One interesting
thing about this novel is that Whitehead moves back and forth from the real, some of which is horrible, and the imaginary.
One of the great
things about this novel, is the history.
Not exact matches
Consumers already have some preconceptions
about the fledgling Internet of
Things, but businesses are finding
novel applications
Many
things that draw teens to smartphones — the need to socially connect, seek
novel experiences, and learn
about the world — are the sorts of
things they have always sought.
«This is uncomfortable, but it's possible we have to allow people to say disparaging
things about gay people if we want them to be able to say
novel things about physics,» Altman wrote.
I'm talking
about genuinely figuring out the right
thing to do, in a
novel situation that requires urgent action.
Maze of Blood is (among other
things) a
novel about the imagination — «
about it» by enacting it.
Jeremy, you could write a
novel, without any
thing illicit being said or done, as Lewis did,
about a man who found ways to talk
about Jesus (Gods Grace you know what I mean) over and against the forces surrounding him.
Tom Wolfe may deny that his
novel is
about Duke, but having spent 20 years there I know a few
things about the school.
A great
thing about Robinson, of course, is that she's not only written
novels, but lots of essays — philosophic, theological, cultural, and political — for those of us who have that prosaic learning style.
The
novel is full, too, of wonderful throwaway observations
about human nature («Lancelot shrugged his shoulders — one of the stupidest
things to do when the other party wants to have a fight»).
In a 1910 Austrian ski
novel, Flight Without Wings, the hero stood waiting to start: «One
thing had puzzled him:
about one minute from the start, the spectators always burst into loud laughter down the course.
From what we know
about brain development, it is quite possible that continued exposure to this type of stimuli, especially if it occurs in different types of circumstances will gradually generalize to a more permanent reaction style to new and
novel things they encounter.
Dating Big Bird by Laura Zigman, is an entertaining, yet real to life,
novel about things not going the way we hoped they would, and how to find true happiness at the end of the tunnel.
I mean, infrastructure really is the key in a lot of these
things, but in some ways that goes to the really creative,
novel way of thinking
about this.
Today we are going to talk
about one of my favorite
things EVER... Aside from cats, thriller
novels, bad 90's music, and yoga, I'm obsessed with spiralizing!
«People and relationships are always evolving, and there are always opportunities to discover
novel things about one another,» she says.
However, this doesn't mean you should write a
novel about yourself or include a laundry list of
things you require in a man.
The most liberating
thing about James Foley's Fifty Shades Freed, the final part of a trilogy of films adapted from E.L. James's louche Fifty Shades
novels, is that it doesn't even try to make sense of Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) anymore.
I could write a
novel about why Two Worlds II is the worst
thing to happen to the fantasy RPG genre since encumbrance systems.
It's
about loving to love those
things, which makes Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the bestselling
novel...
This twist came out of nowhere, which isn't a bad
thing in and of itself, except that so many more left - turns were to follow that it started to feel like Affleck was so overwhelmed by translating Lehane's
novel for the big screen that he just decided to throw in all of «what happens» in the book without figuring out how to make us care
about any of it.
Kris, though I'm not expecting anything from Oscar and since
things have slowed down I don't feel like I'm wasting your time, do you know what the latest news is
about the adaptation of the Hunter Thompson
novel Rum Diary with Johnny Depp.
That's one of the best
things about «Carol,» director Todd Haynes» glittering adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's scandalous 1952
novel «The Price of Salt,»
about a furtive love affair between two women.
Warning: Even if you have seen Sunday's season finale, this peek into The Strain's latest graphic -
novel release features info
about things that might make you go hmmmm.
Sometimes film and
novel can be alike in half - heartedly following a template; perhaps the most glowing
thing that can be said
about «Inferno» is that reliable screenwriter David Koepp (returning from 2009's «Angels & Demons») has fully captured the essence of its source.
This is the kind of
thing you'd expect on a women's cable network movie - of - the - week, and screenwriter Allison Burnett (working from, what I've heard, a more meta - fictional
novel by Charles Baxter; this kind of circumstantial plotting might actually work as meta - fiction) takes a kind of dopey sincerity
about the whole
thing.
Based on the
novel by Herman Koch, one of the best
things about watching how Oren Moverman's film unfolds is the way in which we're constantly shown new and surprising sides to our protagonists.
