Sentences with phrase «part satire»

Part satire, part revenge tale, part wilderness adventure - with a heavy dash of noire espionage - This Is How It Really Sounds explores the seductive power of the Other Life, and what happens when you finally grasp it...

The problem is that observation isn't, for the most, part satire, and Deadpool at the end of the day is just Shrek with boobs and gore.

Bursting with slapstick and a dark, subversive humour, it was part messed - up road trip, part satire of what it means to be a loser in a winner's world.

Wondrously inventive, funny and poignant, WALL * E is part sci - fi adventure, part cautionary fable, part satire and part love story, which may be the best and most improbable part of all.

It's part drama, part satire and part dark comedy.

«Interpreting his story has the makings for an entertaining film that is equal parts satire, suspense and comedy — and always surprising.»

Not exact matches

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@ Colin That's actually a bit of satire on the part of the authors of the Bible.

I got your cartoon too — but part of changing attitudes is also in who is depicted and how, even in the context of satire.

Reading the first part of your post, I thought you were writing satire... a bit farther on I could see that you were being serious about the Bible!

Yes, understanding that this is a satire was the most difficult part!

It was an experiment in writing «A Clockwork Orange» - style black comedy and was intended to be a dark satire on the loneliness and frustration that is so often a part of the contemporary male experience, as well as an attack on rape culture.

But it also warned that images of the prophet were a valid part of satire and that suffering offence was an important part of living in a free society.

For his part, Hall says others have read too much into his satire, which originated after seeing conference organizers factor Twitter follower numbers into speaker considerations.

In conclusion this book is equal parts superhero movie; cutting - edge satire on the price of Internet fame; biting commentary on fanboy culture; and slapstick comedy this is easily David Wong's finest effort.

This is the most comprehensive list of best Satire blogs on the internet and I'm honoured to have you as part of this!

In the meantime, when he wasn't earning Emmy nominations for South Park or teaming with longtime partner Parker for the mock - patriotic puppet comedy Team America: World Police (2004), Stone was racking up producer credits on projects like How's Your News — a documentary series featuring disabled reporters exploring various topics — the short - lived political satire That's My Bush, and Kenny Vs. Spenny, which featured two hyper - competitive best friends taking part in a series of outlandish challenges.

part horror part comedy is what The Cabin in the wood tries to be.the horror was an emotion of fearing the unknown that lies beyond human knowledge while the comedy is a satire on the young generation that was depicted with the killing of

It's finally impossible to label Ed tv as anything more than a sporadically effective yet predominantly misguided satire, with the movie, for the most part, paling in comparison to the similarly - themed Truman Show.

A caper flick grafted onto historical events, a winking inside - showbiz satire and an exercise in inspirational patriotism, Argo is a movie of many parts, the sum of which can probably be best described as enjoyable Hollywood hokum.

part horror part comedy is what The Cabin in the wood tries to be.the horror was an emotion of fearing the unknown that lies beyond human knowledge while the comedy is a satire on the young generation that was depicted with the killing of typical american teenager.

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.

The ambitious movie is part philosophical reverie, part social satire, and part sheer cinematic poetry.

Simultaneously trying to be science fiction, satire, body horror and a psychological thriller, ANTIVIRAL has a lot of moving parts that don't always mesh together; its wickedly interesting ideas and an excess of style help smooth over the many rough patches, though.

She made the most of her title role in The Invisible Woman (1941), carrying virtually her entire part in this sci - fi satire with only her voice, and she gamely withstood third billing to Abbott and Costello in Pardon My Sarong (1942); but it was clear that her starring days were numbered.

A perfectly mixed cocktail equally parts menacing and suspenseful, washed down with surprising notes of hilarious satire and pulpy violence, FX's version of Fargo is most certainly not a pale imitation of the gruesome dark comedy.

One part thriller, one part political drama plus a splash of satire makes for a fine, if sobering, cocktail.

Jojo Rabbit is a satire of Nazi Germany that centers on a ten - year - old boy who yearns to be part of the Hitler Youth.

But time has been kind to this strange movie, and now it plays like a bizarre satire of 80s excess — kind of like a backwoods version of American Psycho with equal parts gross - out humor and over-the-top acting.

