future fashions and gadgets brandished as a sci - fi convention seem oddly simplistic and mechanical, the action set pieces (if one can even call them that) are pared down to the basics, and even the overtly fantastical game environments look like normal places in the real world.

While the first Paddington trailer doesn't reveal much, it does set the tone for a sweetly fantastical family adventure — basically, everything Ted was not.

The morning after the Telluride bow, The Times sat down with Del Toro to talk about what inspired his surreal adult fairy tale and why its fantastical, period - set, beauty - and - the - beast story is all too relevant in today's real world.

Most of all, the film, like del Toro's 2006 masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth, plays simultaneously as a fantastical dream and as a story set in a very recognizable time and place.

The morphing of full - size actors such as Ray Winstone, Bob Hoskins, Eddie Marsan, Nick Frost and Toby Jones into a feisty band of dwarves is seamless; an extended sequence set in a fantastical netherworld, whilst thin on plotting, is a sight to behold.

Despite its dream - like setting The Sailor's Dream tells a rather grounded and somber story for its characters, leaving behind more fantastical genres like horror and mystery for an intimate and personal tale.

The perfect combination of platforming, action, adventure, role - playing, and arcade elements created incredibly addictive gameplay set in fantastical worlds.

Believing the tales he heard as a child to be no more than fantastical lies, Will sets out to prove that his father's life is simply a work of fiction, with Ed's storytelling serving as the narration throughout.

As a wuxia film (a particular type of fantastical drama / action film involving Chinese martial artists and set in deep history), its loveliest resonances are found its finely executed martial arts sequences, costuming and period setting, as well as the still charisma of Shu Qi's performance.

Grimm, set for Fridays at 9 / 8c, gives a dark and fantastical twist on cop dramas, featuring characters inspired by Grimm's Fairy Tales.

With its snow - globe set design — a Brest port lined with phallic bollards — and a dreamy choral soundtrack by the director's long - time musical collaborator, Peer Raben, the film stands alone within the director's oeuvre as a fantastical fairytale with gay romantic trappings.