| 单词 | formulaic |
| 例句 | A sly twist on the formulaic reporting and ponderous tone of conventional obituaries. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Organum became very popular across Europe - and, dare I say it, formulaic to the point of tedium. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z During the Depression, the studios, which were mostly run by immigrant Jews, turned out a string of formulaic fantasies about life among the Gentile upper crust. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Though not nearly so spectacular, this manifestation of grief for Bunny was in many ways a similar phenomenon—an affirmation of community, a formulaic expression of homage and dread. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Visual analysis can help us to appreciate the beauty of a masterpiece, but we must be careful not to use a formulaic approach that would trivialize it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, this sort of trivial television realism dominates more of the work than it should; Ms. Driscoll may know how to organize her chaotic scenes, but they remain formulaic. Dance Review | Faye Driscoll: Faye Driscoll?s ?There is so much mad in me? 2010-04-01T21:48:00Z A lot of his work got too closed down and formulaic. 10 Artists on Picasso’s Enduring, Confounding Influence 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Tina Perry, president of OWN, said filling roles with more diverse actors in general is a great way to sprinkle unique cultural nuances in a very formulaic genre. On screen, Asian Americans rarely get into Christmas spirit 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Until the 1970s, Victorian art in general was regarded by sophisticates as stale, morally stultifying, formulaic kitsch. Review: ‘Flaming June’ Arrives in New York, Preceded by Its Reputation 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z When it started back in 2004, the genealogy series felt fresh, offering unusual insights into the backstories of well-known personalities; but now it all just seems rather formulaic and manipulative. TV review: Who Do You Think You Are? The Flowerpot Gang; Death Camp Treblinka: Survivor Stories 2012-08-15T21:00:01Z If anything, the numbingly formulaic film stands in direct opposition to everything Netflix’s distribution strategy seems built to accommodate, lacking even the moderate narrative daring of last year’s Sandler outing The Cobbler. The Ridiculous 6: Adam Sandler moves to Netflix 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z Mr. Shanks told The Washington Post that he had wanted to depart from the usual stiff, formulaic presidential portrait, to avoid making Mr. Clinton “so presidential-looking he became an icon of non-humanity.” Nelson Shanks, Who Painted the Prominent, Dies at 77 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z But he never cared for the formulaic fare typical of Broadway, where risk-averse producers commission soundtracks that ooze with cynical sincerity. Human nature 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Being formulaic isn’t necessarily a bad thing when the formula works; it’s just some of the components that need an update. Love is (still) in the air: how the romcom came back from the dead 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z Thankfully, when she appears – her face awash with glitter and wearing a tiara made from pigeon wings, looking for all the world like Mr Tumnus's supermodel sister – La Grange seems anything but formulaic. Kyla La Grange – review 2012-05-31T17:45:01Z The best rock star memoirs steer clear of nonsense about personal journeys, formulaic expressions of regret over drug use and sexual highjinks, or emetic tributes to the love that saved their lives. Rod: The Autobiography by Rod Stewart – review 2012-11-07T00:00:05Z Although the recordings were not immediately successful, they heralded the "cool jazz" that would prove popular with musicians dissatisfied with the formulaic nature of bebop and its emphasis on virtuosity. How Miles Davis electrified jazz 2021-10-16T04:00:00Z Good crowd work is typically a nimble, formulaic dance with the audience that segues into a prepared set. Critic’s Notebook: Judah Friedlander’s Stand-up Comedy 2012-09-05T22:20:35Z Sometime later, he is aboard a helicopter flying over Afghanistan when there’s a big explosion and, and, and — well, there’s more, some of it entertaining, much of it formulaic and little of it surprising. Movie Review: Chris Pine Goes to Russia in ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ 2014-01-16T13:23:12Z “I think romance is formulaic. His books are not.” Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z In his case, the results are histrionic, formulaic and possibly ironic; in all entertaining but bankrupt signs of the times. Art in Review: Piotr Janas: ‘Minotaurs’ 2013-08-15T21:33:04Z In a season in which the offerings from the broadcast networks seem more formulaic than ever, “My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” decidedly stands out. The Great American Musical, Side B, in ‘My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z I would hope that with the astonishing amount of money they’re pumping into original programs they would be a bit more discerning and create a few things that are a bitless formulaic. Flaked: Netflix serves up more man-boys behaving sadly 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z “Focus on the human issues because the legal issues — income, property and child support — are formulaic.” 2 Divorce Lawyers Better After Their Own Divorce, but Still Together 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z But there was something smug about the Xeroxed buildings, something formulaic and inauthentic, as if even the architects didn’t quite believe their own pastiche of styles: If you squinted, they looked like a cartoon. ‘Times Square, 1984,’ at the Skyscraper Museum 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z “Raymonda” is a formulaic and unbalanced ballet, which makes it difficult for any company to put over well. Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Raymonda’ comes slowly to life 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z He's spent the past 13 years acting in formulaic, often straight-to-DVD action movies, several for loyal Hong Kong action director Ringo Lam. Jean-Claude Van Damme: 'I tried to play the system; I was blacklisted' 2012-08-10T22:44:55Z A shade formulaic, but basically acquitted, for now. Tonight's TV highlights: ER 2011-04-08T07:00:01Z He thought hard about accepting this one, worried it might be too formulaic to allow for personality. Romain Duris: Hero or antihero? 2010-06-24T21:40:00Z Just as she absolutely nails the formulaic milieu of “Cedar,” her description of “Griffith,” the animated musical series on which Flora ultimately finds a steady, reasonably satisfying gig voicing a lioness, is pitch perfect. Double the Trouble in a Novel of Hollywood Marriages 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Left wholly naked in front of the A.I. onslaught may be the writers of certain formulaic best sellers, but that’s a matter for their agents. A Human Wrote This Book Review. A.I. Wrote the Book. 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z Indeed, behind some of his more formulaic choral numbers or ensembles, there's a sense of Elgar finding the compromises of writing for the concert hall too restrictive. Caractacus ? review 2011-08-11T12:06:08Z “It was fresh and different,” she said, adding that everything else is the same formulaic stuff, “except for ‘Hebe for the Holidays.’ ” Encounters : In New York City Christmas Comedy Show, Jackie Hoffman Lampoons Holiday 2013-12-18T23:24:10Z In a mostly formulaic and conservative industry, he made inventive, personal films that were entertaining and accessible but also something more. Critic?s Notebook: MoMA Presents a Raj Kapoor Film Festival 2012-01-05T22:50:33Z The lowest-common-denominator beats and formulaic repetition make the album an unsatisfying experience, but Chase & Status come into their element live. Chase & Status - review 2011-03-13T15:00:19Z This landmark translation matches the original’s line count while drawing on a spare, simple and direct idiom that strips away formulaic language to let the characters take center stage. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The formulaic two-couple setup notwithstanding, Rizzo’s satire deepens with surprising and increasingly outrageous turns, cleverly turning the tables on each character’s posturing. A Mount Washington clash of cultures in L.A. playwright's 'Mutual Philanthropy' 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The trend of smaller films has been growing over recent years and it now seems that the industry has expanded to include both formulaic blockbusters and edgy fare. Bollywood's small films became big in 2010 2011-01-03T19:10:10Z But there's not much in her music to distinguish it from other glossy, formulaic pop. Joanna Newsom: 'Is it time for a glass of wine?' 2010-05-09T20:30:00Z It’s nothing like the more formulaic Hollywood films that came later. 2010-01-22T22:43:00Z That success with the non-Welsh audience isn’t surprising, because beyond the dramatic but hardscrabble setting, “Hinterland” is just like a lot of other British cop shows, except slower and a little more formulaic. The British Cop Show ‘Hinterland’ Comes to Netflix 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z The mouse is modest and humble, but will do anything to avoid conflict and may seem disengaged or formulaic. Improve your relationships – with advice from counter-terrorism experts 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z His fear, based on what he had observed in American publishing, was that in-house editing was likely to produce in-house books, with a similarity of style, presentation and format that becomes formulaic. The importance of good editing 2012-06-14T14:04:47Z It's what so many unimaginative, formulaic TV documentaries – including this one – do. TV review: William at 30 2012-06-07T21:00:03Z As such, an NPC’s phrases and movements are often formulaic and repetitive. How PinkyDoll Mesmerized the Internet 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z If this reads as an entirely formulaic cat-and-mouse mystery thriller well, there's "The Serpent" for you. "The Serpent" is Netflix's seductive serial killer drama that ultimately lacks legs 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z However, you can’t deny that, if things continue as they are, it’s in danger of running aground over a pile of formulaic duds. What happened, Netflix? You were king of the hill – now you're circling the drain 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z The qualities that people cite when they defend Hallmark movies — comforting, formulaic, soothing — are all a result of the aggressively conformist impulse that drives them. Hallmark movies are fascist propaganda 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z Some say the film’s ending was too predictable, but if that final scene counts as formulaic, I probably need to watch more horror movies. Perspective | Is ‘Hereditary’ really the best horror movie in years? Sure sounds like it. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z One gets the feeling that it's all rather formulaic. How will "Evil Dead" and "Spidey" director Sam Raimi fare in the MCU? It'll swallow his soul 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z American opera companies, trying to create new work, have come up with a formula involving dramaturges and libretto workshops; the results often seem formulaic. Perspective | Reexamining opera, one classic at a time 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z They also carry another cargo, particular to the series: guilt, recrimination and depression, built up through eight episodes of stylish but tedious and formulaic family drama. Review: Sean Penn Has Space Suit, May Travel in ‘The First’ 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z There are times when only satire can do the work of honest journalism, and Wolf recognized that it is the reason late-night political segments have become formulaically routine. Michelle Wolf went full meta on “The Break,” and it was the best comedy moment all week 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Hollywood biopics tend to be incredibly formulaic: precocious talent achieves success against the odds, only to be subsumed by druggy excess, followed by downfall and then redemption. Straight Outta Hollywood: how hip-hop saved the biopic 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z It's easy to criticise a news programme for being formulaic. Has Newsnight lost its way? 2011-08-20T23:06:06Z The plot that follows is formulaic and, to some degree, even derivative. "Hobbs & Shaw" and the standalone spin-off 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Even the most formulaic cop shows eventually turn inward and mine the personal lives of characters for added drama, and “SVU” is no exception. Comparing the Arcs of ‘The Good Wife’ and ‘Law & Order: SVU’ 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z Clooney succeeds here because he is telling a personal story, even if it is one that is purely formulaic. In George Clooney's coming-of-age flick "The Tender Bar," Ben Affleck provides the gooey center 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z With a few notable exceptions, for years title sequences were formulaic. Transparent to Game of Thrones: how TV perfected the title sequence 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Romance is both loved and derided for its formulaic nature. The Latest Romance Novels: Firefighters, Buff Male Nannies, Astronauts and More 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z But here they often fall into formulaic styles, playing the situation more than the characters. Theater Review | 'A Behanding in Spokane': Packing Heat, and a Grudge 2010-03-05T04:55:00Z It culminated in a performance of “Don Quixote” that possessed a certain vintage charm, yet despite moments of panache — especially among the men — it was formulaic, as if rendered by a paint-by-numbers kit. Review | As Cuba enters the post-Castro era, its ballet company seems stuck in the past 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z I didn’t want to laminate an anonymous, formulaic design on the apartment and their lives.” 2009-12-21T05:00:00Z Like "Sideways," "About Schmidt," and "Election," "The Descendants" is ultimately about a man in midlife who takes stock and decides his life needs to change; and, like those movies, it never feels formulaic or predictable. At TIFF: "The Descendants," "Albert Nobbs" 2011-09-10T20:16:04Z Elsewhere on the album, though, are signs of formulaic thinking that might have been his fault. