Sentences with phrase «story surprise hit»

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(A famous story about Nelson is that one afternoon he noticed, to his mild surprise, that he had hit two balls into divots he had taken during a morning round.

Before I started my Paleo eating experiment I used to dismiss stories about the sudden and surprising physical changes some women experience as they hit their 40's as more mythology than fact.

As the story hits its early surprise plot twist, we witness a reflection of America's social collapse with Mr. Megamind overseeing the carnage of infrastructure.

But that's not the big surprise about the film: this story of an arrogant, over-the-hill slugger (Mac) who comes out of retirement to chalk up his 3000th hit is more of a serious sports film than a knee - slapping comedy, and Mac gets a rare opportunity to showcase his true dramatic range as an actor.

It was one of the surprise critical hits of this year's Sundance crop with critics praising it as both a revealing study of a private community and a universally relatable story of family and loss.

There wasn't really anywhere for the story to go after 2008's surprise hit Taken, and this movie quickly proves that.

M. Night Shyamalan recently announced that «American Horror Story's» Sarah Paulson has joined the cast of Glass, his Unbreakable sequel that will spin off from his surprise hit Split.

10 Cloverfield Lane is an early contender for biggest surprise hit of 2016, delivering a story that's conceptually simple, emotionally complex and psychologically... Continue reading 10 Cloverfield Lane

The first movie's origin story of this group of space renegades was a surprise hit with both Marvel comic aficionados and newcomers like myself.

The story hits many of the beats you expect it to, but it has a few surprises too.

The expected nature of these beats makes the film less surprising, and thus makes the story less engaging — and that leaves less room for its final emotional beats to hit home.

The story of how Po [Jack Black] becomes the Dragon Warrior — despite the skepticism of the Furious Five Masters, Crane [David Cross], Mantis [Seth Rogen], Monkey [Jackie Chan], Tigress [Angelina Jolie] and Viper [Lucy Liu]-- is one of the year's surprise hits, critically as well as at the box office.

A refreshing spin on the superhero origin story, Chronicle was one of the surprise hits of the year, banking $ 126m from a budget of just $ 15m; a sequel has already been announced (although Fox are apparently unhappy with Max Landis» script), and its success has paved the way for Josh Trank to try his hand at a big budget superhero blockbuster with Fox's Fantastic Four reboot.

Leitch pulls no punches in his follow - up to the surprise hit movie, spinning a story of revenge and family, intertwining Wade Wilson's (Ryan Reynolds) life with Cable's (Josh Brolin), a superpowered liability named Russell (Julian Dennison) and a bunch of other mutant misfits.

The trailer also seems to suggest that there will be a healthy dose of action, so as long as the story isn't a complete mess and director Josh Trank can keep the movie's mystery a secret, this superhero «Cloverfield» could be the first surprise hit of the year.

My Love Story, known in Japan as Ore Monogatari, is a surprise hit shoujo about a fairly unattractive gentle giant who suddenly gains a love life when he rescues a girl from a harasser on a train.

Hosseini was a practicing physician in California when he wrote The Kite Runner, a surprise hit in 2003 that illuminated Afghanistan's tortured history through the powerful story of two boys.

Denton's debut novel, The Hideaway, was a word - of - mouth surprise hit, so we expect readers to be clamoring for her next book, the story of two sisters whose lives are forever changed when a hurricane threatens their dairy farm.

Last year, Lawrence Block edited a surprise hit, In Sunlight or in Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper.

Hosseini was a practicing physician in California when he wrote The Kite Runner, a surprise hit that illuminated Afghanistan's tortured history through the powerful story of two boys.

No surprise there, as Spiegelman's book is not only the story of a «dream crime,» but it is also one of the most exciting thrillers to hit shelves this summer.

Sentai Filmworks, a North American film distribution company, has recently announced that they will be distributing two new anime to be shipped soon, My Love Story and Triage X. My Love Story, known in Japan as Ore Monogatari, is a surprise hit shoujo about a fairly unattractive gentle giant who suddenly gains a... [Read more...]

I'm rather surprised any e-pubs put their work into print, since I've heard some pretty discouraging stories about authors» electronic royalties taking a big hit due to returns of their print titles.

Telltale's The Walking Dead was one of last year's surprise hits; due to its immersive presentation and dark take on the lengths some will go to for survival, The Walking Dead was given the «2012 Game of the Year Award» from numerous outlets, and a side - story DLC - «400 Days».

So I was surprised to read Holden Page's story at crunchbase that investment in legal tech startups hit a hard peak in 2015 and has been on the decline since.

Hugh Howey's self - published ebook was a surprise hit when it debuted in 2012, and it went on to spawn a multi-novel series known as the «Silo» franchise that included several prequel stories and spinoffs.