Sentences with phrase «like escapism»

Stylistically, the film veers between gritty realism and Star Wars - like escapism.

Not exact matches

In a deft synthesis of escapism and dreadful reality — like successfully mixing ice cream with Buckley's cough syrup — an unknown sports sophisticate and political junkie named Paul Kaplan (an Atlanta Braves fan, but that's not a crime) sent a letter to his congressman to protest the defeat of his baseball team in the National League playoffs and demand they be crowned the winners anyway.

Complex pop art like Game and the Crank movies shun escapism to stylize and replicate real - life complications.

If a young woman in Scotland hadn't dreamed up the «pre-tribulation fly - away» in 1830; if a British clergyman hadn't hijacked her dream and sneakily planted it around the world in the 1800s; if a crooked, jailed - for - forgery lawyer with no theological background hadn't come out with a reference Bible in 1909 with the same fly - away escapism in marginal notes; and if modern - day rapture robber barons and tribulational tycoons hadn't found numerous ways (and gimmicks like four «blood moons») to widely mass - market the same delicious delusion for the masses while breaking sales records, no one could now be into the moonshine, looking up at the moon and saying «Moon, you mush be drunk becaush I shee four of you!»

I think spiritual escapism happens when we stop looking to God and instead start looking for his «benefits», like the latest book on the latest prayer trend by the latest guru that will fix our lives, or the bucket of money that will fall from the sky as we sing (Man, stories like that one you just told make my skin crawl!)

Every year, I seem to fall victim to seasonal depression and, like clockwork, my mind subconsciously finds the same ol' ways to pull me out; namely escapism and acceptance.

Sometimes playing tourist on your own doorstep can make you feel like you're on holiday, and the hour and a half of escapism was different and entertaining.

Like all of Craig's turns in the tux, Spectre is a blast of bespoke escapism, full of globetrotting action and thousand - thread - count opulence.

This is gloriously self - aware hokum, a fantasy movie that is, above all, about our need for fantasy and escapism — and even our need for movies like The Astronaut Farmer — to help us combat the depression and disappointments of the everyday.

Plenty of automotive and beachside real estate escapism, but underneath lurks a funny, fast - moving skewering of the same types of headline - grabbing controversies Roger Goodell would like you to forget.

Much like Thor: Ragnarok, this film was fun, crazy, colourful, and two - and - a-half-hours of pure escapism.

Then there are people like me, who feel like they left some fragment of themselves frozen in that moment, when Sean Baker's feature takes a leap into the saddest instance of escapism 2017 had to offer.

But in the meantime I will enjoy both the fantasy and escapism that narrative movies can bestow us as well as the likes of these 5 nominated documentaries that show us the truth.

On the surface, it looks like ideal summer escapism.

Those who enjoy sci - fi for its escapism may resent spending the majority of the runtime in a place that feels like a significantly worse version of our reality.

Scorsese knows how what a powerful sense of escapism movies can be, and this feels like one of the most personal films he has made in years.

In the year of La La Land, the Hungarian «Sing,» about a children's choir, sounds like the exact sort of uplifting escapism that might go over like gangbusters with Academy members.

To say that you like something like August Rush is to say that you hate to be challenged by a film — that escapism is the first and last reason you go to the movies.

Unless you're a an action - craving teen, or just like really junky popcorn movies of any variety, this blatant cash - grab is just an attempt to deliver its minimal goods for a ready - built audience seeking vapid escapism.

Burt Wonderstone pretends to have a message about friendship, but it's clear this film's main goal is to provide the audience with the escapism and then, just like magic, pretend you forgot you ever saw it.

«To me Stardew Valley is more like relaxing and tinkering in my backyard garden than actual work, so it still has that escapism factor to me that something like Farming Simulator doesn't have,» Tim said.

There could be a moment where films like London Has Fallen start to accidentially reflect reality a little too much but in the escapism...

«Ant - Man» is one of the lighter MCU installments, and this sequel seems like it will bring more laughs and a positive, carefree energy that will make it feel like pure escapism (especially compared to the dramatic, intense «Black Panther» and «Infinity War»).

If you like fiction that's fun, a little quirky, pure escapism, and that still has one foot in reality, then this is the novel for you.

There are so many other things that we are trying to bring into the real world like the fuel rods, the energy drinks, the escapism, the computer game.

Zoe liked the fact that cozy mysteries are able to offer readers a form of escapism that typical detective stories can't.

Then a game like I Am Alive comes along, gives us a gritty taste of true realism, and reminds us why rule - bending escapism is easier.

I've never used games as escapism, but there were moments in 2017 where everything felt like too much.

Fooling around in VR and immersing yourself in a digital world is the ultimate gaming escapism and while I am looking forward to playing more titles like Moss,... [Read More]

They view their gaming habits as a positive form of escapism that also happens to teach virtues like empathy and tolerance.

Fooling around in VR and immersing yourself in a digital world is the ultimate gaming escapism and while I am looking forward to playing more titles like Moss, I hope games that allow you to indulge i...

It's at times like this where escapism and a connection to other players is a welcome break from daily monotony, and nothing has provided that better than Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

It's absurdly exaggerated and it provides maximum escapism, and more Japanese developers should just run with it, like only they can, like they did in God Hand:

For me, it's essentially channelling the politics and escapism of being from a background like his.

Where the fantasy of Swipes, Likes and Dislikes are apparently possible ways for happiness and reflection of a moment in time where we become an audience for ourselves, consuming ourselves as a brand or product, enjoying the illusion and escapism of a post-emotional society.

Books on cleaning, as sad as it may sound, are a form of escapism, like losing myself in Instagram posts of exotic travel destinations (although the goal of the former is more attainable).

Ready Player One is a movie about virtual reality escapism, so it feels like the main unifying theme is «nostalgic virtual reality sci - fi and fantasy.»