Sentences with phrase «compelling stories of love»

In The Return Journey, Maeve Binchy creates powerful compelling stories of love, loss, revelation, and reconciliation.

A compelling story of love and loss in a western Pennsylvania mining town in the years after World War II.

A stunning follow - up to her bestselling debut, Mrs. Kimble, Jennifer Haigh returns with Baker Towers, a compelling story of love and loss in a western Pennsylvania mining town in the years after World War II.

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Interestingly, the Times story does not mention the North American Man - Boy Love Association (NAMBLA), an organization that has the merit of being utterly straightforward on a subject about which the Times, at least at this point in its political evolution, feels compelled to be somewhat coy.

I love Sue Monk Kidd's work and style — I think it's that strain of the mystic to her work that I love or perhaps how she can write such complex women so well — but this one was an interesting story, compelling characters, and filled with empowerment and passion.

In Compelled By Love we wrote, «But do not be fooled: This is a story about the very nature of God and the heart of His church.

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For the story of doomed love to work, there has to be a compelling reason why the couple can't be together.

While TRANSCENDENCE tried to incorporate a love story in order to give it some humanity, Besson skips over any romance in favor of keeping the film tight and lean (it runs a mere ninety minutes with credits), but strangely winds up being a far more compelling film.

With compelling performances, a polyamorous love story, gorgeous costumes and a stunning narrative with subtle clues and hints of what's to come, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women is a beautiful story that not only looks at an origin story, but the invention of the modern day lie detector machine.

We begin with a compelling love story that evolves into a dissection of marriage in all its facets, a thrilling possible - murder mystery, a scathing indictment of American national media and... well to go much further I'd wade into spoiler territory and honestly, this film is best experienced without them.

When the story takes a long detour to tell how Lux becomes involved with Trip Fontaine (Josh Harnett), a high school stud who recently emerged from puberty to the delight of all the girls at school, the film becomes a compelling evocation of growing adolescent sexuality and the pangs and longing of true first love.

Rating: 8/10 — a recreation of the kidnapping in 1973 of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer), and the subsequent attempts by his mother, Gail (Williams), to persuade his grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom, something the then world's richest man refuses to do; Scott's best movie in years, All the Money in the World is a taut, compelling thriller that tells its story with ruthless expediency and features yet another commanding performance from Williams, something that takes the spotlight away from the presence of Christopher Plummer (who's good but not great), and which serves as a reminder that money isn't the central concern here, but a mother's unwavering love for her child.

It imprints a lasting impression and a distinctive experience, like one special day you'd share with your loved ones, embolden with a compelling story, blissful music and exceptional art direction, and only slightly marred by the repetitive nature of the gameplay itself.

Moving at a relentless, compelling pace, «Vengeance: A Love Story» reveals how an act of unbelievable and raw brutality twists the lives of three generations of women, and sets Detective Dromoor on his own course of police vigilante justice.

Given the themes of the film, there's not much of a love story, or a hate story, left to compel us.

Where Avatar falls a little short is in the romance between Jake and Neytiri, which while compelling doesn't resonate as strongly as the emotional cores of many of his previous films, whether the traditional romantic love stories of a Titanic, The Abyss, or The Terminator (or even True Lies); or his dual epic sequel tributes to maternal love, Aliens and Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

Heavy doses of stylish cinematics and a good deal of unpredictable antics make the film fun, and while the film does tend to make missteps, the compelling and often uneasily funny moments are enough to make one overlook the shortcomings in story, in particularly Nora Dunn (Bulworth, I Love Trouble) and her news crew serving to annoy on their every appearance.

«Fiona Shaw's compelling love story was hugely inspirational to me for an unholy mash - up of 1950's social and magical realism,» said Jankel.

You could make the argument that his habit of producing low - brow comedy makes it a total surprise every time he delivers something like Punch - Drunk Love or Funny People, but the truth is that Sandler's always been great — and we should stop acting like compelling performances like The Meyerowitz Stories are the only proof we have that he doesn't suck.

Partisan marks the feature directing debut of Ariel Kleiman, who made the short films Young Love and Deeper than Yesterday, and this coming - of - age story looks like a compelling tale.

Directed by Wong Kar - Wai, the legendary Chinese director and co-starring famous actor Chang Chen and supermodel Du Juan, the film conveys the century - long legend of Chivas Regal 25 Year Old, via a compelling love story.

The love story between two coworkers (Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart) has enough electricity to keep the story compelling; there's a kind of built - in old - timey chastity when a movie's lovers aren't supposed to even touch each other.

His love of cinema is evident in his work and he is very talented in his ability to tell a compelling story.

