Sentences with phrase «for film books»

Indeed, recalling Britton's discussion of the importance of determining «the sakes» of a film, scholars scouring university libraries and online scholarly databases for film books and essays also need to be discriminating the sakes of academic scholarship.

Not exact matches

In April, Nokia said it helped Disney create special video extras for The Jungle Book, including 360 - degree video interviews with the film's cast.

As has become standard for bankable intellectual property (see the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises), the book is being split into two films, the first of which, An Unexpected Journey, will arrive in time for Christmas.

It may be early in the show's run, but Colbert is already setting a precedent for booking guests beyond the traditional circle of Hollywood elite pitching their film and television projects.

According to 2009's «The Little Book of Curses and Maledictions for Everyday Use,» by Dawn Rae Downton, the actor who played Superman as an infant in the 1978 film, Lee Quigley, died at age 14 from inhalant abuse.

Analysts knew the film version of the book would do well, but they didn't quite expect this: The Hunger Games raked in US$ 152.5 million on its opening weekend, the third - best for any movie, ever.

The book was a best - seller, and Harrison worked on the script for an Oscar - nominated 1994 film of the same name starring Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn.

From the moment it was announced, fans of the books had high expectations for the «Fifty Shades» film adaptations.

While the top 20 most downloaded films included some prestigious movies like 12 Years a Slave (at number 10) and Gravity (at number four), the majority of the most pirated flicks were largely big blockbuster franchises, adapted from books — Divergent, Hunger Games: Catching Fire and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — superhero sequels and reboots like Godzilla and Robocop, although Excipio was unclear as to how many of the more than 29 million illegal downloads were for the»87 original.

Jeffrey Ma was a key player toward the end of the team's run, and is the basis for the lead characters in both Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down the House and the 2008 film adaptation, 21.

A 207 seat theatre capable of screening 16 mm and 35 mm films is available for private bookings at the Alexander Library Building.

Kirk discusses how he uses social media to capture a fan base for his brand and to get his books made into a feature film.

You have not seen this costume in a movie on film before, and for a comic book fan, it was mind bending.

Filmmaker Scott Derrickson's adaptation of the Doctor Strange comic book has an interesting combination of elements: a starring role from Benedict Cumberbatch, one of Marvel's creepiest characters and Derrickson's penchant for bringing elements of Christianity into his films.

Obviously, it's not the first time the book has been adapted for the big - screen: At the time, the 1927 version was one of the most acclaimed films ever made.

She calls this film a «valiant effort,» and has written a tie - in devotional book to the film for Christian moms.

An entire industry of books and films has blossomed in the red soil of the American Christian persecution complex, with the first «Gods» Not Dead» installment caricaturing and vilifying atheists and the second set to expose liberal efforts to «expel God from the classroom once and for all.»

But not just any meal: This one was being filmed as a pilot for a reality TV show based on Tammy Hotsenpiller's book, «Taste of Humanity» — which she described as an attempt to «bring cultures together through cuisine.»

Traces of those fascinations appear throughout this book (although there is no mention of his enthusiasm for the modern literary knighthood of superheroes and science fiction films).

I had reduced the texts I encountered — books, poetry, films — to great mountains of useless shale, through which ran a few veins of useful ore, raw materials for my current project.

A month ago, Miller announced that plans for the film version of the book had been scrapped because filmmakers couldn't get enough funding.

Following the release of the film, the debate stirred up by the book was reignited, fueled by competing clues: For example, in both the book and the film, Ferreira's appeals to Rodrigues to apostatize are rhetorically persuasive, but when Rodrigues actually steps on Christ's face, a cock crows.

Despite all modern advances, however, in this book I will reserve the use of «language» for speech, ignoring the language of gestures, mime, and film.

Though the books and film adaptations continue remain popular in certain circles, other evangelicals criticize the rapture mindset for fostering an escapist mentality toward the world rather than a desire for its redemption.

The first crisp autumn days, the cheer of the football stands, flirting with a classmate: It's all fun and games, good for TV and film, but hard on parents» pocket books and increasingly out of step with our economy.

