Sentences with phrase «in a suburban setting of»

It's no secret that Valve's co-op shooter is clearly an influence here, as you lock - and - load with a group of 3 other people and attempt to fend off an alien invasion in a suburban setting of quaint houses and sleepy side - streets.

Not exact matches

Westfield Group looks set to offload its stake in two major shopping centres in suburban Perth just days after it was given the green light to increase ownership of the Karrinyup centre.

Set in and around a suburban backyard, it illustrates why space travelers experience time more slowly than we do back on earth with the help of a bowl of popcorn, a minivan, homegrown special effects and a hand - drawn diagrams.

The assumptions of cutthroat libertarianism were so embedded in the worldview of these lucky newcomers that they spoke as though the victims of tech - fueled displacement and gentrification had chosen to live in poverty and squalor, just as they themselves chose to learn to code, chose a management - track job at a major corporation, and chose to set themselves up for a comfortable upper - middle - class suburban life.

Indeed, an argument could be made that at no time since the First Great Awakening have so many churches of disparate denominational, theological and stylistic approaches been so united in terms of their music: one can now walk into old - line Pentecostal churches, small - town evangelical congregations, mall - like suburban megachurches, and many a mainline Protestant sanctuary across the country on any given Sunday morning and hear the same hymns and choruses done in approximately the same musical styles, with similar settings and instrumentation.

They might begin with a specific set of people, be they dissatisfied suburban housewives in the 1950s, start - up entrepreneurs in the 1990s, or high school boys who think they are girls, but the expansion beyond the group and into the common good soon follows.

There are precious few schools following this model, but American society would benefit from more of them, and from their being more accessible to a wider socioeconomic demographic range in urban, suburban, and rural settings.»

Denise Burks of Naperville, Illinois has set off on an amazing adventure through the ins and outs of suburban life through the eyes of the women that are immersed in it.

Deerfield also was among the first suburban park districts to set aside a dog - only space, in Jaycee Park, 1026 Wilmot Rd. And its park district / school district cooperative after - school program shows how local governments can support the needs of families where both parents work.

Trailside also serves as the visitor center to the Blue Hills, the state's largest swath of protected land in a suburban / urban setting.

For a whole host of reasons (reasons that are best suited being listed in an answer to a different question), conservatives congregate in suburban and rural settings.

A variety of affordable transit options such as public transit, taxis, car shares, cycling, and safe pedestrian pathways is critical for residents of Erie County to engage in a wide variety of community activities across urban, suburban, and rural settings.

Committee Chair Rev. Kinzer Pointer and other committee members are joining us here this afternoon, and I thank them for the work the Committee is doing in urban, suburban and rural settings to fully engage individuals in poverty or at - risk of being in poverty.

The area also includes the Staten Island Ferry terminal and has a slightly more urban, sometimes even hip, feel than other parts of the decidedly suburban borough: A major waterfront revitalization project will include «MRKTPL,» touted as «Staten Island's first artisanal food hall» and set to open in 2017.

Lifestyles range from vibrant urban and suburban communities in the southern and western parts of the County to the quiet, pastoral settings of our northern and eastern rural communities.

One of many reasons that people choose to reside in Rockland County is the suburban setting and good quality of life.

The Dream Chaser is being engineered inside a sprawling set of warehouses in an industrial park in Louisville, Colorado, just off winding roads lined with handsome suburban homes.

All of us in urban and suburban settings are screwed!

Zombie's sense of space is wonderful — in stark contrast to the first picture, where each kill is a magnificent but almost dreamily disconnected set - piece, here you feel as though Myers is moving willy - nilly from home - to - home in suburban Haddonfield, guided by voices.

Rewinding to a year earlier, Kelly sets his plot in herky - jerky motion with the return of failing comedy writer David (Jesse Plemons) to his boyhood home in suburban Sacramento, California.

The plot of Married Life, based on the British fifties - era pulp thriller «Five Roundabouts to Heaven» and set in 1949 Seattle (though the city is never actually identified, to the best of my recall), sounds like a seedy Hollywood B&W crime melodrama of cheating husbands and seductive sirens and the comforts of suburban life corrupted by lust and greed.

In other words, the film is yet another takedown of the clueless bourgeoisie... the suburban Connecticut contingent, in this case, to set it apart from last year's gloriously biting West Coast haymaker Beatriz at DinneIn other words, the film is yet another takedown of the clueless bourgeoisie... the suburban Connecticut contingent, in this case, to set it apart from last year's gloriously biting West Coast haymaker Beatriz at Dinnein this case, to set it apart from last year's gloriously biting West Coast haymaker Beatriz at Dinner.

A group of unsuspecting humans slowly realize that fierce hunter - aliens are in their midst, this time in a suburban setting.

Set in suburban Texas in 1976 amid a haze of bong smoke and a sea of bell - bottom...

That story, which begins in Manhattan just before Christmas, is related from the perspective of Therese Belivet, a young theatrical set designer in New York who falls for an older suburban housewife named Carol Aird.

In that cult classic debut, set in a lovingly re-created 1988, upsetting feelings of teen loneliness and rage amid suburban comfort were burnished by cannily selected sightings of forgotten pop iconIn that cult classic debut, set in a lovingly re-created 1988, upsetting feelings of teen loneliness and rage amid suburban comfort were burnished by cannily selected sightings of forgotten pop iconin a lovingly re-created 1988, upsetting feelings of teen loneliness and rage amid suburban comfort were burnished by cannily selected sightings of forgotten pop icons.

In The Predator, a group of unsuspecting humans slowly realize that fierce hunter - aliens are in their midst, this time in a suburban settinIn The Predator, a group of unsuspecting humans slowly realize that fierce hunter - aliens are in their midst, this time in a suburban settinin their midst, this time in a suburban settinin a suburban setting.

