Sentences with phrase «as ghost cities»

Caemmerer has visited the Kangbashi New Area in Inner Mongolia, the Meixi Lake area near Changsha, and Tianjin's Yujiapu Financial District, all labelled as ghost cities.

Not exact matches

Otherwise, there's the nearby and ever - entertaining New York City, a hundred - plus miles of Atlantic Ocean coastline, a smallish mountain range or two, a major amusement park, a half dozen professional sports teams (most of them mediocre at best), small - time skiing, a pretty Ivy League campus by the name of Princeton University, a wealth of black bear in exclusive suburban communities, the early homes of such celebrity types as Martha Stewart, Jack Nicholson and Bruce Springsteen, the site of the Hindenburg disaster, and (for visionary types) the ghosts of Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, who lived and worked in the state for awhile.

All the ghost cities, spectacular - but - mostly - vacant shopping malls, barely - used airports and bridges to nowhere have boosted the Keynesian measures of growth — such as GDP — that don't distinguish between productive and unproductive spending.

Bodega Ghost - town: Hundreds of Deli Owners Protest Trump's Immigration Policy by David Greene Bodegas and delis around the city shut for eight - hours, as a silent protest to President Donald Trump's «temporary» immigration ban that has so far detained or -LSB-...]

Bodega Ghost - town: Hundreds of Deli Owners Protest Trump's Immigration Policy by David Greene Bodegas and delis around the city shut for eight - hours, as a silent protest to President Donald Trump's «temporary» immigration ban that has so far detained or prevented -LSB-...]

Caemmerer's interest in China is as much about debunking the myth of ghost cities as it is about showing how ubiquitous such places are.

This includes cities in the US, such as his hometown of Chicago, which also becomes «a ghost town from the right angle».

I've had quite a few ghost encounters as a millennial navigating the dating scene in New York City.

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My other posts from that trip are as follows: Cutest Hotel on Lake Washington, My Seattle Travel Guide, Top 10 Favorite Fashion Books, in Fall City, Fuller's Jewelry Store, in Ghost Alley.

Check out this action - packed montage of various Xbox 360 games as shown at the Xbox 360 Press Conference at TGS 2005 featuring games such as Call of Duty 2, Dead Rising, Frame City Killer, Kameo: Elements of Power, Project Gothan Racing 3, Saint's Row, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, and much more.

Heineman's «City of Ghosts,» which will be released on Amazon Prime later this year, and Afineevsky «Cries From Syria,» which did the same a day later, aren't even the only Syria - set docs at this year's festival; «Last Men in Aleppo» premieres on Monday, and its subjects, the White Helmets or Syrian Defense League, are mentioned in both «City of Ghosts» and «Cries From Syria» (as well as the Oscar - shortlisted short doc «The White Helmets»).

The films are all extremely timely, with «City of Ghosts» taking on added resonance as the Trump administration has devoted much of its first weekend to criticizing journalists.

As we ponder the future of our country, we can take heart from the heroes of the infuriating and inspiring documentary «City of Ghosts,» directed by Matthew Heineman («Cartel Land»)-- and the citizen journalists of the Syrian group Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS).

I like that Moverman has thought cinematically about the presentation of the indigent and mentally ill in a large city: as ghosts and gnats and malnourished creatures.

Equally as compelling is contemporary Matthew Heinemann's (Cartel Land) new film City of Ghosts; which focuses on the anonymous activists of Raqqa, who are being slaughtered silently in the heartland of ISIS's self - declared caliphate.

Islamic State, as might be imagined, is well aware of what these men are doing, and «City of Ghosts» explores the price, both psychological and physical, of being in the cross hairs of what one of the group calls «the most dangerous organization in the world.»

It sports a great soundtrack full of cover songs (everybody from The Pixies to The Eurhythmics gets a trip through the revamp machine) and Björk to comment (cleverly, I guess) on how every idea in the film is ripped off from other flicks as varied as Ghost in the Shell, Hellboy, the Lord of the Rings flicks, Kill Bill, Sin City, and — why not?

