Sentences with phrase «period war setting»

In fact, it's a major improvement upon the character's first solo adventure, trading in the period war setting for an old - school conspiracy thriller that addresses real - world issues like national security.

Not exact matches

«I really enjoyed this fast - paced novel that focuses on strong but flawed female protagonists set in two different time periods: World War I and post-World War II,» says «pricing geek» Casey Brown.

The movie is a period piece, set in the early days of the Iraq war.

However, the literary evocation of the period and its ideals, for instance in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, has generated a constant market» preparing the way, perhaps, for the similarly romantic Star Wars series, a medieval tale in a sci - fi setting.

It's a quiet film with no score and set during the height of the Civil War, but it's masterfully edited to be a period piece that keeps you glued to your seat.

Set partly in the period following the Spanish Civil War, and partly in flashback, it twists and turns in unexpected ways.

In one of the later season's of Foyle's War, (a British crime drama set in the 1940's, which I highly recommend, by the way, if you enjoy murder mysteries and period wartime dramas) there was an episode where the character of Sam is seen discussing shoes with a coworker.

Sakura Wars 4: Fall in Love, Maidens is set in Tokyo during a fictionalized version of the Taishō period, with players taking the role of Ichiro Ogami and

Liberation is set in New Orleans between 1765 and 1780, in the period between the end of the French and Indian War, up to the middle of the American Revolution.

A period drama set in post-World War II Mississippi, based on a novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan, Mudbound tells the story of two men — one African American, one white — returning home from the war to go to work on a rural Mississippi farm, each struggling to readjust to the realities of American life, including the intense racism of the periWar II Mississippi, based on a novel of the same name by Hillary Jordan, Mudbound tells the story of two men — one African American, one white — returning home from the war to go to work on a rural Mississippi farm, each struggling to readjust to the realities of American life, including the intense racism of the periwar to go to work on a rural Mississippi farm, each struggling to readjust to the realities of American life, including the intense racism of the period.

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Set six or eight years after the Civil War, the story is a unique beast in Tarantino's crowded stable, despite the period setting and tension - filled standoffs.

The undertaking alone is worth commending: a sports drama; a survivalist story (on ocean water no less); a war drama crossed with a prison drama - and all of it set in early - to - mid twentieth century period.

Set in Germany and France in the immediate aftermath of the First World War, Frantz recalls the mourning period as seen through the eyes of the war's «lost generation.&raqWar, Frantz recalls the mourning period as seen through the eyes of the war's «lost generation.&raqwar's «lost generation.»

Now add to that the pictures of various MCU stars filming what looks to be «period» scenes on the set of Infinity War / Avengers 4, then everyone's theories of time travel seem to stand up.

The remake, which has been written by Nic Pizzolatto and John Lee Hancock, will be set in the post-Civil War period, at the end of the Wild West.

Creative Assembly have three new Total War games in production alongside Warhammer 3, including an expansion to an older game and a title set in a new period of history - could this be Total War: China at last?

That intense storytelling approach is helped by the period setting — the Iraq War begins during the film, unfolding in the background and dialing up the sense of a world thrown into chaos.

I don't know what to say, other than, if Disney has been making a lot of steps in the right direction overall as a company, with features like Moana, and Star Wars, and (finally if late to the table) Marvel films, then asking for every movie, including period films set in Europe, might be over-correcting the ship.

The film is set in 1938, near the beginning of the Shōwa era in Japan, a tempestuous period that ended in 1989 with Hirohito's death and included such major traumatic events as the Sino - Japanese War, WWII, and the Allied occupation of Japan.

With its period setting during the English Civil War and its increasingly abstract visual schema, A Field in England is Ben Wheatley's most ambitious film to date.

Ramping the excitement back up was exactly what Ubisoft managed to do when it announced Assassin's Creed III; an all new Assassin's Creed adventure set during the tumultuous period of the American Revolutionary War.

Due to its World War I setting, Wonder Woman is often as much of a period piece as it is a superhero film.

As for the Great War setting, he said, «it's a period we don't see often; it's usually World War II.

The conflict at the film's center is a familiar standoff between good and evil (or «love and war»), and the romantic aspects occasionally become quite saccharine, but the fusion of mythological elements, period settings, comedy, and standard superhero action makes for an entertaining experience that's more than the sum of its parts.

For those who don't know anything about Fury, it's a World War II set action - drama that depicts a 24 hour period during the final days of the wWar II set action - drama that depicts a 24 hour period during the final days of the warwar.

