Sentences with phrase «retelling of stories»

Davis» latest production is a simple retelling of the story of Jesus of Nazareth through the eyes of Mary, who leaves behind the security of her family in order to follow a man she believes to be the Messiah.

Despite this, the film's grand technical and performative scale can not save itself from its otherwise inconsistent tempo, rendering it an unnecessary retelling of a story from which its origins are curiously not sought out.

A simple retelling of these stories would have been more dramatic, more effective and more powerful.

And in fact we do, as Sacks points out, for modern retellings of the story keep insisting that we experience things from Hagar's point of view.

Originally released under the name SENRAN KAGURA Burst in Europe and serving as a «director's cut» - style take on the inaugural entry in this now storied series, SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re: Newal brings the prior release's classic 2.5 D action to modern hardware with a full 3D remake and a fresh retelling of the story that started it all.

Some of the humor is «imported» into the text by Roncace, so that he provides a modern - day humorous retelling of the story (e.g., saying that Noah didn't have power tools to build the ark, p. 24), but it is still a creative way of telling the stories of Genesis.

Noah, the film, may be inspired by the biblical character and events — but it is not a straightforward retelling of that story.

The short - lived, big - budget NBC show was an ambitious retelling of the story of David that lasted just 13 episodes.

Its «Adventures in Evangelism» weekend manual suggests that creative retelling of the story is something we ought not to get too far - away from.

Our Women of the Gospels Series continues today with a creative and beautiful retelling of the story of the Widow of Nain from the talented Julie Clawson.

Expect to hear retellings of the stories your child has read, as he practices summarizing accurately.

The film earned its Academy awards through its deft retelling of the story of the investigative reporting team that uncovered the systematic cover - up of

Of course, without a reverent retelling of the story crafted by the novel's author, the words become hollow on the screen.

Legendary director Ridley Scott («Alien,» «Gladiator») goes Old Testament in this epic, effects - filled retelling of the story of Moses.

But this... There are, to say the least, some startling moments in this Sellar - and - Yeatman retelling of the story of England's Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, and her golden years, spent flirting, giving thin and enigmatic smiles, watching masques, and opening up a family - share - sized can of Tudor whup - ass on the Spanish and their beastly Catholic Armada.

Cooke sadly misses a chance to get more out his brilliant cast by offering only a superficial retelling of the story instead of making it his own.

There is no wonder why this is in set collections with Tales From the Crypt, it is just like the set - up of the ghoulish stories in Crypt except with Donald Pleasence in a psych ward going from each seemingly insane patient retelling each of their stories.

Exodus: Gods and Kings Rated PG - 13 for violence including battle sequences and intense images Available on DVD, Blu - ray and Blu - ray 3D Ridley Scott's epic retelling of the story of Moses was killed by critics and lost money at the box office, but did it deserve this plague?

Haynes» film removes that lid partway, so that when they do get together, the encounter is discreet yet sexually frank enough to bridge the story's era as well as a 21st - century retelling of that story.

He plays himself in director Chloé Zhao's slightly fictionalized retelling of his story.

The Persian king Xerxes is depicted very differently in One Night With The King — the biblical retelling of the story of Ester.

The first trailer for Pan revealed gorgeous, imaginative backdrops for what seemed like an otherwise by - the - numbers retelling of the story of the boy who wouldn't grow up.

If not, Stephen Gaghan's Gold is a fanciful, fictional retelling of a story about Wall Street greed and hubris that is happy to take the cautionary tale and gild it with Hollywood glitz.

I, Tonya is a hilarious, gut - punching retelling of the story of Tonya Harding, the Olympic figure skater whose connection to a 1994 attack on fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan ensured she'd become as much of a household name — and late - night comedy punchline — as contemporary figures like O.J. Simpson, JonBenét Ramsey, and Bill Clinton.

It isn't a mind - blowing epic, but it's certainly a riveting and worthy retelling of this story.

Final Verdict: Dorian Gray could have been so much more, a tame retelling of a story that deserves a meaty adaptation.

Not many filmmakers would imagine a story that includes a teenage girl who has poisoned her mother, three suicide attempts by two different characters, the downfall of a substance abuser, and the almost happy retelling of the story of a mercy killing.

Andy Serkis's directorial debut is a heartfelt retelling of the story of Robin Cavendish that highlights a vital chapter of history but airbrushes another

There is a link to a south park retelling of the story (which is appropriate) but annoyingly it has music playing in the background.

The act of mapping something out encourages the individual to create an internal retelling of the story.

A full cast brings both humor and insight to the characters and events in this lively retelling of the story of Noah, his ark, and the flood that destroyed the world.

In Hunt's character - driven retelling of the story of David's seduction of Bathsheba, Uriah's wife Botchan's soft alto reveals the naïveté and vulnerability of young Bathsheba, while Ross, as the prophet Nathan, speaks in an impassioned, cultured voice as he confronts David with his sins.

I'm sorry but the last two posts are delusional retellings of the story: 1) If Fusion Garage was such a clusterfck, the CrunchPad was never going to be a success and you deserve just as much blame for ever doing business with these clowns — particularly as it looks like most of the business was conducted on the back of napkins and with handshakes.

Roye adds to each image an incisive retelling of the stories shared with him.

Cognitive - behavioral therapy techniques include repeated retelling of the story of the death and work on confronting avoided situations.

A variety of writing sheets with pictures for children to write captions and retell some of the stories from Jesus's life - palm sunday, feeding the five thousand, angels, lost coin, prodigal son, good samaritan, lost sheep, Jesus walking on the water and a colour sequencing sheet of the Zaccheus story.

Not too much was changed other than making it a modern retelling of the story, but it made sense to have a vampire in Vegas go unnoticed because a lot of people work at night and sleep during the day.

Originally released under the name SENRAN KAGURA Burst in North America and serving as a «director's cut» - style take on the inaugural entry in this now storied series, SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re: Newal brings the prior release's classic 2.5 D action to modern hardware with a full 3D remake and a fresh retelling of the story that started it all.

A simple retelling of the story wouldn't take long and would bore people to sleep.

Daniels's allegation, however, suggests someone close to Trump attempted to silence her, though she didn't use Cohen's name in her retelling of the story.

But he learned his lessons from the retelling of stories.

A retelling of the story of creation along with the disobedience of Adam and Eve is crucial.

In both Judaism and Christianity the reading and retelling of the stories in devotional and liturgical contexts made them deeply familiar.

Only here has Paul placed real relational distance between himself and the apostles in his retelling of the story, for only here has any apostle (Peter and perhaps James) 35 chosen a human principle.

Ch 2 is a retelling of the story to make a specific point about man's dominance over women, but it has to change the order of things from Ch 1 in order to do that.

Then, their retelling of the story of Jesus does not conclude with the end of the Gospels, but carries on into the birth of the church as the Body of Christ (chapter 15) before concluding with a study of the return of Jesus (chapter 16).

If his stories might be considered simply a retelling of the story of salvation, as some have suggested, might he be attempting to lead the reader along the path to some sort of «spiritual» experience?