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As for the post-apocalyptic future that'll see the return of the original X-Men trilogy stars, Bryan Singer revealed to Empire that the future element of the story takes place approximately a decade after X-Men: The Last Stand.

Then, there's the serene element of the story taking place on Ahch - To.

This might suit some readers, but I was disappointed to discover that the mystery and suspense elements of this story take a backseat in INTO THE WATER.

Not exact matches

Incredibly beautiful story and so many elements of it took me back to my own home water birth.

The Science Media Centre has produced a summary that sheds some light on why many scientists are increasingly dismayed by Antinori's activities: 1993 A British millionairess (59) gave birth to twins boys after fertility treatment by Dr Antinori, who said «The rich women from England.it's a very good story» 1999 It was reported, to the undisguised scepticism of many fertility experts, that Antinori had found a way of had helping infertile men by taking sperm producing element out of human testes and implanting them in rat testes, so that the rats would produce viable human sperm.

This, I think, is the most effective element of MGS2: By the time the game is over, the savvy player will be able to take a moment to just stop and think, and unravel the story and its themes.

Yet, while those films used the experiment as a touchstone, allowing the story to take on more aspects of a thriller, Kyle Patrick Alvarez's film is less concerned with thriller elements, but rather the loss of individuality the participants experienced, and how quickly the guards began to abuse the prisoners, most of whom quickly bent to authority.

Gone is the Shakespearean tragedy of Shotgun Stories and the parable of Mud and in its place we experience the otherworldly and supernatural elements that he attempted with Take Shelter.

Cheesy superficialities plague much of this film, whether it be the comic relief that is frequently flat, or at least dated, or the dramatics which succumb to glaringly unsubtle histrionics, which take ostensibly accurate story elements and corrupt their believability through scripted contrivances, the sting of which goes exacerbated by sentimental directorial atmospherics which range from simply unsubtle to pretty cornball.

Taken together, and reflecting on all the elements of the story, «Dementia 13» defines itself as a satisfying horror mystery that laid the groundwork for future greatness for it's young director Francis (minus the Ford) Coppola.

Embracing all of these well - known story elements and creating a fresh take on this genre is really what this film does best.

The details of the story, taken from real events chronicled in Krystyna Chiger's memoir The Girl in the Green Sweater and Robert Marshall's In the Sewers of Lvov, lend the familiar elements of In Darkness» narrative a fresh potency.

They are films that are either documentaries or real life dramas that take the basic true elements of a story and put it in a fictional setting.

Ed Howard: In all of his films, Todd Haynes takes elements of gaudy tabloid culture and warps them to his own purposes, because he sees — in the lurid stories about sexuality and decadence and violence that we like to tell ourselves, in the celebrity gossip rags and TV news and hyped - up movies — deeper truths about identity, gender, politics, entertainment and sexuality.

Curiel's film take some of these elements and puts them into the story.

It will take you somewhere around 40 hours to complete the campaign and finish the story, and while I felt like I was a few steps ahead for most of story elements, I was completely flawed by the ending.

I think they should have taken elements of both previous films and then thrown in some new story arcs for a familiar but ultimately new kind of sci - fi adventure.

The story, which could easily have been too convoluted to follow for someone who doesn't understand British laws and government agencies, is relatively easy to follow, and features a nicely developed script by acclaimed screenwriter Steven Knight (Redemption, Dirty Pretty Things), though some all - too - convenient narrative shortcuts are taken to keep the story moving briskly, which may annoy some who prefer courtroom dramas without all of the contrived thriller elements.

You'd think that co-writers Chris Morgan (the «Fast & Furious» franchise) and Hossein Amini («Drive») could squeeze a little fun out of the premise, but it's an incredibly somber affair that takes things far too seriously considering the fantasy elements involved in the story.

Embracing the uncanny valley elements of the story and taking even subtle cues from the previous iterations of the android Alita's tale, the trailer for this lesser - known comic book adaptation sets the stage for a new wave of live action anime films.

There's a terrific sense of menace in this gothic dramatic thriller, which plays on the story's fantasy elements to take us into a teen girl's troubled imagination.

This is the sort of film that is not so much taking risks as it is holding on to all the little natural elements that should make this story worthwhile.

The Drop has plenty of elements typical of many crime dramas that we've seen throughout the years, but Lehane's taken similarly familiar - sounding stories before and made them sing with new depths in works like Gone Baby Gone and Mystic River — novels which were brought to the screen in tremendous fashion.

Their journey — physical and metaphorical — takes them to some very dark places, and though the film has elements of gentle humor that leaven the proceedings — and two fine performances from Jay Duplass («Transparent «-RRB- as Nick and Linas Phillips (Young Adolescents) as Conrad — we can never get away from the uncomfortable fact that writer / director Davis (editor on Duplass's documentary Kevin) has made a conscious decision to put a mass murderer at the center of his story.

