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Though naming the character after a famous philosopher in a game populated by famous philosophers seems like a needlessly confusing choice...

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He put it in the mouth of a character named Polonius, who Hamlet accurately describes as a tedious old fool, even though Polonius was senior counselor to the King of Denmark.

The new movie will star a new character, named «Detective Pikachu,» and though no plot details have been announced, we're guessing it will have something to do with the heroic efforts to keep «Pokemon Go» servers from repeatedly crashing, momentarily destroying lives all over the planet.

Even though only about 9 % of female characters have names in the text, there are more than one hundred «eleventy» (111) women's names that are preserved.

The character contradicts the name, and this is the man who most avidly seconds Portia in her complete humiliation of Shylock, though the others join in readily enough.

His friends at school are all Skylander mad, which means even though he has only played on their game he still knows all the characters names and what their special powers are.

A note on Hazel: The character in The Fault in Our Stars was based on a real teenage girl who was actually (though improbably) named Hazel.

I was going to say they could call themselves the Lords Resistance Army, though I understand that name has already been taken by a marginally less appealing cast of characters.

Costner's half - hearted media apology to the Indian nation for the atrocities committed against them in the name of unrivaled, unapologetic, rapacious greed (for which the people of One Nation Under God have made good - not) makes for a nice pass of time even if the lead characters are ironically Caucasians (though adopted by Native Americans).

His soldiers, though they have names, don't register as distinct characters; they're just Bearded Guy or Guy With One Eye or Guy Who's Too Pretty To Be A Soldier.

Other confirmed names include Jack Kesy as the film's central villain (though the identity of the villain has yet to be confirmed), Japanese actress Shioli Kutsuna and Julian Dennison — though it has not yet been revealed which characters they'll be playing.

A saving grace of «Hello, My Name Is Doris» is that the central character, though conforming to stereotype, is something more than that.

And a side supporting character named Peter (Alexander), who has strabismus (his eyes aren't aligned), is written solely to draw out a few yuks, though it would seem a stretch that his mother (Janney, Juno), who is constantly ridiculing his condition, would still be making fun of it, especially as it is a condition he was born with — you'd think she'd have run out of insults years before.

Blake booked another movie named Sidney Hall that will release in 2017, Logan Lerman and Elle Fanning are two of his co-stars, there is not information about Blake's character though, but here is the summary!

Q: There are lots of other great characters in the movie, though, from the disappointing guys Lady Bird dates (played by «Call Me by Your Name's» Timothee Chalamet and «Manchester by the Sea's» Lucas Hedges) to her patient dad (Tracy Letts) to a cool school nun (Lois Smith) and more.

Even though his name is on the box, I didn't expect Detective Pikachu the character to be as good as he is.

As far as the cast, their aren't too many instantly recognizable names, though the titular character will be played by Idris Elba, a big star in England whose star has been on the rise in America for quite a while now.

Even though it cuts out a lot of material from the novel by Thomas Pynchon, the film still has a wealth of characters with odd names, many of whom are given pretty breezy introductions.

The thrust of this film, though, is not the traditional circus circuit but rather the Oddities, characters on the outskirts who show their humanity: the Bearded Lady (Keala Settle) and Tom Thumb (Sam Humphrey) in addition to the likes of the Strong Man, Dog Boy and a glorious trapeze artist named Anne Wheeler (Zendaya), who is a love interest for Barnum's partner Phillip, played nicely by Zac Efron in his best screen outing in a long while.

Shot in black - and - white, with a spare, minimal production design making it an expressionist piece projecting the barren interiors of its broken characters, Nebraska, though not the adaptation of the identically - named collection of Ron Hansen short stories I initially hoped it was, at least possesses the same wintry, intellectual mien.

Story details are scarce at this time, though the lead characters have been revealed: the imaginatively - named Slay — paradoxically a kind - hearted nice guy with an interest in ancient ruins — and a spear - wielding princess named Alicia.

If you can name three characters from it though, I'll buy you a drink.

A bit of comic book history: Marvel's comic character name predates the Black Panther Party by several months — though many people mistakenly assume it's the other way around.

It was later revealed that Reedus» character is named Sam, though it's still unclear exactly who Sam is.

Though an entire subplot devoted to homosexuals in a film like this is usually cause for trepidation, American Wedding distinguishes itself with a refreshing affection for its gay characters — enough so that a few same - sex smooches are shown without irony, a same - sex dance is left uncommented - upon at the reception of the wedding in question, and a gay character named Bear (Eric Allan Kramer) is allowed to be a key figure in two set - piece gags.

Though crossovers like this have popped up before, this is the first time DoA has ever featured a character from a competing fighting franchise (though many will recall the Spartan named Nicole - 458 that appeared in Though crossovers like this have popped up before, this is the first time DoA has ever featured a character from a competing fighting franchise (though many will recall the Spartan named Nicole - 458 that appeared in though many will recall the Spartan named Nicole - 458 that appeared in DoA4).

Though Baccarin's original image doesn't confirm her role, Liefeld's Instagram refers to her as a character named «Vanessa» who debuted in New Mutants # 98.

The Millennium Girl though adds not only a proper story but a team of pre-defined characters with names and dialogue all of their own.

This is I suppose part of the attempt at aping Westerns lying buried in the screenplay (though Westerns never unequivocally adored guns as much as this one seems too, even the movies named after guns like Anthony Mann's Winchester» 73), just as Harrelson's character is supposed to recall Long John Silver or something (though with his unfortunate haircut all he reminds me of is Nazi buffoon Richard Spencer).

