Sentences with phrase «fables set»

and so, like the ant in the fable i set to task the job of making tomato paste and the most concentrated soup stock for the coming cooler months for meals that call for hearty stews and soups beyond just the benefits of gelatin and how incredibly inexpensive it is, this particular exercise isn't futile, instead it's one that perfectly secures for the times during darkness when grace is elusive and you're clutching for something comforting these bouillon cubes could save your life or at the very least, nourish your spirit, coddle your soul

As the grimmer YA - literary cousin to «The Hunger Games» that also pits young people against each other in mortal combat, this dystopian fable set in a post-apocalyptic Chicago treads much of the same ground as the first film with a modest amount of new information and characters.

A magic realist fable set in present - day Zambia that has plenty to say about gender and superstition.

-- Grasshopper Film has purchased all U.S. distribution rights to «Cocote,» a crime fable set in the Dominican Republic from director Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias.

Put short, it is a fable set within the grimy slums of 2008's Gomorrah.

Norton gave the best performance by an actor I saw in 1998, but the Academy got caught up in the groundswell of support of Benigni's movie, a fable set in a death camp.

Arriving in December, del Toro revealed a couple months ago that the film will be rated R, but will not be a straight up horror film, but rather a «bit of a fairy tale» and a «fable set in early -LSB-...]

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Martin Luther, founder of the Lutheran branch of Christianity, is fabled to have set up the first Christmas tree lit by candles.

Believe in any old magic, myth, fable or set of nonsensical gods you want and it's fine... believe in reality and you are out on your ear... The good of US of A.

Set down the giant book of fables and look at it from the outside... do these people pay taxes?

Nature gives us this awesome and advanced brain and the majority of the world p i s s it away believing in an ancient set of fables instead of using common sense and educating themselves even a little bit about history.

Already, in ancient Greece and Rome, the fables attributed to the half - legendary Aesop were set in an indefinite period of the past «when animals talked like human beings.»

But when you set your goals, it might be wise to remember that old fable of the tortoise and the hare, and buyer beware if you go shopping for a fast weight loss program in today's shady marketplace.

Here's a recent reviews set featuring Anthropologie skirts: Reviews: Tiled Mosaic Shorts, La Festa Pencil Skirt, Holding Horses Denim Pencil Skirt, Burnout Lace Pencil Skirt, Lace Fable Pencil Skirt, Paisley Pencil Skirt And yesterday I covered two rompers in this set.

Cale sets out in search of Titan and the fabled Ice Planet with the help of his friend Korso (voice of Bill Pullman), the beautiful Akima (voice of Drew Barrymore), and a crew of friendly aliens.

The noted Polish actress Ida Kaminska was deservedly nominated for an Oscar for this serio - comic fable, set in Nazi - occupied Czechoslovakia.

The City of Lost Children is a stunningly surreal fantasy, a fable of longing and danger, of heroic deeds and bravery, set in a brilliantly realized world of its own.

Told in a simple way by mostly non actors this little gem resolutely sets out a humanistic fable of our times.

From the Studio: From master story teller, Guillermo del Toro, comes THE SHAPE OF WATER - an other - worldly fable, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962.

The Shape of Water is «an other - worldly fable, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962.

Functioning as an utterly charming take on the classic Beauty and the Beast and Creature from the Black Lagoon fables, the Cold War - set love story focuses on the introverted, reclusive, and sexually inexperienced aforementioned mute Elisa, a cleaner working at a high - security level government facility.

As is frequently the case, the initial premise and the early set - up of bizarre and terrifying events to come work a lot better than the denouement, even if Garland has at least been shrewd enough to keep the viewer guessing about the exact meaning of his weird evolutionary fable (it's adapted from Jeff Vandermeer's novel).

Then it's time for «American Fable,» a film that set social media on fire when it premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival and was shot mostly in the heartland of Illinois.

Set in 1950 in rural Alabama during cotton harvest season, it's a poky fable that takes its sweet time getting to nowhere in particular.

All the director's hallmarks are present: it's a fable, it's set against a socio - political backdrop, and it's about a monster....

