Sentences with phrase «of central character»

Through the six activity levels of the program, students are encouraged to communicate openly using the safety and anonymity of a central character.

«It's got two sets of narratives imposed on it: a religious iconography plus the narrative of the central character,» explains Perry, dressed in jeans and a T - shirt.

The RPG and rogue - like elements framed around the juxtaposition of central character's lifestyle make for perfect console game.

Of course as a fan of the thing, I know that the monsters have to be generated by the psychology of the central character going into Silent Hill.

Coyne's early struggles to learn her craft were not helped by the nature of her central character, Alex, otherwise known as Cat.

I think Emme could have been built up more, so she became more of a central character.

For example, we may ask students to do several things while reading — to understand the context for the story, identify qualities of a central character, compare characters, and sequence what happened.

The screenplay, written by director Shawn Christensen and Jason Dolan, seems to have constructed retroactively, beginning with the final stage of its central character and working backwards to provide an explanation for how he ended up in this position.

One can sense the air draining from director Joshua Marston and Julian Sheppard's screenplay as soon as the truth behind the story's enigma of a central character is exposed.

There could be plenty of chances for cheap jokes at the expense of the central character, but Nancy Oliver's script treats the material for exactly what it is: a sad, lonely mediation on the pains of the past and the way a strong, supporting group of people can help one move past them.

Not only did it fit the actual weather in Greenwich Village, but also the mood and tone of the central character.

Though he's less of a central character, the neurotic Jonah's circumstances open the movie to set the stage for the communication failures that follow: As he looks quizzically at his moments - old infant, he concludes to his wife, «We'll figure it out.»

Its first miscalculation probably the implementation of a central character, World War Z follows the globetrotting derring - do of former U.N. hotspot navigator Gerry Lane (is in my ears and in my heart) as he's pulled back into action to suss out «patient zero» in the zombie pandemic.

Shot with ponderous long - takes and minimal camera movements, Durkin's film has an airy quality that works well with the uncertainty of its central character.

Miss Sloane is trapped somewhere between the earnestness of its political convictions and the cynicism of its central character.

It also features what may be one of the greatest opening shots in the history of cinema, one that drew gasps, laughs and claps from the audience with its speculum's - eye view of its central character.

It fits into the story that Hancock, Marcel and Smith have been telling, but it ultimately does so at the cost of the integrity of the central character, and there may have been a way to land the ending while still keeping the essential sourness of the character intact.

But the slate diversifies to also include a feel good medical drama centered on a man out to disrupt bureaucracy and put care first («New Amsterdam»); a spy - hunting thriller two - hander starring Jennifer Carpenter and Morris Chestnut («The Enemy Within»); a crime - solving drama with the supernatural twist of its central character being able to communicate with the dead («The InBetween»); and an extended family drama focused on the residents of a NYC apartment building («The Village»).

But the film's structural shortcomings will matter less to most viewers than the personality of the central character, Michal.

With its lightning cuts and the juxtaposition between the sincerely earnest and absurd aspects of life, made all the more potent because of the central character's struggle between prescribed domesticity and inherent wild tendencies: The 2009 film recalled the freeing youthful quality that pervaded Anderson's debut film - Bottle Rocket.

The title is the name of the great - grandmother of the central character, a high - spirited, music - mad 12 - year - old boy named Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez).

Thompson and director Hancock clearly worked closely together to nail the nuance of the central character's focus.

While a bare plot summary — the Doctor meets Vincent Van Gogh and helps him defeat a giant chicken from outer space — might suggest a less than serious episode, «Vincent and the Doctor» is in fact a deeply felt piece of work, with a wonderfully complex portrayal of its central character and plenty to say about topics that Doctor Who doesn't normally touch.

What Unknown has going for it is a series of interesting shots and camera angles which offer the audience a unique viewpoint and insight into the perspective of the central character.

The creator of True Detective has flatly denied accusations that portions of its central character's dialogue were plagiarised from the work of cult horror author Thomas Ligotti.

The surprise winner of the top prize at Cannes, this three - hour French drama is unlike any movie we've ever seen, getting so deeply under the skin of its central character that we find universal truths...

I was frustrated by Loktev's first narrative feature, Day Night Day Night, because her decision to elide the specific political motivations of her central character, a would - be suicide bomber, turns the film into a prolonged exercise in Hitchcockian suspense.

Payne's film, written by fellow Nebraskan Bob Nelson, also offers a biography of its central character delivered by unusual means, in this case a mosaic compiled one piece at a time from former friends, enemies, and lovers of Woody (Best Actor winner Bruce Dern), on the road from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska with his son David (SNL alum Will Forte).

Based on the novel by Mordecai Richler, this film traces some 35 years in the life of its central character.

But at well over two hours, inutes, the unimportance of the story, the essential emptiness of the central character and writer - director Aaron Sorkinâ $ ™ s attempt to steamroll over plot problems with dialogue make this a break - even proposition at best.

Movies which essentially consist of a central character trapped in a difficult predicament can be great (Tom Hardy in Locke), or more likely not so great (Colin Farrell in Phone Booth or Ryan Reynolds in Buried).

Since Todd Solondz's breakout 1995 film Welcome To The Dollhouse, fans have long wondered what became of its central character, seventh - grade social pariah Dawn Weiner — besides growing into a vivacious and self - assured young lady, of course.

This is admittedly one of the more compelling aspects of Krakauer's book, and it's something that disables Sean Penn's film from fully articulating the dynamic of its central character.

The fight itself isn't the reason I enjoy this film so much though, but the undeniable likability of the central character.

Do you think it might have anything to do with the apparent irrationality and pathology of the central character in the Christian narrative?

Coates came out of the second season's recent shock finale pretty well, and viewers saw him praying with some of the central characters, ensuring that the subject of faith isn't lost in a show that is partly an exploration of grief.

Many of the central characters of fantasy are country people, like those in Evangeline Walton's Mabinogion tales and other Welsh fantasies, The wizard Ged of Le Gum's Earthsea Trilogy is the son of a bronzesmith on a rustic island and is referred to as «goatherd.»

Geoffrey Canada is one of the central characters in the documentary «Waiting for «Superman,»» which opens today in selected theaters.

But one of its central characters is based on crusading U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara (left), who made a name for himself with his relentless pursuit of public - corruption cases, taking down some of New York's top elected officials in the process.

The film shows a great amount of reverence for the respective faiths of the central characters.

It's worth noting that The Hangover: Part II gets off to an unexpectedly entertaining start, as the movie is, at the outset, concerned with the easygoing exploits of the central characters - with the affable atmosphere heightened by the palpable chemistry between the three protagonists.

The stretched - out action set piece that takes up a majority of the middle section is a work of fine filmmaking craft and design, and it is seen mostly through the eyes of the central characters.

One of the central characters is introduced from the waist down and to say that the film climaxes in violent, sexual oddity would be like saying «The Avengers» features a few superheroes.

Game Night is a visually memorable comedy, standing out by masterfully blending the absurdity of its comedy and the realistic problems of its central characters.

The authentic feeling for the First Amendment and constitutional rights is expressed in a film that, first of all, also offers a highly idealized portrait of its central characters.

Their relationship conveys the conflicted identity of the central characters and the possibility of future harmony between the nations.

[Kerrigan] accepts the challenge of central characters who do not let us know what they're thinking.

Little White Lies had a marathon running time that was justified, I think, by a well - meant effort to give room to a large group of central characters.

We've forgotten the excesses and the detours, and remembered the purity of the central characters and the Voight and Hoffman performances.

It's not brain dead comedy created solely for slapstick humor but has a self - depreciating way of portraying the life of its central characters and their actions.