Sentences with phrase «drama of good stories»

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As he ponders the movement of his sermon to achieve the desired experience, the minister would do well to reflect on dramas seen, stories read, conversations shared.

Despite the author's idiosyncratic and condescending substitution of nicknames for Polish surnames he assumes readers will not be able to keep straight, the story is fast - paced and keeps in play the action in Warsaw as well as the diplomatic dramas in London, Moscow, and Washington.

Part of his job is to inject some drama and make it interesting, while also pointing out how a good striker (Conor) could take advantage, thereby setting up the story for the next fight

I honestly think that what obstetrics andabesthesia have been able to do to improve both the experience and outcomes of pregnancy to be the better story complete with drama pathos and miracles and great characters.

There's a good balance of humor and drama, because The Disaster Artist is actually a story about Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero becoming friends.

Because Carell makes us believe in and care about Andy, the third - act drama of his relationship with Trish (Catherine Keener, ever good) feels as organic to the story as the gut - busting laughs that preceded it.

Based on the novel by Teri Woods, this crime drama follows the story of an up - and - coming drug dealer forced to choose between love and money after meeting an intriguing young woman from Philadelphia, who suddenly makes him long to escape the streets for a better life.

The performances are uniformly good and Kelly's effort to tell an unbiased story is admirable, but I Am Michael ultimately delivers more in the way of talking points than drama.

Eminem shows he has a natural talent for acting, delivering a strong performance in this solid underdog story that could have been the first of many for him, and this is a well - written drama despite the linear structure that doesn't really allow for many surprises.

A tightly focused romantic drama that exudes the narrative terseness of a good short story and the lucid craftsmanship of a filmmaker in full command of the medium.

Indiewire's Eric Kohn calls it a «middling social justice drama,» though Lisa Nesselson of Screen Daily believes it's a «story worth telling, well told.»

The continued ooey - gooey goodness of TV's best family drama is particularly satisfying tonight, spotlighting story lines from the underutilized Joel (Sam Jaeger) and the oddly interesting Crosby (Dax Shepard).

Angelina Jolie's second feature as a director, following her under - the - radar 2011 Bosnian drama In the Land of Blood and Honey, is a beautifully shot, well - acted, and worthy - to - a-fault Second World War survivor story that only intermittently achieves the kind of emotional impact for which it aims.

A solid piece of storytelling that doesn't pander, skips the usual POW stereotypes and allows the film to work reasonably well as an epic of war, a survival story, a prison thriller, a murder mystery and a courtroom drama.

Yes, the movie has it's flaws.It's not always believable, there are some plot holes here and there and the ending was a little bit over the top.But, the acting was excellent, the story interesting and the movie was entertaining.It's without a doubt one of the best romantic dramas.

This dryly satirical comic drama of a film director who flits between two lovers on a trip to the coast is the best film yet from South Korean director Hong Sang - soo, who has made a career with stories of emotionally arrested men and tolerant women.

The 46 - year - old actress was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Dorothy Vaughan in the biographical drama which follows the story of African American female mathematicians who worked for NASA during the Space Race.

Other film front - runners include the coming - of - age story «Boyhood» and World War II code - cracking drama «The Imitation Game,» which have five nominations each, including best picture (drama).

Tom Hanks might have lost out on a best actor nod for Bridge of Spies, but Steven Spielberg's drama looks set to clean up at this year's awards, along with Todd Haynes» love story Carol and the Leonardo DiCaprio frontier thriller The Revenant

As these familiar strands of old stories collide, they form an increasingly unpredictable drama — one that, thanks to the impact of each narrative's formula upon the others, surprises as well as scares.

Those looking to be inspired by a feel - good drama based on real - life events may find it, while those looking for a good story without the manufactured situations usually injected into these sorts of films may not.

(1) The Intouchables, an $ 11.5 million dramedy, based on a true story, that was co-written and co-directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano and has become the second highest - grossing French film of all - time in France and grossed more than $ 355 million internationally (more than any other French film and, for that matter, any non-English-language film, save for The Passion of the Christ); and (2) Rust and Bone, a fictional drama that was co-written and directed by Jacques Audiard, a best foreign language film Oscar nominee three years ago for France's Un Prophet, and features tour - de-force performances from Marion Cotillard, the best actress Oscar winner five years ago, and Matthias Schonaerts, the star of last year's Belgian nominee Bullhead.

