Sentences with phrase «book of war movie»

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«I was in «The Book of Henry,» the movie that Colin Trevorrow directed, and we talked about [«Star Wars»] a great deal.

Movies like Star Wars and books like Game of Thrones have legitimate capacity to empower and inspire people.

A recent spate of books and movies look with great nostalgia on World War II.

Memorialized in movies, books and TV mini-series, the winter sabotage of the Vemork chemical plant in Telemark County of Nazi - occupied Norway was one of the most dramatic and important military missions of World War II.

That said, Santorum did once compare the war in Iraq with the Lord of the Rings trilogy in an analogy that showed that he saw the movies, if not read the books.

Seuss was quite unhappy when the anti-abortion movement latched onto the book's line of «a person's a person, no matter how small,» but this movie has touches of politics all over it that weren't in the book, including a town council more concerned with PR than safety and the injection of conservative culture - war rhetoric into the book's sour kangaroo (who now «pouch - schools» her joey.)

The main events of the game are well - known to the audience due to famous books and movies dedicated to the War such as We Were Soldiers, Apocalypse Now, Hamburger Hill and many others.

Based loosely on the book by Max Brooks, «World War Z» is in some ways less a zombie movie than the story of a global pandemic and the heroic individual (guess who) trying to stop it.

The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.

Infinity War is to the decade of MCU storytelling what huge - ass battle finales are to the modern comic - book movie.

I don't know what director Angelina Jolie thinks her movie Unbroken is, but the last thing it seems to be is the story of Louis Zamperini, the Olympian and war hero whose life story was told in Laura Hillenbrand's New York Times - bestselling book «Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption war hero whose life story was told in Laura Hillenbrand's New York Times - bestselling book «Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ``.

But the movie about a girl adopted by a German couple during World War II also crystallizes the perils of book adaptations.

The Russo brothers confirm that their forthcoming Avengers: Infinity War movie isn't a direct adaptation of the Jim Starlin comic book.

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I still love The Last Jedi, I think it is a great Star Wars movie, but it loses massive points in my book for pushing Finn to the side in favor of sad - boy Kylo Ren and his gaslighting of Rey.

«Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Limit What Movies We Can See - Books Main Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)»

Now that Avengers: Infinity War is out in the wild and earning obscene amounts of money, the Russos are starting to turn their attention to Avengers 4 and have told ComicBook.com that the movie begins what they describe as the next MCU book:

Bursting with the same charismatic, comic book energy that skyrockets through most of his movies, old crime reporter, novelist, war hero, writer - director and sometime producer Samuel Fuller, almost 69, still moves and talks like his daffy action flicks — like the wild man from Borneo — in quick, short, blocky punches, like two - fisted slabs of socko headline type.»

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The movie is based on the 2010 non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, «Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption».

Fresh off of trying to appeal to every nerd ever with Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg has signed on to produce and «very possibly» direct an actual comic book movie with Blackhawk, an adaptation of an old DC Comics series about World War II fighter pilots.

In case you're sick of movie adaptations and audio books, World War Z will be a video game as well.

In the Infinity Gauntlet comic book storyline that the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War movie is said to be loosely based on, the villain Thanos becomes so all - powerful that the only help he needs to nearly eradicate the entire universe is from Mephisto, Marvel's non-union equivalent of the Devil.

But lest anyone get the impression that Infinity War is just another example of the increasingly comic tenor evident in comic - book fare, I should warn that it is also Marvel's most somber movie.

This year's been a bit of an odd one for movies, skating on giant tentpole sequels and remakes like Captain America: Civil War, Finding Dory, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and The Jungle Book.

There could more news on Ninja Scroll soon also Gears Of War, Lost planet other comic book movies and video games movies.

of Defense Graham Allison writes «that this movie will shape more Americans» understanding of the war against Al Qaeda than scores of books and major articles.»

Most notorious for being the movie red - hot Mark Hamill (Comic Book: The Movie) would do right after Star Wars, the film still did little business comparatively, although it has gained a small cult following, particularly for aficionados of the Corvette Stingray, which is featured prominently in the plot of the movie red - hot Mark Hamill (Comic Book: The Movie) would do right after Star Wars, the film still did little business comparatively, although it has gained a small cult following, particularly for aficionados of the Corvette Stingray, which is featured prominently in the plot of the Movie) would do right after Star Wars, the film still did little business comparatively, although it has gained a small cult following, particularly for aficionados of the Corvette Stingray, which is featured prominently in the plot of the film.

In another interview with Empire, (courtesy of Comic Book Movie) director Peyton Reed revealed Dr. Pym and the Wasp aren't exactly happy with Scott Lang following the infamous airport brawl in Civil War.

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This movie, which is based on the real events of war correspondent Kim Barker (as told in her book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan), forces you to bed the question as to its authenticity.

The movie will show Christopher, his nanny Olive and his parents as they are swept up in the international success of the books in the aftermath of the First World War.

Author's Note: the newly released book Star Wars: The Last Jedi - The Visual Dictionary reveals the boy's name, but we're going to keep referring to him as «the boy» because it reinforces the populist ideas of the movie and this moment in particular.

Avengers: Infinity War is part one of a ten - year Marvel finale, that includes 18 movies starting in 2008 with Iron Man and the comic book superheroes that began in 1941.

Essentially the «Punisher: War Zone» of «Ghost Rider» movies, «Spirit of Vengeance» is a true experiment in letting directors (and actors) go full - blast in what they do best, rather than trying to tie a film to other comic book movies or a larger shared universe.

After the heaviness of Avengers: Infinity War, Deadpool 2 arrives just in time to pants the comic book movie genre.

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The movie, another based on another first book in yet another series of books aimed at a young audience, is very clear about its five - tier arrangement of a futuristic society where the only apparent survivors of a massive war reside in and just outside a Chicago that appears to have missed out on most of the conflict.

But the Dutch director is also responsible for some radically empowered female performances: Sharon Stone's vaguely amused man - eater in Basic Instinct, Carice van Houten's unscrupulous World War II survivor in Black Book and now the protagonist of his latest movie, played by the frosty, effortlessly commanding Isabelle Huppert.

But making this Civil War movie was not solely a matter of practising appropriate cinematic fidelity to a «beautifully written» book.

Part war movie, part doomed romance, overfull with artful and exciting action sequences (the No Man's Land assault led by Diana is worth the cost of admission alone), and all told some pretty subversive content for a populist DC superhero film ---- and easily the best outside of Nolan's Batman films, from that expanded universe ---- this is a charismatic, crowd - pleasing, comic book conversion that works on every conceivable level.

Hey all, we had a great chat with the talent behind The Book Thief, the movie adaptation of Markus Zusak's bestselling novel about World War 2 seen through the eyes of a young German girl.

A summer movie event that has literally been a decade in the making, Avengers: Infinity War is the new capstone of Marvel Studios» ambitious master plan to bring the majority of their comic book heroes to cinematic life — not in separate, stand - alone films, but rather in an intricate web of interlocking narratives, each of which features various plot points and isolated moments (some buried within or after the closing credits) that have laid the groundwork for the events depicted here.

If you like this, try: the book by Doug Stanton and the movies «Act of Valor,» «Lone Survivor» and «Charlie Wilson's War»

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At this rate, there will be whole books written and photo albums compiled about the new «Star Wars» movie before JJ Abrams can get to his first round of dailies.

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This Netflix - produced movie is inspired by Michael Hastings» 2010 book «The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War In Afghanistan,» but the author of «Animal Kingdom» (Michôd) doesn't grasp first rule of screenwriting; «show, don't tell.»

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