Synopsis: From a producer of FOXCATCHER and based on the
novel by New York Times best - selling author Laura Lippman, EVERY SECRET
THING is a gripping psychological thriller
about the chilling consequences of the secrets we keep.
Here's a list of
things I ABSOLUTELY hated
about «Cell», one of the worst big screen adaptations of a Stephen King
novel:
Honestly, not being evasive, but the great
thing about Bond is that I have 50 years of movies — 23 movies — and all the Ian Fleming
novels and short stories, all of which are fodder.
Loosely based on the
novel «All the Way» by Andy Behrens, the screen version is a rather raunchy adventure reminiscent not only of Judd Apatow's recent offerings but also of such shock genre staples as The 40 Year - Old Virgin, Road Trip, American Pie, There's Something
about Mary and The Sure
Thing.
Dolores Claiborne (Blu - ray) Release date: Nov. 28 Details: 1995, Warner Archive Collection Rated: R, violence, language The lowdown: A spellbinding adaptation of the Stephen King
novel about a Maine woman accused of murder and the estranged daughter who returns home to help sort
things out.
Perhaps the most exciting and intriguing
thing about this adaptation of David Clowes» acclaimed satirical graphic
novel it that director Craig Johnson has cast Woody Harrelson in the title role, with Laura Dern co-starring as Wilson's estranged wife.
By chance, he picked up the 1982 French graphic
novel Le Transperceneige, by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean - Marc Rochette,
about an express train barreling through a postapocalyptic wasteland — and according to the director, «finished the whole
thing standing there in the shop.»
It's
about loving to love those
things, which makes Steven Spielberg's film adaptation of the bestselling
novel feel hollow despite — or maybe because of — the relentless pop culture references it throws at you.
In Todd Haynes» unspeakably beautiful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's semi-autobiographical
novel about a 1950s Manhattan shopgirl (Rooney Mara) who is thunderstruck by a mutual infatuation with a well - to - do housewife (Cate Blanchett), the film illustrates — among other
things — how falling in love is an act of looking, while being in love is an act of seeing.
Written by Matt Charman and directed by Kevin MacDonald, «Strange New
Things» is an adaptation of Michel Faber's «The Book of Strange New
Things,» a
novel about an English man of faith who ends up also being a man in space; Brian Eno is providing the score.
Stanley Kubrick's powder - keg adaptation of the Nabokov
novel had tongues wagging for its sexual content, yet Shelley Winters's pitch - perfect portrayal of a social - climbing suburban mom turned out to be the most cutting
thing about it.
Based on the
novel by Deborah Moggach, whose
novel «These Foolish
Things» was adapted into «The Exotic Marigold Hotel,» «Tulip Fever» is a period drama
about forbidden love and leaps of faith.
Adapted from Caren Lissner's teen
novel by screenwriter Kara Holden and directed by Susan Johnson in her feature debut, Carrie Pilby is a charming, quirky slice - of - life tale
about a unique young woman who learns important
things about negotiating relationships and believing in herself.
After that quote was picked up by news sites, LA Times writer Amy Kaufman tweeted McAdams» full response to the «Doctor Strange» question (h / t to Newsarama for spotting it), which reveals that she definitely knows a
thing or three
about the world of comics and graphic
novels.
We're hearing good
things about We the Animals, a family drama based on an acclaimed
novel (featuring hottie boombalottie Raúl Castillo, from Looking!
But the
thing about Waugh (I wanted to write «the deuced
thing about Waugh» — his upper - crust Britishisms are nearly as infectious as P.G. Wodehouse's) is that for all the blithe insouciance (and madcap hilarity), the
novel is melancholy at its core.
The Mostly True Story of Jack is a stunning debut
novel about things broken,
things put back together, and finding a place to belong.
When it comes to fiction versus nonfiction, the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts isn't «an either or
thing,» says Marfè Ferguson Delano, a nonfiction children's book writer whose books often connect her young readers to
novels on the subjects she writes
about.
Chevrolet Spark The most
novel thing about the Spark may be its lack of novelty.
And now I've written another
novel, aged 23 - 26 and it's the best
thing I've ever written, and I think it's just
about good enough to inflict on the world
Put the book trailer up on the
novel's homepage, request that the trailer be included in any author interviews or articles written
about the book, hold a viewing party, tweet regularly, the possibilities for getting the
thing seen are endless.
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