Good Morning (The Criterion Collection), set in a suburban Tokyo housing complex in the late 1950s, is one of director Yasujiro Ozu's lighter films, telling the story of how two schoolboys disrupt their entire neighborhood by going on a silence strike because their parents refuse to buy a television.

His lovely, beguiling debut feature, The Myth Of The American Sleepover (which screened here four years ago in the parallel Critics» Week section — technically a separate mini-festival), wasn't explicitly set in the past, yet featured an ensemble of horny, awkward suburban teens who carry no smartphones and never check their emaiOf The American Sleepover (which screened here four years ago in the parallel Critics» Week section — technically a separate mini-festival), wasn't explicitly set in the past, yet featured an ensemble of horny, awkward suburban teens who carry no smartphones and never check their emaiof horny, awkward suburban teens who carry no smartphones and never check their email.

In an illustrated audio interview on release of Ang Lee's chilly tale of suburban dysfunction, Friedberg goes into fascinating detail about the decisions that went into the film's meticulous design, from the interiors of the homes to how they achieved all that ice (hint: there was a lot of hair gel on set).

Derick Martini's «Lymelife,» the latest entrant, is set in the late 1970s in suburban Long Island, N.Y., and features the usual constellation of dysfunctional parents, siblings, neighbors.

Much of the tenseness and severity in Carpenter and Hill's screenplay is due to the hushed, calm and low - key suburban setting.

Set in 1970s suburban Detroit, the film introduces us to what we hope will be a cast of edgy, funny characters but who, thanks to a crummy script from writer / director Daniel Schechter, turn out to be a bunch of insipid sad sacks.

White Reindeer (Unrated) Maudlin character study, set in suburban Virginia, where we find a grieving woman (Anna Margaret Hollyman) grappling to make sense of life in the wake of an unexpected tragedy at Christmastime.

Synopsis: «A group of unsuspecting humans slowly realize that fierce hunter - aliens are in their midst, this time in a suburban setting.»

«Let Me In» (Anchor Bay), a remake of the Swedish coming - of - age horror movie come adolescent survival drama set in the wilds of suburban civilization, is as unexpected as can be: an American revision of a celebrated European film that manages to honor the original while translating its anxiety and unease to a distinctly American setting and, if anything, deepening the emotional power of the originaIn» (Anchor Bay), a remake of the Swedish coming - of - age horror movie come adolescent survival drama set in the wilds of suburban civilization, is as unexpected as can be: an American revision of a celebrated European film that manages to honor the original while translating its anxiety and unease to a distinctly American setting and, if anything, deepening the emotional power of the originain the wilds of suburban civilization, is as unexpected as can be: an American revision of a celebrated European film that manages to honor the original while translating its anxiety and unease to a distinctly American setting and, if anything, deepening the emotional power of the original.

Set in 1959 in a «peaceful, idyllic suburban community» that is rattled by a home invasion, a death starts to reveal the town's «dark underbelly of betrayal, deceit, and violence».

Set in a seemingly idyllic suburban community, after a home invasion robbery ends in the death of beloved wife and mother, Rose, her twin sister (Julianne Moore) moves in to help widowed Gardner (Matt Damon) and the kids cope with their great loss.

But as an onscreen text at the start of Fogelman's film states, «Danny Collins» is only «kind of based on a true story a little bit,» which means it's safe to assume that the real Tilston (who's credited as a consultant here) did not subsequently set off on a cross-country odyssey to meet the adult son (Bobby Cannavale) he fathered with a groupie back in the day, or hole himself up in a suburban New Jersey Hilton while trying to get back in touch with his songwriting muse.

It's funniest when the film - makers appropriate the filmic language of the disaster movie, in a savage sequence set in a suburban kitchen.

She's been disillusioned for some time but now she's moved to action, a psychological tipping point which sets in motion the events of this darkly comedic suburban adventure.

Evoking its 1970s suburban setting through ethereal cinematography by Ed Lachman and an atmospheric score by Air, the film secured a place for its director in the landscape of American independent cinema and has become a coming - of - age touchstone.

American Pastoral (R for profanity, graphic sexuality and brief violent images) Crime drama, set in 1968, about a successful, suburban couple (Jennifer Connelly and Ewan McGregor) whose idyllic life comes apart at the seams when their radicalized daughter (Dakota Fanning) commits a deadly act of terrorism in protest of the Vietnam War.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Americatown (Unrated) Spoof about an idyllic suburban oasis whose peace is ruined by a spilled cup of coffee that sets in motion an unfortunate chain of events.

Yosemite (R for sexuality, nudity and profanity) Coming - of - age tale, set in Palo Alto in 1985, revolving around the partially - overlapping misadventures of a trio of fifth graders (Everett Meckler, Alec Mansky and Calum John) living in a suburban community with a mountain lion on the loose.

The initiative aims to extend and strengthen the range and quality of the services these professionals provide in all kinds of school settings: public and independent; rural, suburban, and urban; and elementary and secondary.

The problem, Lenz says, was that he «kept hearing how project - based learning was nice for wealthy, suburban kids, but, «kids in urban settings aren't going to be able to do this kind of work.

«Many of the teachers — who worked at all grade levels in both public and charter schools, in urban and suburban settings — did their best to cobble together lessons on their own, while also managing the intense demands of the first years of teaching,» says Pforzheimer Professor Susan Moore Johnson, director of the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers.

The school, set to open in 1996, will be built in a suburban Atlanta development and will serve largely as an amenity for residents there, Jim Garrett, one of the school's founders, said.

The initiative aims to help the helpers, extending and strengthening the range and quality of the services these professionals provide in all kinds of school settings: public and independent; rural, suburban, and urban; and elementary and secondary.