This isn't just showing the Kremlin and then going to the studio (a la Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol) but combining live action and CGI as destruction tears across the city.

«U.N.I (You And I)» from And the Winner Isn't «Love and Lies» from Band Aid «If I Dare» from Battle of the Sexes «Evermore» from Beauty and the Beast «How Does a Moment Last Forever» from Beauty and the Beast «Now or Never» from Bloodline: Now or Never «She» from Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story «Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go» from The Book of Henry «Buddy's Business» from Brawl in Cell Block 99 «The Crown Sleeps» from The Breadwinner «World Gone Mad» from Bright «Mystery of Love» from Call Me by Your Name «Visions of Gideon» from Call Me by Your Name «Captain Underpants Theme Song» from Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie «Ride» from Cars 3 «Run That Race» from Cars 3 «Tell Me How Long» from Chasing Coral «Broken Wings» from City of Ghosts «Remember Me» from Coco «Prayers for This World» from Cries From Syria «There's Something Special» from Despicable Me 3 «It Ain't Fair» from Detroit «A Little Change in the Weather» from Downsizing «Stars in My Eyes (Theme From Drawing Home)» from Drawing Home «All In My Head» from Elizabeth Blue «Dying for Ya» from Elizabeth Blue «Green» from Elizabeth Blue «Can't Hold Out on Love» from Father Figures «Home» from Ferdinand «I Don't Wan na Live Forever» from Fifty Shades Darker «You Shouldn't Look at Me That Way» from Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool «This Is How You Walk On» from Gifted «Summer Storm» from The Glass Castle «The Pure and the Damned» from Good Time «This Is Me» from The Greatest Showman «The Hero» from The Hero «How Shall a Sparrow Fly» from Hostiles «Just Getting Started» from If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast «Truth to Power» from An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power «Next Stop, The Stars» from Kepler's Dream «The Devil & The Huntsman» from King Arthur: Legend of the Sword «Have You Ever Wondered» from Lake of Fire «I'll Be Gone» from Lake of Fire «We'll Party All Night» from Lake of Fire «Friends Are Family» from The Lego Batman Movie «Found My Place» from The Lego Ninjago Movie «Stand Up for Something» from Marshall «Rain» from Mary and the Witch's Flower «Myron / Byron» from The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) «Longing for Summer» from Moomins and the Winter Wonderland «Mighty River» from Mudbound «Never Forget» from Murder on the Orient Express «Hold the Light» from Only the Brave «PBNJ» from Patti Cake $ «Tuff Love (Finale)» from Patti Cake $ «Lost Souls» from The Pirates of Somalia «How a Heart Unbreaks» from Pitch Perfect 3 «The Promise» from The Promise «Kaadanayum Kaalchilambe» from Pulimurugan «Maanathe Maarikurumbe» from Pulimurugan «Stubborn Angel» from Same Kind of Different as Me «Dancing Through the Wreckage» from Served Like a Girl «Keep Your Eyes on Me» from The Shack «On the Music Goes» from Slipaway «The Star» from The Star «Jump» from Step «Tickling Giants» from Tickling Giants «Fly Away» from Trafficked «Speak to Me» from Voice From the Stone «Walk on Faith» from Year by the Sea

As with his previous, highly topical work, the of - the - moment subject of «Ghosts» is the Islamic State, also known as ISIS — or, rather, a band of citizen journalists from the Syrian city of Raqqa who have defied death threats and assassinations to get the news out of the Islamic State's capital, via a Web portal called Raqqa is Being Slaughtered SilentlAs with his previous, highly topical work, the of - the - moment subject of «Ghosts» is the Islamic State, also known as ISIS — or, rather, a band of citizen journalists from the Syrian city of Raqqa who have defied death threats and assassinations to get the news out of the Islamic State's capital, via a Web portal called Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silentlas ISIS — or, rather, a band of citizen journalists from the Syrian city of Raqqa who have defied death threats and assassinations to get the news out of the Islamic State's capital, via a Web portal called Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently.

