Sentences with phrase «as a vampire slayer»

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As far as examples of strong women in media, I can only cite the ones that I've appreciated — Buffy and Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Zoe, Inara, and Kaylee from Firefly, and Joan and Peggy from Mad Men (I love Peggy so much), Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games (the books, as I haven't seen the movieAs far as examples of strong women in media, I can only cite the ones that I've appreciated — Buffy and Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Zoe, Inara, and Kaylee from Firefly, and Joan and Peggy from Mad Men (I love Peggy so much), Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games (the books, as I haven't seen the movieas examples of strong women in media, I can only cite the ones that I've appreciated — Buffy and Willow from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Zoe, Inara, and Kaylee from Firefly, and Joan and Peggy from Mad Men (I love Peggy so much), Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games (the books, as I haven't seen the movieas I haven't seen the movie).

The Vampire Slayer as Spiritual Guide.

Holloman starred in a recurring role as a tough and sexy vampire slayer on Joss Whedon's WB hit series ANGEL.

As the title implies, Jason Biggs» Jim Levenstein is slated to marry his band - camp paramour Michelle (Hannigan, fresh off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

Fan favorite Joss Whedon (Serenity, TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer) co-writes and directs this Marvel team - up that has Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, and Chris Evans joining Samuel L. Jackson (Nick Fury), Mark Ruffalo (Bruce Banner / The Incredible Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye), and Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) as they try to stop Thor's angry brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and his army from destroying Earth.

The second half features a pair of «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» alums with major guest roles: James Marsters as Professor Sutton and Anthony Head as Paracelsus.

The main cast is more - or-less celeb free with the biggest name being Buffy the Vampire Slayer's little sister, Michelle Trachtenberg — however there are a whole host of fantastic B / C - listers: Vinny Jones plays a football Hooligan, Xena W.P. a dominatrix and even the lovely Joanna Lumley features as a mental Dutch hostel clerk.

The Terror Of Hallow's Eve stars Caleb Thomas (Highway To Heaven, Statis), JT Neal (Lucky's Trailer, Roommates), Annie Read (Harley And The Davidsons, Those Left Behind), Juliet Landau (Ed Wood, Angel, Buffy The Vampire Slayer), Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight, Inherent Vice, The Cable Guy), and Doug Jones as The Trickster (Hellboy I & II, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Pan's Labyrinth), with Christian Kane (Leverage, The Librarian, Angel), and Sarah Lancaster (Chuck, Everwood).

(A better name would've been «Mineral,» and for as good as the «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» series occasionally was, boy did it produce a stable of untalented stars.)

Whedon's skill at combining heroic speechmaking with smartly snarky humor — a trait he honed writing «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and «Firefly,» and that he perfected in the «Avengers» movies — gets a workout here, with Miller benefitting the most with his reading of Barry as a socially awkward speedster whose mouth is nearly as fast as his feet.

Starring: Chris Riggi as Jacob White, Matt Lanter as Edward, Jenn Proske as Becca Crane, Ken Jeong as Daro, Bradley Dodds as Salvatore, Kelsey Ford as Iris Sullen, Arielle Kebbel as Rachel, Jun Hee Lee as Derric, Mike Mayhall as Nicholas, Krystal Mayo as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Nick Eversman as Jeremiah, David DeLuise as Fisherman Scully, Dave Foley as Principal Smith, Jeff Witzke as Dr. Carlton, Crista Flanagan as Eden, Zane Holtz as Alex, Anneliese van der Pol as Jennifer, Diedrich Bader as Frank Crane

He acted as executive producer on such series as Alias, Lost, Daredevil and The Defenders and served as writer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, World War Z, The Martian and Cabin in the Woods, which he also directed.

Red Hill also forms part of the «Shock Corridor» section, with Gregg Araki's Kaboom (described as Twin Peaks, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Donnie Darko combined), absurdist road movie Rubber and Mexican cannibal flick We Are What We Are also on the bill.

But though the film lacks the humor of, say, «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» as well as the sheer adrenaline of something like Near Dark (1987), it has a definite appeal of its own.

As much as I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer and consider it central to my media tastes and life, Firefly is Joss Whedon's masterpiecAs much as I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer and consider it central to my media tastes and life, Firefly is Joss Whedon's masterpiecas I love Buffy the Vampire Slayer and consider it central to my media tastes and life, Firefly is Joss Whedon's masterpiece.

