Sentences with phrase «as the heroine of»

Her most prominent appearance to date is as the heroine of Super Princess Peach.

Agog in her ever - expanding domain as well as the prisoner of her late husband's homicidal legacy, Sarah Winchester might have ruled as the heroine of some weird art film, by a Peter Strickland, say.

Preference: To hear many tell it, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA winner Stone's only real competition here is Isabelle Huppert, who's characteristically intelligent, brittle, and complicated as the heroine of Paul Verhoeven's Elle.

As heroine of the Tomb Raider series since 1996, it's hard to miss her protruding «assets» embossed on box covers aimed (like the gun she's always holding) squarely at the hormonally charged male teenage gaming market.

Her most prominent appearance to date is as the heroine of Super Princess Peach.

Although there few things I agree with Sen. Warren about and this is a typically self serving political polemic with her cast as the heroine of the people's, I do agree that programs in question merit funding, which I'm certain they'll receive in due course if they haven't by now.

Not exact matches

Baxter is on most questions a theological conservative, but on matters social and political he is pretty much an unexpurgated lefty, as was the case with his heroine, Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker movement.

The heroine remembers the time before when she and her friends had dismissed news stories of violence done to women (as readers might dismiss literary dystopias) as «too melodramatic»: «We were the people who were not in the papers.

While we should hesitate to pass an anachronistic judgment on his behavior, we can at least restrain the celebrations of his fiancée, Maria von Wedemeyer, as his true love, the heroine for the perfect hero — celebrations that were inspired by the publication of their correspondence in Love Letters from Cell 92.

The sad or manic heroines» such as Hannah Gonen in My Michael and the mother in «The Hill of Evil Counsel»» harken back to Oz's mother, the doomed Fania Klausner, who took her life when her only son was twelve.

Zbigniew Janowski's review of The Art Instinct («Darwin in the Louvre,» May 2009) describes Nora Helmer, the heroine of Ibsen's A Doll's House, as not wanting to «procreate» and insinuates that she was guilty of adultery!

All men naturally worship someone or something, but in the commonly assumed absence of God, this worship is given almost wholly to such things as success, sport, the heroes or heroines of the fantasy - world of the screen or stage, or to the mysteries of science.

As a child, I identified with the bold heroine Laura, the feminine version of her father.

Most people do not think of themselves as heroes and heroines, and yet, when the time of decision is forced upon them, many turn out to be exactly that.

Interestingly, as in Tangled, in Sleeping Beauty Disney's artists strove to present their heroine as a recognizably modern teenager, all spunk and sparkle and with looks straight from the pages of Seventeen.

Like Anna Karenina, Hester is one of the great heroines in world literature, and if Hawthorne was unsympathetic in his estimate of Margaret Fuller (whom he knew) and her brand of feminism, he sympathetically portrayed Anne Hutchinson as a courageous martyr, and he adored and praised his own wife.

However, the Jewish Christians to whom Matthew was writing no longer thought of those women as sinners but as heroines.

It's marvelous because we believe that all human beings are spiritual daughters of God and share in God's divine nature; that Eve was a heroine who contributed to the plan of salvation rather than a temptress who was responsible for the fall of man (and I use «man» quite literally here); and that we have a Mother in Heaven as well as a Father.

Reflecting the varied interests and values of Millennial and Gen Z moms and dads, famous pop - culture figures from rap stars to Disney heroines emerged as name influencers, along with basketball champs and, interestingly, colors.

The stereotypical images of women (passive, weak and faithful, or domineering, demanding and slutty) were redefined as assertive, powerful and in control of their own sexuality.In popular culture this redefinition was evident: Disney heroines changed drastically and powerful media icons like Madonna, or Queen Latifah came to be just like series such as Sex and the City (1998 — 2004), and Girlfriends (2000 — 08).

As for True Blood (the HBO series featuring amorous bloodsuckers), heroine Sookie hasn't won parents over yet, but William, the formal version of Bill (Sookie's undead love interest), climbed two slots to number 27.

According to ancient Irish legends, Aoife was the offspring of several different heroines, and was storied to be a fierce warrior, as well - a bonus for parents looking to give their little girl a unique and lyrical name that also denotes strength and power.

But it was Howard who founded the ERG in 1993 as a reaction to the ejection of his heroine Margaret Thatcher from the Conservative leadership.

Ms. Meyer illustrated the section on «poverty and unemployment» with a picture of her holding a bow and arrow in costume as The Hunger Games» heroine Katniss Everdeen.

And so, in a matter of days Wood emerged both as her party's heroine — after dramatically clinching a Welsh assembly seat in Rhondda from Labour — and as a controversial figurehead, following this nomination for the top job.