Set in an interesting period that suggests the existence of the Cold War between the US and Russia, the film lurks in the shadows where trust is a commodity that no one can afford to lose for the fear of sparking a huge international embarrassment or a full - scale wWar between the US and Russia, the film lurks in the shadows where trust is a commodity that no one can afford to lose for the fear of sparking a huge international embarrassment or a full - scale warwar.

But after a few months on the DCEU project, MacLaren departed over creative differences — there were rumors that she wanted the film to be set in a far earlier time period than World War I, but it's officially unclear as to exactly why MacLaren left the project.

But where Moonrise was awash with wistful nostalgia in its take on adolescence, romance and scouting, Anderson's latest mines its period setting in service of a broadly comical tale which enjoys frequent diversions into both black and off - colour humour even as a body count amasses and the Second World War threatens to intrude on the borders of the titular hotel's fictitious homeland....

The game is reportedly set during World War 1 period and the game will be a «story - driven narrative adventure set during World War I with a unique painted style that plans to deliver an entertaining experience unlike anything before.»

Gary Oldman steps into the imposing persona of Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's (Pride and Prejudice, Atonement) period drama set in the early years of the Second World War, when Churchill's rousing leadership inspired a nation.

The latest from Bertrand Tavernier («Round Midnight), this period drama is set in the 1500's, during the reign of Charles IX, when France was decimated by religious wars, as Catholics and Protestants slaughtered one another.Tavernier skillfully manages a romantic roundelay, in which three suitors vie for the love of the Princess of Montpelsier who, of course (it's a French film, after all), is already married.

The setting is Cold War - era America, and while this informs the film's heightened period aesthetic, it is incidental to its arc.

This set of 39 task cards covers important people, terms, and events during the time period before the Civil War.

As well as the Tudor era, I have always been very interested in European and British history before, during, and after the Second World War, and Winter in Madrid is also set within this broad period.

Set in the period following World War II, The Polished Hoe unravels over the course of twenty - four hours but spans the lifetime of one woman and the collective experience of a society characterized by slavery.

As with Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's The War I Finally Won, set during World War II, this evocative novel explores a time period little known to American children.

Birdmen sets the engrossing story of the Wrights» war with Curtiss against the thrilling backdrop of the early years of manned flight, and is rich with period detail and larger - than - life personalities: Thomas Scott Baldwin, or «Cap» t Tom» as he styled himself, who invented the parachute and almost convinced the world that balloons were the future of aviation; John Moisant, the dapper daredevil who took to the skies after three failed attempts to overthrow the government of El Salvador, then quickly emerged as a celebrity flyer; and Harriet Quimby, the statuesque silent - film beauty who became the first woman to fly across the English Channel.

This hilarious first novel is set in 2004, at the height of the Iraq War, and finds a troop of war heroes teaming up with the Dallas Cowboys for one surreal 24 - hour periWar, and finds a troop of war heroes teaming up with the Dallas Cowboys for one surreal 24 - hour periwar heroes teaming up with the Dallas Cowboys for one surreal 24 - hour period.

Set between the wars, The Haunting of Maddy Clare has a wistful, melancholy tone and a spot - on period sensibility that gradually draws you into a mystery combined with a ghost story and a romance, all perfectly balanced.

If we must make comparison to Le Carré, and when reviewing spy novels it seems de rigueur to do so, it would not be to the early Smiley novels but to Le Carré's more recent works such as Absolute Friends, set in the post Cold - War period when the lines between state - sponsored and private sector intelligence have blurred.

A powerful story of betrayal: between father and daughter, between husband and wife, and between nations and people, set in the complex period between the two world wars.

This is an award honoring the best fiction set in a period when the United States was at war.

-- See It On Amazon Samurai Warriors 4 - II is a fantastic Samurai war based hack and slash game set in the Sengoku period of Japan.

1552 Tenka Tairan is a war strategy game set during the Sengoku period of the Japanese history.

Creative Assembly have three new Total War games in production alongside Warhammer 3, including an expansion to an older game and a title set in a new period of history - could this be Total War: China at last?

The game's plot is set in the 1600s, in a fictionalized world during the Sengoku period when Japan was in the midst of a civil war prior to the ascension of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Created by Bulkhead Interactive is Battalion 1944, a multiplayer first - person shooter set in the period of World War II.

Sound effects and background noise all fit and match perfectly for a game set with melee combat and war during this time period.

Total War: Warhammer is the first Total War game not set in a historical period.