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-05T21:33:00Z Dramatic licence is fine, but too often, Bean offers formulaic boffin-bashing culled from nasty blogs. Take climate scientists to task, but avoid formulaic boffin-bashing 2011-02-11T18:19:34Z But the thin, formulaic plot primarily buttresses Jack's tirades against Manhattan – its food, its women, its lack of foliage. Dead Accounts – Broadway review 2012-11-30T17:19:53Z There are no real surprises, but this is not to say that “Win Win” is rote or formulaic. | 'Win Win': Riding the Wave of Life?s Indignities 2011-03-17T23:03:24Z In its haste to tie up loose ends as efficiently as possible, “Passengers” becomes a banal, formulaic pastiche of dozens of other like-minded space operas in which the human drama gives way to technological awe. Review: Two ‘Passengers’ Trapped on a Spaceship Find Love Amid Despair 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z But while it’s been enjoyably set to song and dance, the musical feels more formulaic than inspired. ‘Bull Durham,’ a Musical Adaptation of the 1988 Movie 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z But as the show went on, it was harder to ignore the formulaic trudge of the songs, which are mainly the work of Mr. Koga. Music Review: Chief?s Mellow Guitars and Harmonies at Joe?s Pub 2010-08-18T22:35:00Z While the production is the program’s more polished offering, it also suffers from an overworked, formulaic structure of movement alternating with text. Dance Review: ‘Voices of Strength,’ Modern African Dance 2012-09-20T21:57:32Z Although sensitively handled in the film, it all adds up to an overload of baggage for a well-meaning but formulaic movie with not enough time to transcend predictable clichés. Review: Katie Holmes Directs Her First Feature, ‘All We Had’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Indeed, Lee embraces convenience, plugging his hammock-swaying material with formulaic devices that are easy on the ears. Dave Matthews Band Caravan music reviews 2011-07-08T05:00:00Z Things subside pretty quickly, though, and the balance of the season is a formulaic and increasingly sentimental family drama. Review: ‘Lost in Space,’ This Time With More Company 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z At moments, admittedly, the immediate flare-ups of temperament in the succession of arias become formulaic. Review: Lafayette’s Double Bill of Baroque Opera and Dance Drama 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z It’s hard to care when a movie is this formulaic and moronic. Review: In ‘London Has Fallen,’ the President Must Be Saved From Terrorists 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z “Nothing about this record is formulaic or by the book for rap or reggae releases,” said Dan Dalton, Mr. Marley’s manager. Damian Marley and Nasir Jones in ?Distant Relatives? 2010-05-13T17:54:00Z Mr. Alagna initially fell back on some formulaic phrasing and a certain grandstanding delivery that felt especially old-fashioned after the flickering, natural heat of Mr. Lee’s singing. Review: In Pairing of ‘Pagliacci’ and ‘Cavalleria Rusticana,’ One Rises Above the Other 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z We are left only with formulaic, pastoral pap. Critic?s Notebook: Quai Branly Museum in Paris Glorifies the ?Other? 2011-11-25T23:47:39Z “I find both sets of documents to be performative, formulaic and issued with a tin ear to their own use of language,” Molesworth said. Coronavirus shutdowns and charges of white supremacy: American art museums are in crisis 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z These people’s stories unfold in surprising ways, as does Ms. Honigmann’s documentary, which mostly avoids the formulaic. Review: ‘Around the World in 50 Concerts,’ a Documentary, Follows an Orchestra 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z The writing is too cautious, too formulaic, to ever allow Tolkien and his chums to feel like real human beings. "Tolkien" has a good idea at its center, but the execution is mixed 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Channel 4 did a good job with the Paralympics, but it hasn't been a vintage year for a channel that seems increasingly weighed down by shock docs that are almost satirically formulaic. The best television of 2012: Andrew Anthony's choice 2012-12-15T22:00:05Z It remains, to this day, a staple of formulaic chitchat on queer Tinder dates. “The L Word” Reboot Seeks to Absolve the Original’s Sins 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Opening jitters aside, I suppose E2NY is trying to remove the white walls from America's formulaic music festival scene – and then tie-dye them purple. The Secret Garden Party escapes to New York 2011-08-09T13:15:08Z The Swedish “Wallander” is marked most strongly by its resemblance to an earlier generation of well-made, comfortably formulaic British detective shows like “Inspector Morse.” The Detective Kurt Wallander on DVD 2012-05-27T03:41:56Z She was bored by the formulaic ways of corporate fashion so she only worked with easy shapes like triangles, squares and circles. | The Independent 2014-02-09T02:00:12Z The rap against Jeselnik is that his use of misdirection can be formulaic, like a math problem, but this show was advanced calculus, an implicit rebuke to comedians relying on lazy jokes about marginalized groups. In Comedy, Timing Is Everything, Especially at Netflix’s Festival 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z An abridged guide to recent TV drama spinoffs Without that action, it calls attention to just how formulaic some of the plotting is and just how leaden some of the dialogue. Fear the Walking Dead: the zombie spinoff that'll keep you up at night 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The crimes he solves are formulaic and predictable. Rainn Wilson Plays a Caustic Investigator in ‘Backstrom’ on Fox 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The problem is not so much that Ms. Oria subverts formulas but that the frequency of the subversion makes it seem formulaic. 'New York 1, Tel Aviv 0,' Stories by Shelly Oria 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The Classical Theater of Harlem’s new Christmas musical, “The First Noel,” means to tug at the heartstrings, and it does — but thanks to the musical performances, not the formulaic story. Review: In ‘The First Noel,’ a Forlorn Girl Longing for Holiday Gaiety 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z Phelim O'Neill For a show sold as a stylish, cerebral antidote to the morass of CSI-style procedurals, The Killing seems dispiritingly formulaic, with the same dubious coincidences and red herrings popping up each week. TV highlights 11/08/2011: The Culture Show At The Edinburgh Festival 2011-08-10T22:00:01Z The writing was formulaic, and the style was garish, with too many scenes pitched at a shout and too many of the actors willing to clench their jaws and play along. Thandie Newton in Her Second Season on ‘Rogue’ 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Presley's films, often formulaic, were safe to the point of stolid. What the Rise and Fall of Elvis Mean to America 40 Years After His Death 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z It’s just made it more formulaic, like soft drinks and other beverages, by streamlining production for consistency and stability. Let’s Be Clear: Bad Wines Are Bad Wines, Period 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z On the surface, George Saunders seems an excellent candidate to deliver a stirring version of the formulaic commencement address. Congratulations, by the way: David Foster Wallace, George Saunders and fighting the TED Talks-ization of commencement speeches 2014-05-05T00:00:00Z This provocative content sits stiffly inside a neat, formulaic structure where the surprise is hiding, quite literally, under the bed. | 'HotelMotel': Bellhop, There?s a Play in My Room 2011-08-11T02:30:50Z That could have made for repetitiveness, but in Waterston’s hands, the formula rarely felt formulaic. Sam Waterston Is Still the Face of ‘Law & Order’ 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Competently made by Kenneth Branagh, this foundation story is a moderately diverting variation on a genre standard — some of it entertaining, much of it formulaic and little of it surprising. Movie Listings for Jan. 24-30 2014-01-24T00:13:43Z It somehow doesn't work: the beats are too regimented, the sound too contrived and formulaic to suggest rebellion. Chase and Status: No More Idols ? review 2011-01-27T15:30:01Z “Supernatural Wife” flickers between the mysterious and the formulaic. Dance Review: Big Dance Theater in ?Supernatural Wife? - Review 2011-11-30T22:55:53Z Our critic Stephen Holden writes that in the end, it “becomes a banal, formulaic pastiche of dozens of other like-minded space operas.” Holiday Movies to See (or Skip) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z This would be fine and dandy, were it not that the movie is so horribly cliched and formulaic that it looks as if it was written by a computer programme. Trouble with the Curve – review 2012-11-29T21:30:04Z There isn't much in the deeply formulaic "Date Night" that's innovative in its execution. Tina Fey and Steve Carell save this "Date Night" 2010-04-09T11:01:00Z Scripted television is all but unimaginable without the soothingly formulaic, reliably satisfying police procedural. A Brief History of the Police Procedural in 6 Shows 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z There’s usually a mildly intriguing premise followed by a suffocating amount of formulaic plots and dialogue. SyFy’s ‘Dominion’: Survivng the post-apocalypse with some low-rent angels As Ms. Cojocaru’s Prince in “The Sleeping Beauty,” he created a keenly three-dimensional character, bringing suspense and variety to passages that can easily seem formulaic. Critic?s Notebook: Injuries and Triumphs Color a Ballet Season 2011-07-10T22:01:07Z Aside from that, though, there’s not much to recommend this formulaic film, which stars Pierce Brosnan as Mike Regan, an executive who apparently missed all the memos about security in the internet age. Review: In ‘I.T.,’ Smart House, Dumb Owner 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The blurb on the website talks about majestic landscapes and fabled history, which sounds rather formulaic, just the reason I’m not normally a fan of organised tours – too ordered, too unadventurous. Marrakech express: the Red City by motorbike 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z I find it a little formulaic but hopefully it will give you some ideas. I’ve fallen in love with a colleague – but I’m married with children 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z "Hawaii Five-0" is already one of the most formulaic shows in network prime time. ArtsBeat: Channel Surfing: 'Hawaii Five-O's' Choose-Your-Own Adventure 2013-01-15T15:44:48Z When a movie is this formulaic, it's no longer a toy because it does all the work for you. Living dolls 2010-06-30T19:00:00Z But it's difficult to make a film about sexual predation without simultaneously descending into exploitation and recovery-speak, and for all its sincerity a whole lot of "Trust" is squirm-inducing, icky and formulaic. Pervs and thieves on the Internet: A Hollywood history 2011-03-29T22:30:00Z The main story, truth be told, is formulaic: hearts of gold are rewarded, feet of clay are trampled down to dust. The Hive by Gill Hornby – review 2013-05-22T13:01:01Z Still, the movie falls into “a banal, formulaic pastiche,” Stephen Holden wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Portlandia’ and ‘Passengers’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Sadly the designs looked more formulaic than fashion forward. Fashion Review: Stuart Vevers at Loewe and Vivienne Westwood on the Catwalks 2011-10-02T18:59:00Z By now it feels like there is also a thriving and somewhat formulaic cottage industry for content that reconsiders the recent past through a contemporary critical lens. Let’s Look Back on 2021, When We Couldn’t Stop Looking Back 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z It can be wrapped in a formulaic approach directed at food-and-wine professionals that promises success but requires more knowledge about the chemistry of food and wine than most people possess. How to Pair Food and Wine 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Its salty humor and insistent pop culture knowingness was fun for a minute, before the sequels got nudging and formulaic. ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish’ Review: Swashbuckling Again 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Overall, “Don’t Make Me Over” gets the job done, albeit in a formulaic, straightforward fashion. ‘Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over’ Review: A Trailblazer Gets Her Flowers 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z In its most powerful scenes the play has a tortured, keening quality that cuts sharply through the sometimes formulaic story line. Theater Review: ‘Golden Boy,’ Directed by Bartlett Sher 2012-12-07T03:00:19Z The Telegraph said it was "formulaic"; the Guardian called it try-hard. Luther is back with more comic-book gore and fantastical crimes 2013-06-29T05:00:00Z The music, taped, is in a series of Cuban rhythms, accumulating in complexity; I wish it did not sound so formulaic. Dance Review: The Limón Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-06-20T21:44:19Z Larry David’s “Fish in the Dark” and the new musical “It Shoulda Been You” possess the same mossy quality of formulaic throwbacks, tweaked with naughty contemporary flourishes. Review: Renée Fleming Plays Against Type in ‘Living on Love’ 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z Seasoned moviegoers complain these days that blockbuster franchises and formulaic streaming fare have all but squeezed out the midbudget character-driven drama. ‘Hypnotic’ Review: A Twisty Thriller Sends Ben Affleck on the Run 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Now, Mr. Bartlow said he thinks the artist refuses to acknowledge the painting because it shows he has been using similar formulaic compositions for four decades. Peter Doig Says He Didn’t Paint This. Now He Has to Prove It. 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z The siblings’ reunion sets off rounds of score-settling and the reopening of old wounds, and the author lets them play out with sharp, funny dialogue that never seems formulaic. Review: New Novels by Kris D’Agostino, Kathleen Rooney and Others 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z The books may be engrossing but the formulaic plots sometimes leave a reader wanting an unexpected twist. Summer Reading 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z The world in which it takes place is well enough realised, but the story is broad and formulaic, as if it was dashed off in a panic. Fatman: the Mel Gibson Santa action comedy we really don't need right now 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Or Napalm Death — formulaic, just fine, but monochromatic and rhythmically lumpy. ‘Hardcore Activity in Progress’ Batters the Knockdown Center 2014-05-18T04:00:00Z It’s formulaic, but there’s something very comforting about it and it is surprisingly good. Richard Herring: 'The Simpsons should stop now' 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z No less formulaic than the opening episode, the unrelated ramblings of customers are where the most enjoyment lies. TV highlights 26/06/2013 2013-06-26T06:00:05Z The pitch, delivered in a generic email, was impersonal and formulaic. TikTok Sells A Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too. 