Sentences with phrase «movie pokes fun at»

Devised by acting - writing comedy team Lowe and Oram and co-scripted by Amy Jump, director Ben Wheatley's professional and personal partner, the movie pokes fun at the social limitations of these lumpen Midlanders without sneering at or patronizing them.

The movie pokes fun at everything and it takes a sledgehammer to the fourth wall.

How does this movie poke fun at the interconnectedness of these opposing forces?

Deadpool starts in a good place but eventually starts to skip to the same beat as all the superhero movies it pokes fun at, pitting our antihero against a sadistic bad guy in a CGI - heavy final battle, the fate of his love hanging in the balance.

Whereas that movie poked fun at literary aspirations, plot - heavy 2006 sequel «Fay Grim» grappled with a post-9 / 11 world in which the elusive Henry became a wanted terrorist.

The first Deadpool movie poked fun at that oft - maligned iteration of the character by way of an action figure, only for Deadpool 2 to take the gag a step further and violently eliminate the 2009 version of the character from canon by way of execution.

Not exact matches

Oscars host Chris Rock poked fun at the divide between prestige movies and mainstream tastes during the show.

It doesn't matter whether a movie explores the atrocities of war, glorifies war, or even pokes fun at war — I just can't sit through ninety minutes of human beings blowing each other to pieces without facing the temptation to give up on the goodness of God altogether.

I'll throw my support behind a power - hungry dame who shamefully told relatives of four people murdered at diplomatic compounds in Benghazi, Libya, that the killers were not terrorists, but ordinary Muslims driven to an uncontrollable rage by a stupid Internet movie that poked fun at the Prophet Mohammed.

This movie did a good job of poking fun at Christian stereotypes — something we always appreciate.

It pokes fun at itself and horror movies that proceeded it in an original and entertaining way.

Taking a step back from leading roles, the actor then poked fun at the movie industry with a cameo in director Kevin Smith's satire Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back before playing a supporting part opposite Christina Ricci in the big - screen adaptation of Elizabeth Wurtzel's memoir, Prozac Nation.

In its own weird little way, Thor: Ragnarok manages to poke fun at the constant churn of myth and entertainment of which the movie itself is a part.

And much like last year's «Wreck - It Ralph» (or the more tonally similar «Adventure Time»), «The Lego Movie» anticipates a certain attention - deficit quality in its audience, constantly plunging the action into new and different realms, while poking fun at the various characters and customs that make each sort of silly along the way.

First off, I was eager to see this movie for no other reason than to poke fun at performers like David Blaine (a talented close - up magician in his own right) whose careers have centered around boring endurance stunts.

This is a movie that knows exactly what it wants to do — to poke fun at the deathly serious tone and the assorted clichés that have become common within superhero movies.

Where Austin Powers poked fun at the James Bond movies» familiar tropes and old - fashioned misogyny by imitating them to exaggerated levels, Spy's female focus allows for a different and more knowing kind of parody, while also giving McCarthy her most nuanced role to date.

Taking the piss out of zombie movies and yet applying by their rules, Shaun is a fun, playful film that pokes fun at Britishness in all its form.

After the Duplass brothers» no - budget 2005 debut feature The Puffy Chair put them on the map, they followed up by poking fun at their own DIY aesthetic in Baghead, which follows four friends who want to make a movie, but are creatively bankrupt.

Back in the long ago days of 2012, the idea of Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum teaming up for a buddy cop comedy adaptation of the»80s television series 21 Jump Street seemed like an absurd idea destined for failure, and the movie right away poked fun at the lack of originality in its concept along with the industry trend at large of adapting old series.

He is the man who broke Broadway records for most Tony Award wins with The Producers (an adaptation of his own movie); who satirized Westerns and racism in Blazing Saddles; and who poked fun at monster movies with Young Frankenstein.

This movie is a good time, poking fun at 80s» culture and featuring a vibrant soundtrack.

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the generic action movie lead, poking fun at himself and the genre he ruled, while Die Hard's John McTiernan delivers the action fans would expect.

And as 2016's Deadpool made clear, the greatest of those powers may be his complete self - awareness: The majority of jokes in Deadpool were focused on flaying the titular hero and the superhero industrial complex, whether that meant poking fun at Reynolds's career and Fox's run of bad superhero movies or inserting raunchy one - liners and superfluous gore into the movie's big action sequences in order to earn its rare - for - the - genre R rating.

If only the movie were at least terrible in a funny way (a la DOLEMITE) one could reasonable have a good time poking fun at it, but unfortunately it is so tedious the only solace to be gained is by turning it off completely.

Like the undead forces poked fun at within the movie itself, this franchise just doesn't know when to stay dead for good.

The good news is that Coogan and Brydon are as good as they've been in the previous movies, willing to poke fun at the public personas, their private lives, and their careers in ways that continue to be pretty brave.

The promotional material loves to poke fun at the movie somewhat being a love story in addition to non-stop juvenile dialogue and severed heads, but it's not necessarily a lie.

The Honest Trailer for Justice League pokes fun at the DC Extended Universe, the movie's production troubles and the copious use of CGI.

The presumptuously titled Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, based on Dav Pilkey's first four children's books in the Captain Underpants series (all of which have amusingly lengthy titles themselves), pokes a lot of fun at the concept of superheroes, the concept of action movies and the very cinematic medium in which it's found itself.

The great popcorn movie that sparked the use of the line «that's not a knife», starred Paul Hogan as Mick Dundee and Linda Kozlowski and used the «Australian cowboy» goes to America jibe to poke fun at both the US and their perception of Australians.

Whereas Shaun twisted and made light of the zombie genre, Hot Fuzz pokes fun at the cop buddy movie made so famous by movies like «Lethal Weapon» and «Rush Hour.»

X-Men Apocalypse, X-Men Days of Future Past, and X-Men First Class are the other movies that Wade Wilson pokes fun at.

As you might imagine, there isn't much plot one can follow in Epic Movie, as it is mostly just a reason to poke fun at well - known films with rabid fan bases for easy mass consumption.

For all of its flaws, Gringo is actually entertaining; it ultimately fails at sending any worthwhile message regarding Americans stirring up problems in Mexico (save for a great newspaper article at the end poking fun at current events) but the movie never drags even if it does take a while for the craziness to pick up.

If the player just leaves the game running, the newscast will continue, even with hilarious commercials that poke fun at real commercials, movies and TV shows.

Blood Dragon doesn't miss a chance to poke fun at video game and action movie standards, although it does so with all of the subtlety of a sledgehammer.

The Deadly Tower of Monsters takes cliches from retro science fiction B - movies and pokes fun at its tropes in a genuinely humorous...

Whereas The Stick of Truth was fantasy - themed, The Fractured But Whole pokes fun at the current popularity of superhero movies.

Obviously, these may not be present in the final game as we see it, but it's poking fun at the movie in a charming and loveable way and we wouldn't expect it any other way.

In fact, Dino Crisis pokes fun at itself at one point when one of the characters proclaims, «This is just like that movie.»

When the film poked fun at executive producer Steven Spielberg with a «holoplex» movie theater ad for «Jaws 19,» was it simply looking for an easy cultural reference or did it somehow predict the 3 - D sequel - mania that would grip Hollywood in the first decades of the 21st century?

The movie, a twist on Henry James» 1886 The Bostonians, pokes fun at any individual or group that clings too closely to its cause, says a Parker Film Company website.