Sentences with phrase «as damsel in distress»

While the official artwork still shows her as the damsel in distress rescued by the Lee brothers, with her skirt strategically torn to just barely reveal her butcheeks, the game then opens with Willy cold - bloodedly gunning her down.

Humour is a stronger force within indie titles than it is in AAA but it must be remembered that humour is a powerful cultural tool, and recreating a damaging trope such as the Damsel in Distress one, even if done so jokingly, does not necessarily excuse its use in the first place.

With most visual novels you play more as a damsel in distress who i...

Phoebe started out as a damsel in distress.

As she grows fond of her charge, Lib sees the girl as a damsel in distress, enchained by the dogma of those around her.

His much younger love interest, Jenny (Annabelle Wallis), only exists to help develop Cruise's character through her role as damsel in distress.

Alicia Vikander is tremendous as the damsel in distress, and Ex Machina is a superb, effortlessly efficient sci - fi thriller that hardly puts a foot wrong and keeps you guessing till the end.

When we first see the counselor and his beloved Laura (Penelope Cruz as a damsel in distress), they are wrapped in white sheets like corpses.

Gugino has built a career at the intersection of tough and sexy, and though the film takes it as given that Emma made a poor decision by separating from Our Hero, she ably resists being pigeonholed as a damsel in distress.

Also in the mix: Stellan Skarsgård as Toby's dastardly boss, Olga Kurylenko as the boss» vampy wife and Joana Ribeiro as a damsel in distress who becomes the focus of Javier's chivalrous intent.

Kidnapping Jane as the Damsel in Distress and unleashing an army of men to take him down.

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It wasn't so long ago that women on TV were being portrayed as damsels in distress that desperately needed a man to validate their existence.

And the first trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has all the dinosaurs cast as damsels in distress.

Not exact matches

Kerry Washington does fine work as Broomhilda, and thankfully her most difficult scenes are done as tastefully as possible while still remaining true to the setting and time, but her role amounts to little else than a damsel in distress.

Back in the olden days of the Tenderloin, the tale of samurai Tito Blind Dick unfolds as he tries to save innocent victims like damsel in distress, Geisha Cherry.

The film may have raised her profile for U.S. audiences, but it relegates her character twice to damsel - in - distress status, first when she's strip - searched by Cloche and his men and later when, left alone as her boyfriend goes asea with Treece, her quivering, scantily - clad body is smeared with chicken blood by hotel - room invaders conducting voodoo booga - booga.

Well, let there be no doubt: Stillman is just as enjoyable as when we last met him those many years ago, and «Damsels In Distress» finds the director with lots (and lots and lots) left to say.

There's also something called «the rabbit's foot» that serves as the story's McGuffin, and the necessary damsel in distress when Julia becomes an unwitting pawn.

Super princess peach U, peach can kick ass (as seen in melee / brawl and her DS Game) Princess should not be a damsel in distress NO MORE!

He may not be as physically strong as Katniss, but Hutcherson prevents Peeta from being an insignificant character — the reversed damsel in distress.

The revised Legend presents Lili as something more compelling than a damsel in distress.

Kruger comes across as little more than a damsel in distress, while Vincent's paranoiac tendencies are merely a device around which to build necessary thrills.

Turner discovers much about his own past in his chase after the damsel in distress, and the damsel in distress herself, well, she's happy as long as she doesn't have to wear any more restrictive clothing than necessary.

Jones just had two strong performances a couple of months ago in A Monster Calls and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, so seeing her treated as a shallowly defined damsel in distress put me in distress.

Mike Myers strikes post-Austin Powers gold with his Scottish lilt as the eponymous fearless ogre with repressed yearnings for Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz), an enlightened damsel in distress, a nighttime secret, and a voice that will strike fear into any bluebird (in a bit that had a dozen critics rolling in the aisles at an early press screening).

Jack, as played as earnestly as possible by Nicholas Hoult (with his «Warm Bodies» still in theaters), has very little room for fun, as well as any real chemistry with his distressed damsel, Princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson, «Alice In Wonderland «-RRBin theaters), has very little room for fun, as well as any real chemistry with his distressed damsel, Princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson, «Alice In Wonderland «-RRBIn Wonderland «-RRB-.

Appearing in films as varied as Mistress America, Damsels In Distress, Woody Allen's To Rome with Love, Frances Ha and last year's 20th Century Women, Gerwig is every bit a leading ladin films as varied as Mistress America, Damsels In Distress, Woody Allen's To Rome with Love, Frances Ha and last year's 20th Century Women, Gerwig is every bit a leading ladIn Distress, Woody Allen's To Rome with Love, Frances Ha and last year's 20th Century Women, Gerwig is every bit a leading lady.

Hackman and Borgnine butt heads alpha male style saving the stereotypical damsels in distress as their shed their clothes at strategic intervals.

Refusing to simply play the damsel in distress, Gabby is a force to be reckoned with all on her own, and she proves to be as vital a part of the team as anyone else.

But while Peach is often considered the archetypal damsel in distress when it comes to video games, she is often showed to be actively working against her captors, such as sneaking around searching for power - ups and / or information to send to Mario in games such as Super Mario Galaxy and the Paper Mario series.

