Sentences with phrase «story of the civil war»

Experience the legendary battle between the Autobots and Decepticons before their exodus to Earth in the untold story of the civil war for their home planet, Cybertron.

The only story that is told again and again is the story of the Civil War, how the slaves were freed — and, tellingly, about the white heroes who freed them.

With its history deeply rooted in our nation's founding and a leading economic status, Richmond, VA, is an exciting place where the past, present, and future collide.Numerous monuments and museums recount compelling stories of the Civil War, while stunning architecture and gorgeous botanical gardens dress countless streets and landmarks.

A wide spectrum of unforgettable characters populate this story of the Civil War.

Experience the legendary battle between the Autobots and Decepticons before their exodus to Earth in the untold story of the civil war for their home planet, Cybertron.

Not exact matches

Matthew McConaughey stars in this historical epic that tells the story of a real - life farmer who helped lead his own rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

So, why is this piece of op - ed higher up on the home page than the new Egyptian president urging unity in a country on the verge of civil war, and the story of the brave park ranger who gave his life for another on Mount Rainier?

In the second part — on our history's major constitutional disputes — the book reaches its dramatic climax: an expertly told story of the constitutional transformations wrought by the Civil War.

Boris Pasternak told the story of revolution and civil war through a love story.

Ellison and I regarded ourselves as being the heirs and continuators of the most indigenous mythic prefigurations of the most fundamental existential assumption underlying the human proposition as stated in the Declaration of Independence... Yes, it would be the likes of him... and me... the grandchildren of slaves freed by the Civil War, betrayed by Reconstruction... who would strive in our stories to provide American literature with representative anecdotes, definitive episodes, and mythic profiles that would add up to a truly comprehensive and universally appealing American epic.

They take in the streets of Birmingham, Alabama, where Martin Luther King fought the D - Day of the civil rights movement; the story of a woman Wilma Derksen who forgave her daughter's murderer; and the incredible courage of the World War Two Huguenots who defied the Nazis.

Super-busy week for me, can't possibly keep up with rapidly changing Egypt developments, but signs suggest a civil war in the making: From a Guardian story, we learn that Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in Alexandria and Mansoura were ransacked and in the case of latter, set on fire, prompting....

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

On this 150th anniversary of the close of the Civil War, and of Lincoln's death, it is well to remember Lincoln's story and its lessons for our age.

This quiet story of an elderly preacher's coming to terms with his life and the lives of his fathers - from the Civil War to the twentieth century - is told with such intimacy that it can be painful in its beauty.

Energy courses through a prologue telling the story — often of glorious defeat — of the demands for democracy from below from the English Civil War to 1848.

The 1965 David Lean classic tells the story of Yuri Zhivago and his mistress Larissa and spans a World War, the 1917 Russian revolution, a civil war and the establishment of the Soviet UniWar, the 1917 Russian revolution, a civil war and the establishment of the Soviet Uniwar and the establishment of the Soviet Union.

It certainly ended up with the civil war, which overthrew the monarchy and executed the Archbishop of Canterbury and King Charles I. It's a profoundly political story.

It was probably responsible for stories that the wounds of some soldiers injured during the American civil war glowed in the dark (New Scientist, 9 June 2001, p 23).

In the slums of Nashville, in the grip of the Civil War, Edward Emerson Barnard was born and an astronomical success story began.

Newspapers were filled with stories and maps and casualty lists; people who had been children during the Civil War recalled years later that they had eagerly followed the progress of «their» armies — in which fathers or older brothers often marched — through their local papers.

Not much: The filmmakers — among them Tsotsi director Gavin Hood and 25th Hour writer David Benioff, no joke — relegate the most interesting parts of Logan's early story to an opening - credits sequence that dashes from his 1845 childhood to the Civil War to the Vietnam War in a span of seconds.

The story concerns the lives of four New England sisters — Jo (Katharine Hepburn), Amy (Joan Bennett), Meg (Frances Dee), and Beth (Jean Parker)-- during the time of the Civil War.

What makes Captain America: Civil War such a terrific accomplishment is the way it takes what could have been the most crass and overcrowded story to adapt as a film and instead transforms it into an examination of just who these heroes are and what impact they've had on the world around them, and vice versa.

Director Ryan Coogler begins Black Panther in the aftermath of 2016's Captain America: Civil War, a story that introduced Wakanda into the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Because the elements of this title were introduced in Civil War, we are spared the time - consuming trouble of an origin story.

