Sentences with phrase «odd stories about»

Images of him on foreign trips with Fox, combined with odd stories about Werritty claiming to be an «adviser» to the defence secretary, built up a picture of a man in the twilight, just offstage, having the air of the powerful.

So we tell our logically odd stories about Jesus who is Savior and Redeemer, and at the end we say, «Christ wants you!»

Four new manga licenses were announced: «Vinland Saga,» a historical story about the Vikings, by the author of the much - loved (but low - selling) Sci - Fi series «Planetes»; «Sankarea: Undying Love,» an odd story about a young man who is obsessed with zombie girls; «No. 6 Story,» a Sci - Fi series about a city where everyone's lives are carefully controlled — and the boy who breaks away; and «Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode,» the followup to the popular «Tokyo Mew Mew» series.

Not exact matches

One of the odder tidbits was the story about an official CIA cable satirically describing a hot dog vending machine in the basement of the Old Headquarters Building (OHB) at CIA.

So while the story involves the odd romantic subplot, there's no doubt that it's about themes of friendship, family, bravery and redemption.

I think, in hindsight, what's odd about the story is the way that Labour thought they could simply turn up, appoint Dolly king of the Internet, dictate terms, and the whole blogosphere would simply fall in line.

The New York Times has this story about the odd circumstances by which a Green Party nominee was elected to the Arkansas State House yesterday.

The next morning, it became clear just why SCL and Cambridge Analytica had been suspended so abruptly, and at such an odd hour: because the New York Times and the Observer were prepping major investigative stories about the company's use of Facebook data, based on documents and other information from a 26 - year - old whistle - blower named Christopher Wylie.

It isn't surprising that these odd, unearthly masses that people found washed up on the beach gave rise to so many myths about where they came from, as their appearance gave so little clue to the true story.

Too many critics talk about the cinematography of the film, who cares about the skylines, odd view points, etc let us just focus on the story and the message of the movie.

Platt (Working Girl) is an odd choice, given his character doesn't figure in to the story very strongly, and he doesn't lend much box office appeal, but I like his inclusion; it's good to see that at least one person had trepidations about the flat - lining experience after seeing how it affects the others.

What's odd about this story line is that Captain America, the true (red, white, and blue) «patriot» of the group, goes against the US, abruptly leaving the meeting and going rogue.

From the start she has a bad feeling about Lester and the odd story that he spewed out for the police.

Juliet is supposedly in Guernsey to write a story about the Society for The Times of London, which seems an odd prospect all - round, but this isn't the type of film which is supposed to stand up to much logic.

Harder is what Infascelli actually does, which is understand that the story here isn't about one odd duck, but two... and of a feather to boot.

It might have been a case of not wanting to confuse things (Robert Jr. is always played by a different actor, including the recently deceased Sage Stallone) or fearing too much of Rocky's backstory would distract from Donny, but the movie isn't subtle about making the father - son story a key element, so it's odd that they seem to be actively trying to avoid him.

FX's new family drama [as in a drama about a family, as opposed to a drama the whole family can watch], American Horror Story — starring Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott and Jessica Lange — has an official trailer and an official poster — both odd and disturbing.

WHY: 2002's «My Big Fat Greek Wedding» is the kind of indie success story that you rarely hear about any more, but it's also very much a product of its time, which is why it strikes me as odd that Universal thought a sequel no one wanted was a good idea.

The last two seasons of this fun series have been amusing tongue - in - cheek comedies about an obsessive girl's quest to win over her supposed true love, her misguided methods and destructive personality traits being lightened through the use of gags, story - telling and the odd musical number.

In telling a story about young people, their parents, their community, their faith, and the odd angles at which they all intersect, director Stephen Cone turns in a story of uncommon compassion.

Like a Monty Python skit that's far too worried about ensuring the audience gets the joke, Mitchell's take on Gaiman's story goes out of its way to be odd, but in the most cynical and manufactured of fashion.

In between bouts of nagging about preschools and taxes, Tim discovers a rusty gun and a human bone buried in the backyard (a story idea culled straight from an odd incident in Johnson's life.)

The story itself is fairly standard — a quarreling odd couple learn about themselves and each other through a perilous journey — but Stoller embellishes the tone with a sense of deep weirdness.

