Sentences with phrase «tongue in cheek way»

I also loved the quirky and tongue in cheek way you displayed your work in your solo exhibitions.

This task should be approached in a tongue in cheek way and asks students to compare God to a superhero.

While Grimsby is released in Oscar season, it may be easy to overlook the small time flick BUT I really do recommend for a funny, silly and tongue in cheek way to waste some spare time.

Essentially, it was a tongue in cheek way of poking fun at different listener's habits by crunching user data, either by the amount of times a certain song had be listened to or perhaps the title of a given curated playlist.

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When the teaser talks about «replacements» it probably means in a tongue - in - cheek way and that Alexa's voice is not going away anytime soon, but I have another theory.

no it wasn't meant as tongue in cheek although i can see why it may be taken that way it was a reference to the «delicate» nature of the subject and the and the firestorm it often ignites.

Michelle Wie has tried a variety of ways to get the ball in the hole on the green so her most recent effort, done with tongue firmly implanted in cheek, should come as no surprise to fans of the Big Wiesy.

Koscielny has spoken about his unwanted record, as reported by ESPN, and the way the 29 - year old Gunner responded to the news was fairly tongue in cheek, mentioning the Guinness Book of Records and suggesting that his unfortunate habit only matters in a close game.

Let me offer this tongue - in - cheek way of ensuring equality between nursing mothers and the rest of the adult population.

Way back in a July Friday Buffet, I made a slightly tongue - in - cheek reference to the whole world of adorable bento lunches.

And the NewsMax people clearly think that it's also a way to reach potential advertisers, in this case with an image and message that are both a little tongue - in - cheek and I suspect quite effective.

And there's a bit of a tongue - in - cheek moment in the video when Avery says he treats everyone «the way I expect to be treated.»

«I thought it was a great idea, a tongue - in - cheek way to get the message across,» Mr. Hikind said in a phone interview.

During 30 years of a surgical career, it has been my not quite tongue - in - cheek observation that a patient's chance of survival is inversely proportional to the number of anesthesiologists required to get the operation under way; a figure of six or higher is a virtual guarantee of death.

It was tongue in cheek, although it had a serious intent, which was to get people to realize that maybe there is some way of getting down inside the Earth that we haven't tried.

Three weeks after launch, the app seems to be gaining traction and simply refuses to follow the way of all tongue - in - cheek April 1st announcements.

Exceptionally daft, tongue - in - cheek pastiche of the erotic slasher B - movie... the sole purpose of entertaining in the most blood spewing and badly acted way.

Also, the way in which the film goes from serious tones to tongue in cheek moments is not really handled well either — from the knife wielding belly dancer to one of Samuel L. Jackson's trademark monologue, it feels rather forced at times.

Lots of different locations, very satisfying kills, and very tongue in cheek humour along the way.

It almost went to The Purge: Election Year with its usage of Miley Cyrus» «Party in the USA,» but that tongue - in - cheek, musical choice doesn't hold a candle to the way American Honey takes modern, American hits and slaps them with a deeper meaning.

From then on, it's romanticized musical standards, weird camera angles, tongue - in - cheek character portrayals, and unconventional narrative techniques the rest of the way.

Is this reboot starring The Rock and Zac Efron going to be stupid in a good way or stupid in an annoying, way - too - tongue - in - cheek way?

The only way to make this hard - to - swallow trash fly would be to play it up for some tongue - in - cheek laughs (like Mute Witness), but neither Waller nor Davies see the humor in such unrealistic material and they make the fatal mistake of going for serious drama and tension.

Though this execution could verge toward the excessively operatic, as in the heavy - handed De Mayerling à Sarajevo (1940), these managerial efforts largely paid off, with a variety of fine performances across the generic and national spectrum: a spirited Lien Deyers in the tongue - in - cheek The Company's in Love; Magda Schneider, who also starred in Ophuls» Love Story (Une histoire d'amour, 1933), as the tragically morose Christine in Liebelei, her final despair registered in an extraordinary extended close - up; and acting luminaries James Mason, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Robert Ryan, searing in Caught's three - way confrontations.

The legend seems serious and is told in an almost tongue - in - cheek sort of way.

