Sentences with phrase «personal war stories»

Battlefield 1 looks to evolve the sprawling multiplayer battles that the series is known for, while introducing a new single - player campaign that focuses on smaller, more personal war stories.

This blawg contains comic essays, personal war stories and op - eds about tort reform, but «most of the fun is in the comments.»

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I served this country, volunteered for war, and now am left to deal with idiots like you who want to see stories like this, read some kind of republicanized twist into everything, blame Israel and Obama for your own personal failures (to include turkey farms - which I abhor unless free range), then go ahead: you're embarrassing yourself, your family, and every good person, Jews included, that you know.

One of my favorite stories was her best friend (and friend of her husbands) in the army overseas in the Gulf war... Every time the left the armored personal carrier they would routinely have one person of each religion to a quick (and private) prayer for everyone... and even asked the pagan / wiccian of the unit to «work your magic»

These range from stories of the saints, to concerns of people today, to a look at his own personal experience as a child and with L'Arche, all the way to broader comment on resistance to the Nazis, the war in Rwanda, and the conflict in present day Israel and Palestine, and he sees in the Gospel many touchstones for our modern lives.

FROM THE PUBLISHER: On Beauty is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture wars - on both sides of the Atlantic - serve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political.

It's a riveting story steeped in Cold War intrigue and personal tragedy but also not without its ironies.

The latest documentary from director Kirby Dick (The Hunting Ground, The Invisible War) investigates the medical device industry through the personal stories of those affected by malpractice.

Players can choose to play as Jedi, Sith, or a variety of other classic Star Wars roles, defining their personal story and determining their path down the light or dark side of the Force.

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Based on a short story by Albert Camus, David Oelhoffen's classically conceived period Western is a tense and timely study of war's political and personal sacrifices.

The sub-plot of Russia vs the US for the space race and the Cold War adds a nice extra dimension of story - telling but the personal, funny & honest moments are never lost.

The Blu - ray combo pack includes a «Making of» featurette that goes behind the scenes of filming in two languages with a local cast, who share their painful stories of their personal conflict during the war.

Academy Award winner Reese Witherspoon and an ensemble of young Sudanese actors — all of whom have direct personal ties to the war in their country — bring the inspiring and uplifting story of The Lost Boys of the Sudan to the screen in a film about heartbreak and hope, survival and triumph.

Not focusing on political side of the wars these soldiers are placed - in, but rather focusing on their personal stories that are attributed to conflict and how wars unjust / or just alike impact these people and their families during / after their service.

[4 stars] Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (07.15 / 06.02 / 07.24) Thor: Ragnarok (10.24 / 11.03 / 10.24) The Greatest Showman (12.09 / 12.20 / 12.26) Wonderstruck (10.06 / 10.20 / TBA) I Am Not a Witch (10.03 / TBA / 10.20) Lady Bird (10.14 / 11.03 / 02.16.18) The Post (12.21 / 12.22 / 01.19.18) Coco (01.13.18 / 11.22 / 01.19.18) The Ritual (10.02 / direct to Netflix / 10.13) Icarus (02.27.17 / direct to Netflix / direct to Netflix) Bushwick (10.25 / 08.25 / 08.25) Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (10.11 / 12.29 / 11.17) Spider - Man: Homecoming (07.05 / 07.07 / 07.05) Another Mother's Son (02.21 / TBA / 03.24) Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts (89th Academy Awards)(02.20 / 02.08 / direct to VOD) Personal Shopper (10.09.16 / 03.10 / 03.17) The Survivalist (04.19.16 / 05.19 / 02.12.16) God Knows Where I Am (04.07 / 03.31 / 04.14) The Salesman (01.31 / 01.27 / 03.17) Raw (04.04 / 03.01 / 04.07) The Beguiled (06.20 / 06.23 / 07.14) The Party (10.09 / 02.16.18 / 10.13) Step (07.21 / 08.04 / 08.11) God's Own Country (08.07 / 10.27 / 09.01) Menashe (12.11 / 07.28 / 12.08) The Divine Order (10.14 / 10.27 / 03.08.17) Borg vs McEnroe (09.11 / 04.13.18 / 09.22) My Pure Land (09.12 / TBA / 09.15) The Unknown Girl (12.02.16 / 08.25 / 12.02.16) Pecking Order (08.24 / direct to VOD / 09.29) Jane (11.12 / 10.20 / 11.24) Good Time (10.05 / 08.11 / 11.17) The Commune (05.28 / 05.19 / 07.29.16) Lost in London (04.30 / TBA / 05.05) The Fencer (Miekkailija)(11.30 / 07.21 / 12.24.16) The Great Wall (02.16 / 02.17 / 02.16) The Chamber (01.18 / 02.23.18 / 03.10) Motherland (10.15 / 09.08 / TBA) The Light of the Moon (10.31 / 11.01 / TBA) Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (11.18 / 11.24 / 03.09) Victoria & Abdul (09.12 / 09.22 / 09.15) Wind River (07.20 / 08.04 / 09.08) Urban Hymn (08.01.16 / 05.12 / 09.30.16) The Women's Balcony (Ismach Hatani)(07.06 / 05.26 / TBA) Pilgrimage (07.28 / 08.11 / direct to VOD) Megan Leavey (aka Rex)(06.19 / 06.09 / direct to VOD) Final Portrait (08.18 / 03.23.18 / 08.18) Finding Kim (05.29 / 05.31 / TBA) Through the Wall (aka The Wedding Plan)(05.28 / 05.12 / 12.16.16) The Zookeeper's Wife (04.22 / 03.31 / 04.21) Dolores (09.09 / 09.01 / TBA) Queen of the Desert (04.03 / 04.07 / direct to VOD) Catfight (02.22 / 03.03 / 03.10) Viceroy's House (02.17 / 09.01 / 03.03) Birthright: A War Story (07.21 / 07.14 / direct to VOD)

