Sentences with phrase «makes wry»

Lichtenstein therefore makes a wry comment on issues of morality and censorship in this painting.

It is very much a traditional adventure game, in which players control Marty McFly as he solves puzzles, uses items on the environment, and makes wry observations on his situation; if there are any elements of action or reflexes in BttF, I haven't seen them yet.

The film is peppered by Berkowitz's own narration, in which he makes wry comments and observations on the events in retrospect, and, I suspect, he's also taken certain dramatic liberties with some situations (most notably, the downward fortunes of his producer, Elie Samaha).

Meanwhile, Jason Bateman does what he does best as the straight man who makes wry, sarcastic comments from the side.

I made a wry comment that they seemed not to appreciate, and then went right to work.

She'd make a wry smile and say «There's no such thing as a free lunch» to mean «I don't have to give you anything.

Oliver Stone brewed paranoid tempests out of Nixon and JFK, and made wry fun of Dubya in W. Steven Spielberg, with his long - mooted look at the 16th and most hallowed of American Presidents, shows us the instinctive showman and restrained thinker.

After that, Atwood charmed us with her warmth, wit and wisdom as she made wry observations about writing and life.

Often grouped with the «Pictures Generation,» the artist has also made wry conceptual art, erotic drawings, and cat toys.

The rumpled combine, with its gestural smears and dribbles of oil paint, also made wry fun of the sometimes - grandiose claims for the Abstract Expressionist paintings of the generation that preceded him.

Pavlisko layered Harold «Doc» Edgerton's stop - motion photographs with vintage NBA posters, and the consequent accumulation of balls, baskets, and explosions (to which Pavlisko added comically melodramatic sculptures of drooping violins) made wry work of athletic machismo.

We sometimes make the wry comparison to high school.

Not exact matches

Not every humor instance need be joy inducing; a wry comment can be sufficient to seed the ground and make it possible for other moments to follow.

Published in 1844 and recounting a journey in the Middle East made a decade before, it is a masterpiece of the wry and elliptically self - mocking English travel memoir; only Eric Newby improved on the model in any respect.

The Sportswriter's cosmopolitan milieu of death - denying Jersey suburbs and wry commentary on New York magazine journalism has made its author more accessible to professors, who will start working him into their curriculum.

Rachel Eats Rachel Roddy, a wry British writer living in Rome, pairs Italian recipes with conversational, engaging narratives that make you feel like you're cooking with a friend.

«I think that was the first comment I made in the first round I played with Jordan: «I could be your dad,»» the 40 - year - old Swede with the dry wit added with a wry smile.

[72] On occasions when Blunkett was guided by then Prime Minister Tony Blair the wry comment has been made: «who is guiding whom?»

Like most theories about cognitive evolution, Changizi's is difficult to prove or disprove — behavior doesn't leave fossils, after all — but he builds a compelling case, and his wry style of storytelling makes for an entertaining read.

Tattersall makes it clear that he's arguing his interpretation of the fossil record, but even his opponents will find themselves chuckling at many of his wry, sometimes withering critiques, from the near - comical initial interpretation of the first Neanderthal skeleton to be unearthed (referenced in the book's title) to ongoing debate on whether our family tree is actually a bush.

This direct, wry approach fitness makes his fitness blog a pleasure to read.

Superb characterizations and riveting action are leavened by wry humor, making Deutschland delightfully addictive.

It may not keep you guessing to the end, but there are enough surprises and wry revelations, right down to the last play, to make this a most satisfying cinematic confidence game.

Yet when the film stays within the confines of Brad's wry voice and claustrophobically narrow worldview — revelling in the contradictions of his alternating tenderness and resentment towards his son, a talented musician seemingly all but guaranteed to surpass him professionally — it makes for a reasonably charming character study: «Enlightened» - lite.

The filmmakers can't decide if they're making a teen romance, a wry look at suburbia, or a broad farce.

Wry and self - aware but never finger - wagging, Office looks back on an economic precipice and finds more humor and spirit than any other depiction yet made about it.

Taking its title from the prediction fortune tellers use to beguile their marks, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, illustrates with wry humour how easy it is for our illusions to make fools of us all.

The wry saliency of this graphic scene isn't that Reygadas is Hegelian in his thoughts on the individual and the spirit, but how he exposes the absurdity of the rich seeking to make their sexual proclivities permissible by intellectualizing them.