As it stands, closing film «Damsels in Distress» — despite the significant intrigue factor of being American maverick Whit Stillman's first film in 13 years, and starring rising indie princess Greta Gerwig — is unlikely to prove sufficient to lure them, though it's a tasty reward for the rest of us.

Pleasingly, Mann also manages to avoid his earlier films» damsel - in - distress trope, as Lien proves every bit as capable and adaptable as Nick.

Overrated Damsels In Distress Not nearly as clever as the film, or its adherents, seem to think, Whit Stillman's Damsels In Distress is a tone - deaf attempt to change gears from the observational comedy of his early films to a more stylized, absurdist mode.

As for Turner having a certain look, in Stone and Nile she was a shifty, sexy, damsel in distress.

Newcomer Caren Pistorius also delights as a strong female presence in the few scenes she shares, throwing the notion and preconceived stereotypes of a damsel in distress, to the wind.

From that point on, the film devolves into the cozily predictable world of TV legal dramas, abandoning the moral uncertainty of its opening scenes for the benefit of a villain so comically over-the-top in his evil, he might as well be theatrically twirling a mustache and tying a damsel in distress to train tracks.

The fact that the dance the Sambola will please fans of Damsels in Distress, Stillman's latest film, as will the rest of it.

Likewise, Wilson displays nary an ounce of Keira Knightley's empowerment, evidently content to play the damsel in distress, while it's never quite clear what Helena Bonham Carter — looking as if she stumbled in from the nearest Tim Burton set — is doing here, playing a crimson - haired madam whose false leg conceals a double - barreled shotgun.

As with «Olympus,» «London» is akin to an indelicate, more vicious riff on «Air Force One,» with the Commander - in - Chief relegated to a damsel in distress — Eckhart's Asher does more fighting this time around, but he's still ultimately in need of rescuing — and America's finest military man, Banning, envisioned as a noble macho deitAs with «Olympus,» «London» is akin to an indelicate, more vicious riff on «Air Force One,» with the Commander - in - Chief relegated to a damsel in distress — Eckhart's Asher does more fighting this time around, but he's still ultimately in need of rescuing — and America's finest military man, Banning, envisioned as a noble macho deitas a noble macho deity.

Therefore, when he comes to the rescue of a gorgeous damsel in distress (Malin Akerman) being robbed on Valentine's Day, he takes it as a sign that the leggy blonde might be Ms. Right.

It's a mesmerizing fairytale, but the creepy - cute tough - as - nails Scarygirl is no damsel in distress!

Denzel employs a very particular set of skills to save what would otherwise be a very forgettable film as he violently dispatches an army of Russian gangsters to save Moretz's damsel in distress.

Rather than just play the stereotypical damsel in distress routine, Temple skilfully balances the characters tough street kid exterior with a hidden depth, and as her defensive guard slowly lowers and her hardnosed exterior softens, we begin to see glimpses of the terrified girl who just wants to scream for help.

«Damsels In Distress «In a decent year for comedy, two femme - centric examples of the genre were battling it out of for this place, and while «Bridesmaids» is certainly the best of the Judd Apatow films to date and as consistently funny a mainstream film as has come along since «Anchorman,» nothing brought me greater joy than Whit Stillman «s return after 13 long years away — «Damsels in Distress.&raquIn Distress «In a decent year for comedy, two femme - centric examples of the genre were battling it out of for this place, and while «Bridesmaids» is certainly the best of the Judd Apatow films to date and as consistently funny a mainstream film as has come along since «Anchorman,» nothing brought me greater joy than Whit Stillman «s return after 13 long years away — «Damsels in Distress.&raquIn a decent year for comedy, two femme - centric examples of the genre were battling it out of for this place, and while «Bridesmaids» is certainly the best of the Judd Apatow films to date and as consistently funny a mainstream film as has come along since «Anchorman,» nothing brought me greater joy than Whit Stillman «s return after 13 long years away — «Damsels in Distress.&raquin Distress.»

Count The Last Kiss as a film that treats its women characters as the entire Greek pantheon of hysterical goddesses, from a flat - crazy mother (Blythe Danner in a series of ironed housecoats) pining after an old flame to our collegiate temptress (who, for no earthly reason, is mightily attracted to thirtysomething milquetoast Michael), to finally our damsel in distress Jenna, three months pregnant (her hormones blamed more than once for her behaviour — and she agrees!)

McDormand proves, not surprisingly, an incisive interview subject, as she discusses her role in the context of the «damsel in distress» and Raimi's own desire to improve his feminist credentials after the Evil Dead films.

A growling, leonine Nick Nolte as police chief William H. Parker must muddle through lines like this one, addressed to O'Mara: «Los Angeles is a damsel in distress.

So, the story of LOST RIVER began to emerge as a dark fairy tale, with the city in the role of the damsel in distress, and similar figures with pieces of a broken dream trying to rebuild.

Often considered the third series in Nintendo's holy trinity, Metroid has been around for just as long as Mario's been crashing the wrong castle in search of distressed damsels or Link's refusal to go it alone.