Sentences with phrase «men in black seem»

This season, the men in black seem to be worse then ever.

Not exact matches

The two moments: first, Binx's seeing the black man leaving the church after Ash Wednesday ritual, with an acceptance of the necessity, as Binx would have it, of «inserting himself into the world»; second, Binx's own ceremony of moviegoing whereby he seems to come to terms with place but in actuality does not.

Circa late 1969, the Airplane seems to sense that the generalized radical community needs some encouragement, a pep rally of sorts to get them past all the spirit - draining confusions that had been piling up, and all the minor divisions radicals had made between one another in the course of late -»60s intensity, you know, naturalist communalists v. wired hipsters, pacifists v. biker gangs, Hare Krishnas v. Shamans, old - school SDS - ers v. the new Weathermen - types, angry feminists v. «Ramblin» Man» swingers, Black Panthers v. white hippies, Maoists v. anarchists, health - foodies v. druggies, etc., etc., and to focus instead on the big divide between all of them and the Establishment.

MEN IN BLACK — the first one — seems closer to the truth.

Whereas the musical feel of Invisible Man was blues, Basie, and Armstrong, and seemed to acquire an accelerating be-bop drive and craziness once its plot brought it to NYC, the feel in Juneteenth is gospel and black - church revival down to the core.

It was a little odd seeing a bunch of bearded men in black suits holding hands while singing and jumping around, but somehow, it all seemed natural.

Apparently few people were ready to take on such a controversial issue, especially since those tangled in the web of prosecution and incarceration seemed to be mostly young black men.

Cares enormously about children in resettlement camps, who must drink water to fill their stomachs because there is no food; he cares about shivering women at Nyanga whose flimsy plastic shelters are being destroyed by police; He cares that the influx control system together with Bantunization are destroying black family life not accidentally but by deliberate government policy; He cares that people die mysteriously in detention; He cares that something horrible is happening in this country when a man will often mow down his family before turning the gun on himself; He cares that life seems so dirt cheap (cited in Maimela 1986:43).

It's fascinating to me as a 26 year old white male because it seems so clear that the old, rich, conservative white men that run our government are bucking violently at the impudent thought that a black man in the «White House» could possibly solve the problems his white predecessors so obviously caused.

About that event the editorial line was that we must distinguish the message from the messenger, and it is true that the mostly middle - class black men who gathered in Washington seemed to be affirming, in a most welcome way, fairly traditional truths about personal and family responsibility.

He seems puzzled why a 6» 7», 320 - pound black man (he's 6» 9», if you measure from the top of his Afro) has been unable to find anonymity in the middle of Nebraska.

Geoffrey Canada comes from the Harlem streets, raised by a single mother who wanted to make sure her sons excelled even though the options for young Black men in poverty seem limited to imprisonment or death.

In the 1930s a white man would likely not associate with a black man who seems equivalent by objective standards.

Researchers say that this study may point to stereotypes at play in fatal police shootings of Black men and boys, and it seems pretty clear that it does.

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For instance, in terms of response rates, white men seem to be in relatively high demand on OkCupid, while black women tend to get the lowest response rates to their messages — even though they're the female demogrpahic most likely to respond to messages.

Whether you're a black man dating a white woman or a white woman dating a black man, even while living in progressive times, it really hurts your feelings knowing that a loved one doesn't seem too thrilled about the idea.

There is something about «play» that seems to trigger a connection in black men because they love to play as well as be active.

Advice, owen has gone back to court with them and keep each person in the world not seem to favor year a 19 white men, black.

Black girls dating white men seem to happen rarely so that people usually stare at these couples when they walk in public.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

But their thunder is stolen by Mr. DiCaprio whose man - child face seems to actually work in the role of Candie, a racist Francophile who doesn't seem to know that Alexandre Dumas was black.

But a belated Men in Black sequel, a Total Recall remake, and a Spider - Man reboot would seem to represent Sony's best chances for success — or utter failure — this year.

