Sentences with phrase «irreverence at»

John DeFore, The Hollywood Reporter: «With Reynolds» charismatic irreverence at its core, the pic moves from bloody mayhem to lewd comedy and back fluidly, occasionally even making room to go warm and mushy.

With Reynolds» charismatic irreverence at its core, the pic moves from bloody mayhem to lewd comedy and back fluidly, occasionally even making room to go warm and mushy.

Not exact matches

Justin Stockman, vice-president of specialty channels at Bell, explains the Much brand has long been associated with youth, humour and irreverence — the same qualities now attributed to YouTubers.

«Marissa is the type of boss that makes you feel like you're disappointing her at all times, so I always feel like I'm on the verge of being fired,» said Mr. Bonforte, who is widely respected for both his talent and his irreverence.

Thus the problems that are sometimes associated with frequent communion — laxity and irreverence — must be resolved not at the altar rails but in the confessional box.

I am amazed at how many people have resonated with these attitudes and thoughts of irreverence.

But if a devotional nativity display is allowed, there must be «room at the inn» for all points of view, including irreverence and freethought.»

The nature of the Church's message and the power of the media to communicate are necessarily in tension, for at least seven reasons, which are worth enumerating: (1) The mystery of faith calls for an approach by reverence, by worship, while the investigative mode of the press makes for irreverence.

I'm sorry for my irreverence, but I actually giggled at the part where Brian told you that the animal crackers are a good source of «iron and calories.»

But while the film does insist on its own irreverence a bit too much at the outset — it opens with a group of birds inspirationally singing, «You're only as small as your dreams,» before they get abruptly knocked out of the sky — it offers plenty of lively fun once it settles down, and wisely keeps the pandering to a minimum.

The film chronicles the manner in which Hope and her family handle the nightmarish situation, often with what Saget described as «irreverence and dark humor» (At one point, Hope's brother Alan — a comedy writer — quips that scleroderma sounds like «a deli entrée»).

Yet another entry in the British «Carry On» comedies, this zany parody takes aim at the popular»60s espionage films — complete with outrageous disguises, double - crosses and other such irreverence.

Because no amount of wacky irreverence and wank gags can mask the fact that this Deadpool is little more than a dutiful company man, the kind of faux - chummy authority figure who claims to have the common touch but spends his weekends rubbing shoulders with top - ranking execs at highly exclusive country clubs.

His credibility rests in part at least on his irreverence, and online he has appeared unwilling to play it safe, sharing near - the - knuckle gags about the lack of racial diversity in this year's Oscars race with his 13 million Twitter followers.

Deadpool's massive success was in large part due to its irreverence for its own genre, its willingness to take shots, some raunchier than others, at superhero flicks in general.

Elliott carries himself with such gravitas that the slightest hint of irreverence can score him a laugh — especially if it's carried off with that shit - eating grin he flashes at The Dude in The Big Lebowski.

«I, Tonya» At turns hilarious and heart - breaking, this gonzo retelling of the circumstances leading up to the 1994 attack on Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan opens with the claim, «Based on irony free, wildly contradictory, totally true interviews with Tonya Harding and Jeff Gillooly,» suggesting a toxic kind of irreverence toward the scandal it depicts.

Here's hoping the rest of the staff at 1UP will continue Crispin's legacy of irreverence, tomfoolery and top - notch journalism.

Richard Riley, curator of the British Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, discusses the «standout» talent of Sarah Lucas, and her show, I Scream Daddio, that focuses squarely on the body (both male and female), and serves up a blend of «classicism, irreverence and toughness».

by Nadiah Fellah Humor and irreverence mark Chicago artist Scott Reeder's new exhibition of paintings and sculptures at Lisa Cooley in New York.

Humor and irreverence mark Chicago artist Scott Reeder's new exhibition of paintings and sculptures at Lisa Cooley in New York.

Uklanski suggests that the installation at Gagosian reveals an irreverence towards mainstream modernism that has emerged from his position as an immigrant in the city that gave rise to Abstract Expressionism.

The choice in title also attempts to suggest a conceptual curatorial style on the part of Gouzer, or an experimental irreverence toward his function at the auction house — an approach gleaned, we can imagine, as a winning stance from some of the artistic careers listed above.

In a characteristic act of irreverence, the artists have transposed their own faces onto these two primordial bodies, casting their likenesses in the image of our primitive ancestors, and provocatively positioning themselves at the dawn of creation.

[1] Louisa Buck said at her father's remembrance service that he had a «lifelong loathing of pomposity, wicked irreverence and dogged loyalty, even when it was against his own interests».

Few artists are as versatile or bring to their works such a sense of questioning playfulness as McLean and the exhibition at Bernard Jacobson is a masterclass of painterly light, colour and irreverence by the artist who likes to make «big art out of small details» Louisa Buck, 2012.

These artists, who rose to prominence through a series of group shows at the Hyde Park Art Center, approached figuration with wit and irreverence while drawing upon earlier art historical styles such as Surrealism, as well as self - taught art and popular forms such as comic book.

He pursued his M.F.A. at the University of Colorado and during the late 1960s gravitated towards a Pop sensibility, particularly admiring the playful irreverence of the Chicago Hairy Who artists and the California Funk movement, having studied under visiting professor William Wiley.

Into this collection of trophies, hard won and at immense cost, Paine's «Bad Lawn» brought a contemporary - art sense of irreverence and provocation.

He dually works with acts of reverence and eventually, through an abstracted view of our relationship with objects and their subsequent relationship to the world at large, irreverence.

I began reassessing Lukin's irreverence when I went to his second exhibition at Gary Snyder Gallery (May 24 - June 30, 2012).

Irreverence toward a material's original function (and context), preciousness in its preservation, and fetishization of its form (divorced from its original function) are central to Sibony's sensibility, and apparent in his current exhibition at Greene Naftali Gallery.

We get a studio tour from the men behind Social Suicide as they use humor and irreverence to reinvent men's fashion, one suit at a time

Join us in the film salon at SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film for a viewing of «Refined Irreverence,» presented in conjunction with Carolina Herrera's exhibition.

The iconoclastic musician Captain Beefheart came along at the same time and performed with the same irreverence as his friend Frank Zappa.

Offering a look at Grotjahn's formal irreverence and incorporation of diverse threads of historical abstraction, the exhibition is on view through October 29th.