Sentences with phrase «more tongue in cheek»

My comment about RECO and REBBA 2002 were more tongue in cheek than abject....

Some of its set pieces feel more tongue in cheek than the other games (see the ghost ship in No - man's Wharf), but if that means we get to fall hundreds of feed through a tear in time and space onto a throne room suspended in a chaos realm before taking on an ancient king and his cronies with a litany of soldier friends at our back — it's straight up Paradise Lost fan - fiction — then I don't mind some cheese on occasion.

A more tongue in cheek approach to food and «evolving» research is summed up by this author: «we're left to figure out which of the food headlines we should take to heart, and which should be taken with a grain of unrefined, mineral - rich sea salt....

I decided to make mine rather more tongue in cheek than some of the others did, but they were all hugely entertaining...

I've said it a few times now, more tongue in cheek, but I do now wonder if Wenger is deliberately sabotaging the results.

Here's an old post I did about the concept of atheist's being angry at god though, since I guess that applies — though I think this was more tongue in cheek even if it didn't go across perfectly:

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While there's an argument to be made that AI is over-hyped as a technology, there's data to back up Sanwal's tongue - in - cheek advice: Mergers and acquisitions of AI startups increased by a factor of seven between 2011 and 2015, from five to more than 35 deals, according to the research firm.

He made the case that men could genuinely be more susceptible to bad bouts of flu in an article for the British Medical Journal's famously tongue - in - cheek Christmas edition.

Saxo publishes its outrageous predictions at year end partly tongue in cheek and partly to provoke more serious dialogue.

The post was more or less a tongue - in - cheek comment on a group of people I knew at that time who loved nothing better than arguing theology.

During Thank Your Vicar week Karen Murdarasi takes a tongue - in - cheek look at the job description... More

These hidden gems from Genesis, and many more besides, are revealed in Paul Kerensa's upbeat, tongue - in - cheek interpretation of the Bible's curtain - raiser.

I'm guessing you're being a bit more than tongue - in - cheek here.

I've been copying your recipes for my very carnivorous family (tongue in cheek), there would be a revolt if I announced that we will be eating plant - based diet only but I am trying to limit the meat / poultry / seafood portions and focus more on plant - based portions to very good results.

Few things bother me more than when I'm accused of being a misandrist as I was in my last HuffPo column, Hot or Not: Why Women Shouldn't Pick Attractive Husbands, a tongue - in - cheek look at what women (wrongly) consider attractive in a man.

I think the tone was meant to be a bit more «tongue - in - cheek» and just didn't come across right.

There's a wide spectrum of what «letting yourself go» means, and from my experience as a twice - married and divorced woman, I will say here's what I've observed — most of us are totally capable of losing weight, exercising more and looking better once we're divorced and perhaps looking for new love, which is why I say we should all act like we're divorced in our marriage (again, tongue - in - cheek).

It's a bit tongue in cheek and kids will get a good laugh at poor Pig's expense — and maybe be a bit more inclined to take turns with the toddler beside them at circle time.

Celeste keeps you in stitches as she makes fun of the often unrealistic, perfect and usually airbrushed images that celebrities post on Instagram by adding her own tongue - in - cheek twist to remind us that we are all... [Read more...]

The approach this time is a little more tongue - in - cheek — it's a take on the classic idea of a Top Ten list, in this case looking at Ten Ways to Completely Blow Your Online Presence in 2010.

The approach this time is a little more tongue - in - cheek — it's a take on the classic idea of a Top Ten list, in this case looking at Ten Ways...

So it was more than a little strange, said Katwala with tongue in cheek, that only now we have an Old Etonian as Tory leader is the question of class off the agenda.

Far more tongue - in - cheek is Marcia Bartusiak's Black Hole (Yale University Press, $ 27.50), which traces black holes to a 1783 paper by English astronomer John Michell.

They are of a similar vintage with Agatha Christie's whodunnits, but a lot sassier / more tongue - in - cheek.

The title of my article referring to the «perfect» profile is more tongue - in - cheek than realistic.

Some are recurrently woven into the film's crazy quilt, others feature as stand - alone major panels; a few more are mere fragments, adding to the sense of a chaotic exquisite - corpse story war held together by the thinnest, most tongue - in - cheek pretexts.

Aware that he can't possibly meet viewers» expectations, Scott has made a different film, more florid, baroque, and tongue - in - cheek.

This is one of the more depraved and messed up movies I've ever seen, but it's actually quite enjoyable, done really well, and makes for good watching once you realize that it is clearly a VERY tongue - in - cheek satire.

Sublimely trashy, this conceptual sequel to 1997's surprise hit, «Anaconda,» doesn't expect to be taken any more seriously than its schlock predecessor, and keeps its tongue - in - cheek thrills flowing rapidly.

