Sentences with phrase «as a female character in»

We found that in G - rated animated movies, the female characters wear the same amount of sexually revealing clothing as the female characters in R - rated movies.

Or at least, the possibility of playing as a female character in general.

Not exact matches

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

Vindicating the Vixens looks at female characters in the Bible who have often been judged, condemned, marginalized, ignored, or ridiculed, and shows how these women are actually presented by the text as heroes to emulate or examples to be followed.

Here again, Brave acts as a sort of anti-typical-Disney-movie in that we have a female character with an actual mother!

Sure, Fury Road is somewhat light on plot, as most of the dialogue is shouted over revving engines, but it's revolutionary for an action movie in both its artistry and its strong female characters.

Still, the findings are an unfortunate reality and according to the report the odds are even worse for women as, «only 22.3 percent of senior characters in these acclaimed films were female.»

The speech of desire was the speech of the man: indeed, in announcing the «she is mine, she is me» character of his desire, he identifies himself as a male human being, against his female counterpart.

Unfortunately, it also triggered a long period in which female characters were treated as people to be brutally murdered to imbue the hero with the requisite angst, culminating in a famous scene in which Green Lantern finds his girlfriend stuffed in a fridge.

In that audiotape, a female interlocutor is heard telling a male character on the other end of the line that: ``... As for the corruption aspect of it, from what you said and what we've gone to confirm, you wouldn't be too far from right to say that this is what happened, but we need to manage... the people are your people.

Recent studies have shown that when a female hears a male's courtship song, she starts expressing a gene known as Turandot M. Unlike the title character in the Puccini opera Turandot, these genes are not man - hating princesses who see to it that their suitors get executed.

The author might be surprised to learn the results of our analysis — that characters in the scenarios are twice as likely to be male as female, and when women are included in the cases, they frequently hold positions that are subordinate in rank.

Japanese eroge, also known as H - Light novels or hentai games, have their origins in the early 1980s, when Japanese companies introduced their own brands of What I expect from a dating sim game: Interesting and fun scenarios; Attractive female characters; What I got from a novel with dating sim in its title:

Discover the tale of each girl and Yaoi, primarily known as boys» love in Japan, is a Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically marketed for a female audience and usually created by female authors.

Director Tom Dey's film is yet another by - the - numbers romantic comedy where the same tired escapades ensue, including one character's climactic discovery of the other's secret (in this case, when Tripp finds out about Paula's career as a female Hitch), and their eventual reunion at the end.

But as each and every player engages in debates - concerning, among other things, art, the artist's perspective, and male - female dynamics - Guerín focuses as much attention on the slippery boundary between documentary and fiction, in turn engaging with an evolving narrative, increasingly complex character dynamics, and an endlessly vivid emotional journey.

But the female characters in Anon fare worse, defined as they are by depressingly trite male - gaze fantasy.

Despite the nearly all - female cast, girl power is in short supply, as the actresses aren't given much complexity to work with, their whisper - thin characters eventually killed one by one by the unnatural forces within Area X, where genetic mutation takes place at hyperspeed.

Annihilation isn't set up as any kind of «go girl,» «strong female character» message movie, but there is some feminist triumph in seeing this kind of story told from an entirely female perspective.

He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

This association of the feminine with weakness or vulnerability may be objectionable in a cultural climate where criticasters monotonously beat the drum for the Strong Female Character, but Denis is an artist, not a sloganeer, and as such she has always been gifted with the only kind of strength that matters — the guts to speak hard home truths and not give a fuck about how they might be received.

All that being said, it's on this list for completeness» sake, as DICE has said that there will be a segment in the single - player campaign involving a playable female character.

The plot is weaker than some of Marvel's more recent stories (I'm looking at you Winter Soldier), and the villain is the biggest mustache twirling megalomaniac the studio has yet produced, but what it lacks in completely solid writing it makes up for in its wonderfully charming cast, an impressive use of special effects, and at least a baby step forward as far as female supporting characters are concerned.

There's so much to appreciate in that film — from its portrayal of a kickass female lead character who just so happens to have a physical disability (though is never depicted as being a person who matters less because of it) to its impressive number of real - time stunts and action sequences to its feminist message.

«Mike and Dave» is hardly #woke as fuck — that's hip, millennial speak for «enlightened,» for those not in the know — but it's aimed at a generation for whom female characters aren't believable as mere objects or plot points.

Three of the year's strongest female performances threaten convention, the one that says females are usually cast as supporting, loving, noble characters who give of themselves in the service of the male lead.

