Sentences with phrase «about a girl whose»

This could feel like an airport romance novel about a girl whose life is transformed by love, but Ronan complicates Eilis's otherwise simple story arc as much as she can.

Instantly, the class was 1) excited that this «assignment» was a song they loved, 2) blown away that their teacher, Mr. Macomber, knew who No Doubt was, and 3) poised to read the novel from an emotional perspective — about a girl whose environment keeps her from being all that she really wants to be.

I was also surprised — and delighted — by the mischief of El Deafo, another young adult read, about a girl whose Phonic Ear, a hearing aid, gives her superpowers, some of which will make you laugh.

The book was about a girl whose mother died and her father was killed the same day.

Brock Cole's The Facts Speak for Themselves (1997) is a finely crafted novel about a girl whose affair with an adult suits her purposes until a murder intervenes.

But last year, I entered «The Help» Children's Story Contest with a story about a girl whose father is away soldiering and while he's gone she refuses to let any pictures turn out: without Daddy it is NOT a family photo album.

INTO DARKNESS, was about a girl whose twin brother disappears into a dark cave in the mountains.

- game about a girl whose cat is floating away on a helium balloon - will be released as a ROM and on physical Game Boy cartridges - main character must bounce on enemy heads while dodging obstacles to reach the top of each stage - she can also jump and dash while in the air, - due out early 2017

Not exact matches

«To all of you that have something nasty to say about me or other women who are built like me, women whose names you know, women whose names you don't, women who've been picked on, women whose husbands put them down, women at work or girls in school, I have one thing to say to you: kiss my fat ass,» she said.

This kind of broad association is of particular value to a society like ours, one in which people are increasingly tribalized and segregated and even a laudable value like diversity can be trivialized, as when a mother brags about how her child attends such a «wonderfully diverse» prep school, what with the boy from Senegal whose dad is a UN diplomat and the girl from Sri Lanka whose mom is an officer with the World Bank.

But our favorite as the holiday approached was William Dean Howells» «Christmas Every Day,» a story about a little girl whose wish that it always be Christmas is granted by a fairy, to horrible effect.

I remember the 4th grade girl whose dad asked me to talk to her about the birds and the bees.

A friend whose twin girls had poop - trained at about 9 months told me to focus on the poop and the pee would follow on its own schedule.

The story is about a little girl named Carrie who's been sent looking for her little brother Anthony, whose gone off to play in the neighborhood somewhere.

The incident came two days after the National Republican Senatorial Committee tweeted a photo of Kentucky Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes's face on the body of «Obama Girl,» the model whose videos about her «crush» on Obama went viral during the 2008 election.

About 20 years ago, I was contacted by a family whose little girl had hepatitis C. For years, they agonized over whether to treat or not.

He is surrounded not only by his quirky classmates, who have their own issues (Vern is hoping to marry his perpetually patient girl [Mya] and Chic is discovering something about his sexual inclinations), but also by a quirky coworker, Link (Stanley Tucci, whose performance — not just the character — is so tacky as to be distracting).

A bimbo pride teen comedy whose cheerleader girl entourage of shallow sexpots gets enlightened too, about how «useful» and even entertaining smart geeks with tons of brainy information to spare can be, even if totally lacking in hunk appeal.

It's a fight whose one - sidedness serves as a tell - tale sign about her authenticity as final girl material.

Others inspired by Brashear include the unbelievably loyal Jo (who is initially impressed by his stubbornness, then dismayed by his lack of commitment to her and their child, and at last, proud of his accomplishments, trotted out for a public embrace in a Navy courtroom) and Billy Sunday's pretty wife, Gwen (Charlize Theron), whose brief appearances reveal precious little about her own boozy despair, as their central function appears to be assuring you that Sunday must have occasional non-asshole moments, since he's married to glamorous and self - assured cover - girl - of - the - moment Charlize Theron.

Broken (Unrated) Loss of innocence drama, set in North London, about an 11 year - old girl (Eloise Laurence) whose life is irreversibly altered after she witnesses a violent attack.

«When Marnie Was There — The Studio Ghibli production recalls the beautifully hand - drawn production of famed animator Hayao Miyazaki, in this adaptation of a British ghost story by Joan G. Robinson about a young girl whose new friend may be more spirit than girl.»

But just when Eigil's vegetarianism and love of animals seems bound to reveal the truth about Svend & Co, the script pulls a fast one and his presence ends up jeopardising Bjarne's budding romance with Astrid (Kruse), a local girl whose uncle just so happens to have eaten human flesh before (yes, really).

The mesmerizing, mystery thriller, Gone Girl, about a man whose wife has gone missing and the subsequent suspicions that point to him, was named Best Film of 2014 by The Nevada Film Critics Society.

Twomey, whose movie is about an Afghan girl growing up under Taliban rule, is the first solo woman director to win the award.

What It's About: «A young girl from Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, with the support she receives from her family and community, is instilled with the confidence to pursue her dream of becoming an international chess champion.»

From acclaimed indie director Lynn Shelton comes this charming comedy about a young twenty - something named Megan (played by Keira Knightley) whose own arrested development results in a budding friendship with a teenage girl (Chloe Grace - Moretz) and her beleaguered single dad (Sam Rockwell).

