Sentences with phrase «of escapist entertainment»
Rather than being a light, fun piece of escapist entertainment, The Golden Circle suffers from trying to do too much.
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In terms of escapist entertainment, but the only escape I yearned for during Eragon is the alluring sight of the «Exit» sign on either side of the movie theater screen.
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.
Though you wouldn't have any real reason to suspect it, Stardust stands out as one of the year's purest and surest forms of escapist entertainment.
Luckily, by the time we get to this point, we have been sufficiently entertained to deem Innerspace a worthwhile form of escapist entertainment, with clever ideas, a nice cast of actors, and some very good special effects.
Like most good sci - fi, The Expanse is both a solid form of escapist entertainment and at times an eerily accurate reflection of the present.
Not every show on TV needs to be taken seriously, and «Strike Back» is a fun slice of escapist entertainment.
It's an enjoyable bit of escapist entertainment, mixing some sharp gags in between the...
It's an enjoyable bit of escapist entertainment, mixing some sharp gags in between the more obvious jokes.
But if games challenge the mind as much as this new research suggests, why do people in search of escapist entertainment find them so captivating?
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It's just one example of how «Django Unchained» is one of those films that works on multiple levels, either as pure escapist entertainment or as something deeper.
Definately not an Oscar contender, but in a year of mediocre to awful films, this one manages to entertain and serves to deliver some escapist entertainment to the public.
«The Equalizer» is hardly groundbreaking stuff compared to Fuqua and Washington's last collaboration, but it's a slick crowd - pleaser that provides the escapist entertainment of any good action flick.
Hellboy makes for some fun escapist entertainment for fans of the the darker comic style films, such as Men in Black, X-Men, and Blade.
The fierce, female warriors and the complex heroes of color are not just an overdue and welcome change, they inject a jolt of relevance into escapist entertainment that signals a seismic cultural shift on the big screen.
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.
Director Brad Peyton has proven to be a frequent collaborator of Johnson's (San Andreas, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island), and however it turns out, we're hopeful that Rampage will turn out at least to deliver the pure escapist entertainment we crave.
But, it is drags like 2016 that make escapist entertainment like the movies such a vital part of our cultural identity.
As both thrilling spectacle and escapist summer entertainment, «World War Z» is enormously effective, with Brad Pitt at the center hopscotching the globe in search of the origin of a zombie apocalypse.
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It's as if the entertainment industry has crises of identity whenever they think people don't want escapist diversions but direct addresses to their ills.
The movie has no added level of profundity; it is still typical escapist entertainment.
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.
The old master, Steven Spielberg, creates escapist entertainment about a shitty, dystopian world (2045) in which the escapist entertainment is a virtual reality video game with the sweep of the internet called «The Oasis.»
That is who I recommend this movie for: Adults who (hopefully) already have a clearly developed sense of right and wrong and can take this movie for the silly, fun, cartoonish, escapist entertainment that it is.
This will probably be the best escapist entertainment of the winter season, and I can wholeheartedly recommend it for those looking for a journey back to old school B - action film glory.
Mission: Impossible is a solid piece of summer escapist entertainment.
While not offering much in the way of engrossing and emotionally involving human drama, Twister does deliver all the exciting, exhilarating popcorn thrills one would expect from an action blockbuster, making it ideal summer escapist entertainment that should cause a storm of business at the box office.
Attempts are made to have some social significance and allegorical plotting, but let's face it, Planet of the Apes is to its very core escapist entertainment in its most purest form.
Historically Bollywood's appeal has been based around family - friendly entertainment, with songs, elaborate dance sequences and heroic action scenes sprinkled across 180 minutes of escapist, tear - jerking melodrama.
Though these types of films feel out of place in gritty»70s cinema, the escapist entertainment they offer is irresistible and comforting.
Green for Danger is an escapist entertainment made just after the close of World War II — a classical whodunit with an impeccably droll Scotland Yard inspector in charge of the proceedings — and it is at the same time a film pervaded by the war just...
To an outside observer or casual gamer, Dark Souls often defies what is «fun» about the hobby; these are not lightweight escapist fantasies or benign and mindless entertainments filled with beloved cartoon characters, but relentless tests of focus and skill.