Sentences with phrase «as headstrong»

Getting a group of people as headstrong as attorneys to agree on anything may be a tough ask, but if everyone is on the same page on how to spend their volunteer time it will encourage participation and teamwork.

Chastain as the headstrong Julie and Farrell as the self - loathing servant John have a few pulse - raising scenes, but they only partly convey the tragic depth of the couple's entanglement.

Kim from the outset is presented as a headstrong girl but she succumbs physically to Jonny very quickly which degraded her character a little for me but she is a nineteen year old working as a chalet girl without her parents around so... fun and frolics must ensue... However what is more refreshing to watch is the journey of Kim, overcoming obstacles and her past trauma in order to shine on the slopes.

Lopez is convincingly, appealingly smart and vulnerable as the headstrong heroine; Vince Vaughn is effective in the by - the - book role of FBI Agent Peter Novak; and D'Onofrio manages to make a lasting, eerie impression in a very dialogue - light role.

As Will Ferrell's onscreen lover and competition, Applegate is hilarious as the headstrong female anchor trying to make it in a man's world, her sexual desires be damned.

She won an Oscar as the headstrong, domineering, and misguided teacher in «The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.»

Adapted from English novelist Thomas Hardy's desperately romantic 1874 novel, this remake stars Carey Mulligan as headstrong beauty Bathsheba Everdine who rejects a marriage proposal and makes her way through a thicket of sensual encounters — all set against the wild English countryside.

Rylance delivers a terrific performance as a headstrong sailor that isn't afraid of battle.

Though perhaps still best known for her work as a headstrong teen on TV series The United States of Tara, her central turn in Dustin Cretton's slice of youth social worker life will soon become the go - to product when her name comes up in conversation.

Hirsch's McCandless never casts judgment on those who lead lives he finds empty, a remarkable job of acting for a young relatively - unknown talent and an interesting choice, as the headstrong lad was likely riding on a bit of hubris and contempt for the sham from which he was escaping.

Some women are just as headstrong to stay home without intervention.

Stalwarts As headstrong as he is talented, Mario Mandzukic is an all - day headache for defenders.

Not exact matches

While standing up as the leading lady in a blockbuster that featured the Man of Steel was a daunting task, a headstrong portrayal and some solid on - screen chemistry would have been enough to overcome the odds.

Louis Rossetto, the company's headstrong and mercurial cofounder, has stepped down as the magazine's editor - in - chief and publisher.

At 18, I was a headstrong kid working as a worship leader who wasn't really leading.

We must not be like bulls, so headstrong as to go charging, head down and angry into a red cape any BS fighter can wave.

My headstrong older son had his first accident, which was a BM just as we were getting started on the «Big Day».

When a challenger approached, the headstrong rivals battled it out by pushing or even walloping one another with their heads, as seen in this video, until one retreated.

We all want to meet someone that we have things in common with, however there is such a thing as being too much alike — especially if one of the things you have in common is an extremely headstrong, stubborn personality (see: Jack and Avery, or Liz and Carol) Love is a give and take.

And we will be the better for seeing it, as ultimately we must, if we care about a cinema that is something more than heedless and headstrong.

As directed exquisitely by Gillian Armstrong in a headstrong spirit that recalls her debut feature, «My Brilliant Career,» this elliptical tale makes up in visual beauty whatever it lacks in universal meaning.

The two actors approach the character in vastly different ways, with Burton going in a far more theatrical direction than Farrell, who instead portrays Alexander as a conflicted yet headstrong warrior.

By the late 1960s headstrong western youth had rebelled against establishment conformity, instead seeking the uncomplicated, indigenous dress of faraway climes such as Russia and India.

Best Supporting Actress was awarded to Laurie Metcalf, as a working - class mother struggling to see eye - to - eye with her headstrong teenage daughter, in truthful coming - of - age film «Lady Bird.»

From the time vaudeville star Mae Murray arrived in Hollywood in 1916, Leonard gradually became her principal director, he abandoned his own career as a movie actor by 1918, but did make unbilled cameo appearances in later films.Murray's headstrong behavior and open contempt of the studio bosses at Famous Players - Lasky (i.e., Paramount) kept both of them on a slippery slope in this period, but her great popularity with audiences likewise kept the Murray / Leonard team employed.

As Penelope, Wasikowska is a headstrong, self - reliant homesteader who needs not the affections of a suitor (Robert Pattinson, who's also quite hilarious in this) or a bumbling preacher (David Zellner, one of the film's directors) to survive.

She is headstrong, crass, and agrees to help Ada with the farm only if Ada treats her as an equal.

