Sentences with phrase «gimmickry in»

There's no gimmickry in terms of motion control, instead you're presented with minimal buttons.

She allows the shape of the chosen material to determine the form of the piece until it becomes magically other (think vast moonscape in Styrofoam cups), managing to transcend both materiality and gimmickry in a culture that celebrates both.

Not exact matches

Waiving PAYGO now on the grounds that the AMT's growth was «unanticipated» would accept a false claim — that the growth of the AMT was not expected or intended — and would reward the budget gimmickry used in designing the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts.

Action: Say no to always - on voice assistants Who is this for: Anyone who values privacy more than gimmickry How difficult is it: No real effort Tell me more: There's a rash of smart speaker voice assistants on shop shelves these days, marketed in a way that suggests they're a whole lot smarter and more useful than they actually are.

His tasting menu and à la carte dishes — silky - smooth chicken liver topped with tart Meyer lemon jelly, fried - chicken skins with honey and whipped sauce, red snapper in fermented - shrimp broth — are technical and intricate, but the chef never sacrifices flavor for gimmickry.

The dishes do not show off, or gesture in the direction of gimmickry.

«The enacted budget avoided much of the fiscal gimmickry of the past to attain budget balance, and it starts to address the long - term implications of the structural imbalance in the state's finances,» DiNapoli said.

«For the second year in a row, the administration has resorted to gimmickry to get under the tax cap.»

Instead of trafficking in populist gimmickry, Mr Miliband might more usefully spell out how Labour would recast the energy market.

Hong crafts his films as if he's simply watching ordinary people, while simultaneously layering his gimmickry over average - seeming lives in order to reveal broader truths.

In a time so inundated with cinematic gimmickry, a filmmaker such as Ingmar Bergman would never succeed.

Compelled by Warner Bros. to film Dial M for Murder in 3 - D, Hitchcock perversely refused to throw in the standard in - your - face gimmickry of most stereoscopic films of the era — though watch how he visually emphasizes an important piece of evidence towards the end of the film.

In addition, the evolving interaction between Tara and her alters as she becomes «co-conscious» with them feels like little more than split - screen gimmickry.

For all the cinematic dreck currently peddling disorienting editing as «action,» no one in good conscience could deride Tarantino for his indulgence in split screens or extreme close ups or smash zooms or any other mode of cinematic gimmickry, when it affords us hauntingly sparse centerpieces such as The Bride's live burial, an aural choir of oppressive dirt, panting whimpers, and futile struggling set to the visual accompaniment of pitch black confinement that stretches on well past any spectator's comfort level.

With vulnerability and pain snapping straight into big laughs, IRON MAN 3 has the potential for some serious emotional whiplash, but where things occasionally steer off - track and threaten to go a little «Carry On Marvel», the choice to steep the antagonists in such deep - rooted realism prevents this comic book outing from predictable gimmickry.

Utterly pointless, but pleasant in its gimmickry.

His small but distinctive oeuvre sets an example, not simply to that oft - cited cliché the «maverick» strain in American indiedom, but to an industry grown complacent on technology, genre gimmickry and opening weekends.

This tense character piece abandons gimmickry to explore the ways in which women's voices are ignored

The tension is rooted in psychology rather than gimmickry, and evinces a command of craft that feels old - fashioned in the most refreshing possible sense.

Unfortunately, given that the thriller plot kicks in for the latter half of the film, which employs such things as cracked security systems, hacked computers, tampered drinks, hidden cameras, women in cages, car chases, and criminal frame jobs, the upper hand is completely lost to cheesy mainstream suspense gimmickry that is both wearisome and distasteful considering the thematic material presented.

Boasting none of the lyricism, grace or psychological incisiveness of his prior masterworks (Paris, Texas; Wings Of Desire), Wenders» latest is a misbegotten stew of turgid drama and look - at - me 3 - D gimmickry, with the director using his signature special effects to highlight foreground - background dynamics in the most unnecessarily self - conscious manner possible.

Since this is in 3 - D, Hurwitz and Schlossberg mildly poke the gimmick («Hasn't 3 - D jumped the shark,» Harold wonders), while director Todd Strauss - Schulson takes full advantage of such gimmickry as eggs and their yolks flying at the camera in slow motion as Harold attempts to escape the protestors» wrath.

At least, the film doesn't overplay its three - dimensionality with an abundance of in - your - face gimmickry, instead allowing planes of depth to be known to somewhat cool effect.

by Walter Chaw An experiment in perceptual distortion that questions the nature of viewership and the law of observation that states, in part, that the nature of the process of observation necessitates a change in the essential quality of the observed, Steven Soderbergh's Full Frontal is a hyper - pretentious film - within - a-film-within-a-film conceit so gimmicky it hardly matters that by the end gimmickry is its point.

Spoils doesn't just ape and parody melodramatic»70s television, but all sorts of gimmickry (one scene is in 3D and the first episode is preceded by a half dozen of made - up technical format acknowledgements) and egomaniacal storytellers (Jonrosh kind of resembles Francis Ford Coppola at the height of his vision and power).

A docudrama mapping the trials of real - life teacher Francois Begaudeau over the course of one year in a rough Paris high school, work shopped and performed by actual students, any concerns of gimmickry or over-earnestness dissipate as the film's searing insight and joyful wit carry the viewer through an all - too - brief 130 minutes.

Shaking Chains have created an AI - powered video that changes with every play, but how does their attempt rank in the pantheon of music video gimmickry?

Our business is structured on being able to revive and refresh our huge back catalogue of copyrighted content for new generations, and whilst digital technology clearly provides great opportunities in this regard, it's vital that any such reinvention is geared towards long - term relevance and audience engagement, rather than gimmickry.

«We believe in publicly funded public education and we believe that we can have a system in Chicago that is equal to or exceeds school districts in Finland or Japan,» she says of the colleagues with whom she has reshaped the Chicago Teachers Union into a leading force in the fight against school privatization, closures, cuts and the gimmickry that too often passes for education policy.

It's been a long four years coming, but the i8 Roadster brings open - top cruising to the i8's bag of tricks, which otherwise includes making a three - cylinder turbocharged 1.5 - liter engine sound great (perhaps the greatest sorcery of all), and yet at the same time delivering an all - electric mode that brooks no gimmickry, great handling, and surprising driver engagement given the 28 mpg combined rating and 76 mpge rating when in electric - only mode — a level of efficiency typically reserved for numb, coddling commute - boxes.

And the new year offers high - powered sports cars that run the gamut from retro wind - in - the - face sporting machines to the latest in high - tech gimmickry.

We do not believe in gimmickry, or misleading reductions on services.

Founded in 2004 in a former metal shop it's an establishment that expresses its gimmickry through its name with rare economy: a bar themed around exotic beers and 1980s arcade machines.

Atari relied heavily on old, established IPs (arcade games in its case) and gimmickry too, while at the same time falling behind in terms of its consoles» raw performance and capabilities, and losing nearly all 3rd party developer support.

Dovetailed with good physics - based games in which emergent gameplay is central to the paradigm is part of why Wii is an exciting platform beyond mere gimmickry.

But other paintings in «Photorealism» transcend such gimmickry.

She was a detail oriented Realtor in possession of a prodigious memory who relied upon knowledge of her area and the rules of engagement (delivered in a no - nonsense forthright manner) vs sales gimmickry (which gimmickry most newbies rely upon during their doomed - to - fail turns at chasing their pots of gold at the end of their listing rainbows).

3) The few actual sales professionals who outright refuse to be part of the stereotypical gang described in 1 and 2 above, even if that means giving up potential extra business to be gained by sleazy gimmickry.