Sentences with phrase «stories of this ilk»

God stories of all ilks are just a cop - out used by the cowardly and the lazy.

Twenty - nine - year - old Irma Lopez now has one of the worst stories of this ilk in that after she was turned away, she gave birth on the lawn.

It's a decidedly stirring premise that is, at the outset, employed to competent yet far - from - gripping effect by John Cameron Mitchell, as the filmmaker, working from Lindsay - Abaire's screenplay, offers up an opening half hour that generally comes off as an overly conventional look at grief - with Becca's inability to accept her boy's loss precisely the sort of reaction that one expects from movies and stories of this ilk.

Even fictionalized stories of this ilk haven't caught fire, as «The Ides of March» only received a single Oscar nomination.

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When you and your ilk, including the author of this «story» stoop down to dribble and insults, we all know that the real problem is the quality of mind and level of retrograde culture in Britain and elsewhere.

Unlike the majority of football books of a similar ilk, Wilson actually has a story to tell, which takes the reader on journey from his childhood in Chesterfield to his playing days with Arsenal and beyond and his life a broadcaster and presenter.

While not as aggressively mindless as many of its ilk, flick suffers from simple fatigue, as in: We're tired of seeing the exact same love story over and over.

Too often movies of its ilk take their subject too seriously, in turn making the story feel schmaltzy, pruned and disingenuous.

As an episode of «Twilight Zone» or any one of its ilk, this would have made for a fascinating shorter film, and would not have suffered from the heavy padding and flaccid side stories that bog all momentum down to a crawl.

Relentlessly clever and fun, Fish Story manages to tackle the concept of a «hyperlink» story without any of the pretentiousness or overindulges that typically plagues projects of thatStory manages to tackle the concept of a «hyperlink» story without any of the pretentiousness or overindulges that typically plagues projects of thatstory without any of the pretentiousness or overindulges that typically plagues projects of that ilk.

is a provocative dysfunctional family drama, very similar to others of its ilk in story, but very different in execution

But especially given that, according to my friends who are its fans, Scott Pilgrim the comic is a story that tries to combat much of the misogyny that underlies Scott Pilgrim the film and other works of its ilk, it's a shame that this is the best Edgar Wright could come up with — a film that uses flashing lights and bright colors to distract its viewers from the unpleasantness at its core.

Long story short, it's no wonder that not every car of this ilk gets that balance 100 % right — and the Nissan Murano falls into that category.

The Navajo sport utility vehicle, Mazda's first of that ilk, was add ed to the lineup this year and is another in the growing list of success stories for the Japanese automaker - even if Navajo is supplied by Ford.

Self - published author and indie author advocate Hugh Howey turned the publishing industry on its head, not with his beat - the - odds success story that made him a household name, but for his willingness to throw open the vault of secrecy surrounding what authors of every ilk actually earn.

I even saw one book of this ilk on the market where I guesstimated that only about 10 percent of the content was the author's original ideas and stories.

While DC Comics has reinvented and upgraded its characters and story lines over the years to keep up with a changing culture and new generations of reader fans that have come along, the technology behind this re-release will mean greater access for fans of any ilk, no matter the geographical barriers to purchasing the comics on issue day.

The story is much more extensive than many other games of a similar ilk, as you travel through many different acts all in the style of a stage play.

4) Gone Home (The Fullbright Company) The Last of Us and its ilk were lauded for their stories, but this game proved you don't have to dilute a narrative to sell to the largest audience.

Like most military shooters of its ilk, «Battlefield 4's» story is incredibly jingoistic, with the stalwart Americans seemingly always on the right side of any moral quandary.

While Celeste does indeed nest itself alongside the aforementioned titles, it manages to place itself on a pedestal above games of a similar ilk, successfully managing to pair brilliantly designed platforming gameplay, with a story that focuses on a particularly serious subject matter.

It is a standard JRPG and the story isn't much different to its ilk, but the mix between classic Dragon Quest with its menagerie of monsters really did make for a compelling DS title.

After a childhood of stories feed an imaginative pattern of wonder about woodland fairies and their ilk potentially holding council or playing hide and go seek in the most rapturous constituents of the forest, a strange tinge of remorse was leftover for being unable you couldn't shrink down and run through the halls and tunnels of trees.