Sentences with phrase «age story where»

A coming of age story where the lead is technically still a virgin doesn't seem scandalous.

Somewhat reductively, it's a Rushmore for our times — even contemporaneous with that film given it's technically a period piece — a coming - of - age story where overcoming pretention and forced mannerisms is as important to growth as learning self - confidence and kindness.

Not exact matches

«I would love if we had 3 percent growth for two years, let alone seven years, but we have an aging population and there is no plausible story I can tell where we're on a path toward sustained economic growth at that level.»

All of his practical business sense allowed him to retire from business at the age of 42 but this is not where his story ends.

«Sometimes, lighter is better» Ad Age's E.J. Schultz looks at the back story on that Heineken campaign everyone's talking about, the one with an ad that Chance the Rapper branded «terribly racist,» where the tagline is «Sometimes, lighter is better.»

As the organization grew, Johnson felt a hunger to step out and share his story with people who are uncertain, or ex-Christ-followers, struggling with belief in an age where evangelicalism seems to have given up its core values in the name of bringing alleged child molester, Roy Moore, into the Senate.

So, the next time you proudly proclaim that you know the secrets to life, death, the origins of life on Earth and the origins of the Universe, because your parents or priest taught you some comforting stories from late Bronze Age Palestine as a ten year - old, you might like to consider where your beliefs fit into the bigger picture.

Heaven is where our dear ones are now who have passed away, and the restored Earth takes place at the coming of Christ and ushers in what Scripture refers to as the coming age — kind of the next chapter in the story right here on the planet you love.

(May 24, 2016) A coming - of - age story about a young woman who moves from nowhere (we never learn where) to New York and gets a job at a thinly veiled Union Square Cafe.

Most football fans know the outline of his amazing story by now: Griffin was born with amniotic band syndrome, had his left hand amputated at age 4, and, despite that, grew into a two - time All - AAC selection and 2017 second - team All - America at a position where players use their hands as tools on just about every play.

In an age where the story of a team is tethered closely to either progress, faux - progress or a teardown, there is a disorienting quality to witnessing resiliency for its own sake, with little upside outside of personal growth.

Design a comfy space where your little one can play with a few toys while listening to an age - appropriate story.

Comparisons of cognitive performance in 30 people with TLE - HS and 27 age - and gender - matched healthy participants revealed that patients with TLE - HS were less likely to recall the names of unfamiliar people, places where personal items were stored or detailed stories.

This leads me onto another success story as I then took a jar of it up to my parents and told them to eat 2 - 3 teaspoons a day — being as they are of an age now where they will start becoming more susceptible to illness I though this would be great for them... and it was!

The film, which hits theaters February 16, is a modern twist on a romantic comedy (boy and girl meet, fall in love, but then break up, and are suddenly reunited, ending up in that awkward stage where they have to debate whether to wave hello while taking out the trash), but it's also a particularly female spin on the coming of age story, the likes of which we're only beginning to see onscreen as more women carve out a place for themselves in writer's rooms and director's chairs.

I used my stack to tell a story for where I've been and where I'm going — I was born and raised in Arizona where I earned my undergraduate degrees in business, tourism and marketing, I moved to San Francisco, California shortly after where I started my career in fashion with Kate Spade and earned my MBA at the age of 21 and I now live in New York city where I work in the corporate fashion world by day developing hand bags for Coach and blog by night here at Color Me Courtney!

Most of the stories were actually funny, there were some that certainly were perilous where people did not represent themselves accurately, and we're not talking about height and weight and age and things that people just tend to lie about online, but we're talking about careers, martial status, and things of that sort.

I'm a big believer that online dating does work, but where we draw the line between exaggerating about weight, age and height is different from complete misrepresentation, such as in the Manti Te'o story.

The film is by no means terribly long, at least when you compare it to its 1969 musical counterpart, so it's not like storytelling drags its feet for ages, but make no mistake, the fact of the matter is that plotting's structure is something of a mess that meanders along repetitiously and, well, is to be expected, because, really, where does this story have to go?

