Sentences with phrase «fictional tales of»

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Not exact matches

Much of your argument such as I've seen, for your sky fairy (and I really think that is an appropriate term for your obviously fictional deity with all the self - contradictory tales about it in the bible), really seems to consist of a combination of willed ignorance and arguments from ignorance.

• Patrick Leigh Fermor, The Violins of Saint - Jacques: No one in the twentieth century wrote more magnificent English, or prose of a purer purple; but, while his travel memoirs are now more widely appreciated than ever, his only novel (or novella, really) tends to be overlooked — a deftly constructed, economically proportioned, perfectly satisfying little tale about the small twilight world of a fictional French Caribbean island on its last day.

The Bible is full of fairy tales and should only be taken as a piece of literature of great importance just as the Odyssey is, but it shouldn't be used to govern one's life, much less to help build a relationship with the biggest fictional and ever - changing character in human history.

Meanwhile, Mormonism is sweeping the earth, just as Joseph prophesied it would in 1830 when he released his fictional tale called the Book of Mormon...

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.

So your counter argument to someone who doesn't believe in god is a completely fictional fairy tale off the top of your head highlighting the response an atheist might have to a hypothetical, yet completely improbable event?

Followers of some fictional fairy tale / mythical being and his pimp / representative here on Earth.

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

The fictional Iron Man exoskeleton debuted in Tales of Suspense # 39 in 1963 and was conceived, designed, created, and piloted by «world's greatest engineer» Tony Stark.

Discover the tale of each girl and Yaoi, primarily known as boys» love in Japan, is a Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically marketed for a female audience and usually created by female authors.

The pace is occasionally glacial, and there were moments when I was as impatient as the (fictional) Dr. Simon Jordan (Edward Holcroft, Wolf Hall) for Grace to get to the point of her long and twisted tale.

Hayao Miyazaki brings together the engineer Jiro Horikoshi and the author Tatsuo Hori, who lived during the time of the story of THE WIND RISES to create Jiro, a fictional character at the center of an epic tale of love, perseverance, and the challenges of living and making choices in a turbulent world

«Almost Famous» (2000) Crowe's been consistently unafraid to draw from his own experiences, but his epic «Almost Famous» is certainly his most autobiographical work, telling the tale of how, as an underage high - schooler, he ended up working at Rolling Stone magazine (in this case, covering fictional band Stillwater), falling in love, and coming of age.

Based on the Marvel comic book of the same name, Disney's Big Hero 6 is a 3D computer animated movie that tells the tale of a robotics prodigy kid and his adorable robot companion trying to capture a technological terrorist in the fictional city of San Fransokyo.

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

But the real «whether» that has yet to be predicted for this tale is whether or not audiences — especially those who live in storm ravaged areas — will want to pay money to see a fictional version of terrifying events that may have already struck too close to home.

In a departure from his formula wise - guy character that early»80s audiences were accustomed to, Eddie Murphy stars in this modern romantic fairy tale as twenty - one year old Prince Akeem, heir to the rich, fictional, African kingdom of Zamunda.

A sweeping tale of changing times in Scotland in the early 20th century, Terence Davies's new film Sunset Song centers around a farm girl Chris Guthrie (Agyness Deyn) in the fictional rural town of Kinraddie near Aberdeen.

But now, with key new scenes of Roberta Sparrow (aka Grandma Death) and chapter headings to correspond to the fictional textbook in the movie (The Philosophy of Time Travel), Donnie Darko is organized in such a way that new and old audiences can get a better idea as to what's happening in this rich tale of a young man and his personal search for God.

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.

We compiled many of the flicks that are headed to theaters this year that are based off of a novel, be it a true story or a fantastical (and obviously fictional) tale.

Set in the fictional Californian neighbourhood of Gordita Beach in 1970 (the year PTA was born, incidentally), Inherent Vice is the tale of the shambolic private investigator Larry «Doc» Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix), an inveterate dopesmoker — or «hippie scum», if you prefer the analysis meted out by his LAPD nemesis, Det. Christian «Bigfoot» Bjornsen (Josh Brolin, on magnificent form).

The tale is fictional, but the events, from the fall of the Third Reich to the Kennedy - era Cold War are real, and their fine - tuned depiction gives an air of both gravitas and authenticity to this cautionary tale.

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

Of course, there has to be a fictional Hollywood take on the true story as well, and Oliver Stone has taken it upon himself to dramatize Snowden's tale, enlisting Joseph Gordon Levitt to play the whistle blower.

If not, Stephen Gaghan's Gold is a fanciful, fictional retelling of a story about Wall Street greed and hubris that is happy to take the cautionary tale and gild it with Hollywood glitz.

As said in a fictional HBO Sports broadcast during the film,» people find hope in the tales of their heroes» - this one happens to be his dad.

Unfortunately, the tale of woe spun here isn't merely a fictional drama but an actual account of an American Dream deferred.

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

Since this is based on a true story, resorting to fictional characters serves to lessen the intensity of a tale that could've been quite compelling.

«Isle of Dogs» tells the tale of a fictional island off the coast of Japan.

Downfall Oliver Hirschbiegel's tale of madmen and monsters is perhaps the definitive fictional account of the final days of the Third Reich.

In the past decade, Anderson has taken us from on board an eccentric oceanographer's submarine while he seeks revenge on a glow - in - the - dark shark, to a luxury train travelling across India whilst three brothers seek spiritual enlightenment, to the tale of an anthropomorphic fox as he outsmarts three dim - witted farmers, and then to a fictional island off the coast of New England where two love - struck teenagers decide to elope after meeting at an amateur performance of Noye's Fludde.

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.

This (completely fictional) tale of an Edo - era painter recounts his visit to the modern era.