Sentences with phrase «epic war stories»

Does this mean the epic war stories are being replaced with school life?

Im sorry but unless bioware decides to turn away from epic war stories and focus on the common day to day live of peasants in the dragon age world a «plus size» character makes no fucking sense.

Karadalis: Im sorry but unless bioware decides to turn away from epic war stories and focus on the common day to day live of peasants in the dragon age world a «plus size» character makes no fucking sense.

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Matthew McConaughey stars in this historical epic that tells the story of a real - life farmer who helped lead his own rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Ellison and I regarded ourselves as being the heirs and continuators of the most indigenous mythic prefigurations of the most fundamental existential assumption underlying the human proposition as stated in the Declaration of Independence... Yes, it would be the likes of him... and me... the grandchildren of slaves freed by the Civil War, betrayed by Reconstruction... who would strive in our stories to provide American literature with representative anecdotes, definitive episodes, and mythic profiles that would add up to a truly comprehensive and universally appealing American epic.

With Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the epic story continues as players once again assume the role of the devastatingly powerful Starkiller - Darth Vader's secret apprentice set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV

With Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, the epic story continues as players once again assume the role of the devastatingly powerful Starkiller - Darth Vader's secret apprentice set during the largely unexplored era between Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope.

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.

The Night of Shooting Stars, from 1982, explores the moral imperatives of those living in an Italian village during the end of World War Two, while 1984's Kaos is an epic portmanteau feature collecting together four stories by famed dramatist, Luigi Pirandello.

Steven Spielberg's film is less a war epic than a love story between a boy and his horse, a throwback to the sort of film Hollywood does make anymore, but that Spielberg has mounted with stunning beauty.

Already adapted once in 1955 by Elia Kazan, with the classic film starring James Dean, this version will span two films to tell the epic saga of the Hamilton and Trask families, and their interlocking stories that span from the start of the 20th century through World War I.

Based on his best - selling memoir, The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War war at a Japanese labour camp during World War War II.

«Age of Ultron», though, has a definite mid-season feel to it, telling a compelling but never game - changing story while laying the foundations for the epic, two - part «Infinity War» due in 2018.

For a 160 - minute epic that unifies a far - flung superhero universe that took a decade to build, packs 76 characters into one story, and has four to six plotlines cooking at any given time, «Avengers: Infinity War» hangs together pretty well.

This American Civil War epic has the feeling of a made - for - TV movie but is carried by a truly inspiring story and some excellent performances.

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Synopsis: The epic adventure Thor spans the Marvel universe from present - day Earth to the cosmic realm of Asgard... At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war.

Not only are «Get Out,» «The Shape of Water» and «Blade Runner 2049» some of the very best films of 2017, but from the no - budget indie realm («Prevenge,» «A Ghost Story,» «Transfiguration,» «Raw») to expensive studio epic scale («War for the Planet of the Apes,» «Kong: Skull Island») and newly blazed ground out of the predominantly formulaic superhero («Logan,» «Wonder Woman,» «LEGO Batman») and Star Wars («The Last Jedi») factory farms, fantasy filmmakers tried their hardest to be smart, visually adroit, sometimes startlingly innovative and — strangest of all for this escapist format — humanely, emotionally credible.

One of the most intriguing inhabitants of the universe created by George Lucas finally gets top billing in the new sci - fi epic Solo: A Star Wars Story.

So it was a long shoot and quite a big epic movie in one way, but very much a character drama, also some kind of reverse love story between my character and Tom's character: they've been married for eight years when the movie starts and it's like a cold war between them.

She expands from stories of one African - American female to a bountiful epic of two families, black and white, in the American South during World War II.

Directed by Gareth Edwards and written by Chris Weitz and Tony Gilroy based on an idea by John Knoll, this epic space opera marks the first «Star Wars» stand - alone story, depicting the events shortly before the series» original movie.

There are also those who classify Anthony Minghella «s «Cold Mountain» as a western, in which case it could qualify, but it feels more of a war film / epic journey / love story to us.

Neither Thor (Christ Hemsworth) nor The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) appeared in Marvel Studios epic superhero team movie «Captain America: Civil War,» so fans will be anticipating the release of «Thor: Ragnarok» eagerly — though they're going to have to wait until next year to see how their story unfolds.