Based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 science fiction novel (though it departs from the original story in quite a few places), Ender's Game is set in a future where a bug - like alien race has attacked the Earth, and talented children are selected at an early age to train for battle through a series of war games.

Films that might have fit this putative strand included the charming but overlong Timeless Stories, co-written and directed by Vasilis Raisis (and winner of the Michael Cacoyannis Award for Best Greek Film), a story that follows a couple (played by different actors at different stages of the characters» lives) across the temporal loop of their will - they, won't - they relationship from childhood to middle age and back again — essentially Julio Medem - lite, or Looper rewritten by Richard Curtis; Michalis Giagkounidis's 4 Days, where the young antiheroine watches reruns of Friends, works in an underpatronized café, freaks out her hairy stalker by coming on to him, takes photographs and molests invalids as a means of staving off millennial ennui, and causes ripples in the temporal fold, but the film is as dead as she is, so you hardly notice; Bob Byington's Infinity Baby, which may be a «science - fiction comedy» about a company providing foster parents with infants who never grow up, but is essentially the same kind of lame, unambitious, conformist indie comedy that has characterized U.S. independent cinema for way too long — static, meticulously framed shots in pretentious black and white, amoral yet supposedly lovable characters played deadpan by the usual suspects (Kieran Culkin, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kevin Corrigan), reciting apparently nihilistic but essentially soft - center dialogue, jangly indie music at the end, and a pretty good, if belated, Dick Cheney joke; and Petter Lennstrand's loveably lo - fi Up in the Sky, shown in the Youth Screen section, about a young girl abandoned by overworked parents at a sinister recycling plant, who is reluctantly adopted by a reconstituted family of misfits and marginalized (mostly puppets) who are secretly building a rocket — it's for anyone who has ever loved the Tintin moon adventures, books with resourceful heroines, narratives with oddball gangs, and the legendary episode of Angel where David Boreanaz turned into a Muppet.

gwyneth paltrow (shallow hal) joe pantoliano (cats & dogs) guy pearce (the time machine) ron perlman (hellboy) michelle pfeiffer (white oleander) lou diamond phillips (the big hit) joaquin phoenix (gladiator) joaquin phoenix (ladder 49) brad pitt (the mexican) brad pitt (oceans 12) brad pitt (troy) natalie portman (where the heart is) natalie portman (garden state) natalie portman (garden state) dennis quaid (far from heaven) dennis quaid (the rookie) aidan quinn (songcatcher) robert redford (the clearing) tara reid (natlamp's van wilder) jean reno (crimson rivers) christina ricci (the man who cried) robert redford (bagger vance) keanu reeves (matrix reloaded) jean reno (crimson rivers) paul reubens (mystery men) ving rhames (bringing out the dead) julia roberts (mona lisa smile) julia roberts (the mexican) the rock (the scorpion king) ray romano (ice age) ray romano (welcome to mooseport) rebecca romijn - stamos (femme fatale) rebecca romijn - stamos (x2) geoffrey rush (mystery men) geoffrey rush (quills) kurt russell (dark blue) kurt russell (miracle) meg ryan (against the ropes) meg ryan (you've got mail) meg ryan (in the cut) winona ryder (lost souls) antonio sabato jr. (the big hit) adam sandler (punch drunk love) susan sarandon (moonlight mile / igby / banger sisters) rob schneider (the animal) kristin scott thomas (random hearts) arnold schwarzenegger (collateral damage) arnold schwarzenegger (end of days) arnold schwarzenegger (the sixth day) arnold schwarzenegger (terminator 3) molly shannon (superstar) elisabeth shue (hollow man) bryan singer (x-men 2) gary sinise (mission to mars / reindeer games) will smith (I, robot) will smith (men in black 2) wesley snipes (blade 2) leelee sobieski (here on earth) leelee sobieski (joy ride) mira sorvino (triumph of love) kevin spacey (pay it forward) kevin spacey (k - pax) david spade (joe dirt) britney spears (crossroads) steven spielberg (catch me if you can) brent spiner (trek insurrection) patrick stewart (trek insurrection) patrick stewart (trek nemesis) patrick stewart (x-men 2) julia stiles (the prince and me) ben stiller (mystery men) sylvester stallone (driven) ben stiller (dodgeball) meryl streep (adaptation) mena suvari (the musketeer) hilary swank (boys don't cry) hilary swank (affair of necklace) charlize theron (monster) charlize theron (north country) uma thurman (les miserables) uma thurman (paycheck) john travolta (basic) john travolta (mad city) john travolta (the punisher) john travolta (swordfish) liv tyler (one night at mccool's) james van der beek (rules of attraction) nia vardalos (connie and carla) patricia velasquez (mummy returns) jon voight (the general) arnold vosloo (mummy returns) mark wahlberg (the big hit) mark wahlberg (planet of apes) christopher walken (the opportunists) paul walker (timeline) denzel washington (he got game) denzel washington (bone collector) denzel washington (training day) denzel washington (john q) denzel washington (out of time) john waters (cecil b. demented) naomi watts (le divorce) naomi watts (the ring) sigourney weaver (tadpole) hugo weaving (matrix reloaded) raquel welch (tortilla soup) forest whitaker (ghost dog) bruce willis (the story of us) bruce willis (whole ten yards) owen wilson (behind enemy lines) peta wilson (league of extraordinary gentlemen) reese witherspoon (pleasantville) reese witherspoon (election) reese witherspoon (sweet home alabama) reese witherspoon (vanity fair) elijah wood (fellowship of the ring) james woods (virgin suicides) renee zellweger (bridget jones's diary) renee zellweger (chicago) catherine zeta - jones (chicago) catherine zeta - jones (traffic) catherine zeta - jones (oceans 12) cast being john malkovich cast / director blair witch 2 cast of cats & dogs cast of dancing at lughnasa cast of daredevil cast of Harry Potter 3 cast of october sky director / cast of ocean's 11 director / cast of shrek director / cast of star trek: insurrection cast of waking ned devine director / cast of X-Men