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z The heroine of “Just Wright,” a formulaic sports romance with the texture of a strawberry smoothie, isn’t just any old Hollywood Cinderella in search of Prince Charming. | 'Just Wright': Queen Latifah Meets Her Prince 2010-05-13T21:09:00Z It's stubbornly soothing and supremely formulaic, which are compliments if you squint in a certain way. New band of the day (Autoheart 1,549) 2013-07-09T14:32:58Z Mr. Sucsy’s movie, about a husband who tries to win back his wife after she suffers memory loss, did not fare well with critics, who complained it was too hokey and formulaic. ?Chronicle? and ?The Vow? Put First-Time Directors at No. 1 2012-02-12T22:39:46Z The genre started as a mix of the moderately silly and the formulaic: survivalist competitions for people willing to eat insects; on-the-job series that followed police officers or ambulance crews. Have I Got a Show for You... 2011-04-03T02:30:05Z Though I understand I might be coming off as formulaic, I can easily say, as someone still striving to understand what it means to create a good character, none of this is seamless. Dungeons and Dragons: My dorky literary muse 2012-12-08T16:00:00Z It's nuts-and-bolts stuff – formulaic, predictable and workmanlike – but the action sequences have plenty of zing and Wahlberg holds the attention as the tortured mainstay desperately trying to do the right thing. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2012-07-14T23:05:55Z Donizetti’s operas are indeed formulaic, yet, time and again, formulas are transcended in the theater as works of genuine dramatic power exert their grip. Opera Review: Donizetti's Birthplace Revives His Bel Canto Gem,' Gemma Di Vergi' 2011-09-20T12:00:07Z His solo was both insufficiently focused and too formulaic, a less inspired version of what he’s done before, but his eruptions of intensity were welcome in an evening heavy on gentleness. Dance Review: ‘Taps International’ Has American, Cuban and Japanese Work 2013-07-12T21:02:21Z “Avalanche,” with its conveyor belt of ideas, is formulaic. Dance Review: Headlong Dance Theater at Danspace Project 2013-06-07T21:14:11Z Though the fights are formulaic and the crowd scenes trite, Juliet is a role with heart-catching variety that has released the dramatic potential of the greatest dance actresses. Romeo (and Juliet), How Many Art Thou? 1 Ballet Score, Many Stagings 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The network's pleasantly formulaic programming, which includes "Property Brothers," "Flip or Flop" and "Fixer Upper," offers ever-so-slight variations on the same theme: people buying, renovating and selling property. HGTV builds into a top cable network on foundation of no-frills shows 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z It’s a tearjerker and a heartwarmer; these things can be a bit formulaic, but Walters puts some heat under this. Julie Walters' best film performances – ranked! 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z He is alert to fine points of orchestration in a score that never sounds formulaic. Music: 'Les Hugenots,' Making Operatic History Again 2011-06-21T11:21:41Z But his shows also stay solidly within their genre boundaries, and their execution can be formulaic to the point of drab. Review: Meet the New Jack Ryan, Same as the Old Jack Ryan 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The result is a piece that feels as if it is encased in quotation marks, saying, “I am an opera!” but not quite, to me, transcending the formulaic. ‘Dead Man Walking’ is a new opera for old audiences 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z Once derided as formulaic urban morality tales aimed at black audiences and featuring big helpings of white villainy, several of Ms. Grier’s blaxploitation films are now considered groundbreaking for their depictions of powerful black women. Pam Grier Tells What She?s Learned in Her Memoir, ?Foxy? 2010-05-04T23:15:00Z Ms. Eder’s latest album, “Now,” reunites her with her former husband, Frank Wildhorn, who composed the music to its stalwart, formulaic songs. Music Review: Michael Feinstein and Linda Eder at Feinstein?s - Review 2011-09-07T23:55:18Z Video game scripts tend toward the familiar and formulaic, and so does a lot of the dialogue here. Review: In ‘Ludic Proxy,’ a Blur of Actual and Virtual Reality 2015-04-12T04:00:00Z Regeneration stories in Doctor Who can be formulaic affairs and they tend to share many touchstones with each other. 'Doctor Who' Series 8 Premiere Review: Deep Breath 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Despite this breadth of options, anyone who subscribes to some of the heavier hitters on the website know that the plague of formulaic, ad-revenue focused YouTube content is hard to escape. Meet "Internet Shaquille," the YouTube chef teaching a new generation to cook 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z "Another World" never finds its dramatic backbone, relying on safe, formulaic plot points without bothering to offer true depth of character. American youngster best part of Italian "World" 2010-12-29T23:52:31Z Latifah puts a human face on the formulaic silliness and incapacitates faceless bad guys with aplomb, but there’s nothing in the pilot that requires her to do anything but coast on her charm. ‘The Equalizer’ Review: Queen Latifah on the CBS Assembly Line 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z We all know the worst: the unimpressive secondhand sorcery of formulaic plots, flavorless songs and lifeless animation. ‘Encanto’ Review: In This House, We Make Magic 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z If this sounds formulaic, it is, a bit. Jim Shepard has new collection of short stories 2011-03-22T12:22:10Z The formulaic quality of the music becomes strangely touching. A Rediscovered Stravinsky Work, from Before He Made His Leap Into the Unknown 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Second, the casting seems both random and formulaic. “Ocean’s Eight” tests the limits of the gender-flip reboot formula 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Onstage, though, “The Collaboration” feels emptily formulaic — less like an insider’s view of its famous subjects’ lives than a kind of biographical tourism that gets into serious gawking in its second half. ‘The Collaboration’ Review: A Basquiat-Warhol Bromance in Bloom 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z For two-thirds of the way, “Wolves” is a decent high school sports movie thanks to actors who are really committed to its somewhat formulaic characters. Review: In ‘Wolves,’ a High School Athlete Can’t Outrun Clichés 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z And with formulaic language stripped away, it is the characters and their interactions that take center stage. A Version of Homer That Dares to Match Him Line for Line 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z That also requires each individual film to be self-consciously formulaic in the process. “Mission: Impossible — Fallout”: Tom Cruise action spectacle delivers high-level summer fun 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z The lazy, formulaic screenplay settles for types and stock plot mechanics that gloss over dramatic situations without developing them. Movie Review : In ‘Unfinished Song,’ Vanessa Redgrave Lives for Music 2013-06-20T21:51:31Z His every experience in the corps, from the over-the-top hazing at boot camp to the contempt and formulaic bullying of those who fail to measure up, had trained him to accomplish this feat. Claiming the Title of United States Marine 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z The cast members work hard at overcoming the formulaic nature of their lines but are generally more persuasive in their moments of bristling silence. Review: ‘Transfers’ and the Anguished Art of the College Interview 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z For her the formulaic nature of the beasts is a comfort. Learning to love Agatha Christie 2010-10-01T07:16:00Z “We liked the murder mystery, because it’s a serious genre, and formulaic, so the audience knows what it is before we subvert it,” Mr. Lewis said. In ‘The Play That Goes Wrong,’ It’s Murder, Strictly for Laughs 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Shamberg called the organization’s voice in social media posts “bland and formulaic.” Producer Takes Academy to Task in Lawsuit 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z He loathes what he calls “the theater of the already known” — the predictable, the formulaic, the tasteful, the complacent. Mac Wellman, a Playwriting Mentor Whose Only Mantra Is Oddity 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z That projection is fond, formulaic and most respectful. Review: ‘The Audience,’ With Helen Mirren, Opens on Broadway 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z With a title drawn from a Buddhist parable, the movie avoids the sentimentality of formulaic "breakthrough" moments in Joan's clear-eyed choices, refusals and reckonings in the face of death. 'Delicious' delivers a tart tale of a dying salty matriarch 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z The rest of the first two episodes is devoted to the introduction of the ship and crew, familiar from decades of “Star Trek” series and films — less worshipful than usual, but no less formulaic. Review: Fox’s ‘The Orville’ is Star Trek, the Next Regurgitation 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z Hearing it is probably the best part about the formulaic “Drenched,” which maintains a static quality even as it progresses like clockwork, or a dripping faucet, from one scene to the next. Dance Review: Luke Murphy Performs His ‘Drenched’ at La MaMa 2013-07-07T21:19:11Z Writing songs for other people, “Most of the time they’re looking for a formulaic feeling,” Mr. Williams said. Happy No More, Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D Want to Wake You Up 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z The ending may be formulaic, but Gervais and Merchant carve a neat middle path between comedy and pathos to get there. Films out this week 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z It is formulaic in the best possible way. Comfort Viewing: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Columbo’ 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z Gay-theme movies, festivals and distributors proliferated, capitalizing on the epiphany that gay films, and in particular romances, could be as formulaic as straight ones. Arts & Leisure: Andrew Haigh?s ?Weekend? Looks at a Gay Couple 2011-09-22T12:00:13Z Interestingly, Alicia, arguing for a pure meritocracy in the prosecutors’ office, was to the right of Prady, whose arguments about inherent racism and diversity in hiring were cast as formulaically liberal. 'The Good Wife' Recap: Never Mind Law, It's Politics! 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z In this cute if overly formulaic entry in the Disney canon, Alladin is the embodiment of Hercules’s mythological strength: Late of Broadway’s “Frozen,” he is certainly built for this assignment. Review | ‘Hercules’ proves strong enough to lift all of Central Park, but only for a few days 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z But much of the comic material here feels stereotyped in itself, bringing to mind lively but formulaic sketch routines from satiric variety shows like “In Living Color.” | 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark': A Black Actress Trying to Rise Above a Maid 2011-05-10T02:24:41Z The show that was once so innovative — in particular its real-time 24-hour countdown — has become creakily formulaic. 2010-01-15T04:09:00Z Jabs of humor lighten the formulaic mayhem, with the final-girl convention receiving a surprising, last-minute tweak. Movie Review: ‘Aftershock,’ Directed by Nicolás López 2013-05-10T01:11:55Z Part of it was to create material with her where she would present herself in a less formulaic, mechanical fashion, to tease out some kind of humanity from the candidate. “The World Is, of Course, Insane”: An Interview with Errol Morris 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z “A Bronx Tale” is certainly not without its formulaic or sentimental aspects. Review: ‘A Bronx Tale’ Explores the Struggle for a Boy’s Soul 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z “The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson,” as the show is subtitled, are actually much more fascinating than you would gather from this formulaic Broadway musical. Theater Review: ‘Scandalous: The Life and Trials of Aimee Semple McPherson’ 2012-11-16T03:00:13Z Early reviews were mixed, with some criticizing a formulaic plot and others praising the film's quiet, melancholic tone. Graphic sex in applauded lesbian love story gets Cannes buzzing 2013-05-23T14:59:10Z This renaming would allow theatergoers to know exactly what to expect of the friendly, formulaic bio-musical that opened on Sunday night at the Stephen Sondheim Theater, starring an immensely likable Jessie Mueller. Theater Review: ‘Beautiful: The Carole King Musical’ at Sondheim Theater 2014-01-13T03:00:12Z The superiority of “Foyle’s War” isn’t based on the detective stories, which are as formulaic as those in any other British period mystery and sometimes downright silly. | 'Foyle?s War': ?Foyle?s War? Returns, Starring Michael Kitchen 2010-04-29T22:05:00Z If it becomes a Met annex, an all-purpose special-exhibition space for solid but formulaic shows, replacing the one the museum relinquished in 2013 to expand its European galleries, that’s not enough. A Question Still Hanging at the Met Breuer: Why? 