«As we celebrate June 12 as Democracy Day, let us remember the struggles and sacrifices of our heroes and heroines by continuing to be good citizens, by working hard and paying our taxeAs we celebrate June 12 as Democracy Day, let us remember the struggles and sacrifices of our heroes and heroines by continuing to be good citizens, by working hard and paying our taxeas Democracy Day, let us remember the struggles and sacrifices of our heroes and heroines by continuing to be good citizens, by working hard and paying our taxes.

All 43 police forces in England and Wales currently have the power to drug test people who have been arrested if they are suspected of using Class A drugs such as heroine or cocaine, but only 23 police forces currently use that power.

Starring Nyuki — a real honey of a heroine — the series opens solemnly with the tale of her origins, mirthfully chronicles her bumbling discovery of her own powers, and reaches its stinging climax as she battles powerful enemies while trying to establish a new colony.

In this excerpt, our heroine looks back on her life with melancholy, wistfulness, and resignation as she marches toward a certain end — though even her final musings are shot through with fragile shadows of hope.

As our heroine finally couldn't face another field of mud the cute, sexy, socks she wore, just weren't enough to inspire her!!

The weather is pretty mild right now and we can enjoy light cottons, bare legs and pretty lemon sorbet lace dresses — but I still couldn't resist buying an (Oh - so Fendi) coat yesterday in a vintage shop, because A) I», obsessed with jackets and coats, B) it's good to be prepared for city trips and C) I just adore winter fashion and its cosy layers & textures, big coats, and boots, the glamourous dresses, jewel colours... and this year we can expect all of the above in RED, as well as some powerful suiting, gothic and fairy tale heroines and a lot of leather, pleather, and patent — excellent!!

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Possessed of a splendid singing voice, our heroine rises to fame on the opera stage, while poor Jonathan continues struggling, supporting himself as a tour guide.

After such summertime laugh - at - death thrillers as «Con Air,» «Face / Off» and «Air Force One,» «The Peacemaker» manages to come up with a novel idea — the hero and heroine actually weep for the deaths of innocent victims.

She became a trend setter for future heroines to come, but she herself is inspired by the blaxploitation stars of the 70s such as Pam Grier and Tamara Dobson.

Paprika, the heroine, is an eighteen - year - old sprite — a kind of sexy Japanese Tinker Bell — who enters people's dreams as a form of therapy.

Out of the mouths of babes comes dribble, as often as wisdom - or, in the case of this movie's infantile heroine, drivel.

Just as Ana teaches Christian to trust her by showing him how much he needs her — both for sex and for life — Alma, the heroine of Paul Thomas Anderson's «Phantom Thread,» eventually manages to harness her selfish husband Reynolds Woodcock by mechanically making him rely on her for his life.

You can imagine her as the gutsy heroine of a Disney animation.

Executive produced by Angelina Jolie, «The Breadwinner» does precisely that, and though Twomey's essential, empathetic look into the plight of women, young and old, in present - day Afghanistan doesn't identify its heroine as the exact same girl, her jade - colored eyes are a certain reminder, while her spirit burns every bit as strongly.

The movie picks up shortly after the events of the first film, with our heroine Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, whose skill as an actress is rapidly outgrowing the material) and fellow survivor / unrequited love interest Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) forced to pretend to be deeply, madly in love while on a national victory tour.

The casting of Harley Quinn Smith and Lily - Rose Depp (the daughters of Smith and Johnny Depp, reprising his «Tusk» role here) as two endlessly sarcastic, butt - kicking teenage heroines helps the time pass more bearably than it might have otherwise, but really, to shackle two lovely and promising teenage actresses to material this dreadful could be reasonably construed as an awfully expensive form of child abuse.

The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.

Binoche shines as the thinking, feeling, complex heroine of Claire Denis's surprising new romantic comedy.

As a portrait of unlikely female friendship and impassioned campaigning it did justice to little - known heroine Lacks.

What may bring even jaded viewers back to «Christy» is Tyne Daly's striking characterization of Alice Henderson, the kind but formidable Quaker who serves as the heroine's mentor.

Following secondary to miniscule parts in films like Sleep With Me, Amateur, and Mixed Nuts (all 1994), Posey had her breakthrough role as the titular heroine of Daisy von Scherler Mayer's Party Girl in 1995.

He removes any indication of a personality from his heroine and turns her into a sociopath, who, at one point, shoots a patient on the operating table because, as she rationalizes, «He wasn't going to make it, anyway.»

It's action - packed in the extreme, as Young Heroine Tris (Shailene Woodely) and «Dauntless» hunk Four (Theo James) run from the armed, motorized thugs that the smug Erudite elitists send after them, with barely time for a betrayal, a moment of weakness and a break for Shailene Woodley to pile on more makeup and lip gloss.

Rogers is the accomplished centrepiece of the film, slightly atypical as the soft - focus romantic heroine, but with welcome eruptions of her tough and shrewd persona throughout.