The story takes place in the republic of Panem, where the United States has broken into 12 districts and, as a penalty for a failed uprising against the totalitarian government decades earlier, each district must offer one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 to participate in The Hunger Games, where the «tributes» must participate in a nationally televised battle to the death.

The Incredible Hulk C Starring Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, and William Hurt Directed by Louis Leterrier (Transporter 2) Rated PG - 13 for sequences of action violence, some frightening images and brief suggestive content Appropriate for ages 13 + The Story: Following up where Ang Lee's Hulk left off, mild - mannered Bruce Banner (Norton) is living in Brazil, desperately trying to find a cure to his predicament of turning into a giant green behemoth.

This new version of «The Jungle Book» is a remarkable visual experience, where the wonders of computer - generated imagery coalesce with an emotional coming - of - age story.

«The Towering Inferno,» «The Poseidon Adventure,» and «Airport 75» were an opportunity for audiences to watch talented, aging actors slum it in a story where the melodrama and special effects were beneath them.

In an age where journalism is struggling to connect in a positive manner, by that I mean one that's respected, it's genuinely inspiring to see the commitment to getting the story right, checking all the sources and making sure it's out there as good as it can be.

His take on the coming - of - age film, however, is one of those cases where the framing devices and framing stories are more compelling than what's being framed.

Aki Light is the main character of this story, an upbeat and happy schoolboy - aged robot living in Silicon City where he must use his Mega Buster to defeat threats to the city.

Raw combines the body horror of cannibal films with a sexual coming - of - age story about a young woman attending veterinarian school, where a hazing ritual awakens all manner of new appetites.

Starring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell Directed by Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond) Rated R for violence and language Appropriate for ages 15 + Based on a true story, Defiance follows the lives of three brothers that escape Nazi - occupied Poland only to find themselves fighting Nazis alongside the Russians and building a village in the Belarusian forest where they are able to protect other escaped Jews.