In an early sequence in The Rocket, a Laos - set underdog fable by Australian filmmaker Kim Mordaunt, we see our 10 - year - old hero Ahlo (Sitthiphon Disamoe, whose chin is perpetually tilted upward...

It's a fable of morality set in the tundra of America that presents complex characters navigating a complicated world where temptation allows them to slip further into damnation.

Werner Herzog's haunting, fictionalized odyssey set in 1560 tells the tale of a group of Spaniards out to find the fabled city of El Dorado, rumored to have an unlimited wealth of gold.

Rock legends The Eagles helped re-open Los Angeles» fabled Forum venue on Wednesday night (15Jan14) with a hits set featuring original guitarist...

Princess Moana is a daughter of the chief of her tribe, Coming from a long line of navigators she sets off for a fabled island with her hero, the demi God Maui.

The pace is what keeps this generic fable interesting, moving between characters and set pieces in a way to keep it visual fresh.

1969 was an extraordinary year for filmmakers and filmmaking, at least as important as the fabled thoughts and felling about 1939 (also a great year), but this film was subtly groundbreaking and with the rollback of rights, et al, seems as fresh as ever despite being set in the near past.

A watery romance that's a cross between a fable, a fairy tale, and a fantasy, The Shape of Water is both a tribute to old Hollywood and an allegory about those on the margins of society, set in 1960s Baltimore during the height of the Cold War.

With story help from Anderson mainstays Roman Coppola and Jason Schwartzman and new addition Kunichi Nomura, Anderson writes a fable of sorts set 20 years in the future, when canine flu has infected an entire population of dogs, causing manic behavior, weight loss and adorable sneezing.

It's the XXX Cinderella fable, with Linda being swept off her feet by Miami club owner Chuck Traynor (Peter Sarsgaard) and becoming the toast of the porno chic sets, hobnobbing with Sammy Davis Jr. (Ron Prichard) and Hugh Hefner (a smirking James Franco).

Soon after college, director Brad Anderson («Next Stop Wonderland,» «The Machinist») traveled the fabled Trans - Siberian Railway, thinking to himself that the stuffy, smoke - filled train corridors and sleeping cars would provide an ideal setting for a film.

Set within a mystic forest and its surroundings, FOX n FORESTS is a stunning fable offering pixel perfect Retrotainment and rewarding challenges!

Premise: In ancient Oceania in the South Pacific, the young princess Moana Waialiki (voice of Auli'i Cravalho) is a born navigator who sets sail in search of a fabled island.

American Fable — American Fable is a fairytale thriller set in the 1980s rural Midwest about a courageous girl living in a dark and sometimes magical world.

SYNOPSIS: A young woman uses her navigational talents to set sail for a fabled island.

Written by Sharon Osbourne, the stories are reminiscent of familiar fables like «The Tortoise and the Hare,» set in Jake and the Never Land Pirates» world of fun pirate playfulness and daring adventures.

are a set of new, classic, and retold fairytales, fables, myths, rhymes, and tall tales.

Up - to - Date Aesop Encourage students to rewrite one of Aesop's fables using modern language in a modern setting.

work individually or in small groups to translate another of Aesop's traditional fables into a modern setting and modern language.

It's a fable to believe that an untested and undemocratically developed set of frameworks will somehow be the magic bullet for the nation just as the Affordable Care Act was going to transform health care for the better.

If these spyshots are anything to go by, the Alfa Romeo 4C is set to receive the fabled Quadrifoglio Verde makeover, which should involve several aesthetic as well as performance enhancements.

The word «serendipity» was coined by Horace Walpole in the 1740s after reading the fable The Three Princes of Serendip (set in the land of Serendip, now known as Sri Lanka).

Even as Mueenuddin reveals that his stories are set in the present - day, the reader is struck by the timelessness of the stories, as if they were fables.

After more than nineteen months at sea, Adams had reached the fabled island of Japan, where no Englishman had ever before set foot.

It's a fable - like story set in a vaguely medieval world that is actually the near future — sounds complicated, but we have faith that this much - lauded writer will pull off something magical.