Sentences with phrase «rich backdrop»

The 2014 Somerset floods act as metaphorically rich backdrop for a woman returning to her farming family after the death of her brother.

Director David Dobkin does a very good job of blending the film's disparate comedic styles, and while Wedding Crashers generally oversells the smarmy loathsomeness of Sack (making sure to paint him as a philandering letch so as not to retain any possible vestige of audience sympathy), the Cleary clan — a nice admixture of Kennedy and Bush lore and speculation — provides a suitably rich backdrop against which John and Jeremy can spin their wheels.

Furthermore, the Athenian landscape offers an evident layering of ancient, modern and contemporary references that are patchworked together, creating an assymetric but rich backdrop for our daily lives.

This drama is being played out against a rich backdrop of faraway galaxies.

With such a rich backdrop in place, it's a shame that Levine brings so little of interest to the fore — instead, he centers on a mopey teenage drug pusher whose mind seems perpetually clouded in pot smoke.

Indeed, Anderson's greatest influence could be the Looney Tunes shorts of the 1950s, with their zany humor playing out in front of rich backdrops.

It has a simple, understated narrative that provides a rich backdrop for ex...

Readers who enjoy top - quality historical fiction will be swept away by this epic love story set against the rich backdrop of 15th - century England and France — and by this remarkable woman who triumphed magnificently by making her own rules.

Thank you, thank you... The Cuban Revolution is the rich backdrop for this riveting historical thriller.

It's a refined and luxurious affair from the deep azure menus to the rich backdrops and remixed perfectly - paced soundtrack, a cut above your usual dungeon crawler that packs a notably more genteel (yet seriously brutal) challenge curve than its successors, alongside retooled optional difficulty levels.

The long, circuitous history of Evangeline's Acadian forebears, through the Hudson Bay down to Louisiana, forms a rich backdrop for her reflections upon and responses to current political questions, especially those centered on the gun.

We love how the walnut unit provides a rich backdrop to the pale soaped oak furniture and the overall simplicity of this area.

The deep neutral flooring and walls provide a rich backdrop for the intense color.