Sentences with phrase «throwback to another era»

Although I was a 90's kid, I fairly certain I'm not the only one that loves a good throwback to this era.

Quentin Tarantino has long revered the epic trappings of the cinema - going experience more than most directors, and for all of its flaws, the experience of seeing The Hateful Eight in 70 mm is a genuinely thrilling throwback to an era when a night at the pictures was intended as a real event.

A wide - eyed, action - adventure throwback to the era of Disney's magnificent adaptation of «20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.»

The score from Alexandre Desplat has a timeless feeling to it; it's endlessly charming when it needs to charm, electrifying when we're required on the edge of our seat; Paul D. Austerberry's production design is aces, the film drowns in this ocean blue, soaking wet aesthetic that emanates this sensual but creepy world; and the creature design is nothing short of righteous, a perfect throwback to the era of practical effects reigning supreme that uses just the right intermitted splashes of CGI.

Best - case scenario: The hard R rating, combined with some actual teenagers in the lead roles, could make this a nice throwback to the era of dark Amblin movies, where audiences didn't feel like the movie was sanitized for their protection.

Founded in 2010, the Provo, Utah - based company adheres to the tagline «The Road is Calling,» and its vehicles — the all - new Vanderhall Venice and previously released Laguna — are transparent throwbacks to an era when driving wasn't a chore and vehicles weren't appliances to complete one.

Inbetweeners alumni reunite for a laddish 80s comedy that is a bewildering throwback to an era best forgotten

The core innovation of ride - hailing companies like Uber and Lyft was using non-professional drivers in their own cars to avoid these regulations — a throwback to the era, nearly a century ago, before all those rules were imposed in the first place.

With the Roman Catholic Church in the United States mostly identifying with conservative political causes these days - think abortion or gay marriage - seeing the American bishops come out for union workers battling Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came as something of a surprise, a throwback to an era when the church was pretty well aligned with the American left.

Edgy but inviting, our vintage - industrial restaurant and cocktail lounge is a throwback to an era when sporting parlours, speakeasies and social clubs became accepted neighborhood institutions.

It is a throwback to the era when British Chancellors tried to manage the British economy with modest domestic packages: I can almost hear Jim Callaghan saying «a touch on the tiller».

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Mayor Michael Bloomberg has vetoed a City Council bill that would have raised the minimum wage in New York City to $ 11.50, calling the measure «a throwback to the era when government viewed the private sector as a cash cow to be milked.»

«The so - called living and prevailing wage bills are a throwback to the era when government viewed the private sector as a cash cow to be milked, rather than a garden to be cultivated,» Bloomberg said last week, in what aides noted was his first public veto address.

«Those bills — the so - called living and prevailing - wage bills — are a throwback to the era when government viewed the private sector as a cash cow to be milked, rather than a garden to be cultivated,» Bloomberg told reporters in a stinging speech before officially vetoing the bill three weeks ago.

«The so - called living and prevailing wage bills are a throwback to the era when government viewed the private sector as a cash cow to be milked, rather than a garden to be cultivated,» said Bloomberg, in what aides said was his first public veto address.

They don't have the grace of Paul Ehrlich either, both come off dismissive of politically correct concerns — sounds to me like a throwback to an era when white males of that generation had a hard time parting with the privilege they'd been born with.

Like Howards End and The King's Speech, the British sensibility of courtship and hardship are just some of the foundations in Theory, which are throwbacks to another era.

As bright and shiny as perfectly restored vintage neon, it's a throwback to an era when films could be fun without being stupid.

Taking characters and audience alike on a soul - stirring journey, in British cinema terms, it's surely a throwback to the era of autobiographical trilogies of Terence Davies and Bill Douglas — films which start out with their feet on the ground yet reach to the heavens.

Another throwback to the era he homages so well.

Coming into my car awareness in the late -»70s meant that these T - birds seemed like they should have been driven by funeral homes: the landau bar was a throwback to an era that had long passed.

The C - pillar roundel is a bold badge of distinction — a throwback to an era that established BMW's reputation for sporty, aggressive vehicles, and changed automotive design forever.

99Vidas is a throwback to that era.