Resultados para "Le film" en Literatura y ficción

In 2007, the Center for Automation in Nanobiotech (CAN) outlined the hardware and software platforms that would one day allow robots smaller than human cells to make medical diagnoses, conduct repairs, and even self-propagate. In the same year, the CBS network re-aired a program about the effects of propranolol on sufferers of extreme trauma. A simple pill, it had been discovered, could wipe out the memory of any traumatic event. At almost the same moment in humanity’s broad history, mankind discovered the means for bringing about its utter downfall. And the ability to forget it ever happened.

The Covenant mission is the most ambitious endeavor in the history of Weyland-Yutani. A ship bound for Origae-6, carrying 2,000 colonists beyond the limits of known space, this is a make-or-break investment for the corporation - and for the future of all mankind. Yet there are those who would die to stop the mission. As the colony ship hovers in Earth orbit, several violent events reveal a deadly conspiracy to sabotage the launch.

From the ashes of a devastated Boston, a harrowing legend emerges. Thirteen years prior, the colossal kaiju, Nemesis, ravaged the city in her relentless pursuit of retribution. Today, mankind's survival teeters on the sacrificial offerings atop a chilling monolith known as The Altar, where the condemned pay the ultimate price to prevent Nemesis's wrath from consuming humanity.

When Jon attends the premier of his movie in the Lansing Film Festival, he faces the most important weekend of his young life, but not in ways he expected. His old pal, Vince, has been stewing for a decade and their high school friend, Amy, is now the assistant district attorney in Lansing. Edgy humor gives way to fiery confrontation that examines memory and perception.

In the title story, set five minutes in the future where you not only have a credit score but also a dating score, a woman who’s been banished from all dating apps attends a weekly help group with others who have been “banned for life,” and finds herself falling in love. In “Backwards,” a twist on Benjamin Button, a woman reconnects with her estranged father as he de-ages ten years each day they spend together. In “Welcome to Oxhead,” all the parents in a gated community “shut off” when the power goes out.

A venticinque anni Cloe ha una vita da film: dopo essersi lasciata alle spalle la provincia italiana vive a Londra, frequenta la prestigiosa Goldsmiths ed è fidanzata con un fantastico... STOP! La rifacciamo, grazie. A venticinque anni, la vita di Cloe fa schifo. Si è trasferita nella città dei suoi sogni solo per ritrovarsi senza borsa di studio, fa la cameriera in un pub, vive in un appartamento infimo, frequenta senza troppo impegno il suo coinquilino... e, stando a quello che sostiene il suo avvocato, ha appena ereditato l'attività di famiglia, il vecchio cinema di paese a Schiforate, provincia di Milano.

Julie a 30 ans et n'a, jusque-là, jamais rien géré de plus que sa petite vie. Alors qu'elle n'attendait plus de réponse de la part de son prod, celui-ci l'appelle pour lui annoncer une grande nouvelle : "je crois qu'on va le faire ton film !"

Angie Mangiamele runs a film company in Hoboken, New Jersey—a long way (in more ways than one) from Ogilvie, Georgia. But a new project has brought her to this small Southern town, where she stands out like a fire truck in a flower garden. She’s been invited to Ogilvie by Miss Zula Bragg, the intensely private literary legend who’s agreed to appear in a documentary made by Angie’s highly unconventional crew. And there’s someone else in own Angie looks forward to seeing: John Grant, a descendant of Ogilvie’s founders with whom she had a long-ago summer romance.

Una ragazza morta si materializza in casa di sconosciuti, prepara un caffè e si accende una sigaretta come se nulla fosse. Una donna serve a un picnic la propria mano spacciandola per prosciutto. Una madre prepara una torta con i resti spappolati di sacrifici umani. Un vampiro sviene perché non sopporta la vista del sangue. I racconti di Fotogrammi di un film horror perduto stendono sulle esili gioie della nostra quotidianità una patina sinistra e asfissiante.

Twelve dramatisations of the best love stories ever written, performed by star casts Treat yourself to this stunning collection of classic stories of love, loss, obstacles overcome and desperate attraction. This is a beautiful, moving and at times thrilling listen which takes you on a journey...

Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 - 13 August 1946) was an English writer. Prolific in many genres, he wrote dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, history, satire, biography and autobiography. His work also included two books on recreational war games. FILMER: In truth the mastery of flying was the work of thousands of men - this man a suggestion and that an experiment, until at last only one vigorous intellectual effort was needed to finish the work.

Anna (Janina Uhse) und Thomas (Florian David Fitz) wollen heiraten und haben die Familie in die Tiroler Alpen eingeladen. Stephan (Christoph Maria Herbst) sinniert typisch schlecht gelaunt im Ski-Lift über das aktuelle Leben der Böttchers, Wittmanns, Bergers und Königs: Anna hat überraschend doch noch Karriere als Schauspielerin gemacht, Thomas steht kurz davor, in den Vorstand eines Immobilienkonzerns aufzusteigen - vorausgesetzt, er besteht die obligatorische Sensibility-Schulung.

Justus Bölling, für seine Freunde, wenn er denn noch welche hätte, einfach nur Böller, ist ein nerdiger Verlierertyp, der in eine tiefe Sinnkrise stürzt. Verantwortlich dafür sind 3 Dinge, sein nahender 40. Geburtstag, der Tod seines Vaters und die Einladung zum Klassentreffen seiner alten Schule. Bisher hat er in seinem Leben noch nicht viel hinbekommen und sich auch deshalb von den Menschen entfernt. Er führt ein einsames Dasein, in seiner begrenzten Welt aus Filmen und Musik.

Das war eine fremdenfeindliche Bemerkung zu viel: Professor Richard Pohl (Christoph Maria Herbst) droht von seiner Universität zu fliegen, nachdem er die Jura-Studentin Naima Hamid (Nilam Farooq) in einem vollbesetzten Hörsaal beleidigt hat. Als das Video viral geht, gibt Universitätspräsident Alexander Lambrecht (Ernst Stötzner) seinem alten Weggefährten eine letzte Chance: Wenn es dem rhetorisch begnadeten Professor gelingt, die Erstsemestlerin Naima für einen bundesweiten Debattier-Wettbewerb fitzumachen, wären seine Chancen vor dem Disziplinarausschuss damit wesentlich besser.

Moiraine Damodred arrives in Emond’s Field on a quest to find the one prophesized to stand against The Dark One, a malicious entity sowing the seeds of chaos and destruction. When a vicious band of half men, half beasts invade the village seeking their master’s enemy, Moiraine persuades Rand al’Thor and his friends to leave their home and enter a larger unimaginable world filled with dangers waiting in the shadows and in the light.

Why are we scared of ghosts, zombies, vampires, demons, and monsters, when we know they are not real? Why do dark attics give us the creeps? How do writers and directors know exactly what anxieties to tap into, so that we break out in goosebumps, cover our eyes, and cringe? Shannon Scott invites you into the spooky, creepy, and sometimes surprising world of the horror genre to examine how popular scary movies and books manipulate our collective and individual fears—not only to frighten us, but also to address taboo subjects, and to reflect and comment on the state of our society.

In this brilliant debut collection, Ian Rogers explores the border-places between our world and the dark reaches of the supernatural. A mysterious double murder draws the attention of an insurance company with a special interest in the paranormal. A honeymoon cabin with an unspeakable appetite finally meets its match. A suburban home is transformed into the hunting ground for a new breed of spider. A nightmarish jazz club at the crossroads of reality plays host to those who can break a deal with the devil...for a price.

Ich habe keine Lust, das Telefon abzuheben. Das Läuten brennt am ganzen Körper. Gleichzeitig laufen zehn Tonbänder in meinem Kopf; es gibt keine Regler, sie abzustellen.

Maui's rich history and culture are the foundation of these new, original short stories by Maui's award-winning author/playwright. Under Maui Skies, and Other Stories presents seven Maui tales in different genres set in a variety of Maui locales ranging in time from pre-contact Hawai`i to the 1960s. In "The Cave of Whispering Spirits", a couple and family face the wrath of the goddess of fire, Pele, in the last eruption of Haleakala.

Popularized by Joseph Campbell, the hero's journey features narrative stages along which a person matures and transforms. But where heroes transform is just as important as what they do to get there. Holly Bellebuono shows you how the location of each hero's journey step is intimately tied to the challenges faced, setting the tone for the entire adventure.