Clooney always manages to make contact with his inner goof in his collaborations with the Coens, though in deference to the film's wry tone he reins in the early - Cary - Grant slapstick routine he's relied on in the past.

But no one fulfills his duty better than that lanky slice of wry known as Bill Nighy, who plays an aging matinee idol making hay as younger thespians are otherwise engaged.

In «From the Head,» a film made by and starring George Griffith, we spend a day in the life of Shoes, a wry, worldly grifter on his third anniversary of hanging out behind the men's room door of a Times Square club, drinking, smoking and secretly smirking at patrons as they pause to leave their tips.

Oscar - nominated short film director Patrik Eklund's feature debut showcases the wry wit that made his shorts so hugely popular in this tale of a small town telecom company plagued by anti-radiowave anarchists.

While that makes for a wide divide in audience reaction (something less reflected in critics» views), it is still easy to take Anderson objectively as a serious maker of wry films.

The issue of climate change figures prominently in Alexander Payne's wry science - fiction comedy «Downsizing,» though only at the end of a long and convoluted story that seems to be making itself up as it goes along.

The French playwright Yasmina Reza has made a career out of penning wry social satires («Art,» «Life x 3») that savagely skewer the hypocrisies, absurdities, and pretenses of bourgeois values.

The issue of climate change also figures prominently in Alexander Payne's wry science - fiction comedy «Downsizing,» though only at the end of a long and convoluted story that seems to be making itself up as it goes along.

The standout of the group is also the one we see most rarely in movies these days: Bergen lays into her character's wry aperçus with the impeccable timing and deadpan facial expressions that made her a comedic star on the sitcom «Murphy Brown.»

And the wry performances of its superb cast make it jarringly unforgettable.

Still, Diaz proves once again that she can make the most superficial ditz surprisingly sympathetic, and a very grown - up Applegate shows a wry, deadpan comic finesse that is much better than the material deserves.

But for a drama about death, it's also incredibly funny — not just wry funny, but also body humor funny — making for an interesting mix.

It isn't the wry, ironic humor that Kevin Williamson helped make a staple of modern horror, just something to ease (but not break) the tension.

Also valuable and worth noting is «La Vie En Rose» which of course featured a spectacular turn by Marion Cotillard that was unexpectedly celebrated by Oscar, Zoe Cassavetes «severely underrated, wry and sweet, «Broken English,» which includes a very winning and charming turn by Parker Posey; Susanne Bier «s Danish drama, «After the Wedding» and perhaps surprisingly equally engaging, her underrated survival and recovery drama, «Things We Lost In The Fire,» which is made great by Benicio Del Toro (and even Halle Berry evinces that she's capable of good work in spots), Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul «s always mysterious and bifurcated, «Syndromes And A Century» (which has elements of both sci - fi and comedy).

John Wick: Chapter Two has everything that made the first film great — fighting, neon lighting, a thumping soundtrack and wry humour — plus a whole host of extras.

Isaac, in a wonderful extended cameo, makes a meal out of the character's deceptive decorum and deliciously wry dialogue; for a few minutes, you can almost pretend you're watching some lost Coens caper, not this awkward approximation of one.

The mix of genre thrills, slick style, great visuals and wry humour makes The Lost Boys an absolutely essential vampire film.

His raffish good looks, velvety voice and wry warmth, which could just as easily flip into rascalry, made him a box office hit in roles such as an outrageous Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), the fearsome Severus Snape in the Harry Potter films and the late lamented lover in Anthony Minghella's amorous fantasy Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990).

Yokota: About the appearing characters, we ended up making Koei Tecmo Games really troubled (wry laugh).

Moonrise Kingdom Year: 2012 Director: Wes Anderson At the time of making Moonrise Kingdom, after seven features, Wes Anderson became unmistakable: white, upper - middle - class dysfunctional families deadpan wry dialogue amid meticulous mise - en - scène to an eclectic soundtrack.

It took the book culture by storm in 1996, turning critics apoplectic with praise while requiring some readers to make multiple attempts at hacking through its thicket of wry footnotes and serpentine, beautifully constructed sentences.

Mattie's wry, sanctimonious narration doesn't make the leap to the screen barring some voiceover (from older Mattie, played by Elizabeth Marvel) in the prologue and epilogue.