But that's just how good Jordan Peele's directing debut is, a thoughtful satire on race relations about a young black man who discovers things aren't what they seem when he visits his white girlfriend's family in the country.

The sole man who seemed to extend any effort or passion at all, while also staying on theme, was Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman, who appeared in an ivory Versace ensemble and cape decked with gold crosses, gold Christian Louboutin shoes and Bvlgari jewellery.

While Wright still seems to doubt whether Shuri could become a superhero in her own right, the man who originally created her character back in 2005 is far more certain that we'll see a female Black Panther fight in the MCU.

Specifically, reviewers seem to love the MCU debuts of Black Panther (Chadwick Boesman) and Spider - Man (Tom Holland), as well as a culminating action scene in an airport:

April Wolfe writes for the Village Voice: «[Director Martin] McDonagh painstakingly humanises a character who we find has unapologetically tortured a black man in police custody... and then Three Billboards seems to ask audiences to forgive and forget wrongs like police violence, domestic abuse, and sexual assault without demonstrating a full understanding of the centuries - long toll these crimes have taken on victims in real life.»

In one memorable side mission, John encounters an unnamed man in a black suit who seems to know hiIn one memorable side mission, John encounters an unnamed man in a black suit who seems to know hiin a black suit who seems to know him.

Other cast members include two government officials — who seem to be spiritual kin to the title characters in Men in Black — looking for Jesse and a level - headed single mom who helps Jesse out at the church and wears the most realistic khakis I've ever seen on television.

Last we heard, directors Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow), Shane Black (Iron Man 3), and Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) were in contention for the gig, but now it seems Fox may have finally made their choice.

As part of its planned Spider - Man spinoff universe, Sony Pictures announced last year that the upcoming Venom and in development Silver & Black and Nightwatch would be joined by a Morbius, the Living Vampire movie, and it seems the studio has been sounding out potential directors.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige dropped a few bombs Saturday night at the annual Comic - Con blowout, including some cool Ant - Man & the Wasp casting news, some video from Black Panther that seemed to play as well with its cast than any fan in Hall H, and new trailers for Thor: Ragnarok and Avengers: Infinity War.

As we reported a while back, part of the deal for Iron Man 3 to get support from the Chinese government was to do some filming in China with the main cast — and director Shane Black seemed to be trying to renege on that part of the agreement, saying «We're not really going to China.»

Last month it was announced that Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow is finally going to get a solo movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it seems that she could have been beaten to the punch by another Iron Man supporting character, with Black Panther screenwriter Joe Robert Cole revealing to Complex that Marvel considered a War Machine solo spinoff film prior to making Iron Man 3.

The best setpiece in «Winter Soldier,» Cap taking out a bunch of would - be assassins in an elevator, had a frenzied smallness that was much more exciting than watching helicarriers crash and monuments crumble; it seems to have inspired the better action scenes here — not just a stairwell punch-fest that finds Bucky swinging from a torn - up stretch of railing like Tarzan on a vine, but in a bigger, louder, wilder clash between Avengers (including emergency ringers Spider - Man, Ant - Man and Black Panther) on an airport runway.

«McDonagh painstakingly humanizes a character who we find has unapologetically tortured a black man in police custody... and then Three Billboards seems to ask audiences to forgive and forget wrongs like police violence, domestic abuse, and sexual assault without demonstrating a full understanding of the centuries - long toll these crimes have taken on victims in real life,» April Wolfe wrote at the Village Voice.

Besides Evans and Downey — who seem to feel these characters in the very fiber of their being by now — there's also Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, Anthony Mackie as Falcon, Paul Rudd as Ant - Man, Elizabeth Olsen as Scarlet Witch and Paul Bettany as Vision.

