Sentences with phrase «more escapist»

This altogether more escapist beachside project draws on pure white organic curves, porthole windows and circular light wells.

On the other hand, many works have a more escapist quality — dreamlike or nostalgic — encouraging slower modes of engagement and reflection.

No Hughes - directed film is without some pathos, but The Breakfast Club skews more towards drama and realism than Hughes» typically more escapist fare.

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

Not exact matches

Escapist fiction might be the answer but for those with more than a passing interest in politics, the Christmas break provides an opportunity for both serious and light - hearted reading.

Star Trek is more than an entertaining, escapist fantasy — it is also a superb educational tool, say writers, scientists and teachers.

Escapist gamers are more likely to become depressed, anxious, and develop social phobias.

It's an enjoyable bit of escapist entertainment, mixing some sharp gags in between the more obvious jokes.

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

It's an escapist fantasy film that more or less works as solid spectacle entertainment.

More importantly, it'll be crass, wrong, well acted, well written, and escapist, And so it could just keep us from blowing our brains out in 2009.

Those who enjoyed that movie thought it an amiable time - killer full of enough escapist laughs and action to sate their yearning for low - overhead entertainment, but they didn't exactly think that two more hours of the same is what is called for.

It's escapist entertainment with a genuine heart and playfulness and when it's called upon to be exciting, it has some excellent set - pieces that Spielberg is more than able to handle.The late Melissa Mathison's screenplay has a tendency to wander and the film could have been tighter but the visual effects are astonishing and Rylance and Clement really deliver the goods in the acting stakes.

To learn even more about the game, check out Shacknews» Escapists 2 gameplay interview with Team17, featured below.

The Escapists has been downloaded more than four million times since its launch, in spite of receiving the occasional middling review, and the young franchise has already done some interesting things along the way.

Team17 is well know for many of their published franchises such as the Escapists, Overcooked, Yooka - Laylee, and more.

Arrival, with its handwringing worthiness and easy answers, certainly meets these criteria as escapist balm for the masses, but this analysis ignores the fact that M Night Shyamalan's 2002 film Signs is not just a superior film about alien invasion (funnier, darker, more cinematic), but also a stronger allegory for the apocalyptic fever that has gripped America and, by extension, the world.

Poppy's perpetually sunny attitude is less an escapist impulse and more a brave strategy for dealing with life's burdens.

It's escapist fun that proves both exciting and engaging, even as the movie evolves from an Ocean's Eleven - style caper into a more routine cat - and - mouse chase.

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.

For the rest of this week and next, we're going to round some of them up, starting today with the 50 films we're most looking forward to out of everything (many with more of a dramatic bent) followed with another 50 tomorrow (with more of a genre / escapist leaning).

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.

Into Darkness is flashy, escapist fun that should do more than enough to please the average male between the ages of 9 and 59.

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.

It's still escapist fare, though the series» cartoon violence has become more graphic and the language a bit saltier.

Last February, after the election of Donald Trump, Barry Jenkins» African - American gay coming - of - age drama «Moonlight» was finally the more compelling message for the Academy to send, over the impeccably crafted escapist romantic musical «La La Land.»

Anyone simply looking for a fun, escapist entertainment that requires little - to - no thinking will find this film to be a more - than - welcome Kiss.

There's no shame in putting together a supergroup of talent like this for a bit of escapist entertainment but Caine and Freeman couldn't look more bored.

There was a heft to his presence that merited more serious consideration alongside his escapist action pictures.

It's an unsurprising fascination for the author of escapist fantasies that center on young boys of remarkable martial prowess, even less so for an author who has built a career... Read more»

My book is not «escapist / entertaining»; it's more challenging and literary, if not scholarly, which is more difficult (takes longer).

His work has appeared more than 40 publications, including Nintendo Power, PC Gamer, GameSpot, PlayStation The Official Magazine, EGM, GameSpy, IGN, Official Xbox Magazine, GamePro, The Escapist, Ars Technica, and many others.

I am a huge fan of indie games and games such as Terraria, The Escapists 2, Enter the Gungeon and many more coming to the Switch and being portable is a dream coming true.

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

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.

Team 17 will sound familiar as they are responsible for the Worms franchise and many more different titles including one of my all - time favorites, The Escapists.

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».

In this case, The Escapists 2 uses it when we expect rumble to happen (explosions, combat, loud alarms), but they will have less intense rumbles for smaller impacts, and more intense, sharper rumbles for big hits and explosions.

The Escapists 2 will offer more ways than ever to pass the time whilst incarcerated

At the end of the show, we talk about Jordan's time playing The Escapists 2 DLC, Assassin's Creed: Origins Discovery Tour, and more Florence.

Check out more reviews by Ricky at Fountain Arcade The Escapists 2 Nintendo Switch Developer: Team 17 Publisher: Team 17 Category: Role - playing, Simulation, Strategy Release Date: 01.11.2018 The Escapists 2 is the latest Nintendo Switch release from the delightful Team 17, and it is...

The Escapists 2 has a retro look to it, and much like the first game it has a top down type view but this time character models and animations are definitely more polished than the first game, looking slightly less pixelated and more rounded with additional shading.

I pay a lot more attention to coverage of my games get from sites like The Escapist than I do to Gamespot for exactly the reasons you suggest.

The Escapists 2 will feature multiplayer, a first for the series, as well as new ways to escape, new items to craft, a completely revamped combat system, new customisation options and more!

My personal work has been covered by the LA Times, Lifehacker, and VICE, and my advocacy and talks have been covered on Polygon, Kotaku, The Escapist, and more.

I spoke to studio co-founder and lead game designer Jeremy Spillmann about what motivates him and his team to bring difficult issues from the real world into what is usually seen as a purely escapist medium — and how Hatch might offer more opportunities to let smaller studios like Blindflug find a mass audience.

According to The Escapist's research, the whole publishing fiasco had a little more to it than we first thought.

The Escapists 2 introduces a brand new combat system to make every prison brawl more exciting and interactive.

Following a successful launch of The Escapists in... Read More»