Sentences with phrase «excellent adaptations of»

Another of this publisher's excellent adaptations of larger sets (in this case the distinguished Encyclopedia of the Holocaust), revised for high - school students.

Speaking of Swayze and cradling, cast in Francis Ford Coppola's excellent adaptation of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders as responsible eldest brother Darry, shepherd to wayward Ponyboy (um, C. Thomas Howell — no fooling (Darren Daulton is also in both films)-RRB-, he turns in the film's keystone performance.

Complete with amazing performances and subtle cinematography, The Book Thief becomes an excellent adaptation of the Zusak classic.

The list of icons making appearances was truly unprecedented: Superman soars twice — once in the «return» and the other as Ben Affleck; Crockett and Tubbs exude cool; Ethan Hunt falls short; Captain Jack Sparrow sets the stage for the finale; Jack Black sometimes wears stretchy pants; Huey Long is resurrected and somehow over-played by Sean Penn; the mass appeal of the DaVinci Code novel fizzled onscreen; Robert Altman's amazing career ended with an excellent adaptation of a radio series starring Garrison Keillor's made for radio face; Johnny Depp tried to untrack his career with The Libertine; Nicolas Cage was front and center in the disastrous remake of The Wicker Man, but if the preview is any indication, his sleep - walk was merely a tune - up for this year's Ghost Rider; Woody Allen (with Scarlett Johansson as his muse) re-emerged with his best comedy since Crimes and Misdemeanors; amazingly, Jen and Vince's real life break - up was more entertaining than the film version; and while on - set hook - ups seem to the norm, how could the dreadful You, Me and Dupree have been an aphrodisiac for Kate and Owen?

Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme arrived in theaters last year in an excellent adaptation of the comic book, and you'll be able to own the movie on disc next month.

Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme arrived in theaters last year in an excellent adaptation of the comic book, and you'll be able...

Donald Sutherland and Stockard Channing make ideal NYC art snobs in Fred Schepisi's excellent adaptation of the John Guare play, filled with pitch - perfect details: swank UES apartments, a visit to the Strand Bookstore, a stolen kiss in a Central Park buggy.

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«South Park» got an excellent video game adaptation a few years ago in «South Park: The Stick of Truth.»

Excellent recipe tht lends itself to adaptation I didn't have tomato sauce - used cocktail sauce with lots of horseradish and some tomato paste - nice zing Didn't have garlic - used shallot Didn't have brown sugar - used turbinado sucar and a little more molassas Will definitely make this again but still feel free to adapt

Many food bloggers put up excellent photographs of what they cooked which is their effort, adaptation and all.

Director Uli Edel made the harrowing Last Exit To Brooklyn in 1989, an adaptation of Hubert Selby Jr's cult novel and he moves the action along very adeptly here, helped by an excellent cast and a strong screenplay from Eichinger, no stranger to controversial subjects.

«The parallel development that occurred on a number of different island clusters makes anole lizards an excellent model for studying evolution and adaptation,» says Kerstin Lindblad - Toh.

Excellent graphics, animation, voice acting and control make the GCN adaptation of Finding Nemo a pleasure to watch and play.

An excellent performance from Genevieve Bujold is the highlight of this filmed play but the modern adaptation of the classic story is clunky.

Well, in order of gross, there's the so - so antepenultimate «Harry Potter» picture «Half - Blood Prince» ($ 934.4 m), excellent second Middle - Earth picture «The Two Towers,» ($ 926m), mildly disappointing animated sequel «Shrek 2» ($ 919.8 m), very strong, R - Patz - featuring Potter «The Goblet Of Fire» ($ 896.9 m), two disappointing «Ice Age» movies, «Dawn Of The Dinosaurs» ($ 886.7 m) and «Continental Drift» ($ 877.2 m), the original and best «Lord of the Rings» movie «The Fellowship Of The Ring» ($ 871.5 m), very good YA adaptation «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» ($ 864.9 m), Lucas» galactic finale «Revenge Of The Sith» ($ 848.8 m), and awful second «Transformers» «Revenge Of The Fallen» ($ 836.3 mof gross, there's the so - so antepenultimate «Harry Potter» picture «Half - Blood Prince» ($ 934.4 m), excellent second Middle - Earth picture «The Two Towers,» ($ 926m), mildly disappointing animated sequel «Shrek 2» ($ 919.8 m), very strong, R - Patz - featuring Potter «The Goblet Of Fire» ($ 896.9 m), two disappointing «Ice Age» movies, «Dawn Of The Dinosaurs» ($ 886.7 m) and «Continental Drift» ($ 877.2 m), the original and best «Lord of the Rings» movie «The Fellowship Of The Ring» ($ 871.5 m), very good YA adaptation «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» ($ 864.9 m), Lucas» galactic finale «Revenge Of The Sith» ($ 848.8 m), and awful second «Transformers» «Revenge Of The Fallen» ($ 836.3 mOf Fire» ($ 896.9 m), two disappointing «Ice Age» movies, «Dawn Of The Dinosaurs» ($ 886.7 m) and «Continental Drift» ($ 877.2 m), the original and best «Lord of the Rings» movie «The Fellowship Of The Ring» ($ 871.5 m), very good YA adaptation «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» ($ 864.9 m), Lucas» galactic finale «Revenge Of The Sith» ($ 848.8 m), and awful second «Transformers» «Revenge Of The Fallen» ($ 836.3 mOf The Dinosaurs» ($ 886.7 m) and «Continental Drift» ($ 877.2 m), the original and best «Lord of the Rings» movie «The Fellowship Of The Ring» ($ 871.5 m), very good YA adaptation «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» ($ 864.9 m), Lucas» galactic finale «Revenge Of The Sith» ($ 848.8 m), and awful second «Transformers» «Revenge Of The Fallen» ($ 836.3 mof the Rings» movie «The Fellowship Of The Ring» ($ 871.5 m), very good YA adaptation «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» ($ 864.9 m), Lucas» galactic finale «Revenge Of The Sith» ($ 848.8 m), and awful second «Transformers» «Revenge Of The Fallen» ($ 836.3 mOf The Ring» ($ 871.5 m), very good YA adaptation «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire» ($ 864.9 m), Lucas» galactic finale «Revenge Of The Sith» ($ 848.8 m), and awful second «Transformers» «Revenge Of The Fallen» ($ 836.3 mOf The Sith» ($ 848.8 m), and awful second «Transformers» «Revenge Of The Fallen» ($ 836.3 mOf The Fallen» ($ 836.3 m).