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Going from zero to 100 mph may be foolhardy, but then again, I am inclined to celebrate grand ambition in ballet, an art form that falls too easily into the formulaic. New York City Ballet injects incredible zing into new Peck ballet and other works 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Employees in monochrome suits sit at their computers, tapping out formulaic responses to customers whose tea-makers have failed to give them the joy they were promised. Feast; In the Beginning Was the End; The Turn of the Screw – review 2013-02-10T00:05:37Z It's classically formulaic sitcom stuff, but the twist — an ex-jock suddenly learning to raise his gay, biracial, Bravo-watching kid — gives it freshness. Comfort food for your eyes: Here are 7 easily bingeable sitcoms you haven't seen 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z I would have been glad of any switcheroo in the rigidly formulaic “Fatigue,” with a book and lyrics by Douglas Lyons and songs by Lyons and Ethan Pakchar. ‘Breathe’ Review: A Pandemic Musical That Strains to Surprise 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z The downside, however, is that too much material falls back on formulaic classroom steps, and the cumulative effect is of one-dimensional prettiness. Birmingham Royal Ballet: Aladdin – review 2013-02-18T11:49:51Z The film is a bracing antidote to the formulaic reality shows about recovery proliferating on cable television. Critic?s Notebook: Tribeca Turns 10: Films on Rebels, Rock and Real Life 2011-04-14T12:00:00Z Too formulaic for its own good, it’s as fundamentally different from the company’s usual product as red and green M&Ms are from the year-round kind. Review: Cirque du Soleil Chases the Holiday Spirit 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Both Robbie and Davis embrace their formulaic roles with energy, but neither has enough to do. ‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: Train Them! Excite Them! Arm Them! 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Their sameness made them seem formulaic, as if produced on an assembly line. Gerhard Richter Rides Again 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z It's not the usual reply to a politely formulaic question, but Rodgers has good reason for his answer. Nile Rodgers: 'Your music is your soul' 2011-04-08T08:51:32Z Unfortunately, Merson clutters her sometimes soulful, sensitive story with too many formulaic contrivances to impede Catherine's personal and professional progress. 'Always Woodstock' has its rom-com hits and misses 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Which partly explains what is lacking in this amusing but formulaic man-in-crisis comedy. Sundance film festival 2013: ACOD – first look review 2013-01-25T18:13:00Z His gifts were put in service of a plot — there were psychic powers, creepy villains, an epic showdown between good and evil — that felt soft and formulaic. Review: David Mitchell’s ‘Slade House’ Plunges Into a Battle of Immortals 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z The ruthless manipulation of detail and design is essential to Moore's achievement, but it runs the risk of becoming oppressively formulaic, or even claustrophobic. The Pre-War House and Other Stories by Alison Moore – review 2013-05-17T13:01:01Z They tend to be easy films to mock: formulaic, predictable, cheaply made and, perhaps worst, earnest in a way that the Syfy movies gleefully avoid. Critic’s Notebook: Oh, Yes, Saturday TV Is Ladies Night 2013-08-22T20:35:42Z Erpenbeck uses both tropes, but reinvents them, so that they seem anything but formulaic. The Books I Loved in 2015 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z “Unforgotten” is also familiar: at once a comfortably formulaic British mystery and a somber, elegiac melodrama, though a particularly well-made version of each. Review: ‘Unforgotten’ Makes the Case for Decency 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z “Wry and swaggering, he’s the only one having any fun here, which pushes the audience to Frank’s side. In this formulaic ‘cop who won’t play by the book’ setup, the book doesn’t stand a chance.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Training Day’ and ‘Powerless’ 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Even when we learn that Maggie’s car is missing and her teenage daughter hasn’t shown up for school that day, shortly before the Christmas holidays, the prevailing sensibility still feels sitcom-dram formulaic. Review: In ‘Lost Girls,’ Derailed Blue-Collar Lives, With Zingers 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Claflin elevates the formulaic quality by playfully wavering between charismatic and psychotic as he burrows deeper into the Clark women’s lives, and thus Philip’s psyche. ‘Every Breath You Take’ Review: The Therapist as Trauma Victim 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z Those series are more straightforward entertainment, not as informational, and therefore they present more formulaic, predictable characters who become a stand-in for certain emotions. How the real-life "Cheer" team became fodder for an "SNL" spoof and memes 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z This formulaic approach characterized too much of the gala, which honored the company’s 70th anniversary. American Ballet Theater Celebrates 70th With Gala 2010-05-18T17:04:00Z No: Not much of it is even good, and most of it is tritely formulaic. Dance Review: ‘Le Corsaire’ From American Ballet Theater 2012-07-03T21:41:39Z It was amazing to see not just how different these were from the much more formulaic versions Ms. Makarova and others have inherited from the Kirov Ballet, but also how much more musically attentive. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater?s ?La Bayad?re,? at Lincoln Center 2010-05-19T22:05:00Z It is disappointing that this flimsy B-movie isn’t better, because once it sets up its formulaic plot, it could have been both naughty and wild. Nic Cage's "Grand Isle" falls short of the Southern Gothic crazy it promises 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z The same few banal themes are recycled atop formulaic note-spinning from the solo cellos, who have cadenzas at the beginning and end. CSO and soloists shine under Dutoit, but Penderecki piece is dull 2011-03-18T17:25:13Z “With the quality and the inventiveness, and the unpredictability of it all — there’s never a formulaic element to these pieces.” For This Pianist, Every Album Is an Essay 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z In fact, the characters are predictable, almost stock and formulaic, as is the melodramatic story itself. ‘Only the Strong,’ by Jabari Asim 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z However, elsewhere, there's too much polished, overwrought, formulaic slop, with You Get Me's line about a "beautiful song you've heard a million times" containing more than a hint of irony. Seal: 6: Commitment 2010-09-16T22:59:00Z Even though the menu is formulaic, Mr. Dameron tries to innovate. Medieval Times Goes Modern, Replacing Its Kings With Queens 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z But the formulaic beats of the narrative are continually freshened by the intrusion of dispatches from the magazine. ‘Found,’ a Musical Based on Literary Detritus 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z Though it is – dissociative identity disorders aside – formulaic, it's fast and slick enough to carry you with it. Shattered ? a stonking showcase for its mesmerising hero 2010-10-18T23:05:00Z In a genre that can be numbingly formulaic and indifferently composed, she remains a masterful builder of mood, her voluptuous prose heavy with sex and weather. A Cabin in the Woods, Intermittent Wi-Fi and a Dead Landline 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z The armature is formulaic melodrama: the stories of three female Irish friends who are, as they say, caught up in events, witnesses to history, swept away on the tide of change. Review: ‘Rebellion’ Pits Soap Opera vs. Drama of the Easter Rising 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z “The Bourne Identity” by Robert Ludlam is just another formulaic airport thriller, but the Doug Liman film is a respectable exercise in cinematic art. Bad book, great movie 2012-06-19T21:13:00Z Frantic and flagrantly formulaic, this forced farce about a sham engagement sacrifices plot credibility and character motivation for stale humor and cheap setups. 'One Small Hitch' an overly familiar rom-com 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z These days, while many plays have shrunk to less than 90 minutes, even formulaic rom-coms and mindless action movies gobble up a full two hours or more of screen time. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: 'Les Misérables,' Stage to Screen 2013-01-03T17:53:43Z Most of the time Ms. Stroman’s work, tediously formulaic as drama anyway, is at its most predictable in terms of rhythm. Dance Review: Ballet Meets Broadway Choreographers and Composers 2011-05-26T21:20:50Z With little hint of what lies beyond, the elevation might easily be mistaken for the façade of a formulaic modernist box. An Extraordinary Paradise Valley Residence 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z It is also true that the plots were formulaic, and that the authors, while concerned with their characters’ moral development, weren’t much for psychological complexity. For the Love of Malt Shop Novels 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z Ophüls is a liberal ironist whose challenging investigation of the historical record and present-day attitudes serves, especially, to undercut certainties, to foster a constructive skepticism regarding ideological verities and formulaic affirmations. Two Prescient Films About the Memory of the Holocaust 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z I try to commiserate by saying that I dislike celebrity profiles, because they’re formulaic. Parker Posey is really pleased to meet you. Yes, you. No, really. 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z The presence of this hard-to-pin-down soulfulness adds to the appeal of a show that fulfills reality television’s formulaic promises while also, at its best, violating those promises. Fox’s populist dance spectacle 2012-09-18T18:08:00Z “Make” is glamorous and formulaic, its superficiality almost part of its appeal. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z That isn’t saying a whole lot, though, and the final result is just about as formulaic as those American counterparts. Television Review: ‘King,’ on Reelz, Shows a Tougher Side of Toronto 2013-07-04T21:53:31Z A lot of people will notice, though, when “Rizzoli & Isles,” a formulaic buddy-cop drama — with the twist that the buddies are women and one’s a medical examiner — goes away. The Buddy Cops of ‘Rizzoli & Isles’ Near the Show’s Retirement 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Yes, "Magic Mike" is a bit of a formulaic cautionary tale about the perils of having too much, too soon. Review: Substance, sex appeal mix in `Magic Mike' 2012-06-26T19:37:15Z While the ending may seem formulaic — a gathering of the young and old, the living and the dead — it is a benediction on the searing forces that preceded it. In Louise Erdirch's 'LaRose,' parents make an impossible bargain 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z There's a reason these formulaic roles are so prevalent. On screen and on stage, disability continues to be depicted in outdated, cliched ways 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z But the band are consciously aware of becoming too formulaic or dependent on electronic gear. Local Natives: 'better than ever' 2013-01-30T08:37:00Z Out of familiar and formulaic script leap the strange and extravagant. Exhibition Review: ?Journey Through Jewish Worlds,? at Yeshiva University Museum 2010-06-25T23:36:00Z Perry’s movies and television shows are formulaic and clichéd, yet they have achieved enormous success. Pour One Out for Tyler Perry’s Madea 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z She fretted that “Brave,” from “The Blessed Unrest,” was somehow formulaic, but the message of courage that she wrote for a friend nervous about coming out as gay quickly became a cultural touchstone. ‘The most welcoming safe space on the planet’: How Sara Bareilles returned to her roots in theater 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z It would be formulaic if it were done on anything below full throttle, and if it weren't for the provocativeness of his ideas. Comedy gold: Sam Kinison's Breaking the Rules 2012-12-20T15:37:15Z Too often, though, it brings to mind another throwback: the formulaic star vehicle that relied upon its leading lady’s allure to disguise its flimsiness. Blythe Danner Stars in ‘The Country House’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The documentarian Joseph Hillel tells their stories in somewhat formulaic fashion, creating a perfectly pleasant, educational movie that is not as riveting as it should be. ‘City Dreamers’ Review: The Female Architects Who Laid the Blueprint 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z "Carell and Fey are good company and work hard, but this is still a formulaic tale that will look most at home on the back of an airplane seat." You review: Date Night 2010-04-26T14:24:00Z For all their craft, the formulaic songs from “Pippin” and especially “Sister Act” are not top-drawer Broadway. Music Review: Patina Miller in American Songbook Series at the Allen Room 2014-02-03T22:07:58Z Some highbrows would scoff that series fiction lends itself to such artificial extensions of life because it’s more formulaic than so-called literary fiction and, thus, easier to mimic. Review | Ian Rankin took on the challenge of finishing his mentor’s book. The result is a darkly beautiful novel. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z True, Pulitzer would be more of a threat if his dialogue weren't so formulaic, and the narrative reversals retained from the film are hardly surprising, and that's probably for the best. Energetic 'Newsies' chock full of extras -- read all about it 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Nostalgia it was, but there was nothing formulaic or phoned-in about it. Replacements at Riot Fest concert review 2013-09-16T06:03:00Z A common plot device in these formulaic tales is that someone can’t get over the loss of a loved one. Critic’s Notebook: Made-for-TV Holiday Movies Are Here Again 2012-11-09T23:37:31Z So, really the challenge, over the years, is holding on to the looseness of it, and not getting into too formulaic of a situation, or not making it too solid. Daryl Hall explains it all to Salon: “Record company executives are the most backward bunch of idiots I’ve ever seen” 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z His films broke from old movie studio hierarchies and formulaic story arcs, and they were much cheaper to make. True Hollywood story: The producer and the Black Panther 2012-06-09T19:00:00Z Ours is not a formulaic blockbuster, but it occupies the space. Rupert Sanders is living the fairy tale 2012-06-01T23:02:00Z Beyond the formulaic westerns and science fiction movies, Miss Albright was often cast as a femme fatale, including as a lusty married woman pursuing Kirk Douglas in the 1949 boxing movie “Champion.” Lola Albright, alluring actress in stylish ‘Peter Gunn’ TV series, dies at 92 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z So, just say yes to whatever books interest your children — even if you’d prefer to see them reading the latest Newbery Medal-winning novel instead of “how to” nonfiction books, graphic novels or formulaic series books. Perspective | Yes, parents, there is a magic formula to keep your kids reading through the summer 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z They were formulaic, they were predictable, but that brought me comfort. How to survive—and thrive—in "The Heartbreak Years" 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z This will not be what real fans of Charles Addams and his characters are looking for, and “Wednesday” is satisfying only on the level of formulaic teenage romance and mystery. ‘Wednesday’ Review: The Strange Girl Is on the Case 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z For all of the show’s lighthearted humor and formulaic plot setups, its emotional core is distinctive: The defining dynamic is not Devi’s relationship with her friends or boys, but her relationship with her father’s death. Now on Netflix: Portraits of Grief With Unplanned Relevance 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z For any one person, 220 minus age might be inaccurate by 10 to 12 beats per minute in either direction of the formulaic answer, Hamilton says. How heart-rate training can help you target your exercise and improve your fitness 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Overwrought with rap cliches, “Fan of a Fan” is a formulaic heaping of bouncy bangers primed for the strip clubs that likely inspired it. We count every rap cliche in Chris Brown and Tyga's 'Fan of a Fan' 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z In this genial if formulaic confessional, Voigt addresses the addictions she has struggled with — alcohol, sex and above all, food. Criticized for her weight, opera star Deborah Voigt speaks up 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z And the main gallery suffers from over-installation, which can make the works look formulaic. Art in Review: Michael Bauer: ‘H.S.O.P. — 1973’ 2012-06-07T22:46:43Z Mr. Adjmi could take some instruction from the formulaic but at least airtight construction of good sitcom writing. “3C” wanders aimlessly from scene to scene, with random incident piling on random incident. Theater Review: ‘3C,’ by David Adjmi, at Rattlestick Playwrights Theater 2012-06-25T02:00:00Z These impromptu comedies stand out in a New York improv scene filled with quick-hit jokes and formulaic patterns, appearing more like scripted theater than almost any other improv show in the city. Inside the Minds of Two Expert Improv Comedians 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z If there's one thing more gloriously dim and formulaic than blockbuster movies, it's the posters for them. Is The Adjustment Bureau film poster the stupidest ever? 2011-03-14T10:05:33Z Here’s how these three movies are trying to attract viewers to slightly familiar characters without feeling too formulaic. ‘Wonder Woman,’ ‘Spider-Man’ and How Trailers Push the Familiar 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Hancock is wasted here, as are the meaty dramatic threads that Elizabeth O’Halloran’s formulaic screenplay never bothers to pull. ‘Edie’ Review: Peak Sentimentality 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z And only a wise writer can resist the temptation to deliver a formulaic epiphany at book’s end. Finding Oneself in a Coffin 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z Yet Garland's writerly abilities make it clear that she could just as easily have dispensed with these somewhat formulaic narrative devices. The Palace of Curiosities by Rosie Garland – review 2013-04-06T09:01:01Z It's pretty mediocre fare, completely bloodless and formulaic. Comics: "Hybrid Bastards" provides some good, dirty fun 2010-09-21T19:27:00Z To play the B-side for a bit, “Million Dollar Quartet” hardly avoids the artificial and the formulaic as it lays out the various paths that led to this fabled gathering. | 'Million Dollar Quartet': On Broadway With Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis and Company 2010-04-12T02:19:00Z It’s a formulaic treatment that seems intent on not making waves. Review: In ‘Graves,’ a Politician Goes From Red to Blue to Gruff and Gray 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z More personal, more to the point, more empathetic, more open and less formulaic. Perspective | Transformed by crisis, arts criticism may never be the same. And that’s a good thing. 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z “Romantic comedies don’t get more formulaic than this bouncing-screwball valentine, but they don’t get much more delightful, either,” Rita Kempley wrote in her review of “Six Days, Seven Nights” in The Washington Post. Anne Heche, Actress Known for ’90s Film Roles, Dies at 53 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z As others have pointed out, the hothouse experimentalism that allowed talents to break free has somewhat diminished, and we have formulaic, rinse-and-repeat and rather juvenile material. Stephen Fry takes US sitcom role and shark-attack jokes bite the dust 2013-03-19T15:20:24Z Cleaving to the sports-as-salvation playbook with more fastidiousness than creativity, “The Hammer” offers a sincere but wearyingly formulaic portrait of triumph over adversity. | 'The Hammer': ?The Hammer,? Based on the Wrestler Matt Hamill ? Review 2011-10-26T21:58:05Z The show’s formulaic, but still surprising, narratives borrowed from real crime news. Steven Hill, a star of ‘Law & Order’ as DA Adam Schiff, dies at 94 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z Some of the extended solo passages are formulaic and, for all the dazzle, insubstantial. Music Review: Proud Parents With Cameras, Clicking Away 2010-12-26T21:39:04Z More individual and realistic and less formulaic is Shirley Hughes's delightful Lucy and Tom series in which two small children do many of the same things as Peppa and George and their friends. What books for toddlers can match the allure of Peppa Pig? 2013-05-27T20:55:26Z Among the lessons we have learned from the pandemic is that orchestral programming doesn’t need to be formulaic, that a string quartet can easily share the stage with a symphony. Review: The New York Philharmonic Brings Back the Standards 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The situations are old-fashioned, and the characters struggle to rise above formulaic situations. 2010-02-03T04:38:00Z A pity then that the two items the group danced here — Francisco Gella’s “Between the Lines” and Ray Mercer’s “Super B!” — were just formulaic modern soft-shoe ballet. A Pan-American Dance Sampler at the Joyce 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z But Big Ears isn’t anything goes, and it doesn’t suffer from the formulaic stasis of so many music festivals in this country. Big Ears Festival Resists Commercial and Genre Constraints 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z In that period, he was often deemed derivative and formulaic by critics, but Ms. Harrison said, “That’s not my feeling.” | Long Island: ‘Larry Rivers: Collaborations and Appropriations’ Is at Stony Brook University 2012-10-27T04:59:07Z And while their titles may seem formulaic at this point, their plots and prose often wreak havoc on the tired trope of girls in peril. This Summer, Girls in Titles and Girls in Peril 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z For a long time Mr. Wein ran the fairly formulaic, big-ticket JVC Jazz Festival in New York and relied on employees of his production company, Festival Productions, for programming ideas. Old Hand Tries New Approach to Jazz Festival 2010-02-25T05:10:00Z But “ZigZag” — formulaic at best and clueless at worst — feels hopelessly regressive. Review: What Does Ballet Need Now? Not Retro Fantasy. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Also, the “Polka Dots” sculptures sometimes seem formulaic, which is to say, like commercial product. What to See in New York City Galleries This Week 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The weepy romantic drama, written by best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, was deemed melodramatic and formulaic and claimed only a seven percent approval rating on reviews aggregator www.rottentomatoes.com. Critics sing the blues over Miley Cyrus movie 2010-03-31T20:40:00Z I think that might become too formulaic and patronising. Gill Lewis: 'Our own survival depends upon protecting our environment' 2013-05-15T11:39:59Z Likeable stars with little frisson, Elwes and Shields are also saddled with a formulaic script. ‘A Castle for Christmas’ Review: Deck the Halls With Expensive Tartans 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z "It's predictable, formulaic trash," wrote one commentator on the Guardian's website last week. Mrs Brown's Boys: how the 'worst comedy ever made' became a smash hit 2013-01-29T16:57:30Z In this formulaic “cop who won’t play by the book” setup, the book doesn’t stand a chance. ‘Training Day’ and ‘A.P.B.,’ Where the Rogue Cop Rules 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z In some ways, it’s the inverse of a formulaic whodunit where there is a logical sequence. "Anatomy of a Fall" inverses the formulaic whodunit and shows the "limitations of a courtroom" 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z The formulaic rom-com failed to wow critics at the festival, but managed to nab a U.S. distribution deal with Magnolia Pictures. Canadian directors hear Hollywood's call, but may not head south 2013-09-13T13:08:10Z And the formulaic response of, for example, “Never again,” should in reality be, “Will it ever stop?” Sept. 11 Memorial Museum Conversation 2012-06-05T16:40:23Z A slew of star vehicles and forgettable summer blockbusters including Total Recall, Impostor, Minority Report, Paycheck and Next replaced PKD's dark and complex vision of the future with formulaic Hollywood action movie plots. Why Hollywood doesn't get sci-fi 2010-10-15T11:49:00Z Like the spirituals, it was proficient but formulaic. Music Review: American Hymns, Both Classic and Reimagined 2011-05-11T20:49:08Z One problem for Lifetime is that most of its original movies - formulaic but popular with the primarily older audience - have been switched to a spinoff network devoted solely to movies. Other networks aimed at women waiting for OWN 2010-12-20T14:04:17Z Ms. Sui knows her audience and caters to it with an almost formulaic gusto, reprising baby doll dresses, cardigans, jumpers, tunics and decorative tights each season. On the Runway: Looks That Pop From Anna Sui 2011-02-17T00:44:13Z And yet, despite the stereotypical subjects, the backward style and the formulaic and repetitious compositions, these works have tremendous aesthetic and expressive power. ‘Object of Devotion,’ an Exhibition of Alabaster Sculptures 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Do you see “Live From Daryl’s House” as subversive, because so much of what now passes for television and music entertainment is “formulaic,” as you implied? Daryl Hall explains it all to Salon: “Record company executives are the most backward bunch of idiots I’ve ever seen” 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z One of the intriguing aspects of such manuscripts is that the texts themselves are often ritualistic, formulaic, invariant. Exhibition Review: ?Journey Through Jewish Worlds,? at Yeshiva University Museum 2010-06-25T23:36:00Z Gaining in astringency as it goes along, “Brahmin Bulls” avoids the formulaic version of this story, in which the stubborn son learns from the more experienced father. ‘Brahmin Bulls’ Explores a Family Relationship 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z And yet Sam Gaffin’s latest entry in his Killer Robots! series is more ridiculously fun and certainly more distinctive than the formulaic fare filling out our virtual shelves. Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z It is a notable TV milestone for such a physically intense, tightly serialized narrative; typically, it is formulaic sitcoms and procedurals that achieve such longevity. ‘The Walking Dead’ at 100: Still a Hit, but for How Much Longer? 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Of course it's formulaic, just as the newspaper is formulaic, built around fixed sections and regular columnists. Has Newsnight lost its way? 2011-08-20T23:06:06Z He says that era, which produced masterpieces such as Taxi Driver, The Godfather and Chinatown, came to an end when Barry Diller went to Paramount and made market research the midwife of formulaic blockbusters. Paul Schrader: ‘I’ve made some important films. Dog Eat Dog is not one of them’ 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Hell, if it wasn't for the sloppy and formulaic script, I might have even loved it. Tom Hardy singlehandedly saves “Venom” from the trash pile of bad standalone superhero movies 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z "It is formulaic and thoughtless," sculptor Keith Frank said of Ross's work in the same article. 35 happy little facts about Bob Ross 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z The script, by Mohler and Brittany Shaw, tends to be overtly formulaic, but the emotional resonance of the two leads carries this movie. ‘Radium Girls’ Review: When Work Takes a Toxic Turn 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The concept, Mr. Licht explained last month, was, “Hard news for three hours, not formulaic, not focus-grouped, just intelligent people having intelligent discussions about major topics.” The Odd Couple 2010-05-07T22:14:00Z Not a fan of formulaic big-budget films in general, but I can understand the desire to make money. Elizabeth Banks Was a Frustrated Actress. Now She’s a Determined Mogul. 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z Both are outsiders in Bollywood, a world in which nepotistic family ties and formulaic film-making hold sway. The new Indian cinema: sex, crime and censorship 2012-06-21T19:30:01Z There’s a nod toward idealism, obligatory in this sort of show, as the two heroes join an established firm but maintain their formulaically iconoclastic attitudes and gonzo courtroom behavior. Television Review: From Law School to a Frat House? 2011-05-31T22:09:37Z And if you allow yourself to get intoxicated by the pleasures of formulaic romantic comedy, you might even forget just how mundane the material really is. | 'Phoenix': A Flash in the Pan Carries Complications at TBG Studio Theater 2010-04-21T20:19:00Z Ewan goes a bit overboard, checking more than once all the boxes required for a formulaic thriller. Review | 3 action-packed thrillers that take you around the world 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Murder Mystery seemed so formulaic to begin with, that my heart sank. More than 30m people have watched Netflix's Murder Mystery – why? 