Sentences with phrase «for campy»

If Deitch's penchant for campy spectacle is not to your taste, then you probably found the gala distasteful.

If Deitch's penchant for campy spectacle is not to your taste, then you probably found the treatment of naked performers distasteful.

Known for his campy, over the top aesthetic, this exhibition reveals the softer and more intimate side of Kuchar's practice.

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She's known for campy, costumed self - portraits in which she masquerades as a shape - shifting cast of characters: a leopard - print clad babe with a hairspray - stiff bouffant; a young woman decked with long braids, gold hoops, and a shirt emblazoned with the words «Hoodrat Thangs.»

You get kidnapped by Satan himself and taken straight to Hell, or at least according to Volition and High Voltage Software's Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, the latest standalone expansion for the campy, action - packed third - person open world adventure game.

«It would be overstating the cast to claim that Taylor - Johnson and Marcel go for a campy or satirical reworking of this material, in the mode of «Showgirls» or «American Psycho.»

It has been a few years since I last watched this and I still enjoyed it for the most part, if not just for its campy horror.

GALECA's take on the awards season includes nominations for television, documentaries and some categories that are uniquely their own, like the Dorian Awards for Campy Film of the Year, Wilde Wit of the Year (honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse) as well as a Timeless Star to be revealed later.

What should be a ridiculously over-the-top scenario played for campy thrills never actually reaches the grotesque heights it aims for, mainly because the cast ranges from somnambulant (Tucker) to overcooked (Englund).

As for Destination Planet Negro, it's also highly recommended, provided you're in the mood for a campy, low - budget sci - fi whose cheesy special effects are more than offset by a profusion of insightful social statements.

January / February are usually considered the «dump months» for campy films that have a significant enough budget that they can't go straight to VOD.

Of course, where Piranha seems to be going for campy 3 - D fun, The Last Exorcism is trying really hard to be as creepy as possible.

While Z Nation (or as I prefer to think of it, The Running Dead) doesn't exactly play the gory low - budget mayhem for campy laughter, it's hard not to roll, or possibly cover, one's eyes at something this familiar and deeply shallow, with casting mostly so generic — with the exception of Lost's Harold Perrineau as a Delta Force soldier barking orders — that they're all so much chum in this kill - or - be-eaten apocalypse.

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In the background, a campy»90s pop tune called «Meeting on Manezh,» the location for the rally, blared on repeat.

For the next two months, the small screen will be filled with a combination of reruns and a mix of campy...

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Rather than emulate the original's campy tone, Total Recall redux aims for sleek action sequences and stunning dystopian scenery.

It's got its own moons twirling around it, a fitting picture for Sag's campy, larger - than - life energy.

This is the campy, colorful, comedic adaptation of the titular comic book character, produced for ABC from 1966 to 1968; it... Crochet a Batman hat for your little superhero fans with our free pattern from Craftown!

Credit lead Sarah Snook's gentle, sympathetic performance for holding together this atmospheric film, especially during its silly - campy third act.

But even other «minor» flaws in the editing, lighting and shaky camera - work are not in any way less responsible for this movie turning out to be the most campy thriller with a decent cast I've seen in quite some time.

The storyline is too campy for the series, not dissimilar to the plot of Batman (1986).

Thank heavens, then, for his skull - faced wizardy sidekick, one Ebony Maw (Tom Vaughan - Lawlor), who drawls his dialogue with a campy British accent and glides around manipulating rubble with his unnerving fingers.

This is a prototype for Almodovar's later formula - a fusion of campy melodrama and quiet human introspection - but despite some strong ideas, this overarching story isn't strong enough to sustain said formula.

As for Thor and Loki, they wind up on the planet Sakaar, run by the Grandmaster (an uber - campy Jeff Goldblum, acting as if he's having the time of his life).

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace doesn't attempt to disguise its sentiments - no more so than Greenpeace - but neither does it lose the campy spirit of the 1978 original.

