They form an engrossing meditation on subject matter, the painter's craft and the history of the academy.
The real-life experience at the stadium was a blast, and parts of that will always be impossible to replicate no matter how engrossing VR technology becomes.
Even though he was the subject of an engrossing full-length documentary ("A Matter of Taste," which came out in 2011), other chefs still describe him as something of a mystery.
Still, the playing is so engrossing that this does not matter.
Ultimately, of course, this is part of what makes big, engrossing novels so engrossing.
The week's standout documentary, Nadav Schirman's The Green Prince (Artificial Eye, 15), is an engrossing factual thriller fashioned from the same fractious subject matter – the cloak-and-dagger dealings of Israel's Shin Bet security service – that has already propelled such recent films as The Gatekeepers, Omar and Bethlehem, though it doesn't feel at all redundant.
When he delves, carefully, into private matters, the results are less engrossing, as in his description of what his newfound love of dance meant to him.
Eric is a completely engrossing storyteller: dynamic, articulate, and surprisingly funny, given the subject matter.
The plot is twisty but not particularly engrossing, events merely happen as things in life happen, and matter as much or as little as everything real matters or does not.
Strangely, given the often grim subject matter, it's a picture book, though a beautiful and engrossing one, with a zing of poetic justice (look out for the banana peel).
"It really doesn't matter what book you read, by losing yourself in a thoroughly engrossing book, you can escape from the worries and stresses of the everyday world and spend a while exploring the domain of the author's imagination," says Dr. Lewis.
