Sentences with phrase «like imitation of»

The result ends up feeling like an imitation of something you'll have played countless times before, and often in finer form.

Douglas Sirk is a particular director that Haynes is emulating and recreating his melodramatic soap opera's like Imitation of Life or All That Heaven Allows is so convincing that you'd be forgiven for questioning whether or not you're watching a contemporary film.

The first Kingsman movie was a breath of fresh air, bringing a subversive tongue in cheek edge to the current glut of franchise movies that are so tired and repetitive, with each one feeling like an imitation of everything else.

Those are some of the moments that felt like imitations of Edgar Wright's style of comedy.

His earliest works look like imitations of Picasso by Arshile Gorky, but with faces instead of still life.

Not exact matches

Jack Posobiec, known for perpetuating conspiracy theories like Pizzagate and storming onstage at the politically charged staging of «Julius Caesar» in Central Park, also initially said he'd never heard of it, though he said that «imitation is the best form of flattery.»

And we like the idea of them being somehow computer - generated rather than simply «digital copies,» which feels like a cheap imitation of physical collectibles.»

I just finished reading a Henri Nouwen book «Wounded Healer» and the following sentence just resonated with me: `... the imitation of Christ does not mean to live a life like Christ, but to live your life as authentically as Christ lived his».

Of course, that Catholic culture was fading at exactly the moment the Land O» Lakes statement codified its necessity, and that left us only with things like Land O» Lakes and its many imitations and successors: documents that define America's Catholic colleges as institutions that exist fundamentally over against the Church.

This feels like a picture version of this quote from Richard Rohr that I loved and posted on facebook yesterday: «The God we all begin with is necessarily a partial God, an imitation God, a word for God, a «try on» God.

Like Christ himself and in imitation of him it becomes universal, dynamic and, for that very reason, fully human.

From this wider context it is clear that the imitation Paul is calling for in 3:17 is rooted in a profound commitment; to the point of letting go of, or dying to, the self - seeking self and coming alive to a Christ - like life.

I had allowed myself a little bit of leeway as I felt I was getting pretty darn good at knowing what things usually contained gluten, even seemingly harmless foods like imitation crab (whodathunk it'd be in a fish product?).

I had to also make them GF due to allergies so I used an imitation of Better Batter flour I found online and they looked and tasted like real cookies!

One of the earliest forms of (perfect) imitation and «helping» that my first little one provided was to run her fingers across the carpet — just like Daddy did all the time — and pick up the hair that had inevitably collected there, then sprinkling it into our own hands for us to dispose of.

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenumgraecum): The seeds of this plant have a pleasing maple syrup - like flavor that is often used as a flavoring in imitation maple syrup products.

«Last year,» said Jonathon O., 11, «everything tasted like imitation Spam, was preheated and swam in tons of grease.»

Like most parents, I sometimes have days when I think that I'm the last person in the world who can give parenting tips (usually on the days when the school run has degenerated into a stressful imitation of the bull running at Pamplona).

Like the skyrmion itself, the scientists realized, the imitation magnetic field was knotted, and it matched the interlinked rings of magnetic fields proposed for ball lightning.

Nickel — air pollution from combustion of fossil fuels, batteries, baking powder, coins, cosmetics, dental restorations and orthodontics, electroplating, hydrogenated vegetable oils (shortening, Crisco, fast food, margarine, processed foods, imitation whipped cream, interisterified fats, partially hydrogenated fats), nickel - plated jewelry, nickel - plated machine parts and tools, electroplating, welding, prostheses (like hip, knee, cochlear and cardiac implants), spark plugs, stainless steel cookware and utensils, cardiac stents, soil, tobacco smoke, water, rooibos tea and red teas, occupational exposure

There are also other types of fabulous imitation diamond jewellery like bangles, earrings, nose pins, head jewellery, bracelets, etc..

High heel court shoes High heel court shoes, the likes of men be purchased separately, in black imitation leather.

There was Eckhaus Latta, which, for a few years has been calmly establishing itself as the new guard of American fashion; Vaquera, a label founded just four years ago that's following the footsteps of iconic New York art - meets - fashion brands like AsFour and Imitation of Christ (their vision blends clothing with the avant - garde, so it's not surprising they were named as finalists in this year's CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund); and Area, which was exciting and fun and glamorous all at the same time.

We'd like to think imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and Khloe Kardashian doing her own faux - blonde take on a traditionally African - American hairstyle is just that.

It gives you a sign up form, but you have to scroll down quite a way to get to any member samples; on the whole it looks rather empty and clunky, like a poor imitation of Facebook.

Even though Bloody Days tries to walk the walk and talk the talk, ultimately it feels less like a creative homage to a cult film classic and more like a shallow imitation with a hint of Tarantino flair.

Both of those films were — as widely expected — among eight nominees for best picture this year, as were longtime Oscar favorite Boyhood and awards - friendly biopics like The Imitation Game, Selma, and The Theory of Everything.