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z Come Dine With Me may be formulaic, and a bit tired, and Dave Lamb's sarcastic narration can get a little irritating. Come Dine With Me: Wags Special 2010-06-10T07:01:00Z “Chase,” no matter how formulaic, is definitely a step up from the Fox midseason filler “Past Life,” where she played a psychiatrist who solved crimes by talking to the reincarnated souls of the victims. Television Review: As Killings Mount in Houston, Marshal Dons Cowboy Boots and Starts Running 2010-09-19T23:03:00Z Her new album, “1000 Forms of Fear,” her first in four years and first since she became a sought-after diva whisperer, is repetitive and formulaic and fraught. With ‘1000 Forms of Fear,’ Sia goes from hired gun to reluctant pop star But the movie is almost relentlessly predictable and formulaic — a story of one man’s refusal to conform that dutifully hits all its marks. Review: ‘The Fencer’ Is an Inspiring Figure in a Formulaic Tale 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z And for an anime that’s beloved for its cast of characters — its earnest do-gooder hero students and fascinating villains — all except Rody are ignored for the sake of a formulaic plot and forgettable antagonist. ‘My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission’ Review: Boy on the Run 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z The show seemed formulaic — and with none of the fashion emotion of the previous presentation. 2010-02-17T12:00:00Z Like a game of “Clue,” they can be formulaic, with even their twists becoming accepted tropes — often as transparent as, say, a glass onion. At the Movies, Bagels, Onions and a Side Dish of Nothing 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Saddest of all is watching the exceptional Vincent D’Onofrio — after a decade of spicing up the formulaic recipe of “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” — reduced to the dramatic gruel of Roger, a spineless banking drone. Movie Review: ‘Chlorine’ Stars Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D’Onofrio 2014-02-28T00:48:40Z Ray Greenfield: I did the last year of Fame on TV, which was much more pedestrian and kind of formulaic. An oral history of Fame: 'We were dancing on cars in the epicentre of porn and filth!' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z Though the rhythmic writing sometimes seemed square and formulaic, Ms. Yamane’s intent, it seemed, was to convey a mood of mesmerizing ritual. Music Review: ?Resonances of the Kugo,? Part of Music From Japan at Merkin 2012-02-19T19:53:15Z It’s a lot of pressure, and an impossible task, so we settle for formulaic prompts and cheesy icebreakers. ‘Only Child’ Review: A Magnetic Performer Without a Story to Match 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z He gathered his family and friends around him and refused to commit to a single figurative style or to use photographic images in a formulaic way. Noah Davis Is Gone; His Paintings Continue to Hypnotize 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z Perhaps this is what Sultan meant when he used the word “staged,” because he is asking his dad to play a formulaic role of late-middle-age anomie. A Photographer Turned the Tables on His Parents to Learn About Himself 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z If audiences are getting tired of the formulaic story arcs of blockbuster movies, then there’s a safe haven in political documentaries, which are enjoying a renaissance. You can handle the truth: why political documentaries are storming the screens 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z “It’s hard to care when a movie is this formulaic and moronic.” What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Parks and Recreation’ and ‘Circus of Books’ 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z A sense of trauma and loss permeates “The Ulysses Syndrome,” but its formulaic pacing rushes the drama; the line between meticulous and fussy is often too thin. Dance Review: Jonah Bokaer and His Father, Tsvi, Dance at Gould Hall 2013-05-10T20:53:02Z The visuals are sometimes as fluid and shadowy as anything in live-action film noir, but the sense of mystery eventually gives way to a formulaic finish. 'How to Train Your Dragon' breathes visual fire into 3-D tale of friendship 2010-03-24T23:35:00Z It’s a formulaic piece of work but a nevertheless affecting one. Stream These 8 Movies Before They Leave Netflix in July 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The story is mediocre and formulaic, yes, but pleasantly so. ‘I Want You Back’ Review: Scheming Hearts 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z And the film’s set pattern, with spoken introductions followed by passages in which music and image paired up in delicate counterpoint, could feel formulaic. Review: ‘The Colorado,’ a Music-Driven Eco-Documentary 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Despite an aggressively formulaic nature and virtually no believable story momentum, this phony tale of a simultaneous bachelor/bachelorette party eventually glides into a second act of extremely amusing and well choreographed set pieces. Think Like a Man Too review: 'A Vegas wedding without the hangover' 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z The big speech in “Kill the Messenger,” a likable if formulaically pulse-pounding fiction about a real investigative reporter, Gary Webb, arrives near the end. ‘Kill the Messenger,’ a Film About the Reporter Gary Webb 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z I'll cop to that happily -- my review of the film was willfully hyperbolic, even outrageous, in hopes of getting people to look at a formulaic Disney sports movie through fresh eyes. Ebert attacks my "Secretariat" review -- it's on! 2010-10-08T14:58:00Z Their music is at best undistinguished, and large parts of their received choreography are formulaic, added or altered in the 20th century. Critic’s Notebook: Ballet Clings to Racial, Ethnic and National Stereotypes 2012-09-05T15:11:19Z His phrasing sometimes bordered on the formulaic, but his final duet with Ms. Monastyrska was tenderly delivered. Music Review: ‘Aida’ at Metropolitan Opera 2012-11-25T23:03:14Z “Some of them have a quality where you really feel like he knew the person, they’re almost tender. And some of them are very formulaic.” Show Us Your Warhol! 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Less lusty than the Smiths song of the same title, the sweet-natured drama “Handsome Devil” studies formulaic coming-of-age movies a little too closely. Review: High School Is Still Terrible for a ‘Handsome Devil’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z What they bring are kitschy spectacles, melodramas told through broad acting and ballet conflated with acrobatics, all underlined by formulaic music, Chinese and Western. Review: ‘Dragon Boat Racing,’ a Sea of Love and Music 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z The storytelling is synthetic but intelligible, the snail characters formulaic but ever so slightly endearing. Television Review: ‘Turbo FAST’ Arrives on Netflix 2013-12-23T22:13:36Z I think the whole celebrity thing has become very formulaic: the idea of using a celebrity just for the sake of using one. On the Runway Blog: Q & A With Katia Kuthe, New Director of Creative at Kate Spade 2012-07-19T17:00:08Z There are no rules to it, “but we just don’t want to get it to get too formulaic”. Alabama murder mystery could be the new Serial 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Isn’t this formula — your globe or your nation? — a little … formulaic? Did the Crusade for Human Rights Lead to More Inequality? 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Finally some dazzling promise after so many filthy, formulaic shades of Trey. Trey Songz – review 2013-01-31T13:19:00Z That they manage to pull their weight even when the achingly formulaic plotting threatens to drag them under is a testament to their "let's-put-on-a-show" spirit. Review: Parental Guidance tolerable if uninspired 2012-12-24T13:34:10Z But he eventually acknowledges the song is aimed at critics who branded his previous records "offensive", "bland" and "drably formulaic". Olly Murs: 'Look who's winning now' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z But the concert’s brisk pacing and sparkling artistry kept it from feeling formulaic, even when it probably should have. Music Review: Four Pianists, Teaming and Competing 2011-07-22T23:35:20Z As has been the case in recent years, the top box office movies in America were mostly formulaic corporate entertainments, including the superhero comic-book fantasies like “Marvel’s The Avengers” that make some critics despair. Manohla Dargis’s Top Films of 2012 2012-12-15T00:37:44Z Jackson published many formulaic stories in the so-called slick magazines, named for their paper stock, but so did writers including F. Scott Fitzgerald. Review: ‘Let Me Tell You’ Collects Early Works by Shirley Jackson 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z But none of his films, all fairly formulaic he says now, ever came close to being greenlighted. Raised in South Central, Joe Ide Expands the Territory of L.A. Noir 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z I don’t like formulaic work, but I enjoy books that acknowledge the formula only to subvert it. How Karen Joy Fowler’s Grandfather Lied His Way Into a Who’s Who 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z When watching the dullest, most formulaic Netflix fodder, you may find it necessary to fixate on an odd element simply to stay invested. ‘Christmas With You’ Review: Pop-Rocking Around the Christmas Tree 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z But “Hawaii Five-0” is resolutely formulaic, and writers and producers get into comfort zones that resist change. The Time to Fix ‘Hawaii Five-0’ Was at the Start 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z So now for the bad: The structure is formulaic, while the ensemble choreography — robust movement sweeps back and forth across the stage — hardly rises above ordinary. Dance Review: Kyle Abraham?s ?Live! The Realest MC? at the Kitchen - Review 2011-12-12T23:34:52Z Poetic phrases like that one abound throughout the novel and elevate it well above its formulaic premise, one that has inspired many a Lifetime television movie. Review | Worried about your nanny? Here’s a novel in which your worst nightmare is realized. 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z I loved the wordplay and also the formulaic nature of the composition; perhaps this was an early stirring of the mathematician and computer scientist I would become. The Mechanical Muse 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Hudlin transforms a film that would be, in lesser hands, a formulaic hardship-as-aesthetic drama, into an earnest examination of what community means on the field, in the classroom and in our society. ‘Safety’ Review: It Takes a University to Raise a Child 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z “The system is broken!,” laments Brooks, whose main job in Doug Atchison’s formulaic screenplay is to repeatedly assert that Banks’s quest for justice is futile. ‘Brian Banks’ Review: Falsely Accused, and Fighting Back 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z “We felt like Glamour had become a little too formulaic,” Ms. Leive said. Front Row: Fashion Changes, and So Do the Magazines 2012-02-01T17:07:51Z Jill Manton, director of public art trust and special initiatives for the San Francisco Arts Commission, praised it for being neither didactic nor formulaic. When Art Comes Along for the Ride 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z All of the actors inhabit their roles with an admirable ease, making the occasional formulaic turn of the plot easy to ignore, like one or two bum songs in a great set. Review: ‘The Undeniable Sound of Right Now,’ a Lament for a Dying Rock Club 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z When he had such unique access to the stars, it must have been a torment for Munn to waste his time raiding the cuttings libraries to write formulaic titles like Hollywood Rogues. Michael Munn: the celebrity biographer reveals all 2010-07-24T23:05:00Z But they won't be plugging in songs in a formulaic fashion, he promised. Harrick Connick Jr. aims to surprise viewers _ and himself 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z It was also obvious that almost half the wines in our tasting — the ones we rejected — suffered from formulaic winemaking. Beyond Assyrtiko, Greek Whites Reach for Distinction 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Although the inspirational message clearly is laudable, the film's formulaic and predictable treatment of its subject is far less so. Baseball saga "Perfect Game" doesn't round bases 2010-04-20T01:22:00Z “It’s completely not formulaic, the way that they create things — and they’re always trying to change it, which is really exciting.” Chai, a Band With an Ethos, an Aesthetic and a Sound All Its Own 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z And Hollywood remains a formulaic place, with stories mostly reflecting American tastes. Overseas slice of 'Pi' flips Hollywood formula 2013-02-17T18:01:05Z Quickly, however, this becomes formulaic; little here is truly fresh. Dance Review: ‘Ballet Across America’ at the Kennedy Center 2013-06-11T20:57:15Z The New York Times thought it lacked originality, saying it was a "friendly, formulaic bio-musical." 'Beautiful: The Carole King Musical' star wins critical praise 2014-01-13T19:28:19Z But at heart, “The Vacationers” is formulaic enough to insist that everyone emerge from its machinations as a better person, or at least a braver one. In ‘The Vacationers,’ Emma Straub Looks at Infidelity 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z But other critics said Chase failed to develop his characters well and called his plot and story-telling formulaic, bringing no fresh insight to its look at an endlessly scrutinized era in U.S. history. Creator of "Sopranos" back with rock'n'roll tale 2012-10-08T20:45:27Z “Where we differ is that Agent Carter isn’t as formulaic. You don’t see her in a different wig every week.” 