Sentences with phrase «story flashes back»

The beautiful Jessica visits the narrator / lawyer James at his office in order to see what trouble they might be in, and the story flashes back and forth in time, also following the present narrative as they figure out whether they can save themselves.

After cocky schoolteacher Phil (Bradley Cooper) phones Doug's bride from the Nevada desert to warn that her impending nuptials aren't going to happen, Phillips's story flashes back 48 hours to the lead - up to the notorious festivities, attended by Phil and weak - kneed dentist Stu (Ed Helms), as well as Doug's slow - witted brother - in - law - to - be Alan (Zach Galifianakis).

Meanwhile, the story flashes back to tell the tale of the young girl that he hit, a maid who already had a near death experience which changed her life and her outlook on it forever.

Not exact matches

When we think back on our own life's it usually comes with quick impressions and flashes of moments rather then a cohesive story.

An exhilarating update of «Flash Gordon,» very much in the same half - jokey, half - earnest mood, but backed by special effects that, for once, really work and are intelligently integrated with the story.

The story is a relatively simple one of how two people who should never have got together become obsessed with each other, but is told in Nicolas Roeg's fluid, labyrinthine style with flashes back and forward and disconcerting edits.

Language: English Genre: Historical / Biography MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Actors: Peter O'Toole, Joan Chen, Ruocheng Ying Plot: The story of the last emperor of China as told through flash backs and flash forwards.

Occasionally director Goold flashes back to the crime scene, but those attempts are a more - or-less irrelevant part of the story.

Director Morten Tyldum tells the story on three levels, in its present, flashing back to Turing's solitary school days and forward to the last days of his life when, his war records expunged because of secrecy, Turing becomes a victim of the British version of McCarthyism making it a tragedy snatched from the jaws of victory.

The story then flashes back to the destruction of the Globe Theater.

Wasn't sure of the need for the flash back story involving Jane (Paula Patton); nor the need for the tie to MI3 at the very end of this film.

I don't want to reveal too much, lest you don't know what's coming — I certainly did not — but suffice to say that Papa Georges was once, long ago, involved in the early days of movies, and now Hugo flashes back to tell his story.

Doubling as an effective romance, Zemeckis story of Hanks's FedEx worker Chuck Noland becoming stranded on a deserted Pacific Ocean island after a plane crash, driven to survive by the thought of returning to his girlfriend Kelly (played by Helen Hunt) is one of the director's most restrained (even the music cues by Alan Silvestri don't start till over an hour into the film) and in - command pieces of work that sees the esteemed filmmaker largely hold back on artistic flashes and instead focusing on his leading man Hanks working his magic as the determined Chuck.

After this flash - forward, the movie goes back to the standard «based on a true story» format.

We begin with a more or less contemporary author (Tom Wilkinson), looking back on his visit to the G.B.H., then flash back some decades to the «60s, where that writer as a younger man (Jude Law) talks to the hotel's owner (F. Murray Abraham), who in turns tells a story from 1932, involving the legendary concierge Monsieur Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his sidekick «lobby boy» Zero (Tony Revolori).

There are some violent scenes shown as flash backs which are disturbing and shows the story to be truly tragic.

A performance of amazing, quiet authority, von Sydow reprised the role in John Boorman's much - maligned 1977 «Exorcist II,» and, because his scenes flashed back to a demon origin story, he played the character as much closer to his own real age!

The film tells the story of the train journey, while also flashing back to the young boys» upbringing in Sacramento, California, notably Stone and Sadler, both of whom have a deep connection as friends, but also share the fact they are both being raised by single mothers (played by Jenna Fischer and Judy Greer).

Deadpool loves to narrate his own story, flashing back and forth until we're all caught up.

Problem that arises is that it takes a while for the story to really rope us in and we may need our own writer's quill to keep track of the abundance of characters and their respective ranks; especially since this screenplay flashes back to younger versions of the main players without any warning.

Richard Schickel reappraises Preston Sturges; David Thomson flashes back to the birth pangs of Cahiers du Cinema; Daphne Merkin monitors those Bette Davis sighs; David Bianculli chats up Kurt Vonnegut on all those squashed movie projects; John Powers essays the MTV novel; Jay Cocks reviews John Boorman's jungle horror stories; and Anne Thompson has the final word on Final Cut.

The movie starts in the present but keeps flashing back for long periods, telling the story of a crime and of the ensuing police investigation.

Deadpool loves to narrate his own story, flashing back and forth until were all caught up.

As Jean explores the murder mystery, Bigelow effortlessly flashes back to 1873 and tells the story of Maren Hontvedt (Sarah Polley), a young bride whisked away to America to a life of hard labor and not much else.

Finally an interesting story involving Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Flash, a more dark and bitter Batman, heroes / friends die, a back to the future like story with changing the time stream, provocative writing... what is not to like here?

It then flashes back to the start of the story, when Sloane gleefully is directing a crew of youthful minions in their campaign to woo a senator into backing a bill favoring the Indonesian palm oil industry.

But we start their story as they are dividing their belongings after a break - up and flashing back to their years together.

Throughout the story, Ruth flashes back to moments of her courtship with Simon: their first meeting, their proposal, the early years of their marriage.

The leader of the group submitted a few flash fiction stories for review back in January, which was my first exposure to that type of writing.

Flash back six years to the story of high school soccer star Ashley Spencer, who escapes the murderer who kills her mother and father — the same killer who leaves Miles» sister comatose.

I have been looking back over my collection of short stories and flash fiction.

Comic strips Larry Cruz peers back through the mists of time at the classic comic strip Flash Gordon: «If you've seen the Flash Gordon movie, then you're pretty familiar with the origin story, which it follows pretty closely.

(Kindle edition reviewed) Dominic Smith has accomplished one of the most difficult tasks a novelist can take on — He has maintained the continuity of a story that flashes back and forth... Continue Reading →

Heard back from Amazon about my proposal for a collection (and perhaps an ongoing series of collections) of flash fiction - length stories.

Sam did a 4 - day camel trek through the Thar Desert many years back and he's got some good stories from that trip — including surviving a flash flood that involved climbing trees and then seeking refuge in a small village!

Anyways, i bet this story mode is part of Juubito's flash back.

So it is your job as a player to dig deeper into the story which flashes back and forth, think Pulp Fiction, where you jump back and forth in the story, and try to find out everything that has been told to you and why you are the way you are and who Aiden is and why he is following you.

These fragments will take the form of flash frames of live action footage that will allow you to piece together a back story for your character.

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On the back, is the camera without flash (that is another story, Microsoft still hasn't placed a much - needed flashlight), and towards the bottom is the speaker grill, and between both is the Microsoft branding.