Sentences with phrase «real bits of history»

You have to go out of your way to read real bits of history to understand what's going on within the context of the presentation.

Not exact matches

(REAL history, not «Atheist Sound - Bite of the Week.»)

You then through a hissy fit and lied a little bit (your bread and butter), made outlandish claims and then accused me of not knowing jewish history because I gave you the real history and not the folklore that shows up in the bible.

The Gordon Brown memorial pledge, which could just as well have come from the last Prime Minister's lips — the «We are the first Government in history to do X» being a formula of which he was fond — and the first bit of real red kidney - bean stew tossed to Liberal Democrat activists.

«The company has a real history of ingenious inventions — there must be a bit of Wallace and Gromit in there»

«The company has a real history of ingenious inventions — I think there must have been a bit of Wallace and Gromit in their genes, tempered of course with Swiss reliability,» says Mark Hill, vice-president of corporate communications, referring to the eccentric inventor and his dog created by animator Nick Park.

The history of the real Downton Abbey - Highclere Castle near Newbury - is every bit as exciting as the much - loved television series.

Like Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Godzilla, Days of Future Past tries to use real - world history and iconography to prop up its storyline, and while its allusions aren't particularly deep, the attempts at contextualizing its fantastical action at least evince a little bit of ambition.

Made in Dagenham gamely depicts an interesting bit of history, but its real message is a matter of principle.

Opening almost as an Indiana Jones - type adventure story that mixes real - life facts with mythology and urban legends, we begin with the intelligent and fearless Scarlett Marlowe (Perdita Weeks) giving us the necessary details on the story of the Philosopher's Stone (yes, this sometimes feels like we're watching a Harry Potter movie), a mythical bit of alchemy treasure that could be the greatest discovery in the history of mankind if she can get her hands on it.

In his return to Marvel, Cole hopes to infuse Black Panther with a bit of real African culture and history, even though Wakanda is a fictional country on the continent.

READINGS David Thomson's The Big Screen reviewed by Robert Horton; Anthony Slide's Hollywood Unknowns: A History of Extras, Bit Players, and Stand - Ins reviewed by R. Emmet Sweeney; Alisa Perren's Indie, Inc.: Miramax and the Transformation of Hollywood in the 1990s reviewed by Eric Hynes; Mark Shiel's Hollywood Cinema and the Real Los Angeles reviewed by Michael Talbott

While it was cool how the filmmakers used real life events in history to serve a purpose to save the Earth, it was a bit of a cop out to have the time travel introduced and then limit the role of Tommy Lee Jones.

Not as commendable were the slick but forgettable Leatherface, the first disappointment by French filmmaking duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; the Spierig Brothers» Jigsaw, part 8 of the exhausted Saw series; the dull Amityville: The Awakening by Franck Khalfoun, usually a respectable genre director, who does still add his share of clever touches (and meta moments, like when a group of teenagers watch the original Amityville Horror in the «real» Amityville haunted house, into which one's family has just moved); Open Water 3: Cage Dive, whose shark - franchise designation was tacked on as an afterthought, not that it helped to draw in audiences (in an anemic year for great whites, 47 Meters Down takes the prize for the best shark film); Jeepers Creepers 3, a super-limited release — surely in part because of director Victor Salva's history as a convicted child molester — which just a tiny bit later would probably have been shelved permanently in light of the slew of reprehensible - male - behavior outings in recent months.

And Christopher Plummer's work replacing Kevin Spacey has to be the «most - recently shot» nomination in Oscar history — while also feeling like a bit of a «thank you» for helping to erase a real - life villain from a major movie.

The shorter of the two is a usual bit of business that alternates between real insight and promo huckstering, but the other, Gladiator Games, is, as its Learning Channel - pedigree would imply, a genuinely informative look at the history of the ancient Roman gladiator business; only a small fraction of its one - hour running time is devoted to blatant movie marketing.

A vivid real - life re-creation of the race and its aftermath, from its frenzied start to the nail - biting dash at its finish, Eighty Days is history with the heart of a great adventure novel.

This can require quite a bit of effort on the part of the investor, as it may require digging into the borrower's experience and financial history, as well as learning more about the current and long - term demand for real estate in the market where the property is located.

It may sound a bit strange, and that's because it is, but this realm of furry creatures who can talk feels like a real place, a place with a rich history, which is impressive given that you're actually relegated to a fairly small piece of land to explore.

By the end of it all, you'll likely have learned a bit about Japan's history, because the game is based on real - world events in feudal Japan.

Since there's no real European news to speak of this week I though I'd do something a bit different this week and give you a brief history of one of my all time favourite Nintendo characters, T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas.

sometimes it's a bit of a gut feeling as well when you talk to someone if they're BSing you or if they're for real... with bad credit for her, and her boyfriend, and a bad rental history, i wouldn't rent to her