Sentences with phrase «war horses»

Braveheart music in the background of their video conjures up war horses, not doves.

Lately the Oscar - winning director has focused on more serious fare like «The Post,» «Bridge of Spies,» «Lincoln,» and «War Horse.»

Steven Spielberg cast Hiddleston in his World War I drama «War Horse.»

Catching up on great movies like Schindler's List, Empire of the Sun, and War Horse (basically, movies scored by John Williams)

This Kingdom has arrived, not with a trumpet's sound but with a baby's cries, not with the vanquishing of enemies but with the forgiving of them, not on the back of a war horse but on the back of a donkey, not with triumph and a conquest but with a death and a resurrection.

I am not ashamed that when God strapped on sandals and walked among us, God rode a donkey instead of a war horse.

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nation; his rule shall be from sea to sea...» (Zechariah 9:1 - 17)

The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it can not save.

it is a far cry from the idyllic charm of the Song of Songs to the grace and power of the war horse, described in a passage of which it has been written that «there is nothing more sublime in any literature»:

He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command shalom to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.

But not as the mighty conqueror riding a war horse.

Indeed, you could argue that Jesus» entire life — from being born in a barn in the midst of a genocide, to hanging out with prostitutes and drunks, to healing on the Sabbath and touching the untouchables, to riding into Jerusalem on donkey rather than a war horse, to healing the ear of a Roman soldier after it had been cut off by Jesus» allies — was a stinging indictment of religious and political power.

But the old war horse showed once again that old age doesn't necessarily mean a bad thing.

The assemblyman unequivocally told the New York Post that the congressman «is running,» adding: «You can't keep a war horse down.»

If I were an up and coming young Labour ladder climber with a seriously threatened career path chatting with a battered old war horse looking at the prospect of enforced retirement to the long grass I would be discussing concepts way beyond Brown's inevitable departure.

Anyway, the old war horse, never short of a word or two, was generous with his time.

Horses groomed for Hollywood stardom We go inside the British stables that trained the stunt stallions for Spielberg's War Horse film.

Whereas the stage - adapted War Horse used history for melodrama and Spielberg's subsequent Lincoln and Bridge of Spies took pride in their monochromatic iciness, The Post embraces humanity and principles while treating them to the technical splendor that have long defined the director's films.

Fortunately, Spielberg picks up the pace as the vote nears, though there are relatively few of his trademark visual flourishes (not entirely a bad thing after the overwhelming artifice of «The War Horse»).

Having Spielberg's interests in mind, the main Blu - ray and DVD open with trailers for War Horse and Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition, followed by a promo for ABC's «Once Upon a Time» and an anti-smoking spot.

Though little about the technical skill of Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero brings to mind Spielberg, it's hard not to think of «War Horse.»

While Lincoln is an improvement on War Horse, it is still something that could and should be better than it is.

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Disc One opens with ads for War Horse, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Once Upon a Time.

This week, watch the debut trailers for «Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol,» Steven Spielberg's «War Horse,» and spy thriller «Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.»

I certainly preferred it to the mediocre drivel of War Horse.

And Disney was the only major studio to score two best picture nominees (the aforementioned The Help, plus Steven Spielberg's War Horse) this year.

This week, watch new trailers for «Young Adult,» «My Week with Marilyn,» «War Horse,» and more, plus catch up on all of the week's film news, including details about Charlie Kaufman's next movie and the «Tower Heist» controversy.

I do love a bit of Spielberg, even if I wasn't much of a War Horse fan.

For many this year, Oscar competition has focused on the family films «Hugo» and «War Horse,» which have received so much recognition from the Academy — «Hugo» leads the pack with the most nominations this year (although «The Artist» and «The Descendants» will offer stiff competition when the envelope is opened for Best Picture on Feb. 26).

Bridge of Spies, originally titled St. James Place, is directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg (of Lincoln, War Horse, The Adventures of Tintin and The BFG most recently) with a script originally by Matt Charman and rewritten by Oscar - winning writing / directing duo Joel & Ethan Coen.

All original pre-order content including the Deadly Assassin outfit, War Horse and Golden Guns Weapon Pack

Ludovic Bource, The Artist Abel Korzeniowski, W.E. Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo Howard Shore, Hugo John Williams, War Horse

First up, Stellan Skarsgard and Hiroyuki Sanada (the upcoming action flick 47 Ronin) have joined the Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) in Jonathan...

We first saw Jeremy Irvine in Steven Spielberg's War Horse.

The second Blu - ray disc includes an in - depth look at the film with «A Filmmaking Journey» with Steven Spielberg, «Editing and Scoring» featuring Spielberg's long - time collaborators Michael Kahn and John Williams, «The Sounds of War Horse» about the sound design and «Through the Producer's Lens» which takes a look at the photographic journey of producer Kathleen Kennedy.

This is an adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse.

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«War Horse» is pretty much exactly the film you think that it is.

That main disc includes two featurettes: «War Horse: The Journey Home» and a look at the movie from an extra's point of view.

Though I do not place War Horse on a level with Schindler's List (1998), it can not be denied that the picture is one of the directors» best and certainly one of the finest of the year.

First up, Stellan Skarsgard and Hiroyuki Sanada (the upcoming action flick 47 Ronin) have joined the Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, and Jeremy Irvine (War Horse) in Jonathan Teplitzy «s drama The Railway Man.

The marketing is starting to kick into gear for Steven Spielberg «s adaptation of the book War Horse.

In the end I don't exactly have any huge complaints with «War Horse» other than the nagging feeling that a better movie could have been made.

War Horse is magnificent and one of the years best films.

You can do far worse than «War Horse», but with the talent involved, we should have gotten at least a bit better.

Initially refusing to join the conflict, he is spurned into action after his uncle Hades (Ralph Fiennes, Coriolanus) and half - brother Ares (Édgar Ramírez, Carlos) betray Zeus, enlisting warrior Queen Andromeda (Rosamund Pike, Johnny English Reborn), his cousin Agenor (Toby Kebbell, War Horse) and former god Hephaestus (Bill Nighy, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) to help.

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All three actors deliver infectious performances in this subtle, sensitive piece, and despite fierce competition from the War Horse and The Artist's pet pooch, this film's soulful Jack Russell terrier gets my vote as the year's best animal act.

Go with Seabiscuit instead, or, now that it's out, War Horse.