Film Editors Spencer Averick — «13th,» «Selma» Alexandre de Franceschi — «Lion,» «Bright Star» Keiko Deguchi * — «God Knows Where I Am,» «Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus» Tracy Granger — «Still Life,» «Boys Don't Cry» Sabine Hoffman — «Maggie's Plan,» «Elvis & Nixon» Edie Ichioka — «The Boxtrolls,» «Toy Story 2» Janus Billeskov Jansen * — «The Hunt,» «The Act of Killing» Céline Kélépikis — «The Red Turtle,» «Now or Never» Melissa Kent — «American Pastoral,» «The Age of Adaline» Juan Carlos Macías — «Wild Horses,» «The Official Story» Jim May — «Goosebumps,» «The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe» Fredrik Morheden — «A Man Called Ove,» «The New Country» Christopher Murrie * — «Kubo and the Two Strings,» «Coraline» Tania Michel Nehme — «Tanna,» «Charlie's Country» Tia Nolan — «Annie,» «Friends with Benefits» Anne Østerud — «The Hunt,» «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» Gregory Perler — «Sing,» «Despicable Me» Jacopo Quadri — «Fire at Sea,» «The Dreamers» Fabienne Rawley — «Zootopia,» «MonsterHouse» Jake Roberts — «Hell or High Water,» «Brooklyn» Hayedeh Safiyari — «The Salesman,» «A Separation» Nat Sanders — «Moonlight,» «Short Term 12» Per Sandholt — «Land of Mine,» «A Funny Man» Suzanne Spangler — «Imperial Dreams,» «Smashed» Molly Malene Stensgaard — «Land of Mine,» «Melancholia» Alexandra Strauss — «I Am Not Your Negro,» «A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence» Christian Wagner — «The Fate of the Furious,» «Furious Seven» Monika Willi — «Amour,» «The Piano Teacher» Kate Williams — «The Whole Truth,» «Frozen River» Dan Zimmerman — «The Dark Tower,» «The Maze Runner» Lucia Zucchetti — «Their Finest,» «The Queen» Eric Zumbrunnen — «Her,» «Adaptation» Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Richard Alonzo — «Star Trek Beyond,» «Alice in Wonderland» Alessandro Bertolazzi — «Suicide Squad,» «Fury» Christine Beveridge — «The Monuments Men,» «Under the Skin» Felicity Bowring — «Gold,» «Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy» Jerry DeCarlo — «Carol,» «Julie & Julia» Patricia DeHaney — «Sully,» «Interstellar» Naomi Donne — «Cinderella,» «Philomena» Linda Dowds — «RoboCop,» «Rampart» Audrey Doyle — «Legend,» «Mad Max: Fury Road» Tina Earnshaw — «The Promise,» «Titanic» Rick Findlater — «L'Odyssée (The Odyssey),» «The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey» Paul Gooch — «Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children,» «Maleficent» Fae Hammond — «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,» «The Legend of Tarzan» Miia Kovero — «Inherent Vice,» «The Master» Michael Marino — «American Pastoral,» «The Wrestler» Frances Mathias — «Saving Mr. Banks,» «Beginners» Christopher Nelson — «Suicide Squad,» «Frank Miller's Sin City» Elaine Offers — «The Kids Are All Right,» «Far from Heaven» Conor O'Sullivan — «The Dark Knight,» «Saving Private Ryan» Daniel Phillips — «Florence Foster Jenkins,» «The Queen» Luigi Rocchetti — «Ben - Hur,» «The Nativity Story» Morag Ross — «Hugo,» «The Aviator» Nikoletta Skarlatos — «Free State of Jones,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 & 2)» Vittorio Sodano — «Il Divo,» «Apocalypto» Shane Thomas — «The Dressmaker,» «Hacksaw Ridge» Kenneth Walker — «Loving,» «For Colored Girls» Kerry Warn — «The Great Gatsby,» «Australia» Carla White — «Hands of Stone,» «August: Osage County» Ann Pala Williams — «Live by Night,» «Click» Jeremy Woodhead — «Doctor Strange,» «Snowpiercer»

We don't start there, however, but instead begin our story in a New York office building, where an unknown middle - aged financier collapses from a heart attack while drinking from a water cooler.