'Agent Carter' Creator on the Pressures of Creating Marvel's First Female Project 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z And the movie’s formulaic approach serves its journalistic aims just as poorly. Review: “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” and the Problem of the Archive 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z A test segment called "The Clash" brought in ideological opposites from The Nation and National Review to talk economic policy, a quicker-moving and less formulaic version of "Crossfire." Parker, Spitzer aim for ideological center on TV 2010-10-05T01:35:00Z Wilmore said that he had sensed Comedy Central wanted a similar show from him, with repeatable franchise elements, “something that had more form to it, that seemed formulaic.” Larry Wilmore Doesn’t Miss Late Night, but He’s Back Anyway 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z It’s a refreshing change, even if the depictions of the marginalization and patriarchal attitudes that drive the Suleimans are pretty formulaic in their own right. Review: Meet the New Jack Ryan, Same as the Old Jack Ryan 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “Think Like a Man” is occasionally funny, though its dirty riffs — most provided by Kevin Hart as the Happily Divorced Guy — are as formulaic as its earnest parts. Movie Review: ?Think Like a Man? Brings Steve Harvey?s Book to Life 2012-04-19T23:53:05Z Its new era is so nauseatingly formulaic, which raises the question: Is stand-and-stir TV officially a lost cause? While the Food Network is in flux, Magnolia shows there’s still a hunger for stand-and-stir TV 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Felicity Jones, 35, who plays Ginsburg, says “On the Basis of Sex” hews closely to the formulaic structure of a sports movie. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is already a legend. But a new movie insists there’s still more to say about her. 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z People who disdain chart pop tend to assume that the average listener is a tasteless mug who will stomach any formulaic tat because they don't know any better. Pop music is in a sickly state – but could 2013 bring a great revival? 2013-01-01T07:00:42Z He’s not cool; he’s the king of the dad joke, trapped in the most formulaic franchise ever. I've never seen … any James Bond film | Hadley Freeman 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s one of several formulaic new comedies joining CBS this fall, powered by a millennials-versus-grandpa-Gen-Xer plot, and premiered at the end of October to reviews most accurately described as middling. Fall TV Ratings: The networks felt our election pain too 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z The scenes are formulaic and unoriginal, but also widely popular and profitable. 7 surprising ways porn is changing 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z He subsequently sold stories to Esquire, Collier’s and The Saturday Evening Post — formulaic work that gave little hint of real originality. 2010-01-29T13:57:00Z Still, that range was not wide enough on Saturday; the six companies that performed all showed work that was safe, formulaic, agreeable, uncontroversial, intermittently charming and forgettable. Dance Review: Downtown Dance Festival and Battery Dance Company 2012-08-12T22:01:26Z Usually, the result is formulaic and aggressively inessential. Andrew Anthony 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z Such formulaic approaches miss the forest for the trees. 9 blind spots most therapists share 2014-03-17T00:00:00Z Byron’s tragic narrative got buried long ago under multiple layers of showy accretions and trite, formulaic music. Critic’s Notebook: Ballet Clings to Racial, Ethnic and National Stereotypes 2012-09-05T15:11:19Z “It’s not like we have formulaic slots that we’re filling — ‘OK, we lost this kind of show, we have to replace it with this kind of show.’ With Shows Like ‘The Other Two,’ Comedy Central Looks Beyond Its Core 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z Mr. Wiley has his share of critics who say his work is formulaic and repetitive. Kehinde Wiley Puts a Classical Spin on His Contemporary Subjects 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z But the plot is strictly formulaic stuff, and lovable though they may be, with their gritty argot and ripe accents, the characters have the broadly drawn outlines of cartoons. Theater Review: ‘The Jammer’ by Rolin Jones at Atlantic Theater Company 2013-01-23T23:19:07Z The songs are alert to the current sound of clubs and radio, but not trapped by it; the refrains are terse and direct, but what happens between them isn’t formulaic. Music Review: Beyoncé’s New Album is Steamy and Sleek 2013-12-14T00:01:10Z "Art critics weren't interested in her paintings because they were, by their standards, formulaic." A 'real' portrait of 'Big Eyes' artist Margaret Keane 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z But in holding a lid down on its antic side, this approach keeps Greene’s formulaically colorful characters from turning into neon caricatures. Review: ‘Travels With My Aunt’ Taps Into a Hidden Sense of Adventure 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z These aren’t movie parents with formulaic arcs and storybook solutions, but characters whose honest, raw hurt and moments of casual grace carry the shock of the real. Movie Review: Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’ Is a Model of Cinematic Realism 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Think of Vegas: great when dealing with relationships, formulaic when covering the crime of the week. Girls, games and golden boys: what to watch on US TV in 2013 2013-01-04T16:14:02Z It sets a high standard that the rest of the movie can’t maintain, as the story settles into a formulaic tale about a scoundrel’s redemption. Review: In ‘The Rewrite,’ Hugh Grant Is an Author Seeking a Comeback 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Similarly, the formulaic but entertaining "St. Vincent" rides on the back of its ensemble, led by Murray as a young boy's unlikely baby sitter. Quality may be casualty of film fest war 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Some guests, used to the formulaic structure of other programs, have been confused by the program’s improvisational format. The Odd Couple 2010-05-07T22:14:00Z It’s a buttoned-down but oddly moving performance not quite like anything else on television at the moment, and it might be enough to pull you through 10 episodes of formulaic mayhem. | 'Missing': Ashley Judd in ?Missing? on ABC 2012-03-14T16:05:08Z Recent human-CGI hybrid musicals like “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” did insanely well at the box office, but left many viewers chilled by their flat, formulaic energy. "Cats" is a mesmerizing laser pointer for your brain 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z It's a very formulaic approach, with structural disciplines that I find comfortable. How we made: Michael Nyman and Jane Campion on The Piano 2012-07-30T17:30:44Z In a way, there’s something formulaic about them—in a good way! This Week in Fiction: Adam Ehrlich Sachs on Dysfunction Between Fathers and Sons 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z But maybe because of a lack of imagination, the result is predictable and even formulaic. Television Review: Daniel Sunjata and Aaron Tveit in ‘Graceland’ on USA 2013-06-05T22:10:10Z This Munich institution imparts a wonderful sense of place to the Louis — something that many of today's increasingly formulaic boutique hotels are in dire need of. 2010-02-17T14:05:00Z It brought in a new executive producer, Warren Leight, who might seem an unusual choice: he spent the previous decade working on the formulaic, process-oriented dramas “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “In Treatment.” Familial Discord? Enough to Back a Boxer in a Corner 2011-01-09T02:34:37Z You think it’s going to be another Taken-style formulaic thriller, but it just gets funnier and funnier. 'My favourite forgotten film' – you recommend your best streaming gems 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z “Line of Duty” serves as a necessary corrective to the glut of cop shows that formulaically lionize officers as incorruptible and invariably honorable while usually debasing fellow officers charged with investigating them. Police drama ‘Line of Duty’ is unlike your usual cop show 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Mr. Gerster, of course, means to contrast his own truer, less formulaic movie, and he’s at least partly successful. ‘A Coffee in Berlin’ Explores a City’s Shadowy History 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z The plot, they wrote, was hackneyed and formulaic. ‘Follies’ Was My First Broadway Show. 50 Years Later, I Remember It All. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Low budget, incredibly formulaic and lacking any prestige or even a host, “House Hunters” consistently ranks among the top 10 of all cable shows, thriving largely on its predictability. For 20 years, ‘House Hunters’ has been reliable reality TV. For millennials, it feels more like a fantasy. 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z As for Act II, in truth the old version had never been more than pleasantly formulaic. Dance Review: A ?Napoli? Changed, Yet Unchanging 2011-06-13T22:41:38Z What passes for fashion most seasons on the makeshift catwalk that leads to the Kodak Theater is as forced and formulaic as a standard big-screen heist picture. Fashion: Designed by Whom? Often It Was a Guess 2010-03-08T08:33:00Z Like many tunes, “The Ranch” sounds formulaic at first — and mostly, it is. Review: In ‘The Ranch,’ Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson Reunite as Cowboy Siblings 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The first three tracks of Strangeland bleed into each other, sounding more or less the same, thanks to their formulaic structure. Keane Takes a Step Backwards with Strangeland 2012-05-08T10:45:19Z Mr. Paisley excels at cleverly tweaking genre clichés, and “This Is Country Music” is a typically nifty twist: it’s a song about the glory of genre clichés, an unformulaic celebration of formulaic songwriting. Arts & Leisure: Brad Paisley?s Country Underground 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z His keyboard quirks, and her beseeching soul tones, lithe-at-65 dancefloor strutting and devious phrasing – she dances up to resolving notes by the most unexpected routes – banish almost every hint of the formulaic. Doug Carn/Jean Carne – review 2012-06-24T17:30:01Z Are romance novels any more formulaic or unrealistic than the spy novels and thrillers that attract a male readership? Perspective | Stop dissing romance novels already 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z It is so apparent when she talks about "Murder at the End of the World" or "The OA" that she has an endless well of ideas that challenge the very formulaic television format. "The OA" creator Brit Marling talks "Murder" and life's mysteries that sit "inside the questions" 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z When we need the churning dread of an intimate tale of generational trauma, “The Marsh King’s Daughter” goes formulaic, and when we’re primed for exploitation sweats, it gets flabby. Review: 'The Marsh King’s Daughter' toggles between drama and thriller, shortchanging both 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Many of his events were formulaic meetings with government officials to discuss economic development and clean energy — important work toward his goal of advancing partnerships to thwart climate change, but not particularly photogenic. Newsom's stumble on basketball court in China shows how photo ops can go wrong 2023-10-29T04:00:00Z Notwithstanding this politically engaged dimension of his work, many saw his approach as formulaic. Appreciation: Often spurned by the contemporary art world, Fernando Botero made meaningful art 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z It’s rooted in the celebration of outsized shapes, the bigger the better, and doing away with formulaic dressing. The headlines claim 'Baggy Fashion Is In.' Next time, listen to Street Grandma 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z This may be due to the relentless onslaught of 10 films and 10 series since 2021, many of them rigidly formulaic and clearly substandard. The 20 movies we're most excited about this fall 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z At times, Christian movies can feel formulaic and forced, sometimes preferring sermonizing to storytelling. At the Box Office: What to know before you go 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z If you start pulling apart this rousing, if formulaic, sports flick, it’ll all come undone. Review: A gamer gets behind the wheel in the slick 'Gran Turismo,' an ad for big dreams (and cars) 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Each of the drama’s six episodes opens with a formulaic statement: “This program is based on real events. However, certain characters, names, incidents, location and dialogue have been fictionalized for dramatic purposes.” How 'Painkiller' turned legal disclaimers into moving tributes to opioid victims 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z The advent of AI offers the industry a rare chance to overhaul a business model that in some cases has grown bloated and formulaic — not dissimilar to criticisms directed at risk-averse Hollywood today. AI is rewriting the rules of $200 billion games industry 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the film’s formulaic qualities are too much of a drag. Review: Colorful and zippy, 'The Beanie Bubble' ultimately feels understuffed 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z But there wasn’t much he could do with Miller’s formulaic, if polished, Broadway approach to Ellington’s “It Don’t Mean a Thing,” Gershwin’s “I Got Rhythm” and other classics. Commentary: Look out, New York. This is what an L.A. summer week looks like for Gustavo Dudamel 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z But the latest case was so "formulaic" that a statement of the impact of press intrusion on Prince Harry had wrongly used the word "she" instead of "he". Prince Harry case: Privacy cases had 'catastrophic effects' on Mirror Group 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Laws are concise descriptions of parts of the world that are amenable to formulaic or mathematical description. Concepts of Biology 2013-04-25T00:00:00Z These calculated juxtapositions — of a character’s main occupation and his deeper, more troubling preoccupations — might sound whimsical or formulaic. Review: In Paul Schrader’s disappointing ‘Master Gardener,’ a violent racist turns over a new leaf 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z “I’m trying to box him into this set of formulaic poses,” Wiley says, “and he’s like, ‘You know what? Kehinde Wiley is taking his art everywhere, all at once 2023-05-14T04:00:00Z He argued, though, that this wouldn’t look all that unlike corporate exchanges that are already formulaic. ChatFished: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People With A.I. 