Sentences with phrase «excellent story by»

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Keep in mind that a good story needs to be backed up by an excellent product.

This is excellent story - telling by Miura - Ko which makes an important point: great founders are what creates Thunder Lizard businesses.

Story and Photos by Dave DeWitt When the first Spanish explorers ventured north from Mexico City in the sixteenth century and wandered into what is now the Southwest, they discovered that the indigenous Native Americans made excellent use of nearly every edible animal and plant substance imaginable.

Then, not a few hours later, Maryann Tomovich Jacobsen of Raise Healthy Eaters (another excellent blog, by the way) shared on her Facebook page a Chicago Tribune story headlined, «Kids Who Play Sports Eat More Junk Food: Study.»

An excellent and highly effective in - home treatment is Turnaround: Turning Fear Into Freedom, a multi award - winning and evidence - based audio program that is story - based and teaches your child valuable information needed to conquer their fears as well as a step - by - step plan to overcome his / her own anxiety.

Following participation in the Food Supply Chain summit attended by a wide range of organisations representing the breadth of UK food supply and production, Dawn Howard, NOAH Chief Executive said: «NOAH members help ensure the health of UK's food producing animals, contributing to excellent welfare standards — part of the success story that is British farming, food production and supply.

That being said, the Iron Lady would make an excellent double - bill with Brassed Off, the story of a mining community torn apart by Conservative policies.

STORYTELLING «In the Minds of Others,» by Keith Oatley, was an excellent summation of the impact of stories on social skills.

My research indicates that the Siberian peat moss, Arctic tundra, and methal hydrates (frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean) all have an excellent chance of melting and releasing their stored co2.Recent methane concentration figures also hit the news last week, and methane has increased after a long time being steady.The forests of north america are drying out and are very susceptible to massive insect infestations and wildfires, and the massive die offs - 25 % of total forests, have begun.And, the most recent stories on the Amazon forecast that with the change in rainfall patterns one third of the Amazon will dry and turn to grassland, thereby creating a domino cascade effect for the rest of the Amazon.With co2 levels risng faster now that the oceans have reached carrying capacity, the oceans having become also more acidic, and the looming threat of a North Atlanic current shutdown (note the recent terrible news on salinity upwelling levels off Greenland,) and the change in cold water upwellings, leading to far less biomass for the fish to feed upon, all lead to the conclusion we may not have to worry about NASA completing its inventory of near earth objects greater than 140 meters across by 2026 (Recent Benjamin Dean astronomy lecture here in San Francisco).

This is an excellent annual book of short stories by prominent scientists and journalist on cutting edge science in the last year, this issue has a great story on the life and research of Jennifer Francis, and her atmospheric jet - stream weirding papers.

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin - Highly recommended, an excellent blend of birth stories and practical advice from the most well - known midwife in the country.

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Critics Consensus: It's sentimental, and some viewers may feel manipulated by the melodramatic final act, but The Man in the Moon offers a finely drawn coming - of - age story with an excellent cast — including Reese Witherspoon in her film debut.

Critic Consensus: It's sentimental, and some viewers may feel manipulated by the melodramatic final act, but The Man in the Moon offers a finely drawn coming - of - age story with an excellent cast — including Reese Witherspoon in her film debut.

Though it ends up taking too much time to tell a simple story (trimmed by 15 - 20 minutes, it could've been excellent), The Strongest Man ends up being quite the charmer with an appealing cast and terrific use of myriad diverse Miami locales.

Although the film is a little off - beat (it is definitely not what you would expect), the story will hook and reel you in, supported by excellent acting from the exceptional cast including Doug Jones as The Creature.

A story about characters and peoples relationships, quietly underplayed by an excellent ensemble cast.

Far Cry 3 is an excellent game, marred mainly by some irritating design elements and an inconsistent story that often defaults to generic «tribal» cliches to make an impact.

Writer - director Derek Cianfrance knew he was dealing with a story full of coincidences when he adapted M.L. Stedman's novel The Light Between Oceans, so he avoided melodrama by holding himself and his excellent actors in check.

With an excellent ensemble cast, headed up by Kurt Russell and Samuel L. Jackson, the story meticulously plays out to ultimate absurdity, where nothing ends up the way you think it will.

The exceptional depiction of the Wasteland, the chaotic nature of the post-apocalyptic society, the excellent technical qualities and thrilling vehicle fights are held back by the mundane melee combat mechanics, the loose story, the repetitive nature of secondary objectives and the overall low - level challenge.

While not offering much in terms of player influence, the story of Sleeping Dogs is strong, supported by excellent voice acting and brutal plot twists.

The single player mode of Red Faction was heavily driven by an excellent story.

It seemed mostly final (unlike when they screened a rough cut of Toy Story 3 here three years ago) and is an excellent follow - up that made me quite emotional by the end.

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.

Happily, director Phyllida Law, working from Catherine Johnson's excellent screenplay, moves the story along at a spirited pace by including as many musical numbers as possible.

The filmmakers give her an excellent B (maybe B +, possibly A --RRB- story line in which a ditheringly abashed young Hugh Grant type (Hugo Johnstone - Burt) and his wisecracking little brother (Art Parkinson) save her, and (this being 2015, when distressed damsels need to reciprocate) are saved by her.

(One clever bit of casting that shows up here is Derek Jacobi as Senator Gracchus; Jacobi is an excellent actor above all, but it also provides an allusion to the classic I, Claudius in which Jacobi played Emperor Claudius — underscored by the fact that Commodus tells young Lucius a story about Claudius in one scene in Gladiator.)

