Sentences with phrase «excellent story telling»

The days of excellent story telling and compelling gameplay are also beginning to dwindle.

The campaign is quite good, with some excellent story telling.

The run of great documentaries dominating my list of films of the year continues with Sarah Polley's excellent Stories We Tell.

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Loomis tells some amazing stories about her many decades working at Fortune magazine including some excellent career advice.

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

But on all other legitimate levels, just having these interests going in intelligent hands is itself an excellent method of evangelizing, of telling the gospel story to all sorts and conditions of men.

In Roland Allen's excellent book on missions, The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church, he tells the story of a Sioux Indian chief named Big Hunter who wished to become a Christian.

Sociological surveys, even the most excellent, will never tell the whole story.

I think he makes excellent arguments and that the other side of the story should be told.

As former NFL quarterback Hugh Millen told The Seattle Times» Jayson Jenks for his excellent story on Lynch, there are «maybe 5 percent of players» in the NFL that «can intimidate on some level.»

Jessica's winning personality, patience, and excellent story - telling skills make her an outstanding teacher.

This is an excellent collection of real stories from real mothers, telling it like it really is.

Karl is an excellent liar... I think he learned from Rump... just throw out nonsense — the media will bend over backwards to be fair about telling both sides of the story.

A well constructed story, told in a less than conventional manner with excellent acting.

What it lacks in game play, Telltale makes up for in excellent story - telling, real moral choices and a well crafted setting with polished characters that affect nearly every dynamic of the game.

A well constructed story, told in a less than conventional manner with excellent

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.

This excellent TV series tells the story that everyone should

Each side has a story to tell, and a team of talented directors (including the excellent Michelle MacLaren) weave an intricate story that doesn't rely on super-hero violence, pithy comebacks, or a troupe of Mary Janes to sell its story.

(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.)

Well stick a crucifix in me and tell me what my mother does in hell, it looks as though recent horror TV show success stories such as the excellent HANNIBAL and BATES MOTEL are inspiring all sorts of possible future series.

With excellent lead performances and an intriguing mysterious story to tell, some viewers may find much to like about the film.

John Sturges» World War Two classic is one that appeals to all generations and ages thanks to excellent action, timeless story - telling and a group of likeable characters.

You see titles like «Flower» and «Journey» that have excellent Art Style Animation and Story Telling, and it's done perfectly.

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.

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.

Stories We Tell is a twisty documentary about Sarah Polley's quest to find the truth of her parentage that makes some fascinating statements about the power of storytelling and how it shapes our perceptions (and is a very nice companion piece to the excellent French film In the House)

What I can promise is a powerful, towering, yet intimately - told epic with excellent performances, a unique structure, and a story that's told with as much passion and angst as the myriad of sons in the film, all of whom become the fathers of their own legacy, whether they want to or not.

Through excellent casting and classic story telling she has created an Oscar worthy unconventional love story «The Sea Is All I Know».

I wouldn't say the story is particularly original, but it's told very well, with mostly strong voice acting, and excellent scene direction.

It's the Michael Shannon show, which makes for two hours (or so) of excellent acting, but not necessarily the best way of telling the story.

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.»

Brimming with ideas, viewpoints and excellent filmmaking, these films offer a fresh look at countries and stories rarely told on screen — and they all deserve to be seen and...

Iconic games such as Chrono Trigger, and 2009's Radiant Historia, make excellent uses of time manipulation to tell their stories.

It stands on the shoulders of giants like All the President's Men and Zodiac, but it represents an excellent example of the form, and one that requires juggling an extensive cast in order to tell its story.

The story is fascinating and they put together an excellent cast of supporting actors including Bradley Whitford and Edie Falco in order to tell it well.

We told you that Bioshock Infinite was an excellent game with a fantastic story.

The acting — led by Krasinski himself and Blunt — is excellent, the pared - down story - telling really impressive, and, as for the brilliantly built and excruciatingly maintained levels of suspense and threat... well, all I can say is that Sigourney Weaver and her tension - ratcheting alien would feel thoroughly at home here.

At times it's very difficult to stomach, such is the sheer power and uncompromising telling of this harrowing story and he's aided, immeasurably, by an overwhelmingly excellent cast.

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It's an excellent business plan, but not a way to tell stories with humanity, thematic depth, and real stakes.

«They see excellent and exciting things happening in various isolated locations around the world, tell those stories, and then try to learn and extrapolate from those to schools at large,» he says.

Other excellent books - such as Todd Gitlin's The Sixties, Hugh Pearson's The Shadow of the Panther, and Thomas Powers's Diana: The Making of a Terrorist - tell the story of that era without sugarcoating the deeds of the radical youth who wanted to impose a social revolution.

You are doing them an excellent service if you are suggesting that they should refine and craft their work to the point that they are telling their story in a rich and enjoyable tale, before publishing via any route.

The recent winner of a well - deserved prize for historical writing, Hajari tells an excellent story excellently.

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This excellent, richly illustrated biography tells the story of Madame C. J. Walker, a turn - of - the - century African American entrepreneur.

She said she was an excellent listener and wanted me to please tell her a ghost story.

- Kirkus «This book is popular history at its best: a little - known but compelling story told by an excellent writer.

On the Kindle, I have been told my stories make excellent commuting fare, or in waiting rooms, of course.