It strikes the right chords, not only as a personal story of one boy's confusion with his own identity, but also of the confusion of an entire country, whose peoples were conflicted about a war they didn't want, and a bubbling under of anti-immigration sentiment that left foreign newcomers largely unprotected to skinhead gangs like the one depicted in the film.

Despite it, the story feels like small potatoes in comparison to other war epics to grace the silver screen, more a personal quest to solve a mystery and redeem the family name, and along those lines, the film does work so long as you see it as a simple tale of valor.

Runners - up (all of which might have ended up in my Top 10 if you'd asked me on a different day): «Baby Driver,» «The Big Sick,» «BPM (Beats per Minute),» «Call Me by Your Name,» «Colossal,» «Columbus,» «Dunkirk,» «Ex Libris,» «Faces Places,» «A Fantastic Woman,» «Graduation,» «Kedi,» «Lady Bird,» «Menashe,» «The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),» «Okja,» «Personal Shopper,» «The Post,» «A Quiet Passion,» «Star Wars: The Last Jedi,» «Wonderstruck.»

Midway Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda lead an all - star cast interweaving the dramatic personal stories of the men who fought one of the most important battles of World War II.

Long before his time on the Bourne franchise, directing Michael Clayton and Duplicity, and his work on Rogue One: A Story Wars Story, Gilroy penned a story about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former frStory Wars Story, Gilroy penned a story about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former frStory, Gilroy penned a story about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former frstory about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former friend.

, Kedi (a documentary about street cats in Istanbul), Personal Shopper, Dawson City: Frozen Time, A Ghost Story, Call Me By Your Name, God's Own Country, The Other Side of Hope, The Square, The Lost City of Z, Okja, The Florida Project, Marjorie Prime, War for the Planet of the Apes, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, It Comes at Night, Wind River, Coco, Woodshock, The Devil's Candy, and The Lovers.

For Variety's recent cover story, «Solo: A Star Wars Story» stars Alden Ehrenreich and Emilia Clarke, along with director Ron Howard, broke down their experience working on the movie and personal connections to a galaxy far, far story, «Solo: A Star Wars Story» stars Alden Ehrenreich and Emilia Clarke, along with director Ron Howard, broke down their experience working on the movie and personal connections to a galaxy far, far Story» stars Alden Ehrenreich and Emilia Clarke, along with director Ron Howard, broke down their experience working on the movie and personal connections to a galaxy far, far away.

The First World War Centenary Battlefield Tours Programme is delivered by UCL Institute of Education (IOE) and school tour operator Equity, and encourages younger generations to uncover personal stories like George's and create enduring legacies that resonate with local communities.

A History teacher can draw on stories told by and for Indigenous Australians on topics such as how people lived prior to colonisation, early interactions with explorers and missionaries, stories of massacres, and personal reminiscences of World War II.

Mentors provide nurturance and guidance for new teachers by noting and comparing their professional development with others, sharing «war stories» and personal narratives, reassuring them that the problems they encounter can be solved, supporting them with motivational encouragement, and promoting their professional identities as teachers.

The early years of Wolseley — How the company developed up to the First World War by Norman Painting / Homage to a Morris 8 — D.H. Smith relates his memories of a 1937 Morris 8 named «Cleopatra» / Amilcar anniversary — Brian Heath visited the Auvergne in company with other Amilcar enthusiasts on the occasion of the car's 75th anniversary / The Citroen 2CV phenomenon — The story of this unconventional classic is told by Chris Bowes / Honeymoon trip in a Riley — Malcolm Bates tells us about a young couple's trip to remember in a 1929/30 Riley Monaco / Memories of Woolf Barnato and W.O. Bentley — Rivers Fletcher relates his personal reminiscences of Woolf Barnato and W.O. Bentley in the 1920s and 30s / 1933 Alvis Speed Twenty — This month The Editor gives us his impressions of this traditional — but tecnically advanced — British sporting car / Sunbeam Talbot Darracq rally — A report on the STD register's national rally by Nick Baldwin / Vulcan history part two — Michael Worthington - Williams continues his article on this comparitively little known manufacturer.

Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937 — 1948.

I love to read history when it is personal, and this story of Gail Lumet Buckley's family from the Civil War to the present is extraordinary.

Yvonne has ghost - written and co-written several top selling non-fiction titles, including: Rising up from the Blood: A Legacy Reclaimed — A Bridge Forward The Autobiography of Sarah Washington O'Neal Rush, The Great - Granddaughter of Booker T. Washington (Solid Rock Books) by Sarah Washington O'Neal Rush; Fighting for Your Life: The African American Criminal Justice Survival Guide (Amber Books) by John Elmore, Esq.; Led by the Spirit: A Sharecropper's Son Tells His Story of Love, Happiness, Success and Survival (Strickland Books) by Robuster Strickland; Let Them Play... The Story of the MGAA (MGAA Books) by John David; A Journey that Matters: Your Personal Living Legacy (Lyceum Group Books) by Erline Belton; The Messman: A World War II Hero Tells His Story of Survival and Segregation on the Battleship North Carolina (Quality Books) by Yvonne Rose and John Seagraves; and FREEZE: Just Think about It (More Than A Pro Books) by Levar Fisher.

I have not read any Civil War fiction in some time but this story seems so much more intimate and personal than most of what I have read prior.

ALBRIGHT»S JOURNEY In her fascinating memoir, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937 - 1948, Madeleine Albright looks back at her childhood, the discovery of her Jewish ancestry and a Europe torn by conflict.

The plot description is a bit complicated to summarize, so let's use Holt's own words: «It's about friendship and loss, allegiance and betrayal, propaganda and advertising, fear and courage, the Cold War, secrets and surveillance, history — both personal and cultural, growing up female, and the stories we humans tell ourselves in order to cope.»

ALBRIGHT»S JOURNEYIn her fascinating memoir, Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937 - 1948, Madeleine Albright looks back at her childhood, the discovery of her Jewish ancestry and a Europe torn by conflict.

Cranston's hypnotic voice guides listeners through the harsh realities of war and the emotional land mines of surviving in these very personal yet universal stories of a young man's service in Vietnam.

War Brides is the story of five young women who fight a personal battle against the Axis powers during World War II.

How the average German citizen managed during the war is rarely visited in fiction, and Wiseman's family history and personal research really enrich the story.

From our own personal experiences and memories, hearing stories of war from older relatives, to the hundreds of annual Sunday remembrance parades across the land.

The space war theme, the story, and your own personal journey to become the supreme commander of your faction tie together all of the game's seemingly unrelated elements.

Heart of Thorns continues the Guild Wars 2 journey for players with the next chapter in their Personal Story saga, where armies in the game world led by players go deep into the heart of the Maguuma jungle to take on a sinister elder dragon.

Interactive Entertainment today released a NEW trailer for Middle - earth ™: Shadow of War ™, spotlighting some examples of the unique personal stories that can be created through the expanded Nemesis System.

Halo 4 told a more personal story between the Master Chief and his AI companion Cortana, moving away from the larger war themed focus of Bungie's Halo games.

The Way of Life DEFINITIVE EDITION tells stories about several serious themes: from euthanasia to death penalty, from war to love, from defeat to discrimination, everything tied by the personal growth and the perception of reality as main themes.

The focus here is not on armed combat, but on the personal stories of the men and women affected by and caught up in the chaos of World War I.

Instead of focusing on soldiers, Valiant Hearts spotlights the lives of ordinary people thrust into an impossible, unbearable situation, and tells a personal and touching story set against the chaotic backdrop of World War I.

Elaborating on how they took the story of an epic war and made it a personal saga of brotherhood and survival, fans the world over can now hear from the team in the new ViDoc that premiered at the show, entitled «Crescendo: The Making of Gears of War 3.&raqwar and made it a personal saga of brotherhood and survival, fans the world over can now hear from the team in the new ViDoc that premiered at the show, entitled «Crescendo: The Making of Gears of War 3.&raqWar 3.»

Guild Wars 2's narrative teams explains some great changes coming to the personal story and urge you to play through the Sylvari story if you haven't.

But this personal biography design in Guild Wars 2 lets me remind the choices in Dragon Age: Origins — players's own stories are NOT determined by their choices but how many words developers have written.

Below is the entire overview of Guild Wars 2 personal story by Lore & Continuity Designer Ree Soesbee.

Shadow of War is the sequel to 2014's Shadow of Mordor and tasks Talion with «create (ing) unique personal stories with every enemy and follower, and confront the full power of the Dark Lord Sauron and his Ringwraiths in this epic new story of Middle - earth.»