Sentences with phrase «whimsical tales»

Her drawings relate dark and whimsical tales from childhood folk stories and her own imagination and have been a constant way to share an inner dialogue that is not easily communicated in words.

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Harrelson plays the alcoholic father unable to hold down a steady job, who spins whimsical tales about his dream to build a glass castle in order to distract his children from their unforgiving poverty.

A new children's book not only features a gender - creative child, but also gives us a whimsical tale about how he saves his town from a magical monster.

With the exception of «Coffee Time», most of the film's musical numbers are forgettable; Astaire and Lucille Bremer dance well together, but generate none of the charisma necessary to sustain a whimsical tale of this nature.

In what should be a whimsical tale of an oddball dysfunctional family, we never really get the sense that we know them, mostly because the chemistry is so absent that none of them really seem to know one another.

But for my money, Time Bandits is his best and purest fairy story: A young boy gets swept up with a group of diminutive thieves who travel through history, nabbing stuff, and this whimsical tale turns darker and scarier until it reaches an ending that still gives me chills.

Youth, beauty, and death have long been Gus Van Sant's recurring motifs, but in this terminally whimsical tale of romance between morbid cuties, the elements don't so much flow together into a stirring whole as coagulate into fatuous prettiness.

The sets and props for this are so simple, yet they fit in with the whimsical tale.

Immerse yourself in Little Nightmares, a dark whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears!

A lot of us PC gamers are intrigued by what this darkly whimsical tale will offer, and by pushing through the queues to grab me a turn on Little Nightmares, we're sure we'll be able to get a better idea.

Immerse yourself in this dark whimsical tale and help Six & The Kid escape The Maw — a vast, mysterious vess...

He and screenwriter Reiko Yoshida (working from Aoi Hiragi's graphic novel) do prove to be just as creative and imaginative as the maestro in this whimsical tale of a bored teenage girl whose brave rescue of a cat sets off a chain of increasingly unusual events.

«Chicken With Plums» tells the whimsical tale of Nasser - Ali Khan (Mathieu Amalric), an Iranian violinist who has lost the will to live after his instrument breaks.

Band of Misfits takes Aardman's techniques to the high seas in a whimsical tale of the wacky protagonists.

Dr. Miller and her artist sister, Jill Kerry, republished this whimsical tale written by Jane Shaw Ward in the 1920s, and then created the puppets, plush Tajar dolls, and an audio CD to develop a complete «story kit.»

Back in 1993 my artist sister, Jill Kerry, and I republished this whimsical tale written by Jane Shaw Ward in the 1920s; and then created the puppets, plush Tajar dolls, and an audio CD to develop a complete «story kit.»

Colorful, whimsical tale about love and friendship.

Immerse yourself in Little Nightmares, a dark whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears!

The dark whimsical tale LITTLE NIGHTMARES hit store shelves with critical acclaim from the press!

Immerse yourself in the Little Nightmares Complete Edition game, a dark whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears as you help Six & The Kid escape The Maw — a vast, mysterious vessel inhabited by corrupted souls looking for their next meal.

Fully voiced characters from an award - winning cast will suck you into this whimsical tale.

Confront your childhood fears in this darkly whimsical tale, set in an immersive world of great sensibility, interactive storytelling and outstanding sound design.

Immerse yourself in a dark, whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears in #LittleNightmares: Complete Edition, available now on #NintendoSwitch!

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This one in particular — there we were, in the middle of the most stunning botanic park, surrounded by medieval fare, Celtic warriors, and fair maidens, trailing through the gardens like some sort of whimsical fairy tale.

Costume Quest 2 fits in wonderfully as a Halloween tale, but its RPG mechanics and whimsical quests fit in just as well at all times of the year.

On the surface it looks like any other urban drama, but Tipping's use of whimsical fairy tale and sci - fi elements combines with heartbreaking social commentary for a totally unique experience.

Next is «The Wind Rises,» Miyazaki's latest tale which takes a slight diversion from his more whimsical fantasy films to tell the real - life story Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed the Zero fighter plane that was used during World War II, and infamously during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

The jury, of course, is too busy watching the 17 films in the main competition to follow some of the other sections such as «New Directors,» a complete retrospective of that whimsical purveyor of modern fairy tales, Jacques Demy, and «The American Way of Death,» a vast program of 40 crime movies from 1990 to 2011.

