Sentences with phrase «parody of»

Yet «Idol» has become so entrenched in pop culture that there was no doubt the film was a parody of the TV show.

Intended as a parody of B - movie fantasies from the»50s, this satire more directly lampoons kiddie thrillers like «Captain Video,» putting it perilously close to the pop - culture trash it aims to mock.

Together with Robert Popper, he created the comedy series «Look Around You» - a parody of those boring educational documentaries kids watch in school.

This scenario is serious almost to the point of silliness: It could be parody of a morality play.

At first glance, Steven Soderbergh's latest release, Logan Lucky, might look like a parody of his 2001 heist hit, Ocean's Eleven.

Fortunately, it redeems itself with irresistible characters, kick - ass pacing, and a cast that knows how to keep a straight face as it takes the stock characters speaking seemly stock dialogue into the rarified, amped up atmosphere of a slick and deliberately self - conscious parody of the action genre.

Unlike Kaufman's Adaptation (Spike Jonze, 2002)-- which is directly concerned with the possibility of art in the cinema and ultimately lapses into a farcical parody of the Hollywood style — Eternal Sunshine presents its viewer with a classical boy - meets - girl, boy - loses - girl, boy - gets - girl romance structure.

This parody of Visconti's Death in Venice (which used Mahler's music in interpreting Thomas Mann's novella) is multi-leveled and startlingly funny.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane's very R - Rated comedy / parody of the western genre A Million Ways to Die in the West arrives this May, though his fans won't have to wait too long thereafter for his next directorial feature.

Nobody is doing a parody of a character they perfected a decade and a half ago.

Because you see, they could go with a parody of «The Room.»

But its uninspiring, aimless plot is the film's downfall, in what, mid-way through, turns into an unintentional parody of TV's superior supernatural nail - biter «Les Revenants» (The Returned).

So what if the trailer looks like a parody of a Wes Anderson movie?

The opening credits sequence is a clever and hilarious parody of a very popular film franchise that has been around for over 50 years.

A new Saturday Night Live sketch casts Kellyanne Conway (Kate McKinnon) as Pennywise the Clown in a news - themed parody of IT.

Game Night feels like a parody of The Gift and the David Fincher thriller The Game (1997), which was also about two brothers caught in an elaborate game that blurred the lines of reality.

My third collaboration with Cult Cinema Sunday in Hull this time for a screening of the 1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, a parody of the famous sleeve design for The Beatles second album.

There have been moments to love from «The Royal Tenenbaums» to «The Darjeeling Limited,» but it felt like the emotion became more and more dishonest, and the worlds more and more airless over time, to the extent that «Darjeeling» and its eye - rolling baggage metaphor felt like a parody of an Anderson film.

No such luck for the other Lebowski, his bimbo wife, or his affected daughter (Julianne Moore, in a nasty parody of a feminist artist), all loosely derived from The Big Sleep; a sleek pornographer (Ben Gazzara) even more loosely derived from Chinese Bookie; or the seven assorted thugs injected periodically into the action, each one a separate gag or cliche.

Disliked by his peers and seemingly unfazed by the dreadful circumstances, it kind of feels like he's doing an SNL style parody of Matt Damon's character from The Martian.

Renny Harlin's follow - up is undeniably fun, but plays almost more like a parody of the franchise, even more so than it did in 1990.

Fans of the TV series regularly appearing on «Comedy Central» already know what to expect from this feature - length film, showcasing more of the same parody of «COPS» as if starring the gang from the Police Academy movies.

At the very end of Scrappy Little Nobody, Anna Kendrick's witty and frank memoir, she includes a «reading group guide,» a tongue - in - cheek parody of the food - for - thought discussion guidelines included at the end of certain literary fiction.

«Queen of Jordan» (Season 5, Episode 17) A pitch - perfect parody of the «Real Housewives» franchise and its ilk, «Queen of Jordan» features a star turn by Sherri Shepherd and a breakout performance by Titus Burgess.

One inspired fan took The Phantom Pain's»80s influence even further, creating a pitch - perfect parody of a TV drama from the era based on the game.

Disclaimer: The above post / reply was simply a sarcastic parody of what David Trail constantly posts on a daily basis.

A mere shadow and parody of his former self, Depp does a lame regurgitation of his Captain Jack Sparrow tics, from the on - cue bewildered expressions to the bumbling, yet charmingly efficient, mannerisms.

But the biggest reason why I dislike this movie is because of how it seems much more like a parody of the first film than it does a sequel.

That was a very funny parody of the way so many outraged fans have been responding.

His transformation, in a single take, from Charlie to Hank is a glorious parody of Fredric March in 1931's «Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.»

The actors are first class as they interpret what's there; trouble is that what's there - the story - becomes almost a parody of earlier, sturdier Masterpiece Theatre fare.

A parody of the Western melodramas of William S. Hart, The Frozen North was filmed partly on location near Truckee, California.

But frankly, if someone wanted to do a parody of a gay film like this, it's hard to imagine the sloganeering being much different.

Brett Haley's romantic drama The Hero finds Elliott playing almost a parody of this kind of lonesome cowboy.

Zak Orth adds some sharp scenes as a flaky, nouveau - riche collector who buys art to make himself feel important, and Vinnie Jones plays a British conceptual artist who may be a cruel parody of Damien Hirst.

An ingenious parody of Chandler-esque P.I. thrillers, and one of the most important comedies of the twentieth century.

The overarching parody of the series becomes repetitive when an already implausible plot literally doubles down on the absurd.

The script by Ferrell and director Adam McKay, a parody of sports biopics, takes the same freewheeling approach that served them well on Anchorman, but with a more mean - spirited edge.

The movie is an obvious parody of sword - and martial - arts wuxia movies, but it also serves as an invitation to young audiences, who may find that Po's antics have sparked an appetite for the more grown - up pleasures of movies like «Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon» or «Curse of the Golden Flower.»

Hale seems to be making a different movie, but maybe a better one, a camp - cranked - to - 11 parody of teen movies.

It's supposed to be a parody of right wing politics, but like left wing talk radio, the so - called jokes are boring.

moments that the movie starts to play like an unintended parody of overblown hokum.

«Save The World Telethon» is a parody of old school telethons as an excuse to bring a great night of comedy variety entertainment with the good natured and multitalented Alan Thicke hosting.

But the crappiness of this documentary about a crappy parody of a crappy B movie suggests that he hasn't kicked the habit.

A brilliant parody of videogame icons, of videogamers and of the industry itself.

It rises beneath her T - shirt like the erections beneath the togas of the men of Athens in a production of Lysistrata, a parody of masculine hardness.

It's supposed to be a parody of right wing politics, but like left wing talk

[font = Century Gothic][color = blue] The latest version of «Reefer Madness» is a musical that is a remake / parody of the original 1930's anti-drug movie (which I've never seen even though I've seen clips from time to time.

It is troubling that Lincoln plays out exactly as you expect it might based on the trailer that felt like a parody of awards bait cinema.

For example, Variety's Peter Debruge writes, «Not many are likely to mistake what Marion Cotillard does in Angel Face for great acting, as the glamorous French star gives a performance so phony it feels like a Saturday Night Live parody of a white - trash trainwreck, downright pathetic in its attempt to achieve what came so naturally to relative amateur Bria Vinaite in last year's The Florida Project.»