Sentences with phrase «make escapist»

But, it is drags like 2016 that make escapist entertainment like the movies such a vital part of our cultural identity.

Luckily, Dan Trachtenberg's «10 Cloverfield Lane» has the director and actors to make it an escapist ride worth jumping on.

The Rundown is a pretty dumb film, but knows it is, and director Peter Berg (Very Bad Things) wisely plays almost everything for laughs, making this an escapist romp that's not too dark or violent to enjoy.

The filmmakers are delving into same very dark places at the same time that they are making an escapist and, at times, tongue - in - cheek thriller.

The variety is outstanding and makes The Escapists 2's campaign constantly feel fresh.

This difficulty is probably what's made The Escapists 2 such a success for Team 17 and Mouldy Toof Studios.

Working with production designer John Barry and special effects supervisor John Dykstra, writer - director George Lucas makes escapist entertainment respectable again, and more — he turns it into art.

Kyle Orland couldn't and he made an Escapist project out of it, even seeking help from Ian Bogost.

Not exact matches

If the truth has made us «odd,» if we have not accommodated ourselves out of all recognition, then it will appear to some people that we're running away, that we're living an escapist existence, that we're outsiders, even outlaws — whereas the truth is that we're the insiders, because we're bearing God's reality, not the world's.

What The Escapists 2 does not do is make itself significantly more accessible and forgiving.

Even today, there is something remarkable about a well - structured western, something of an escapist film poised to make us reimagine and relate.

Fantasy, yes, but hardly escapist in the astonishing pertinence with which it reduces the hawkish military and political ambitions of the day to derisory farce while demonstrating the infallibility with which love goes on making the world go round.

Sprinkled with little personality bits here and there (Tallahassee's mad quest for an ever - elusive Twinkie, Columbus's crippling fear of clowns, etc.), Zombieland doesn't break any new ground in the horror genre so much as make for a strong dose of escapist fun for knowing fans of the films.

But below you'll find a further 50, generally made up of more escapist / popcorn - y blockbuster fare.

Hellboy makes for some fun escapist entertainment for fans of the the darker comic style films, such as Men in Black, X-Men, and Blade.

I remember Jim Sterling of The Escapist ranting about Dark Souls II as an example where the gaming industry attempts to «appeal to a wider audience» or «widen the net» for an already well - made game with a dedicated niche audience (Dark Souls): http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/jimquisition/7340-Guns-Blazing And here we are with one of the same guys saying Dark Souls II is not for Wii U owners?

All together, they make for a dishy, star - studded, escapist romp that's less than six hours long.

Seeing Sean Astin (son of John Astin and Patty Duke) and his pranksters turn into commandos who wipe out the nasty invaders makes for purely escapist, crowd - pleasing pleasure.

I don't need to tell you why that's disconcerting, but it also means maybe the best reason to see Rules Don't Apply is that it is the very definition of escapist cinema: It will make you feel as if everything could be all right.

It is for the underdogs, for the escapists and for those fans who believe that «video games are the only thing that make life bearable.»

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening November 23, 2007 BIG BUDGET FILMS August Rush (PG for slight violence, mild profanity and mature themes) Freddie Highmore stars as the title character in this escapist fantasy about a promising musical prodigy who runs away from an orphanage to New York City to find his parents (Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Myers) only to end up living with a Fagin - like wizard (Robin Williams) and lots of other kids in a makeshift shelter in an abandoned theater which was once the Fillmore East.

It's a PG - rated film, so nothing gory or truly abhorrent occurs, and you never truly sense that anyone is in real danger for even a moment, which makes it suitable all but the most squeamish of children as a mildly scary and generally amusing escapist adventure.

«Choke» (2008) 2008 was not a great year for the festival, with films like «Assassination Of A High School President,» «Transsiberian,» «What Just Happened,» «The Escapist» and «The Great Buck Howard» all under - performing when they finally made it to screens.

What makes it so enjoyable as formulaic escapist entertainment are the little tweaks that Black has made to the template.

It makes me wonder whether Scorsese wouldn't have rather gotten rid of the kiddie stuff altogether and focused only on the more grown - up geeky side of it all... except that movie couldn't have been marketed as an escapist holiday treat for families.

Some may prefer the more fantastical and escapist nature of Spielberg, but for me, this is the finest film he's made.

The Escapists series began in 2014 as a Steam early access game before being completed a year later in 2015 and then made its way to consoles soon after, giving fans the underdog story — the one where the little indie game worked through early access, gained critical recognition, and eventually got a promising sequel — that we all love.

