Sentences with phrase «by war scenes»

Bookended by war scenes that dramatize the fine line between civilized society and the brutality of war, it all comes together... bringing more power and poignancy to the two best scenes: as previously mentioned, Letts and Lerman go mano y mano in arguing the brilliance of Bertrand Russell, and their word battle highlights the age - old idealist vs. real world struggles; a mother - son scene towards the end is as heart - breaking as any we're likely to see on screen this year.

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In perhaps the quintessential nerd combo, a clever artist by the name of Greg Koening concocted a unique iPhone case that replicates the famous «carbonite freeze» scene from Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back.

Mr. McCourry came home from war unable to escape scenes of an explosion that nearly killed him, and haunted by the memory of two young girls he accidentally killed in a fire fight.

We learn about them by watching them in action and make no mistake, the action scenes are among the best you could hope to find in a Star Wars movie.

Two other examples were Matteo Ricci (1552 - 1610), who adopted the opposite path to de Nobili by assimilating into upper - class Chinese society during the Ming dynasty, coming to China in 1580, eventually undergoing a profound cultural transformation as a Confucian scholar; and Charles de Foucauld, who served in the French army in the Algerian war where he witnessed moving scenes of Muslim personal piety, leading him to regain his own Christian faith, and becoming in everything a Tuareg Bedouin nomad.

The struggle of the Christian community to adjust itself to the new situation in the American scene is clearly illustrated by the emergence of the Church - State issue in a radical form after World War II.

On Sundays young London travels out of town to the Hackney Marshes, where 111 football pitches lie side by side, each of them the scene of a small war, clean but hard, in fidelity to the English sporting ethos.

But he also needs some time to sit by himself and draw or set up his Lego Star Wars figures in complicated action scenes all over the house.

Reported in Scientific American, This Week in World War I: January 23, 1915 The cover of this issue of the magazine has a boisterous scene from the opening months of the First World War, titled «Night attack by German armored motor boats in a flooded section of Flanders.»

(Released by DreamWorks and rated «PG - 13» for an intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage and brief strong language.)

In this movie's climactic scene, as Harry and Voldemort face off amid the rubble of war - torn Hogwarts, there are not one but two long moments in which we see Harry's powers, represented by a greenish bolt of light, do battle with Voldemort's, a yellowish bolt.

I was unnerved by the hurtling strangeness of the Philadelphia scenes, and I say this as someone who has sat through such war - of - the - worlds extravaganzas as «The Avengers» and the new Superman movie, «Man of Steel,» without feeling so much as a tingle.

Early scenes have him staking his claim to the throne in trial by combat, taking on a challenger in a brutal fight that foreshadows battles to come — wars for the soul of his country.

Actual depiction of the Civil War is pretty much limited to a single gory battle scene at the opening, followed by a corny sequence where Lincoln chats with some young soldiers.

In this image released by Universal Pictures, Chris Hemsworth, left, and Jessica Chastain appear in a scene from «Huntsman: Winter's War.»

In this image released by Universal Pictures, Emily Blunt, left and Charlize Theron appear in a scene from «Huntsman: Winter's War.»

We hear from Henry's brother Jamie (Garrett Hedlund), who is blindingly suave in early scenes but brought down by his time as an aerial fighter in World War II.

It is a story about a magnificent children's book that aims to instil peace in a world racked by war, but the behind the scenes tale suggests the opposite.

Directed by Anthony Wonke, the feature - length film gives fans an extensive and in - depth look behind the scenes of the latest entry in the Star Wars saga, and you can watch the first 12 minutes of the movie right now.

This image released by Lucasfilm shows Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux in a scene from «Star Wars: The Last Jedi.»

This image released by Lucasfilm shows Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron in a scene from the upcoming Star Wars: The Last Jedi, expe...

This image released by Lucasfilm shows Chewbacca, left, and a Porg in a scene from Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

FILE - This image released by Marvel Studios shows, from left, Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo and Benedict Wong in a scene from «Avengers: Infinity War.»

