Sentences with phrase «on romantic fantasy»

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Yes, there can be a pathology to women like Friedman who fall for an inmate; many have a «wound,» as Visiting Life: Women Doing Time on the Outside author Bridget Kinsella says or have a «need for a safe, idealized, romantic fantasy of love» that «transcends judgment» as Women Who Love Men Who Kill author Sheila Isenberg says.

If you think you're smarter than every senior dater out there, and that a romantic dinner is the best way first date, then continue on your fantasy highway.

Emily Dickinson — Here we were, two modern, educated women, and we had spent nearly two hours talking about our romantic relationships... and then they create their own fantasy on top of that.

Following a substantial role in the independent romantic comedy Better Than Chocolate (1999), Crewson seemed to be on the verge of adding another hit to her resumé as one of Robin Williams» original owners in the fantasy Bicentennial Man (1999), but the film failed to live up to box - office expectations.

Following the series» demise in 1991, Helgenberger returned to television guest - star status on ER, where she had a four - episode - long recurring role, and in the miniseries The Tommyknockers.A presence on the big screen since 1989, when she made her feature - film debut in Steven Spielberg's romantic fantasy Always, Helgenberger has played a wide variety of roles in films ranging from Species (1995) to the moody The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997) to Steven Soderbergh's widely acclaimed Erin Brockovich (2000).

Keep the Lights On acknowledges (without belaboring) the performative nature of identity; how each of our claims to selfhood, be it sexual, romantic, or professional, are staged on a shifting terrain of habit, fantasy, and desirOn acknowledges (without belaboring) the performative nature of identity; how each of our claims to selfhood, be it sexual, romantic, or professional, are staged on a shifting terrain of habit, fantasy, and desiron a shifting terrain of habit, fantasy, and desire.

Bumbling, overstuffed, and set in the middle - class fantasy world of Richard Curtis, Love Actually is an uneven ensemble romantic comedy that frequently appears on lists of the top Christmas movies.

Somehow the fact that the movie is a reverie based on female romantic fantasies is supposed to make Isabella's paper - doll sexuality more palatable.

Their futuristic time - loop fantasy is a vehicle for totally engaging action, romantic promise, and all the humor of repetition as a learning tool that gets you on top of those who would humiliate a new recruit in the barracks.

As the 1990s went on, Lister played roles in a more varied assortment of films, including the quirky Johnny Depp / Marlon Brando / Faye Dunaway romantic fantasy Don Juan DeMarco (1995) and the Quentin Tarantino - wannabe noir Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995).

Here's what's new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video - on - demand, and other streaming services... Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water (2017, R), a monster movie turned romantic fantasy about a mute janitor (Sally Hawkins) and an amphibious creature held captive in a government lab, -LSB-...]

Argentine filmmaker Juan Solanas makes his English language debut on this dystopian romantic fantasy thriller, which spells out its high concept quickly.

Based on the novel by Mark Helperin, the romantic fantasy follows a thief named Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) who breaks into a seemingly empty mansion in Victorian - era New York City.

Vying for their first nods are Danish Dan Laustsen for Guillermo del Toro's lush»60s romantic fantasy - thriller, «The Shape of Water,» Dutch Hoyte Van Hoytema (BAFTA - nominated for «Interstellar» and «Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy») for his 65 mm photography on Christopher Nolan's World War II epic «Dunkirk,» and Rachel Morrison, who is the first woman to break into the ranks of nominated directors of photography for Dee Rees» southern epic «Mudbound.»

Extremely ambitious in scope — the movie takes on several genres at once, including fantasy, romantic comedy, action, adventure and more — «The Secret Life of Walter Mitty» does have good intentions, but the road here is often paved with cloying misdirection.

After that brashly meta opener, you might expect a smartly constructed Tarantino - style black comedy of retribution, but the film fails to deliver on that promise, devolving instead into a dispiriting tonal mishmash of mean - spirited revenge fantasy, girl - power romantic fantasy, and comedy so broad it tips into caricature.

However, the big winner on the night was Guillermo del Toro's fantasy «The Shape of Water», a romantic fable about a janitor who falls in love with a sea creature.

Call Me By Your Name, a romantic coming - of - age film based on a book by the same name, and Guillermo del Toro's fantasy drama The Shape of Water are predicted to capture the most nominations, according to the awards analysis site goldderby.com.

In the hands of a more accomplished scriptwriter and an appropriation of style and tone from his earlier films, a subversive Lannoo could have made a refreshing mark on the romantic, comedy fantasy genre.

Also in 1996, Akerman directed what might be described as her penultimate attempt at a «commercial» feature film, the light romantic fantasy Un divan à New York (A Couch in New York), starring William Hurt and Juliette Binoche, which despite its star power sat on the shelf for a while, before opening quietly at Anthology film Archives in Manhattan in November, 1997.

Harry Segall's play became the basis for a popular film way back in 1941 with Here Comes Mr. Jordan, and while Heaven Can Wait may not quite live up to the classic status of that film, it stands up quite well on its own as a light romantic fantasy.

Taking the film on its own terms, as a light romantic fantasy, it is an excellent example of how to make a movie like this, capturing a spirit of life, romance, and good natured cheer.

Certainly no one involved in this bright romantic fantasy had their brains turned on, as if they had they might have realised the morally rotten core at the heart of an apparently charming little movie.

2) How many charter authorizers actually do a good job of judging school quality — how representative is the highly idealized, romantic fantasy Mike has provided here of the way charter authorizers typically work back here on Earth Prime?

Cortney is happy to take pitches on behalf of her co-agents at Corvisiero Agency in the following fiction genres: contemporary romance, thriller, adventure, urban fantasy, middle grade (all kinds), erotica, LGBTQ, young adult (all kinds), romantic suspense, new adult, historical fiction, and magical realism.

Not quite three years later, on August 31, 2012, I self - published my first novel (which turned into a not - too - romantic, totally - non-cheesy urban fantasy).

Her latest book is Glazier, a romantic fantasy adventure novel with espionage, genetic powers, underground bases and a ginger beauty with memory issues that take you on a ride that begins in Vermont and comes to a head in Egypt.

Here's the set - up for Nicole Persun's A Kingdom's Possession, just 99 Cents on Kindle: A Kingdom's Possession blends ancient magic, love and intrigue in a romantic fantasy told in a fresh new voice.

Liepzig's Credit 00, who put out an album titled «Game Over» earlier this year via Uncanny Valley that was described as «an electronic love letter to the romantic fantasy worlds of classic video games», shares similar views on games» osmosis - like impact.

On another occasion, Rothko declared on a radio program that «The myth holds us..., not through its romantic flavor, not the remembrance of beauty of some bygone era, not through the possibilities of fantasy, but because it expresses to us something real and existing in ourselves, as it was to those who first stumbled upon the symbols to give them life.&raquOn another occasion, Rothko declared on a radio program that «The myth holds us..., not through its romantic flavor, not the remembrance of beauty of some bygone era, not through the possibilities of fantasy, but because it expresses to us something real and existing in ourselves, as it was to those who first stumbled upon the symbols to give them life.&raquon a radio program that «The myth holds us..., not through its romantic flavor, not the remembrance of beauty of some bygone era, not through the possibilities of fantasy, but because it expresses to us something real and existing in ourselves, as it was to those who first stumbled upon the symbols to give them life.»