The sometimes - campy, somewhat noir-esque tale, told from the perspective of the self - absorbed police inspector who fancied his search for his prey as his own work of art, presents its material with ample laughs, great style and beautiful cinematography.

If you will miss Spartacus when it ends — and you like your history with a big dose of campy fun — this one's for you, Shield Maiden.

Through it all, actress Posey strikes attitudes and preens across the glib surface of the film, and though her campy excesses are tolerable for a brief time, the performance becomes an exercise in overkill.

Although the acting isn't what you might consider formidable, it works for the sort of campy film that this is, precisely because it is a bit of a throwback to b - movies.

Created in 1977 by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra, Brit cult comic book character Judge Dredd was last seen on the big screen in 1995 for the Disney - produced, campy Sylvester Stallone vehicle simply titled «Judge Dredd.»

Now they're back at it, minus the campy sexual fireworks, for «Everybody Knows», a brooding, talky family saga by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, twice winner of the foreign - film Oscar for «A Separation» and «The Salesman».

We've all seen the campy trailers for Mirror Mirror, featuring Julia Roberts as the Evil Queen.

Cuse, of course, helped deliver Lost, Bates Motel, and FX's campy vampire drama The Strain in recent years, while Graham is known for his work on Fringe and Almost Human.

Surprisingly, The Spirit is noticeably absent, despite the critical beatdown delivered by most critics (I wasn't too kind on it, either) that puts its Tomato Meter rating at a sad 14 %, the disappointing box office, a For Your Consideration video and a campy Samuel L. Jackson giving it extra Razzie credential.

De Palma's victims have often been women, and his carousel of Grand Guignol style and campy tone, sometimes in the same scene, can still make for a queasy ride.

For the most part, Detective Pikachu lovingly plays with the idea of a gumshoe detective story by way of Pokémon and treads the line between lighthearted fun and campy storytelling in an entertaining way — which makes all the more sense given that the game will be getting a movie adaptation with Ryan Reynolds.

I didn't anticipate enjoying it, but it was gloriously campy, had the most abrupt entrance I've ever seen and enough charm to make me smile for days.

And for better or for worse, this next Frankenstein film doesn't have anything to do with that campy, fan - fiction - spurring flop Victor Frankenstein, in which James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe recently starred.

Hammer's awkward, campy lines and terrible reaction shots are slight causes for alarm.

Venom without Spider - Man may sound dicey to some, but many of the antihero's biggest fans would likely be unsatisfied with a repeat of the character's campy role in Spider - Man 3 - so it seems Sony may be erring on the more adult - oriented side for this film rather than trying to square it with Tom Holland's decidedly family friendly take on the wallcrawler.

Director Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople) establishes the ludicrous and campy tone right out of the gates by capitalizing on Hemsworth charisma and comic chops.

screenwriters responsible for making the material so inaccessible, unremarkable, and downright campy.

But I'll be sure to leave a sticky note on it as well, with a reminder saying, «Not bad if you're in just the right mood for guns, girls and glory all in one simple, cartoonish and outrageously campy package.»

Dick — Dan Hedaya For as much as we love to hate Richard Nixon, Dick offers us a funny, campy, totally unimaginable re-imagining of the Watergate scandal.

For the first half hour or so, it's entertaining trash: Everything is perfectly pitched just past hysteria, and Wild Things boasts hilariously campy supporting turns from Theresa Russell, Robert Wagner, and Bill Murray, who steals every scene he's in as Dillon's morally bankrupt yet strangely lovable lawyer.

So Tim Burton, the same man who changed perceptions of Batman from the campy sixties television show to the grittier, Dark Knight persona (until it changed again for the worse with Batman and Robin), works his magic again, using his strange and wonderful imagination on the Irving tale, giving us his take on this familiar tale.

The ones you mentioned were simply mediocre films (or your words, «campy») that were remade into something good — which is something I am all for!

The action series already received a campy modern reboot in the early 2000s with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, and Lucy Liu donning the wings, but it may be time for some new stars to take on the mantle first originated by Farrah Fawcett and her glorious feathered hair.