Sentences with phrase «as cult character»

In a funny yet poignant film, Michael Fassbender's turn as cult character Frank Sidebottom proves liberating rather than limiting, writes Mark Kermode

Not exact matches

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In the case of an eccentric atheist dictator such as Kim Jong - Il, Hitchens argued that his personality cult was as religious in character as any fanatical sect.

The character of the imperial cult, at least in the eastern empire, is the subject of considerable debate at present, as can be seen by a cursory examination of the two most significant works on the subject: S. R. F. Price's Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor and Steven Friesen's Twice Neokoros: Ephesus, Asia and the Cult of the Flavian Imperial Famcult, at least in the eastern empire, is the subject of considerable debate at present, as can be seen by a cursory examination of the two most significant works on the subject: S. R. F. Price's Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor and Steven Friesen's Twice Neokoros: Ephesus, Asia and the Cult of the Flavian Imperial FamCult in Asia Minor and Steven Friesen's Twice Neokoros: Ephesus, Asia and the Cult of the Flavian Imperial FamCult of the Flavian Imperial Family.

Anything else ever written about your storybook character jesus was written by people in the same deluded cult as you are.

Under the prophetic influence religion took on a new character which was reflected both in the organized cult and in the formulation of civil as well as moral and cultic laws.

While it underperformed at the box office it has gained a cult status in the likes of Rocky Horror Picture Show with midnight screenings throughout the year and country and people dressing up as characters from the musical.

The 3:47 «Meet Katie» focuses on the story of the furry little yak who just steals her scenes in the film, as the creators talk about the development of the character from a background drawing to full - fledged cult hero.

Reynolds» superb turn as unhinged central character goes a long way towards smoothing over The Voices» various faults, which finally does confirm the film's place as a distinctive black comedy that is, in essence, an instant cult classic.

[An] amiable, rambunctious New World production, aimed ostensibly at the teen trade but more obliquely and effectively at the new wave cult... It's more cleverly cut than shot — which means that it moves quickly and energetically even as the concepts and characters disintegrate.

But the most puzzling divergence is that after Wade became Deadpool in «X-Men Origins,» his mouth was sewn shut, and the character became mute — yes, the antihero who became a cult - favorite as the Merc with a Mouth literally had no mouth, a first - ballot candidate for the Hall of Fame of Bad Comic Book Movie Decisions.

While The Discovery plays in many ways like a more effective version of the concept - choked Brit Marling / Zal Batmanglij movies, the cult scenes feel underdeveloped next to their film The Sound of My Voice, an intriguing but ragged thread left dangling as The Discovery turns towards more concrete, backstory - driven explanations for its characters» obsessions.

The film feels both cozy and oppressive as it deals frankly with one character's death wish, familial and romantic love, the power of a cult to drive a member toward suicide, the sustaining warmth of a circle of friends, and the seductive allure of both art and oblivion.

A wannabe - Sturm und Drang relationship drama between characters barely recognisable as human, The Room became a cult phenomenon for obvious reasons, because there's no possible doubt in the matter: it's obliviously terrible in ways just about anyone could see, save for its notorious creator, who poured $ 6 million of his own mysteriously - gotten savings into the project.

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for the upcoming Far Cry 5 showcasing the assortment of characters that form the resistance freeing themselves and the people of Hope County from the violent cult known as The Project at Eden's Gate.

Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant, is as much an historical account of the rise and sudden fall of a beloved cult hero as it is an intimate character study of a vulnerable, complicated soul.

Created by Tina Fey and Robert Carlock in a «30 Rock» reunion, «The Office's» Ellie Kemper is perfectly cast as the wide - eyed title character, who in the opening moments emerges from an underground bunker where she's lived for years, having been told by her cult leader that the world above has been destroyed.

It's the type of practically - trademarked pulpy LA noir he excels at, spinning it into a solid, character - based, instant cult classic — as if Raymond Chandler tackled the Sunset Strip with steely, whip - smart pessimism and panache.

«Donnie Darko» (2001) Perhaps one of Gyllenhaal's most notable roles, the actor stars as the titular character in this cult classic about a troubled teenager with disturbing visions

Based on a cult novel by Walter Kirn, Thumbsucker works when its obsession with flight and freedom from dependency is carried in images and song (its soundtrack by Polyphonic Spree and the last new recordings by the late Elliott Smith will be the chief reasons for the picture's nominal success) as opposed to all the dark musings meant to underscore each character's own obvious dependencies.

But that's what Franco's latest feature, «The Disaster Artist,» is, and unlike the picture it's about, the new film is receiving rave reviews, as is Franco for his portrayal of the totally bizarre character who made and starred in the 2003 calamity - turned - cult - hit, Tommy Wiseau.

Character actor Leland Orser manages to be quite the entertaining lead as the down on his luck cult whisperer.

