Sentences with phrase «civil war hero»
Saint - Gaudens received many significant commissions through his association with White, including his first major public work, a monument of Civil War hero David Farragut that stands in Madison Square Park, New York.
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Paulette Jiles brings the landscape of late 19th century Texas to life in this novel long - listed for the National Book Award about an unlikely friendship that is formed between a former Civil War hero and a young abducted girl.
From a people management standpoint — kids in hallways or lunchrooms, at ballgame crowds, and in other places — principal Duane Kline follows Civil War hero Nathan Bedford Forrest's «get there firstest with the mostest» admonition.
Since Gen. Obasanjo first hit on Nigeria, as Civil War hero, Federal Works commissioner under Gen. Gowon, Gen. Murtala Muhammad's chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters, and later military Head of State, he had always projected public high - mindedness.
He was laid to rest in Brooklyn's Green - Wood Cemetery, amid Civil War heroes, Abolitionists, and a number of other major American artists.
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The best thing about Ultron is that his origins paved the way for Stark and the heroes in the MCU to face serious consequences for their actions, starting with «Captain America: Civil War.»
«In the aftermath of «Captain America: Civil War,» Scott Lang grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father.
«Calling millions of Christian victims of bloody civil wars «martyrs» is a bit like calling all the victims of 9/11 «heroes,» he wrote for The Washington Post in 2013.
At a recent public gathering in the heart of the nation's capital, with former civil rights hero and disgraced Mayor Marion Barry on the podium as an object lesson, Farrakhan prepared his black audience for the coming race war.
Tomorrow, Congressman Serrano will be joined by local elected officials for the renaming ceremony of the Morris Heights Post Office in honor of Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr., in order to commemorate the life and legacy of a war hero, civil rights, and community leader.
The whole film consists of the heroes running around African desert whilst being shot at by various people really, there is a silly plot about trying to find a buried American civil war ironclad warship and also a plot about stopping most of the African water supply getting poisoned.
I feel this movie wouldve been so much better if a seasoned director had done it like John Singleton... anyway, its just alot of hype because hes the «first» black super hero (do nt tell Wesley Snipes though) and if you really want to see black panther skip the full length movie and see Wakanda in Infinity war... as far as black panther goes he was great in civil war and infinity war, you can skip the 2 hour trip to the land of vibranium.
In Sahara, Matthew McConaughey is the literary hero Dirk Pitt, searching for a U.S. Civil War ship loaded with gold and entombed in Africa.
What makes Captain America: Civil War such a terrific accomplishment is the way it takes what could have been the most crass and overcrowded story to adapt as a film and instead transforms it into an examination of just who these heroes are and what impact they've had on the world around them, and vice versa.
«John Carter» delivers one of its precious few delights shortly after the hero, a Civil War veteran from Virginia, finds himself teleported to Mars.
Infinity War picks up after the events of Captain America: Civil War, where the Marvel heroes have disbanded («Like the Beatles?»
As the nasty old piece of work who runs Panem quickly intervening realizes (as played with terrific levels of sour venom by a terrifying Donald Sutherland), simply killing our heroes would the make martyrs of them, and possibly kick off a full - blown civil war he «s trying to avoid.
Chadwick Boseman is starring in the film as King T'Challa of Wakanda, reprising his Captain America: Civil War role as this film's titular hero.
Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is set to kick off early next year with Captain America: Civil War, building to the long - awaited showdown between Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Thanos in the two - part Avengers: Infinity War.
He was sucked into the civil war between Earth's mightiest heroes, the Avengers.
Captain America has been one of the MCU's most cherished heroes for decades, but as of Captain America: Civil War, Steve Rogers has abandoned his patriotic mantle and is on the run due to his anti-registration activities.
A hero in a sleek black suit and claws with no interest in playing well with others (or even bothering to learn names), the T'Challa of Civil War made a welcome foil to the chummy sitcom dynamics of the MCU.
What reunites the heroes — some, like Iron Man Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and Captain America Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), stopped speaking after «Captain America: Civil War» — is the villain of all villains.
Taking place between the events of Civil War and Infinity War, the Peyton Reed - directed sequel will see Evangeline Lily's Hope suit up as Wasp, becoming the MCU's first female hero to get her name in the title.
For the uninitiated, Civil War was a comic book run that found heroes fighting each other.
