Sentences with phrase «sly humor»

Bourne's superhuman - like ability to shake off almost any injury, blow or crash is utterly ridiculous, although it proves to be a key source of sly humor in the films and for the character's undeniable coolness.

Like Magritte, whose use of visual - puns both warp and twist our earthly imaginations, Guild uses sly humor to play with our subconscious.

In the hands of director Matthew Vaughn, this film packs some of the same sly humor as The Princess Bride, although the tone is not nearly as consistent and sometimes topples into broad humor or satire.

Sly humor underlies significant changes to the expected script and setting.

Queer and ecological themes also abound, as does sly humor and a Warholian detachment.

Free Fire comes from Ben Wheatley, a British director adept at mixing grim horror and brutal violence with sly humor and cinematic verve.

Both delve into their own personal history; both utilize the Internet as an archive; both use sly humor and both reject the traditional expectations of their chosen medium to create works that are conceptual, personal and visually compelling.

Yet this bit of sly humor is otherwise absent from Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson's script, which remains throughout a doggedly literal emotional and psychological affair.

In addition to the sly humor to be found in the background of every Aardman production (labels for Costly Crackers and Stumbler's Whiskey, a wall papered with news stories about the «Veggy Monster» from «The Curse of the Were - Rabbit»), «Flushed Away» features a hilarious running gag in the form of a Greek chorus of singing slugs, who harmonize at opportune moments on everything from «Don't Worry, Be Happy» to «Mr. Lonely.»

Summary: With sly humor and an intensity of feeling, THE SPECTACULAR NOW (directed by James Ponsoldt) creates a vivid, three - dimensional portrait of youth confronting the funny, thrilling and perilous business of modern love and adulthood.

Gleeson inhabits this foul - mouthed, often depraved, occasionally noble creature with conviction and an impish, sly humor.

The film never loses its sly humor, but it turns darker with a force that packs a gut - punch, and the willful blindness to the malignant mafia simply perpetuates the cycle.

The mystery isn't the point here, the character interactions are, and they unfold with a subtlety (and sly humor) I didn't expect, but very much appreciated.

Superbly scripted, brilliantly directed, smart but never smarmy and led by a lead performance by Michael Douglas so good you often forget you're watching an actor rather than the famous character he's playing, this is a rarity, a fully realized biographical drama shot through with real feeling and an abundance of sly humor.

Goldblum brings wit, intelligence and sly humor to every movie he graces, even questionable blockbuster fare like Independence Day.

June 29, 2017 • Matthew Dear's first release since 2012's Beams is a pulsing goth - pop jewel that pulls the best elements of new wave — all the sex, melancholy and sly humor — and saunters off into the darkness.

Its sly humor is perhaps the ace up the sleeve — Buschel knows how to disarm a tense situation with the right combination of humorously dark blows, and he lands each and every one with hearty laughs.

The teaser trailer for «Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows» boasts plenty of rapid - fire action and sly humor.

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Love Ranch is to brothels and prostitution what Boogie Nights was to pornography, but it lacks the latter's depth, edge, poignancy, and sly humor.

Nevertheless, in each film, Lynch creates a unique cinematic world that takes your breath away with its striking beauty, sly humor, intense characters and uncommon depth.

Directed by Adam Wingard (You're Next, A Horrible Way to Die) from a script by Simon Barrett (You're Next, A Horrible Way to Die), The Guest deftly blends the finely tuned tension of a psychological thriller and over-the-top visceral excitement of an action drama with the sly humor of a subtle satire and the pulse - pounding suspense of a classic horror film.

But Sykes, a Vogue editor who knows this glam turf well, swirls her satire with sly humor to give this chick - lit romp a bit of an edge.

Among the big names, Jodi Picoult's new book features real (not supernatural) wolves and Lisa Lutz's sly humor is on display in the fifth in her Spellman series.

Her recognizable folk art — style and fondness for hand - lettering are rendered through a combination of pencil, pen, ink, and gouache — and always imbued with an abundance of charming detail, sly humor, and a keen sense of wonder.

Fans of Robert McCloskey's classic book Make Way for Ducklings will delight in the sly humor of Ellen Yeoman's new picture book featuring two ducks who are just trying to muddle their way through one of their great challenges — figuring out how to be a duck.

From what starts as a simple puzzle solving exercise, becomes a total battle for survival... all with sly humor and a catchy theme song at the end.

His work, which gained widespread recognition and critical acclaim in the 1970s, revolves around his interest in daily life and the mundane aspects of American popular culture, viewed with serial and systemic approaches, intellectual underpinning, sly humor and a restrained style.

Wesley's singular style incorporates a limited color palette (pastel blues and pinks dominate), a bold graphic clarity, and a sly humor, often tinged with eroticism.

The artist's first survey in New York to include his entire career, this exhibition will both allow for a fuller understanding of Shore's work, and demonstrate his singular vision — defined by an interest in daily life, a taste for serial and often systematic approaches, a strong intellectual underpinning, a restrained style, sly humor, and visual casualness — and uncompromising pursuit of photography's possibilities.

He refers to his work portraying historical, political and social issues as «narrative paintings,» expressing a broad range of ideas and experiences with sly humor and an eye - popping palette.

Stated SFAI President Charles Desmarais: «Hesse has developed remarkable programming at Bemis — pushing the boundaries of contemporary exhibition - making while engaging broad audiences — and his innovative thinking, resourcefulness, and sly humor will surely find an exciting outlet in the service of SFAI's community.»

With a dose of sly humor, Pousttchi's series pays homage to the champions of, respectively, Constructivism and Minimalism»» or perhaps stages a battle, Tatlin vs. Flavin, by piercing the steel structures of her «Double Monuments» with light tubes.

These faux - indexical descriptors add a layer of sly humor to what otherwise might seem to be a slapdash work of midcentury gestural abstraction.

By doing so, Perry infuses his artworks with a sly humor and reflection on society past and present.

Knowing this, the sly humor of Picasso Cufflink, 1974, becomes clear if you recognize that the cufflink in question is actually the massive 160 - ton steel sculpture Picasso created for Daley Plaza in Chicago.

But she often coupled her criticality with a sly humor and an exacting, alluring beauty, as in the 1983 — 88 series «Objects of Desire,» for which she cut out items from magazines, ranging from dresses and bowls to bondage gear and classical statues, which she then rephotographed and printed on solid fields of color that matched their frames.

This exhibition allows for a fuller understanding of Shore's work and demonstrates his singular vision — defined by an interest in daily life, a restrained style, sly humor, and visual casualness — and uncompromising pursuit of photography's possibilities.

Her inclusion of narrative — through literary, philosophical, and autobiographical references — and use of bold color and theatrical imagery infused these objects and installations with sly humor and a prescient concern with the decorative, generating a feminist legacy increasingly appreciated in retrospect.

Lacking medium specificity and often embedded with sly humor, the gateway to her work can frequently be found in her titles.

He employs a sly humor to skewer both icons of the New York art world and reality TV shows.