Sentences with phrase «in land of the dead»

Something is Rotten in the Land of the Dead...... and you're being played for a sucker.

Ana Ofelia Murguia coaxes some genuinely earned tears as Miguel's fading great - grandmother Mama Coco (the de facto title character); over in the Land of the Dead, Gael Garcia Bernal amuses as the seemingly carefree Hector, who serves as Miguel's resourceful tour guide.

Perhaps the weakness of Coco will lie in its predictable storyline, as it becomes clear from early in the Land of the Dead sequence where things will be going for the rest of the plot, if you know how these stories always go.

Even in the Land of the Dead, you only exist so long as you are remembered, and while this is no problem for Ernesto de la Cruz, whose mansion is piled high with the offerings of his legions of fans, it's a pressing issue for Héctor, who is wracked with periodic spasms as his second and final death grows closer.

Both take place in Mexico, both star young men who want to play guitar over the objections of others, and both spend much time in the Land of the Dead.

Along with colourful sugar skeletons, there are also the alebrijes; fantastical, luminous, colourful creatures that are spirit beasts or familiars to those in the Land of the Dead, which can range from adorable and magical, or enormous and terrifying.

In Pixar's Coco, a young Mexican boy named Miguel visits the spirits of his ancestors in the Land of the Dead, where he's gone to escape his parents» refusal to let him pursue his dream of being a musician.

Miguel is an eminently likable hero, and when given a shot at performing in the Land of the Dead — a son jarocho - inspired ditty called «Un Poco Loco» — the scene nicely deepens our connection to his quest.

When the Mexican boy Miguel ends up in the Land of the Dead, he teams up with a vagabond named Hector (Gael García Bernal).

The notable oddity of the film is a logical lapse concerning how memories among the living offer an enduring afterlife in the land of the dead.

The stellar design team and animators find room for both the sun - kissed verisimilitude of a homey pueblo, and the razzle - dazzle of elaborately designed folk - art animals called alebrijas that become flying, hot - colored spirit creatures in the Land of the Dead.

Many rules of the afterlife will come into play for Miguel, who, through a series of circumstances revolving around his pursuit of teaching his music - hating family that he's a born musician, winds up in the Land of the Dead.

Circumstances lead Miguel to be in the Land of the Dead where he must unravel the truth about his family and their distaste for music.

Then, thanks to a really - pushing - it thin premise, Miguel ends up in the Land of the Dead on Día de los Muertos, where he pursues Ernesto, who he now believes to be his banished great - great - grandfather.

Pixar's best films are distinguished by strong openings (see also: Up and WALL - E), but Coco's opening is a little tortured, contorting through plot devices and contrivances to ensure Miguel ends up in the Land of the Dead.

When Miguel gets stuck in the Land of the Dead, ragamuffin skeleton Hector (Bernal) becomes his partner in crime, as well as his singing partner.

Following his heart and love of a famous, late musician named Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt), Miguel learns of an amazing link between him and his favorite musician that leads him to an adventure in the Land of the Dead.

Set mostly in the Land of the Dead, the animated tale of Miguel, a young boy eager to become a musician like his idol, despite his family's peculiar aversion to music, is a love letter to Día de los Muertos.

«Coco» follows Miguel, the young aspiring musician, who ends up in the Land of the Dead with his trusty dog, Tati.

As accessible a trip to the afterlife as you could wish for, Pixar's latest fantasia crosses over to the other side, Mexican - style, as a village kid goes against his music - hating family and accidentally strands himself in the Land of the Dead as a result: a mirror - world of lively talking skeletons, many of whom he's related to.

With the help of some magical realism, winds up in the Land of the Dead, where the deceased walk around as skeletons with eyeballs.

There are numerous colorful scenes, many in the Land of the Dead, where there are seemingly hundreds of characters doing hundreds of things, independently, each with their own distinct look and personality.

