Sentences with phrase «many stories pointed»

Founders and early employees have already cashed out of $ 350 million in equity, the story points out.

The story points to Care - A-Van, a mobile clinic, which recently set up shop in a parking lot among BMWs and Teslas to battle this epidemic of advanced aging in Silicon Valley.

As the Journal story points out, YES signed a deal with the Yankees to lock up TV rights for 30 years at a cost of about $ 1.5 billion.

Yet, however flawed third parties may be as they play their role in regulating the marketplace, the Theranos story points to the value of such institutions.

The Forbes story points to a recent one:

The story points out that Koum wrote in a blog post after selling WhatsApp in 2014: «Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA, and we built WhatsApp around the goal of knowing as little about you as possible.»

A Bloomberg news story pointed out that these two lenders, among others, were raising the minimum credit score for FHA loans they are willing to fund from 620 to 640.

At the time a lot of people (especially those with power over the Hebrews) were worshiping the world — the moon, the sea, the sky: that story points to who should be worshiped — the Creator of those things.

Regardless, whether in music or words, the story points to the notion that in order to never know lament, one must «Never No Lament.»

although i believe the gospel story points to something in the movement of time... historical... i think it is pointing beyond it, like a lens, into the reality i'm trying to explain in point # 3.

As the story points out, Bynum was on his way to a resurgence of sorts.

Sherrie Jo's story points out the importance of good breastfeeding help in overcoming the difficulties that may result from birth interventions.

This story points out how ridiculous it is that the same politicians supporting legislation to roll back the calorie caps also support deep cuts to food stamps.

A cosmetics industry representative interviewed for this story pointed out that the EWG report «lacks many of the rigors that you would normally associate with a real scientific report,» such as a large study population and control or placebo groups.

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Many stories pointed out that hers was the only female - led tech IPO of 2017.

The Fighter is based on a true story but it includes all of the generic story points — a down on his luck local Boston boxer, Micky Ward -LRB-

State of Affairs is another generic Washington D.C. - set thriller drawing on current events for story points (terrorist threats, hostage - taking, global unrest) in a way that feels opportunistic and, frankly, insensitive considering the real - world tragedies that are showing up in the news.

The Fighter is based on a true story but it includes all of the generic story points — a down on his luck local Boston boxer, Micky Ward (Mark Wahlberg) has a career that is hampered by his crack addicted brother Dicky (Christian Bale).

As the stakes escalate, Mark Perez's script still organically makes time for the characters» realities, like Max and Annie having trouble conceiving a child, without such story points feeling too forced, and plays on the expectations of thriller plot twists more than once.

Kotaku's original story pointed out that the ambitious Microsoft exclusive appeared to be stuck in development hell.

He makes a movie that's unlike anything else in the MCU, and while certain beats and story points follow a traditional pattern, the world Coogler has crafted as well as the people he has constructed to live within it are so uniquely three - dimensional I sat in mesmerized awe for every single second of the film's briskly paced 134 - minute running time.

And the movie never effectively sells the story point that made the earlier films so compelling: why a bunch of outlaws and mercenaries would put their lives on the line for a town that finds itself in the grip of a bad, bad guy.

Given that thematic base, it shouldn't be surprising that even specific story points are duplicated: In both films, the heroes connect with old girlfriends, only to realize that for decades they've been carrying mistaken views of those relationships.

Mia Wasikowska as India: Carrying the responsibility of providing this weird story its point of view, Wasikowska's India proves to be one of the film's less interesting components.

In fact, the movie borrows basic story points from The Poseidon Adventure — as the school floods from the bottom up (freshman and sophomores first), Dash, his pals, and a motley band of survivors make for the upper floors, then the roof, hoping for a rescue.

No wonder it's such a striking story point.

He also addresses story points and themes, often comparing some of his adaptation choices to what Dickens originally wrote.

But still, as usual we have a few questions about certain story points and character decisions.

While the film is in fact an adequately made movie it executes the story points like nearly every other true story film.

Several missions are lumped together under a common theme (e.g. focusing on a particular story point or sorcerer), and bits of story are revealed in between each mission of the campaign and Fellow Sorcerers sections.

Technical artists set up the lighting to draw the audience's eye to story points and to create the correct mood in a scene.

Behind - the - scenes featuretts include: The Journey Begins (creative concepts, story development and casting), Shaping Mind and Body (Christian Bale's transformation into Batman), The Tumbler (reinvention of the Batmobile), Gotham City Rises (production design of Gotham City, the Batcave, Wayne Manor, and more), Saving Gotham City (the development of miniatures, CGI, and effects for the monorail chase scene), Genesis of the Bat (a look at the Dark Knight's incarnation and influences on the film), Path to Discovery (filming in Iceland), and Confidential Files (go beyond the movie and discover facts and story points not in the film).

It definitely makes sense from a story point of view — Vision is really too powerful for the MCU because he could easily defeat most of the villains the Avengers come up against.

Scenes, characters, and story points jump out of nowhere and hobble themselves together to bring various plot lines to a head.

We also wanted to hit the story point that Weasel had bet on Deadpool.

Maybe this was a big break for Alexandra Daddario and Lili Simmons, but their in flagrante nude scenes go on far longer than it takes to establish a story point, or even to titillate.

If you're a fan of horror games, you're undoubtedly already very familiar with the «evil corporation does bad stuff then tries to cover it up before anyone notices» story point that gets used in so many horror games.

That kind of comedy loses its bite when surrounded by either mundane story points or flat - out bizarre ones (the story's climax is easily one of the strangest put on film, animated or otherwise).

Leigh said the game will include new areas, new psychos, use new combo weapons as well as a new save system that automatically checkpoints a player's progress when they enter new areas, reach key story points or get to the start of a boss battle.

The script, cowritten by Simon Beaufoy (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) and Michael deBruyn (Oblivion), is an able adaptation of complex source material, hitting all of the right story points and effectively sketching in the larger cast of characters, brought to life by the likes of Jeffrey Wright (Broken City), Jena Malone (Sucker Punch) and Sam Claflin (Snow White & The Huntsman).

The unresolved story points became a topic in criticisms levied at the film.

Only the quality of the actors manages to give the necessary spark to the screenplay by first - timer Mark Poirier to keep the material from imploding from a lack of structure and interesting story points.

If some story points seem obscure, it's because Clooney refused to sacrifice reality for drama and exposition, and he gets points for that, too.

He discusses his relationship with his father and how it shows up on screen, casting and working with the actors, story points, and a mix of other topics.

I don't think it would've been too hard to find more believable story points, but the filmmakers fail to go that way, as instead they opt for cheap and head - scratching.

I wish I had some positives to talk about here, but the dialogue is flat, the characters are instantly forgettable, the quests are simple fetchery with little motivation, and I didn't encounter any compelling story points.

Suffice it to say that there are key story points in this film that don't hold up to close scrutiny.

But after nabbing our attention with its introduction of those characters and setting up the central story points, the movie loses momentum.

(A wacky story point involving the no - fly list feels extremely tone - deaf given current headlines.)