Film Review by Kam Williams Headline: Malkovich Shines in Character Study of Kreskin - Like Mentalist Even though his name is The Great Buck Howard instead of The Amazing Kreskin, it's pretty apparent who John Malkovich's character is based on in this bittersweet, unlikely - budCharacter Study of Kreskin - Like Mentalist Even though his name is The Great Buck Howard instead of The Amazing Kreskin, it's pretty apparent who John Malkovich's character is based on in this bittersweet, unlikely - budcharacter is based on in this bittersweet, unlikely - buddy flick.

Part of the attraction is the cast - Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Kelly Macdonald and Bill Nighy, as well as Tilda Swinton; though the lead character is actually a young Korean girl who befriends a monster with «a kind spirit» named Okja.

Though the character of Black Panther (real name: T'Challa) was created in the 1960s, he has never had his own movie.

Although the remarkable number of recognizable faces to be found within the cast make it worth checking out (Sam Rockwell, Alyssa Milano, Matthew McConaughey, John Rhys - Davies, Kristin Bauer, French Stewart, Brendan Fraser, Leah Remini, Meredith Salinger, Mary Woronov, and Spaulding Gray all make appearances), the predominant reason we've included «Glory Daze» — which is, for the record, explores the hesitation all college graduates experience before entering the real world — is because no matter how many films he may eventually have to his credit, Matt Damon should never be allowed to escape the fact that, even though it was only for a few fleeting moments, he once played a character named Edward Pudwacker.

Though most of its members are joltingly short - lived, surviving is a woman named Domino played by Zazie Beetz with a droll cheeriness that makes her the most memorable new character in the movie.

Nashville and Nashville converge as Connie White stands in for Tammy Wynette, Lady Pearl (Barbara Baxley) for Minnie Pearl, the Misty Mountain Boys for the Misty Mountain Boys; some singers named Barnett lend themselves to the film even though a fictitious character named Barnett (Allen Garfield) ranks as one of the most unsavory we encounter.

Aside from Rod Farva (Kevin Heffernan), who's fat and stupid, I don't know that the other four guys have a single notable character trait among them, and even though I've seen the original dozens of times I'm not sure that I know all of their names.

The lack of human companionship doesn't bother them, though — Nim plays with and talks to her pet lizard and sea lion, and enthusiastically devours a once - a-month shipment of adventure novels featuring a swashbuckling, fedora - sporting character named Alex Rover.

Little happens as far as pushing plot forward, save for the recurring mention of a villainous character named Vicuña Porto (Matheus Nachtergaele), who we won't meet until the film's final half hour, though plenty of doubt has been planted whether this truly is Vicuña by the time he appears.

There's a lot, yet still too little, made of a fake breast that Robert De Niro's character has fashioned from his daughter's breast so that he can approximate breastfeeding (though the film balks at actually paying off the sight gag with the sight of him doing it) and a bit of unkindness towards southern policemen (Tim Blake Nelson, deserving better), and a good eighty - percent of the alleged humour of this stillbirth is invested in «Focker» sounding a lot like «Fucker» and people at a Focker family reunion having names like «Dom» which sounds like «Dumb,» «Randy» which sounds like «Randy,» and «Horny» which sounds like someone's already run out of ideas for how to stretch a one - word punchline into a feature - length film.

Though no name was attached to the character, McAdams» «Doctor Strange» role will serve as the audience's point of view in the film.

Much of the humor, and many of the interactions, feel as though they have been ad - libbed, especially in Peter's consistent use of made up words and pet names («Dude Von Dudenstein»), which fits in with the character's attempt to seem cool without exactly knowing how to do it.

But those aren't REAL problems as, if you strip «Paper Mario» from the name, replace it by something else with Mario and Paper, and then say it is not part of the Paper Mario series, all the (although still valid) critics of lack of storyline and characters would be taken less seriously (even though the game would of been much better with) and the hate would be much less abundant then it is now, which is much more than it should be.

Though no name was revealed for his character, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige explained that he would be playing another sorcerer who «breaks off into his own sect.»

Some of the characters have various segments of the film named after them, and though these are quite loosely told, they do provide some semblance of structure to the film and keep viewers focused on the diverse personalities.

The filmmaker commendably strove to prove in the sci - fi drama that he could offer more powerful and unique insight into a beloved character, who needed the recognition of his family's name to succeed, even though they didn't support his ambitions.

The urge to fight crime is strong, though, and Judy zones in on a seemingly untrustworthy fox named Nick Wilde (Jason Bateman, whose character bears an uncanny resemblance), only to become a victim to one of his many cons.

The rest of the cast perform fine, even though none of them are particularly recognizable in their characters (not that they need to be), with the exception of Billy Connolly (Garfield 2, A Series of Unfortunate Events) as a rambunctious squirrel named McSquizzy.

The most interesting character, one of the type you probably did not know existed among the far - right, white supremacy organizations, is Gerry Conway (Sam Trammell), who reads a lot, listens to Brahms and Tchaikowsky while seated with Nate Foster, and is not against hearing the music conducted by Leonard Bernstein (though he should have known that the late great conductor's name is pronounced «Burn Stine,» and not «Burn Steen»).

While most of those movies relied on high - octane effects and a multitude of characters led by one or two big name stars, San Andreas amps up the levels of CGI action, though chooses to focus most of its attention on just the one troubled family, led by man - mountain Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson in perhaps his biggest, and indeed most important film role to date.

Taylor - Johnson remains likeably bland, though, despite his character's name on the title, he isn't given nearly as much to do in this sequel except to be the conduit through which the plot can propel more of the colorful supporting characters to the forefront.