Sentences with phrase «very center of the story»

At the very center of this story is John Wilkes Booth, America's notorious villain.

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«What's striking about these findings is that politics sometimes is at the center of the story about public attitudes and sometimes politics has very little to do with the way people think about science issues in the public arena.

Inspired by the classic Batman stories in DC Comics and the revisionist versions of Frank Miller, Alan Moore and others, this Batman tale is very much Burton's and very much centered in the physical world of gravity and human limitations.

Having the film centered around a very little girl isn't only just a fun way to tell a story, it also cleverly elaborates on the fears of being young and making your own stamp on this world.

Not to mention the fact that although it is dealing with a very serious story, the writers have realized that it doesn't hurt to have a few lighter / humorous moments now and then, with Jennifer generally being the center piece of these scenes.

Now, Focus Features is looking at this very issue: written by Daniel Kunka and bought for Smokehouse and Spotlight producers Blye Pagon Faust and Nicole Rocklin, the drama is inspired by a number of different stories, including a piece sourced by the Center for Investigative Reporting, to put together a narrative for what is tentatively titled (and aptly named) Trading In Starvation.

Very charming, funny and a great turn for Charlize Theron as the struggling mother of three at the center of this story.

For those unfamiliar with the comic, the overall plot of the story essentially centers on the characters in the past being warned about and — trying to avoid — a very unappealing dystopian future.

Their journey — physical and metaphorical — takes them to some very dark places, and though the film has elements of gentle humor that leaven the proceedings — and two fine performances from Jay Duplass («Transparent «-RRB- as Nick and Linas Phillips (Young Adolescents) as Conrad — we can never get away from the uncomfortable fact that writer / director Davis (editor on Duplass's documentary Kevin) has made a conscious decision to put a mass murderer at the center of his story.

Over the last few weeks a pair of very different films that both center around folk stories have arrived on Blu - ray in the US.

It's a very tough movie to watch (it's violent, intense, unbelievably sad and even infuriating at times), but like the crime novel at the center of the story, it demonstrates the power that a great piece of fiction can have on you, even one as polarizing and challenging as this.

The film presents that journey as a series of false starts (An episode with three very talkative and very, very dense trolls is a highlight and offers the first instance of a few dei ex machina within the story; Tolkien, obviously aware of his proclivity for using the device, invented a new word — eucatastrophe — as a substitute), and it's not until the company leaves Rivendell that the narrative finds its footing and emotional center.

Less Than Zero is a mixed bag, slick and energetic with a very popular soundtrack, but all of its strengths are mere bells and whistles that actually distract for the personal story that should have been front and center from the get - go.

Although the story is very different, in many ways Roger Dodger is a less commercial, more adult version of About a Boy, with both films centering around an egotistical womanizer who learns a thing or two when taking a younger boy under his wing.

I continue to hear the many horror stories of doing business with service centers such as AutoNation Toyota Cerriitos and this was a prime example of very poor customer service and questionable business practices via a service manager who should be trained to provide the hghest level of customer service and integrity.

That's the backdrop for the love story which is at the center of this novel - the politics of a very volatile era.

In addition to the trading platforms offered at CherryTrade you are also going to find all of the latest financial news stories and will also have free and unrestricted access to their very informative Education Center.

Whether it's a secluded resort or a lively city center, each Raffles promises an oasis of calm and charm and a compelling mix of cultures and styles, and has its very own story to tell.

Baan Karonburi Resort is a prime beach front resort in the center of Karon Beach.The hotel has stairs which lead you to a traditional open Thai lobby.The exterior is designed in a traditional Thai style architecture.The hotel is also known for its very friendly and polite staff.There are 99 rooms among 2 building, each 4 stories high.The hotel offers elegant rooms and suites decorated with a modern Thai style.Along with a relaxing atmosphere, room amenities include air conditioning, flat screen LCD TV with satellite channels, an in - room safe, a coffee and tea maker included in the minibar and refrigerator.

Career Mode is the equivalent of story mode here, in which you are tasked with managing and expanding your very own Space Center, and given multiple missions and technologies to research to complete to progress in abilities.

Perhaps the debate should center on narrative, which in adventure games usually leads the player to the exploration of locations and identification with a lead character, while in a fighting game the very code that holds the story is dead weight on the disc or cartridge.

The details come from Perfectly Nintendo... - game takes place 20 years after Wizard's Harmony - a world of swords and magic, where adventurers can be found aplenty as the result of the development of said swords and magic (instead of science)- led to sudden emergence of a business centered around those very adventurers - protagonist, named Alto, is a Conductor: name given to ruins tour guides, a profession that was born from «adventurers bubble» - story takes places in the city of Kazan, where traces of the magical King of Guranka can be found - mysterious Kingdom was completely destroyed overnight, 1000 years ago - main characters: Alto Traverse (Conductor, Human, voiced by Kengo Kawanishi): a young Conductor who guides adventurers in dangerous ruins.

We love characters, and our story in Arcadian Atlas is very character centered — about how people become saints or monsters because of the choices they make and the ripple effect that has on Arcadia.

«The whole story of modern art looks very different when told from the West Coast,» says the Getty Research Institute's deputy director Andrew Perchuk, who is codirector of «Pacific Standard Time» and cocurator of «Crosscurrents in L.A. Painting and Sculpture, 1950 — 1970,» one of the Getty Center's related shows.

Claire Gilman, the chief curator at the Drawing Center, who worked with Frank on the show, says the traditional Brothers Grimm stories were told by mothers to their children as «tales of caution» about such very real concerns as being married off against your will.

, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 14th Annual Inliquid Benefit Auction, Gallery Joe Booth, Icebox Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2013 In Front of Strangers, I Sing: 72nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA 2012 Transformations, Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA All About Etchings, Chris Neptune Gallery, Washington, DC 2011 Something French, Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA Exhibition of Select Prints, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA 2010 Prints by Gallery Artists, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA Selections from C.R. Ettinger Studio, 2000 - 2010, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2009 50 very small drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2008 The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, NY The Figure Today, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA Fantastical Imaginings, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE Group Show, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD 2007 Magical Realism, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 2006 Art on Paper 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 2005 Telling Stories: The Narrative in Contemporary Art, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA Collaboration As a Medium, Edison Gallery, Washington, DC (traveling Art Place, Baltimore MD and more sites) 2004 Figure Out: Drawing as Narrative, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA 2002 25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY 2001 Ten Contemporary Artists, 5 x 2, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA 2000 Drawing With Color, Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA When Reason Dreams: Drawings Inspired By the Visionary, the Fantastic, and the Unreal, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Body Dismorphia, Hicks Art Center, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA curated by Jeanne Jaffe Allentown Art Museum, 27th Annual Juried Exhibition, Allentown, PA (Juror: Judith Tannenbaum, Curator, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI) 1999 Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Institute of Contemporary Art, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (catalog) Biographies: Philadelphia Narratives, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA (Nov. - Dec.)

«All our projects are stormwater management success stories, including some very substantial successes like the Nashville Music City Center, which captures 2.6 million gallons of annual stormwater.