"To reinvent the genre" means to completely transform and create something new within a particular category or style.
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The Evil Within manages to redefine and
reinvent the genre for the current age of gaming, making survival horror relevant again.
Taken from the nick - name for wrestling match entertainments of the early 20th century, Catch As Catch Can embraces a «no - holds - barred» attitude
of reinventing genre, medium, and persona via available means.
It's got personality to spare, and though it doesn't
reinvent the genre by any means, A Hat In Time is a lovely, charming tribute that will scratch your N64 platformer itch.
Playing a professional also - ran in the twilight of his career — known, if at all, for ranking «11th in the world for most of 1996» — Bettany rises from wild - card to long - shot to serious contender in a sports success story that doesn't
exactly reinvent the genre.
In 1967, Warren Beatty produced and starred in Bonnie & Clyde which
reinvented the genre in an Arthur Penn orgy of blood and violence.
Tumblestone is the first original action - puzzle game of the past fifteen years —
completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience.
«One of the smartest and most terrifying films in years, the
film reinvents the genre by putting a fresh twist on home - invasion horror.
For the record, they were John Ford's The Searchers, and Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West, and maybe something about seeing an Italian director like
Leone reinvent the genre left an impression on Zhao.
The Blair Witch Project Year: 1999 Directors: Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick Where
Scream reinvented a genre by pulling the shades back to reveal the inner workings of horror, The Blair Witch Project went the opposite route: crafting both a new style of presentation and especially of promotion.
And speaking of drugs, if you were expecting Danny Boyle, the director of Trainspotting, to do the same for this particular sci - fi subgenre than what he did for the zombie flick in 28 Days Later, namely
cleverly reinvent the genre's conventions, then you'd no doubt be disappointed.
One of the smartest and most terrifying films in years, YOU»RE
NEXT reinvents the genre by putting a fresh twist on home - invasion horror.
Reinventing the genre from the ground up while maintaining that nostalgic feeling, PixelJunk SideScroller is a bit of side story fun.
Developer Monolith Soft promised a six episode epic that would redefine video game storytelling and
wildly reinvent the genre.
The relationship between a mother and child is explored in Mary Kelly's Post-Partum Document: Documentation VI (1978 / 2010) as the artist's son develops his writing skills, while Fiona
Banner reinvents the genre of the female nude through the use of written language to depict her subject, described from life.
The current exhibition highlights the gallery's long association with Realism by focusing on the three East Coast artists who
together reinvented the genre by combining formal devices taken from Abstract Expressionism with a thorough appreciation for and knowledge of the history of art.
«Chuck Close is one of the most important painters in America, an artist who has
magnificently reinvented the genre of the portrait in compelling contemporary terms,» said Dana Gioia, director of the Institute's Harman - Eisner Program in the Arts and former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Jordan's vampire film Byzantium likewise works because of this style, and although it doesn't
exactly reinvent the genre, it least offers a fresh, reflective take.
While the horror genre in Hollywood seems to be trapped in a tired found footage loop, filmmakers from further - flung places are
reinventing the genre with clever twists on the old formula.
Telltale, populated with LucasArts alumni, made some more Sam & Max games for a while, but their real successes came with The Wolf Among Us and The Walking Dead, which
completely reinvented the genre.
Zack Snyder's new superhero movie does
n't reinvent the genre or even do anything interesting with it, but boy does it try.
The sequel to the immensely popular Temple Run isn't a game that
reinvents the genre or does anything radically new.
It's not going to
reinvent the genre, but it might help you rediscover all the good stuff that used to make it tick.
It doesn't
reinvent the genre, but Primordia's rich script, interesting world and solid puzzles make up for its minor annoyances.
Carl Franklin's unusually creative studio movie, boasting superlative acting from Denzel Washington and particularly newcomer Don Cheadle,
reinvents a genre and a bygone era, in this case, Los Angeles circa 1948.
This handsome, widescreen movie doesn't try to
reinvent the genre; in fact, quite the opposite.
The exiled Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi continues to
reinvent genres and push boundaries of visual storytelling to deliver profound, quietly political films.
I don't expect this to
reinvent the genre, but I'm never one to turn down a nice addition to the category.
Paraphrasing his words following Friday morning's screening, Larrain wanted «to take on and
reinvent the genre.»
It's not going to
reinvent the genre but it's a solid movie and in the end to me that's all that counts.
Blumhouse's staple has long been either
reinventing the genre or putting a clever spin on a film trope.
It's not trying to
reinvent the genre, and it's satisfied with being just adequate.
There's no way for Nolan to
reinvent the genre or to invent history, something he flirted with on The Prestige, his last period film.
10 Second Ninja X may not
reinvent the genre but it does provide some fun times for the ninja in you.
«Doesn't
reinvent the genre, but it's a fine example of what's possible within that when the people making the movie aren't just going through the motions» — Norm Wilner, NOW Magazine
He reinvented genre filmmaking, giving it the depth of the most ambitious fiction.
One that
reinvents the genre, or crosses into the realm of «true drama,» or demands categorization as a «horror classic.»
But the sharp professionalism of Spielberg shouldn't mean they're greeted with a sigh when they don't
reinvent the genre.