While the school - wreck scenario invites self - aware satire echoing scenes from Titanic to The Poseidon Adventure, the emotional trauma of adolescence receives more thoughtful treatment thanks in large part to the distinct timbre of vocal talents, including Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts and, as sage Lunch Lady Lorraine, Susan Sarandon.

Part of that success is down to first - time director Peele's terrific script, which is like Meet the Parents meets Rosemary's Baby, with a heavy dose of George A Romero - grade satire thrown in for good measure.

as a part Film Noir, part Hollywood satire, and a part political satire, and it all works for the most part.

One part social commentary and one part superhero satire, «Watchmen» straddles a thin line of making fun of the very genre it represents and being the punch line to the joke.

Crystal and Roberts are the only ones given coherent characters to play, but Roberts isn't an integral part of the would - be Hollywood satire; she seems to function mainly as an afterthought, leaving me to wonder if she had her own writer on the set.

In my humble opinion, I believe that both films are, as a whole, greater than the sum of their parts, primarily entertaining because of the choice key bits of hilarity and satire that, when strung along successfully, manage to make them very funny to quote from, despite the fact that they aren't really brilliant ideas in and of themselves.

Thanks to that hit, Levy, at 56, is experiencing career - high momentum, with scene - stealing parts in the smash hip - hop comedy «Bringing Down the House» and the critically praised folkie satire «A Mighty Wind.»

Kick Ass is a teen comedy, superhero satire and action flick in equal measure and it is sophisticated storytelling, genre - straddling humour and impressive characteristion that allows these three parts to fit so easily together.

There's a fine line between satire and a smugness towards the audience that can feel insulting and Jump Street can occasionally barrel over that line in its overuse of this concept, but for the most part it's a winning move that contributes to this sequel's rise above its predecessor.

But somehow the mix resulted in an undigestible film, part sly satire and part yucky Capra - corn.

The fact that Kick Ass is a satire is not enough to make up for the fact that it was for the most part, boring.

-- Alejandro G. Iñárritu's dramatic satire Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) was named the Best Picture of 2014 by the Seattle film community, as part of the 2015 Seattle Film Awards, honoring the best films of the previous year.

That reached something of a peak across 2011, as he gave excellent performances in both Jack Thorne «s gripping supernatural drama «The Fades» (somehow managing to make a «previously on» summary genuinely moving) and in Charlie Brooker «s dystopian reality TV satire «Fifteen Million Merits,» part of the «Black Mirror» anthology series.

Shot in a bright shade of toilet - bowl orange, part three spends its entire interminable runtime desperately attempting to offend, but the orgy of mutilation, sexual abuse, racial slurs, bellowing cartoon overacting, and down - with - Texas «satire» grows more tedious with each passing minute.

In a two - part announcement this morning, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences» President Cheryl Boone Isaacs, actor John Krasinski and directors Ang Lee and Guillermo del Toro let the world know the nominees for the 88th annual Academy Awards, survival epic The Revenant, dystopian action effort Mad Max: Fury Road, journalism procedural Spotlight and housing crisis comedic satire The Big Short instantly emerging as Best Picture frontrunners.

«Boogie Nights» also haunts this film's party scenes and instances of porno satire, further clarifying why, for all of its modestly attractive moving parts, «Lovelace» is more of a basic cable presentation than a movie.

If that sounds like it's just getting a bit too silly, fear not, since the whole animal transformation angle is more of an audience - baiting ruse than an essential part of the narrative, which is more dystopian satire than surreal flouncery.

It also allegedly provided part of the inspiration for Paddy Chayefsky's script for the 1976 satire on the television industry, the Oscar - winning film Network.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 review — Seymour Hoffman brings wit and gravitas to a spiky media satire

Adapted from Waller - Bridge's one - woman stage show, Fleabag is equal parts comedy and tragedy — an uproarious, filthy satire about a young British woman's chaotic existence and sexual misadventures that gradually lets her violent self - loathing peek through.

Swerving between pink - hued small - town satire and visceral gore, The Voices aims for the ghoulish humour of Eating Raoul or Parents — and, for the most part, misses.