Sentences with phrase «little social commentary»

The snide little social commentary had gone mostly unnoticed or at least without comment for the most part, until indie developer, Grace Bruxner posted a screenshot from the game's wiki on Twitter.

Unsane is an unsettling dose of nerves and paranoia, laced with a little social commentary for good measures.

It also has the potential to be a blockbuster with a little social commentary mixed in.

A little social commentary there, perhaps?

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The coverage of and commentary on these and similar stories has everything to do with profitability and very little to do with the advancement of social health and human wholeness.

The 1990s showed little improvement in the area of social commentary.

While many Capitol reporters have embraced social media and enjoy offering television and radio commentary on their work and on the political scene, Precious does little self - promoting, and is only a recent Twitter recruit, @TomPreciousALB.)

The irony of Pulse is that, by removing the «confusing» social commentary, they have made what's left infinitely more perplexing, with very little explanation as to what is going on during many scenes, or what is motivating anyone, ghosts and humans alike, into doing whatever it is they seem very compelled to do.

Though it practically qualifies as an original film, taking little from Matheson's text and teleplay (including virtually nothing in the way of social commentary), Real Steel is a tired and familiar production, hitting all the beats to tug at your heart strings but without real conviction or personality.

It has very little to say about its subject matter, and it doesn't seem the least bit interested in providing any sort of social commentary.

And while seeing Knoxville rocking old man makeup as Irving and taking little Billy under his wing in this hidden camera comedy does show an inkling of emotional storytelling rarely present in Jackass's finest work, the social commentary present in Bruno and Borat is largely absent here.

HONORABLE MENTIONS: ANIMATION «Kubo and the Two Strings» — Laika's most daring, innovative film yet «My Life as a Zucchini» — About little kids but not for little kids; a bold, 70 - minute feature from Switzerland «Sing» — Delightful and triumphant, with terrific voice performances and song renditions «Trolls» — I can't stop the positive feelings I've had about this DreamWorks musical since I saw it 3 months ago «Zootopia» — Disney's live - action crime drama / social commentary disguised in animated form has one of the year's best screenplays

With its social commentary and burning issues littered throughout, it could raise a little debate, but otherwise this is just another run - of - the - mill mystery.

pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann... In his harrowing masterwork M, Fritz Lang merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller.

A little girl is accused of witchcraft after a minor accident, a situation that takes on shades of magical realism along with social commentary.

If you go into this expecting a slick, international thriller with some relevant social commentary about relations between the United States and Mexico, the state of corporate greed and how bad things often happen to good people — well, there's a LITTLE bit of that stuff lightly sprinkled in.

Without memorable supporting characters or much meat on its B - movie premise, the social commentary does little to enlighten.

It's the same team that did the Other Guys, so there's even a little biting social commentary there too.

Dead - black comedy mixes with trenchant social commentary, even if it eventually takes us out of the compound to something a little more familiar.

With as much of Sony's standard product placement as social commentary, The 5th Wave does little to inspire you to start reading the novels or to believe that The Hunger Games was merely the start of a golden age for YA novels and feature films.

She frequently speaks on the topics of social media, branding, and publishing trends, and her commentary has been featured on websites like The Huffington Post, Little Pink Book, and NBC Chicago.

Ultimately the script tends to rely a little too heavily on the basic, crude poop, fart and piss jokes rather than clever social - commentary the show is capable of delivering.

Little is known about Daku, however, though the artist's work is appreciated as social commentary street art.

Ok, so Pruitt, born in 1964, is really 51, but that little bit of artifice really just sets the stage for the rest of the show which is full of irony, social commentary and a little bit of kitsch.