Given the strong cult following and the established universe of characters, the series seemed a prime candidate to make the leap to the big screen, and in 1999, series fans, as well as those that just like the sci - fi premise, finally got their wish.

As a cult - classic game, it stood out from Zelda titles as a darker, character driven and more challenging game which made it shine bright in the midst of the Nintendo 64's small game librarAs a cult - classic game, it stood out from Zelda titles as a darker, character driven and more challenging game which made it shine bright in the midst of the Nintendo 64's small game libraras a darker, character driven and more challenging game which made it shine bright in the midst of the Nintendo 64's small game library.

Some other memorable moments that emerged while compiling this: Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep (both Oscar - nominated) and Tom Waits on the downward spiral in Hector Babenco and William Kennedy's bleak «Ironweed»; John Huston's lyrical direction of the posthumously released adaptation of James Joyce's «The Dead»; the joyous Cajun -, zydeco -, R&B and gospel - flavored soundtrack of «The Big Easy,» gumbo for the ears; the consummate character actor John Mahoney breaking out (at least for me) in «Tin Men,» «Suspect» and «Moonstruck» and and Hunter delighting in «Raising Arizona,» «Broadcast News» and just about anything that came after; plus two British indies: Emily Lloyd as a cheeky 16 - year - old in David Leland's delightful comedy - drama «Wish You Were Here»; and one of the great cult films of the decade, Bruce Robinson's savagely witty «Withnail and I» with Richard E. Grant and Paul McCann.

Following a new poster for Ready Player One earlier this week [take a look here], we now have an international trailer for Steven Spielberg upcoming adaptation of Ernest Cline's cult sci - fi fantasy novel, as well as a series of character posters featuring Parzival (Tye Sheridan), Art3mis (Olivia Cooke), Aech (Lena Waithe), Sho (Philip Zhao), Daito (Win -LSB-...]

The pair, while serviceable visual hacks, are such awful screenwriters in every facet of the game that it's kind of disheartening to see their material continually attract such wonderful cult performers as Russell and Spader, Jeff Goldblum (Independence Day), and Jean Reno (Godzilla)-- mayhaps the notion of rescuing a character from the page causes an actor's mouth to water as much as the guaranteed exposure offered by pictures as base and pandering as those on the Centropolis label (Devlin and Emmerich's now - defunct company).

To cult movie fans, Jeff Dowd's greatest accomplishment will likely forever be the fact that he's credited as being the inspiration for the character of The Dude in «The Big Lebowski.»

As Nick on the cult TV series Freaks and Geeks, he memorably, and unsuccessfully, courted Linda Cardellini with an a cappella serenade of Styx's «Lady,» and just this week, his character on the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother broke down in tears in front of his boss.

It almost seems as if author Elizabeth Hand is not so much penning a novel as sending a series of cries into the night.Hand's main character, Cass Neary, first appeared in the cult hit Generation Loss, and here she has returned in a blistering story that will sear the pages from your fingers.

An instant cult classic — Many of the best travel movies use their location as another main character: notably so in the comedy drama Lost in Translation staring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.

The DLC will feature the Necromancer and the Cult Minion as playable characters, a new animal orb called the Dragonhead and two new weapons — the Skull Mace and Chainsaw.

Luigi, has his own cult be it him from Mario Party or Kart games, to his dominance as a secret character in all the Super Smash Bros games, Luigi is not - only the younger, taller brother of Mario (ironically so is my younger brother), but a mascot along with his brother of Nintendo and video games.

Nordic Games» Legend of Kay Anniversary is one such game, as it was obscure to begin with when it first came out for the PS2 (though it gathered a cult following), and now it's back with updated visuals, new character models and a bunch of additional features.

Ubisoft has released a new trailer for the upcoming Far Cry 5 showcasing the assortment of characters that form the resistance freeing themselves and the people of Hope County from the violent cult known as The Project at Eden's Gate.

A huge cast of memorable characters shape your story as you ignite the resistance against a cult threat.

Originally released for PC in Japan in 2008 as Zwei II Plus, Zwei: The Ilvard Insurrection brings the cult classic into the modern HD era with visual improvements and, for the first time, a full English localization complete with over 2000 never - before - voiced lines to bring the game's strange and eclectic characters to life.

The text goes on to compare a selfie by the reality TV star to a character from a novel by cult sci - fi author Philip K Dick; a cyberpunk prophecy «where memories as well as identities are disposable commodities and the present is nothing but a perpetual staging of stillborn moments.»

If Alois Riegl's seminal text «The Modern Cult of Monuments: Its Character and Origin» (1903) posits a monument's signal purpose as maintaining human culture «alive and present in the human consciousness,» Sassolino's damnatio memoriae questions the value of history in the contemporary imaginary.