Sentences with phrase «kind of true story»

Yes, my first contemporary romcom (or as my friend Jackie put it, «Loosely based on a kind of true story») is now available from Amazon and Smashwords, and will be available from Barnes & Noble, iTunes, and Kobo in the coming weeks.

The tale of a friendly stray mutt turned war hero is the kind of true story built for cinematic adaptation.

James, you have a very different kind of true story.

This kind of true story and it's background is made all the more diverse, and more real with the inclusion of instant contemporary communication, and the post-911 capture of video evidence that proves witnesses and events more boldly.

Before the action comes a cheerfully coy announcement: «The following is based on a kind of true story a little bit.»

Queen Bee Moms & Kingpin Dads is filled with the kind of true stories that made Wiseman's New York Times bestselling book Queen Bees & Wannabes impossible to put down.

Not exact matches

You'll use things like «faith» and find all kinds of justifications for your belief, but in the end, you lack any concrete evidence that your story is true.

In other words, in the cross and resurrection story, the bond between the meaning of the story and what Jesus did is very tight, whereas in the story of the woman caught in adultery (John 8: 1 - 11), the story is true whether or not it actually occurred, because it shows us the kind of person that Jesus was.

These biblical stories, while not being accounts of actual incidents, nevertheless have a connection with actuality which stories of the ordinary kind do not need to have, Thus the creation story is true only if God is in fact the Creator of the heavens and the earth and of man in his image, and the story of the fall is true only if man is in fact alienated from God and thus actually falling short of the glory of his own true nature and destiny.

Theo shines in bits, half a season kind of player, yes you might argue its because injuries have hampered him in the past but who knows the true story really.

I have to start this comment with a kind of funny, 100 % true story: one night several months ago I had a dream that I had just had a baby and was terrified because I had gone my entire pregnancy without reading any books!

I'm the kind of person who starts thinking about lunch while loading the dishwasher with my breakfast bowl; the kind whose NYC tour when family and friends come to town consists of a string of food shops and restaurants, with a bit of walking in between (true story: The first time he came to visit, my dad had to remind me that he was also interested in the Statue of Liberty and Central Park).

While it's perhaps not the kind of runaway success story True & Co. may have been chasing, the deal reflects a larger trend: to better secure their futures, those being disrupted — traditional old - guard incumbents — are increasingly buying tech - enabled disruptors.

Our love story is the kind movies are made of, and considering I am in the love business, it warms my heart to know fairy tales do come true!

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The release of «True Story» feels especially well - timed due to how it grapples with the kinds of issues that were worked over last fall in the form of the Serial podcast and Rolling Stone magazine's UVA debacle: namely, questions of who to believe, what constitutes the truth, and how to present the facts of a horrifying situation.

Unusually for a true story tragedy movie of its kind, it shows you the disaster from every angle it can think of

If you don't know, the lead character is sixteen - year - old Katniss Everdeen, and, according to Variety and EW, the list of actresses reading for the part includes 2010 Oscar nominees Jennifer Lawrence (Winter's Bone) and Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit), as well as Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), Chloe Moretz (Kick - Ass), Emma Roberts (It's Kind of a Funny Story), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick - Ass), Saoirse Ronan (the upcoming Hanna), Emily Browning (the upcoming Sucker Punch) and the lesser known Shailene Woodley (TV's The Secret Life of the American Teenager) and Kaya Scodelario (U.K. TV's Skins).

This is the kind of unbelievable true story that you couldn't make up if you tried, and it's ultimately what makes «The Walk» such an enjoyable, gripping experience.

It's a wild true story and a juicy character that Chastain looks to be digging into with the kind of authority that demands attention.

SAME KIND OF DIFFERENT AS ME is based on the inspiring true story of international art dealer Ron Hall (Greg Kinnear), who befriends a homeless man (Djimon Hounsou) in hopes of saving his struggling marriage to Debbie (Renée Zellweger), a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the most remarkable journey of their liveOF DIFFERENT AS ME is based on the inspiring true story of international art dealer Ron Hall (Greg Kinnear), who befriends a homeless man (Djimon Hounsou) in hopes of saving his struggling marriage to Debbie (Renée Zellweger), a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the most remarkable journey of their liveof international art dealer Ron Hall (Greg Kinnear), who befriends a homeless man (Djimon Hounsou) in hopes of saving his struggling marriage to Debbie (Renée Zellweger), a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the most remarkable journey of their liveof saving his struggling marriage to Debbie (Renée Zellweger), a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the most remarkable journey of their liveof them on the most remarkable journey of their liveof their lives.

These are the kind of roles actorly dreams (and awards conversations) are made of — true stories!

Coming at things quite differently from those other two titles, The Bronze isn't an inspiring true story of tenacity and courage, but rather a repugnant crass comedy masquerading as the kind of bold and daring indie character story that Sundance eats up every year.

From James Wan comes a different kind of haunted house tale based on the true story of mediums Ed and Lorraine Warren.

But there is room for that kind of thing alongside true stories, moving dramas, popcorn entertainment for the masses, and generic genre fare.