Add to this his work in the new true - story drama «The Glass Castle», and Harrelson may very well earn Actor of the Year honors from various critics and awards associations (including mine).

It doesn't change the fact that you're still left to wonder how much of what Finkel wrote actually happened, but it's Goold's examination of truth and deception that makes «True Story» a good if unspectacular true crime drama.

Good drama story of a single mother and her six kids move into an abandoned farmhouse in Idaho, making a deal with the owner to fix it up and eventually buy it from him.

Overall, Alice is an engrossing combination of ghost story, workplace drama, and young woman's amorous journey, with a pleasingly self - contained performance at its heart, for which Labed deservedly won the Best Actress prize.

That would be all well and good within the confines of a made - for - TV drama, but Perelman sees this story more as a somber thriller, ditching the humanistic elements for some hyperbolic confrontations that escalate feverishly until only tragedy can result.

Since then, the two have also written and directed the equally strong 2008 baseball drama Sugar, as well as last year's It's Kind of a Funny Story — which, okay, isn't quite on par with the others, but it was pretty cute all the same.

The best biopics always feature a short snippet of an iconic person's life and there is plenty of drama in the story with Travers ultimately being disappointed with the film version of «Mary Poppins».

The Princess Bride is an excellent fantasy movie whose image will always shine bright for viewers who enjoy a good story with a touch of drama, love story and even adventure.

If you watch Jackie Chan's (Crime Story, City Hunter) films only for the two or three lengthy, well - choreographed fight scenes, and are able to sit patiently through ninety more minutes of bad drama in between, perhaps you will find Thunderbolt to be worthwhile in the end.

A family coming - home drama about the adult children of a writer, The Meyerowitz Stories also stars Academy Award winners Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, as well as Ben Stiller, Candice Bergen, and the marvelous Elizabeth Marvel.

War Horse is far from greatness and the least deserving of last year's Best Picture nominees, but this sweet drama remains enjoyable to some degree with its handsome production values and a story that is essentially impossible to dislike.

The story, with its opposing elements of character drama and action, is blended so well that, as I said before, it feels like an old Hollywood film from some 60 - odd years ago.

Like a companion piece to the feel - good drama Pride, his documentary was designed to explore the untold story of the 1984 British miners» strike, so even if it feels rather one - sided it's a strikingly personal...

Given that the story surrounds the aftermath of a major tragedy to befall a school sport program, as well as the devastation to a community, it's difficult to imagine how such events could possibly become material worthy to make a sports drama about.

Winner of the award for Best Director at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, Assayas» latest film is part personal drama, part ghost story, and part mystery.

Richard Linklater mixes comedy, drama and documentary to tell a frankly outrageous true story, and in the process he also gives Jack Black one of his best - yet roles.

Lead Actress in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Queen Latifah (Life Support) Helen Mirren (Prime Suspect: The Final Act) Mary - Louise Parker (The Robber Bride) Debra Messing (The Starter Wife) Gena Rowlands (What If God Were the Sun) Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Robert Duvall (Broken Trail) Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone: Sea Change) Jim Broadbent (Longford) William H. Macy (Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King) Matthew Perry (The Ron Clark Story) Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Greta Scacchi (Broken Trail) Anna Paquin (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Samantha Morton (Longford) Judy Davis (The Starter Wife) Toni Collette (Tsunami: The Aftermath) Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV - movie: Thomas Haden Church (Broken Trail) August Schellenberg (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Aidan Quinn (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee) Edward Asner (The Christmas Card) Joe Mantegna (The Starter Wife) Also see the acting nominees in the comedy and drama races, as well as the assorted outstanding - series contenders.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is still one of the best video game stories of all time, and although the quality of COD single - player narratives have tended to fluctuate in recent years, there's still that sense of drama and action that I crave.

Delving into and bringing a fresh take on a sports film, Miller along with writers Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, and Stan Chervin achieve a well balanced story full of laughs, drama, and heart.

Once they return home, the domestic drama fares little better, as most of the stories proceed with very few moments of genuine insight, only commanding attention during certain scenes where something interesting develops.

Other buzzed - about films include Yorgos Lanthimos» drama «The Killing of Sacred Deer» (awarded best screenplay), starring Farrell and Kidman; and Andrey Zvyagintsev's «Loveless,» winner of the Jury Prize; Noah Baumbach's «The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),» starring Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, and Ben Stiller.

