Sentences with phrase «social satire gets»

like television, and the movie loses steam as the rom com plot kicks in and the social satire gets chucked out the window.

In the translation from two to three dimensions, and in the hands of director Matthew Vaughn, the redeeming social satire gets entirely lost in the chaos of bad taste and underlying misogyny.

Jordan Peele's horror - themed social satire Get Out and Christopher Nolan's WWII epic Dunkirk combined for 12 Oscar nominations, and now, they're heading back to theaters so you can see what all of the buzz is about.

Not exact matches

When satire did not work, the next week November 11, 2015, I returned to explicit economic advisory in «Reversing Economic Slowdown» where I noted that «I have been loud in warning about the dangers of allowing the economy slide into recession and the imperative of policy to prevent that eventuality, on social media, in my Businessday column and in discussions on Channels Television and CNBC Africa, but the sense I get is that many are yet in denial about the reality of our economic conditions».

Colin Farrell must get hitched or die tryin» in this brilliant, bizarre social satire costarring Rachel Weisz

The Man in the White Suit (1951) is too tame to be a genuine social satire, but the madcap chase to stop mild mannered inventor and idealist Guinness from unleashing his invention — a textile that never wears out and never gets dirty — finds capital and labor in the unusual position of teaming up to protect their mutual interests.

And if McTeigue is going for satire he's missing the sharpness and social commentary of «Get Out.»

Jordan Peele's social satire horror «Get Out» and James Ivory's adaptation of the coming - of - age novel «Call Me By Your Name» have won the top honors from the Writers Guild of America.

«Get Out» injects social satire into the slasher - flick genre; Peter Travers on why Jordan Peele's race - relations horror film is an instant classic.

Zardoz (Twilight Time, Blu - ray) is one of the most fascinatingly misguided sci - fantasies of the seventies, a truly strange social satire with counterculture echoes: think of Brave New World by way of The Wizard of Oz (which is where the film gets its title).

Get Out: The most astonishing writing - directing debut in years, Peele's mash - up of horror and comedy and social satire is, also, flabbergastingly, the most trenchant new movie about American race relations.

Anyone who has seen Jordan Peele's horror / social - satire «Get Out» understands the intense appeal of Daniel Kaluuya.

And with those words, the Oakland - based rapper Boots Riley, making a knockout filmmaking debut as writer and director, spins a social satire that'll make you laugh till it hurts, Stanfield, so good in Get Out, hits all that right notes from mirth to malice.

While it opens with the promise of a modern take on the 1983 comedic classic Trading Places — which featured some truly biting racial and social satire — Get Hard rapidly devolves into nothing more than a sorry excuse to trot out the stereotypes it purports to subvert.

From the lurid antics of the Big Little Lies women to the savage social satire of Get Out; from the emo awakening of Lady Bird to the sea creature - romancing fantasy of The Shape of Water, it's set to be an interesting ceremony.

I've got a few codes to give away for Cory Bowles» social satire, Black Cop, which premiered during the Toronto International Film Festival last year.

The Stepford Wives meets Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in Get Out (2017), the directorial debut of writer / comedian Jordan Peele, a tricky and successful mix of social satire, modern horror, and savvy commentary on race as experienced by a person of color in a largely white society.

Get Out from comedian turned filmmaker Jordan Peele masters a delicate balance of witty thriller, social satire, modern horror, and commentary on race on the so - called «post-racial» era.

• «Get Out»: Comedian Jordan Peele's directorial debut is a hybrid of horror, comedy and social satire about race in the United States.

Get Out, a whip smart social satire, all dressed up as a deeply unsettling horror, was one of the best films of 2017.

Social satire oftentimes needs to have less whimsy and more importance to get up for major Oscars.

Rounding out the best picture category were the romantic drama «Call Me by Your Name,» the Winston Churchill biopic «Darkest Hour,» the coming - of - age dramedy «Lady Bird,» the period romance «Phantom Thread,» the Pentagon Papers drama «The Post» and the smash hybrid of horror and social satire «Get Out,» which picked up four nominations overall, including writing and directing nods for Jordan Peele and a lead actor nomination for Daniel Kaluuya.

WHY IT MIGHT NOT SUCCEED: Social satire oftentimes needs to have less whimsy and more importance to get up for major Oscars.

In addition to writing another, as - yet - untitled social satire à la Get Out, he's turning his attention to television, excavating our deepest horrors with an HBO series (produced with J. J. Abrams) about the Jim Crow South called Lovecraft Country; another one centered on a group of 1970s Nazi hunters, Black Klansman; and then, of course, a reboot of The Twilight Zone, where he can take his specific talent for merging horror, social commentary, and a dose of sci - fi and apply it to the revered TV series, which he will re-imagine with X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg.

The story of a 16 - year - old girl who gets pregnant could easily be the jumping point for broad social satire, but Cody respects her characters too much to mistreat them so.