Allen's story has the makings of melodrama, the kind found in a True Confessions magazine that no woman would have been reading in public on on that beach in the Fifties.

I think maybe we had met incidentally at upfronts or something like that and I was a big fan of his from 90210 when he kind of dated Donna — it's a true story.

Set to be directed by Susanna White («Generation Kill,» «Our Kind Of Traitor «-RRB-, the movie will tell the true story of a woman from Brooklyn who journeyed to Standing Rock Reservation to help Sitting Bull defend his lasOf Traitor «-RRB-, the movie will tell the true story of a woman from Brooklyn who journeyed to Standing Rock Reservation to help Sitting Bull defend his lasof a woman from Brooklyn who journeyed to Standing Rock Reservation to help Sitting Bull defend his last.

Based on a true story and featuring some pretty decent performances, The Good Lie (3 *, 12A, 110 mins) is the kind of film that should have moved me to tears but didn't.

The 135 - minute film suffers from being too long and sometimes bizarrely constructed, but it's the kind of solid true story we've come to expect from an HBO Original Film.

Suffice to say both Gilroy and Anderson know their way around this kind of material and ratchet up the action and suspense while keeping it so authentic it is hard to believe this isn't a true story to begin with.

Phantom Thread is exactly that story, but a) we're never convinced that Reynolds is a genius because his clothes are a little outdated and we see his work primarily through Alma's eyes, and b) since we see most everything through Alma's eyes, the story is slanted a little more toward «his work is his true passion» in a way that makes you see how easily that kind of total devotion can curdle into neglect, disinterest, and abuse.

«You kind of have to be true to the medium that you're writing a story for.»

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.

True, the whole romance angle isn't there, but it's kind of added in later by the Preminger / Wallach versions, both of whom have a romantic subplot as part of their stories.

Joseph Gordon - Levitt, playing French daredevil Philippe Petit, isn't the kind of A-list name these epic true - life stories might once have commanded, but that doesn't explain the scale of the flop.

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After collaborating on a series of inspirational true story films in recent years like «Lone Survivor,» «Deepwater Horizon» and «Patriots Day,» filmmaker Peter Berg and actor Mark Wahlberg's fourth teaming on screen is switching tones to the kind of gritty action thriller both were more known for in their separate work.

Based on the bestselling book, which inspired both a sequel and a children's adaptation, «Same Kind of Different as Me» is the true story of a wealthy Texas white couple, Ron and Debbie (Greg Kinnear and Renee Zellweger), who befriend a violent homeless man (Djimon Hounsou).

Inherent Vice will definitely not be the Academy's cup of tea, but you can easily argue that it shouldn't be, not because it doesn't fit the narrow traditional Oscar mold of inspirational true stories set in the distant past, but because Inherent Vice is kind of a mess.

After collaborating on a series of inspirational true story films in recent years like «Lone Survivor,» «Deepwater Horizon» and «Patriots Day,» filmmaker Peter Berg and actor Mark Wahlberg's fourth teaming on screen is switching tones to the kind of...

The 2011 nominees are: Antonia Campbell Hughes (Actress) Bright Star, When Harvey Met Bob Domhnall Gleeson (Actor) True Grit, Sensation Ian Power (Writer / Director) The Runway, The Wonderful Story of Kelvin Kind Juanita Wilson (Writer / Director) As If I Am Not There, The Door

I must admit that I had never heard of Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's race around the globe before picking up Matthew Goodman's Eighty Days — which amazes me because it's the kind of fascinating true - story adventure that novelists wish they could dream up: Two young female journalists departing New York within hours of each other on November 14, 1889, traveling in opposite directions, each alone and attempting to make her way around the world (28,000 miles!)

Funny true story — when I first started tweeting, I was getting all kinds of followers in the United Kingdom.

That's a little bit of a promise, and I think it's true, but then there's the sort of a «new stories with an old soul» that kind of indicates what's going on like with a heart behind the story or just like in the story that there's a little bit more depth than just sort of like a straightforward, just action.

The equivalent in theatre is perhaps audience participation, in film the «werewolf break» in The Beast Must Die (1974) or the message «Based on a true story» occupy a similar meta - fictional space, as does a good ol' fashioned cliffhanger of the kind associated with classic serial films such as Flash Gordon (1936) and almost exhausted of its possibilities in classic Doctor Who (1963 - 1989).

That's particularly true of the fourth game (which happens to be my favorite), which is a kind of doomed quasi-love story between the Master Chief and Cortana.

And when it comes to the story about Flavin, I'm just not sure... Part of me wishes it were true, then the other part thinks it seems a bit to close to some kind of puritanical purging.

True story: Years ago as an assistant district attorney I was interviewing a witness in a robbery case, a kind of tough, but nice older lady, who worked in an ice cream store in a small town in our county.

But then even beyond that, for stuff that's not just broad hoaxes, there's still a big polarization issue, which is that often even if someone isn't false, they're kind of cherry - picking facts to tell one side of the story, and the aggregate picture ends up not being true even if the specific facts within it might be.