It's arguable that because Shrek 2 has a more tongue - in - cheek, parodic sensibility, it can get away with such a heartwarming message purely by virtue of not looking or sounding like a Disney film.

The acting was improved by everyone, more intense and unpredictable twists, tongue in cheek jokes that actually made me laugh.

You can read more about the game in our preview from December of last year or take a look at the tongue - in - cheek behind the scenes vidoc (video documentary).

More recently, a few Hollywood productions have let him explore a more tongue - in - cheek side to his persona («Horrible Bosses» and «Fright Night» for example), but before that in American films, he was largely squeezed into straight - up hero or classic villain roMore recently, a few Hollywood productions have let him explore a more tongue - in - cheek side to his persona («Horrible Bosses» and «Fright Night» for example), but before that in American films, he was largely squeezed into straight - up hero or classic villain romore tongue - in - cheek side to his persona («Horrible Bosses» and «Fright Night» for example), but before that in American films, he was largely squeezed into straight - up hero or classic villain roles.

The «Martini Minutes» featurettes are nothing more than tongue - in - cheek self - promotions.

Thanks to the vagaries of Netflix's recommendation algorithm, it doesn't take more than a few steps to go from family - friendly kiddie pabulum like The Smurfs 2 to a left - field oddity like The Trotsky, a 2009 Canadian comedy that re-imagines Rushmore as a tongue - in - cheek Marxist crowd - pleaser.

«Working with Alexander» (13:34) applies the same treatment to writer / director Payne, with fewer tongue - in - cheek remarks, more insight from the subject himself, and, in lieu of fly - on - the - set hilarity, some omelette making.

It's hardly «Heaven's Gate,» but there's a similar grandiosity of ambition — and a familiar sense of folly — to Scott Cooper's «Hostiles,» a $ 40 million, independently produced, sure - to - be-R-rated Western in a marketplace where even a more broadly appealing oater, like Seth MacFarlane's tongue - in - cheek «A Million Ways to Die in the West,» can barely earn that -LSB-...]

From dates with actual trolls and tongue in cheek call girls to desperate virgins and STDs, there are a ton of great shows out there to make your own love life (or lack of one) seem more manageable.

It's hardly «Heaven's Gate,» but there's a similar grandiosity of ambition — and a familiar sense of folly — to Scott Cooper's «Hostiles,» a $ 40 million, independently produced, sure - to - be-R-rated Western in a marketplace where even a more broadly appealing oater, like Seth MacFarlane's tongue - in - cheek «A Million Ways to Die in the West,» can barely earn that kind of money back.

El Diablo is a slight but amusing made - for - cable Western that should please fans of the genre, but it's little more than a Silverado-esque tongue - in - cheek adventure.

While the film works as a weird, trippy, tongue in cheek horror film set at Disneyland, it's nothing more than a film school - made B - movie.

I say «playing around» not out of some noticed carelessness that went into crafting this movie, but more out of the playfulness, the near tongue - in - cheek aspect of You're Next that ultimately makes it one of, if not the, most satisfying, entertaining, and ridiculously enjoyable films at Fantastic Fest.

Hot Fuzz, Wright and Pegg's loving send - up of action comedies, suggests that its makers got more out of Bad Boys II and Point Break — two of its tongue - in - cheek touchstones — than most filmmakers get out of Citizen Kane and The Grand Illusion.

«Grimsby» doesn't pretend to have much to say about anything - notwithstanding a final tongue - in - cheek plea on behalf of «scum» («It's scum who keep the «Fast and Furious» franchise alive»), which plays more as a late gag than a theme.

The company's Twitter is mainly focused on promoting its movies, but it's more tongue - in - cheek than the typical corporate account — as in this viral tweet about sneaking a screener of Moonlight to Vice President Mike Pence, a notoriously anti-L.G.B.T. legislator.

On Community, he's constantly trying to find the right tone on a series that is relentlessly tongue - in - cheek yet also calls for stunt work more characteristic of a drama — for example, the paintball scene in the «Modern Espionage» episode of the most recent Season 6.

But the humor here is a little more sarcastic and tongue - in - cheek; these efforts to keep the protagonists relevant for the post-modern generation serve the film adequately.

Similar in tone to the brilliant brainwash montage at the centre of Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View, this short film starts out by showing a most wondrous patriarchal Christmas morning but soon depicts murder and mayhem within a monarchy — a number of these images rendered all the more tongue - in - cheek by the fact that they're excerpted from cinematic Shakespeare adaptations of yesteryear.

More tongue - in - cheek than anything else, but who can deny that Javier Bardem very much undervalues Jennifer Lawrence and their baby in «mother!»

I guess I was expecting a movie with a 2012 vibe to it, so a little more tongue - in - cheek.