Sentences with phrase «rich tale»

Dozens of historically significant ships that sit in the vast depths around the world preserve rich tales of history.

We've seen the rags - to - riches tale before, and there's no real attempt in the script to inject with anything more than the charm of the car.

The rags - to - riches tale won a leading five prizes, including best picture, at Critics» Choice Awards.

It's much better than that: The Gift is a stalker suspense - thriller with a wicked edge, a thematically rich tale of revenge and domination that engages the mind as it gives you the willies.

Slumdog is a Dickensian rags - to - riches tale with a romance at the center.

There's no punch line that follows, but rather the passionate rags - to - riches tale behind writer / director Craig Brewer's «Hustle & Flow.»

When an award - winning writer / director and an A-List cast work together on a good old rags - to - riches tale inspired by self - made millionaire Joy Mangano's life, what could possibly go wrong?

In Frankel's emotionally rich tale of love and loss in the digital realm, software engineer Sam develops an algorithm to find not just a date but a soul mate, then moves on to enable electronic communication with DLOs (dead loves ones).

Map of the Invisible World is the masterly, psychologically rich tale of three lives indelibly marked by the past — their own and Indonesia's.

Good Fortune is the rags to riches tale of conscious capitalism pioneer John Paul DeJoria.

The narrative of GTA IV is a variation on the rags - to - riches tales found in gangster movies dating back to the original Scarface and Little Caesar.

In a new book, The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty, Nina Munk tells a rich tale of one man's hubris.

Of the largest cities in America, these 10 give you the best chances of starring in your own rags - to - riches tale.

His grandmother saved him and let him stay at her place for a while, making his particular story a modern day rags to riches tale.

The classic rags - to - riches tale of an enterprising dreamer who works all hours to build her dream business is part of what makes start - up life such a compelling idea, and young, growing businesses get plenty of media mileage out of their human interest aspects, from working out of garages to quirky founders.

It is not an extended essay but a rich tale, with all sorts of interesting subplots and asides.

English football loves rags - to - riches tales, and stories don't come more remarkable than Vardy's evolution into the country's most feared centre - forward.

He is bringing out an autobiography, My Story, in October and revealed that a film charting his rags - to - riches tale is slated for release in 2017.

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While Amoruso's rep as a badass girl boss is not quite what it used to be (see: her recent exit from Nasty Gal and the various employee complaints that preceded it), her rags - to - riches tale is still pretty darn inspiring.

Much like Gladiator and countless other stories in a variety of genres, this rags - to - riches tale can't hide its formula, even though it's easy to get lost in the film's formidable scope.

Kidnap drama Prisoners is sombre yet slick, while the Bafta - nominated Wadjda is a rich tale about a rebellious Saudi schoolgirl, writes Guy Lodge

But now, with key new scenes of Roberta Sparrow (aka Grandma Death) and chapter headings to correspond to the fictional textbook in the movie (The Philosophy of Time Travel), Donnie Darko is organized in such a way that new and old audiences can get a better idea as to what's happening in this rich tale of a young man and his personal search for God.

Leo's Fortune [$ 4.99], with its beautiful visuals, well - done gameplay and its rich tale of redemption, does just that.

But just when the movie reaches its natural stopping point, it continues onward and finds a deeper, richer tale to tell about what it means to be in love.

Director / co-writer Todd Phillips, expanding a resume built on comedies such as The Hangover trilogy and Old School, brings a suitable zest to the insanity of this guns - to - riches tale, but falters when the time comes to move beyond his filmmaking comfort zone.

It's a glossy look at a real - life rags - to - riches tale.

Ortiz stars as «Ramone, a flyweight kid from the streets with real sparring potential» in a story that mirrors Ortiz's rags - to - riches tale.

While this type of story, like Woody, is old and simple, underneath is a richer tale of squandered opportunities and grand desires unrealized, not just for one man, but for an entire community, state, region and, perhaps, an entire country as well.

But it is unsure of what it wants to be, and remains stuck somewhere between raunchy comedy and heartfelt rags - to - riches tale.

A reference to Dickens should ready an audience for a rich tale of coincidences and mysterious parentage.

The Weinstein effect: «Slumdog Millionaire,» winner in 2009, was a rags - to - riches tale that reflected the mood of a nation in the thick of a recession.

A top - down, turn - based highly strategic RPG, Avadon 2 also has a rich tale to be told while doing a great job of always giving the player an opportunity to explore the world on their own.

Based on a seriously half - baked 80s cartoon about a rock band that runs an orphanage and goes on superhero - y adventures coordinated by a prescient synthesizer, Jem And The Holograms attempts to ground its source material in a by - the - book rags - to - riches tale told mostly through the lens of YouTube videos.

Collet - Serra understands the essential truth of these Neeson films, that they are thinly disguised rags - to - riches tales, in which a worthy person starts off low and ends up high.

This solid doc tells the the rags to riches back to rags back to riches tale of ballet - dancing bad boy, Sergei Polunin.

Lily Eskelsen Garcia's story isn't exactly a rags - to - riches tale in the traditional sense.

David Case is self - absorbed, too, but the third - person voice here provides more space for the working out of this rich tale not just David's story or Justin's story, but Fate's, too.

Jewell Parker Rhodes weaves a rich tale celebrating the magic within...

But though the tone for much of the book hovers just above that of fairy tale, there are ample satisfactions in the unfolding of this rags - to - riches tale — and some gorgeous writing as well.

It's not your usual rags - to - riches tale.

Set during the Cold War, this rich tale still captivates with its spellbinding portrayal of the world of secret agents.

There's a nice depth to the main story even if the rags to riches tale is nothing new.

Players will enter a rich tale of myth and magic, joining the unlikely hero Quill on an epic journey.

Epic rags to riches tale.

The result is a house that's full of rich tales and family history, giving any visitor plenty to write home about.