Sentences with phrase «focuses on characters who»

As well, the game focuses on characters who work in the Japanese entertainment industry, which is a major part of anime both in real life and in many anime series themselves.

Focusing on a character who leaves a corporate job to live a quieter life in the country, Stardew Valley is a game in a similar vein to those of Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing.

Each of the four segments of the film focuses on a character who Tom and Gerri care for in some way but the main character who features throughout the film is Gerri's work colleague and friend Mary (Lesley Manville).

Based off a premise proposed on Smith's podcast with producer Scott Mosier in which a man gets turned into a walrus, «Tusk» alludes to its origins by focusing on a character who runs a loudmouthed podcast himself.

In fact, I think it's a stronger story to focus on the characters who were involved in the Underground Railroad, such as Lumbly and Martin and Royal.

Not exact matches

«If we just focus on being the best we can be and bringing our best character to the table, we actually can take people who weren't attracted to us five minutes ago and turn them into people who suddenly can't get us out of their minds,» Hussey said.

Groups of young friends who go to see some of the more death - focused horror films in vogue of late will routinely take bets on which stock character will face a grisly end soonest, as when viewing the Final Destination series» a film series that is, essentially, the apex of the set - piece disaster horror movie as orchestrated by MacGyver.

Right now the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada is conducting a major study of the public character of theological education, with a special focus on how seminaries can educate leaders who take their public role seriously.

This list is limited to those that focus mainly on Jesus» life story as told in the Gospels; thus, it does not include films about characters who are only peripherally connected to Jesus, such as Ben - Hur (1925, 1959).

Oakeshott consistently focused both on the essence of the activity (poetry, philosophy, liberal learning) and on the character of the individual who engages in it.

Throughout my career, I have been focused a lot on characters who have flaws, who aren't even necessarily Christian.

His role, it seems to me, is essentially that of a sentinel (Ezekiel chapter 33) who foresees approaching events and gives warning before the situation reaches the pitch of tragedy, takes on a massive character or becomes the focus of passions.

She is a licensed child and adolescent psychotherapist who has focused her work on helping kids grow in confidence, character, and creativity, using a child - centered approach to therapy.

Nor will the Conservatives like attention being focused on all the cheques written out to them by bankers and hedgies, characters who right now are about as popular as paedophiles.

If you're looking to stop dating around and settle down, focus on the one who shows more solid character, even if you're less drawn to him physically.»

The site uses a questionnaire that analyzes 29 character traits and matches you accordingly — there's a commendable focus on personality rather than looks alone here — and while the signup process is admittedly lengthy, you'll be browsing comprehensive profiles of women who are serious about dating once you're in — no time - wasters or ghosters here!

The 3:47 «Meet Katie» focuses on the story of the furry little yak who just steals her scenes in the film, as the creators talk about the development of the character from a background drawing to full - fledged cult hero.

next we have season 3 which got a little back on track with the characters and focus and then the writers do the most horrible thing to their story, kill Elle, who was probably one of the most interesting characters next to syler and Angela.

The script is phoned in and rather than focus on the Autobots like in the cartoon the film focuses on the poorly written human characters who aren't that interesting.

«The Color Purple» focuses on the character of Celie, a woman cruelly treated by the world, a shy, frightened little creature whose life is consists mostly of eluding the men who want to rape and beat her.

An acoustic - based, late - night journey focusing on social and political bummers and characters who've been battered by life.

Very much a character study, with most of the focus mostly on Bjorn Borg (played by Sverrir Gudnason)-- notably, the film was titled Borg in Sweden — and his meticulous, robotlike preparation pitted against the wild - child spirit of John McEnroe, who was seemingly perfectly stunt cast with real - life powder keg Shia LaBeouf.

Yet, «Kung Fu Panda 2» is at its finest when focusing on the internal churn of the characters, watching Po and even Tigress (who's warming up to her rotund partner) come to terms with their fractured past, helping them achieve the special yin - yang balance of inner peace needed to defeat Shen.

«But when we're filling a director chair or chairs, we want people who are focused on the emotional journey, the humor, the surprising twists and turns of a singular character journey, which is what Captain Marvel is,» Feige added.

The focus is on a protagonist character, an assassin, who usually wears a hooded outfit, which became the focus of their latest marketing campaign for AC: Revelations.