The trailer for Atonement had me giddy with excitement I thought I was going to be in for a truly epic love story that spanned time, distance, war, betrayal, but what I got was this anemic, pretentious, non-epic turd.

The director hasn't made an epic Civil War story — it's mostly reserved in tone and scope — but it's not without its visceral moments when it comes to both the battle sequences and the drama.

[4 stars] Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (07.15 / 06.02 / 07.24) Thor: Ragnarok (10.24 / 11.03 / 10.24) The Greatest Showman (12.09 / 12.20 / 12.26) Wonderstruck (10.06 / 10.20 / TBA) I Am Not a Witch (10.03 / TBA / 10.20) Lady Bird (10.14 / 11.03 / 02.16.18) The Post (12.21 / 12.22 / 01.19.18) Coco (01.13.18 / 11.22 / 01.19.18) The Ritual (10.02 / direct to Netflix / 10.13) Icarus (02.27.17 / direct to Netflix / direct to Netflix) Bushwick (10.25 / 08.25 / 08.25) Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (10.11 / 12.29 / 11.17) Spider - Man: Homecoming (07.05 / 07.07 / 07.05) Another Mother's Son (02.21 / TBA / 03.24) Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (89th Academy Awards)(02.20 / 02.08 / direct to VOD) Personal Shopper (10.09.16 / 03.10 / 03.17) The Survivalist (04.19.16 / 05.19 / 02.12.16) God Knows Where I Am (04.07 / 03.31 / 04.14) The Salesman (01.31 / 01.27 / 03.17) Raw (04.04 / 03.01 / 04.07) The Beguiled (06.20 / 06.23 / 07.14) The Party (10.09 / 02.16.18 / 10.13) Step (07.21 / 08.04 / 08.11) God's Own Country (08.07 / 10.27 / 09.01) Menashe (12.11 / 07.28 / 12.08) The Divine Order (10.14 / 10.27 / 03.08.17) Borg vs McEnroe (09.11 / 04.13.18 / 09.22) My Pure Land (09.12 / TBA / 09.15) The Unknown Girl (12.02.16 / 08.25 / 12.02.16) Pecking Order (08.24 / direct to VOD / 09.29) Jane (11.12 / 10.20 / 11.24) Good Time (10.05 / 08.11 / 11.17) The Commune (05.28 / 05.19 / 07.29.16) Lost in London (04.30 / TBA / 05.05) The Fencer (Miekkailija)(11.30 / 07.21 / 12.24.16) The Great Wall (02.16 / 02.17 / 02.16) The Chamber (01.18 / 02.23.18 / 03.10) Motherland (10.15 / 09.08 / TBA) The Light of the Moon (10.31 / 11.01 / TBA) Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (11.18 / 11.24 / 03.09) Victoria & Abdul (09.12 / 09.22 / 09.15) Wind River (07.20 / 08.04 / 09.08) Urban Hymn (08.01.16 / 05.12 / 09.30.16) The Women's Balcony (Ismach Hatani)(07.06 / 05.26 / TBA) Pilgrimage (07.28 / 08.11 / direct to VOD) Megan Leavey (aka Rex)(06.19 / 06.09 / direct to VOD) Final Portrait (08.18 / 03.23.18 / 08.18) Finding Kim (05.29 / 05.31 / TBA) Through the Wall (aka The Wedding Plan)(05.28 / 05.12 / 12.16.16) The Zookeeper's Wife (04.22 / 03.31 / 04.21) Dolores (09.09 / 09.01 / TBA) Queen of the Desert (04.03 / 04.07 / direct to VOD) Catfight (02.22 / 03.03 / 03.10) Viceroy's House (02.17 / 09.01 / 03.03) Birthright: A War Story (07.21 / 07.14 / direct to VOD)

The book tells Paraguayan myths through human stories that are mythical, epic and yet related to Paraguayan landscapes and Paraguayan history, specifically the Chaco War of 1932 - 35 (1); universal stories that are Paraguayan in their basic elements.