Oscar buzz will likely mount as Academy Award - nominee Matthew Heineman's latest, City of Ghosts, slowly rolls out to theaters into fall.

The deleted / extended bits are as follows: Andy Samberg (4:12) on Bob Dylan, Aziz Ansari (1:42) on acting and Twitter, alternate Reggie banter (0:39), Medi - Ship complications (1:06), Fabrice Fabrice (4:21) performing a poem on a lost city, Anna Kendrick (1:47) recalling her Tony nomination as a 12 - year - old and eating a cat's liver, Rodney Waber (5:34) dishes more Harrison Ford gossip, dances, and reveals a senior citizen ticket price trick, David Cross (2:49) talks talking animals and white toilets, Senator Dewhurst (3:14) confesses strange sex dreams about his aunt and his plan to drive drunk, Zoe Saldana (2:03) answers questions about movies and acts out a Jerry Maguire reboot, «Garry Marshall» (1:19) explains why he's done with movies, Gillian Jacobs (1:38) discusses the ghost of Christopher Marlowe and the conflict in Nebraska, Chef Emeril Lugosi (0:34) endures a pun about sun - dried tomatoes, Andy Richter (4:59) delivers a kid - friendly version of «The Aristocrats» joke, pulls a gun after not answering a fart question (a task handled by Andy Samberg on the show itself), and responds to the 1990s TV movie The Shining, Tom Perdy (0:44) shows off a couple of additional cartoons.

City of Ghosts follows the members of RBSS as they flee the omnipresent threat of ISIS, contend with the reality of their family's being tortured and killed and still continue to do all they can to rally support against the terrorist organization dead set on dismantling everything they care about.

The dense city streets, buildings covered in scaffolding, grief theme and gradual introduction of Marianne as a «ghost» in the story somewhat evokes Nicolas Roeg's Venice set thriller Don't Look Now.

No Telling was his take on Frankenstein as an environmental drama, Habit, a vampire story set in the drug addict culture of New York City, Wendigo, a monster movie of myth and imagination and The Last Winter, an eco-twist on the ghost story in the culture of big oil.

Directed, produced, and filmed by Academy Award — nominated and Emmy — winning filmmaker Matthew Heineman, City of Ghosts is a singularly powerful cinematic experience that is sure to shake audiences to their core as it elevates the canon of one of the most talented documentary filmmakers working today.

Zwigoff also proves himself with a deliberate visual style that evokes the panels of a comic book (though the Ghost World comic was in black and white), as well as the industrial wasteland at the outskirts of any city: strip malls, porno shops and overall dingy, dirty cars, streets and people.

There are many moving scenes in City Of Ghosts, but towards the end of the film one especially powerful sequence shows a RBSS member shaking uncontrollably as he thumbs through a stack of pictures of his friends, dead and alive.

The always - topical documentary category is likely to keep its crown as the newsiest bracket at the Oscars by nominating not one, but two features about Syria — festival favorite City of Ghosts, acquired by Amazon in a $ 2 million deal, and Last Men in Aleppo, winner of a Sundance Grand Jury Prize — as well as Icarus, an investigation into Russia's shady doping program (which should get a boost from the news that Russia has been banned from the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics), and Jane, a lyrical look at pioneering primatologist Jane Goodall, who spent years battling a scientific community that refused to take her seriously.

As Americans continue to debate about a compulsively tweeting president, strict immigration policies and efforts to manipulate an often easily distracted media, «City of Ghosts» provides a grim reminder of what journalism should look like, and why its stakes are literally life and death.

