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Springer humanizes Mordred, bastard son of King Arthur, in a thoroughly captivating and poignant tale as we watch Mordred's ill - fated attempt to negate his destiny as his father's slayer.
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His 2006 project would be quite a departure from this sweet, poignant tale, as Schreiber took the role of Robert Thorne in John Moore's remake of the 1976 horror classic The Omen.
We can have these incredible, slow burning series such as The Americans up against the insidious and darkly timely portrait of toxic patriarchy in Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale playing against the ridiculous but poignant romp that is SyFy's The Magicians.
Screen veterans Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland star as the ultimate grey nomads in THE LEISURE SEEKER, a poignant and triumphant tale of a couple determined to celebrate their life, and love for each other, in one last grand adventure.
As much about coming of age as it is about love in its many forms, The Spectacular Now is a sweet yet poignant tale that tips its hat to the American high school drama whilst thoroughly surpassing it in the best waAs much about coming of age as it is about love in its many forms, The Spectacular Now is a sweet yet poignant tale that tips its hat to the American high school drama whilst thoroughly surpassing it in the best waas it is about love in its many forms, The Spectacular Now is a sweet yet poignant tale that tips its hat to the American high school drama whilst thoroughly surpassing it in the best way.
The poignant tale follows the lovely Imogen Poots as Ellie, a young Los Angeles aspiring furniture designer who travels to Texas for her estranged father's funeral.
Eminent Ozu players Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara command this poignant tale of love and loss in postwar Japan, which remains as potent today as ever — and a strong justification for its maker's inclusion in the pantheon of cinema's greatest directors.
Scoring a 100 % Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the stakes are high in this poignant tale of friendship, forgiveness, and salvation as former prizefig... [Read More]
And the clearly expertly - crafted film looks to be, of course, incredibly affecting and poignant on a number of fronts, including the very act of telling a WWII tale that includes something as unexpected as a zoo.
The support cast also acquits itself quite admirably, the upshot amounting to a poignant coming - of - age tale which resonates as realistic from its heartbreaking beginning clear through to a satisfying resolution.
«The Danish Girl» will certainly be remembered as the groundbreaking tale of a transgender journey, but it's also a beautiful and poignant love story that transcends stereotypes of gender, sexuality and romance.
The story could actually take place anywhere, but wisely uses the isolation of the moon as a device to spin a poignant morality tale.
The story line is classic — it's easy to imagine Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney 75 years ago in a swing version of the tale — and as powerful as is it poignant.
This relentless, bloody South Korean thriller from Kim Ji - Woon («The Good, The Bad, The Weird») starts as a typical thriller about a serial killer, but quickly diverges into a very bizarre yet poignant tale about obsession and vengeance.
«Landvik strings the escapades into a playful and poignant narrative, even as a backdrop of Ku Klux Klan violence and Depression - era hardship keeps the fairy tale in check.»
Springer humanizes Arthurian archvillain Mordred in a thoroughly captivating and poignant tale that follows Mordred as he tries to sort out his love - hate feelings for his father.
Read more >> A Wedding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez Algonquin, $ 22.95, 304 pages In her humorous and poignant memoir of a wedding and an earthquake in the Dominican Republic, novelist Julia Alvarez (How the García Girls Lost Their Accents) attempts to answer this question as she tells the tale of a young worker on her coffee plantation, Piti, and his efforts to make a life by traveling from his home in Haiti to work in the neighboring country.
Adding a new angle to the Nativity story, this thoughtful tale serves as a poignant reminder of what Christmas is about: the spirit of giving.
With crisp dialogue and vivid descriptions, Z delivers both a compelling love story and a poignant tale of a woman coming into her own as an artist.»
- Library Journal «A poignant tale of a stubborn love that bridges the lives and wars of two generations, Letters From Skye gives the reader a story to inhale as well as read, unfolding amid the gripping panorama of a changing world — an absorbing and rewarding saga of loss and discovery.»
Enriched by flashbacks to the alluringly sad tale of Anyusha's mother, a famous Russian refusenik who died for her beliefs, The Wanting is a poignant study of the costs of extremism, but it is most satisfying as a story of characters enmeshed in their imperfect love for one another and for the heartbreakingly complex world in which that love is wrought.
In the tradition of bestselling authors Ian McEwan and Anne Enright, Samantha Bruce - Benjamin's brilliant and timeless debut unveils the dark side of human nature as four women share the poignant tale of love, obsession, and ultimate betrayal that binds them forever.
In closing, Oxenfree is an astonishingly imaginative, poignant, genre - defying tale of loss, grief, guilt, revenge and time travel wrapped in a ghostly mystery that's just as dark and disturbing as adolescence.
Gates» hoses stand as both poignant relics and cautionary tales: warning symbols for a world of unresolved conflict.