Sentences with phrase «from high fantasy»

The series setting is a dark fantasy that is a far cry from the high fantasy of Warcraft or Lord Of The Rings.
Dark Souls III has quite the act to follow, coming off the back of an incredibly successful deviation from high fantasy in...
Disney's The Avengers and Guardians blend the nostalgic, fun sort of action that was prevalent in the mid -»90s with an unapologetic, wide - eyed sense of good and evil that we don't see on screen anymore, apart from high fantasy films and children's cinema.

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It turned out that the company's expertise in generating and displaying complex graphics and getting high fidelity data from point A to point B in fantasy landscapes had a very useful real - world application — helping U.S. military operatives maintain an edge while engaging in ongoing cyber warfare.
creationism is far from an adult theory, its a child like story with fantasy elements based on myth and NO science, we always hear about these crazy people trying to outlaw evolution.But has you stated we have billions of years of evidence, thanks for helping us evolutionists out, unfortunately you have none, just a book, no science, no artifacts, no garden of eden, no bones of adam or eve or even the snake for that matter, no ark, no proof of a biblical flood, no proof of a created world by a higher power, no nothing..
A receiving floor this high is unfair when coupled with Gurley's plethora of fantasy - friendly opportunities on the ground, as he's converted a league - high 18 carries inside the 5 - yard line into a league - high nine touchdowns from that distance.
In the late rounds of the draft, it's often better to take a flier on a fourth or fifth option from a fantasy - friendly, high - powered offensive team than a second option playing with a bunch of plodders.
Sure, check your Instagram feed, see if that chick from high school messaged you back on Facebook (I bet she didn't), or ask your buddy who you should start on your fantasy football team.
A violent fantasy set during the Spanish Civil War, this magical film from Guillermo del Toro manages that intellectual high - mindedness, even as it resonates on a primal, mythic level.
The best - selling novel by J.K. Rowling (titled Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in England, as was this film adaptation) becomes this hotly anticipated fantasy adventure from Chris Columbus, the winner of a high - stakes search for a director to bring the first in a hoped - for franchise of Potter films to the screen by Warner Bros..
A happy surprise: a timely antidote to the comic - book mindlessness of «Spider - Man» and repetitive space fantasy of «Star Wars,» and an encouraging bid from the top of the A-list to once again reach very high and spit in the face of the gutless formula filmmaking that rules Hollywood.
Doctor Strange — an immensely satisfying, light - on - its - feet Marvel fantasy — shows you the Manhattan skyline turn into a giant, rotating Rubik's Cube in IMAX 3 - D at one moment, and at another reminds you somehow of the glowing black - light poster from your high - school bedroom.
These five daughters of the gawky high school math teacher (James Woods) and his sternly religious wife (Kathleen Turner) are all blond and beautiful, ranging in age from 13 to 17, and they are the subject of many private fantasies.
II) angelina jolie (alexander) angelina jolie (bone collector) angelina jolie (tomb raider) angelina jolie (sky captain) tommy lee jones (men in black 2) milla jovovich (he got game) milla jovovich (the messenger) ashley judd (high crimes) ashley judd (de-lovely) glen keane (tarzan animator) diane keaton (something's got ta give) christine keener (being john malkovich) david kelly (waking ned devine) nicole kidman (bewitched) nicole kidman (the hours) nicole kidman (the human stain) nicole kidman (moulin rouge) nicole kidman (stepford wives) ben kingsley (sexy beast) kevin kline (road to el dorado) kevin kline (de-lovely) ashton kutcher (butterfly effect) diane lane (under the tuscan sun) anthony lapaglia (the guys) heath ledger (the patriot) heath ledger (a knight's tale) spike lee (bamboozled) tea leoni (jurassic park 3) ray liotta (identity) jennifer lopez (the cell) jennifer lopez (maid in manhattan) justin long (jeepers creepers) jennifer love hewitt (the tuxedo) jon lovitz (rat race) baz luhrmann (moulin rouge) catherine maccormack (dancing at lughnasa) william h. macy (pleasantville) william h. macy (mystery men) madonna (the next best thing) tobey maguire (pleasantville) tobey maguire (seabiscuit) tobey maguire (spider - man) tobey maguire (spider - man 2) john malkovich (being john malkovich) david mamet (the winslow boy) julianna margulies (what's cooking) julianna margulies (ghost ship / evelyn) garry marshall (director, the runaway bride) steve martin (novocaine) matthew mcconaughey (u-571) ian mckellen (lord of the rings) kel mitchell (mystery men) ming - na (final fantasy) julianne moore (far from heaven) mandy moore (how to deal) viggo mortensen (Hidalgo) carrie - anne moss (the matrix reloaded) frankie muniz (agent cody banks) sam neill (jurassic park 3) thandie newton (besieged, MI: 2) jack nicholson (about schmidt) jack nicholson (something's got ta give) nick nolte (the good thief) nick nolte (the hulk) edward norton (keeping the faith) edward norton (red dragon) frances o'connor (a.i. artificial intelligence) chris o'donnell (vertical limit) haley joel osment (a.i. artificial intelligence) peter o'toole (troy) gwyneth paltrow (bounce)
The high - concept premise of «The Boss Baby,» a borderline - cute, suffocatingly creepy kiddie fantasy from DreamWorks Animation, continually violates what were once inviolable laws of the universe.