Predictability and limited character development make for a disappointing ride that focused more on the kaleidoscope portals and dimensions instead of who the heck was in them or conjuring them.

mmm... a protagonist who complete dominates a long film to the detriment of context and the other players in the story (though the abolitionist, limping senator with the black lover does gets close to stealing the show, and is rather more interesting than the hammily - acted Lincoln); Day - Lewis acts like he's focused on getting an Oscar rather than bringing a human being to life - Lincoln as portrayed is a strangely zombie character, an intelligent, articulate zombie, but still a zombie; I greatly appreciate Spielberg's attempt to deal with political process and I appreciate the lack of «action» but somehow the context is missing and after seeing the film I know some more facts but very little about what makes these politicians tick; and the lighting is way too stylised, beautiful but unremittingly unreal, so the film falls between the stools of docufiction and costume drama, with costume drama winning out; and the second subject of the film - slavery - is almost complete absent (unlike Django Unchained) except as a verbal abstraction

Written and directed by master filmmaker Jia Zhangke (The World, Still Life), «one of the best and most important directors in the world» (Richard Brody, The New Yorker), this daring, poetic and grand - scale film focuses on four characters, each living in different provinces, who are driven to violent ends.

The film is entitled Ex Machina and focuses on three characters who spend several days together in a secluded home.

Clearly, the fault isn't in the stars but in a storyline that focuses on Greg at the expense of two equally interesting characters who often feel more like moons circling Greg's planet than fully defined people in their own right.

The decisions this season have been very focused on the characters, who - after the events of the first season - are all seeking Jesse's approval.

According to Deadline, Universal is quickly preparing a spinoff that will focus on the characters played by Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who were most recently seen in the Fate of the Furious movie.

That approach includes focusing the spotlight on Evans» character (who leads a rebellion aboard a futuristic train that houses much of humanity in the film's wintery dystopian setting), in order to better utilize his star power as a selling point - in addition to emphasizing the movie's action beats, as accompanied by the expected dramatic musical cues in the post-Inception age of trailers.

I myself worked on a piece for Premiere magazine focusing on the event from the perspective of David Breashears, who made the IMAX film «Everest» (1998) and who appears as a minor character here.

The not - entirely - sympathetic central character aside, the movie also deserves recognition for its unexpectedly intimate focus on Vinny's close - knit Rhode Island brood (whose outrageousness Younger claims to have toned down for the movie), from his devout Catholic mother Louise (Katey Sagal) who can't bear to watch his fights to his fiancé - berating sister.

He focuses on four main characters: idealistic urban planner Steve (Campbell Scott); independent - minded environmentalist Linda (Kyra Sedgwick), whom Steve falls for; and would - be rockstar Cliff (Matt Dillon) and peppy design student Janet (Bridget Fonda), who live in Steve's apartment complex.

Based on real characters and events, this haunting drama focuses on the personal sacrifice of a Prague history student, Jan Palach, who set himself on fire in protest against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1969.

In Porco, however, the film focuses on a Humphrey Bogart - like seaplane pilot who, although afflicted with a curious porcine curse, is nevertheless the central character.

These scenarios focused on a brand new character named Andy who was Mason's neighbor and found himself in the town after sneaking into the back of Harry's jeep.

Just last week, Amazon gave a full series order to Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan, a new series focusing on the recurring CIA analyst character who has been played by the likes of Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, Ben Affleck and Chris Pine on the big screen.

By focusing on the people who made the movies, these spoofs managed to avoid, intentionally or unintentionally, any real analysis of the films their characters made.

This time, the focus is on teenage Pio (Pio Amato), a minor character in the previous film, who becomes the man of the house after his father and older brother are both jailed for stealing electricity.

There are multiple plot threads ranging from ones focused on both past and present mysteries of the healing facility, drama regarding the parents of Lockhart and his difficult upbringing, the treatments themselves, and the character of Hannah (who is the most fascinating character in the picture).

The story is a vague, world is ending and we need to save it mess, and it does have that old time standard of characters involved in massive, life altering events who seem oblivious to the scope, instead focused on the mundane and adolescent interactions that most characters have.

Over 3,000 actors auditioned to play Han Solo in Disney's upcoming Star Wars spin - off film focusing on the iconic character's younger years, but it was 26 - year - old Alden Ehrenreich — a rising star, but not a household name yet — who bagged the massive role in July 2016.

The character focus is on the differences between Nelson, who has never seen war firsthand and Dostum, who has been fighting the Taliban as part of the Northern Alliance.

It helps to be familiar with Edward St. Aubyn «s novels focusing on the title character, an aristocratic playboy who struggles with substance abuse and childhood trauma.

While you'll certainly find nefarious organizations and individuals who want to do this evil or commit that atrocity, the story generally focuses on the relationships between the characters.

This trailer focuses on Boyega's character, who got mixed up in all the chaos.

While there are no details for the film's plot yet, the cast is filled with characters who are either political allies, or rivals to T'Challa's King, making it appear as if Black Panther will be a deeply political film that will focus on the Wakandan court.