He routinely takes on the Avengers and other teams of galactic heroes, and he punched a hole right through a fully - armored War Machine in 2016's Free Comic Book Day: Civil War II by Brian Michael Bendis and Jim Cheung.
Created by Al Hartley and Stan Lee, Carter went on to be a supporting characting nursing other heroes such as Spider - Man, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Elektra, and even siding with Captain America in Civil War.
After stealing every scene during his introduction in Captain America: Civil War, Marvel's definitive Peter Parker shouldered the responsibility of rebooting the hero on screen for a third time in his own solo venture and the result was a resounding success.
In those cases, he bucked the system and was proven to be a hero for it; «Civil War» presents a scenario where his individualism is not inherently the right approach, and may even be the wrong thing to do.
Unfortunately, Thor (Chris Hemsworth) missed out on the last super hero punchout party in Captain America: Civil War.
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For their third Marvel movie, Anthony and Joe Russo have wrangled all the Avengers we've seen in solo outings, as well as the ones who fought in Civil War, plus a ragtag group of intergalactic heroes and a couple of extraordinary teens.
If its status as Fandango's fastest - selling first - day presale is any indication, people are already plenty excited about Black Panther, the latest MCU offering and the first solo vehicle for Chadwick Boseman's title hero, introduced in Captain America: Civil War.
With Black Panther you've got a hero grandfathered in from Captain America: Civil War and a villain on loan from The Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Ross is in the C.I.A., and in his minor role in Civil War, he was equally suspicious of everyone, including our heroes Captain America, Black Panther, et al..
While «Captain America: Civil War» will introduce its fair share of characters to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme is ready to take center stage without the help of any A-list Marvel heroes surrounding him.
In the aftermath of Captain America: Civil War, Scott Lang grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a super hero and a father.
If the film feels Old Hollywood in that the stars are pretty, the heroes are tough, and the sex is good but the brutality is better, then excavate the ways that this period in our history dissolves into period noir: shells of men entrusted with the rebuilding of our society, with dangerous women and effete men (abortion rights and gay marriage vs. the evacuation of civil rights and ground wars in the Middle East) embodying the greater peril.
The last time we checked in with Thor, the hammer - wielding hero helpfully answered the question on everyone's mind: While we know the rest of his Avengers team was battling it out in «Captain America: Civil War,» what was the Asgardian God of thunder up to?
A new trailer for Captain America: Civil War has been released, re-framing much of the previous Marvel Studios movies as a prelude to the hero vs. hero struggle in this Cap sequel.
Hank Pym is the first Ant - Man and the physicist who discovers the subatomic particle that allows for the hero's massive reduction or, in the case of «Captain America: Civil War,» increase in size.
The epic team - up fruits of the MCU is excellent by itself deserves, make no mistake, however simply as Thanos enters the fray with Earth's Mightiest Heroes fractured after Captain America: Civil War and strewn around the cosmos, neither is Infinity War coming into a wholly balanced area.
The minute - long clip focuses on the heroes being «brothers in arms» before the Civil War split, with directors Joe and Anthony Russo calling them all «both protagonists and antagonists.»
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II picks up right from the cliffhanger ending of the first game, with Rean Schwarz and his classmates from the Thors Military Academy getting scattered all over Erebonia following a heinous betrayal which causes the whole nation to be engulfed in a civil war.
This is all the more appropriate since, as a whole, Civil War can be summed as part effective superhero action / thriller, but also equal parts, if not more so, engaging dramatic / psychological thriller that features Earth's Mightiest Heroes; though admittedly, while the title might suggest otherwise, Civil War is only really a superhero war movie in a figurative senWar can be summed as part effective superhero action / thriller, but also equal parts, if not more so, engaging dramatic / psychological thriller that features Earth's Mightiest Heroes; though admittedly, while the title might suggest otherwise, Civil War is only really a superhero war movie in a figurative senWar is only really a superhero war movie in a figurative senwar movie in a figurative sense.
Other heroes, like Ant - Man, do their part by balancing the tone of «Civil War» between drama and light - hearted action instead of overdosing on seriousness like «BvS.»
While most of the supporting characters in «BvS» serve the two main heroes and do little else, «Civil War» takes the time to show how the schism in the Avengers is affecting everyone on the team.
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