Verdict: Powerful and affecting, DAUGHTER OF MINE is a straightforward but compelling drama that engages and succeeds in delivering an interesting story of love, empowerment and forgivenesOF MINE is a straightforward but compelling drama that engages and succeeds in delivering an interesting story of love, empowerment and forgivenesof love, empowerment and forgiveness.

On one hand, the story (by Will Fetters, based upon the novel by Nicholas «The Notebook» Sparks) is an often compelling tale of love, war and broken and healing hearts.

What Crowley and Hornby achieve is not only a compelling love - story of the old - fashioned kind, but they choose, tellingly, to make the film's most pertinent points about Eilis» self - discovery and journey.

It's a compelling story of a young Afghan girl who loves to sing but risks her life to follow her dream.

I loved how nimbly Atkinson maneuvered time, jumping from past to future to deeper past to present to further future, so that there were no back stories, were no front stories, there was only Teddy's story, full of minutiae and import, and all of it as compelling a story of one person's life as I've read in some long time.

The Last Empress, which opens where Empress Orchid ends, lacks the compelling rags - to - riches / love story elements of Empress Orchid and tends to read like a series of vignettes not a continuous novel - probably the result of trying to squeeze nearly half a century of turbulent history into less than 300 pages.

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A compelling Climate Fiction trilogy set against a backdrop of runaway global warming... a love story in a hotter, more dangerous world

Simon Garfield is the author or editor of 17 works of nonfiction, united in content solely by the love of a compelling story.

A bold and poignant play on the traditional story of Scheherazade in The Arabian Nights, Greenberg's tale follows Cherry and her quick - witted maid, Hero (a star - crossed couple secretly in love) through their 100 - day ploy to distract a diabolical man by regaling him with with stories so compelling that he loses track of time altogether.

Here she tells the compelling story of two women whose tragic love affairs intertwine and mirror one another.

Promise Not to Tell by Jayne Ann Krentz Krentz is a master at building compelling puzzles around a central couple, and Promise Not to Tell is the love story of two complicated and noble people in the midst of an investigation into the terrifying cult they both survived.

But this isn't your grandmother's Jane Austen; The River of No Return combines the mystery of a time - traveling cabal with a compelling love story in a twisty page - turner that's the planned start of a new series.

With crisp dialogue and vivid descriptions, Z delivers both a compelling love story and a poignant tale of a woman coming into her own as an artist.»

And so begins one of the most poignant and compelling love stories you will ever read... The Notebook

New York Times Bestselling Author Deborah Smith says: A compelling story of family loyalty, love, loss and strength; as warm and fertile as the rich red clay of a Georgia field.

- Library Journal «A compelling story of Paris, art, and love throughout history.»

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I love that classic arcade feel, and I understand the notion of playing a game for its own sake, or getting a high score; I don't need a compelling story or modern trappings to find joy.

My wife enjoys games but she gets frustrated with ones with overly complex controls, the compelling story of heavy rain and the intuitive QTE system meant she was able to play through the entire game - and she LOVED it.

Repulse's manager Vita Gaurilkaite has said of the project: «We wanted to make a VR game with all of the things that we love about Sci - Fi: a new world to explore, scary aliens, futuristic weapons, flying vehicles, a compelling story, and of course sexy sci - fi babes.

While the game is far from perfect, Syndicate is a solid shooter that fans of the genre will love despite the not - so - compelling story and the poor pacing of the campaign mode.

If developers want to do this through a compelling story with complex characters weaving a harrowing tale of political intrigue, I will love them for it.

I wouldn't even of wasted my time completing the campaign, but since I love the online so much I was compelled to know what the whole story behind the game was.

Game Features; — Compelling Adventure: A narrative adventure through love, life, and loss, following the explorations of orphans Scarlett and Finn — Emotional Journey: A striking psychological adventure that is part coming of age story, part personification of the tightly - wound forces of sibling bonds, and part exploration of the deeply - rooted effects of sorrow and loss — Puzzle Exploration: Context - driven puzzles engage the intellect while the story captivates emotions — Gorgeous Visuals: Scarlett's journey comes alive in every scene with lush scenery, vivid effects, unique characters, and a lovingly hand - crafted feel — Strong Pedigree: Created by veterans of Disney Black Rock Studio & the writer of The Room — Game as Art: Mysterious & surreal elements emerge, with interpretation left to the player

I wait patiently for your next release and only hope that you eventually get the credit you deserve because there's something compelling about a trip down memory lane with a whole new game... Yeah it sounds odd but to clarify, it's like playing a 10/10 8 bit rpg all over again with a new story and I loved every second of it.