Sentences with phrase «as a heroine in»

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

Silver lining: Ex Machina's Alicia Vikander, whose plucky German car mechanic Gaby Teller joins Furiosa and Ilsa Faust, if to a lesser degree, as heroines in action franchises this year who don't exist simply to operate as eye - candy sidekicks to their male co-stars.

In addition to the main quest, players can take on the Heroine Quest, where you will have the chance to assume the roles of Asuna, Lisbeth, Silica, and Premiere as heroines in the first chapter.

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...

Not exact matches

The heroine remembers the time before when she and her friends had dismissed news stories of violence done to women (as readers might dismiss literary dystopias) as «too melodramatic»: «We were the people who were not in the papers.

While we should hesitate to pass an anachronistic judgment on his behavior, we can at least restrain the celebrations of his fiancée, Maria von Wedemeyer, as his true love, the heroine for the perfect hero — celebrations that were inspired by the publication of their correspondence in Love Letters from Cell 92.

The sad or manic heroines» such as Hannah Gonen in My Michael and the mother in «The Hill of Evil Counsel»» harken back to Oz's mother, the doomed Fania Klausner, who took her life when her only son was twelve.

Zbigniew Janowski's review of The Art Instinct («Darwin in the Louvre,» May 2009) describes Nora Helmer, the heroine of Ibsen's A Doll's House, as not wanting to «procreate» and insinuates that she was guilty of adultery!

All men naturally worship someone or something, but in the commonly assumed absence of God, this worship is given almost wholly to such things as success, sport, the heroes or heroines of the fantasy - world of the screen or stage, or to the mysteries of science.

Interestingly, as in Tangled, in Sleeping Beauty Disney's artists strove to present their heroine as a recognizably modern teenager, all spunk and sparkle and with looks straight from the pages of Seventeen.

Like Anna Karenina, Hester is one of the great heroines in world literature, and if Hawthorne was unsympathetic in his estimate of Margaret Fuller (whom he knew) and her brand of feminism, he sympathetically portrayed Anne Hutchinson as a courageous martyr, and he adored and praised his own wife.

It's marvelous because we believe that all human beings are spiritual daughters of God and share in God's divine nature; that Eve was a heroine who contributed to the plan of salvation rather than a temptress who was responsible for the fall of man (and I use «man» quite literally here); and that we have a Mother in Heaven as well as a Father.

There are no heroes or heroines, although Keith Grant as the pathetic Joe Jackson, a star player and primary figure in the scandal, comes closest in a poignant solo passage.

The stereotypical images of women (passive, weak and faithful, or domineering, demanding and slutty) were redefined as assertive, powerful and in control of their own sexuality.In popular culture this redefinition was evident: Disney heroines changed drastically and powerful media icons like Madonna, or Queen Latifah came to be just like series such as Sex and the City (1998 — 2004), and Girlfriends (2000 — 08).

Emma has been seen used throughout history for several heroines, as a it balances refinement and beauty in just two - syllables.

But it was Howard who founded the ERG in 1993 as a reaction to the ejection of his heroine Margaret Thatcher from the Conservative leadership.

Ms. Meyer illustrated the section on «poverty and unemployment» with a picture of her holding a bow and arrow in costume as The Hunger Games» heroine Katniss Everdeen.

And so, in a matter of days Wood emerged both as her party's heroine — after dramatically clinching a Welsh assembly seat in Rhondda from Labour — and as a controversial figurehead, following this nomination for the top job.

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.

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.

In this excerpt, our heroine looks back on her life with melancholy, wistfulness, and resignation as she marches toward a certain end — though even her final musings are shot through with fragile shadows of hope.

The weather is pretty mild right now and we can enjoy light cottons, bare legs and pretty lemon sorbet lace dresses — but I still couldn't resist buying an (Oh - so Fendi) coat yesterday in a vintage shop, because A) I», obsessed with jackets and coats, B) it's good to be prepared for city trips and C) I just adore winter fashion and its cosy layers & textures, big coats, and boots, the glamourous dresses, jewel colours... and this year we can expect all of the above in RED, as well as some powerful suiting, gothic and fairy tale heroines and a lot of leather, pleather, and patent — excellent!!