This image released by Lucasfilm shows John Boyega as Finn in a scene from, Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Lucasfilm via AP)

Wandering the mountainous landscape, gorgeously photographed by veteran cinematographer Dean Cundey (Apollo 13, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Jurassic Park), the psychically tortured protagonist has a series of run - ins with various figures, including a sympathetic Indian (Adam Beach), a Chinese immigrant (Tzi Ma), an old war buddy (Danny Glover) and, most memorably, a vicious killer named Ezra (Walton Goggins, stealing every scene as usual) who demands a «toll» from Jackson for encroaching on his territory.

Bill, meanwhile, who, in an early scene, is saved by Sookie from «drainers» — rogue humans who steal vampires» blood for its notorious sensory - and libido - enhancing properties (and, naturally, its black - market value)-- is eager to settle down in sleepy Bon Temps, and may get the welcome mat if Sookie's kind grandmother (Lois Smith) can get her Civil War society to accept a real (if not technically «alive») veteran of that conflict speaking at one of their functions.

This image released by Twentieth Century Fox shows a scene from, War for the Planet of the Apes.

It may not be the 30 - plus characters Scarlett Johansson recently revealed will share a single scene in the anticipated Avengers epic, but a new photo shared by Robert Downey Jr. from the set of Avengers: Infinity War and it features a team - up fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have not yet seen.

The film starts off with some awkward, painfully lame flashback scenes of Kyle's childhood and transitions into an opening act that is loaded with full - on patriotism that sees him go to war to get back at the people who brought suffering to our doorstep in the events of 9/11 (he was already enlisted, but if we believe the film that decision was also motivated by seeing news footage of American lives being taken), but one of the most interesting surprises is how balanced it eventually becomes and how we see the way that Kyle's actions negatively impact others and how even he begins to question his commitment to the cause, despite the fact that he would never vocalize it.

One of the pivotal scenes in Scott Cooper's new drama «Out of the Furnace» is a conversation on a bridge between Russell Baze (Christian Bale), a blue - collar worker trying to save his troubled war veteran brother, and Baze's girlfriend Lena, played by Zoe Saldana, who has left him for another man.

Rated R For: strong war violence and brief language Run Time: 132 minutes After Credits Scene: None Starring: Benjamin Bratt, James Franco, Max Martini, Sam Worthington, Joseph Fiennes Directed By: John Dahl

No longer are the vicious Lannisters — so powerfully led behind the scenes by Tywin (Charles Dance), the king's grandfather — in an active war with the Stark family.

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This was the effect «War for the Planet of the Apes» was going for, though Cooper isn't asking audiences to acknowledge his good taste, but simply giving them room, both physical and emotional (and further encouraged by Max Richter's restrained tonal score), to project themselves onto the scene.

scene - stealer Alden Ehrenreich), fuzz - ball sidekick Chewbacca, and a young Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) get themselves into, it surely can't compete with the behind - the - scenes woes weathered by Solo itself, which became the third new Star Wars project to lose its director (s) when Disney dumped Phil Lord and Chris Miller (21 Jump Street, The Lego Movie) over «creative differences.»

The package includes: - Rise of the Planet Of the Apes (2011)- Dawn of the Planet Of the Apes (2014)- War for the Planet Of the Apes (2017)- Deleted Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary by Matt Reeves - Featurettes - Concept Art Gallery - Commentary with Matt Reeves

Rated R For: strong bloody war violence and pervasive language Run Time: 121 minutes After Credits Scene: None Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, Eric Bana, Alexander Ludwig, Jerry Ferrara Directed By: Peter Berg

His journey includes some of the most iconic war scenes put to film, from surf - loving Lt Col Kilgore, and the famous helicopter attack on a Viet Cong village (to the strains of Wagner), the surreal USO jungle show by Playboy Playmates, to the Do Lung Bridge, the US» last outpost, where soldiers are abandoned to their fate and the only sound, besides explosions, is the yelling of the damned for salvation.