-- proved himself adept at any genre he turned his hand to, from the action sci - fi of Escape From New York (1981), to the science fiction romance of Starman (1984), to the high - comedy fantasy of Big Trouble In Little China (19from the action sci - fi of Escape From New York (1981), to the science fiction romance of Starman (1984), to the high - comedy fantasy of Big Trouble In Little China (19From New York (1981), to the science fiction romance of Starman (1984), to the high - comedy fantasy of Big Trouble In Little China (1986).
Porco Rosso (Disney, Blu - ray) is Miyazaki's fantasy of a loner flying ace, a World War I hero who lives in isolation on an island in the Adriatic Sea and patrols the skies on a personal mission to keep them safe from high - flying sky pirates in an imaginary post-World War I Italy.
The latest Marvel Studios film aims high with more fantasy and increased stakes, but a mediocre villain prevents it from reaching the next level.
Watch the latest movie trailer for the upcoming fantasy film «Beastly» by director Daniel Barnz (Phoebe in Wonderland, The Cutting Room) and starring Neil Patrick Harris (The Best and the Brightest, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay), Vanessa Hudgens (Sucker Punch, High School Musical 3), Mary - Kate Olsen (The Wackness, Weeds), Alex Pettyfer (Entertainment Tonight, Tormented), Peter Krause (Dirty Sexy Money) and Lisa Gay Hamilton.
Released: February 16 Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong «o, Danai Gurira Director: Ryan Coogler (Creed) Why it's great: Coogler's deft balancing of a high - tech spy gadgetry, ceremonial palace intrigue, fantasy action mayhem, and subversive political critique is unparalleled in the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe that Black Panther springs from.
Blunt and two - dimensional, even by revenge - fantasy standards, the film made us nostalgic for better treatments of the revenge theme, from the high art of Hamlet to the dirty thrills of Kill Bill.
There are a series of fantasy sequences where Simon imagines his gay online friend as this or that kid from school, a Halloween party with Simon and BFF Leah (Langford) dressed as John and Yoko, and we figure out this Georgia high school has parents hip enough to not mind swearing in front of the kids and not strict enough to care when those kids come home from that party drunk.
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Even World of Warcraft, the silverback gorilla of the genre and the closest competitor to ESO in terms of high - fantasy MMORPGs made by top developers, has played around with free - to - play offerings from time to time.
When the studio departed from the type of high - spirited hijinks that headlined many of their successful»60s and»70s films in favor of somber realism and darker fantasy in the 1980s, they closed a chapter that many remember fondly.
Veep redirects the crackling verbal fireworks of The West Wing from Aaron Sorkin's liberal high dudgeon to the pure cynicism of likability indices, brand images, news cycles, and gaffes, and the comedy comes off because it's The West Wing, not Veep, that now seems like the Hollywood fantasy.