The 1951 version, which stars Ezio Pinza of «South Pacific» fame, enlarge the story's opera elements to take advantage of Pinza's voice.

For those who did not get a chance to play the original Call of Juarez game, this is a game set in the old west and it takes some very strong story elements and weaves those into a western based FPS.

Taking on his usual array of multiple roles, director, producer, composer, editor and story co-scribe Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids: All the Time in the World in 4D) is seemingly in his element.

Not concerned with the more realistic take that was tried (and mostly successful) with Casino Royale and (the criminally underrated) Quantum of Solace, Bond's twenty - third outing still maintains the focus on story and character like the previous two films, yet also getting back to the more fantasy elements that has made the character thrive for fifty years.

This element, in addition to taking the story to horror, science fiction and fantasy, opens the movie to a direct metaphor of the characters» external and internal conflicts, and to a real representation of what the characters reject and long for.

Compared to the fantastical worlds that were created for earlier films such as Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., and Finding Nemo, which were all inspired by elements of our world, The Incredibles took place entirely in locales where humans were the key characters, and the scenes were shot from the perspective of humans.

One of the reasons that Prince Caspian works so well is that the creative team [writers Stephen McFeely, Christopher Markus and Andrew Adamson, who also directed] took the key elements of the story and built an epic tale around them without feeling the need to be slavish in their adaptation.

There are elements of «Beauty and the Beast,» «E.T.,» «Amélie» and «The Creature from the Black Lagoon» at play here, but as always, del Toro takes the stories and the images that formed him and crafts them into something utterly his own.

While earlier films mythologize legend, and do so in fascinating manners — Touch of Zen's ghost story elements for example — The Hidden Sword takes advantage of an already established genre, thus reducing the power of its reach.

But somehow, some way, the strange twists and ideas take over, and the film becomes fable - like, examining a different line of story elements that switch from one character to another.

It's shocking it took this long to happen but director Zack Snyder is doing that and more, as Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice looks to not only build off the story elements of Man of Steel, but also introduce construct a launchpad for the Justice League team - up movie and the entire DC Extended Universe.

An RPG featuring «a new strategic take on the Active Time Battle system that features stacking characters and monsters,» World of Final Fantasy will include a story that's over 100 hours long — and that's not counting Mirage training or side elements.

Inside Out Rated PG for mild thematic elements and some action Available on DVD, Blu - ray and Blu - ray 3D Pixar has always had a talent for taking stories that don't sound very interesting and turning them into thrilling pieces of animated art.

The other key element that makes this film great to see is that it doesn't talk down to children and has an interesting story for the adults that have to take them s audience members of all ages can enjoy the movie.

Every pitfall that The Avengers avoided is present here: The characters take the backseat to an abundance of plot, and the plot is an expansive mash - up of so many elements that the central story starts to feel like the least important thing in the movie.

This is not just a story about time travel; the film takes familiar elements and finds exciting and innovative ways to challenge our expectations of them.

Take away the morose elements of the story (suicide, kidnapping, a lead character dying of cancer), and the premise of a childless married couple taking in a young boy and learning to be a family sounds exactly like a cheesy»80s primetime comedy.

His stories are mysteries at heart, the details of which are revealed late in the game and shift our perception of everything that has come before it enough to lessen whatever story elements Lehane has taken the time to set up.

In her own words: «I would love to find the next Outlander — or a romantic adventure story that is going to take me into another world and time period and introduce me to a new set of supernatural and / or historical elements.

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An interesting story with an interesting background, although it took me some time to get used to the time period and imagine people wearing wigs... but the characters were entertaining, in their own way, and the thriller - mystery element made it entertaining, because then it wasn't just the development of a relationship that you looked for but also «who's the bad guy?».

We can take the best elements of our story that we discover with a boring logline and punch it up with word choice, sentence structure, and voice to create something more intriguing.

It is these disparate nerdy elements of the story, including its allegiance to the «church of vinyl,» that truly make Telegraph Avenue riveting even if the plot takes its own time unfolding.

The author of the Silo Saga has been an active proponent of the idea that fan fiction — when readers take authors» story lines or characters and craft their own unique tales with those elements — is both a testament to how powerfully an author's work reaches his fans, as well as a viable agreement that can stand to benefit both the writer fan and the original author.

Adding an element of horror to the story adds menace and chills, and the focus on atmosphere and mood can take any other genre along to a darker place.

Groom takes his time, diving into the past history of the Shaughnessys, their Irish heritage making them something of a Johnny - come - lately on the Boston Brahmin scene; following them across their perilous journey while they brave the elements; unwinding the story systematically and efficiently.