The IMAX format, however, gives moviegoers a chance to see the movie as Nolan intended — epic scale to tell the epic story, set at the outset of World War II, when British civilians in small vessels crossed the English Channel to rescue more than 300,000 British and Allied soldiers surrounded and stranded on the French beach of Dunkirk.

«The story is an origins myth, which turns into another war - of - the - worlds battle epic, this time between Earth and the dying Krypton, with Superman on our side.

Despite it, the story feels like small potatoes in comparison to other war epics to grace the silver screen, more a personal quest to solve a mystery and redeem the family name, and along those lines, the film does work so long as you see it as a simple tale of valor.

Mudbound — Set in the rural American South during World War II, director Dee Rees tells an epic story of two families pitted against one another by a ruthless social hierarchy, yet bound together by the shared farmland of the Mississippi Delta.

Star Wars Battlefront II will address one of its predecessor's major shortcomings by including an epic story campaign that will focus on an elite...

Set in the rural American South during World War II, director Dee Rees tells an epic story of two families pitted against one another by a ruthless social hierarchy, yet bound together by the shared farmland of the Mississippi Delta.

We know epic adventures and memorable triumphs and lifelong bonds and in some cases Shakespearean tragedy await some of the main characters in «Solo: A Star Wars Story.»

Del Toro's unconventional story works as both a Cold War - era Beauty and the Beast, and an epic love poem to cinema — an outpouring of love for empathetic movie monsters like The Creature from the Black Lagoon's iconic Gill - man.

Epic in wonderment comes the forbidden love story entwined within an undersea war, Empires of the Deep.

THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER»S WAR: If it's the Snow White tale you're looking for, discover the story that came before... Chris Hemsworth and Oscar winner Charlize Theron return to their roles in the epic action - adventure The Huntsman: Winter's War, joined by Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain.

In the upcoming war film, «The Ottoman Lieutenant,» the epic love story shows how the two strong - willed members of the war effort must decide who they should prove their loyalty to - their respective countries or each other - and how they can survive after experiencing such a strong connection.

And South Park Bigger Longer & Uncut remains their defining statement, a work combining epic scale (a land war with Canada, a trip to the depths of Hades, a daylight raid on the Baldwin compound) with intimate character comedy (Satan's grief over his lover Saddam Hussein's infidelity is genuinely touching), wrapped in a biting commentary on censorship and topped off with belting show tunes worthy of West Side Story.

Thandie is set to impress audiences once again as the mysterious Val in Solo: AStar Wars Story, the latest film in the epic space opera franchise.

This animated series still holds some of the best Star Wars stories of all time within its epic saga, including a reanimated Darth Maul!

The movie is based on Hillary Jordan's novel of the same name and follows the unlikely friendship of two World War Two veterans, one white and one black, as they return from war and find common ground as their families face difficulty in their local community, and the actress signed up for the film in the hope the director could turn the story into something «big and epic&raquWar Two veterans, one white and one black, as they return from war and find common ground as their families face difficulty in their local community, and the actress signed up for the film in the hope the director could turn the story into something «big and epic&raquwar and find common ground as their families face difficulty in their local community, and the actress signed up for the film in the hope the director could turn the story into something «big and epic».

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«From Lucasfilm comes an epic adventure — Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

Set in the rural American South at the end of World War II, Mudbound is an epic story of two families pitted against one another by a ruthless social hierarchy, yet bound together by the shared farmland of the Mississippi Delta.

A new book entitled Star Wars and History claims that the epic space story parallels many earthly historical events.

We also have: Lisa Silverthorne's Isabel's Tears, a novel about a magical inn; Dayle A. Dermatis» Waking the Witch, a gothic mystery novel with some paranormal elements and a light romance; Kelly Washington's The Pale Waters, the first novella in a four - part epic journey; Erica Lyon's Hot Waters, a steamy sea adventure novel; and New York Times bestselling author Kristine Kathryn Rusch's The War and After, five historical fantasy stories of magic and revenge.

Winslow's riveting epic about the ongoing Mexican drug wars blends fact and fiction to tell the incredible, tragic story of the blood - drenched reign of the notorious El Chapo (Adán Barrera in the novel).

I was enthralled: by the larger - than - life gods, the epic adventures, and most particularly by the stories of the Trojan War, with its noble and deeply flawed heroes.