A dazzling treat for the eyes, Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland merits a viewing for some stunningly realized escapist entertainment, albeit with the downside of Burton's penchant for making the characters» external appeal more defined than anything they might have going on inside their minds or hearts.

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While not offering much in the way of engrossing and emotionally involving human drama, Twister does deliver all the exciting, exhilarating popcorn thrills one would expect from an action blockbuster, making it ideal summer escapist entertainment that should cause a storm of business at the box office.

Guillermo del Toro's escapist fantasy - romance The Shape of Water was the biggest winner, the story of a young woman's love for a captured sea creature — with best picture and best director, setting the official seal of approval on what is, by any measure, a beautifully made movie to which audiences have responded with distinctively sensual delight.

Attempts are made to have some social significance and allegorical plotting, but let's face it, Planet of the Apes is to its very core escapist entertainment in its most purest form.

It's an escapist dream come true, another world brought to life so fully that it makes you dearly want to jump through the screen to join the action.

Rupert Wyatt Indie Work: Wyatt had only short films behind him (most notably 2004's «Get The Picture») when he made his first film in 2008, the low - budget prison thriller «The Escapist,» which starred Brian Cox, who'd also appeared in the short, alongside Joseph Fiennes, Seu Jorge, Liam Cunningham, Dominic Cooper and Damian Lewis.

In 2008 director Rupert Wyatt made his debut with British film «The Escapist».

Green for Danger is an escapist entertainment made just after the close of World War II — a classical whodunit with an impeccably droll Scotland Yard inspector in charge of the proceedings — and it is at the same time a film pervaded by the war just...

I made that choice intentionally, though it entailed certain risks, the first, quite simply, that places of such celebrity may upstage characters and events; the second, that they will make the story seem superficial or glib, like the escapist fiction you buy at the airport to distract yourself from the boredom and anxiety of flying.

That makes Julie Cazzin's feature on snowbirds a practical guide to following the sun or at least an escapist fantasy for those resigned to another winter of putting on snow tires and shovelling driveways.

The superpowered characters all trying their hardest to look cool, the jutsus, peculiar, colorful clothes, the whole ninja faggotry and everything about the Naruto world fuels their escapist fantasies, while the pity - party character backgrounds, emphasis on revenge, and overall preachiness of the series make it fit just right with the mary - sueish drives of your average preteen and his sense of unwarranted self - importance towards the world.

The boys girls over at Escapist managed to get in touch with Prelude who attempted to validate his claims without actually revealing his identity, but currently Escapist have made no mention of actually being able to verify his claims.

Debuting in the charts this month is also The Escapists 2, Rayman Legends: Definitive Edition, Knack II, Metroid: Samus Returns, Yakuza Kiwami and Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite, making it a grand total of 16 new entries in the charts this September.

In development for about a year, the indie sensation has made fans all across the board, with The Escapist calling the preview trailer «quite simply amazing,» PC Gamer praising it as «insanely beautiful,» and IGN stating that the game has «visuals to challenge the very best games on the market.»

The Escapists 2 will feature: Multiplayer — In a first for the series, The Escapists 2 offers drop - in / drop - out play offering both split screen and online play for up to four players in both co-op and versus modes New ways to escape — Tie together knotted sheets and use them to climb down high windows in our new multi-level prisons and other new ways to make a break for freedom!

● Josh Vanderwall - The Escapist: «The concept behind the Return 2 Games seven - part retrological makes me want to love it even more.»

The Escapists: The Walking Dead is a fun 8 - bit indie puzzle / role - playing / survival simulation hybrid which makes excellent use of The Walking Dead comic book license.

One more thing I'd like to add: So far Derek Smart, The Escapist and the claimed sources have made many (mostly dubious) allegations and haven't shown any evidence to back these allegations.

Team17 makes a break for it with The Escapists 2, their retro - styled jailbreak simulator.

If you haven't played yet, The Escapists series is half puzzle, half RPG, and the combination of these two styles, in conjunction with the high - intensity environment of a prison, come together to make something unique that also satisfies you intellectually.

Then we'd get more revelations of what the money was used for — I'm especially drawn to the second page of The Escapist's report where an employee says «deep down, Chris Roberts wants to make movies».

Escapist Games Ltd was founded in 2008 by a couple of ex-Electronic Arts AAA console game developers to make games and apps for the then newly emerging direct - to - consumer app stores.