Sentences with phrase «time classic novels»
If you haven't, maybe you should stop reading this, and go read one of those two all - time classic novels of imagination, intrigue and coming - of - age.
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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay's version of the classic sci - fi kids» novel — in which three youngsters travel through time...
DuVernay is adapting Madeleine L'Engle's classic children's novel A Wrinkle in Time for Disney, a sci - fi story known for its Christian undertones.
If you saw the big - screen adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's classic sci - fi novel A Wrinkle in Time, you may have noticed that some of the book's references to the Bible and Jesus were left out of the script.
Don't try to make the reading time «educational», but choose a variety of classics, historical novels and contemporary fiction as it appeals to you all.
In Wells» classic novel, the Time Traveler encounters two human species: the child - sized and docile Eloi, and the brutish Morlocks, who raise the Eloi in order to feed upon them.
Charlotte Brontë's classic Victorian novel, Jane Eyre, has been adapted for TV and film multiple times, but that did not deter director Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre) and screenwriter Moira Buffini (Tamara Drewe) from giving it another go.
Mike Newell, whose last two films couldn't be more different (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 50 and Love in the Time of Cholera 47) directs this latest adaptation of Charles Dickens» classic novel.
The Railway Children Details: 2016, Omnibus Entertainment Rated: Not rated The lowdown: E. Nesbit's classic novel has been adapted many times.
Based the outstanding novel by William Peter Blatty, which was turned into the classic film directed by William Friedkin, THE EXORCIST has all the potential to be a great TV show, as it can explore the characters over time and have a very slow build up.
Walt Disney Studios has released a new trailer and poster for «A Wrinkle in Time», based on the classic Madeleine L'Engle novel...
Sci - Fi Movie Page Pick: Based on the classic Robert Heinlein story about alien invaders taking over humans (which served as inspiration later on for the famous 1940s Invasion of the Body Snatchers novel by Jack Finney, which has been filmed three times!).
A mixed bag at best, Ava DuVernay («Selma») helms this adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult novel «A Wrinkle in Time» which hammers home its (still) powerful message of individuality over conformity while combining it with a potent...
Kerouac's novel about wayfaring bohemians hitting the open road is a classic expression of the American dream; but the way it's done here, it seems more like a time capsule that's been dug up long past its expiration date.
A mixed bag at best, Ava DuVernay («Selma») helms this adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's classic young adult novel «A Wrinkle in Time» which hammers home its (still) powerful message of individuality over conformity while combining it with a potent «girls rule» empowerment message.
Women in Love (1969) With this film, the audacious Ken Russell vaulted onto the international stage, drawing on the psychosexual radicalism of D. H. Lawrence's classic novel to shatter taboos in his own time.
All in all this visual translation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel is beautifully realised and at times verges on the profound.
Still, somehow developer Inkle was able to create one of my all - time favorite games with 80 Days, a gamebook - like adventure that's based on a classic Jules Verne novel.
French writer / director Anne Fontaine envisions Gustav Flaubert's classic 19th century novel «Madame Bovary» for contemporary times.
In Mary Shelley «s classic novel, Victor Frankenstein is horrified the first time he looks upon his creation because the thing is flat - out hideous: eight feet tall, with watery eyes, black lips, and translucent yellow skin.
More than 50 years after Madeleine L'Engle's young adult novel «A Wrinkle in Time» was awarded the prestigious Newbery Medal, the big - screen retelling of this timeless classic takes audiences on a transformative journey, exquisitely illustrated through jaw - dropping visual effects, a stirring musical score and diverse, star - studded cast.
With great performances from Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley, who melts my heart each time I see the film, this adaptation of the novel of the same name by Tim Tharp is a new classic - Joshua
It has been likened to Thomas Berger's modern classic, Little Big Man, but is closer to some other deft literary revisions of this definitively American genre, all published between 1960 and 1972: E. L. Doctorow's early novel Welcome to Hard Times, Charles Portis» True Grit and John Seelye's The Kid.
Madame Bovary Gustave Flaubert's classic French novel has been adapted half a dozen times for the screen over the past 50 years or so, and two more are about to be added to that list.
«With this film, the audacious Ken Russell vaulted onto the international stage, drawing on the psychosexual radicalism of D. H. Lawrence's classic novel to shatter taboos in his own time.»
Rebel in the Rye will tell the story of the creation of the author's classic 1951 semi-autobiographical novel and will be the first time the writer's life has been explored on film.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel is brought to the screen for the third time, this time in 3D.
June 9 at 1:00 pm program: Stage on Screen: Rimas Tuminas reimagines Alexander Pushkin's classic 19th century novel in a production referred to as «exuberant, indelible and arrestingly beautiful» by the New York Times, featuring award - winning actor Sergey Makovetskiy in the title role.
