Sentences with phrase «of age story set»

Two - time Tony Award winner Judith Ivey gives a delightful reading about twelve - year - old Tiger Ann Parker who struggles with mixed feelings about her grandmother, her mentally impaired parents, and her changing world in this coming of age story set in 1950's Louisiana.

A coming of age story set in the mythical «golden age» of Spain.

A captivating love story of secrets, lies, family, and money all wrapped up in a coming of age story set on a southern beach.»

A fine script by director John Gray, and strong performances from an ensemble cast that includesStephen Lang, Karen Allen, and Peter Riegert add up to this moving coming of age story set in the ethnic enclave of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in the 1970's.

Starring Saoirse Ronan as Lady Bird, along with the delightful and talented Laurie Metcalf as the teen's passive aggressive mum, the film is a coming of age story set in a Catholic school in Sacramento.

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Netflix description: «Two groups of high school misfits — the AV club and the drama club — collide in this quirky coming - of - age story set in 1996 Oregon.»

The story points to Care - A-Van, a mobile clinic, which recently set up shop in a parking lot among BMWs and Teslas to battle this epidemic of advanced aging in Silicon Valley.

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Within each section, you'll read the set up story with your kids and then based on the age of your child select one of the three math problems (with varying levels of difficulty).

Most notable were his roles in The Bay Boy — a 1930s coming - of - age story set in Nova Scotia — for which he won a Genie Award in 1984, and the Rob Reiner drama Stand by Me (1986) in which he played a scene - stealing bully.

It plays like a response to the age of fan theories and puzzle box fiction, in which stories are set up to be pieced together, with every element eventually snapping into place.

The Oscar - winning screenwriting duo (along with Alexander Payne) of The Descendants step behind the camera for the first time with this coming - of - age story set at a water park.

Critics Consensus: Exuberant and bittersweet, Not Fade Away is a coming - of - age story set to a British Invasion beat that occasionally meanders but mostly charms.

Based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 science fiction novel (though it departs from the original story in quite a few places), Ender's Game is set in a future where a bug - like alien race has attacked the Earth, and talented children are selected at an early age to train for battle through a series of war games.

Set in 1950's Ireland, this romantic coming - of - age story follows three childhood friends from a small town as they head to college in Dublin.

Warner Bros. has given Magic Mike a prime piece of summer real estate, setting up this coming - of - age story with a June 29th, 2012 release date.

Also screened: Sadako Vs. Kayako (Grade: B --RRB-, an entertaining, teen - friendly marriage of the The Ring and The Grudge mythologies that (thank God) has a sense of humor about itself, even though its final confrontation is less than satisfying; Dearest Sister (Grade: C +), a poetic (and rather slow) meditation on class conflict couched in a ghost story from Laotian director Mattie Do; and Down Under (Grade: B --RRB-, a Superbad - style profane coming - of - age comedy set against the backdrop of the Cronulla race riots that took place in Sydney, Australia in Christmas 2005.

Blame the picture's settings, various brightly - lit exteriors and contemporary environments (office buildings, college campuses)-- even when the movie is in a grand old house, our aged heroes» Chow - duh Society huddled together in pools of shadow, scaring each other with spooky stories, the joke seems to be that someone is always turning on the lights.

The film finds the actress in a coming - of - age tale set in the English countryside, against the backdrop of World War III, and Ronan described it as «just the most beautiful story.

Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, Early Man tells the story of Dug, along with sidekick Hognob as they unite his tribe against a mighty enemy Lord Nooth and his Bronze Age City to save their home.

What began as a too familiar coming - of - age story set in an all - boys Catholic school steadily morphs into something arguably as familiar but more satisfying — a triumphant sports tale.

A coming - of - age story set in 2002 Sacramento, the film could very easily have fallen into the trappings of a subgenre that has been expanding for decades, but Gerwig's film is littered with pitch - perfect drama, humor, and emotion that makes it far greater than the sum of its parts.

Based on André Aciman's 2007 novel of the same name, Call Me By Your Name is a queer coming - of - age love story that's as languorous and seductive as its North Italian setting.

«The story is a coming - of age drama set in 1969 involving two teenagers, Alex Wolff (Hair Brained, A Birder's Guide to Everything) and Stefania Owen (The Carrie Diaries, The Lovely Bones) as they search for J. D. Salinger.

«Armed and Underground: Production Design» (7 mins., 1080i / 16x9) brings production designer Jon Gary Steele into the interview mix for an insider's view of the film's carefully - aged sets (the industrial - site exterior was a real location in Fontana, CA, but the massive interior was built on a soundstage), while «Crash Course: Stunts» (11 mins., 1080i / 16x9) taps stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert to tell, among other stories, the one about crawling around on the floor with his kids» Hot Wheels cars to plan the armoured - truck chase scene with Antal.

His second big screen offering came in the form of coming of age comedy Orange County, with the little - seen The TV Set and uneven Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story next on his slate.

Starring Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig, Elle Fanning, and Billy Crudup, this unique, 1970s - set coming - of - age story follows a teenage boy named Jamie as he attempts to navigate the wild waters of young adulthood and his eccentric single mother (Bening) does the best she can to aid him on his journey.