Chronicling Abraham Lincoln's final months as he engineers passage of the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, «Lincoln» stars best - actor contender Day - Lewis in a monumental performance as the 16th president, supporting - actress nominee Field as the notoriously headstrong Mary Todd Lincoln and supporting - actor prospect Jones as abolitionist firebrand Thaddeus Stevens.

Based on a Daphne Du Maurier novel and made a year before Hitchcock's Oscar - winning movie of Du Maurier's «Rebecca,» the film introduces Maureen O'Hara as Mary, a headstrong young Irish woman (is there any other kind?)

«Grandma» A career - best performance by Lily Tomlin as an opinionated, irritating, headstrong writer — don't ever call her «feisty» — is just one of the many pleasures of Paul Weitz «L.A. road - trip movie.

The protagonist Phileas Fogg has more insecurities and more flair than the character as written, and now there's a lady along for the ride, Monique (Cécile De France), the headstrong French artist and obvious love interest.

She really couldn't be any more convincing as the spirited, headstrong, thoroughly modern young woman — an artist in her own right — who, as the film begins has already become Einar's wife.

As in the earlier film, and the Charles Portis novel on which it is based, Cogburn is hired by a headstrong 14 - year - old girl, Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld), to track down and punish Tom Chaney (Josh Brolin), the lowlife who murdered her father and fled into Indian territory.

Margot Robbie and Allison Janney, who play skater Tonya Harding and her abusive mother in «I, Tonya,» also are up for Globes and SAG awards, as are Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf, who play a headstrong Sacramento teenager and her matter - of - fact mother in «Lady Bird.»

Tika Sumpter as Michelle oozes class and a headstrong personality from the get go, and also makes sure to be distinct but, at the same time, showing more personality and gumption than most female characters written in this kind of role.

, Monty's headstrong producer sister Priya (Pooja Kumar) tries to wheel and deal, while Monty also puts up his late father's expansive studio as collateral to bring together the necessary final financing.

As LGSM's headstrong leader, he's the Billy to this film's Elliot, the Simon to its Garfunkel.

Set around The Wirral - based dog training classes the series follows two very different women — Nana V (Joanna Scanlon) and Naomi Singh (Vicki Pepperdine) as they navigate their headstrong dogs, impossible teenage kids and disappointing husbands.

Before long Ronsel is fighting in Germany with the predominantly black 761st Tank Battalion, while the equally headstrong Jamie joins the attack from the air as a fighter pilot.

Some may cry foul, but the film's portrayals feel justified — the unspoken argument being that though they're being exposed to atrocious horrors most of us will never have to experience in life, these are still headstrong young twentysomethings who are as ill - equipped to process their trying encounters as anyone.

His work from «Phantom Thread,» about the complicated relationship between an exacting fashion designer and his headstrong muse, will compete against music by Hollywood veterans such as John Williams («Star Wars: The Last Jedi») and Hans Zimmer («Dunkirk») at the Oscars ceremony on March 4.

For example, if a teacher considers being highly verbal, curious, or headstrong as negative factors or behavioral problems, (while in another culture they might be viewed as strengths or spoken about in positive terms), that student will likely not get recommended for gifted testing.

But at Desert Trails, a group of headstrong moms might just be able to use the Trigger as a tool to rise out of those cliched trenches — and instead make the debate about the ideal learning environment for California's frighteningly undereducated kids.

Headstrong and capable, she's found happiness in her position as a clerk at a local bank.

At its center is the «bastard» of the title, Asya, a nineteen - year - old woman who loves Johnny Cash and the French Existentialists, and the four sisters of the Kazanci family who all live together in an extended household in Istanbul: Zehila, the zestful, headstrong youngest sister who runs a tattoo parlor and is Asya's mother; Banu, who has newly discovered herself as a clairvoyant; Cevriye, a widowed high school teacher; and Feride, a hypochondriac obsessed with impending disaster.

«And then the knight was held over the pit of writhing snakes, which hissed and spat as their twining lengths ensnared the whitening bones of their previous victims...» «And then the black - hearted villain, with a hideous oath, drew a secret dagger from his boot and advanced towards the defenceless...» «And then the maiden took a pin from her hair and the golden tresses fell from the window, down, down, caressing the castle walls until they almost reached the verdant grass on which he stood...» Arthur was an energetic, headstrong boy who did not easily sit still; but once the Mam raised her porridge stick he was held in a state of silent enchantment — as if a villain from one of her stories had slipped a secret herb into his food.

We contacted Steve because we wanted to start as early as possible with obedience training since we had read the bulldogs can become very stubborn and headstrong.

While it is true that some models are designed for headstrong or stubborn dogs, this is not the same as an aggressive dog.

During the puppy stage especially, Bernedoodles can be a little headstrong but this tends to lessen as the dog matures and receives training.

This is an extremely courageous breed, and, as befitting any good hound, it can be headstrong.