Sentences with phrase «as an action star at»

After Liam Neeson launched himself as an action star at age 56 with «Taken» (2008), middle - aged actors are showing up in cinemas to prove that they can take it too.

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But all that could be about to change if the medical team at the club can keep the talented midfielder ready for action and from the sounds of what Jack said this week, as reported by the Daily Star, there is a great chance that this will be the case.

Instead, they now advanced to the next round and will undoubtedly be buoyed by the result heading into their Premier League clash with Sunderland on Tuesday night as they look to keep the pressure on at the top of the table with several first - team stars expected to return to action.

As a Daily Star report reveals, Wenger has also suggested that Alexis has pretty much replaced the Englishman at the minute and that Walcott may struggle to see regular action.

Byron Marshall in serious shape The Valley Christian football star is absolutely ripped and ready for track action as he showed earlier this season by going a lifetime best 10.61 in the 100 meters at the St. Francis Invitational on March 17.

Carter - Vickers is another emerging star at the back four that Tottenham would love to return to action as soon as possible.

Sports News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: www.ghanaweb.com Aduana Stars are determined to qualify out of the group Aduana welcome continental giants Raja Club Athletic to the Nana Agyemang Badu Park in what promises to be a game full of action as both sides clash for the first time at any level.

I am 56 but young at heart, have various interest such as beach walking, under the stars, dancing, enjoy quite time at home in front of TV with a good movie that could b either a drama, romance, true life, fictional and comedy but will watch SOME men's action movies depends how I feel, enjoy...

A gritty, white - knuckle, action ride set in the near - future, where the sport of boxing has gone hi - tech, «Real Steel» stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed - up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000 - pound, 8 - foot - tall steel robots took over the ring.

As one of Pixar's star players, Stanton is an experienced cinematic storyteller, which is why it's disappointing that his first live - action project is so unwieldy at times.

Dwayne Johnson, Hollywood's go - to leading man for flashing a winning smile or slapping a concerned frown on a ridiculous action scenario, stars as Davis Okoye, the primatologist at a San Diego wildlife sanctuary.

O'Connell, also the star of the brutal Irish prison drama «Starred Up,» again illustrates his robust physical presence here as a naturalistic action hero, hinting at the prospects for bigger projects in his future.

At this point in his career, if Tom Cruise is not starring as a dark loner or a sci - fi action hero, there isn't any point to watching his movies, but back in the early 90s he really had that special spark that has garnered him the reputation he has today.

Starring, you - don't - know - him - now - but - you - will - soon, Dan Stevens (Beast in 2017's Beauty and the Beast) as David, a solider who shows up at the doorstep of the Peterson family claiming to be a close friend of their son who died in action.

by Walter Chaw The same kind of movie as Doug Liman's Mr. and Mrs. Smith but more so, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang marks the hyphenate debut of star screenwriter Shane Black, and it's the kind of movie his Last Action Hero would have been had they aimed it at adults (and cast actors).

This latest look at Steven Soderbergh's thrilling drama sells MMA star Gina Carano as the action hero of 2012.

A gritty, white - knuckle, action ride set in the near - future where the sport of boxing has gone high - tech, REAL STEEL stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed - up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000 - pound, 8 - foot - tall steel robots took over the ring.

He hasn't become as big as Schwarzenegger (figuratively, at least), but he's probably the only pumped - up action star out there that comes close to his charisma.

Its action badly framed and serving mainly to remind that if you can make Scott and Chow look like martial artists, there's no real point in martial artists anymore except as stand - ins for non-martial artists, Bulletproof Monk is completely disposable and, like most other Western vehicles for Eastern stars, disturbingly violent at its denouement for the, I guess, salacious foreign box office.

Perhaps the best move made in this flick is to make one of those big action stars the main villain, as what we really want to see is Stallone and Van Damme go at it in an epic action finale one on one.

American Ultra is part action - comedy, part spy thriller, and part romantic drama, with Eisenberg starring as Mike, a burn - out working at a convenience store and trying to work up the nerve to propose to his girlfriend, Phoebe (Stewart).

Farrell has been hard at work on a number of high - profile projects as of late, including a crime drama titled Widows, starring Viola Davis, Liam Neeson and Daniel Kaluuya; and a live action Dumbo, directed by Tim Burton and starring Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito.

An East - meets - West action - fantasy story done up in the style of a B - movie grindhouse flick, «Big Trouble in Little China» stars Russell as Jack Burton, a chauvinistic truck driver who gets caught up in a mystical adventure when he accompanies his friend, Wang Chi (Dennis Dun), on a routine trip to pick up his fiancée at the airport.

Wahlberg is passable as the new go - to Bay action star, and Stanley Tucci gives a pretty hilarious performance for his role (which like the rest of the plot, makes no sense, but at least it's entertaining).

Netflix original comedy The Ranch is finally back for its fourth installment, and Amazon original Jean - Claude Van Johnson will have you laughing and cheering as you watch a legendary action star poke fun at himself.

In the fast - paced action thriller, Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years.

The final script rewrite by Simon Kinberg, who is also currently involved in the X-Men franchise at Fox as well as the Star Wars live - action films and animated series at Disney / Lucasfilm, was the last piece of the puzzle before full casting would commence.

Rush Hour 3 (New Line, August 10) Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Youki Kudoh, Max Von Sydow, Noemie Lenoir, Vinnie Jones, Yvan Attel, Roselyn Sanchez, Roman Polanski Director: Brett Ratner Rating: NR The Pitch: Chan and Tucker re-team for the third installment in Ratner's hugely successful (at least as of 1998) buddy - cop series, this time taking the action to Paris.

