Sentences with phrase «best adaptations of»

Here are some of the best adaptations of recent years, combining great literature with big - screen entertainment.

10:00 pm — TCM — To Kill a Mockingbird Widely regarded as one of the best adaptations of a great novel ever, To Kill a Mockingbird captures the themes and mood of the novel perfectly, following the racial and social tensions of a murder trial in the South.

«When we look at pandemic strains of influenza that have high mortality rates, one of the best adaptations of those pandemic viruses is their ability to infect these alveolar epithelial cells,» explained researcher Amber Cardani, PhD.

Not only is the Transporters innovative design the response to all new parents who demand better adaptation of design to babies delicate anatomy and their lifestyle, it is also endorsed by recent medical reports.

Good adaptation of a great book, better than I would have expected and a sign of good things if the rest of the Mickey Haller books get made into movies.

This may not be Roman Polanski's finest movie; it may not even be his best adaptation of a play.

Muppets Christmas Carol has to be one of the best Christmas movies of all time and definitely the best adaptation of the Dickens classic tale.

Tomb Raider is a good adaptation of its source material and one of the more viable properties to create a film franchise from but it stops there.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is widely considered to be the best adaptation of a Hunter S. Thompson book, but there can be no bigger love letter to the late author than The Rum Diary.

I didn't re-read the book immediately before seeing the film, but I'm certain that I couldn't imagine a better adaptation of Martel's work.

This was a very good adaptation of the children's book by Roald Dahl.

And, in an even bigger feat, finally deliver the first good adaptation of a video game into a movie?

The film has the advantage of prescience in forecasting a cynical corporate world, yet the best adaptation of this material remains John McTiernan's 2002 remake, which is also not a good movie.

The movie has its share of flaws, but can very well be the best adaptation of the character that any cast and crew can pull off at the moment.

And perhaps the writers gave us the best adaptation of a practically un-adaptable book that anyone could give.

It's probably worth noting, though, that it's still the third or fourth best adaptation of a Stephen King book.

«Book Club» just might be the best adaptation of that book series yet.

I didn't think there could be a good adaptation of one of the best comic series of all time, and I was right.

With the adaptations of video games into anime becoming progressively more popular and common with time, usually celebrated for being good adaptations of the respective video games, the Zelda series was among one of the first with its cartoon adaptation in the late 80's.

Gameplay and humor are mixed in equal measure, and the result is the truest, best adaptation of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's juvenile comedy series ever produced.»

Good adaptation of the N64 masterpiece.

That's not to say the u-Jays don't offer a perfectly good adaptation of the performance.

Not exact matches

«I found that the military instilled phenomenal skills of adaptation, ability to continue under pressure, and even use that pressure to perform better and use it as a strength,» Hall said.

Emily Blunt plays a recently divorced woman who becomes obsessed with a missing - persons case in this adaptation of the best - selling novel of the same name.

While Jobs's treatment of his first child, Lisa, was deemed to be seriously lacking (with good reason) in Walter Isaacson's biography Steve Jobs, and the silver screen film adaptation that followed, he apparently had changed his parenting ways with the three children he raised with his wife Laurene Powell Jobs.

The studio does have a pair of big spring releases in Ghost in the Shell, the controversial adaptation of the popular manga comic that stars Scarlett Johansson, as well as the action - comedy adaptation of the 1990s lifeguard TV show Baywatch.

Marvel has a pretty well - established history of remixing and streamlining the best and most iconic of the many looks each of its characters have sported over the years for their big - screen adaptations (in a funny bit of symmetry, the movie designs usually end up influencing how a character will look in the comics afterward).

This summer's box - office totals have also suffered from the expansion of blockbuster season as a handful of films likely to be among the year's biggest releases are slated to come out this fall, among them best - selling novel adaptation Gone Girl, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, and the latest Hunger Games installment.

The pistol — a well - named adaptation of the shotgun — allowed Manning to survey the field from a few yards behind the line of scrimmage.

Comic fans are one of the hardest - to - please audiences imaginable for popular adaptations of their favorite books, so even getting a passing mark makes Disney look better than just about anyone else.

«The Dark Knight» is far and away one of the best comic book adaptations of all time.

For all its adaptation of inventions from abroad, China is not good at original innovation.

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Today, a movie adaptation of the best - seller hits theaters.

A new adaptation of CS Lewis» Screwtape Letters proves the devil may not have the best music but he still has most of the best lines.

E. L. James's novel Fifty Shades of Grey is now the best selling book in British history, has sold more than 100 million copies globally, and has spawned two sequels, along with an upcoming film adaptation.

This Sunday, Nat Geo will air its adaptation of Martin Dugard and Bill O'Reilly's best - selling book, Killing Jesus.

It was he, along with Ismail Merchant, who filmed Howards End and so many other literary adaptations some years ago, many of them quite good.

There are also many exciting chant adaptations in English, clearly devised for congregations, which are well within the capabilities of ordinary parishes.

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party; and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect his purpose.

A three - step method for resolving conflicts constructively consists of: (1) telling each other what you appreciate; (2) telling each other what you each need; and (3) negotiating a better plan to meet as many of both sets of needs as possible This adaptation of the Intentional Marriage Method (Before using this communication tool, I suggest that you read H. Clinebell, Growth Counseling for Marriage Enrichment, chap 2) can be used in an individual family communication session, and in family clusters, camps, and counseling.

All liturgical renewal, all changes in the education and way of life of priests, all adaptation of the religious orders to contemporary conditions, the activities of mature laymen as well as the frank dialogue with the present world, all these must only serve the love of God and one's neighbour in the unfeigned faith which will always be foolishness and scandal to the wise and prudent of this world.

The adaptation (starring Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara and Amanda Seyfried among others), serves as a darker take on the classic tale as well as a sort of Captain Hook origins story.

The company, which has reparatory seasons and revivals of long - lost chamber masterpieces, is also well known for its hour - long adaptations for children.

In my experience (I am originally from Britain) the growth of Islam brings nothing good whatsoever to our society it becomes a succession of adaptations by non-Muslims, ever more «tolerance» of an ideology that itself is the epitome of intolerance.

The task of the didaskalos is to defend the difference between the organic fidelity of our interpretation now and the meaning of the message then as well as to oppose other «adaptations» or «applications» which rather constitute betrayal.

For one thing, job uniforms have been replaced by designer adaptations, often to accommodate the degenderizing of crafts and professions: the fireman is now the sexually ambiguous firefighter, the nurse may well be a man, and so forth.

Well, that's different than «zero evidence of any later adaptation..».

Brunner is right that there is a certain impersonality about a system of justice, a definiteness and a structured quality which is not dependent on attitudes of personal like or dislike.3 Yet justice within a family requires adaptation to individual need, and justice within an economic order requires some variation in income according to contribution as well as need.

We must recognize that in this context «adaptation» is strictly defined in terms of survival values and that, generally speaking, it is the simpler forms of organization that possess the greatest staying power: living systems, no matter how fantastically intricate - and well organized they might be, have a much shorter span of existence than, say, a rock crystal, or a single stable atom.34