Sentences with phrase «with cultish»

The script for the film, which boasts two writers with cultish followings, Neil Gaiman (Stardust, Mirrormask) and Roger Avary (The Rules of Attraction, Pulp Fiction), had been in the works for almost a decade, finally coming to fruition with one of the more visually stunning films you're ever likely to see.

In a more objective reality, Zoolander was a popular movie with a cultish half - life.

Not exact matches

To this day Waugh is disturbed by the cultish obsession with CEOs.

I have conversed with some people who are almost «cultish» about it, which I found odd.

HBO had a surprise hit on their hands with the first season of their ongoing miniseries, True Detective, which stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew «Always Google My Name Before You Spell It» McConaughey as two Louisiana detectives on the trail of a cultish serial killer.

In fact, when deprived of an explicit metaphysical - moral underpinning, the ideologies of either capitalism or socialism themselves take on cultish form, complete with secularized high priests, denominational orthodoxies, doctrinal disputes, and ritual excommunications all under the garb of social analysis.

Colorado's New Belgium frequently sides with brewers such as St. Louis» Perennial (Salted Belgian Chocolate Stout) and Indiana's cultish 3 Floyds (smoky Grätzer), while gypsy brewers Mikkeller, Stillwater, and Evil Twin globe - trot for too many collaborations to count.

Grassroots Brewing stands in the shadow of its parent, the cultish Hill Farmstead, and the Perfect Crime, which Stillwater's Strumke started with Evil Twin, quickly fizzled out.

After USHG opened the first permanent Shake Shack as a kiosk in the park in 2004, Meyer's team spent years refining the craft: serving better - quality burgers, hot dogs, shakes, and fries; treating guests with a level of hospitality more often found in restaurants than fast - food joints; and making its cultish following of customers happy enough to endure those infamously long lines.

cut the cultish crap and start watching the footy... maybe start with barca «s 7 nil drubbing of valencia and ask why we are so far behind them....

Along with «let's just support the players» it's part of a weird cultish mindset that has arsenal fans a bit like scientologists with wenger the L Ron Hubbard of football management... Everyone is a supporter of the club... Beyond that it's about the performance and results....

I used to see Apple's devoted fans as cultish, but now I'm the one who's left in a cult: the shrinking cult of technophiles who want stuff that above all works well, solves problems, and delivers real value, and the hell with look and feel.

But it became a true sensation on DVD, where a cultish following developed around the wild hijinks of the two namesake New Jersey pals (John Cho and Kal Penn) as they attempted to sate a case of the munchies, and in the process crossed paths with both a cheetah and the erstwhile Doogie Howser, M.D. — Neil Patrick Harris, playing an obscenity - spouting, drugged - up, hyper - masculinized version of himself.

With time and understanding, maybe his Realm will prove a solid successor to «The X-Files,» his earlier hit, but that's assuming that more than Carter's cultish core fans stick around long enough to make sense of this elaborate war game inside a super-secret government virtual - reality setup called Harsh Realm.

Additionally, in no particular order, there were vocal supporters of the Ralph Jones «incongruously great score to «Slumber Party Massacre ``; «Phantasm» «s heavily «Exorcist «- indebted score from Fred Myrow and Malcom Seagrave; Danny Elfman «s channelling of Bernard Herrmann for «Nightbreed ``; Wojciech Kilar «s bombastic, often recycled music for «Bram Stoker's Dracula ``; John Harrison's score for Romero's anthology film «Creepshow ``; Richard Band «s better - than - deserved compositions for the terrible «Troll ``; the great Lalo Schifrin «s score for the original «The Amityville Horror ``; a more recent example in Climax Golden Twins» music for Brad Anderson «s now cultish «Session 9 ``; Pino Donaggio's terrific work with de Palma's «Dressed to Kill ``; Gene Moore's classic church organ scares in «Carnival of Souls ``; and while we've featured Bava fils above, we could easily have found room for his father Mario Bava, probably with the funky original music by Libra for his final film «Shock.»

In practical terms, «Thrones» exemplifies the perfect model for victory in the pay - to - view, subscription - model age - a program that combines prestige (garnering plenty of award nominations to go with its critical superlatives), mass appeal (carving out ratings records by HBO's standards) and the kind of cultish devotion often reserved for much narrower properties.

For the provocatively titled newest effort, Wain collaborates with co-writer Michael Showalter, who helped him pen another Rudd vehicle, the cultish gem Wet Hot American Summer.

A few weeks ago, certain corners of the internet were set alight with strange, cultish buzz, all because of a picture of James Franco.

But you can take it further and see that all the characteristics of a cultish, religious ideology line up one by one with corporate ed reform planks to match.

It was made of denim and looked vaguely cultish, but it was comfortable and, with leggings beneath, warm.

I don't want to denigrate the success of self - publishers with Amazon, though of late a few have gotten so cultish you feel like you've stumbled upon the transcript of an Amway meeting, but their success via Amazon comes with a bit of an asterisk.

Even more creepy than the cultish spirits was the devotion with which they brought about their bloody apocalypse through an infinite sea of red water.

A daring escape and a visit from a mysterious cultish figure known as The Outsider provides Corvo with means to vengeance, supernatural powers, to help you bring down the hierarchy that runs the city's government.

There are hammers that make puns, ones that pay homage to great masters, others that share anecdotes, make play on cultish objects, and others that present a muse - like obsession with the handyman's stalwart.

What is clear is the strange environment that is revealed — a kind of cultish event with a very otherworldly soundtrack.

Years ago when Nobel Prize winner in Medicine Sir Peter Medawar took on the cultish nonsense surrounding another UN pus, Teilhard de Chardin, he came up with one of my all = time favorite lines.

It's a cultish community, and as with any cult, there are downsides to being a part of a rabid group, as Peloton rider Drew Hallett learned back in March.

Gamers love to sniff out off - the - beaten track, cultish games and, until now, that has been the only way to describe Capcom's Monster Hunter franchise.For years, Monster Hunter games - primarily confined to Nintendo handhelds, with the occasional port... Read more