Sentences with phrase «true war stories»

This week's releases include true war stories; a magical animated adventure; a mind - bending thriller; a horror movie with real - life connections; and a classic family drama.

«In the end... a true war story is never about war.

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I'm not going to go into war stories, but until you have been there, you have no idea how true and how painful that is.

Bridge of Spies reunites director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks (who've collaborated on films including The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can and Saving Private Ryan) to tell the true story of an American attorney entrusted to negotiate a high - profile prisoner exchange during the Cold War.

All this is engineered by a secretive, deep - pocketed George Soros - type figure backed up by some mechanized two - legged war things, and hover bikes, the only true sci - fi elements in the story.

The story is true to history, of course, in that former President Nixon declared political and even legal war against The New York Times and The Washington Post for myriad reasons, including the publishing of government secrets exposing lies about the Vietnam Wwar against The New York Times and The Washington Post for myriad reasons, including the publishing of government secrets exposing lies about the Vietnam WarWar.

Starring Kevin Bacon, it is the true story of Lt. Col. Michael Strobl who volunteers to escort home to Wyoming the remains of Private Chance Phelps whose life was taken during the war in Iraq.

The New Testament is in itself all that is necessary as a basis for Christian faith, but much light is thrown upon God's dealings with man in the story of Israel's halting and gradual discovery of the true nature of God as universal, not national; as law - abiding, not capricious; as a God of peace, not war; as a God of justice, love and mercy rather than of wrath, and vengeance.

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Based on a true story, a Korean war vet named Emmett Folley (played by Gary Oldman) can't adjust to life back home and has a crisis with the law.

«Schindler's List» tells the true story of Czech businessman and money hound Oskar Schindler, who opened up a factory in Poland during World War II to exploit cheap Jewish labor, only to end up creating a refuge for Jews after witnessing the horrors of Nazi barbarism.

Her latest Polish film, the tough, unsentimental In Darkness, brings together themes from two of the most highly regarded movies about the second world war, Wajda's Kanal, about Nazi troops pursuing resistance workers through the Warsaw sewers in 1944, and Schindler's List, Spielberg's true story of the quixotic German industrialist who saved the lives of more than 1,000 Jewish workers in wartime Poland.

Based on the exciting true story of one of the greatest moments in modern history, the film captures a time and place where differences could be settled by games and a cold war could be put on ice.

In one of the most harrowing true stories of World War II, three US Navy airmen crash land their torpedo bomber in the South Pacific and find themselves on a tiny life raft, surrounded by open ocean.

The actor will portray John Fitzgerald, a prisoner of war alongside Louis Zamperini in this drama based on an incredible true story.

Based on a true story, Rick Schroder stars as Calvin Graham, a mature - looking 12 - year - old boy who enlisted in the Navy during World War II.

Inspired by a true story, Lord of War also features Jared Leto, Ian Holm, Bridget Moynahan, and Donald Sutherland.

Luckily, Holland's film focusses on a rather unusual true story from Poland during the atrocities of the Second World War rather than the well - told tales of the concentration camps (as obviously important and powerful as they are).

Here's the official synopsis: In this remarkable true story set in the height of the Cold War, chess legend Bobby Fischer is locked in a gripping championship clash with the Soviets as he struggles against his own psychological demons while the whole world anxiously awaits the outcome.

The true story of a stray dog, who becomes a World War I hero and remains the most decorated dog in American history, is realized as an animated film with the voices of Helena Bonham Carter, Logan Lerman and Gérard Depardieu.

It's funny, but it's also Phillips» most dramatic and political film, owing to the fact that it takes place during the Iraq War and tells the insane true story of a pair of cocky, Scarface - aspiring gun runners (played by Jonah Hill and Miles Teller) who bite off more than they can chew.

Mathematician and cryptographer Alan Turing experiences both triumph and tragedy in Norwegian director Morton Tydlum's The Imitation Game, the true story of a man whose help in breaking the Nazi's Enigma Code during World War II may have brought the war to an earlier eWar II may have brought the war to an earlier ewar to an earlier end.

Based on a rather astounding true story, this comedy - drama centres on two stoners who landed a massive defence contract with the American government to sell arms for the War on Terror.

A thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World War II as, within days of becoming Prime Minister of Great Britain, Winston Churchill (Academy Award - nominee Gary Oldman) must face one of his most turbulent and defining trials: exploring a negotiated peace treaty with Nazi Germany, or standing firm to fight for the ideals, liberty and freedom of a nation.