An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith «s «Carol» (also known as «The Price Of Salt «-RRB-, penned by Phyllis Nagy («Mrs. Harris «-RRB-, the»50s New York - set tale follows the story of two women — one a 20 - something girl working in a department store while harbouring bigger dreams, the other a middle - aged wife trapped in a money - driven, loveless marriage — and the relationship that brews between the twof Patricia Highsmith «s «Carol» (also known as «The Price Of Salt «-RRB-, penned by Phyllis Nagy («Mrs. Harris «-RRB-, the»50s New York - set tale follows the story of two women — one a 20 - something girl working in a department store while harbouring bigger dreams, the other a middle - aged wife trapped in a money - driven, loveless marriage — and the relationship that brews between the twOf Salt «-RRB-, penned by Phyllis Nagy («Mrs. Harris «-RRB-, the»50s New York - set tale follows the story of two women — one a 20 - something girl working in a department store while harbouring bigger dreams, the other a middle - aged wife trapped in a money - driven, loveless marriage — and the relationship that brews between the twof two women — one a 20 - something girl working in a department store while harbouring bigger dreams, the other a middle - aged wife trapped in a money - driven, loveless marriage — and the relationship that brews between the two.

So to me, the movie is simply a coming - of - age story set in a world I'd not yet seen depicted in film.

The» 50's New York - set tale follows the story of two women; one a 20 - something girl working in a department store while harbouring bigger dreams, the other a middle aged wife trapped in a money - driven, loveless marriage.

Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, RUSH portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed — handsome English playboy James Hunt and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Niki Lauda.

Set against the backdrop of a summer of cicadas and swimming pools, the film blends elements of up - beat teenage melodrama with the strange gravity of classic coming of age stories.

«Call Me By Your Name» is a coming - of - age bisexual love story set in Italy in 1983, directed by Luca Guadagnino, based on André Aciman's novel and starring Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg.

Indie coming - of - age dramedies are a dime a dozen, but early reviews have praised Norman for setting itself apart through strong performances and a genuinely moving story — not to mention its sweet soundtrack, by indie rock star Andrew Bird.

It's an extremely edgy black comedy that chronicles the way Harding endured various forms of abuse and exploitation — from her mother (Allison Janney), her husband (Sebastian Stan), and tabloid media that covered and actively amplified the lurid story, set at the dawn of the Age of Truthiness.

The Beach Boys» feelgood jukebox standard, «Help Me, Rhonda» is played twice in «Take Shelter» director Jeff Nichols's third feature, amplifying the sense of sunkissed nostalgia present throughout this amiable but over-familiar coming - of - age story — it's not set in the 1960s, but save a stray mobile phone or two, you could be forgiven for thinking it is.

It updates the story to the modern age, transports the setting from big city suburbia to the desert - based developments outside of Las Vegas, and shakes the narrative structuring up to avoid that lived - in feel.

Set in 1951, the coming - of - age story sees Marcus (Logan Lerman) move away to college to avoid being drafted to Korea — only to find that his school is even more oppressive and straight - laced than his family home.

Iconic: The film, which has been tipped for Oscars success is set in 2002, and tells the story of an artistically inclined seventeen - year - old girl, who comes of age in Sacramento, California

Ice Age 4 (a.k.a. Ice Age: Continental Drift) is now set to feature the vocal talents of Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lopez, Wanda Sykes, Keke Palmer, Aziz Ansari, and hip hop talent Drake - along with franchise staples Ray Ramano, Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Queen Latifah, Seann Williams Scott, and Josh Peck (and you thought the voice cast for Toy Story 3 was packed).

A harsh coming - of - age story set in a dreamlike, re-imagined, post-modern wild west, McLean's film manages to sidestep the arid ironies of most modern westerns on its way to far more interesting territory.

THE CHI (formerly Untitled Lena Waithe / Common) Picked up to series STUDIO: Fox 21 TV Studios / Kapital Entertainment TEAM: Lena Waithe (w, ep, sr), Elwood Reed (ep, sr), Common (ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Rick Famuyiwa (d, ep), Adam Glass (co-ep) LOGLINE: Set in Chicago, it's the coming - of - age story of a young African - American male in which growing up can be a matter of life and death.

ARRIVING IN CINEMAS 2018 A.D. Set at the dawn of time, when prehistoric creatures and woolly mammoths roamed the earth, EARLY MAN tells the story of how plucky caveman Dug (voiced by Eddie Redmayne), along with sidekick Hognob, unites his tribe against the mighty Bronze Age in a battle to beat them at their own game.

Or Mike White and Noah Baumbach, who (in Brad's Status and The Meyerowitz Stories, respectively) set the table for Ben Stiller to explore, in two completely different and equally persuasive ways, the middle - aged man's terror of being a loser.

Burbank, CA, May 4, 2017 — American Wrestler: The Wizard, the heart - warming coming - of - age story set in the world of competitive wrestling, arrives digitally May 16 and on DVD May 23 from Warner Bros..

Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd and Ellen Burstyn star in the coming - of - age story of Sonny (Timothy Bottoms), set in small - town Texas in the early»50s.

A few years after graduating from the North Carolina School of the Arts in 1998, David Gordon Green found critical success with his debut feature, George Washington, a lyrical coming - of - age story set in the rural South.

A tale drawn in no small part from Potter's own life, the movie follows two young girls through a coming - of - age story set against the early»60s backdrop of nuclear disarmament protests and the Cuban missile crisis.

It's being billed as «an unlikely coming - of - age story set against the backdrop of late»80s counter culture which follows a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins.»