Overall, this is a thrilling and emotional adaptation of an excellent novel.

Having hit new heights recently with his excellent score for Terminator 3 and then the even better, career - best Hellboy, Marco Beltrami was brought in as a last - minute replacement for Trevor Jones on Alex Proyas's big - budget adaptation of Isaac Asimov's I, Robot starring Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan and James Cromwell (who presumably must have somehow cloned himself, given how many movies and tv shows he seems to appear in these days).

Director Kyle Patrick Alvarez, who appeared at Sundance in 2013 with the excellent David Sedaris adaptation C.O.G., assembles an across - the - board terrific ensemble of young stars to play the students.

Like that film, writer - director Gary Ross's adaptation of Laura Hillenbrand's excellent non-fiction washes out as something creepily nostalgic, weightless, and unintentionally disturbing.

The new addition to the X-Men saga is directed by Matthew Vaughn, previously responsible for an eclectic mix of stunning cinema — British crime thriller complete with cockney gangsters (2004's «Layer Cake»), star - studded fantasy epic (2007's «Stardust») and, in a different direction altogether, surprisingly excellent comic - book adaptation (2010's «Kick - Ass.»)

In the middle of Ghost World, his excellent 2001 adaptation of Daniel Clowes» comic, an irascible, middle - aged vinyl collector (Steve Buscemi) is sulking about his confusing relationship with a high - school graduate half his age.

But within a few years, Affleck had managed to turn things around by taking control of his own destiny: after a well - received supporting turn in «Hollywoodland» in 2006, Affleck made his directorial debut in 2007 with the Dennis Lehane adaptation, «Gone Baby Gone,» a showcase for his brother Casey, which picked up excellent reviews.

«Josh wrote an excellent screenplay adaptation of the book, a screenplay which I desperately loved, but there was no enthusiasm for that kind of movie at Paramount»

This movie was excellent, and a great adaptation of the current comic series which is also excellent.

In this noisy, stormy adaptation, an energetic and for the most part excellent cast marshals considerable resources of wit, discipline and timing in a struggle against the hectic inventiveness that is, characteristically for Ms. Taymor, either the vehicle for interesting theatrical ideas or a sign of their absence.

Excellent film adaptation of the Highsmith novel..

The director's next project is an adaptation of Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House featuring Siegel and the excellent Elizabeth Reaser, who was great in... Origin of Evil.

The young cast is excellent, with special call - outs for Lillis and Lieberher, and praise can't get any higher than to say their chemistry recalls not just Stranger Things, a show indebted to the novel IT, but the kids» banter and heartache in the daddy of all King adaptations, Stand By Me.

That the resulting film is excellent viewing distracts from how challenging this adaptation about an orphan, a dreamcatching giant, his violent brethren and the Queen of England must have actually been to bring to life....

James Ponsoldt, the director of Smashed, The Spectacular Now and last year's stealthily excellent The End of the Tour returns in 2016 with The Circle, an adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel about a woman getting in over her head at her first job out of college.

Excellent locale work, a brilliant adaptation by Egoyan of the book, great supporting characters and a disturbingly haunting accident scene all add up to one of 1997's best hidden gem films.

An excellent, very moving adaptation of the book.

Stop - motion animation is a painstakingly long process, one point made perfectly clear by many of the excellent special features on the Criterion Dual Format Blu - ray - DVD combo of Wes Anderson «s 2009 Roald Dahl adaptation Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The former is a graphic novel adaptation of a great self - published novel, Broken Bulbs; the latter, the self - published sequel to the excellent, traditionally published Xenowealth series; both were successfully funded.

An adaptation of Michel Faber's excellent piece of postmodern Victoriana, The Crimson Petal and the White, was filmed last fall in London and Liverpool by Origin Pictures.

Telltale Games» latest comic book adaptation, Guardians of the Galaxy, is excellent.

We just recently received the first installment of the absolutely excellent Castlevania series on Netflix, which is a focused adaptation of Castlevania III.

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to Aaron Melcher of Knockout Games (http://knockoutgames.co/) who did the excellent porting and adaptation to XBOX ONE.

I'm nine episodes into Persona 4: The Animation, the anime adaptation of the excellent PS2 / Vita RPG; as I would like to eventually finish the game (I am «only» 30 hours in), I have paused at this point in the anime to avoid spoiling myself.

So when you say that we don't have a whole lot of information on Mario himself, I guess Mario - fans still don't like to talk about that most excellent of game - movies, the masterwork of adaptation, featuring prolific actor and lovechild of the independent film - scene Bob Hoskins, energetic superstar John Leguizamo and film - legend Dennis Hopper, featuring that most divine of soundtracks, which ended up being such a darling of the criticsphere that it just begged for a reboot?