It is a fun and whimsical film which combines live - action sequences with a blend of genre (expressionism, fantasy, melodrama) with an animated sequence of the classic tale ««Appointment in Samarra».»

He happens upon the Browns, who name him for the train station they meet him in and twenty minutes in the stage is set for a whimsical wee tale equally interpretable as a chirpy anti-UKIP yarn as it is a harrowing parable on the consequences of man's interference with nature, although it's mostly the former.

I understand that he's trying to make The Terminal — inspired loosely by a true story — a post-modern fairy tale (Lost in Translation for the emotionally neutered), but monumentalizing all of its unionized labour, focused in a scene where whimsical and wise Indian fugitive Gupta (Kumar Pallana, better in the superior post-modern fairy tale The Royal Tenenbaums) tells the tale of Viktor to a rapt audience of food - service workers, is trite verging on Noble Savage Syndrome.

«Some of this shit really happened,» Seal says afterward, echoing the frenetic - slash - whimsical tone of director Doug Liman's previous foray in the genre («Mr. & Mrs. Smith») and shadowing the brow - raising title card that opens «American Hustle» (ah, another «American,» another tale about mining glory in greed).

In this whimsical fairy tale — a Beauty and the Beast set in Cold War America — a mute janitor (the delightful and understated Sally Hawkins) falls for an amphibious man (Doug Jones), held captive by the American military.

This month, we've brought two new Criterion editions to the United Kingdom: Henri - Georges Clouzot's heart - stopping revenge tale Diabolique and Terry Gilliam's whimsical, Manhattan - set Robin Williams vehicle The Fisher King.

For what it's worth, while these sorts of films are done quite often, the formula tends to work, as it is refreshing to see smaller tales done in whimsical fashion from time to time, and certainly, Georgia Rule has its share of interesting characters and points of view.

A whimsical concoction as pretty as a wedding cake, a multi-tiered tale, within a tale, within a tale, the GRAND and very PINK Hotel Budapest is presided over by one Gustave H., (Ralph Fiennes), the hotel's ultra-refined concierge, and involves a wide - eyed lobby boy named «Zero,» Tilda Swinton as a wealthy octogenarian who's «dynamite in the sack,» a family squabble over inheritance, a priceless and definitely kitschy piece of Renaissance art, a greedy evil son (Adrien Brody), a knucklebound henchman with a frightening underbite (Willem Dafoe), a lanky lawyer (Jeff Goldblum) and his soon to be airborn Persian cat, monks on skis, cliff - hanging climaxes, and plotting pastry chefs!

His latest THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL is, on the surface, a whimsical concoction as pretty as a wedding cake, a multi-tiered tale, within a tale, within a tale of the GRAND and very PINK Hotel Budapest which is presided over by one Gustave H.

From experimental literary tales to family sagas and whimsical adventures, we've got a debut for every reader.

The Light Princess is a delightful, whimsical fairy tale by one of the major influences of... Continue reading →

The Light Princess is a delightful, whimsical fairy tale by one of the major influences of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, George MacDonald.

Nearby is the whimsical fairy tale cottage that houses Steidel's Art.

These are the kinds of questions developer Spike Chunsoft pose in their maniacal - yet - whimsical interactive mystery novel, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc; an eccentric tale of intrigue and betrayal that will keep you guessing until the bitter end.

It's a whimsical storybook tale with a sweary badger.

Just know that you're going to be part of a tale that's beautifully written and has plenty of whimsical charm to go along with its more serious moments.

With fantastical narratives, whimsical characters, and well - constructed mechanics, the Tales series of JRPGs is generally held in high regard, with adoring fans all over the globe.

So the creators of such whimsical fair as the Paper Mario series, WarioWare, and the cutest damn game ever Cubivore, were now in charge of a dramatic tale about the tragic, and often deadly realities of war.

In the interview, we spoke in depth about the newly released Tales of Monkey Island series, the company's relationship with LucasArts, the challenges the developer faces on working within the whimsical conventions of the Monkey Island universe, and his own philosophy of designing adventure games.

Simultaneously whimsical and sinister, Lerma's project re-imagines the layers of mythmaking in Ponce de León's tale and positions them as metaphors for deflating heroic painting.

Monica Mink (1948) featured, along with Jane Frank's illustrations, a whimsical text by the artist herself, entirely in verse, relating a tale in which (according to the review published by the National Council of Teachers of English) «In rhyme the obstreperous Monica Mink «who wouldn't listen and didn't think» is finally taught that «all Mother Minks know best».»