Sentences with phrase «makes escapist entertainment»

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.

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

Not exact matches

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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...