Sentences with phrase «social commentary into»

Gonzalez - Torres — continuing to interrogate in the 1990s the power of ideological packaging as his appropriation - era forerunners had done during the 1980s — tested the possibility of releasing biting social commentary into the routine channels of American consumer society, attuned to the manner in which social transgression can gain traction and circulate just below the level of consciousness.

The late»60s were tumultuous times in Southern California, and Mosley deftly weaves social commentary into the narrative.

Deon Meyer's engrossing South African thriller pits Detective Benny Griessel against a mystery that unravels like the threads of a complex tapestry... Because the novel is set in contemporary South Africa, race relations and the legacy of apartheid are an inevitable topic, and Meyer works his social commentary into the story while remaining true to his characters... Thirteen Hours draws to a satisfying conclusion, with answers that prove surprising.

Also, the way he progressively treated racial and gender issues in his fiction at a time when science fiction was regarded a pulp for kids inspired me to consider incorporating social commentary into my fiction.

The Blumhouse catalogue includes Get Out, Split, Happy Death Day and the Insidious, Sinister and Purge franchises: conspicuously well - made movies that often splice social commentary into their scares.

«Packs a lot of fast paced action, great performances, and social commentary into a modest package» — AP

There is an undercurrent of the difficult housing and job market of its era, playing on fears of couples being driven from their homes, but this tidbit is never really developed sufficiently that one could easily read social commentary into the film beyond just this notion.

It's so much easier to let the yammering that Cole does with James and with Sophie dominate the proceedings, and to stuff the moral and social commentary into a clever but cheap one - shot coda that comes during the closing credits.

If the effort to shoehorn Austen's social commentary into a modern context sometimes seems nonsensical or forced, the actors - especially now - grown Spy Kid Vega - have charm to spare.

Like many of his contemporaries, Hooper focused not exclusively on scares, but on including social commentary into his works.

Not exact matches

NEW YORK (AP)-- George Romero, whose classic «Night of the Living Dead» and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh - devouring undead spawn countless imitators, remakes and homages, has died.

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While critically acclaimed by many academics, Shand - Tucci's doorstopper was so stuffed with digressive social commentary and bouts of architectural psychoanalysis that Ralph Adams Cram and his buildings often recede into the background.

Even though they have made their way into the commentaries, literary and social - scientific approaches are still «what's new» in biblical studies.

At the Washington, D.C., summit, for instance, «discussion split into two camps: scientific experts explored technical issues, whereas scholars who study science and society addressed questions about the possible disruption to social norms,» Sheila Jasanoff of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Benjamin Hurlbut of Arizona State University in Tempe wrote last week in a commentary in Nature.

Below the surface, however, social commentary on how the state the world was in was injected into almost every frame.

Beyond searing social commentary, serial fantasy and science fiction fared exceptionally well, with The Lord of the Rings series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, the Harry Potter series, and the Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones) series all making it into the top ten.

Beyond searing social commentary, fantasy and science fiction fared exceptionally well, with The Lord of the Rings, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and the Harry Potter series all making it into the top ten.

Of course, not everyone embraces searing social commentary and indeed, the need to escape current events may be why fantasy and science fiction fared exceptionally well, with The Lord of the Rings, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, A Game of Thrones and the Harry Potter series all making it into the top ten.

That set - up never blossoms into the pungent satire it wants to be, however, because the black hats and white hats have been so obviously delineated that any social commentary becomes utterly blunted.

Adam McKay has upped his social commentary game from Anchorman into something even more aggressively poignant, this time something that needs to be seen to be believed.

Del Toro, a master of crossing genres, subtly turned his film into a commentary on American social hierarchy, including reinventing the beast as a romantic hero.

This closing chapter of the First Class trilogy falls into the same trap as The Last Stand, the final part in the original X-Men trilogy: it shifts the focus from character detail and social commentary...

After I realized how this movie massages nuanced social commentary (about fetishization of the african american body, caucasian self - image, etc.) into a film «genre» that does not neatly fit into any particular category (it's neither thriller, nor horror, nor comedy, but a taste of all three), I was absolutely impressed.

With backing from QC Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions (the company behind horror hits «Paranormal Activity» and most recently «Split») and distribution from Universal Pictures, Peele turned the pitch into a script filled with scares, laughs and searing social commentary about race and racism in America.