Yes, spending half a movie with battered Romans fleeing for their life, almost as if they are starring in a horror movie than an action, is quite entertaining, but because Neil Marshall keeps the pace almost always at maximum speed, there is little time to actually reflect on what is going on.

Long recognized as one of George Lucas» primary inspiration for Star Wars (among other things, the bickering peasants who wander into the odyssey inspired R2D2 and C - 3PO), it's Kurosawa's his first go at the widescreen format and he proves to be a master at it, dynamically spreading his compositions out to an epic scope and boldly setting his cascade of sharp action scenes against a magnificent landscape.

Director / star Jiang Wen has crafted a modern take on the wild Hong Kong action films of the eighties heyday, with all the energy, dotty humor, broad performances, and mad plot twists, and drops himself in the center as the eye of calm at the center of the chaos.

Fox cut a riveting, gorgeous trailer that they showed off initially at last spring's CinemaCon, but for the average moviegoer, as social media monitor RelishMix observes, they've seen this all before with «fans equating Red Sparrow to female - starring action films like Salt & Atomic Blonde.»

At times it looked like we were in some sort of kung - fu action movie as we defeated the strange creatures of Phantasy Star; what's up with all the chick - like things anyway?

Matt Salinger — the son of J.D. Salinger — had the misfortune of starring in a B - Movie attempt at a superhero flick, filled as it was with bad acting, silly dialogue, a plot that would make an episode of «Captain Planet» blush, and some extremely poor action sequences.

From the sights (AT - ATS in action, a semi-complete Death Star, new Stormtroopers), sounds (that iconic dark side score, that blaring alarm, that sweet zap of blaster fire) and new characters (Felicity Jones «already amazing rebel protagonist, Ben Mendelssohn as an evil Empirial commandeer, Forest Whitaker going all Ghost Dog (is he a Jedi?

As Deadline Hollywood reports, the streak of movies with people of color and women in the lead finishing at No. 1 at the box office will end this weekend as Steven Spielberg's action - packed «Ready Player One,» an adaptation of Ernest Cline's best - seller starring Tye Sheridan, is expected to top the lisAs Deadline Hollywood reports, the streak of movies with people of color and women in the lead finishing at No. 1 at the box office will end this weekend as Steven Spielberg's action - packed «Ready Player One,» an adaptation of Ernest Cline's best - seller starring Tye Sheridan, is expected to top the lisas Steven Spielberg's action - packed «Ready Player One,» an adaptation of Ernest Cline's best - seller starring Tye Sheridan, is expected to top the list.

Gary Collinson looks at the actresses who have portrayed Wonder Woman in live action... With the release of All Star Comics # 8 in October 1941, William Moulton Marston and DC Comics introduced the world to Princess Diana of Themyscira, better known as Wonder Woman, who would quickly go on to establish herself as the most iconic female -LSB-...]

Last month it was revealed that Megalyn Echikunwoke is set to bring Mari McCabe from animation to live - action with a guest - starring role as Vixen in the fourth season of Arrow, and now we have out first official look at the actress in character... The official image comes after Stephen Amell posted a behind - the - scenes shot from production -LSB-...]

A Mirror Mirror Rated PG for some fantasy action and mild rude humor Available on DVD and Blu - ray The first of two Snow White tales to be released this year hit with a thud at the box office in March, even with blockbuster actress Julia Roberts attached as its star.

In the action thriller SNITCH, Dwayne Johnson stars as a father whose teenage son is wrongly accused of a drug distribution crime and is looking at a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 10 years.

Some of them show some cool ideas, such as using the screen to swipe ninja stars onto the TV or looking at the Gamepad to give you a different view of the action.

There is currently another live - action adaptation set at Universal Pictures, which originally had Chloe Moretz to star as Ariel, before the actress dropped out of that project.

The Wick DNA is probably the most prevalent and that's because David Leitch, who co-directed the first installment of the Keanu assassin franchise, helms this action flick set at the end of the Cold War starring Charlize Theron as an MI6 spy.

His breakthrough turn in 2006's Step Up showcased his history as a free - style street dancer, while his standout work in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints — a Sundance coming - of - age drama from earlier that same year — hinted at an actor whose radiant sweetness was ready to be exploited by the violence indicated by his body (the perfect equation for a contemporary action star).

For some reason, Arnold Schwarzenegger was of the opinion that, at this point in his phenomenal career as an action star, he needed to deflate his macho image by constantly making fun of it.

Now 60 years later, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where historic automobile racing premiers as the only track - action competition during the Monterey Peninsula's annual Classic Car Week, the Corvette will star as the event's special marque, with seven generations of the magnificent sports car occupying special displays and / or paddock and pit areas before taking to the famous raceway for high - speed action.

Now 60 years later, at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca where historic automobile racing premiers as the only track - action competition during the Monterey Peninsula's annual Classic Car Week, the Corvette will star as the event's special marque, with seven generations of the magnificent sports car occupying special displays and / o

Finally we get to how much you get for your money in terms of maps and game modes, and it's a decent bit with the game weighing in at 5 modes with the star being Convoy — a mode in which the one team has to defend a convoy, as it moves across the map the team will have to destroy roadblocks and defend it against the attacking team — which produces some great action.

Some of them show some cool ideas, such as using the screen to swipe ninja stars onto the TV or looking at the Gamepad to give you a different view of the action.

By the way, Amy Hennig is now working as Senior Creative Director at Visceral Games on their upcoming Star Wars action / adventure game slated in 2018.