The game's characters look like poorly - drawn imitations of the classic cartoons, feeling like cheap flash games than any sort of licensed imagery.

The biggest of the non-major distributors, TWC saw its box office receipts grow by nearly 36 % last year compared to 2014 (thanks to hits like Paddington and 2014 holdover The Imitation Game), even as the overall quality of its films declined.

Once you start to think about it, it can actually become a fun parlor game to wonder what the Nichols version of «The Imitation Game» or «The Judge» or «Inherent Vice» or «Men, Women & Children» might look like.

In fact, it appears that Haggis is still living off the 10 - year - old fumes of «Crash,» because his latest multi-story drama feels like yet another cheap imitation of the Oscar winner.

Since, we've either had action games with horror themes or pale imitations of past glories like Alone In The Dark and Silent Hill Homecoming.

The series was meant to cash in on the gimmicky James Bond movies of the time (Honey West was a judo expert, had exploding earrings, and a microphone hidden in a martini olive), and like many such imitations, the program was on and off in a single year.

The sparky frenemies Bob and Bing played can be seen not just in deliberate imitations like Ishtar (1987) and Spies Like Us (1985) but also under the surfaces of the odd couples of Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) and Sideways (20like Ishtar (1987) and Spies Like Us (1985) but also under the surfaces of the odd couples of Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) and Sideways (20Like Us (1985) but also under the surfaces of the odd couples of Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) and Sideways (2004).

We have movies like Selma, Into the Woods, the Imitation Game, Gone Girl, Theory of Everything almost completely ignored by critics (except the Washington DC Film critics).

Everything adds up - just like a perfectly solved mathematical equation - in «The Imitation Game», a fantastic movie about the life of Alan Turing, the man who helped crack the notorious German enigma code during World War II (and ultimately won the war).

Fans of the real thing will probably like this imitation, but at the same time, Down with Loveis the same kind of artless, airless studio product as the Hudson / Day films and will no doubt age just as badly.

Friday morning's British Academy Film Awards nominations show the predicted Bafta love for home - grown movies like «The Imitation Game» and «The Theory of Everything», but were even more notable for who was missing from the...

It's a strange feeling when you feel a film comes across like a neutered imitation of a recognisable artistic voice, only to realise come the end credits that the film's screenplay was actually written by that person.

«Magic in the Moonlight» doesn't make you believe in magic, or love, or anything, really, although maybe that's just the cynic in me, eager to expose the film as the fraud that it is, because the whole thing feels less like a genuine Woody Allen comedy (smart and funny with a healthy dash of neurosis) than a pale imitation.

Without the reckless air of youth on the verge, The Girl Next Door starts to feel like calculated imitation, becoming affected and, eventually, what a teenage sex comedy can't be: restrained.

It's not a precise imitation: However hard the wardrobe and makeup teams have worked to deglamorize this glamorous Hollywood star, she still doesn't look much like the person she's playing... But as she wraps her mouth around a cigarette, a cornpone accent, and some well - delivered profanity, Robbie channels the antagonistic, take - no - shit attitude of her infamous «character,» while adding notes of disappointment and even dignity missing from every headline or Hard Copy treatment of The Tonya Harding Story.»

There were several major studio films like Fury, The Theory of Everything, Interstellar, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, and The Imitation Game which didn't meet expectations and only made some Top 10 lists.

The cast of «The Imitation Game» boasts names like Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Charles Dance, Mark Strong, and Allen Leech, and judging by their recent nominations, they may want to prepare a speech or two.

Ex Machina is a science - fiction horror film that, like so many others, plays on fears of the future: of artificial intelligence, of the blurred line between human life and its imitations, of online surveillance shaping our experiences.

Beyond the buzzed about Centerpiece screenings (which includes The Good Lie, St. Vincent, Laggies, and the Toronto International Film Festival Audience Award winner The Imitation Game), Philly's screenings includes programs like «Greater Filmadelphia» (with work from Philadelphia's home grown talent), «Masters of Cinema» (movies from world - renowned filmmakers), and «The Graveyard Shift» (horror, action, and anything weird), providing a variety of options for audiences of all tastes.

«You sound like Richard Pryor doing an imitation of a white person,» Rell tells Clarence.

Instead of feeling like a cynical, desperate imitation, directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly (co-writing with frequent collaborator Mike Cerrone) make an affectionate homage that plucks these»30s - era eye - pokers into the age of the iPhone and Twitter.

When: January 13th Why: It's pretty funny that a movie about counterfeiting should turn out to be an imitation itself (the Icelandic film on which its based featured the U.S. version's director, Baltasar Kormákur, in the lead role), but despite the fact that its clichéd plot seems to have been ripped off from a number of generic action thrillers just like it, «Contraband» has one thing that a lot of those films didn't — a killer ensemble cast.

All the parts fit together — like the hand - forged computer at the center of the story — in The Imitation Game, a thoroughly absorbing film based on the life of Alan Turing, who helped crack the notorious German enigma code during World War II.