Sentences with phrase «odd story of»

But it's an odd story of reciprocal action.

An interesting premise, The Beaver tells the odd story of Walter Black (Mel Gibson), an executive with severe depression.

This week's releases include a movie surpassed by its soundtrack; an action thriller that makes the ride home more interesting; a true story of unintentional heroism; and an odd story of kindred spirits.

He also had the good fortune to work with some of the best film composers in the business, ranging from John Barry to Jerry Goldsmith to Ennio Morricone... to Maurice Jarre, for his 1971 western Red Sun, which features the somewhat odd story of a Japenese ambassador who has his priceless samurai sword stolen and so much enlist the help of a gunman - Charles Bronson - to recover it.

«Mr. Pig» becomes an odd story of family reconciliation, one that isn't afraid to wallow in the emotional mud.

And just as the occasional news story of some lucky sap winning $ 6 million in a single night at Atlantic City's blackjack tables may stir you to try your own luck for a weekend, the odd story of a happy couple finding true love on Match.com will likely convince you that signing up is a great idea.

We still hear the odd story of a church using physical methods to extract a confession.

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.

I find this an odd thing to say (although I certainly agree with the idea), because there is no discussion of sex at all in the creation story (not till after the fall), only companionship.

i find it seriously odd that seeing «god inspired» the bible, why is it that lucifer never «inspired» his side of the story?

The second Story - substitute proposal suggests that moral rights and duties can be squeezed out of the characters themselves, without the aid of any Story - like the odd movie that succeeds with good characters even without the benefit of a discernible plot.

I have never had a problem with the story of Jesus saving the woman... but that last comment of go and sin no more always struck me as odd... so out of character with Jesus previous statement...» Neither do I accuse you».

But as damaging and hurtful as my childhood was, these are still my stories that I tell with an odd, confusing sense of nostalgia.

The story of David and Bathsheba is ripe for Hollywood adaptation, so it's odd that it has only been done once.

Thus the Old Testament is not to be read as an odd collection of curious stories and ideas from a remote and primitive world, any more than it should be taken, on all its levels indiscriminately, as a definitive statement of unchanging truth.

This suggests that the conditions of social learning must be such that the situation is suitable for the logically odd, poetic use of and exchange of stories to illuminate the situation.

So as I was writing Out of Sorts, I began to realise how often music played a big part in my story — which is odd because I'm not a musician or a singer or even someone who can carry a tune.

They also often tell the stories of the odd religious pockets that interrupt the regional landscape.

Maybe it's just me, but I find it odd that people blindly believe all of the stories in the bible, considering they were written / created by people who thought the world was flat and sea monsters swallowed ships in the ocean.

Richie P «I'm a «religious» person myself (I put it in quotations because I don't think of myself that way, but that is what ninety - odd percent of people would label me) and I hear stories like this all the time.

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'm a «religious» person myself (I put it in quotations because I don't think of myself that way, but that is what ninety - odd percent of people would label me) and I hear stories like this all the time.

The truth is that when Christians view Judaism as «the odd one out,» they remove themselves from the story of redemption.

Considering Job's story is based well after the death of Moses (which oddly enough happens beofer the end of the first 5 books, yet he's credited with being the author... always found that odd).

It was the burning of the Christmas candle; and of this old, forgotten custom of provincial towns I have an odd story to tell.

One of the funnier stories surrounding Euro 2016 has been Germany manager Joachim Lowe's odd habit of sticking his fingers in his nose after touching himself in the armpit or the crotch.

But then that have been the story called Arsenal FC for the better part of 9 odd years.

There hasn't been an awful lot of excitement in this summer's transfer window but there has been the odd story that has caught people's attention.

Beautiful, amazing, odd, strange, fascinating and sometimes sad objects; a whole lot of interesting people; tired bones (from walking and hefting all day) and tired eyes (from looking at so much stuff); a lot of quick decision making and haggling (neither of which are skills I excel at); and what I love most of all - an entire day of uninterrupted conversation, laughter, food, and stories with a dear friend.

Here's the odd parenting story of the day.

It must be said that it's kind of odd Cuomo would make this claim, given there's been plenty of off - narrative stories written before that have sometimes resulted in pre-emptive statements attacking the news organization's credibility.

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.

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.

A significant amount of media attention on Mark - Viverito has been less than flattering and some, such as yesterday's New York Post story on a woman who claims that Mark - Viverito placed a hex on her, has been odd.

What is odd — or maybe not so odd — is that the Times chose not to even attach a sidebar explaining the local aspect of the story.

Tony Blair declined to be interviewed and thus his side of the story gets little airtime, other than the odd clip in which he outlines the scale of Saddam's atrocities on his own people.

The banter climaxes when McAffrey presents Della with a necklace of pens and she finally admits that when someone reads a big news story they should have «newsprint on their hands», an odd thing to emphasise in a political thriller.

-LSB-...] The oddest part of this story is what the Journal News intends to do with the names once they have them.

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.

But because Aspen has such high name recognition and because having a ski resort involved in the story is odd and unique, the press coverage looked something like this: «12 states, three environmental groups, even a ski resort, have weighed in, in support of this lawsuit.»

Odd smells, mysterious silences and even a mustache are all clues that lead to unexpected diagnoses in this collection of stories.

Here the rocks reveal an odd twist in the story — eventual regeneration of the greenhouse.

Our comparison of humans and Chimpanzees produced a number of somewhat odd press stories.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a a new movie by Disney that is the story of a couple, Cindy and Jim Green (played by Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who desperately want to have a child of their own, but are only left with their dreams of who he might be.

Yet there's no denying that the monster - as - hero device has 90 - odd - minutes worth of entertainment mileage, and the delivery of the story's moral is handled well enough to avoid tweeness.

So it's odd that when All Good Things finally moves towards the heartrending meat - and - potatoes of its story, it begins to rapidly distance us from David, turning this doomed relationship tale into the prestige - pic version of a cut - rate monster movie.

One of the best WWII - themed games ever released... Despite minor flaws with the story's continuity, length of game and odd mission choices, the game stands strong as one of the best of this year.

If you're familiar with Wilde, you'll probably expect a few misunderstandings and odd contrivances to dominate most of the story, which by today's standards aren't very fresh, but with Wilde, the pleasure derives from the journey, not the destination.

But that's really just the beginning of David / Robert's odd story.

«I thought [of] the combination of Denzel Washington, this big black guy, and this tiny little porcelain white nine - year - old, which I thought was a fantastic, really odd love story.»