Sentences with phrase «story feels familiar»

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It's a story that's familiar to anyone who's ever felt the pull of being their own boss.

-- With the spotlight on him, the president's son - in - law has become «paranoid,» CNN reports: «Kushner also feels that he has come under fire from his own West Wing colleagues recently, with the notion that «everyone is out to get him,» a source said... Kushner... told people that he suspected the timing of the story about his foreign contacts was coordinated to be released when issues surrounding his security clearance were in the news, according to a source familiar with his thinking.»

It takes some serious magic to make this familiar story and well known dialogue feel brand new and exciting — after all, as fans we have whole passages memorized!

The original readers of the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman must have felt themselves on familiar ground.

In fact the feel of the film is not dissimilar to Abrams» work on the Star Trek reboot, where familiar characters went through familiar stories to reboot a franchise in need of a kickstart.

Taking as his text Exodus 3 - 4, the familiar story of how God appeared to Moses in the burning bush and called him to free Israel, Pastor Mark Craig emphasized the way Moses initially hesitated to respond to God's call, feeling himself unworthy.

If you are looking to move a baby into their own room or bed, make sure the room is familiar to them before you try it, so have quiet playtime or stories in there or get changed in their room after the bath so it doesn't feel like a completely new place when you first put them to bed in there.

Many Total Politics readers will be familiar with feeling twitchy on Fridays as that is the day that, traditionally, a Sunday newspaper chooses to put a story to you.

Much of it looks and feels familiar, but 2K Games proved that there is a whole other side of Rapture worth exploring, as well as new and interesting stories to tell.

However, it is gleefully nihilistic, and it takes a different approach to what has become a fairly familiar story form at this point, right at the moment when it feels like superhero movies either have to evolve or die.

The story of a young girl (voiced by The BFG's Ruby Barnhill) who discovers that she has been born into a long traditional of witchcraft, the film — adapted by Yonebayashi and Riko Sakaguchi, with an English - language script by David Freedman and Lynda Freedman — is predicated on a sense of wonder, but so much of its world feels familiar, if comfortably so, like a favorite band playing their old hits.

It's the sort of experience that people are going to be talking about for months to come, with a story that hits you right in the feels and smooth, beautifully staged gameplay that clicks immediately like a familiar, old friend.

A fascinating true - life story of reclaiming art stolen by the Nazis gets flattened into familiar, feel - good tropes

Older kids will probably make fun of it for being corny, and adults familiar with Herbie might feel there is too much déjà vu in the scant story to merit making yet another sequel.

There are some wonderfully tense scenes early on, and it does a good job of hitting all the usual beats without feeling too familiar, but «The Infiltrator» would be a lot more engaging if it was afforded the time to explore its story, as well as the players involved, in greater detail.

Like any battle over accessories the struggle is never easy, and the story will feel a bit choppy if you aren't already familiar with the anime.

The new feature American Made similarly fits into the genre but rather than finding its own unique identity, this drama feels like a muddled version of a familiar story.

It's another origin story we're familiar with in the world of comic book heroes, but given the emphasis on magic and alternate dimensions, there are many other toys in the toy box to play with to keep it all feeling like something new to the universe of big - screen superheroes.

The game jumps between different dates, characters and gameplay moments and though the story actually gets semi-interesting towards the end, it feels like overly familiar ground and at around six hours, the campaign is certainly not worth the price of admission alone.

That sense of safety comes from Stuhlbarg — and it not only gives Elio the confidence to express himself but also gives director Luca Guadagnino room to create a lush love story that's about pain but only the kind achingly familiar to anyone who's ever felt the heart's absence.

So when Evangeline Lilly was pitched the story arc for the Marvel Cinematic Universe sequels Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers 4, the Ant - Man and the Wasp actress felt something very familiar.

In the middle part of Anderson's career (circa «The Life Aquatic» and after), some critics began to complain about the familiar stylized elements of his films being a crutch and formula, diorama - like to the point of aestheticizing the emotions of the story (to be fair, some prescribed elements — the slow motion endings, that Futura font, the expected Kinks or Rolling Stone song — were starting to feel a little mechanical at a certain point).

The story of Merida, the tomboy teen at the heart of Brave, takes familiar princess tropes and spins them enough to feel fresh and fun.

If the plot sounds familiar, it's because the movie follows the same basic story beats of the original, and while that's not as problematic as it would be for most sequels — after all, these guys are so dumb they transcend logic — there's something that just feels off about this installment.

