Sentences with phrase «of wry humour»

There's plenty of wry humour, too, such as Louise Bourgeois's sculpture of herself as a smiling five - legged cat.

their hallmark of wry humour reminds me of a female, modern - day Saki» while another suggests it's a delight «for both sexes»

Unfolding in a gentle manner full of wry humour, this section leads us to Aurora's torrid 1960s past, which returns to a silent cinema mode of piercing looks between the gorgeous young Aurora and her Errol Flynn - like beau, and expressionist lighting as the voiceover explains the action and quotes from exquisitely purple love letters.

A blend of wry humour and big, showy action, Thor Ragnarok is a very easy watch.

Not exact matches

Shaw aims to encourage aspiring SF authors but, unlike most «how to» books, which fall into the worthy but dull manuals and deal only with the nuts and bolts of a topic, this book is suffused with Shaw's characteristic wry Irish humour, and is inspiring.

Yet anyone whose last will and testament demanded the establishment of a Nick Cave Memorial Museum clearly has a sharp sense of humour, and Forsyth and Pollard (who have worked with Cave before on projects such as short film series Do You Love Me Like I Love You) are as wry, dry and entertaining as their subject.

Côté is able to mine a wry humour from his animal subjects in places, as when the enormous eye of an ostrich flicks about the screen, or a solemn bull transfixes us with its glare.

Fortunately, he's also got a wry sense of humour to keep him sane.

Taking its title from the prediction fortune tellers use to beguile their marks, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, illustrates with wry humour how easy it is for our illusions to make fools of us all.

Davis has everything that Lopez doesn't in Maid in Manhattan: modesty, natural beauty, charisma, a wry sense of humour — you could watch a whole movie about this persona, which is probably what Hughes had in mind, and her one sequence ends with a joke that also happens to be a far more accurate representation of the subtle fear that aristocracy puts in the minimum - wager than any of the Cinderella markers you'll find in Maid in Manhattan.

There's an old - fashioned playfulness to the game that manifests not just in its lack of pressure or hand - holding but in the Nintendo-esque dialogue that's entirely PG - friendly but still has flashes of wry, knowing humour.

Packed with nostalgia, wry humour and a pumping 80s soundtrack, their directorial debut is a confident parody of the romantic comedy.

A wry nod to the way that many films, not least his own, are seen in Iran, it's a point of grave concern, as well as vibrant humour; the apotheosis of another hallmark film in the career of a great filmmaker, and a resolute symbol of defiance.

John Wick: Chapter Two has everything that made the first film great — fighting, neon lighting, a thumping soundtrack and wry humour — plus a whole host of extras.

The mix of genre thrills, slick style, great visuals and wry humour makes The Lost Boys an absolutely essential vampire film.

What might have worked with the wry, lighter tone of Repo Man seems more ambiguous in Walker, where Cox accelerates the sort of leftist politics that define his work when humour is not at the fore.

The film is played noticeably straighter in tone and humour than Anderson's previous deadpan efforts to the point of settling into an overtly laconic rut that struggles to extract even a titter, let alone a wry chuckle.

This is a novel full of searing observations and wry humour, which follows Julia's attempts to survive in a world of tawdry relationships, shabbiness and isolation.

His companion is cynical, drinking, swearing, Aussie (ex-Yorkshire) Roger, whose wry reflections add plenty of humour.

Yet, with all the focus on the next generation, there is a real chance that a few good games may slip the net between old and new, which is why Monaco is highlighted for your gaming pleasure; its quirky appearance, original idea and wry sense of humour presents a tight and polished package which contains a few minor hiccups here and the...

The game has a playful sense of humour, and whilst the writing is unlikely to have your sides splitting, it'll certainly raise a wry smile from time to time such as when your troops can't join you for the next battle because they're queuing for the toilet due to a lack of latrines, or upon completing a level to be told «They took some arrows to the knees!».

He manages to weave bright, bold colours into banal situations and imbues almost everything he does with a wry sense of humour.

Harrison repurposes the infrastructure of this anonymous meeting space, adding her wry sense of humour to the agenda through new sculptures and site - specific installations.

However in the midst of the doom and gloom of her perception of a self - destructive world Hambling's wry humour is ever present, none more so than in her satirical bronze Politician, a gory and glorified orange pink slobbering head.

Oehlen - amongst the pre-eminent painters of his generation - pushes the boundaries of his medium to straining point, continuously challenging the canons of painting with a wry humour and brazen originality.

It is wry and droll, an unexpected melange of Jewish humour and Surrealism.