Sentences with phrase «do ragtag»

Do ragtag traveling door - to - door magazine crews like this exist?

How did a ragtag group of skeptics swimming against the tide of public opinion, even big business, get elected to all those offices they hold across the country, yimster?

Not exact matches

Even Sullivan's chapter on «The Liberationists» does not include those we have come to associate with that term (the strident gay - rights activists or flamboyant gay liberationists) but focuses instead on a ragtag group of theoreticians influenced by French philosophy.

The Mighty Ducks does not hold up as a «good» movie, but if you are looking for the ultimate piece of early «90s sports nostalgia, there is no one better to deliver it than Emilio Estevez and his ragtag team of hockey cast - offs.

Miami did, with a jangling medley of ragtags and raw talent and the sensational Kosar.

And that's fine for entertainment purposes — yikes, even I don't want to see the real thing on screen — but it's not fine if it leaves moviegoers with the impression that all it takes is «heart» and «pluck» (and, apparently, «a ragtag group of kids») to fix school food.

But I do not see the answer to Labour's challenge being to team up with the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and a ragtag of other parties.»

Only when his audience is suitably impressed does he reveal that they are actually in the midst of what many conservationists would dismiss as weeds — a ragtag collection of non-native species growing uncontrolled on land once used for agriculture.

One's interest does, as a result, begin to wane considerably as the film plods into its increasingly predictable midsection, with the inclusion of hackneyed plot twists - eg Nick and Billy must whip their ragtag group members into shape, Billy is forced to contend with an obnoxious rival (Max Minghella's Graham), etc - ensuring that the movie only grows more and more interminable in the buildup to its expectedly uplifting finale.

But when Peter discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand — with the galaxy's fate in the balance.

But we already know what the monsters look like and how they behave, a mystery that provided much of the original movie's suspense, and although a valiant effort has been made to script a new and unique group of ragtag characters, and good casting choices fill those roles, Predators doesn't feel like a sequel.

Not only does it give us an idea of the movie's story, scope, humor and impressive set pieces, it also confirmed that Wade's ragtag team, which we saw in the previous trailer, is X-Force.

My favorite heist films usually involve a ragtag group of down on their luck ne'er - do - wells, outsiders and lone wolves who come together in an attempt to steal a fortune.

So he puts together a ragtag crew to take on the gig, and naturally, things don't go as planned.

After writing up a story and gathering up a very small crew and a set of ragtag amateur actors and models, he proceeded to do just that.

But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand - with the galaxy's fate in the balance.

He gets help from a ragtag band of strangers including a bad - ass Goth chick who goes by the name Wyldstyle (an adorable Elizabeth Banks); Batman (Will Arnett, doing a Batman version of his pompous «Arrested Development» character, Gob); a makeshift pirate captain called Metal Beard (Nick Offerman); and the unflappably happy Unikitty (Alison Brie) which is — you guessed it — half unicorn and half kitty.

Super-villain Thanos (the entity pulling Ronan's strings) has yet to make an appearance but fans will get treated to Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) speaking, some good individual closeups of each of the ragtag group doing what they do best and a fitting accompanying soundtrack.

A widow (Haley Bennett) wants retribution for her husband's murder, so she seeks out a charismatic gunslinger who then assembles a ragtag group of men talented in the arts of destruction, chaos, and revenge to get the job done.

The Dark Horse doesn't inspire in us any passion for chess and it doesn't even convincingly show us how the game is changing these ragtag children's lives.

Getting back to nature is the last thing Surly wants to do, but when a greedy mayor decides to destroy the park to build an amusement park, Surly and his ragtag critter friends must band together to save the place they call home.

The movie begins with a plot involving some military types attempting to train Aliens to do their bidding, but once the creatures break free, it is once again Ripley and a ragtag crew (this time a bunch of interstellar smugglers, including tough waif Call, played by a game Winona Ryder) trying to exterminate them.

Both prove less entertaining than the potential comedy that would have come from following around the ragtag team (think «Major League»), and both have been done several times before.

But when Quill discovers the true power of the orb and the menace it poses to the cosmos, he must do his best to rally his ragtag rivals for a last, desperate stand — with the galaxy's fate in balance.

All this has been done to celebrate a century of manufacturing in the charmingly ragtag collection of buildings at Pickersleigh Road in Malvern, the home of the Morgan Motor Company.

Hoping to make a grand comeback, Harebrained Schemes are targeting a 2017 release for its triumphant return with a turn - based strategy video game in which a ragtag group of mech - totting mercs do battle against similar set - ups.

It doesn't take long before Joker gathers a ragtag group of friends, including a disgraced ex-track star, a troubled teen model named Anne, and a human turned cat named Morgana.

The rendering of each fighter is done to perfection, leaving the player with the feeling of flying a sports car than a ragtag fighter.

I would love to know who do you choose when playing Pokémon Yellow, do you follow in the footsteps of Ash Ketchum and go with the original starter Pokémon or have a ragtag bunch from across the Kanto region?

An experimenter in the mechanical production of sound, Gauthier assembled a delightful menagerie of ragtag robots that, struggling to move their parts, did nothing but wheeze, whistle, roar, and squeak.

Your squad mates will also be able to toss replacement ammunition your way in an effort to make the campaign feel more like a team effort, rather than a solo romp with a ragtag group of allies that don't serve any meaningful purpose in terms of gameplay.