Sentences with phrase «jerker of»

I really didn't think that six - years - later and I would be here, typing this annual tear - jerker of mine.

Much anticipated items include the latest from Wash Westmoreland (Colette) and should make for an emotional preem without the departed co-creator Richard Glatzer, Debra Granik «s third feature which is no longer going by the book title of My Abandonment, Gus Van Sant (could be a tear - jerker of a drama with Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot) & Zellner Bros. with the long awaited Damsel.

This Is Us is the undisputed tear - jerker of prime - time television, and while the collective heart strings of America likely benefited from the cathartic deep wail we exhaled at the close of its inaugural season, Blackish's season finale is the one I'm looking forward to most.

This Is Us is the undisputed tear - jerker of prime - time television, and while the collective heart strings of America likely benefited from the cathartic deep wail we exhaled at the close...

Not exact matches

After he died, Gary Cooper starred in «Pride of the Yankees,» a tear - jerker that ended with a slightly revised version of Gehrig's speech.

You have no clue because all you do interact with other circle jerkers and make fun of the rest of the world.

We read the tear jerker, The Art of Racing in the Rain (affiliate link).

Personally, although I don't get involved, I understand Twitter to be the home of the knee jerkers and loudest screamers.

This issue has already earned a bit of a reputation for being a tear - jerker.

Dr. Wayne Dyer's Power of Intention Many years ago I read this very story in an email chain letter that was doing the rounds — I remember the first time that I read the story it was a real tear jerker, I had a big lump in my throat and walked away really appreciated the...

Another one I'm dying to read, but it will be a tear - jerker is The End of Your Life Book Club.

While a considerable number of women favor tear - jerkers or love stories, men find their enjoyment from action films or adult entertainment like Adult Avenue DVD's.

This 1953 tear - jerker is the third film version of the Edna Ferber novel So Big.

This is a tear jerker film of the upteenth degree but as others have said, this is a story about sisters and true love.

All Quiet on the Western Front is probably the most truthful and one of the best war films of all time, and a true tear jerker.

Me Before You by Hope Madden A textbook tear jerker / romance that somehow manages to miss both of those targets, Me... read more →

Me And Earl And The Dying Girl flies in the face of sentimental tear - jerkers.

This year, the crop of fifteen films headed to DOC NYC include Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg's marvelous collision of media and politics Weiner, Roger Ross Williams» tear - jerker Life, Animated, and Ezra Edelman's eight - hour saga OJ: Made in America.

Open Road's romantic teen tear - jerker «Midnight Sun,» also new this week, came in at the low end of analysts» expectations with $ 4.1 million in the No. 10 spot.

«The Book of Henry» has its ups and downs, but at its best is an absorbing and unusual blend of tear - jerker and thriller.

It's no secret how the film ends, yet Me and Earl and the Dying Girl remains a tear - jerker and one of the best films that 2015 had to offer.

Movie review of «Miss You Already»: This female - friendship fable, with Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette, presents itself as a sort of «Beaches» for the 21st century, announcing its tear - jerker intentions right there in the title.

When: December 23rd Why: Out of all the tear - jerker Oscar bait being released this season (here's looking at you, «War Horse»), director Stephen Daldry's latest drama looks to be the most tolerable of the bunch.

Reportedly something of a cold fish, he has nevertheless made three of the warmest and most thrilling fiction films about animals of all time: the undisputed classic The Black Stallion, the messed - up but still remarkable Never Cry Wolf, and the exhilarating tear - jerker Fly Away Home.

With arguably the most banal dialogue this side of a Nicholas Sparks movie, If I Stay wastes the considerable talents of Moretz in a calculated tear - jerker aimed squarely at young teenage girls, who definitely deserve better than a movie which makes The Lovely Bones look like a neo-realist classic.

But there is enough overlap in theme that it feels more like a sanitized version of those tear jerkers than it does an original idea.

Even if you're too skeptical to accept the movie's claims with the faith of a child, you can still classify this as a comforting tear - jerker.

There are a few laugh - out - loud moments — not quite enough to drag this out of dramatic tear - jerker territory — but enough to recommend it for its feelgood factor.Hide

Metcalf — better known for her extensive award - winning work on the stage and as sister Jackie in the many series of «Roseanne» — is great too, mixing the overbearingness of a parent with subtle moments that allow her to be more than just Lady Bird's greatest critic; the airport scene was a tear - jerker.

Garry Marshall's direction is unsurprisingly graceful, as he's in his medium of expertise with «tear - jerkers,» allowing for an involving viewing experience without ever really becoming overwhelming.

The realisation that Oliver is indeed the grandson of a friendly and moneyed gentleman, Mr Brownlow, is always a tear jerker and a challenging role for a young boy to play, but Jack Phillips played «older» beautifully.

In the 1970's tear - jerker movie «Love Story» starring Ryan O'Neal and Ali McGraw, the title song began with: «Where do I begin to tell the story of...?»

Matheson's oeuvre includes I Am Legend (which has been adapted for film three times since its 1954 publication, notably The Omega Man in 1971 and Will Smith's 2007 loose adaptation); A Stir of Echoes (made into the 1999 Kevin Bacon film); Bid Time Return (which inspired the 1980 Christopher Reeve film Somewhere in Time); and What Dreams May Come (which was adapted for the 1998 Robin Williams tear - jerker)-- among many, many others.

It's a tear - jerker: hard - working Americans economizing, working overtime, and dreaming of the day they can buy their family a home.

Quite a tear jerker, but imagine the world we would live in if everyone did a nice thing for someone as a way of continuing something nice having been done for them.

This post about a Hurricane Harvey rescue was a bit of a tear - jerker.

From tear - jerker visual novels to toe - tapping rhythm games, Vita owners have an ever - growing library of titles to choose from.

Berseria is a much darker game than previous Tales games and ditches the cheerful, blithesome tone in favor of a calamitous one that at times can be a tear jerker.

They come in various designs: if you are a fan of the tear - jerker soap opera Coronation Street, there is one for you.

Pixar's latest tear - jerker, «Coco,» is an emotional rollercoaster highlighting the importance of music and family.

The list of movies suggested by Rogge includes everything from Hollywood classics such as The Thin Man, Gone With The Wind, and Funny Girl, to tear - jerkers like Love Story and Steel Magnolias, to your favorite modern romantic comedies like Sweet Home Alabama, The Backup Plan, and Wanderlust.