That's perhaps even truer when it comes to Hector, the bumbling skeleton that Miguel befriends while in the Land of the Dead, and to Ernesto de la Cruz, the famed musical legend the musically inclined young boy admires and hopes to find while in that fantastical world.

Set mostly in the Land of the Dead, it's colorful, imaginative, eye - popping — a visual feast with a lot of heart.

A family curse lands Miguel in the Land of the Dead, where his deceased ancestors work to get him back to the land of the living, as well as unlock the truth behind the boy's family history.

Once there, Miguel encounters generations of Rivera family members, including Mamá Imelda; but frustrated by his family's continued objection to music, even in the Land of the Dead, Miguel decides to track down his idol himself.

But after a strange encounter, Miguel finds himself in the land of the dead, where he joins together with amiable trickster Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal) in an effort to discover the secret of his unusual family history.

So he secretly enters a music competition on the Day of the Dead, tries to borrow his great - great - grandfather's guitar from his elaborate tomb... and ends up in the Land of the Dead himself.

Earning the DGA's inaugural award for best animated feature was «Coco,» the Disney flick about young musician Miguel who sets off on a quest in the Land of the Dead to find his great - grandfather.

Pixar's latest film Coco, based on the Mexican holiday of Día de Muertos, followed a young boy named Miguel who, while pursuing his dream of becoming a musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, finds himself in the Land of the Dead, where he will unlock a family secret and learn the meaning behind this celebration.

As Dia De Los Muertos approaches, a series of events finds Miguel trapped in the Land of the Dead and on a mission to track down De La Cruz (Benjamin Bratt) to get back to the land of the living and find out more information about his family.

«Coco» is the sprightly story of a young boy who wants to be a musician and somehow finds himself communing with talking skeletons in the land of the dead.

First up, Coco voice star Anthony Gozzalez stoped by Good Mythical Morning to serenade the hosts with a rendition of «Un Poco Loco,» the song his character Miguel performs with Hector for the crowds in the land of the dead.

There are some shady goings on in the Land of Dead and it's down to you to help out Manny, the travel agent at the Department of Death, and solve the mysterious goings on.

Grim takes place in the Land of the Dead, an interpretation of Mexica traditions filtered through film noir sensibilities.

Turns out, the game has aged like a fine wine, and Manny's unforgettable journey through four years in the Land of the Dead is as riveting as ever.

All that toil and effort through life only to find that you've been dumped in the land of the dead with a world to travel before you can get to the cushy afterlife you've been promised all those years.

The last in its long line of well - received adventure games was Grim Fandango, a neo-noir comedy taking place in the Land of the Dead.

On this epic solitaire adventure, help Manuel collect unique items along his journey and meet friends and foes in the land of the dead on his quest to reunite with his beloved lost love, Maria.

His 2014 psychedelic exhibit In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, held in Gagosian Gallery, borrows freely from the past and displays ancient art and architecture in Murakami's signature opposition, a high - low, cross-cultural aesthetic of Superflat.

«Takashi Murakami: In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow» at Gagosian Gallery — Arte Fuse

Below, check out a selection of works from In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow:

Known as In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, the new body of work revives scroll paintings, totemic sculptures, religious iconography, and art produced in response to natural disasters in Murakami's signature sharp, colorful aesthetic.

Not exact matches

«Land of the Dead» in 2005 was the most star - packed of the bunch — the cast included Dennis Hooper, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento and Simon Baker.

Most of the startups they invested in either died by running out of money before they found a scalable business model or ended up in the «land of the living dead» by never growing (failing to Pivot.)

* If a person dies on a ship and if there is no fear of the decay of the dead body and if there is no problem in retaining it for sometime on the ship, it should be kept on it and buried in the ground after reaching the land.

A flood leaves evidences; the world today is covered 3/4 in water and the 1/4 that is land is covered in sediment layers and trillions of dead things as fossils.

Nepal's small Christian community had formed protests demanding government allocation of land to bury their dead in crowded Kathmandu.

O Lord our God, help us tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended in the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames in summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it --

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