Sentences with phrase «as a heroine»

It's wonderful to see an older woman as a heroine and romantic lead.

Worst - case scenario: The audience will start to feel like they've been trapped in the theater for as long as the heroine and her kid have been locked up.

As the heroine works to unravel a web of secrets and lies, she begins to grasp the mysteries behind her family history and her grandfather's recent death.

A hopeful and meaningful choice for those who struggle academically, this is as unique as its heroine.

Preference: To hear many tell it, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA winner Stone's only real competition here is Isabelle Huppert, who's characteristically intelligent, brittle, and complicated as the heroine of Paul Verhoeven's Elle.

This year, the leadership at TKAE decided to change the format to honor a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student as a heroine in representing...

Undeniably, the single biggest draw of Tomb Raider is its groundbreaking engine that makes it possible to play as a heroine who has more than just a pair of big guns!

Starring Oscar - winner Jennifer Lawrence as the heroine Katniss Everdeen, the much - anticipated film is the third instalment in the Hunger Games franchise.

Lady Bird is a masterful, exquisite coming - of - age comedy starring the great Saoirse Ronan as Christine — or «Lady Bird,» as she's re-christened herself — and it's as funny, smart, and filled with yearning as its heroine.

The photo shows Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen, Liam Hemsworth as Gale Hawthorne, Sam Claflin as Finnick Odair and Evan Ross as Messalla.

All 43 police forces in England and Wales currently have the power to drug test people who have been arrested if they are suspected of using Class A drugs such as heroine or cocaine, but only 23 police forces currently use that power.

Emma Watson (still best known as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films) stars as our heroine, Belle, and she brings all the right qualities to the role, sweet and strong in equal measure.

A fierce performance from Dolores Fonzi, as a heroine whose actions baffle those around her, helps to hold this conversation - starter together, but viewers» own mileage and perceptions will vary — which is clearly by design.

Virtually everyone wears one dazzling get - up or other, not least a sprightly Jennifer Ehle, who pops up as the leader of a salon of ladies quick to offer comfort to the inwardly grieving Sabine until such time as our heroine's baleful past is made clear.

Ergüven has said that, as a girl, she herself got in trouble for high jinks, but never fought back as her heroines do; Lale, she says, is «a condensed version of everything I dream of being.»

In single player mode, you're playing in the role as the heroine Arle Nadja, as you're tasked with climbing the tower in order to confront Satan.

The story is nicely progressed through comicbook inspired cutscenes as our heroine gets her amazing powers from her cat Destiny with some classic anime storytelling.

The story is nicely progressed through comicbook inspired cutscenes as our heroine gets her amazing powers from her cat Destiny with some classic anime storytelling.

That novelty is but one of several factors that help distinguish and elevate The Call, an enjoyably nerve - racking thriller of imperilment that takes as its heroine a distraught 911 call center operator.

A woman conflicted by two different races, she's overcoming a lifetime of hardships and emerging as the heroine.

With her trademark suspense and colorful wit, Quick's writing is as sharp and glib as her heroine's tongue in Slightly Shady, the first book in a new Regency series featuring...

Fate Strikes when you least expect it, as our heroine soon finds herself on the grounds of an unknown, otherworldly academy.

This year, the leadership at TKAE decided to change the format to honor a Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student as a heroine in representing the MSDHS students at the event that took place on March 21 at the temple in Plantation.

Here he goes back in time to create that suspense, with a compelling female detective running from demons of her own as his heroine.»

The lead, Christian Pitre, is smoking hot and really steps up as the heroine kick - ass female assassin, named Mary Death.

New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who's said to have set her sights on seeking the presidency in 2020, even penned a piece for Time lauding Sarsour and other Women's March leaders as heroines.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi follows the journey of Rey as the heroine discovers and learns about the Force, just as her teacher Luke Skywalker and his father Anakin did in the Galactic Rebellion and Clone Wars (more on this later).

In other words, saccharin may elicit similar physiologic effects as heroine.

As our heroine finally couldn't face another field of mud the cute, sexy, socks she wore, just weren't enough to inspire her!!

And Moss, well, she captivates as the heroine with the odds stacked against her.

But here, the characters seldom discuss the thematic obsessions integral to Garland's body of work and leave it for the overly familiar story to do the heavy lifting, leading them to become every bit as disposable as the heroines in a run of the mill horror movie.

What may bring even jaded viewers back to «Christy» is Tyne Daly's striking characterization of Alice Henderson, the kind but formidable Quaker who serves as the heroine's mentor.

But Enos doesn't shine as a heroine from Planet Rhimes, and Krause is oddly wooden — too much botox maybe?

Alicia Vikander was announced as the heroine in 2016 — 20 years after being barred from playing the full game by a group of boys.

Part of the problem is that Chloe Grace Moretz, while cute and earnest as heroine Cassie, doesn't quite have the chops to carry a huge sci - fi blockbuster.

It features a terrific performance by Jennifer Lawrence as a heroine Sturges would have loved, the Long Island woman who invented the Miracle Mop and became rich selling it on the then - new able channel QVC.

Francis Lawrence's filmmaking in «Red Sparrow» is as seductive as its heroine, and he creates gorgeous compositions in a palette of red and gray, knit together with seamless editing.

She had two projects to promote: Catching Fire, obviously, and X-Men which speaks to the extraordinary professional high she's been riding as the heroine of two franchises each with its own independent fanbases and a good balance too.

Scott Tobias, The Dissolve The Zellners are as obsessed with «Fargo» in their own way as their heroine, but they're smart enough to get some separation where it matters.

Agog in her ever - expanding domain as well as the prisoner of her late husband's homicidal legacy, Sarah Winchester might have ruled as the heroine of some weird art film, by a Peter Strickland, say.

Amanda Bynes sparkles as the heroine who disguises herself as her twin brother.

Ben Whishaw and Brendan Gleeson bring depth to their respective roles, too, showing that they are also products of the time and both fighting for what they believe, just as our heroine does.

Sucker Punch is definitely at it's most enjoyable as the heroines gleefully slice and shoot their way through their enemies.

Jackman's attempt to revive the florid studio musical was as doomed as a heroine coughing blood into her hankie.

It's nicely balanced by Taylor - Joy's low - key grit as the heroine, although Shyamalan deprives the audience of true gratification, in the heartless way he ultimately dumps her character.

As our heroine globe - trots from London to somewhere in Japan, this new «Tomb Raider» uncovers something fresh in the franchise: an unformed explorer, lacking polish, vulnerable to violence and helplessly human.

It's ultimately as complacent, self - absorbed and clueless as its heroine, and not always in an especially amusing way.

The «Control» actor will portray Mr. Darcy opposite James as heroine Elizabeth Bennett and Bella Heathcote as one of her sisters in the movie, which is based on Seth Grahame - Smith's novel mash - up of Jane Austin's classic 19th century drama which sees the romantic exploits of the lead characters disrupted when they are faced with an army of the «sorry stricken».