The latter is an annotated list of library materials — books, pamphlets, articles, films, and filmstrips — for use in alcohol and alcoholism education.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (12A) Tolkien's source book contains no significant female characters, but since one was invented for this film (along with half of the plot), that's no excuse for not finding another.

These fundamentalists detect an anti-Christian value system in the media, and counsel a return to religious fundamentals, which often include proscriptions against dancing, movies, plays and rock concerts, attempts at censorship of media — especially films, television and books — and encouraging participation in church social events as a substitute for secular culture offerings.

This is my favorite quote of the chapter... maybe even the whole book: «If we're more opposed, for instance, to what we take to be «bad language» and nude scenes and films about gay people than we are to people being blown up, starved to death, deprived of life - saving medicine, or tortured, our offendedness is out of whack.»

It's pretty impossible for a movie to get made, and there are many stories that don't make it into a book or a film or a television show.

Bestselling author of books including Faults in Our Stars and Paper Towns (both of which have been adapted into films), John Green, recently tweeted his support for helping refugees, citing his own faith and the teachings of Jesus.

Bestselling author of books including Faults in Our Stars and Paper Towns (both of which have been adapted into films), John Green, recently tweeted his support for helping refugees, citing...

Definition of CULT 1: formal religious veneration: worship 2: a system of religious beliefs and ritual; also: its body of adherents 3: a religion regarded as unorthodox or spurious; also: its body of adherents 4: a system for the cure of disease based on dogma set forth by its promulgator 5a: great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement, or work (as a film or book); especially: such devotion regarded as a literary or intellectual fad b: the object of such devotion c: a usually small group of people characterized by such devotion

Here's a very fine essay criticizing the Coen Brother's film for omitting so much from the original Charles Portis book and adding so much also.

With film, I typically use provia 400x e6 for color, and kodak 3200 b / w - then scan whatever I want to use (if it is going to print / book project), sometimes I'm lazy and just use the low - res scans I get from the lab if a shot is going to go online.

When we were shooting the book trailer for Simply Vibrant, we took some time to film a few process cooking videos for some of our favorite recipes in the book.

The things that annoy me most in a film / book are characters that I find unbelievable (when the intention is for them to be believable) and when a character behaves or talks in a way that doesn't fit the personality that the writer has created.

The actor is set to star in a film directed by veteran stunt coordinator Nick Powell (The Bourne Identity, X-Men: The Last Stand, Cinderella Man), which centers on Frank Walsh (Cage), a big game hunter for zoos who has booked passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white jaguar.

The continuing storyline of comic book series is what has drawn her to writing for TV and film.

It's like a little film and after I saw the ad I got upset that I can not make such good ads for my books.

The half hour animated film based on the much - loved children's picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler is a beautiful portrayal of the book telling the tale of the happy go lucky father's epic journey across the seasons to make it home in time for Christmas.

Possible themes for a baby shower could take their inspiration from a favourite book, musical, film or television series.

Love love love the book and can't wait for the film!

She producer of several birth related films and is the author of many books and articles on birth for both parents and professionals.

Most kids prefer the film for family movie entertainment shows despite the abundance of other kids» movies inspired by various comic books.

For LGBT families, it's often hard to find family representation in films, books, TV shows, and, yes, music.

She has produced several birth - related films and is the author of many books and articles on birth for both parents and professionals.

My local library also offers some cool services for adults like lectures, art film nights, book clubs and more.

Laptops are allowed in the Italian Parliament, where MPs have recently been filmed variously surfing scantily - clad young women, and, on another occasion, making bookings for an upcoming holiday.

For their prizes, each was given a branded VFL Ghana bag containing; an android kiddy tablet, 10 exercise books, an Ewe — English Dictionary, Epistles to my Bubune (collections of letters), The Bloody Ingrate (story book), Nsempiisms (A collection of poetry, storytelling and satire), Love brewed in the African Pot (Africa's sensational film hit — Now a comic strip), This is Ghana (Tourism book), a food flask, a cutlery set, a portable radio set and a watch.