Sentences with phrase «crime story turned»

American Made is one of the many children of «Goodfellas,» a true - crime story turned first - person narrative told by a charismatic ne'er - do - well surrounded by dubious characters and tantalizing subplots.

The latest from direct Derek Cianfrance offers a bigger story than expected as what begins as a small - time crime story turns into a mediation on fathers, sons and legacies both intentional and accidental.

Not exact matches

Fuhrman has since written numerous books about crime, including The Murder Business: How the Media Turns Crime Into Entertainment and Subverts Justice and Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Dcrime, including The Murder Business: How the Media Turns Crime Into Entertainment and Subverts Justice and Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's DCrime Into Entertainment and Subverts Justice and Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death.

You seem to have highlighted particular sins as though some are worse than others all sin leads to death not just the big ones because we all are sinners.All have gone astray none are righteous.I believe the worst sin is pride idolatry is the first commandment we set ourselves as Gods.Regardless of what the sin is, our hearts are condemned by our pride.It wasnt the sin of homosexuality or sexual deviance that destroyed sodom.It was there pride and it is one of our biggest stumbling blocks in our christian walk or it certainly was for me.We look at the story of the adulterous woman and we think adultery is a terrible crime but the story is for our benefit to show that we all are sinners that Jesus does nt condemn us but came to save us.And when Jesus says go and sin no more he was not only talking to the woman but everyone else that was around judging her for her sin its a universal message that we all need to see that we all are condemned because of our sin that Jesus came to save us and that we turn from our sin and follow him.Because he is the way the truth and the life.brentnz

Director Arthur Penn, at his peak, turned the movie into an ironic blend of twisted love story, dark comedy, caustic social portrait and breezy romantic crime thriller, with Bonnie and Clyde as a pair of deadly innocents, caught up in the poverty of the Depression and the turbulence of the»30s gangster period.

Analysis: Director Jonathan Glazer turned a lot of heads with his debut feature, the gritty crime drama Sexy Beast, a movie that shocked and impressed with its unique story and characters, so the thought that his follow - up could fail to deliver on those very same elements is surprising.

Great cast, including Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine, turn this Texas crime story into a lo - fi stunner

He wants challenge, and he wants it by turning a true - life crime story into a horror film that will elevate the genre.

Such stories need a gay best friend except that this film's candidate for that post - Patton Oswalt's career - defining Matt - turns out against the odds not to be gay, even if a mistaken assumption on exactly that topic led to a grievous hate crime against him many years before.

It turns out he also has the eye of an artist: if the scene doesn't quite tell the story Nina needs — urban crime threatening innocent suburbanites — he is more than willing to enhance the picture.

An FBI agent (Frank Whaley) surveilling one of these mob establishments overhears the second such heist and passes the story and a photograph to longtime crime reporter Jerry Cardozo (Ray Romano), who turns it into an obvious front page story about a modern - day Bonnie and Clyde.

Quiet and considerate, Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a romantic crime story in the vein of Terrence Malick, with a great turn by Ben Foster.

Cuba won an Oscar in 1997 for Jerry Maguire, and has since made Snow Dogs, Boat Trip, Ticking Clock, The Way Of War, Wrong Turn At Tahoe, Ryan Murphy «s American Crime Story, and more.

Dial M for Murder premiered at the Westminster Theatre in London in 1952, only for it to be made into an expert crime mystery thriller by Alfred Hitchcock two years later, while Wait Until Dark, another complex and dark play in the vein of Hitchcock's interests directed by Arthur Penn (who would helm Bonnie and Clyde the very next year), saw the light of day in early 1966 on Broadway, where it instantly attracted the attention of both the audience and Warner Brothers, determined to turn it into a feature film starring none other than Hollywood's sweetheart Audrey Hepburn in a much darker, insidious story than her filmography had ever witnessed.

Borrowing from the best but, at the same time, forging a bold style all his own, British filmmaker Bart Layton, known for his highly successful, U.S. - set 2012 documentary The Imposter, again turns to the history of bizarre American crimes to relate a story that would be hard to invent.

Published in January 1973, George V. Higgins» crime novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle was well received by critics and the public, featuring a story of the Boston criminal milieu and its detailed mechanics and intricacies composed by a lawyer and a former Assistant Attorney General turned journalist.

Other deals included The Orchard and MoviePass picking up the ripped - from - real - life crime story «American Animals» for North America; Saban landing Chloë Sevigny's bloody turn as Lizzie Borden in «Lizzie»; and studio Gunpowder & Sky grabbing Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons» quirky «Hearts Beat Loud.»

Inherent Vice — based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon — is the latest from American writer - director Paul Thomas Anderson, this time brining his masterful skills to a 1970s - based fictional crime story filled with twisty turns, oddball characters, and lots of drug use.

The poorly - engineered special effects don't help either, especially in the movie's final minutes, with the continuous skull crushing soon turning the movie into a cheap - prison parody instead of a visceral and bloody crime story it presented itself to be.

American Hustle is the story of a con artist (Bale) and his partner in crime (Adams), who were forced to work with a federal agent to turn the tables on other cons, mobsters, and politicians — namely, the volatile mayor of impoverished Camden, New Jersey.

Let's turn it over to Assayas: «It's a true crime story, part of Chicago lore.

What starts out as Finkel asking Longo why he'd use his identity, turns into a revelation into the true story of Longo's crime.

Penned by Eric Singer, the film will tell the true story of a famed financial con artist (Bale) and his mistress / partner in crime (Adams) who were forced to work with an out of control federal agent (Cooper) to turn the tables on other con artists, mobsters and politicians.

This actor is on fire right now after his heart - wrenching turn in the weepy ABC drama This Is Us and for playing prosecutor Christopher Darden in The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story.

The crime drama debuted on AMC in 2011 to solid reviews and ratings, but fans turned on the series when the story...

Reportedly set in 1980s Gotham, the origin story will work as a gritty crime drama dissecting how bullying helped turn the Joker evil.

Sixth form pupils at Clifton College, Bristol, heard how a notorious «career criminal» turned his life around because of an innovative rehabilitation technique called restorative justice Peter Woolf, a prolific offender who committed an estimated 20,000 crimes across the UK, discussed his life and unique story to more than 300 sixth form pupils at the College's Redgrave Theatre.

Turn a whole chapter into a crime story!

The ever - popular Fitzpatrick (of the Hush, Hush saga) takes a gritty turn with the story of Stella, who, after witnessing a brutal crime, finds herself living in Nebraska under the Witness Protection Program.

A darkly comic crime story in the tradition of a classic Irish trickster tale, complete with a twisting and turning plot, a small - town rife with secrets, and an infectious love of language and storytelling that is a hallmark of the finest Irish writers.

When English readers want to understand what it was about — how people lived and died inside a cult of personality that committed unspeakable crimes against its citizens — I hope they will turn to this carefully documented story.

This group show, conceived by retired - artist - turned - curator Cattelan, his partner - in - crime Marta Papini, and Palais de Tokyo's Myriam Ben Salah, is a varied and bizarre constellation of objects, artworks, and stories that take Turin — with its history and peculiar cultural traditions — as a starting point.

This time Provost takes his hidden camera to Las Vegas in «Stardust» and uses the glorious and ambiguous power of thegambling capital to turn everyday life into an exciting crime story.

Crime & Federalism's Norm Pattis has some particularly choice turns of phrase as he expresses his outrage over a story that is on today's Law.com newswire, «Man Can Sue for Distress Over Surprise Pregnancy, but Sperm Were Hers to Keep.»