2,» «Doctor Strange» Steve Emerson * — «Kubo and the Two Strings,» «The Boxtrolls» Doug Epps — «Mars Needs Moms,» «Disney's A Christmas Carol» Conny Fauser — «Tomorrowland,» «Iron Man» Paul Giacoppo — «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» «Pacific Rim» Joachim Grüninger — «The Impossible,» «John Rabe» Rhonda C. Gunner — «The Amazing Spider - Man 2,» «Wrath of the Titans» Craig Hammack — «Deepwater Horizon,» «Tomorrowland» Jonathan Harb — «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1,» «Elysium» Darren Hendler — «Furious Seven,» «Maleficent» Erik Henry — «Dead Man Down,» «The Expendables 2» David Hodgins — «Transformers: Dark of the Moon,» «2012» Matt Johnson — «Into the Woods,» «X-Men: First Class» Oliver Jones * — «Kubo and the Two Strings,» «ParaNorman» Nikos Kalaitzidis — «The Fate of the Furious,» «X-Men: Days of Future Past» Daniel Kramer — «Ghostbusters,» «Edge of Tomorrow» Francois Lambert — «Ant - Man,» «Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest» Mohen Leo — «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» «Deepwater Horizon» John M. Levin — «Jurassic World,» «Lucy» Jacqui Lopez — «Elysium,» «The Great Gatsby» Fumi Mashimo — «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» «The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor» Glen McIntosh — «The Mummy,» «Jurassic World» Keith Francis Miller — «Wonder Woman,» «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice» Mohsen Mousavi — «Independence Day: Resurgence,» «The Amazing Spider - Man» Colette Mullenhoff — «Doctor Strange,» «Captain America: The Winter Soldier» Peter Muyzers — «Elysium,» «District 9» Kenneth Nakada — «Fantastic Four,» «Life of Pi» Steve Nichols — «Suicide Squad,» «Guardians of the Galaxy» David Niednagel — «X-Men: Days of Future Past,» «Transformers: Dark of the Moon» Brett Northcutt — «Lucy,» «Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides» Danielle Plantec — «Immortals,» «Hereafter» Darren Michael Poe — «The Hateful Eight,» «Godzilla» Nordin Rahhali — «Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,» «Iron Man 3» Philippe Rebours — «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» «Avatar» Jay Redd — «Alice through the Looking Glass,» «Men in Black 3» Jonathan Rothbart — «Deadpool,» «Avatar» Brad Schiff * — «Kubo and the Two Strings,» «ParaNorman» J.D. Schwalm — «The Fate of the Furious,» «The Jungle Book» Thomas J. Smith — «Argo,» «Contagion» Jason Snell — «Deepwater Horizon,» «Now You See Me» Robert Stadd — «War Dogs,» «Public Enemies» Paul Story — «The Jungle Book,» «Dawn of the Planet of the Apes» Ryan Tudhope — «Deadpool,» «Looper» Robert Weaver — «Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows,» «Star Trek Into Darkness» Louis Zutavern — «The Dictator,» «Elf»

In many ways the three interlocking stories show Love in many stages, from young love to middle age where you experience problems and issues to old age (assuming you get through those problems).

What makes Lady Bird such a stand out coming of age story is that the film is grounded in reality with several authentic moments where you know watching it that it came directly from Gerwig's own life.

Clearly this was not an easy story to bring to life — St Aubyn's real - life story, where as a boy he was raped from the age of 5 to 8 and the people who were meant to protect him were either doing the damage or contributing to it by looking the other way (though St Aubyn eventually becomes a professional writer, marries, has children, kicks his habit and uses therapy to help as much as possible, so there's some semblance of a happy ending).

Their story picks up where we last saw Thor — zipping between dimensions, trying to make sense of his weird visions (remember that really strange pool scene in Avengers: Age of Ultron?)

The film opens in a fair in 1933 San Francisco, where a masked young boy is startled to find museum exhibit The Noble Savage alive (Depp, heavily aged to look frail but have a paunch) and wanting to tell a story.