Zombie movies work quite well as mindless and bloody entertainment, and also when they are tied into larger social commentaries (such as in Romero's original Dawn Of The Dead and 28 Days Later).

However, once Roth veers into chaos and attempts to convey his supposed social commentary, the picture becomes even sillier when it should be racketing up the tension.

Nick's story — as well as the cast of nutcases he has to deal with — works for Dead Rising's oddball mix of comedy, social commentary, and outright gore, but it never really gels into something deeper than your average B - movie plot.

The irony of Pulse is that, by removing the «confusing» social commentary, they have made what's left infinitely more perplexing, with very little explanation as to what is going on during many scenes, or what is motivating anyone, ghosts and humans alike, into doing whatever it is they seem very compelled to do.

Damien Chazelle has taken a relatively staid subject like the relationship between a music student and his teacher and turned it into a thriller built on a brilliant undercurrent of social commentary about what it takes to make it in an increasingly competitive and cutthroat world.

, The Hunger Games often sets a fine example of how to trim narrative fat, and better yet, it parlays tricky elements into user - friendly social commentary.

This movie isn't for everyone as it will indeed polarize audiences, but go into this movie with an open mind to realize just how intelligent it delivers metaphors and social commentary.

Godard makes it a mix of character study, social commentary and street tragedy broken into twelve distinct tableaux (the full French title is Vivre sa vie: Film en douze tableaux), many of them composed of carefully arranged long takes by Raoul Coutard.

Slowly the film evolves into social commentary about our (the U.S.) faltering nation.

During L.A.'s flourishing rap scene, five young men — Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson, Jr.), Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins), Eazy - E (Jason Mitchell), DJ Yella (Neil Brown, Jr.) and MC Ren (Aldis Hodge)-- transformed unapologetically explicit lyrics and hardcore beats into revolutionary social commentary fueled by their frustration and anger about life in their inner - city neighborhood.

This three - disc set boxes up Shoot First, Die Later (1974), a ruthless crime drama starring Luc Merenda as a corrupt cop on a mission of righteous vengeance (previously released as a stand - alone disc), with two disc debuts: Naked Violence (1969), a juvenile delinquent cop drama by way of social commentary, and Kidnap Syndicate (1975), a revenge thriller with Merenda, this time playing an innocent bystander roused to take justice into his own hands.

Social commentary abounds as several characters from disparate background are crammed into a confined space (the titular stagecoach) for an extended period of time.

Hopefully, the film draws out some social commentary and doesn't just turn into a dumb action movie.

Instead of going with the overplayed spoof route, the script written turns into a social commentary that keeps the patent Christmas movie tone.

If you go into this expecting a slick, international thriller with some relevant social commentary about relations between the United States and Mexico, the state of corporate greed and how bad things often happen to good people — well, there's a LITTLE bit of that stuff lightly sprinkled in.

George Romero, whose classic «Night of the Living Dead» and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh - devouring undead spawn

George Romero, whose classic «Night of the Living Dead» and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh - devouring undead spawn countless imitators, remakes and homages, dies Sunday, July 16, 2017.

There is no real cause to explain the events in the movie (aside from the professor saying that the region is overdue for one), or social commentary that director Brad Peyton (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island) injects into it.

But however unintentional it may have been, Chappelle's infectious enthusiasm, his ability to subtly burrow into your brain, also tends to manifest itself as a collection of catchphrases, ultimately distracting from the deceptive simplicity of his social commentary.

Rather than dealing with these issues like real human beings, the four jet off on a ludicrously extravagant vacation to Abu Dhabi, and the movie completely unravels into a pastiche of wish - fulfillment, slapstick, and ham - handed social commentary.

«Lethal Weapon» is a buddy - film that incorporates social commentary, crime drama, and comedy into a compulsively entertaining form.

However, Peele's feature directing debut, «Get Out,» also brings him into the rarified class of horror directors who edge their scares with cutting social commentary.

Chin: Black Panther was unique in that it was a Marvel movie that stood on its own, without forcefully shoving the MCU agenda into its story line, and it left its audience with compelling social commentary and a dialogue to consider upon leaving the theater.

Directorial debut of «Sicario» screenwriter turns story of a tracker, a Fed and a dead girl into sharp social commentary

Obviously it makes explicit that targetting civilians is never, under any circumstances, acceptable, but tries to explain that 9.11 was a complicated event with historical, cultural, social and religious causes using a redacted and edited document which summarises complicated historical commentary into a digestible PDF.