Saoirse said she was shocked recently when a close friend auditioned for a role in a movie where the female character was described as «the leading man's type».

As we all know, Marvel has had quite a flogging in the press about its treatment of its female characters: Not only is there no stand - alone female superhero film yet, but our daughters also have no female superhero action figures.

I do like how they start off part 2 with you as a female character and ramp up the difficulty in the second game.

In that you've got Princess Zelda herself as a playable character, and a real assortment of playable characters including numerous female ones.

In the acting department, Lucy Liu as O - Ren Ishii delivers an arresting performance, evil yet pragmatic, and with a sense of malicious innocence and elegance, that elevate her character form bloody murderer to a stylized female samurai.

As with other Bruckheimer endeavors, a bunch of lame - ass 20 - something male actors fill up the supporting cast in an effort for the female audience members to argue over who's the cutest to keep their minds occupied from the ridiculous plot and poor character development.

There's nothing particularly new about the idea of a quirky and exciting female character who only exists to facilitate the aspirations of men, but Rabin identified a particular trend in American cinema over the last decade that framed itself as independent and an alternative to Hollywood.

I'm not saying that some of those characters that have been referred to as that don't deserve it; I think sometimes filmmakers have not used their imagination in imbuing their female characters with real life.

Matching big set - piece comedy with small, detailed character writing in a script as sharp and genre - savvy as its execution, Spy bodes very well indeed for Feig's all - female Ghostbusters.

Play as Kasumi, Christie or any of the nine female characters that appear in the DEAD OR ALIVE series.

Everyone in Last Vegas ultimately does the «right thing» and this may fool you into believing that it's a moral and sensitive picture, but it's a flick that reduces its female characters to enablers as it navigates its precarious course.

There are also two female characters (Ruth Wilson as the Ranger's sister - in - law and Helena Bonham Carter as a one - legged brothel madam) who are here for no apparent reason other than to keep the movie from being an all - boys show.

4 Days in France not only maps national consensus, but as it explores different characters (from a lonely, risky 20 - year - old to a middle - aged veteran libertine), it also charts an alternative history of French philosophy through a pageant of female characters.

As for the rest of the cast, another report has stated that Tessa Thompson, Naomi Scott and Zoe Kravitz are testing for the female lead role — a role that could turn out to be Han Solo's «wife» Sana Starros, a character originally introduced in the Marvel comics.

Marky Mark's squawking isn't quite as annoying as Shia LaBeouf's, the female characters aren't ogled as lecherously as in previous films and the racial caricatures are dialed back somewhat too.

That was followed by an unexpected surprise when Cohen, dressed in character as General Aladeen of Wadiya, surrounded by two female and two male armed bodyguards appeared at the back of the theatre.

The actress also noted that it was important for her to meet with the director so that they can talk about her execution of Michelle, as she feels how a female character is presented in a horror film is important.

She's part of the 2005 drama «North Country» starring Charlize Theron, and appears in «Alpha Dog» and on the short - lived CW series «Hidden Palms,» which ran for 8 episodes in 2007 with Amber as the lead female character, Greta Matthews.

«I don't know if it's something in the zeitgeist that's manifesting itself in these powerful portrayals of female characters in these really big hit movies as well as smaller indie movies.

Far From Heaven, the TV series Mildred Pierce and now the glorious Carol rekindle the spirit of an age when «women's pictures» were commonplace in Hollywood, telling female - centred, taboo - breaking stories, featuring exceptional actresses such as Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, whose characters face obstacles — prejudice around race, class, gender — that are no less prevalent today.

Sexual Content: C - Male rear nudity shown when characters skinny dip, male and female characters dress in scanty primitive clothing, woman presented to man as present, ape characters touch their mouths together in an affectionate kiss and hold hands on several occasions, man shown sleeping beside a woman (no sexual inference is made), man comments on a world with «lots of lovemaking but no love,» man is disrobed causing humiliation and male rear nudity is shown, talk of emasculating a man.

Ophelia Lovibond and Therese Bradley are equally deserving in praise as supporting actors for their portrayal of two strong female characters.

In a movie where our main henchwoman is an amputee who uses her running blades as weapons — the deadly Sofia Boutella — it's a shame to see Kingsman fail so miserably when it comes to another token female character.

A new role for Anjela Nedyalkova as Sick Boy's kind - of girlfriend / business partner Nikki is the saving grace as the only strong, developed female character in the piece.