Sentences with phrase «ripley-esque tale is told»

The most lurid tales were told of Rasputin's mystically priapic penis, which is supposedly preserved somewhere in formaldehyde.

And in the fullness of time, D'Joan's rebellion does bring about the liberation of the animal people — although that tale is told in another story.

Josephus wasn't born until 37 C.E. Is Hercules real, just because his tales were told?

I am not on here to «argue» the FACTS of the Bible to you, just defend what the Bible says to all the fasle reasonings and False tales being told out there.

The Army team's the pride and dream Of every heart in grey, The Army line you'll ever find A terror in the fray; And when the team is fighting For the Black and Grey and Gold, We're always near with song and cheer And this is the tale we're told: The Army team.

In articles where the theme is «how I coped with the worst divorce experience ever» the cheating tale is told from the perspective of a (usually female) spouse who picked up the pieces after discovering their cheating partner.

This sad tale is told by Giles Udy in Labour and the Gulag Russia and the Seduction of the British Left (Biteback).

But a different tale is told by another class of minerals, fully mapped only recently: clays.

The actors thought on their feet, and remained in character at all times, drawing you into the tales they were telling you, and making you believe the world around you.

The most obvious parallel for this tale being told in Johannesburg is one of apartheid.

The performance that lingers, once the tale is told, is that of Jay Pharoah as Nate, a fellow - patient on Sawyer's ward, who has furtively kept hold of his cell phone (she was deprived of hers), and who lends the film an understated calm.

And you are holding back something special from your kids as well, for while these films take themselves seriously and should perhaps be screened before being shown to some younger, more sensitive audiences, they are among the most powerful animated tales being told today, and they deserve to be allowed to wow you.

The tale is told in an inventive and unorthodox style, flitting back and forth throughout the relationship, highlighting each other's paranoia and pursuit of sexual satisfaction.

Let the tales be told elsewhere, because without being too pretentious, this was life he was capturing in its most undiluted form.

Featuring an incredible ensemble cast — including Mathieu Amalric, Jean - Paul Roussillon, Emmanuelle Devos, Melvil Poupaud, and Chiara Mastroianni — A Christmas Tale is told in the emotionally unhinged register Desplechin does best, mixing storybook flights of fancy with genuine, heartbreaking drama.

There's the potential for an intriguing origin story in these beats, and it should tell you how impatient the screenplay (by Joby Harold, Ritchie, and Lionel Wigram) is when you learn that the entirety of that tale is told in fast - forward.

Here, as directed by light - hearted, comedy specialist Peyton Reed («Bring It On,» «The Break - Up,» «Yes Man») from a script credited to Edgar Wright, Adam McKay, Joe Cornish and Paul Rudd (who also stars as the title character), the tale is told of Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas, Academy Award winner for «Wall Street» who is seen as his current old self and as a Photoshopped 1980s stud) and his protege, Scott Lang (Rudd, «All is Bright»).

It's all in service of a tall tale being told by an ancient Indian (Johnny Depp) who may or may not be Tonto, a sideshow attraction who spins this yarn to a little boy (Mason Cook) wearing a Lone Ranger get - up in a fair in 1930s San Francisco.

The cast is aces across the board (especially the prickly anti-chemistry between Abbott and Bernthal), the screenplay is laden with tough talk and twists, and the tale is told with an impressively intense «slow burn» approach that should send shivers up your spine like more traditional horror fare.

The choices here are pretty binary between either helping or not helping certain people, and I'm pretty sure they don't actually alter the overall tale being told.

Director Peter Berg, surpassing his similar work with Lone Survivor three years ago, is again all about making sure a tragic true - life tale is told with proper respect for the heroes involved.

The tale is told via flashback by a down - and - out trumpet player, Max (Pruitt Taylor Vince), who finds an old recording of music played by 1900 at a pawn shop, where he is trying to sell his trumpet.

In between, the tale is told with no great urgency but a lot of wit, both in the script and the animation of the humans cursed to live in the Beast's castle as his helpmeets.

These popular fairy tales are told in simple and symbol supported language with blank spaces above for children to draw their own pictures or use the clip art included to cut and paste to create scenes.

In Gilgamesh, the tale is told by the aged Utnapishtam, who was chosen by the god Ea to survive the rising waters.

Fifteen deeply twisted, fantastically funny, and hauntingly human fairy tales are told from the point of view of the villain in this collection of very grim short stories.

Like Flynn's, Collins» tale is told through the written statements of different protagonists, each with their own biases that the reader must consider.

The book is focuses on Christian Grey and the tale is told from his prospective.

Overall, I liked the story and the characters that populated the book but the way in which the tale was told was stiff (at times) and overly descriptive in a simplistic way.

He spins out the tune like it is a tale he is telling her, until he feels her body relax, until he feels her falling into sleep.

The Thrall's Tale is told through the eyes of three strong women, Katla, a thrall (slave) born of a Christian - Irish mother captured and enslaved in a Viking raid shortly before Katla's birth.

The tale is told from the cat's point of view, who starts out in a shelter and gets picked to go home with a family in a poem called «The Choosing.»

This Ripley-esque tale is told from the point of view of Martin — an outsider in a world of wealth and privilege — as he recalls his friendship (and obsession) with classmate Ben, whose family comes from old money.

The tale is told from the viewpoint of thirteen - year - old Hob, an orphan unofficially adopted by Molly.

Most of the tale is told from a first person, present...

Some of the tale is told here.

A tale is told how a prince of Mengwi actually entered the sacred cave to prove that he was the rightful descendent of Mengwi king, and emerged at Besakih, but his feat was never duplicated — entering the cave is now forbidden.

The tale is told through 2.5 D puzzles, beautiful sketch - like graphics, and bittersweet humour.

Well, it requires some slight modifications to how the tale is told.

At the same time the action is bombastic, the tale being told is big and the artwork is pretty lively, so there's a nice contrast going on that ensures the book never becomes too dark or depressing, something which Game of Thrones is absolutely atrocious for doing.

The tale is told completely without words, and Yarny is the bond that ties everything together.

The tale is told completely without words and Yarny is the red thread that runs through it all.

Across five different paths, you'll find out why the game's 29 characters have been brought to this land, but that tale is told in disjointed pieces that can feel incomplete or almost nonsensical — even after you've unlocked the cutscenes of every path.

Some story beats are misfires but, overall, I found myself engaged with the tale being told here as Cutter's squad took the fight to Atriox and his troops.

I'm no censorship cry - baby, but in this case it actually detracts from the excellent tale being told.

Players may have trouble understanding the story because of how the complex tale is told.

The tale is told in essays by curators past and present, myriad photographs and a well - annotated chronology.

In addition to prescient aspects of the paintings» subject matter, a tale is told by the stains, tears and waterlines that the canvases now contain.

Hardly a classic fairy tale is told without the woods as a supporting role.

Generally, the biblical tale is told as follows: a young shepherd battles a giant warrior and, using only a slingshot, comes out victorious.