HEARTS IN ATLANTIS (Grade: A): Scott Hicks («Shine») adapts this Stephen King story (with screenwriter William Goldman) about the friendship between an odd, threadbare, literature - quoting recluse (Anthony Hopkins in an understated, serene performance) and his adolescent neighbor (Anton Yelchin).

While you don't quite witness full penetration in Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water, there is no shortage of observed sexual activity in this odd and oddly moving love story about a deaf janitor who falls for an aquatic government experiment.

There are also many documentaries about movies, such as «Room 237,» which explores theories surrounding «The Shining,» and the biographical pictures «Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out» and «A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman.»

This is an odd commentary as the brothers spend more time trying to make each other laugh than actually talking about the film or sharing any stories.

He's played by Joseph Gordon - Levitt (with a throaty, baritone voice that, when the real Snowden shows up at the end of the movie, seems like an odd and just downright incorrect affectation), and the movie portrays him as an American patriot who, at the beginning of the story, is about to become a man without a country.

talk about how tabloids sell newspapers by using exaggerated headlines, twisting facts, and finding the oddest stories;

That's good, because it means I'm coming to the BRZ armed only with what I've read in the weekly magazines, the odd online review and my own level of anticipation fed by years of teaser stories about it and the Toyota GT 86.

Once I had a plot worked out, I went back and cut, trimmed, relocated and added until I had something that held together as a story while still having that odd, rambling sense about it.»

Over the last fifteen years I kept writing pieces of a story about an odd group of «students» in the English countryside.

As a story about boys loving crossdressing boys, it seemed an odd addition to Digital Manga's hentai imprint, Project - H.

I have the odd sense there's a world beyond this one where my fictional characters reside, going about their dramatically rich lives until it's time for me to write their stories.

As Brian Doyle defines it in this volume, creative nonfiction is «true stories about people and the world... small true odd interesting unusual voice - laden funny poignant detailed musical sweet sad stories.»

This is also an early mention of Apple's reputation for effective secrecy - although it's a tad odd to give Apple credit for foiling leaks in a story which correctly quotes unnamed sources providing accurate information about the company's plans.

It's an odd perspective on the death of a rock star, offering real - world stories about the medical and legal debates that followed.

This is one of those odd stories I prefer not to pay too much attention to, but having sen what Digital Manga Inc. is all about, I suppose they are providing a pretty good audience for Takaku's works and every shounen - ai fan would get this as long as they really do.

In keeping with our penchant for stories about idiosyncratic investors who trade in odd securities found off the beaten track, we bring you perhaps the best unknown activist investment of 2009.

It seems you guys like stories about idiosyncratic investors who trade in odd securities found off the beaten track.

Ah yes, Fortress is a company people love to hate — I got a lot of emails from readers earlier this year, expressing similar aversion (s) to FIG at $ 3 odd... I don't think fund gains / performance & Logan's increasing AUM are something to be unhappy about — both have been resounding success stories in the past year!

We hear about some strange passengers, an odd pilot and then I tell one of my favorite travel stories.

It was fun to be shown the odd, out of the way places in Budapest which we would never have noticed on our own, and it was even more fun to learn the back story about them.

Original story: Along with accepting beta applications since last September, media and information about Star Wars: The Old Republic «s character classes and locations have been revealed on a regular basis for almost a year now, making what EA CEO John Riccitiello said during the company's fiscal year 2010 update call today somewhat odd; the BioWare MMO won't be released for at least another year.

TRI is a story about the player being cast into the World of the Odd Gods.

This game is half about how your characters interact with each other, and just having them get all lovey dovey with each other without any build - up would seem odd, so tying it to battle and other ways to bump up relationship points added a way of complementing the story, in my book at least.

As you progress through the single player, completing specific goals and fighting for survival you meet new characters and even though it's quite choppy in terms of a story line, the simple yet stunning drawn cut scenes and the challenges that you face soon make you forget about the odd discrepancy.

Both pieces are mainly text, which serves the Creed article well (all those odd story and background details to talk about), but not even Michel Ancel showing up in the Rayman bit keeps it from seeming a little overlong.

Nothing to reflect on or be nostalgic about while playing The Odd Gentlemen's new re-imagined version of King Graham's story.

The songs in the English version, titled 10 Short Stories, now feature English lyrics, so you can actually understand what the songs are about without having to decipher the odd but colorful music videos put together by Uematsu's label Dog Ear Records.