This week, it's «City of Ghosts,» providing an apt bookend chronicling the heroic efforts of citizen journalists in Raqqa, Syria, as they attempt to document the carnage that the Islamic State has wreaked on their once - cosmopolitan cCity of Ghosts,» providing an apt bookend chronicling the heroic efforts of citizen journalists in Raqqa, Syria, as they attempt to document the carnage that the Islamic State has wreaked on their once - cosmopolitan citycity.

Directed by Matthew Heineman with breathtaking access and urgency, «City of Ghosts» possesses the same taut, cinemavérité energy as his previous film «Cartel Land.»

As Lydia becomes ensnared in a dangerous conspiracy that reawakens ghosts of the past, the seventeenth century slowly seeps into the twenty - first, with the city of Cambridge the bridge between them.

Bibliography (dates and titles reflect UK publications as he has usually been published in the UK first) Long Lankin, 1970; Nightspawn, 1971; Birchwood, 1973; Dr Copernicus, 1976; Kepler, 1981; The Newton Letter: An Interlude, 1982; Mefisto, 1986; The Book of Evidence, 1989; Ghosts, 1993; Athena, 1995; The Ark, 1996; The Untouchable, 1997; Eclipse, 2000; Shroud, 2002; Prague Pictures: Portrait of a City, 2003; The Sea, 2005; Christine Falls, 2006; The Silver Swan, March 2008 in both the USA & UK.

He is arguably best known for his three experimental detective stories collectively referred to as The New York Trilogy (City of Glass, 1985; Ghosts, 1986; The Locked Room, 1986).

M.H. Boroson, author of the 2012 Speculative Fiction Winner, City of Strangers, which will be published as The Girl with the Ghost Eyes

Park City was settled in 1870 as a mining community but nearly became a ghost town when the mines of the area penetrated the water table and flooded.

Known as a «ghost city,» this red sandstone town was abandoned only shortly after being built due to lack of water.

City Interactive has announced it's first Xbox 360 game as Sniper Ghost Warrior.

City Interactive's Sniper: Ghost Warrior already neutralized Xbox 360 and PC targets, selling 1 million units combined on both platforms in as little as seven months.

Nolan North took over as the voice - over for Ghost since The Taken King expansion having voiced Nathan Drake in Uncharted 1 through 4 and Golden Abyss, Oswald Cobblepot and The Penguin in Batman: Arkham City, Arkham Origins and Arkham Knight and Nolan North President of the USA in Saints Row IV and Saints Row: Gat Out of Hell, amongst many cartoons and videogames.

At Retro City Fest, the band will be performing the music from classic games such as Castlevania 3, Batman, Double Dragon, Ninja Gaiden, Megaman X and Super Ghouls»N Ghost along with an action fueled pixelated visual show.

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City Interactive, the team that has brought you such solid games as Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2, Alien Rage, and the upcoming Lords of the Fallen, have unveiled the very first game play trailer for their newest game, Enemy Front.

Players will also achieve the power of mind control with Professor X or Jean Grey, sharpen their claws as Sabretooth, Black Panther or Beast to dig into the ground to uncover hidden items; and blaze around the city on a motorcycle as Ghost Rider or other speed - demons to complete exciting race challenges.

Restoring the Villa is as simple as pumping money into it, and over the course of the game it's quite rewarding to see it shift from a run - down ghost town to a thriving little city.

City Interactive has released a new video for Sniper Ghost Warrior 2 and as expected CryEngine 3 is awesome.

Starting with the rather camp and flowery Tulip Garden (the end of route «A» we managed to complete); Metropolis - an awesome, fictional mix of various European city landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and Nelson's Column with streetlights illuminating the gorgeous night sky; Ancient Ruins - the second stage we didn't get to see unfortunately; Imperial Avenue - a jaw - dropping sunset scene with Romanian architecture and coliseums; and finally the toughest stage of them all we don't even know the name of, since we couldn't reach Ghost Forest, the only stage from which the this final and most challenging mystery section is accessible.

This event begins as Peter inadvertently opens a dark portal in the Quahog cemetery, unleashing ghosts and goblins on the city.