Sentences with phrase «fictional tale»

For a scary, fictional tale of supernatural events, check out The Others.

There isn't a single fictional tale out there more terrifying than the true stories we read about today.

Instead, it is a well - scripted fictional tale, and all of the family members are actors.

From informative nonfiction reads to silly fictional tales, this list separated by grade level will help kids — and adults — stay on top of their reading.

The cult of Christianity started from fictional tales too.

Like most creative writers, Woodward has a vivid imagination that crafts fictional tales for the entertainment of others.

The Alchemist is the popular fictional tale of a boy named Santiago whose quest takes him from southern Spain to the treacherous deserts of northern Africa in search of a treasure that comes to him in a dream.

The Book of Henry may be dividing some critics, but we found it to be a thoroughly engaging fictional tale of a sad fact of life.

Almost Famous is a mostly fictional tale, but it's often fiction that can reveal the greatest truths: and Cameron Crowe's film is one of the most honest and warm - hearted coming - of - age tales around.

How can fictional tales sometimes distort our understanding of natural consequences for behavior?

From business and career - focused reads to science fiction adventures and thrilling fictional tales, the books I recommend are varied in their applicability and value.

Antoniades tells me that he was inspired by the movie Fargo for this idea, which famously opens with the message «This is a true story» despite being an entirely fictional tale.

We could argue that their books were written by several different authors over a period of several decades, all of whom had competing interests and goals, most of which involve self - advancing propaganda and fictional tales of the supposed author's life and ideas.

I just can't believe anybody seriously believes these fictional tales written by Early Man.

With all the religious nuts and sectarian violence in this world, it's good to see some believe in themselves rather than fictional tales...

It's based on a fictional tale based on a real Saint.

He's based on a fictional tale about the St Nicolas who was likely of Greek Origin, and also Olive skinned living in the area that is currently Turkey.

No biblical Adam and no biblical Eve makes the book of Genesis another fictional tale devised by the Jewish scribes for telling around the campfires.

well - put however any thinking person should arrive at the same conclusion without all the numbers; the Bible is a fictional tale

Thereafter, in this fictional tale of a holiday miracle, he and his team are transformed

The bureau sent identical samples of milk powder contaminated with cadmium to 21 reputable analytical laboratories around Europe, and the answers ranged between the two extremes mentioned in the fictional tale.

The use of a fictional tale based on questionable science is not debating «based on the principles of science».

Set near the end of the 19th Century in Vienna, this is a fictional tale based on a short story that inserts itself into some fictionalized retellings of actual events.

Ripped from the headlines, keenly researched and carefully crafted, this fictional tale has near - universal resonance although some viewers may find it forbiddingly French in that talk, talk and more talk is as plentiful as are distinctive characters and punchy imagery.

Still, you definitely have seen this movie in the sense that we all have because this is as generic as any fictional tale of a singer's rise.

This fictional tale about emotional breakdowns and embittered family relationships is one we've seen played out time and time again in real life.

Zhao tells a fictional tale of horse trainer and rodeo cowboy Brady Blackburn (Brady Jandreau) in the Badlands of South Dakota who attempts to redefine his life after a near fatal head injury.

The fictional tale, which also stars Domhnall Gleeson and Maggie Gyllenhaal, was inspired by charismatic performers including Manchester comedian Frank Sidebottom.

And Trouble With The Curve is a fictional tale about the trails of being a baseball scout.

It told the fictional tale of a ship taken over by Somali pirates, and the psychological toll it takes on both the hostages and company negotiating for the ship and the lives of the men on board.

This tells the fictional tale of Benjamin Martin (Gibson, Chicken Run), a former war hero with a sordid past who is reluctant to take up the cause of his brethren in fighting the British during the Revolutionary War.

Julianne Moore (Game Change, Crazy Stupid Love) stars as Kingston, PA, high school English teacher Linda Sinclair, an introverted «spinster» who lives so much in the fictional tales of others that she barely has a life of her own.

Without Nolte to hold it together, the film would have been a shambles, with an uninteresting story and an underlying «cycle - of - violence» voice - over narrative, which makes the film seem more like a Public Service Announcement than a fictional tale.

DICK is the fictional tale of two fifteen year old girls on a class trip in Washington DC in 1973 become unwittingly witness to the real - life Watergate scandal.

The Life of David Gale, the fictional tale of a capital punishment abolitionist trapped on death row, is director Alan Parker's latest film, and after a long relationship with composer Trevor Jones, Parker turned to his sons to score the film.

You'll find plenty of informational texts here, but there are some fictional tales as well, and even a few poetry books (this is the language arts issue, after all).

I have some familiarity with the artists who populate this fictional tale and I think he did a great job of bringing them to life as characters in this amusing mystery.

Barbara was inspired by Michael Crichton's writings, such as Jurassic Park, where he used a foundation of science for a fictional tale.»

Ringgold authored and illustrated this fictional tale of an important period in American history.

«Long Stories», the Swiss artist's latest exhibition at Jan Kaps, comes accompanied by a fictional tale, written by Theresa Patzschke, which speaks of love, loss and mundanity, and the seemingly innocuous decisions that lead us to each.

Santos de Shafter is based on a fictional tale of a saint from Shafter, Texas.

Inspired by Chilean novelist Roberto Bolaño's 1980 novella Antwerp, Peñalosa sought to see the city through the lens of his book during her two - month stay, finding correlation between a fictional tale of fleeing animals and those individuals forced to flee their homes, in Antwerp or elsewhere.

Making the move from mobile devices to the desktop would mean the fictional tale portrayed by Joaquin Phoenix in «Her» has potential to be real.

Even though it might have been the inspiration for a fictional tale about a blood - thirsty vampire that doesn't exist, I probably still wouldn't want to spend a night there.