Disney has released six new character posters for Ava DuVernay's upcoming adaptation of Madeleine L'Engline's classic novel, A Wrinkle in Time featuring Meg Murry (Storm Reid), Alex Murry (Chris Pine), Kate Murry (Gugu Mbatha - Raw), Mrs. Which (Oprah Winfrey), Mrs.. Who (Mindy Kaling), and Mrs. Whatsit (Reese Witherspoon), along with a featurette which takes us behind the scenes of the fantasy adventure; take a look below...
Isn't it time that other classic novels got the chance to shine?
Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time, based on Madeleine L'Engle's classic novel, was perhaps most anticipated and had its trailer (above) debut at the show.
Ava DuVernay — American Writer, Director, Producer Nominated for the Academy Award and Golden Globe and winner of the BAFTA and Emmy, Ava DuVernay is a writer, director, producer and film distributor known for the historical drama Selma (2014), the criminal justice documentary 13TH (2016) and the recent Disney's cinematic adaptation of the classic children's novel A Wrinkle in Time.
Based on the classic children's novel, Meg (Storm Reid), her brother (Deric McCabe) and her friend (Levi Miller) are sent on an intergalactic mission to find her father (Chris Pine) who mysteriously disappeared while doing scientific research about time and space travel.
WHY: Mark Robson's 1967 adaptation of the wildly popular bestselling novel by Jacqueline Sussan may be considered a cult classic in some corners, but «Valley of the Dolls» has lost most of its campy appeal over time.
Film Details: Title: The Diary of a Teenage Girl Director: Marielle Heller Release Date: August 7, 2015 Running Time: 102 minutes Language: English Shooting Location (s): San Francisco, California Principal Cast: Bel Powley, Kristen Wiig, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni Screenwriter: Marielle Heller, from the novel by Phoebe Gloeckner Production Company (s): Caviar, Cold Iron Pictures, Archer Gray Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics Official Website Trailer
With his groundbreaking examinations of queer identity and his fondness for the heyday of classic melodrama, Todd Haynes seemed almost too perfect a choice to film an adaptation of «The Price of Salt,» Patricia Highsmith's ahead - of - its - time 1952 novel about two women who boldly defied the stifling social conformity of the era.
Originally released in arcades in July 1998, this fighting game classic arrived on the Dreamcast as a launch title with improved graphics and a story mode that was incredibly novel for the time.
If you've seen any of the trailers for the highly - publicized cinematic rendering of Madeline L'Engle's classic 1962 children's novel A Wrinkle in Time, you know sparkle figures prominently.
A journalist at the New York Times, Emily Eakin, proudly announced her classics - free education several years ago in an article entitled «More Ado (Yawn) about Great Books,» a shame - free confession that she «graduated without having read for credit «The Odyssey,» «Paradise Lost,» a single play by Shakespeare or a single novel by Jane Austen, George Eliot or Henry James.»
Many books taught in Facing History and Ourselves classrooms have been challenged at one time, including The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, Maus II by Art Spiegelman, and To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (register on our website to receive updates on our new guide to the classic novel slated to come out later this fall).
James Baldwin's 1953 novel, «Go Tell It on the Mountain,» about a Harlem teenager's search for meaning, quickly became a classic, along with his searing essays about race published a decade later in the book «The Fire Next Time.»
This literary event — taking place 55 years after the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird and about six months after Facing History published Teaching Mockingbird, its study guide to the novel — comes at a time when we have been diving deep into the themes of Lee's classic novel, both as a staff and with educators around the world.
The classic dystopian novel 1984, George Orwell's story about a futuristic totalitarian state, has been in the midst of a spontaneous sales explosion, catapulting to the top of bestseller lists at Amazon, the New York Times and independent retailers.
Those mini precursors to the graphic novel saved a lot of us come final exam time, but they were also a great tool to use in order to understand great writers» works, to peruse timeless works of literature in order to decide to read the full edition, and to simply be more well - rounded in terms of having been exposed to the classics.
«Dutch classic» 1947 novel translated into English for the first time; American Library Association announces winners of its Youth Media Awards; novelist Anuk Arudpragasam on articulating inner life; and other news.
Charles Dickens began his classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities with the line, «It was the best of times.
Jeff Shaara is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen books, including No Less Than Victory, The Steel Wave, The Rising Tide, Rise to Rebellion, and Gone for Soldiers, as well as Gods and Generals and The Last Full Measure — two novels that complete the Civil War trilogy that began with his father's Pulitzer Prize — winning classic The Killer Angels.
Nobel laureate and two - time Booker Prize winner J. M. Coetzee returns with a haunting and surprising novel about childhood and destiny that is sure to rank with his classic novels.
P&P and Zombies has sold over half a million copies, but will this wacky trend of historical figures / classic novels - meets - the - undead stand the test of time?
So far, all I know is that I want to balance the contemporary novels that usually occupy most of my time (first up: The Lonely Polygamist) with classics I can't believe I haven't read (ex: One Hundred Years of Solitude) and backlist titles from authors I've recently discovered (ex: Steve Yarbrough).