Based on the excellent book by Josh Bazell that was adapted by Billions creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien, the story follows a young ER doctor whose life is upended when a patient recognizes him from his past life as a mafia hitman.

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This is an excellent film based on the true story of the men and women who recovered roughly 5 million items by the end of the war.

WHY: Though it may be based on a story by red - hot Norwegian crime author Jo Nesbo (whose novel «Headhunters» was adapted into the excellent and underseen movie of the same name), «Jackpot» fails to live up to his reputation.

Williams will write the theme for 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story, but the majority of it will be scored by John Powell, who's best known for scoring animated films like Shrek and the excellent How To Train Your Dragon, for which he received Oscar and BAFTA nominations.

Trust's script, by Andy Bellin and Robert Festinger, pulls no punches and director Schwimmer elicits uniformly excellent performances from his cast, but even as we follow the emotional heart of the story — and realize that rape may not be the worst thing that's happened to Annie.

The story begins with Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode), who fathered a daughter — Dido Elizabeth — with an African slave woman he rescued from a Spanish ship, taking that daughter from the slums where she's been living with her mother — now deceased — to the grand estate owned by his uncle, Lord Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson, excellent as always), who just happens to be the Lord Chief Justice of England.

He doesn't have the starpower or acting talent of Tom Hanks, and yet with only the mystical Arctic scenery, he does an excellent job at carrying a compelling story mostly by himself.

I use the term «may» because, despite some excellent reporting by HitFix's Drew McWeeny, Stephen King movie adaptation stories -LSB-...]

I, Tonya director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) presents the events of Harding's life as a kind of ludicrous and darkly comedic story, with Margot Robbie playing Harding as both trashy and defiant, an athletic wonder and also a habitual liar, plagued by toxic relationships with her mother (an excellent Allison Janney) and later her husband, played with pathetic aggression but also an undercurrent of pure infatuation by Sebastian Stan.

Darabont's story - telling talents shine through here and his script, which takes some time in getting to know our characters, is further abetted by an excellent ensemble cast consisting mostly of unknowns.

This story of corporate greed and job loss during the recession is powerful and true - to - life, and Tommy Lee Jones is excellent as an executive conflicted by the effects of his company's greed.

Written by Danny Strong (HBO's excellent «Recount» and «Game Change»), «The Butler» cheerfully abandons specific reality, with its main characters — Cecil Gaines (Whitaker), his wife Gloria (Winfrey) and their son Louis (Oyelowo)-- crafted as composites to allow a wide swath of history to fit tidily into one family's tumultuous story.

Norwegian director Morten Tyldum (the excellent Headhunters, 2011) brings Andrew Hodges» biographical book to the screen in the form of the remarkable and true story of Alan Turing, the man credited by many (including Winston Churchill) for helping win WWII.

Other films that we admire, but didn't quite make the cut included Alison Mclean «s «Jesus» Son» featuring awesome performances by Billy Crudup and Samatha Morton as drug - addict adult - lescents in the 1970s, Stephen Daldry «s celebratory boyhood - meets - ballet drama, «Billy Elliot,» Lars Von Trier's comedic docu - like dogme film «Idioterne» («The Idiots,» made in 1998 but only released in the U.S. in 2000), Steven Soderbergh «s economic and no - nonsense «Erin Brockovich,» Stephen Frears «manchild, record store - centered love story, «High Fidelity,» Terence Davies ««The House of Mirth» featuring an excellent Gillian Anderson turn, and perhaps Neil LaBute «s best film, tellingly one he didn't write, the dreamy and odd, «Nurse Betty.»

There were hundreds of films on the father - son relationship, including some excellent ones by Baumbach, but she struggled to think of stories told from the female perspective: James Brooks's Terms of Endearment (1983) and Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies (1996) were among the rare inspirations.

Getting the most from your (excellent) cast early on to flesh out the relevant back story and character development rather than jumping straight into the action was a smart move by Edwards but after half an hour you do find yourself ready for something big and loud to break something expensive.

A robust screenplay by David Scarpa, direction by Ridley Scott as bracing as a strong belt of brandy, and an excellent cast giving it all they've got contribute dramatic heft to a riveting story of American avarice and greed behind the factual 1973 kidnapping of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty's grandson, J. Paul Getty III (aka «Paul»), snatched from the streets of Rome on a sunny July day and held for a $ 17 million ransom which the old man refused to pay.

Carried over from the earlier release is articulate commentary by John Boorman, who tells many of the same production stories that also come out in an excellent four - part 2007 documentary, plus the original archival featurette «The Dangerous World of Deliverance.»

However, director Stephen Frears and co-writers Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope take this simple logline (based on a true story) and run with it in complete earnestness, crafting a sweet, thoughtful, and endearing story of guilt, redemption, and friendship that is buoyed by a remarkable performance from Judi Dench and excellent chemistry between the actress and her co-star, Steve Coogan.

James Ivory was a thoroughly deserving winner of the best adapted screenplay Oscar for his excellent work on Luca Guadagnino's masterly love story Call Me By Your Name.

The depressing statistics don't take away from the great work those women are doing behind the camera, nor does it subtract from the excellent performances in front of the camera by current Emmy nominees like Viola Davis of How to Get Away with Murder, Taraji P. Henson of Empire, Elisabeth Moss of Mad Men, Amy Poehler of Parks and Recreation, Jessica Lange of American Horror Story or any of the other women who are up for awards tonight.