Sentences with phrase «tale following»

In a personal blog post made on Aug. 25, former Valve employee and writer for the «Half Life» series Marc Laidlaw posted a letter written from the perspective of a character strikingly similar to Gordon Freeman laying out a tale following events similar to the story of «Half Life.»

Hulu's breakout dystopian drama The Handmaid's Tale followed its winning ways at the 2017 Emmys by once again winning for Best TV Drama, with Elisabeth Moss also being named the best actress in a TV drama for the popular Margaret Atwood adaptation that became the streaming service's first bonafide hit when it debuted over the summer.

Join us for the reading of a classic holiday tale followed by a journey to the North Pole in our Planetarium (12 - 15 minutes) where we will explore the wonders of the wintertime sky.

The tale follows this son and grandson of prominent physicians from his youth in Philadelphia during the early 1900s through his rise and eventual fall in national prominence.

Experience epic stories from Dirahl in SmuggleCraft: Stories from the Sideways, a collection of twin - tales following Dirahlians on their daily struggles.

The beautifully shot tale follows his career trajectory, as Paul's crowd explores the disco - inflected sound known as garage (after the soulful styles favoured at Larry Levan's Paradise Garage, in pre — AIDS Manhattan).

Based on the children's picture book by author Julia Donaldson, this animated tale follows a creature called the Gruffalo and his young daughter, who wants to explore life outside of their clearing despite her father's warnings of a Big Bad Mouse that lurks in the forest.

Both a Halloween movie and Christmas movie, the spooky tale follows the ambitious Jack Skellington as he pursues a change after getting bored of being the Pumpkin King of frights.

This terrifying, darkly comedic tale follows an ancient demonic avenger that lays siege into an unsuspecting suburban family during Christmas.

An adaptation of Patricia Highsmith «s «Carol» (also known as «The Price Of Salt «-RRB-, penned by Phyllis Nagy («Mrs. Harris «-RRB-, the»50s New York - set tale follows the story of two women — one a 20 - something girl working in a department store while harbouring bigger dreams, the other a middle - aged wife trapped in a money - driven, loveless marriage — and the relationship that brews between the two.

The» 50's New York - set tale follows the story of two women; one a 20 - something girl working in a department store while harbouring bigger dreams, the other a middle aged wife trapped in a money - driven, loveless marriage.

The poignant tale follows the lovely Imogen Poots as Ellie, a young Los Angeles aspiring furniture designer who travels to Texas for her estranged father's funeral.

His previous outing was the all - star Anne Rice adaptation INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE and his latest, dark tale follows wandering immortals Eleanor and Clara (Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan), two mysterious young women who flee the scene of a violent crime to find sanctuary in a run - down UK coastal resort.

Winter's Tale follows the story of Peter Lake (Colin Farrell) who is thief that gets more than he bargained for.

Spoilers for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales follow... Geoffrey Rush's Captain Barbossa may have started off as a pure villain in the franchise, but he quickly became a fan - favorite, easily rivaling Captain Jack himself in popularity.

Written and directed by James Gunn, the tale follows Peter Quill and a band of unlikely heroes as they hurtle through space, dodge and sometimes fight angry foes, trip over their own foibles, and wisecrack their way through adventure.

Gus Van Sant's moody, Shakespeare - inflected street - youth tale follows a narcoleptic hustler (River Phoenix) on a tragic journey in search of himself.

Intercut between these coexisting tales we follow the nefarious doings of dodgy duo German (Aaron Pedersen) and Chook (Aaron Glenane).

A Knight's Tale follows the story of William Thatcher (Ledger), squire to a knight named Sir Ector.

B + The Diary of a Teenage Girl Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity, drug use, language and drinking — all involving teens Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94 % Available on DVD and Blu - ray Taking place in the early 1970's in San Francisco, this coming of age tale follows a young girl who explores her sexuality by sleeping with her mother's boyfriend while documenting her various exploits on her tape recorder.

The true story tale follows Portland slacker John Callahan (Phoenix) nearly...

Based on the novel by Philippa Gregory, the historically inaccurate tale follows the two Boleyn sisters — Mary (Scarlett Johansson) and Anne (Natalie Portman)-- as they vie for the love of King Henry VIII (Eric Bana).

Set in Yorkshire but with the cast (including Sandrine Kiberlain) speaking French, this tale follows three couples as they react to the news that their (unseen) friend George Riley has cancer.