After the origin stories, the sequels sliding all over the quality spectrum, one Civil War, a Ragnarok, an Age of Ultron, and a gazillion buckets of popcorn sold the world over, the Marvel Cinematic Universe ascends to a state of supernova in Avengers: Infinity War.

Although this represents the first full outing for the Black Panther character (who made his debut in Captain America: Civil War), it's more of an «introduction story» than an «origin story.»

Black Panther takes the story forwards after the events of Captain America: Civil War.

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Civil War is a rather large ensemble story, full of familiar and new characters.

May 5, 2016 • Captain America: Civil War drops some of the politics of the comics on which it's based, but it tells a different, equally current political story.

The prestige player is based on the true story of Newton Knight, a Mississippian who deserted the Confederate Army during the Civil War and led a band of former Confederates who took control of a number of southern Mississippi counties.

Starring Daniel Day - Lewis in the pivotal role of Abraham Lincoln, the film tells the story of the last months of Lincoln's presidency and his mission to abolish slavery during the time of the civil war.

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Captain America: Civil War was smart enough to act as a soft origin story for Black Panther, using a handful of well - placed scenes to introduce the character among the melee of the rest of the film, so that when Black Panther proper came out, we were already more or less up to speed.

This American Civil War epic has the feeling of a made - for - TV movie but is carried by a truly inspiring story and some excellent performances.

While sequels like Iron Man 3 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier have overcome feeling like prequels to a different story audiences haven't seen yet, other entries into this super-powered universe, efforts like Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War, struggled to come across as anything other than vehicles conceived and designed to get all of these characters into one place at the right time for this May's massive Avengers: Infinity War, none of them working outside of the larger story being told and as such aren't very entertaining or worth watching more than once.

Set two years before the start of the Civil War, the story begins with dentist turned bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) freeing a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) from captivity.

They're utterly inessential to the story being told, revealing a gross, undulating coldness at the heart of «Civil War.»

Set in America at a time in which Cold War paranoia and the Civil Rights injustices of the early 1960s have created an oppressive atmosphere for those on the margins of society, it's the story of a mute - since - childhood cleaner (Sally Hawkins) who falls for the amphibious humanoid (Doug Jones) being experimented upon at the underground research facility where she works.

«Black Panther» stars Chadwick Boseman («Captain America: Civil War,» «Get on Up»), Michael B. Jordan («Creed,» «Fruitvale Station»), Academy Award ® winner Lupita Nyong» o («Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» «12 Years a Slave»), Danai Gurira («The Walking Dead,» upcoming «All Eyez on Me»), Martin Freeman («Hobbit» trilogy, «Sherlock»), Daniel Kaluuya (upcoming «Get Out,» «Sicario»), with Academy Award ® nominee Angela Bassett («American Horror Story,» «London Has Fallen»), with Academy Award ® winner Forest Whitaker («Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» Lee Daniels» «The Butler»), and Andy Serkis («Avengers: Age of Ultron,» «Star Wars: The Force Awakens»).

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The linchpin of «Civil War» is how it treats its characters; each is given a story of consequence.

Director Ryan Coogler will continue the story of T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman) as the king of Wakanda following his father's death in 2016's Captain America: Civil War.

THE GENERAL is perhaps Buster Keaton's best - known films, is inspired by a true story of an event that occurred during the American Civil War, as adapted from the memoir The Great Locomotive Chase by William Pittenger.

WHY: «Civil War» has been jokingly referred to as «Avengers 2.5,» and for good reason, because while the movie may be a Captain America sequel in name, it's a continuation of several different story threads from «Winter Soldier,» «Age of Ultron» and more.

The Civil War story arc should have been part of an Avengers film.

Anghus Houvouras with five characters who could replace Spider - Man in Captain America: Civil War... One of the many interesting stories that came tumbling out of the massive Sony hack was negotiations between Marvel and Sony to borrow Spider - Man for next year's third Captain America film that will tackle the Civil War storyline.

The film follows two stories in parallel: in one, neurosurgeon Àlex Brendenmühl looks to uncover the secret in his parents» past that's preventing them from helping him in his fight against cancer; in the other, a group of kids are institutionalized during the Spanish Civil War because they've been struck with some condition that renders them numb.

These produced stories including wartime black humor in Iraq, musical diplomacy by the New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang, North Korea, a kerfuffle over the plumbing in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Pakistani artists» struggle with religious extremism in Lahore, and the Syrian civil war's spillover into neighboring Lebanon.