Hopefully for their encore, the creators will figure out a better way to give is all of the snark, zaniness, and tongue - in - cheek references we want, without having to shoehorn several dozen characters into yet another formula plot barely worth following.

With a script by Joe Eszterhas and direction by camp satire maestro extraordinaire, Paul Verhoeven, the tongues were planted firmly in cheek, as the Hitchcock - laced visuals married tawdry story elements in a pleasing and engaging way.

It was a spy version of My Fair Lady, and it worked, because in it's world building of an original action series, it was also a tongue in cheek parody of the James Bond franchise, to the degree of creating brand excitement for young people in it's audience to consider the purchase of sharp, tailored suite carried by the Mr. Porter brand in the same way Bond timelessly sports a Timex watch and drives an Aston Martin.

There are huge holes in the plot which are explained away by ridiculous technical gobbledygook, although some of this is done in a knowing, tongue - in - cheek way which at least makes it funny.

The 27 - year - old, who showed off the new ink on her way to the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday, poked fun at the tattoo in a tongue - in - cheek tweet on Monday night.

You enter into the antic spirit of these tongue - in - cheek proceedings, playing along in a «Mystery Science Theater 3000» kind of way.

With tongue firmly planted in cheek, Millar nevertheless understands that a zero isn't just going to waltz his way into being a hero.

The film hits a lot of the genre standards but is in no way tongue - in - cheek and is not that scary, even by my lily - livered standards.

Sure the acting isn't the best and much of the dialog by the big stars is completely tongue - in - cheek and self - aware, but it's also a ton of fun and a great way to waste two hours.

Tongue - in - cheek hints aside, these letters could go a long way in establishing a viable marketplace for both super wagons.

All with a tongue - in - cheek sense of humor that will leave you grimacing (but in a good way!).

It's the perfect tongue - in - cheek gift that'll have your cat - loving friends and family members LOL - ing... perhaps even all the way to the bank.

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«Marvellous in every way; well - written, visually arresting, occasionally tongue - in - cheek humorous... I loved it.»

When asked to give advice to those beginning their writing careers, Butcher instead gave this tongue - in - cheek advice on going the other way.

I'd been working as the Money Saving Expert on TV and writing a newspaper column since 2000 — and during my research I'd often stumble across short - lived ways to save money — so I'd pop them in an email to friends with the tongue - in - cheek subject line «Martin's Money Tips».

It feels kind of like a tongue in cheek anti-Hotline Miami in a way but the story never really seems to be able to settle on a tone with some moments feeling just a little too dark and grimy for their own good.

Well, actually, there is the good news that Cavanagh's seen fit to include the game's «arcade mode» as an option — which adds local leaderboard entries so you can use the build for exhibitions and your own public tournaments — and that he's gotten away with one of the best tongue - in - cheek game descriptions on Steam, which you can spot here on your way to purchasing your copy.

But something happened along the way; Resident Evil transcended its shaky, tongue - in - cheek roots and actually began to develop into an incredible game, along with an equally incredible mythology.

«Our boys in R&D have been looking into ways to take combine this hot wave of so - called indie games with the tried and true Serious Sam profit formula and it looks like they've hit a homerun touchdown goal with Serious Sam's Bogus Detour,» said Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker, with tongue firmly in cheek as usual.

And much like Heinlein's book, the political subtext of warmongering and imperialism, two real - world issues that have plagued humanity for centuries, is presented in a tongue - in - cheek way.

The best way to describe the vibe of the first hour or so of Resident Evil is it's like an unholy marriage between the Evil Dead remake and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre; gone is the campy, tongue - in - cheek tone and instead you're subjected to an intense and violent barrage of assaults on the senses.

The original SteamWorld Dig, with its robo - western setting and tongue - in - cheek humour, made its way to both 3DS and Wii U so it's great to see its much anticipated sequel is coming to Switch.

The plot lends a kind of tongue - in - cheek kookiness to the proceedings, too — this includes the fact that the ex-girlfriend of Billy Blaze (her name, unfortunately, is not «Amy Ecco», which by the way, would be a fabulous name for a pilot) has defected to the bad guys.

Excellent voice acting, gameplay, boss fights, weaponry, and tongue - in - cheek dialogue leads Ratchet & Clank to find its way near the top of my favorite games of 2016 so far.