Rated PG - 13 For: language and brief war violence Runtime: 116 minutes Genre: Biography, Drama, History After Credits Scene: No Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Matthew Rhys Directed By: Steven Spielberg

The Vietnam War film — released at Christmas 1986 — has been followed by a host of Vietnam War films, but remains in the upper tier because of its strong young cast, terse storytelling and claustrophobic scenes of jungle combat in the wet, humid fog of wWar film — released at Christmas 1986 — has been followed by a host of Vietnam War films, but remains in the upper tier because of its strong young cast, terse storytelling and claustrophobic scenes of jungle combat in the wet, humid fog of wWar films, but remains in the upper tier because of its strong young cast, terse storytelling and claustrophobic scenes of jungle combat in the wet, humid fog of warwar.

Black Panther had dominated the box office way before the release of Avengers: Infinity War this past weekend, and with the film available digitally on May 8, (spoilers ahead) a deleted scene from the film has surfaced, emphasizing the relationship between Danai Gurira's character Okoye and her husband, W'Kabi, played by Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya.

In a painfully ludicrous early scene, the flabby general, now reduced to commander of home defense maneuvers, is found sweating in a Turkish bath by impatient young soldiers who, refusing to adhere to the order «War starts at midnight,» invade the sanctuary and «arrest» him on the spot.

Schaffner came from TV, and while he has few of the obnoxious visual affectations of the TV - trained director, he tends to restrict the most significant actions and relationships in his films to spatial arenas that could be served very adequately by the tube rather than the Panavision screen: the real convention hustle in The Best Man takes place in hotel rooms, hallways, and basements; the tensest moments in his strange and (to me) very sympathetic medieval mini-epic The War Lord are confined to a small soundstage clearing or that besieged tower; the battle scenes in Patton are hardly clumsy, but the real show is George C. Scott; and Nicholas and Alexandra comes alive only after the royal family has been penned up under the watchful eyes of Ian Holm and then Alan Webb, far from the splendor of St. Petersburg or the shambles of the Great War.

The uninspired modern visual style contrasted by the washed out greys of the war era scenes.

Lincoln manages to encompass many aspects of the president's last three months: his arguments with his unstable wife, Mary Todd (Sally Field); his determination to keep their eldest son, Robert (Joseph Gordon - Levitt), out of uniform; his grief over the recent death of their 11 - year - old son, Willie, and the thousands of other sons taken by the war; his magnanimous friendships with the former political enemies who joined his cabinet; and of course his assassination (which Spielberg ingeniously represents with a scene from a children's play).

The story is constructed by inter-cutting scenes of Bush in cloistered discussions with his closest aides making plans for the Iraq war with moments from the President's earlier years, emphasizing his struggle with alcohol.

James Rhodes / War Machine (Don Cheadle) has a smaller, but meaningful role to play in the proceedings here by comparison, while Clint Barton / Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) and Scott Lang / Ant - Man (Paul Rudd) are the established MCU players who get the least onscreen development - but Civil War makes up for that by giving these characters some of the best action scenes in the movie.

Where the post-credits scenes are all about establishing the connective tissues between the movies, Infinity War is already doing that by its existence.

Rated PG - 13 For: war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language Run Time: 137 minutes After Credits Scene: None Starring: Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Jai Courtney, Finn Wittrock Directed By: Angelina Jolie

Based on the Lissa Evans novel Their Finest Hour and a Half, Scherfig's film tells a behind - the - scenes story (with a witty script by Gaby Chiappe) about a group of filmmakers tasked with creating effective World War II propaganda films, meant to inspire resoluteness in the people of Britain and to sway American public opinion toward joining the wWar II propaganda films, meant to inspire resoluteness in the people of Britain and to sway American public opinion toward joining the warwar.