Sentences with phrase «maligned genre»

Director Raja Gosnell is no stranger to this much - maligned genre, with two live - action «Scooby Doo» films under his belt, as well as «Beverly Hills Chihuahua» (cutely referenced when a white chihuahua laments that «nobody makes talking - animal movies anymore»).

Unless you're squeamish about frank sex scenes, there's no risk here — Sleeping With Other People gives its much - maligned genre a good name.

But writer - director Leslye Headland (Bachelorette) works a strange magic with familiar material, proving how effective this often - maligned genre can be when invested with sincerity, wit, and honesty.

Black Panther and the Promise of Science Fiction By Devika Girish A studio - sized engagement with race under the sign of Afrofuturism, Ryan Coogler's Black Panther taps into a maligned genre's superpowers, from high - gloss to lo - fi

In a way, «The Spectacular Now,» based on the novel by Tim Tharp with a screenplay by» (500) Days of Summer» writers Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, has given a maligned genre a shot of freshness and emotion.

Elizabeth Noble is one of my favourites in that maligned genre, and this is my favourite one.

But more importantly, that sequel to the Rosetta stone of the modern sci - fi / horror / action film (combining not one, not two, but three maligned genres) also earned Sigourney Weaver an Oscar nomination for Best Actress — a confirmation that the Academy could look past a long - held horror bias to celebrate superb genre performances.

Not exact matches

Perhaps due to the choices to cover older works, they're more able than ever to produce intelligent, thoughtful, and informative criticism — while this article maligns their production value as no better than «the average Youtube video,» editing a video review to provide context via clips of the film is a step beyond what the vast majority of populist or even academic film criticism has done in the past, let alone other related films in the genre and in the director's oeuvre for context.

So while it may be a humorous look at a much maligned sub genre by having our lead character visualise himself in romantic movie scenarios, it could also be Justin Reardon thinking he's clever by presenting a visual aide to his narrator's plight.

Willow Creek: Bobcat Goldthwait turns his distinctive sensibilities towards that unfairly maligned horror genre — the found footage thriller.

Documenting the evil growing inside two ten - year old twins, writer - director Christopher Denham's Home Movie creates a completely believable film in the much - maligned found footage genre, using mostly faux - Camcorder footage shot during holidays or special celebrations — those times when people do actually film things they want to keep as memories.

The Shooter genre is much maligned in mainstream media, and it's easy to end up with a monolithic view of who Shooter gamers are.