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z O’Reilly also said that the drafts aren’t “formulaic. You kind of start fresh every year because you get a new canvas and a new city.” NFL draft a boon for cities, teams since it hit the road 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z In other words, it’s a formulaic Evil Dead film: Combine said book with some dummy to read it aloud, a handful of Deadites armed with instruments of torture and almost comically copious buckets of blood. Review | ‘Evil Dead Rise’: Mommy issues and hyper-realistic gore 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Several characters, in fact, don’t get what they want — or, rather, what they’d get in a more formulaic, less genuine story. Review | ‘Somewhere in Queens’: Love and heartbreak, Italian American style 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z “This will affect tasks that are more repetitive, more formulaic, more generic,” said Zachary Lipton, a professor at Carnegie Mellon who specializes in artificial intelligence and its impact on society. What’s the Future for A.I.? 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Other areas in which the tech might succeed include creating verbiage for flash sales or social media posts, which might be quick, short, formulaic and easy for AI to replicate. Quiz: Did AI make this? Test your knowledge. They will even accept — nay, demand — the repetition of the series’s formulaic plots, which involve both flight and pursuit. Review | ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’: Longer, bloodier and better than ever 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z Sales of romantic fiction continue to boom, but with the genre often accused of being formulaic, are its authors at risk of being replaced by book-writing chatbots? Are romance authors at risk from book-writing chatbots? 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z The new bot still struggled to write anything other than formulaic “dad jokes.” 10 Ways GPT-4 Is Impressive but Still Flawed 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z It excels at formulaic writing tasks because it mimics text that already exists online. How A.I. Can Help 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Just as often, though, the presence of so many chefs in the kitchen has resulted in formulaic, drearily predictable McMovies that feel extruded rather than made. Perspective | AI is a time-honored movie trope. Now it can write its own script. 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The tactics are so formulaic as to be chillingly familiar to anyone who has been at the receiving end, but they work. The woman whose stolen images were used to scam men out of thousands 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z Victoria Baines, professor of information technology at Gresham College in London, says she can understand why some people think romantic fiction is "so formulaic". Are romance authors at risk from book-writing chatbots? 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z However, they often were a little wordy, formulaic and in one case a complete contradiction. Can ChatGPT help me at the office? We put the AI chatbot to the test. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z But in the 10 years since, James not only has become less formulaic as a scorer, he’s added new elements to his game that have helped him turn perceived weaknesses into strengths. Versatility, adaptation put LeBron James on cusp of breaking scoring record 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z If that sounds a bit too formulaic, watching Winslow subvert the conventions of an old literary form is half the thrill of this novel. Review | Indecent secrets lurk in De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s ‘Decent People’ 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z Although Riker has little interest in the formulaic or didactic, he considers literature a conversation above all else; he works in models, talks through other books. The book world needs practical dreamers. Enter publisher-novelist Martin Riker 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z That isn’t to say it’s uninspired — what keeps the formula from becoming formulaic are the writing, acting and staging, which tell us a lot in a little time without ever feeling baldly expository or manipulative. Love 'Columbo'? You'll devour the TV comfort food of 'Poker Face' 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z “The underlying tech looks at statistical correlations … So it’s going to give you formulaic responses.” Can ChatGPT help me at the office? We put the AI chatbot to the test. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z As for the actual writing, the book generally reads like a capable AI rendering of the formulaic reconstruction. Review | A not-too-deep look at Biden’s presidency so far 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Even with private chefs and trainers, her celebrity clients struggled with formulaic meal plans. They Rejected Diet Culture 30 Years Ago. Then They Went Mainstream. 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z It also advocated for curriculum standards called the Common Core that have been criticized as being too formulaic and are still in effect in some states. Gates Foundation takes up question of its own power 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z There’s a formulaic stiffness to this biographical recap, which seems built more around a lesson plan than a dramatic plot. Review: The main reason to see “Eisenhower”? Actor John Rubinstein's earnest portrayal of Ike 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Our initial tests once again produced suitable answers, though they were formulaic and somewhat monotone. Can ChatGPT help me at the office? We put the AI chatbot to the test. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z The mystery and ambiguity surrounding one half of this dynamic duo actually make for a less formulaic — and therefore better — movie. Review | ‘Plane’: Cinematic junk food, but oh, so tasty 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z A longtime Republican congressional investigator said the approach has become almost formulaic and gains traction within the feedback loop between right-wing media and Republican lawmakers. Congressional Republicans divided on attacking Trump investigations 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z At others, it feels like a more formulaic, holiday-themed tearjerker — the passing years are marked in a Christmas card montage! — that wrings our tears in unsubtle ways. New movies in Seattle-area theaters this week: ‘Empire of Light,’ ‘Spoiler Alert’ 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z These formulaic illustrations appeared in midwife manuals—and as Whiteley tells it, they were woefully inaccurate depictions of anatomy and conveyed baffling assumptions about female autonomy. How Beavers Shaped America, from Capitalism to Climate Change 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “It’s very logical and formulaic … it resembles a high school essay.” Can ChatGPT help me at the office? We put the AI chatbot to the test. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z This picture is predictable even by the formulaic standard of Christmas movies, with the characters rushing through plot-points that borrow liberally from “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “Miracle on 34th Street.” Review: Christmas movies galore decorate streaming services 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Some opportunities were spurned with wasteful kicks and there was a reliance on a formulaic attacking approach. Georgia stun Wales with victory in Cardiff 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z Here’s one way to keep your take on indie rock from becoming formulaic: Start a band with multiple singer-songwriters. 4 concerts to catch in the D.C. area over the next several days 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z “The concepts, the emotion, the little cliffhangers at the end of her songs — it wasn’t formulaic,” he says. From TikTok to the Grammys? Vocal powerhouse Lauren Spencer-Smith connects with Gen Z 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z The subsequent conflagration is not a surprise, but it’s not formulaic, either; Strong keeps “Flight” in motion with twists of language and revelation. Review | In Lynn Steger Strong’s ‘Flight,’ Christmas is a nightmare 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The previously formulaic rules of succession helped Ho forecast China’s leadership line-up four times since 2002 by analyzing officials based on their age, education, work experience and relationship with other leaders. Observer: No matter who climbs Beijing’s ranks, Xi rules 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z Mr. Russell, a television director, urged the coroner reviewing Molly’s case to go beyond what is often a formulaic process, and to explore the role of social media. British Ruling Pins Blame on Social Media for Teenager’s Suicide 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z The military discussions, while sporadic and often formulaic, were still considered important in an increasingly risky environment, with American and Chinese ships often navigating perilously close to each other in the waters off China. This Might Not Be a Cold War, but It Feels Like One 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z Still, for all its formulaic faults, “The Wheel” is unusually astute about the ways some couples avoid the hard truths about each other because they’re afraid of ripping their whole lives apart. Review: The doc days of summer feature 'Aftershock,' GWAR, Don McLean and Nolan Ryan 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z The actor gives one of his warmest, most modulated performances in a formulaic but finely textured drama packed with past and present NBA superstars. Adam Sandler's 'Hustle' isn't a true story. But here's why it feels like one 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The record, shamefully long in the United States, defies such a formulaic explanation. Opinion | Single moms cause mass shootings? One more cheap shot in the guns debate. 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z D.C.-area designer Shannon Claire Smith takes a more formulaic approach, applying the rule of thirds when styling shelves. Simple tips for creating a beautiful bookshelf 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Critics described the new series as "formulaic but fabulous". Kate Bush running up that chart thanks to Stranger Things 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The historical record, of course, is not so neat or formulaic. Review | An incremental way to peace despite Putin and the persistence of war 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The Independent offered the same four-star score, saying the new season is "formulaic, but who's complaining when the formula is this fabulous?" Stranger Things season four ‘formulaic but fabulous’, critics say 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z But in Gratz, the Supreme Court found that a points system used in undergraduate admissions was too formulaic. The Presidents of Columbia, Howard and N.Y.U. Announce Their Retirements 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z “Metal Lords” is disappointingly formulaic, but Hunter’s restless energy keeps the picture lively, all the way up to its cathartic musical finale. Review: A Tony Hawk documentary, 'Metal Lords' and more movies to watch this weekend 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Some replies, like Palmer’s, felt formulaic, though he reflected in a 2003 letter that he anticipated “seeing my many friends at Augusta National during the week.” The Masters Ritual That’s in the Mail 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z The playwright attempts to intensify our emotional investment in them, even as he adheres to the formulaic plot demands. Review | ‘The Folks at Home’ is playwright R. Eric Thomas’s paean to a beloved American staple 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Hall, Schumer and Sykes have said to “expect the unexpected,” which is hard to do with something as formulaic as Hollywood’s marquee event. Hosts Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes will make Oscars history tonight 2022-03-27T04:00:00Z And so “The Batman,” assuming our familiarity with Bruce Wayne’s inner and outer demons, tries hard to avoid reproducing the formulaic trappings of the origin story. Review: Batman needs a renewal. 'The Batman,' starring Robert Pattinson, isn’t quite it 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z It’s five hours too long and far too formulaic to keep up with its brazen protagonist, played here by “Ozark’s” Julia Garner. 'Inventing Anna's' greatest failure: It's as shallow as its subject 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z That story, adapted from the French film “La Famille Bélier,” is unabashedly formulaic — and often deeply moving in spite of it. All 10 of the 2022 best picture Oscar nominees ranked, from worst to best 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z The genial musical wears its heart on its sleeve, and though it’s formulaic and sentimental, the force of good will coming from the stage is hard to resist. Review: A drag queen is born: 'Everybody's Talking About Jamie' arrives at the Ahmanson 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z While proponents have argued that the commander’s continued role is formulaic, as the prosecutor’s charging recommendations are binding, critics have pointed out the potential for problems. Senate approves $768 billion defense bill directing review of war in Afghanistan, military justice reforms 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Williams’s protean genius supercharged the otherwise formulaic 1993 movie comedy on which the musical is based, about a divorced dad who masquerades as a female nanny so he can be with his kids. Review | Minus Robin Williams, ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ is not quite herself 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z A true-tale podcast about the relationship of a manipulative psychiatrist and his needy patient becomes a formulaic, wearing miniseries on Apple TV+. Director Adam McKay explains how his Lakers project led to a split with Will Ferrell 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z This time, in the face of yet another formulaic defeat, the Kraken was finally released. Kraken take down Capitals to end six-game losing streak 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z Authority officials have said the soft cap rate would protect motorists from price gouging and sticker shock by requiring that tolls increase only when necessary, then in a gradual, formulaic way. Maryland board approves final rates for toll lanes planned on part of Beltway 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Schweighöfer does have a memorable screen presence, and this film is well made, as formulaic pictures so often are. Review: Amusing 'Army of Thieves' lumbers toward heist-zombie overkill 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z |
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