Bohjalian's Secrets of Eden is set in contemporary New England and examines a family plagued by domestic violence; Lansens» The Wife's Tale follows a middle aged woman around the country as she searches for her missing husband;

The post-apocalyptic tale follows 16 - year - old Cassie as she navigates a bleak and dangerous dystopia following an alien invasion that has wiped out most of the human race.

A bold and poignant play on the traditional story of Scheherazade in The Arabian Nights, Greenberg's tale follows Cherry and her quick - witted maid, Hero (a star - crossed couple secretly in love) through their 100 - day ploy to distract a diabolical man by regaling him with with stories so compelling that he loses track of time altogether.

This moving tale follows two young friends trapped in the Cévennes Mountains who turn to trading stories from their pasts in order to keep up morale and their will to live.

The hilarious and endearing tale follows genetics professor Don Tillman — who's brilliant but socially awkward — as his scientific quest to find a wife is sidetracked by the gorgeous and free - spirited Rosie.

With the excitement of an archetypal perilous adventure, Thornton's stark tale follows Tanzanian street orphans Moses and Kioso as they make their way to an old family farm.

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The haunting and grisly tale follows the tragic death of Takuru's parents during an earthquake years ago.

Arriving on the Nintendo DS when the touch controls still felt novel, Chocobo Tales follows the title character's quest for magical story books that expand into numerous minigames.

Like previous XV supplementary's Kingsglaive and Brotherhood, King's Tale follows a part of the XV's story that isn't really explored in game, King Regis's similar adventures in his youth.

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Instead, following Hopper's death in 2010, it's best known for the tales of drug use and partying that went on throughout the creation of it.

The bad guys teach us what not to do and offer cautionary tales about what we stand to lose if we're tempted to follow a similar path.

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Humans have been telling tales for thousands of years, which is why it's a great idea for the flow of your demo to follow a narrative pattern, whether it's a live walkthrough of your product or via a slide deck using visually appealing templates from solutions like Slidebean.

THIS is a tale of an Australian wine style that has a small, dedicated following.

«For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were EYEWITNESSES of His majesty.»

Yeah, she should stop following ancient fairy tales about gods that don't exist and just live in the real world.

In extracting «insights from sources as varied as Greek mythology, Catholic mysticism and fairy tales like Cinderella», Mr Rohr has followed in the steps of the religious leaders of Jesus day, who «made the word of God invalid because of your tradition».

someone that wastes their life following a book of fairy tales talking about «stupid»?

Theodoret may, in fact, have felt that his praise of Maesymas was excessive, because be follows his life with the tale of one of the true ascetics, Acepsimas.

The volume is also divided into two separate stories, set a century apart: a long first - person narrative by a Handmaid in Gilead is followed by «Historical Notes on «The Handmaid's Tale,»» a fictive academic commentary by the urbane male editor of the anonymous woman's tapes discovered in the late 21st century, decades after Gilead's fall.

Still amazes me how people are so willing to follow an idea, a religion, a dude telling fairy tales from a stage, rather than the things that they see before them every day, and in doing so, tie everyday natural occurrences into evidence for the validity of their fairy tales.

Fairy tales have always taught us a certain truth, that life has a set of rules that we didn't set up, and we will only be happy if we follow them (another big point of Chesterton's).

While the epic contains a flood story I have to disagree with Mr. George, I challenge you to read the Gilgamesh flood tale and Noahs flood and point out how they follow each other.

What is particularly noticeable is the way the Genesis flood story follows the Gilgamesh flood tale «point by point and in the same order», even when the story permits other alternatives.

I have a theory that SBNRs are so because one or more or a combination of the following: (1) they can't justify their spiritual texts - and so they try to remove themselves from gory genocidal tales, misogyny and anecdotal professions of a man / god, (2) can't defend and are turned off by organized religious history (which encompasses the overwhelming majority of spiritual experiences)- which is simply rife with cruelty, criminal behavior and even modern day cruel - ignorant ostracization, (3) are unable to separate ethics from their respective religious moral code - they, like many theists on this board, wouldn't know how to think ethically because they think the genesis of morality resides in their respective spiritual guides / traditions and (4) are unable to separate from the communal (social) benefits of their respective religion (many atheists aren't either).

The result — a tale of a young teenage boy who believes his epic sci - fi novel has been stolen for use by one of his writer heroes, and the battle that ensues between them — is a movie that this time might be too strange for a mainstream audience, but based on the Hesses» track record, could very well gain a cult following for years.