Dinosaur's story is typical of Disney's traditionally animated features, where a young protagonist comes of age.

Spencer Averick — «13th,» «Selma» Alexandre de Franceschi — «Lion,» «Bright Star» Keiko Deguchi * — «God Knows Where I Am,» «Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus» Tracy Granger — «Still Life,» «Boys Don't Cry» Sabine Hoffman — «Maggie's Plan,» «Elvis & Nixon» Edie Ichioka — «The Boxtrolls,» «Toy Story 2» Janus Billeskov Jansen * — «The Hunt,» «The Act of Killing» Céline Kélépikis — «The Red Turtle,» «Now or Never» Melissa Kent — «American Pastoral,» «The Age of Adaline» Juan Carlos Macías — «Wild Horses,» «The Official Story» Jim May — «Goosebumps,» «The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe» Fredrik Morheden — «A Man Called Ove,» «The New Country» Christopher Murrie * — «Kubo and the Two Strings,» «Coraline» Tania Michel Nehme — «Tanna,» «Charlie's Country» Tia Nolan — «Annie,» «Friends with Benefits» Anne Østerud — «The Hunt,» «The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo» Gregory Perler — «Sing,» «Despicable Me» Jacopo Quadri — «Fire at Sea,» «The Dreamers» Fabienne Rawley — «Zootopia,» «MonsterHouse» Jake Roberts — «Hell or High Water,» «Brooklyn» Hayedeh Safiyari — «The Salesman,» «A Separation» Nat Sanders — «Moonlight,» «Short Term 12» Per Sandholt — «Land of Mine,» «A Funny Man» Suzanne Spangler — «Imperial Dreams,» «Smashed» Molly Malene Stensgaard — «Land of Mine,» «Melancholia» Alexandra Strauss — «I Am Not Your Negro,» «A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence» Christian Wagner — «The Fate of the Furious,» «Furious Seven» Monika Willi — «Amour,» «The Piano Teacher» Kate Williams — «The Whole Truth,» «Frozen River» Dan Zimmerman — «The Dark Tower,» «The Maze Runner» Lucia Zucchetti — «Their Finest,» «The Queen» Eric Zumbrunnen — «Her,» «Adaptation»

A female - driven, coming - of - age story, Puzzle is the story of Agnes taken for granted as a suburban wife and mother until she discovers a passion for solving jigsaw puzzles which unexpectedly draws her into a new world — where her life unfolds in ways she could never have imagined.

The picture's protagonist is Dorothea Fields, a middle - aged chain - smoker who owns the dilapidated rooming house where the bulk of the story is set.

Transmedia storytelling — telling a single story across multiple media platforms — as a means to help students engage with challenging cultural issues of civic responsibility, diversity, and social justice can be an important tool in the classroom, especially in an age where students are finding it increasingly difficult to see over the wall between their school lives and their «real» lives.

Parthenon began gathering data on every student who entered New York City's high schools in 1999, nearly a quarter million of them, and by 2005, as education journalist Sarah Garland reported in a 2010 Washington Monthly story, had accumulated data that were «shocking»: «Nearly 140,000 high - school - age youth in the city were at least two years behind where they needed to be to graduate on time.

It's a similar story inside, where the cabin design is showing its age; although the flat - bottomed wheel and brushed aluminium inlays are smart touches.

It's truly a blessing to live in an age of publishing where you can independently get your story out into the world without fear of gatekeepers.»

The story is full of things I've wanted to write about for ages, including an island city ruled by magicians, a place where life revolves round all kinds of theatrical shows and a young woman who refuses to accept the plans other people make for her.

Joyland, the coming - of - age story of a college student who works at a funfair where a murder has been committed will be available on Amazon, B&N, and Kobo April 4th 2014.

20th Century Chinese history is, as Lee points - out, the story of several hundred millions of people dragged from the middle ages to the 21st Century in the space of eighty years purely on the basis of the motives of powerful individuals in a society where the citizen must fight for the right to individuality - and even this slim hope was denied under the Maoist regime and the Gang of Four.