And, this can't be stressed enough, not only has Guerrilla crafted a fantastic looking game, but the mixture of familiar open - world gameplay elements as well as the game's new and unique world and story make it feel both exciting and refreshing.

But my problem with telling this story so soon is it all feels so familiar still, or more importantly, the wounds too fresh.

Apart from the trademark hand - drawn style and grotesque creatures, its mishmash of familiar story beats feel more like a Hollywood production than the more eccentric Japanese visions we've come to love.

None of the characters are underestimated, all of them are given room to express themselves, and while the story may be familiar the way it plays out feels fresh and inviting.

I walked into «Shrek Forever After» expecting another tired retread, coasting on pop culture references, familiar catchphrases and various other random gags, but devoid of a story truly worth telling and unable to make the characters feel fresh again.

The story still feels woefully familiar, and it all leads to yet another race - against - the - clock climax.

(Though more than a few of them have also pointed out how familiar the story feels, following all the other antihero dramas we've seen lately.)

10 Years feels a little too familiar and although the star - studded cast really sell their characters stories, and there will be scenes that will stay with you for some time, in 10 years, you might not even remember the name of this film.

The first third of In Her Shoes, when the initial story is being introduced, moves very slowly and feels awfully familiar.

When the speech and the familiar story kick in, the film feels less so — and, hence, less fresh.

Even the story and the dynamic between the two main leads feels very familiar, with nothing new added to it.

It feels like an assemblage of parts from other, better sci - fi stories, and while the strong roster of character actors gives it their all, they're mostly stuck playing familiar types (the stressed - out lead scientist, the shifty Russian, etc.).

It's a development that brings a distinctly familiar feel to a story that's otherwise quite original and innovative, although - admittedly - it's not quite ineffective enough to tarnish the film's overall impact (Waterston's star - making performance virtually earns the movie a recommendation all on its own).

Somewhere around the middle of last season, you started to feel like the exuberance was a distraction, avoiding an overly familiar story about a misfit self - actualizing towards heroism.

Doctor Strange's first cinematic debut, however, gives viewers a quickly paced origin story that feels as familiar as most contemporary superhero stories, where the viewer tags along to see how a man adapts to become something extraordinary, but in every other aspect the film provides relentless spectacle and levity.

Otherwise, the musical appears to be following the film's familiar story arc, with Muriel Heslop (originally played by Collette) feeling stuck in her sleepy town of Porpoise Spit, dreaming of the perfect wedding, complete with white dress, church, and loads of much - needed attention.

It's a story that is familiar to us now, but the film tells it anew, and it feels so urgent that it's almost jarring when we see the Twin Towers burning on a TV screen and remember that this took place 15 years ago and is not, in fact, coming to us live.

Lagos shuttles back and forth in time to explain how these four characters ended up sharing a predicament, but the scrambled chronology feels more like a defensive tactic, an attempt to disguise the story's familiar contours without actually adding any significant complication.

Because of the great screenplay and even better casting of complete unknowns, the film has a feel much more like «Stand By Me» or «Stranger Things» than the nightmare - ridden story most of us are familiar with.

Villeneuve and the writers tell the story primarily from his point of view, which in some ways helps make this familiar world feel new again.

Longtime viewers of the television series are likely to be familiar and comfortable with this format, but it feels unwieldy and mismanaged at five times normal SATC episode length, particularly when Nixon's story tearily wraps up a solid half - hour before the movie ends.

«What we discovered when we read the script for Safety was a truly unique story that explores the emotional and physical aspects of time travel that feels all together familiar in its trappings but completely original in its journey.

For some, this would represent exactly what good film story telling should be, but for me, it would normally provoke some harsh, uncontrollable sense that it all feels too familiar.

Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (who won an Oscar for penning the 2011 tragicomedy «The Descendants») also deserve a lot of credit for writing a movie that's as smart, funny and sweet as it is incredibly heartbreaking at times, because although their coming - of - age story follows an all too familiar journey, they manage to make it feel like an entirely fresh experience.

Clinging closely to the template of the 1991 Best Picture nominee, its story, characters and songs will feel potently familiar to anyone who's seen the Mouse House's first crack at the tale as old as time.

Learning that can access the familiar while providing opportunities to develop a public voice and examine one's own story and history is crucial to developing feelings of belonging and agency.