Xiu Xiu: The Sent - Down Girl hasn't always received the same critical respect as the»90s other major films about the Cultural Revolution, in part because it was harmfully assumed that director Joan Chen — who was and still is best known to the Western world for her playing Josie Packard in Twin Peaks — was not a «serious» artist whose work deserved to be considered in the same breath as that of Tian Zhuangzhuang (The Blue Kite) or Zhang Yimou (To Live).

Enter the town sheriff (Bruce Dern), whose purchase of a book serves as an opening to collaborate on a novel that he wants to write about the murder of a local girl.

What it does have, though, is a girl who looks very like a grown up version of Suzy from «Moonrise Kingdom» getting trapped in a super-mechanized, droolworthy apartment and being apparently instantly forgotten about once the bachelor whose pad it is claps eyes on his Stella Artois.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

We just mentioned The Girl on the Train earlier today when talking about the Liam Neeson movie The Commuter — Girl is based on the novel of the same name by Paula Hawkins, and follows a woman whose problems haunt her after she is pulled into a mystery involving a couple that she imagines to enjoy the perfect marriage.

There is something so powerful about it, maybe it was Hugh Jackman's performance as a father whose full of nothing but emptiness without his little girl or maybe Paul Dano's sinister character as a dreadfully disturbed man.

The jurors — filmmaker Emily Yoshida, film critic Justin Chang, and IMDb founder Col Needham — also singled out director Carly Stone's comedy «The New Romantic,» about a college girl who starts dating older men, and presented a special jury prize for writing to Nijla Mu» min's «Jinn,» about a 17 - year - old girl whose mother suddenly converts to Islam.

At a loss of what to do, Lockhart wanders the grounds, where he meets a teenage girl named Hannah (Mia Goth, The Survivalist), the ward of Volmer, whose wide - eyed innocence belies a reservoir of knowledge about the clinic that seems timeless.

The film stars Rachel McAdams (Midnight In Paris, Sherlock Holmes, Mean Girls) and Noomi Rapace (Prometheus, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) as two rising female executives in a multinational corporation whose fierce competition to rise up the ranks is about to turn literally cut - throat.

This may be inevitable in the case of Clooney's character — it is, after all, difficult to care too deeply about the isolation of a man who does not care too deeply about it himself — but it extends to the rest of the film as well: the girl who has her heart broken, the workers whose lives are abruptly shattered.

In 1983, Ally Sheedy catapulted to stardom as Jennifer, the beautiful girl next door, in WarGames, about a computer hacker (played by Matthew Broderick) whose innocent prying turns into a game gone very wrong, with potentially global consequences.

She rarely even leaves her house, but writes about adventures all over the world, so she's the hero of choice for a girl (Breslin) whose island paradise is invaded after her father is lost at sea.

The Clapper (R for profanity and sexual references) Romantic comedy about an infomercial audience member (Ed Helms) whose sudden 15 minutes of fame ruins his relationship with the girl of his dreams (Amanda Seyfried).

Eileen Pullen and Gwen Davis, two of the «Dagenham girls» whose stand for equal rights helped usher in the 1970 Equal Pay Act, accompanied the actor Gemma Arterton, who starred in Made in Dagenham, the 2010 film about their struggle.

In the Society's most prestigious category, the Buried Treasure, the nominees are: DAVE MADE A MAZE, a unique adventure film about a frustrated artist and his creation; the compelling documentary THE DEATH AND LIFE OF MARSHA P. JOHNSON, about an icon of the queer and trans movements; Dee Rees» MUDBOUND, a story of 2 families working the same land in 40s Mississippi; PATTI CAKE$, whose eponymous white lead dreams of being a rapper; the latest from the Dardennes brothers, psychological drama THE UNKNOWN GIRL; and WINDOW HORSES, an animiated film based on a graphic novel written by its Asian - Canadian director.

It is a coming - of - age story about a young girl named Jenny (Carey Mulligan) whose father is very determined that she goes to Oxford.

The movie begins by considering the entire scope of life on earth before centring its attention on a blonde American party girl named Lucy (Scarlett Johansson) whose time in Taipei is about to take a turn for the weird.

When Junior (voiced by Andy Samberg) is about to receive a promotion, the Baby Factory is accidentally activated by a human named Tulip (voiced by Katie Crown), whose actions produce an adorable baby girl that they attempt to deliver to her family before any of the other storks catch on.

Parminder Nagra and a young Keira Knightley star in this heartwarming comedy about a young Sikh girl called Jess whose talent for soccer horrifies her traditional parents, who forbid her from playing for the local girls» team.

Okja, the latest experimental offering from lauded director Bong Joon Ho, started off with a controversial bang, but ended up winning over critics thanks to its big - hearted plot about a little girl whose giant pet pig is kidnapped by a meat corporation.

Oculus is a sloppy horror movie about a possessed mirror and the vengeance that a grown woman, whose family was destroyed by the mirror when she was a girl, attempts to wreak upon it.

The best thing about the film is that it heralds the arrival of a young and powerful new female director, the formidable Ana Lily Amirpour (featured on our Best Of 2014: The 20 Breakthrough Directors Of The Year list), whose magnetic personality is on display in a new Vice documentary on the making of «Girl,» her feature debut.

12:15 am (20th)-- TCM — Broken Blossoms A few years after D.W. Griffith's controversial Birth of a Nation and epic Intolerance, he made this much smaller, much quieter film about a Chinese man (the non-Chinese Richard Barthelmess — and no, Griffith has not quite got over the racism that plagued Birth of a Nation) who becomes enamored with a young girl (Lillian Gish) whose father abuses her.