Sentences with phrase «of mainstream entertainment»

As suggested by their titles — The Audition, The Rehearsal and The Interview — in each of the three installations making up The Woods, a particular show business ritual becomes the locus of meaning through which to more broadly reflect upon and decode the machinery of mainstream entertainment.

It isn't even representative of what games currently are - it is merely a simple, unflattering window into the current state of mainstream entertainment culture.

On that latter note, KHNH has been a trailblazer of sorts on the global marketplace, opening up territories that had previously not been so receptive to Indian film fare — most notably, Germany, where this film's massive success established a major market there for Bollywood, which has now become a bit of a mainstream entertainment staple there.

While Jewison's films err on the side of mainstream entertainment over the avant - garde, his legacy endures.

It all sounds like a recipe for the most noxious liberal jerk - off movie since «Crash,» but in the hands of writer - director Richard LaGravenese, Freedom Writers turns out to be a superb piece of mainstream entertainment — not an agonized debate over the principles of modern education à la «The History Boys,» but a simple, straightforward and surprisingly affecting story of one woman who managed to make a difference.

Porn producers can get away with making big profits through obvious copying and exploitation of the intellectual property of mainstream entertainment companies, yet those same mainstream copyright holders are going after websites that allow individuals to swap movies and music that they probably never would have bought in the first place.

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«Now that gaming is a mainstream form of entertainment, the games market follows the dynamic of the population at large, which is aging,» Van Dreunen says.

Demonstrating how much SXSW has become a mainstream entertainment industry event, HBO will also have some heavy duty merchandising ploys, such as a tasting for its new line of Game of Thrones - themed wines.

«Just as these misguided arbiters of the mainstream view an adult entertainment star as an anathema to the political process,» she said, when she eventually decided against a bid, «so too do they view the dishwasher, the cashier or the bus driver.»

Could you really find enjoyment in such a mainstream form of entertainment when you lost all respect for Radiohead after OK Computer?

We live in an era in which fantasies of death and destruction are commonplace in mainstream forms of entertainment.

It would reduce the ability of mainstream news and entertainment media to provide cover for liberal politicians.

Just as the charismatic movement introduced the musical influence of mainstream American Christianity back into Pentecostal circles, the new, respectable Pentecostals could not help absorbing the entertainment tastes of Silent Majority America.

The unintended consequence of these supportive actions have opened a virtual Pandora's box, revealing a smorgasboard of s@xu = al depravity that runs the gamut from NAMBLA to growing ranks of pedophile teachers, emboldened by the brazen behaviors seen in «Pride parades» and an increasingly risque mainstream media that panders to the lowest common denominator in entertainment.

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State of Play succeeds as mainstream entertainment to the point where it hardly makes sense to complain about its pulled political punches.

Moreover, Happy Feet's eco-politics are presented cogently and without the embarrassing scolding of mainstream fare like Fast Food Nation, while its ultimate hope for a free exchange of ideas in a world forum (the UN features prominently in its last half hour), coloured though they may be by entertainment media and our strange weakness for «cute,» is actually genuinely inspirational.

We bring you mainstream film reviews and interviews, reviews of DVD's, Theater, Music, and all of the other genres of entertainment in the area.

But on a pure pop level, as a piece of big - time mainstream entertainment, let us also celebrate this:

As a history lesson for scholars of game design, this is a genuinely educational product, providing firsthand experience with the birth of the console as a mass, mainstream entertainment product.

There are a couple of cool and interesting shots that are not normally seen in a mainstream R - rated comedy, and they add to the film's entertainment value.

As for McQueen's work, advance chatter had some wondering whether he had what it took to make a mainstream entertainment his third time around, but there won't be much questioning of that after doubters see «12 Years a Slave.»

Drawn into the world of adult entertainment by husband Chuck Traynor, Lovelace was catapulted to international fame with the release of Deep Throat, one of the first pornographic films to garner any kind of mainstream media attention.

Those of us who'd like to see better representation and treatment of women in our entertainment have been happy to see that conversation become fairly mainstream and unavoidable lately, but writer and actor Simon Pegg really wishes that all that talk would translate into more actual change.

Coming on the heels of the Supreme Court's decision on marriage equality is a noticeable increase in the amount of LGBT stories in mainstream entertainment.

Of course, this doesn't qualify as mainstream cinema, certainly not in this unrated 101 - minute director's cut that this week resurfaced on DVD and premiered on Blu - ray from Anchor Bay Entertainment alongside an unlikely remake's home video debut.