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.

12 Years a Slave - October 18 Shame director Steve McQueen directs Chiwetel Ejiofor in this true story about a man's fight for survival and freedom in the pre-Civil War United States.

We look at a handful of this month's films, including Star Wars spinoff prequel Rogue One, Jim Jarmusch's contemplative drama Paterson, science fiction drama Passengers, and Amma Asante's true story adaptation A United Kingdom.

Based on his best - selling memoir, The Railway Man tells the extraordinary and epic true story of Eric Lomax, a British Army officer who is tormented as a prisoner of war at a Japanese labour camp during World War war at a Japanese labour camp during World War War II.

Music Within (R for profanity, sexual reference and drug use) Docudrama chronicles the true story of Richard Pimentel (Ron Livingston) a severely hearing - impaired Vietnam vet who returns from the war to dedicate his life to speaking out on behalf of Americans with disabilities.

Based on a true story, it tells of a woman's efforts to save the life of her husband, sentenced to death for war crimes.

«Based on a true story,» the Todd Phillips comedy War Dogs frequently «improves» upon the truth, Hollywood - style.

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The War Stories single - player mode, focusing on five isolated incidents based on the true events of World War I, follows in - tow with equally insightful respect; without ever being so arrogant as to overstep the bounds of its genre or medium.

Loosely inspired by the true story of the Niland brothers, and using a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to the mother of three brothers he had erroneously believed to have died in battle (only two actually died), Saving Private Ryan uses the theatre of war to explore the emotional impact of extreme military violence and danger on the often unprepared individuals called upon to serve their country.

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Based on a true story, it takes you into the sewers of the Polish city of Lvov during World War II, a place where a group of Jews lived for more than a year under circumstances that are almost unimaginable.

The film «12 Years a Slave» is based on the true story of a free black man who was kidnapped into slavery in the pre-Civil War American South.

Based on a true story, «Arms & the Dudes» follows two friends in their early 20s (Hill and Teller) living in Miami during the Iraq War who exploit a little - known government initiative that allows small businesses to bid on U.S. Military contracts.

Also noticeably absent were Angelina Jolie for her efforts on the World War II drama «Unbroken,» Christopher Nolan for his space odyssey «Interstellar,» and Bennett Miller for the true crime story «Foxcatcher.»

And this year, the #metoo and #timesup movements could push the Academy to lean into women with revenge drama «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» and Frances McDormand, relationship drama «Lady Bird» with writer - director Greta Gerwig and actresses Soairse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, Dee Rees» World War II family saga «Mudbound» with cinematographer Rachel Morrison and actress / songster Mary J. Blige, or true sports story «I, Tonya» starring Margot Robbie and Allison Janney.

«Every legend starts with a true story and when I read the script based on the graphic novel «Hercules: The Thracian Wars,» what blew me away is that it was so grounded in a reality you could feel.

It's set during World War II; it's an adaptation of a true story and has a buzz about its leading man performance.

«War Dogs» involves a story you'd never believe was true, but it's actually based on a Rolling Stone article by Guy Lawson in 2011.

Hill and Miles Teller star in War Dogs (a true story originally titled Arms and Dudes), but they weren't the first actors cast.

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.

This is an excellent film based on the true story of the men and women who recovered roughly 5 million items by the end of the war.

Miles Teller and Jonah Hill star as two friends who become unlikely gun runners in the first trailer for War Dogs, based on a true story.

As someone who's long had an armchair historian's interest in World War II, I was intrigued by Hacksaw Ridge, which tells the true story of Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield), a conscientious objector who nonetheless wanted to serve his country as a medic.

The film tells the true story of a young German soldier who during the final weeks of World War Two runs away from the Wehrmacht but eventually ends up committing mass murder while impersonating a Captain with the help of a uniform he happens to stumble upon while trying to survive after deserting his army unit.

Starring Paul Rudd, Jeff Daniels, Paul Giamatti and Mark Strong — among other actors in an A-list ensemble — The Catcher Was a Spy tells the remarkable, little - known true story of Moe Berg (Rudd), a professional baseball player who became a spy in service of the Office of Strategic Services, the precursor to the CIA, during World War II, sent out to stop German scientist Werner Heisenberg (Strong) from building an atomic bomb for the Nazis.