Step 4: Do pay attention to the hilarious performance by Reno 911 «s Thomas Lennon, as Mike's former geeky high school friend, now a multi-millionaire software designer with a penchant for all things fantasyfrom Star Wars to Lord of the Rings.
That rawness ratchets the emotional stakes even higher as the movie tap dances its way out of downtown L.A. and into the realm of the surreal, a fantasy where the lovers float away from their cares, Fred and Ginger style, at least for a few hours, before tumbling back down to the earth.
Those leaders will no longer be able to maintain the fantasy of high - school educators floating from classroom to classroom like Mary Poppins because of their love of children while at the same time haggling over pay, benefits, and working conditions as if they were automobile workers.
The lofty goals, such as attaining a high school graduation rate of 90 percent and eliminating drugs and violence from all American schools, remain in the realm of fantasy.
The fantasy that in some bygone era U.S. test scores were higher has prevented us from acknowledging other possible explanations for America's technological, scientific, and cultural preeminence.
Jennifer tends to shy away from rhyming picture books, historical fiction and high fantasy, although she's willing to make exceptions.
Still, Moore's casting of a gay teen hero in a high - concept fantasy marks an significant expansion of GLBTQ literature into genres that reflect teens» diverse reading interests; given the mainstream popularity of comics - inspired tales, the «average, ordinary, gay teen superhero» who comes out and saves the world will raise cheers from within the GLBTQ community and beyond.
HIGH - DEMAND BACKSTORY: Hand's Unearthly series was a best - seller, and though this is a departure from her usual fantasy fare, her many fans will likely be eager to get their hands on this one, too.
For readers of fantasy books, comics, novels, news reviews on a variety of fantasy books from several genres: fantasy, high fantasy, dark...
Years ago, branded websites for publishers — from then - Big Six down to the lowest author penning his serialized high fantasy ebooks — to be able to sell their titles without the need for a middle man were all the rage at the big publishing conferences, but the fact of the matter is, they didn't work.
Part of this is because I have a readership now (though we'll see how many follow me from secondary world high fantasy to a contemporary fantasy set in Arizona!)
For readers of fantasy books, comics, novels, news reviews on a variety of fantasy books from several genres: fantasy, high fantasy, dark fantasy, sword and sorcery, sci - fi fantasy.
My new high fantasy Thieves & Wizards is available from Amazon.
Sound: 8 Great voice acting from both the units and the narrator that all fit in with the high fantasy theme.
Petty cites everything from heavy metal album covers, high fantasy comic art and 15th Century painter Heironymus Bosch as inspiration for Brütal Legend «s heavily stylized characters and landscapes.
Aside from the story sailing the high seas is the greatest part of the game, following in the wake of Black Flag's outstanding pirate fantasy.
The dialogue and writing are firmly entrenched in the realms of typical High Fantasy, and I have to say that as an avid reader of fantasy I honestly through I'd gotten away from that style of speech years ago.
Edge of Eternity's early chapters focus on Daryon and Selen: two soldiers in a high - fantasy world, making their way through a cave to shelter themselves from a deadly snowstorm.
The game has a science - fantasy air about it, mashing tribal elements, various old - style melee weapons and armor carved from the bones of your enemies with all sorts of high - tech buildings and abilities with a distinct sci - fi aesthetic defining the visual direction.
On the other hand, I feel very good at all fantasy styles, from dark to «high».
In a simulated Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG) setting, players find that they are trapped within the game and must explore and defeat enemies until they reach the highest levels of Aincrad to beat the game and free themselves from the fantasy world.
While the game is no technical powerhouse, with rough edges and blurry textures in abundance, the art - team have been hard at work to give Darksiders II a unique stylised look that borrows heavily in places from classic high - fantasy and to create massive environments with a wonderous sense of scale to them, giving the entirety of Death's journey a grandiose feeling that many other games are lacking.
While recent Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC release The Lord of the Rings: War in the North doesn't quite trounce Snowblind's previous accomplishments, the title offers enough high - fantasy themed action to warrant a purchase from any player hoping to quash Sauron's mounting regime.
The first was a Way of the Samurai title, and the second was Luminous Arc Infinity, which looks like a high fantasy RPG, from Marvellous Entertainment.
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