Sentences with word «sardonic»

It would seem that some of the leading filmmakers of today have taken that to heart and have also embraced the idea that a certain form of laughter laced with sardonic wit will go down particularly well.

But Zevon was not just a man of sardonic wit.

For the first half hour or so, writer / director David Veloz (one of the screenwriters credited on Natural Born Killers) strains unsuccessfully to impress us with fashionable non-continuity edits and some clipped dialogue that aspires to be taken as sardonic humor.

There's even a twinge of sardonic humor for those guilty enough to laugh at it.

May 11, 2018 • Amazon's The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle is no lifeless retread — it captures the anarchic, slightly sardonic tone of the original, and delivers solid gags that stand on their own.

He also has a low - key, sardonic sense of humor and is a master at creating witty and likable thieves that we end up rooting for, often over the more straight - and - narrow option.

Hartley's gift for sardonic dialogue seems practiced but always sounds great.

Immendorff (1945 - 2007) lacked the inventiveness of his countryman Sigmar Polke, or Anselm Kiefer's sense of theater, but he compensated with suave sendups of bravura brushwork and history painting imbued with sardonic commentary.

The image of Tupperware rarely evokes philosophy, spirituality, or ethics, much less salvation, yet Marion Montgomery addresses all of these as he explores Walker Percy's sardonic comment on the plight of the believing Christian writer, who at the end of his artistic quest is more likely to find himself at a Tupperware party than in the presence of the Holy Grail.

Best - case scenario: Fans of gory foreign imports glom on to this extremely accomplished thriller, which delivers the requisite shocks to the system while retaining a detached, sardonic edge.

CEO and president of Paradox Interactive, Fredrik Wester, also had a much more sardonic take on the whole issue.

When Curtis gets it right, we are treated to some great British sardonic humour and bawdy visual gags.

Working extensively in ceramic, the artist creates highly tactile surfaces — some with bulbous, quasi-organic protrusions, others with hand - carved hatchings or the occasional sardonic grin — and further heightens these grotesque topographies with gestural applications of color and glaze.

Mr. Sudeikis, who has made a nice career out of playing sardonic nice guys, seems to enjoy going considerably darker the longer that Colossal plays.

However, this does not mean that Luther taught a «Doctrine of Justification by Print Alone,» to quote A. G. Dickens» sardonic quip.

Alan Rickman faces other difficulties — not just in being older, but, in having established such a fastidious and slow - burning sardonic attitude, there is a danger that future pictures and lazy directors will simply tell him to «do Alan Rickman.»

The author's sardonic voice has been lost in most films based on his fiction, but this one nicely captures that unruffled Leonard authority.

This exhibition highlights the extensive career of Los Angeles - based artist Walter Askin whose multi-faceted work ranges from sardonic graphic works, large painterly abstractions, to vibrant figurative sculptures.

I still think that satire and sardonic critique are the best ways to unmask the powers that be, but people seem really uncomfortable when they see these tools used in conjunction with Christian spirituality.

A boxish metal sculpture made from eight compacted barbecues set on a wooden pallet charts a more sardonic streak in their tie - up.

The title «seemed to strike the right sardonic note in the wake of John Reid's expressed hope of a bullet - free campaign,» writes James Ferguson, though it always struck me as odd that a «Provisional Reconstruction Team» should need Apache attack helicopters.

All pols fear the probing, sardonic eye of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District.

But Ms. Baer's work also belongs to a tradition of reductivist painting that leavens Romanticism with sardonic self - reference while exploring the physiology of perception.

Elmer Bernstein's sardonic approach for scores like «The Grifters» also come to mind in Piovani's clip - clop rhythms, whose French taste comes across with the ingredient of an accordion, with even pseudo-Spaghetti banjo strumming applied to escargot.

Her sulking, sardonic performance as Golden, though, makes Eeyore look like Winnie the Pooh.

Newell's ensemble timing and breezily sardonic style make it work better than might be expected.

«Birdman» Michael Keaton's sardonic turn as a washed - up star plotting his comeback is but one of the pleasures of Alejandro González Iñárritu's film.

Baseera Khan's iamuslima at Participant Inc., her first solo exhibition in New York City, presents work that, at least in part, challenges such sardonic views in an effort to excite, complicate, and open dialogue about Muslim femininity and by extension Islam.

It always took sardonic looks at things that may be part of popular culture.

Debuting on May 12, the five - episode series is based on Edward St. Aubyn's scathing and wonderfully sardonic novels about the landmines of inherited wealth, one of which was nominated for a Booker Prize.

Hartnett, who struggled with his comedic side in the awful 40 Days and 40 Nights, manages to hold his own playing off of Ford's sardonic demeanor with a refreshingly lighthearted, casual performance.

Known for her provocative combinations of text and image in her often sardonic assemblage works, L.A. - based artist Alexis Smith is an astute social critic.

This delightfully sharp and sardonic send up of the book trade is a shoe - in for bibliophiles who are also aficionados of cozy mysteries.

Haberny's sardonic sensibility caught the eye of notorious artist / agent provocateur Banksy, who included Haberny in his 2010 Marks and Stencils pop up shop in Soho, NYC.

I gave it two stars for good effects and the hilarious leftist philosophy of Thanos... control and destroy the population by any means in order to save the elites and the cockroaches from extinction... Had my eyes rolling and worth a few sardonic chuckles.

The second is to remain part of the public conversation, but only with sardonic observations: merrily pointing out the perpetual follies of the world, and branding as naïve any Christian foolish enough to believe they might actually change it.

Thankfully, the actors have plenty of space to add sardonic wit, creating tension between them that makes the film more entertaining than it has a right to be.

Outside they arranged a graveyard using plywood tombstones with sardonic inscriptions.

While their second film together, the bleak and sardonic Young Adult, didn't quite permeate pop culture like Juno, it established the duo's easy, whip - smart rapport.

Not too far off from Theron's Mavis Gary in «Young Adult,» Marlo has a prickly, sardonic side that is more welcome than off - putting, referring to her body as a «relief map for a war - torn country» or telling someone that she feels «like an abandoned trash barge.»

The man crafts simple and easy to pick up games that are extremely difficult, yet at the same time combine sardonic wit, dark humour, and a foreboding solemness.

The actors retain a firm grasp on their respective personae: Vaughn is the brash but charismatic smart - ass who's always hustling, while Wilson is the laid - back and wryly sardonic sidekick who woos the women with sweetness.

Animal Condensed >> Animal Expanded # 2, Jennet Thomas's first solo show at Tintype, presents the second of a trilogy of her short films offering a comic, sardonic narrative about the after - effects and nefarious reality of intensive farming and Artificial Intelligence.

Not surprisingly, Lawrence steals the show throughout, along with a few of her female co-stars like Julianne Moore as the power hungry, skunk - haired President Coin, and Jena Malone who — despite (disappointingly) having little screen time — gives one of the more memorable performances in her continued portrayal of the wonderfully sardonic Johanna, the victor from District 7.

Illeana Douglas is pretty but not neutrally so, the most distinctive female face in movies since Geena Davis - though, in fact, with her prominent eyes and occasional sardonic manner she looks a little like Davis's ex, Jeff Goldblum, wonderfully morphed by some computer programme into attractiveness.