Sentences with phrase «sharp satire of»

Consider, too, the sharp satire of that year's Starship Troopers, the first salvos in the fin de siècles navel - dive in Gattaca, and the good time / memory erasure of mega-pop Men In Black.

The Manchurian Candidate (1962, John Frankenheimer): Much more than a paranoid thriller about brainwashing, it's a sharp satire of political extremism, a workout for Frankenheimer's kinetic gifts and a showcase for the best performances that Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and a devastating Angela Lansbury ever gave onscreen.

Indeed, not only is this movie a wonderful parody of all hero - quest stories, it is also an extremely sharp satire of contemporary popular culture, all the while being a super-enjoyable traditional three - act narrative with a cathartic climax and happy end.

Years ahead of its time, Heathers was a sharp satire of sickly sweet»80s teen movies, a lethal dose of cinematic Drano that we still can't believe ever got green - lit (and that certainly wouldn't pass muster in today's post-Columbine world).

I'm not against the idea of rebooting the character in films so long as MGM doesn't «teenify» the still shocking violence, sick humor and sharp satire of the original.

If The Comeback had remained a one season wonder it would have been enough: the first season was a sharp satire of show business with a finely drawn character at the center.

He might have been well advised to have kept The Lobster within the confines of the resort hotel; inside those boundaries the screenplay functions as a sharp satire of social attitudes on relationships — especially the doubtful pairing of couples and the tendency to ostracize singles.

Downey and Favreau and screenwriter Theroux like the sarcastic screwball comedy cross-fire of talk and flirtation, the displays of attitude and absurdity of super-heroism, along with an occasionally sharp satire of corporate jargon.

Not exact matches

None of us want to see our politicians escape the sharpest of satire and ridicule, indeed many of us wish something as good as Spitting Imagine would return to provide some kind of post Brexit accountability.

The Campaign can't decide whether it wants to be an all - out lampoon, or a sharp - tongued satire, or even an earnest story of political redemption.

Spike Lee's sharp, riotous satire, from 2000, zeroes in on the grotesque misrepresentation of blacks in American media - and their underrepresentation in the corporate offices that control it.

His script is laced with a sharp streak of showbiz satire, driven home by the Apatow repertoire of class clowns who are currently cutting up Tinseltown.

Critic Consensus: With a workplace - related theme worthy of satire, The Promotion features some sharp witticisms but ultimately disappoints.

Cowritten by Brooks and Monica Johnson, this satire of Hollywood is embellished with sharp, frequently hilarious observation of its ritual humiliations and shallow social and professional interactions, with notable contributions from Jeff Bridges as a self - absorbed Oscar - winning screenwriter friend, Steven Wright as Stan Spielberg («I'm Steven's cousin»), and Martin Scorsese in a self - parodying cameo.

Flattering Bret Easton Ellis's stone - cold satire with a devilish Christian Bale performance and scalpel - sharp period detail, Mary Harron's thriller is close to peerless as a picture of»80s - era vapidity and entitlement.

BLACK COP Cory Bowles» sharp political satire skillfully, and uncompromisingly, places the audiences in the shoes of others in order to truly open their eyes to the systemic levels of injustice.

Mike Judge's «Office Space» was a sharp, biting, but ultimately humanistic satire of the American workplace.

When it's also a pretty sharp, knowingly excessive satire of the industry that churns them out.

Get Out A gonzo mash - up of genres, Get Out is the year's sharpest satire and a stunning debut from Jordan Peele.

a lot of people criticize the film because its not as sharp of a hollywood satire as they wanted, but to me thats not the problem — it seemed to me more about getting caught up in hollywood than hollywood itself.

It is one of the funniest movies of the year, ranking with «The Graduate» and «Bedazzled» in the sharp edge of its satire.

While Woody Allen has continued to churn out a movie a year for most of his career, his recent films seem to have narrowed in scope, losing some of the sharp - witted satire that marked many of his earlier films.

The film contains sharp satire on the narcissistic pitfalls of social media, and also manages to subvert the tired dude rallying cry of «Bros before Hos» by putting sisters ahead of misters.

At his best, Palahniuk punctures our collective psyches with sharp darts of satire, subversion, and surprise.

It is political satire too, not overly subtle, inflicting razor - sharp cuts on the corrupt and corrupting aspects of the unfettered crony capitalism that raped Russia post-Yeltsin.

The questionable result is NotCoD, a five part episodic parody of the Call of Duty series which layers sharp political satire with nob - gags, hand drawn art, and sound - effects they make with their bodies and face - holes.

Grand Theft Auto V is not only a preposterously enjoyable video game, but also an intelligent and sharp - tongued satire of contemporary America.

These form a sharp and savagely humorous satire of social and racial stereotypes and here are accompanied by multiple TV monitors showing fragments of footage shot during the 2010 student protests against government cuts.

The occasional passages in which ironic observation shades into sharper satire may be seen as a direct engagement with those of his contemporaries who considered his practice too idiosyncratic, too wayward or whimsical, for serious consideration» (see exhibition catalogue, Howard Hodgkin: Paintings 1977, XLI Venice Biennale, British Pavilion, 1984).

So rare is good satire in contemporary art that its appearance — as in the newest exhibition of William Powhida, a New York - based artist who is fast evolving into one of its sharpest practitioners — makes one inclined to stand up and applaud.

The satire could be sharper, and the ending doesn't quite match the tone of the piece.

It set the standard for sharp and witty satire with its iPhone line ads, but it also dredged the depths of atrocity with some of its Galaxy Gear promos.