Sentences with phrase «macho posturing»

Resident Evil 7 puts you in the shoes of Ethan Winters, an everyman far removed from the hyper - macho posturing of Chris Redfield or the grimacing caricatures of angst that are your usual protagonists.

And so I was surprised to be relatively impressed at the subtlety of Jason Hall's approach here in this quiet, character - driven film that eschews macho posturing for stories that feel true.

There is too little knowledge and too much macho posturing.

«James White,» an indie exercise in macho posturing disguised as a tale of grief, reminds us that losing one's parents is psychically debilitating.

Cameron's repeated macho posturing on Miliband's weakness is quite ugly, to my eyes.

It is clearly a quality action thriller that's fuelled by Washington's powerhouse performance but the female demographic may be put off by the constant macho posturing that makes it positively reek of testosterone.

Meanwhile, Den of Thieves offers more than two hours of macho posturing from Gerard Butler

Four years later, here we are with «G.I. Joe: Retaliation,» a sequel of sorts, directed by Jon M. Chu («Step Up 3D»), that doesn't pretend to be anything it's not and never lacks noise, ridiculous macho posturing, rah - rah heroism, and stuff getting blown up.

And despite the number of female painters accepted into the Cedar's ranks — Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner, Hedda Sterne — being a woman amid all that tortured macho posturing could be unbearable.

All these cancellations of holidays is so much macho posturing.

Director Singleton and writer Christensen are far more interested in macho posturing and nasty...

Rather than contend with its shifting context and evolve, the Hummer brand adopted the macho posture of its proto - buyer, and turned itself into a social liability.

In a LA Times article on Hemingway, Maryville University professor Jesse Kavadlo points out that some of today's new male writers like Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)-- while still influenced by Papa's «macho posturing» — are «expressing a desire among men to find deeper forms of connection and communication than, say, staging fistfights or firing shotguns.»

That should not be on the basis of macho posturing or an instinctive desire for easy solutions, but on an anti-war basis.

Now Davis admitted, despite all the macho posturing about no - deal preparation, that he was unwilling to walk away from the table.

The macho posturing is troubling, as is the lack of a clear plan - but chemical attacks need an international response.

The government was yesterday warned against «macho posturing» over public sector pay, as union leaders criticised proposals to offer workers three - year pay deals.

As the cuttlefish approaches, the medieval - looking crab snaps into a macho posture, waving its sharp claws at its foe's vulnerable body.

With the macho posturing out of the way, it makes it easier to appreciate his powerful voice and million - dollar arrangements.

If Jen's presentation of herself as a sensual plaything means the men feel entitled to objectify and dehumanize her, their macho posturing as hunters in a rugged land makes them fitting prey once she finds her wounded - warrior mojo.

For all their macho posturing, you've got to wonder sometimes whether Leary and Tolan didn't spend their younger days watching soaps.

If ever there were a test case to suggest that Spielberg would've made a great Bond film, this is it, a breezy existential chase comedy which slices right through the macho posturing, cosmetic jingoism and oleaginous smugness of classic 007.

For Fast & Furious 6, director Justin Lin puts the same elements that made Fast Five successful (fast cars, macho posturing, thrilling fight scenes, larger - than - life action, and his main characters» «code of honor») in the juicer and mixes it all up.

German director Valeska Grisebach's third feature is a timely setup of foreign workers versus the natives, all enmeshed in xenophobia and macho posturing.

It regurgitates the genre's clichés until the point where it becomes Armageddon, but without that dud's insipient American jingoism, macho posturing and crappy Aerosmith songs.

In this way, it isn't terrible, at least not from a fanboy perspective, but without any aspirations, it's just idle filler of explosions, macho posturing, snarky repartee, and the occasional eye - candy shot of the actors» well - toned bodies.

Shelton has a way with puncturing male competitiveness and macho posturing but she crosses over from arthouse to multiplex with this comedy of friends who get into a pissing contest over, essentially, who is the least uptight and most free.

Some of the jokes at Star - Lord's (Chris Pratt) expense remind us that despite their testosterone - heavy surface, the Marvel films have been relentless in their mockery of macho posturing and male rivalry.

With such a sensitive character at its heart, all of the image manipulation both in front of and behind the cameras inevitably comes off as macho posturing — which is, this film suggests, precisely what drives the sport of boxing in the first place.

The brothers» wrestling holds and desperate hugs are more or less interchangeable, and there is none of the macho posturing you expect; only a potent intimacy that lays the groundwork for a gut - wrenching final twist.

It's not a good interview, not flattering and weirdly combative and the fact that Teller can't cut a tough piece of meat undercuts all his macho posturing.

Sadly, for all its macho posturing and gun - toting promise, The Town turns out to be as clean - cut as its hero, and about as convincing.

The brothers» bond is movingly drawn; in contrast to much of the film's macho posturing, there's real poignancy in their clashes.

Given the macho posturing for which the movement's adherents have earned a reputation — almost all of them were men — Joan Mitchell's prowess in this milieu is all the more remarkable.

It presents an obvious engagement with Jackson Pollock and the macho posturing associated with «action painting.»

In addition to anecdotes about Still's interactions with collectors Fred Weisman and Betty Freeman, and painter Richard Diebenkorn, Kessler addresses Still's notorious hostility noting: «I can understand why Warhol and the next generation reacted against Still's kind of macho posturing and grandiose pretensions - but a part of me admires his heroic ambition and his seriousness of purpose; and I sometimes wish we had more of that today.»

By contrast, Pretty Raw positions Frankenthaler as central to an alternative account of second - generation artists figured as more «feminine,» not only for the contributions of Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Jane Freilicher, and other women, but also for the gay artists who presented a counterpoint to the previous generation's macho posturing.

In the 1970s, for instance, female artists like Elizabeth Murray, Mary Kelly, and Ree Morton countered the macho posturing of the minimalists by working from an intimate point of view that embraced messy everyday detail.

Using it in work that so clearly evokes the New York School can not help but suggest a lighthearted riposte to the macho posturing of some of its members.

Forget about the grand ambition and scale (and macho posturing) that supposedly characterized Abstract Expressionism.

In many ways, the new approach to abstraction is indebted to female artists of the 1970s like Elizabeth Murray, Mary Kelly, and Ree Morton, who, railing against the macho posturing of the Minimalists, worked from an intimate point of view that embraced messy everyday detail.