The Daily Telegraph — It's a major theme in my latest novel Not That Easy where the young heroine... itself as «the only independent dating site for genuine country - minded people.»

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As the night closes in, the mall closes, and we find our heroine mysteriously trapped inside.

This encounter apparently throws our heroine for a loop, as her own journey changes, maybe to try to find a connection with her own role in understanding humanity.

Out of the mouths of babes comes dribble, as often as wisdom - or, in the case of this movie's infantile heroine, drivel.

Here, as in «Twilight,» this romantic waffling may be precisely what attracted many fans, but it trivializes our heroine.

Farquaad promises he'll remove the refugees if Shrek will fetch the tyrant a certain princess (Cameron Diaz, as spritzy a heroine doing voice - over as she is when we can actually see the actress in the flesh).

Tonya (played with tremendous energy by Margot Robbie) defies any attempts to categorise her as either the heroine, the villainess or the victim in her own story.

Executive produced by Angelina Jolie, «The Breadwinner» does precisely that, and though Twomey's essential, empathetic look into the plight of women, young and old, in present - day Afghanistan doesn't identify its heroine as the exact same girl, her jade - colored eyes are a certain reminder, while her spirit burns every bit as strongly.

The movie picks up shortly after the events of the first film, with our heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, whose skill as an actress is rapidly outgrowing the material) and fellow survivor / unrequited love interest Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) forced to pretend to be deeply, madly in love while on a national victory tour.

The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.

Photo shoot masquerading as «preparing for the big trial» in which boys immediately cheat against plucky, non-PC heroine.

Following secondary to miniscule parts in films like Sleep With Me, Amateur, and Mixed Nuts (all 1994), Posey had her breakthrough role as the titular heroine of Daisy von Scherler Mayer's Party Girl in 1995.

She runs a people's clinic, as the sexy heroines in these movies always do.

Portraying standard heroines in such films as Edison the Man (1940) and My Friend Flicka (1943), Johnson brought far more warmth and humanity to the parts than the scripts provided.

Good special effects, Theron giving a show, a good comic relief, more importance to women in fairy tales (as heroines).

It's action - packed in the extreme, as Young Heroine Tris (Shailene Woodely) and «Dauntless» hunk Four (Theo James) run from the armed, motorized thugs that the smug Erudite elitists send after them, with barely time for a betrayal, a moment of weakness and a break for Shailene Woodley to pile on more makeup and lip gloss.

In its place, the alien is now front and center — enjoying nearly as much screen time as the heroine, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead, herself.

The highlight of You're Next is the quality physical performance by Sharni Vinson, who becomes the film's de facto heroine, exerting that sense of «I got this» cool that propelled Vin Diesel to stardom in his first take as Riddick in Pitch Black.

Stranded on a mysterious island and armed with a few weapons as well as a magical map, our heroine explores the three - dimensional landscape in search of valuable loot and the eight scattered pieces of a raft that could be her ticket home.

Sigourney Weaver further teases her villainous role in The Defenders, saying Alexandra sees herself as the «heroine» of the story.

She's set to play Marvel comic book heroine Scarlet Witch in The Avengers 2 with Robert Downy Jr and Chris Hemsworth, which is released next year.She'll also stars alongside Aaron Taylor - Johnson in the superhero flick as his twin sister, which is quite the twist from playing his wife in Godzilla.

Audrey Tautou was already an up - and - comer in her native France, but her role as titular heroine «Amélie» was her springboard to international stardom.

James L. Brooks's comedy about people for whom work defines life stars Holly Hunter as the quintessential eighties heroine, juggling career and love, ethical lines and deadlines — and charts the era's shifts in the field of reporting.

Audrey Tautou was already an up - and - comer in her native France, but her role as the titular heroine was her springboard to international stardom.

More recently, Beyonce» took a turn as the irresistible heroine in MTV's Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001), an unrecognizable overhaul of the original production into a ghetto fabulous fantasy.

Lindsay Lohan stars as Cady, the sensitive and naive heroine — you could get away with that casting in 2004 — who gets a rude awakening when she enters the school system after being home - taught by zoologist parents in Africa.

It takes a lot of time immersing us into his heroine's world but our eyes are dazzled even as we wait for any real chills to kick in.