The list of icons making appearances was truly unprecedented: Superman soars twice — once in the «return» and the other as Ben Affleck; Crockett and Tubbs exude cool; Ethan Hunt falls short; Captain Jack Sparrow sets the stage for the finale; Jack Black sometimes wears stretchy pants; Huey Long is resurrected and somehow over-played by Sean Penn; the mass appeal of the DaVinci Code novel fizzled onscreen; Robert Altman's amazing career ended with an excellent adaptation of a radio series starring Garrison Keillor's made for radio face; Johnny Depp tried to untrack his career with The Libertine; Nicolas Cage was front and center in the disastrous remake of The Wicker Man, but if the preview is any indication, his sleep - walk was merely a tune - up for this year's Ghost Rider; Woody Allen (with Scarlett Johansson as his muse) re-emerged with his best comedy since Crimes and Misdemeanors; amazingly, Jen and Vince's real life break - up was more entertaining than the film version; and while on - set hook - ups seem to the norm, how could the dreadful You, Me and Dupree have been an aphrodisiac for Kate and Owen?

Sony's long - gestating Men In Black reboot has gone through a number of iterations over the past year or two, but now it finally seems the studio has a firm plan in place: having hired Fate Of The Furious director F. Gary Gray to helm the project, the studio has now set its sights on Thor: Ragnarok star Chris Hemsworth to headline the filIn Black reboot has gone through a number of iterations over the past year or two, but now it finally seems the studio has a firm plan in place: having hired Fate Of The Furious director F. Gary Gray to helm the project, the studio has now set its sights on Thor: Ragnarok star Chris Hemsworth to headline the filin place: having hired Fate Of The Furious director F. Gary Gray to helm the project, the studio has now set its sights on Thor: Ragnarok star Chris Hemsworth to headline the film.

Having been due to start production early in March, it seems that Sony's planned Spider - Man spinoff Silver & Black has hit a hitch, with That Hashtag Show reporting that the project has been delayed «indefinitely».

The peril seems to be emanating from Palo (Malick Bowens), a devilish, mysterious black man with markings on his abdomen and evil in his eyes (the actor often wears milky contact lenses).

Meanwhile, subplots play out within Westworld — including two new guests (Jimmi Simpson & Ben Barnes) at odds with each other, the Man in Black's journey to find the ultimate game within the game, and Madam Maeve Millay's (Thandie Newton) discovery that everything may not be what it seems.

Hannie Caulder, that bizarre European - based western of last year, included a wealth of outrageousness that seemed to presage a return to grace and a renewal of promise for Kennedy the director: Raquel Welch strutting around the desert naked under a poncho, Robert Culp prancing auspiciously out of the wilderness in El Topo hat and granny glasses to teach her how to shoot; brothers Ernest Borgnine, Strother Martin, and Jack Elam forming a manically inept criminal trio who nevertheless managed to be lethal for two of Hannie's menfolk; Christopher Lee as a gaunt and happy gunsmith and family man living on the seashore; and a never - identified stranger in elegant black who materialized wordlessly now and again to collaborate in Hannie's adventures.

Smith and Sonnenfeld scored big with Men In Black, and it seems that a number of people were trying to recapture this success.

After leaving school, these dropouts generally seem to encounter only more failure: Among 16 - to 24 - year - old black men not enrolled in school, fewer than half have jobs; about a third are in prison or jail, or on probation or parole.

By the time he is grown, with a wife and children of his own, William seems to be a man blessed by fortune - until tragedy strikes and the stranger in black comes.

Seeking justice for the death of a black man in Jim Crow Mississippi might seem like a Quixotic quest.

Andrews seems to follow no canons of visual selection besides those that originate within his own experience — as an artist who reached maturity when Abstract Expressionism was in its heyday, as a black man in America, plus a good deal of native stubbornness about not just doing what's expected of him.

The show included the monochromatic portraits he was known for — like «Manhattan Memo,» a shadowy depiction of a man in an expletive - laden black T - shirt and paint - smeared jeans, or «Photo Bloke,» of a man outfitted in a soft pink suit — but art - world coverage of the show focused on paintings that seemed to strike a new tone.