Co-written and directed by David Greenwalt, who would later do mostly television work for teen series such as «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and «Angel», this is a smart and energetic film that, despite some of one of the more contrived premises you're ever likely to see, manages to succeed by keeping the story constantly moving and changing, and actually do it with some wit.

The Cabin in the Woods is the feature directorial debut of Whedon protege Drew Goddard, screenwriter of Cloverfield and Robopocalypse, as well as work on «Buffy the Vampire Slayer», «Alias» and «Lost» for J.J. Abrams.

Doug Jones (born May 24, 1960) is an American film and television actor best known to science fiction, fantasy, and horror fans for his various roles playing non-human characters, often in heavy makeup, in films and television series such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Fans of Buffy the Vampire Slayer who graduated to become fans of Angel will remember him as Charles Gunn, member of Scooby Gang 2.0.

Factory's TAMI Show & The Big TNT Show, and Criterion's Blow - Up on Blu - ray, as well as 20th Century Fox's Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Complete Series DVD box set.

Writer and director Joss Whedon has always described himself as a feminist, which is fair enough considering he created Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but in May he was forced to deactivate his Twitter account after being deluged by complaints about Black Widow's role in his film.

Kate is just a teenage girl, and somehow she picks up a crossbow and does Buffy the Vampire Slayer moves (with outstanding accuracy as well).

Director Joss Whedon («Buffy the Vampire Slayer») sets William Shakespeare's deathless comedy of romance as a sparring contest in a contemporary mode but without sacrificing the words.

He may finally be out of his «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» shadow, as this movie is quite an accomplishment.

Made in 1993, Cronos was a fresh approach to the vampire film created just as the Anne Rice books was reviving the moribund genre and long before the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series made vampires hip and the «Twilight» novels spread them through popular youth cvampire film created just as the Anne Rice books was reviving the moribund genre and long before the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series made vampires hip and the «Twilight» novels spread them through popular youth cVampire Slayer TV series made vampires hip and the «Twilight» novels spread them through popular youth culture.

Note Nelson's early remark that he wanted to write a script with a smart teenage girl as the «protagonist,» citing Buffy the Vampire Slayer herself as an exemplar: sorta deciphers that Rorschach blot for you, doesn't it?

The voice cast also features Scott Patterson (Gilmore Girls, Justice League Unlimited) as James Gordon, Anthony Head (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Merlin) as Alfred Pennyworth, Yuri Lowenthal (Batman Unlimited, Young Justice) as Harvey Dent, John DiMaggio (Futurama, Adventure Time) as Chief Bullock, William Salyers (Batman vs. Two - Face) as Hugo Strange, and Grey Griffin (DC Super Hero Girls) as Sister Leslie.

As a supernatural romance film Warm Bodies may be inevitably and superficially compared to the limp and regressive Twilight series, but it has far more in common with Tim Burton's films and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

So our pot - smoking couch - potato begs off a few hits from best buds, fellow losers, and dim - witted neighbors Mick (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Austin Powers» Seth Green) and Pnub (The Mighty Ducks» Elden Ratliff, now using the Elden Henson moniker as credited in She's All That and The Mighty).

The sport and wit of Whedon at his best, as in the brightest moments in TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is evidenced here.

The creator of such cult shows as «Buffy the Vampire Slayer», «Angel», and «Firefly»

Writer / director Joss Whedon — who, before he became the anchor of the Marvel ship, was mostly known as the successful television showrunner of series such as «Buffy the Vampire Slayer» and «Angel» — starts the story in medias res, as our heroes are closing in on the latest Hydra hideout.

After his indelible performance as the vampire Spike in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and ANGEL, Marsters's roles have included anti-human Brainiac on SMALLVILLE, religious zealot Barnabas Greeley on CAPRICA, galactic traveler Captain John Hart on TORCHWOOD, and manvampire Spike in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER and ANGEL, Marsters's roles have included anti-human Brainiac on SMALLVILLE, religious zealot Barnabas Greeley on CAPRICA, galactic traveler Captain John Hart on TORCHWOOD, and manVAMPIRE SLAYER and ANGEL, Marsters's roles have included anti-human Brainiac on SMALLVILLE, religious zealot Barnabas Greeley on CAPRICA, galactic traveler Captain John Hart on TORCHWOOD, and many more.