Other highlights in this section include: Pablo Larraín's THE CLUB, a mordant morality tale set in a sleepy Chilean coastal town, which won Berlin's Grand Jury Prize; CHRONIC, Michel Franco's uncompromising study of grief and isolation, featuring a revelatory performance by Tim Roth; brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser's feature directorial debut, DÉGRADÉ, a smart drama that moves seamlessly between humour and despair, set in a women's hair salon in Gaza; the European Premiere of George Amponsah's intimate documentary THE HARD STOP, revealing the story of Mark Duggan's friends and family following his death after being shot in a «Hard Stop» police procedure in 2011; Jonas Carpignano's engrossing feature debut, THE MEASURE OF A MAN which won Vincent Lindon Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, MEDITERRANEA, an ultra-topical tale of two young African men from Burkina Faso who, in search of a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?&raquof grief and isolation, featuring a revelatory performance by Tim Roth; brothers Tarzan and Arab Nasser's feature directorial debut, DÉGRADÉ, a smart drama that moves seamlessly between humour and despair, set in a women's hair salon in Gaza; the European Premiere of George Amponsah's intimate documentary THE HARD STOP, revealing the story of Mark Duggan's friends and family following his death after being shot in a «Hard Stop» police procedure in 2011; Jonas Carpignano's engrossing feature debut, THE MEASURE OF A MAN which won Vincent Lindon Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, MEDITERRANEA, an ultra-topical tale of two young African men from Burkina Faso who, in search of a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?&raquof George Amponsah's intimate documentary THE HARD STOP, revealing the story of Mark Duggan's friends and family following his death after being shot in a «Hard Stop» police procedure in 2011; Jonas Carpignano's engrossing feature debut, THE MEASURE OF A MAN which won Vincent Lindon Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, MEDITERRANEA, an ultra-topical tale of two young African men from Burkina Faso who, in search of a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?&raquof Mark Duggan's friends and family following his death after being shot in a «Hard Stop» police procedure in 2011; Jonas Carpignano's engrossing feature debut, THE MEASURE OF A MAN which won Vincent Lindon Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, MEDITERRANEA, an ultra-topical tale of two young African men from Burkina Faso who, in search of a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?&raquOF A MAN which won Vincent Lindon Best Actor at Cannes Film Festival, MEDITERRANEA, an ultra-topical tale of two young African men from Burkina Faso who, in search of a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?&raquof two young African men from Burkina Faso who, in search of a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?&raquof a better life, make the difficult and dangerous trip across the Sahara desert and Mediterranean Sea to reach Italy; the drama MUCH LOVED, Nabil Ayouch's searing, no - holds - barred look at the world of prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?&raquof prostitution in Morocco; David Evans» thought - provoking documentary MY NAZI LEGACY, which raises the harrowing question, «What if your father was a Nazi?»

Despite Cheung's efforts and a subtle supporting performance by Nick Nolte, the story could have used a good dose of drama to keep it from often seeming lifeless.

This story of a bond between a girl and her horse works reasonably well as family entertainment but is singularly unexciting as a sports drama.

The drama of the best superhero stories comes from the notion that these two sides are always in conflict.

With Chile's trans drama A Fantastic Woman having won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film earlier this year, the doors are opening — ever so slowly (Lara would hate that)-- to give us more nuanced, and simply just more, stories of the trans community that we need.

Both movies shake our confidence in how we would behave under the same circumstances, but while Experimenter struggles to find the drama in the story of a scientist and his well - known experiment, Kyle Patrick Alvarez's The Stanford Prison Experiment has the benefit of a narrative, and even thought we know the outcome, he and his outstanding cast manage to move the characters and their story from a novelty to a nightmare.

The feature films nominated for Best Film this year are «Frank» which gives an insight into the weird and wonderful world of the enigmatic musician; the gritty urban family drama of «Glassland»; the raw, moving and honest «I Used to Live Here»; the feel good true - life story of «Noble»; the poignant and sensitive exploration of mental health in «Patrick's Day», and the beautiful Irish animated fantasy «Song of the Sea»; Three of the Best Films also get nominations for Best Director; Lenny Abrahamson for «Frank»; Gerard Barrett «Glassland» and Terry McMahon for «Patrick's Day», with John Carney also in that category for the musical drama «Begin Again».