There is undeniable value in crafting smartly - executed (even if not actually smart) entertainment for a wide mainstream audience, but Disaster Movie is the kind of comedy where laughs go to die.

The very fact that these movies succeed is a reflection of the fact that audiences definitely do not read them or care about the longevity of the entertainment they support, even if their patronage is instrumental in lowering the bar for everyone and reducing the intellectual level of «mainstream» entertainment with each successive blockbuster.

On the year of Bond's 50th anniversary, here is Skyfall — a celebration of the character's full potential, this immortal member of mainstream fiction, in a glorious piece of entertainment that only has our respect for the «classics» keeping it from immediately being designated the secret agent's most spectacular movie yet.

MAYA ENTERTAINMENT www.maya-entertainment.com Based in Los Angeles, Maya Entertainment Group, Inc. is an independent multi-platform content and distribution company that has established itself as the leader of media product that appeals to the «new mainstream» of American Latino and Multi-cultural audiences.

But I do feel that to dismiss The Skelton Key — or Munich or Syriana or any movie that might be grouped under the heading of «mainstream popular entertainment» — simply because it isn't as complex in its arguments or as subtle in its art - making as some other movie that probably won't even reach cinemas in most cities across the country is to risk compromising one's own relevancy as a critic.

It also discovered that the main source of problems are Audio / Communications / Entertainment / Navigation (or ACEN for short), while also noting the fact that mainstream brands are closing the gap with premium ones.

Better equipped, more spacious and a step up in terms of both execution and entertainment, the all - new Megane is a gallic hatch with mainstream appeal, without the forced French - ness of some of its predecessors.

For your average reader, they have most of the mainstream magazines, such as Wired, Popular Mechanics, Bloomberg, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Macleans, People, and Vogue.

«Google Play is one of the most - visited and fastest - growing online entertainment destinations, and we look forward to the platform's large mainstream audience discovering and enjoying one of the most substantial digital manga catalogs available anywhere,» said Viz executive vice president and chief technology officer Gagan Singh.

While the Times has been reviewing and ranking ebooks for a short time, this marks the first time an author — albeit an author with a strong platform due to his well - known body of work as an entertainment critic, as opposed to an unknown debut author — has crossed over into its mainstream book reviews with a two - page review.

As a result, audiobooks have become mainstream entertainment enjoyed by millions of people.

Secluded from mainstream tourism, this peaceful villa retreat is just 15 km from the Ngurah Rai International Airport and is a 20 minutes drive from some of the island best shopping, dining and entertainment.

But as the ultimate realisation of Microsoft's now abandoned transmedia storytelling plan to blur the line between TV and video games, developer Remedy Entertainment has crafted a video game with all the qualities of a mainstream hit.

Aside from PC strategy game Total Annihilation, created at the ill - fated indie studio Cavedog Entertainment, Gilbert has stayed out of the mainstream eye, only returning when he joined Hothead Games to advise on the development of Penny Arcade Adventures in 2008.

With tens of millions of units sold and billions of dollars generated, Call of Duty has led game advocates to point out just how big and mainstream interactive entertainment has become.

In its ongoing exploration of the most exciting threads of the future of interactive entertainment, GAMEHOTEL turned its focus on the latest trends in the evolution towards a more mainstream acceptance of games.

While the previous generation of consoles truly brought gaming into the mainstream of home entertainment, the PS4 and Xbox One are both aiming to unify the two worlds to become dedicated entertainment systems.

With several installments featuring some of the most frightening and gripping first - person gaming experiences ever created, the DOOM franchise is a cultural milestone that has transcended the realm of video games on the way to becoming a mainstream entertainment phenomenon.

Over the next four days, the interactive entertainment industry will descend on the Los Angeles convention centre for a mammoth Bacchanalian celebration of mainstream games culture.

By subverting mainstream iconography from the worlds of advertising, entertainment and politics, he creates a visual framework that is bold, confronting and often controversial.

Following a non-linear narrative, the film brings together mainstream network news, activist footage, artists» works, and popular entertainment, referencing regimes of power that precipitated a generation of AIDS and queer activism and continues today with international struggles for freedom and expression.

True to his practice, his most recent series of paintings started from a collection of found images in mainstream news, sports, and entertainment media.

The exhibition looks at various modes of cultural indoctrination found within contemporary video gaming and mainstream music, and also looks at the rise of nostalgia for older forms of entertainment, like A / V and VHS.

By juxtaposing mainstream network news, activist footage, artists» work, and popular entertainment from the last turbulent decades, Untitled references regimes of power that precipitated a generation of AIDS and queer activism and continues today with international struggle and expression.