Maybe just to me, but still I've never been entertained by a vampire movie, never been scared by any onscreen portrayal of a bloodsucker, and after the rise and fall of my love affair with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show, I can't even make the mental leap to take vamps as anything but a runninvampire movie, never been scared by any onscreen portrayal of a bloodsucker, and after the rise and fall of my love affair with the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show, I can't even make the mental leap to take vamps as anything but a runninVampire Slayer TV show, I can't even make the mental leap to take vamps as anything but a running joke.

From sharpening his teeth on Buffy the Vampire Slayer to playing merry hell with horror conventions in The Cabin in the Woods (as writer) to making the sparkiest dialogue in his previous Marvel outing, Avengers Assemble, Whedon's wit is bracing and knowing enough to undercut all humbug.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is essentially a series of dumb jokes about how dumb Swanson, er, Buffy is, alternated with badly - choreographed action sequences intended, I suppose, as camp.

The most interesting thing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer is spotting the budding newcomer: Ben Affleck appears briefly as an overacting rival basketball player (a marginal surprise, as Affleck seldom shows a pulse anymore much less an instinct to upstage); the better - as - a-boy Hilary Swank portrays one of Buffy's idiotic pals in easily the worst performance of a terribly - performed movie; David Arquette sprays spittle - flecked invectives; and the unbearably beautiful Natasha Gregson Wagner has the bloodless role of a victim.

by Walter Chaw Constrained by, among other things, what writer / creator Joss Whedon calls Donald Sutherland's reprehensible attitude and script tampering plus director Fran Rubel Kuzui's inability to stand up to the veteran thespian, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a slog through the underbelly of cinematic dredge that feels at least twice as long as its 86 minutes.

March 10, 2017 • Buffy the Vampire Slayer used monsters as a metaphor for everyday high school problems.

For years, Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly creator Joss Whedon was hailed as a geek - friendly icon of feminist ideals, an illusion that finally came crashing down in the wake of a brutal blog post from his ex-wife Kai Cole last year in which she accused him of being a hypocrite for talking about feminism while...

Additional guest already announced for the event also include The Shining stars Danny Lloyd and Lisa and Luis Burns, as well as Pinhead himself Doug Bradley (Hellraiser), Kristy Swanson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator), the kids from Stranger Things, and even John Cusak (Identity, 1408, The Raven), among others.

She was also very effective in her brief cameo work as Cousin Beth in «Buffy the Vampire Slayer».

Twilight, Buffy the Vampire Slayer... as a result, this side of the movie feels like it is only ever touching base.

As a TV screenwriter, his name can be found in long - running series like BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL, ALIAS, and LOST.

He also starred as the lead villain in Hush, an Emmy - winning episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, long considered a fan favorite.

The bundle books include compelling urban fantasy reads with some of the strangest detectives you've ever met, including Dan Shamble Zombie P.I. in my own Unnatural Acts, as well as ghosts, elves, vampires, sorceresses, modern - day dragon slayers, immortal Shakespearean characters, and more in Dean Wesley Smith's The Deep Sunset, R.R. Virdi's Grave Beginnings, Patrick Hester's Into the Fire, Susan Sizemore's Living Dead Girl, J.A. Pitt's Night Terrors, L. Jagi Lamplighter's Prospero Lost, Alex Berg's Red Hot Steele and Cold Hard Steele.

Dark Horse currently publishes Star Wars, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Serenity, Hellboy, Avatar, and Mass Effect, as well as exclusive digital - first series, such as Falling Skies, Prototype 2, and Dragon Age.

They launch in the iBookstore with over 200 titles, including Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Mass Effect, and the Star Wars comics, which may bring a whole new audience to these graphic novels — now a search in the iBookstore will turn up Star Wars graphic novels as well as the prose novels.

As rave reviews and support for Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9 and the all - new series Angel and Faith continue, casual and hardcore fans will now be able to experience previous Buffy, Angel, and Dollhouse comics on all - new platforms!

What began as a discussion on the possibility of crossover projects or Dark Horse - created collectibles based on the Dynamite properties soon blossomed into a chat about the success of Dark Horse Digital and its newfound audience for Star Wars, Conan, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Predator, and the DH manga line.