It's just too easy to start with a gibe at The Gospel According to the Son, Norman Mailer's new attempt to retell the life of Jesus as a novel narrated
by its hero, the Son of God Himself.
thats ok brad — i drink well water thick with iron and calcium... and i brush my teeth with tree bark... banana leaves as clothes... and i do it all while singing my montra — oops i did it again
by my hero brittany!
A plot which is a suspenseful puzzle requires the kind of inexorable internal logic that Aristotle saw in Oedipus the King, in which the intellectual puzzle is acted out
by the hero.
Our course ran aground because it repudiated one of these links between narrative and character: the metaphorical link, the representation of the Trinity story
by the Hero story.
Eventually we were rescued and brought back
by my hero and best pal who was hosting us during our stay.
The following season Walcott took on the weight of the number 14 previously worn
by his hero and Arsenals greatest ever player Thierry Henry.
In June, ASJ Academy chief Emeka Amajiriaku also revealed that the player will wear the iconic No. 25 squad number, previously worn
by his hero Nwankwo Kanu.
If it's true that he is attracted by a move to United for reasons other than hype and high wages, the prospect of taking ownership of the vacant No. 7 shirt, once worn
by his hero David Beckham, to play with impunity out wide, coming inside to run at defenders on the diagonal and score goals, may also appeal.
One of the interesting things that was brought up
by my heros Ed B. and Dr SuRu is ingredients and truely that is one of the biggies with Jane and the Feingold Association.
We are owned
by the Hero Group, a family - owned consumer goods company based in Lenzburg, Switzerland.
Betrayed
by their hero, Cameron's eurosceptics are quickly returning to their bitter, angry roots.
He was slain
by the hero Sigurd.
The steam - powered «aeolipile» was invented
by Hero of Alexandria in Roman Egypt during the 1st century AD, but it wasn't until some 1700 years later that the steam engine as we know it emerged, thanks to better construction materials, plentiful fuel and, critically, growing industrial demand for an alternative source of power.
Revealed American family rescued
by hero of attack on Nairobis Westgate mall.
and other times exist to be collapsed, re-arranged, and played with
by our heroes.
Given wide latitude
by the hero's gift, the story floats waywardly all over the place and, though the fancy camera moves are impressive, the journey is unsatisfying.
There are also a couple musical numbers, including the singularly generic pop tune «When Christmas Comes to Town,» plaintively sung
by Hero Girl and Lonely Boy (well, by two singers the producers brought in to sing for them) in a manner suggesting someone really, really wants the song to be nominated for an Oscar.
It's a funny bit that's set up with a bit of seeming narration
by our hero.
Hugh Laurie is a good choice for the heavy role, an uber - manipulative international arms dealer whose organization is being infiltrated
by hero Hiddleston, a newcomer to the espionage game.
Of course, simply everyone is completely bamboozled
by our hero's disguise, even though he now looks like a Ken doll with liver disease.
He's an acting legend with one of the strongest marriages in Hollywood and Hanks was accompanied to the Critics» Choice Awards
by hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger, 65
They're led
by a Hero character who can be leveled up in various ways and be swapped out for other Heroes who each have their own unique abilities.
I was never a very big fan of this one, despite my love for the subgenre, but it holds a special place in history, and has thusly been given a gorgeous transfer and bonus - laden treatment
by the heroes of Scream Factory, the best Blu - ray house in history for horror fans.
Guardians does right
by its heroes, digging deeper into the characters» psyche and backstory.
by Walter Chaw Casting about wildly for that elusive «Lubitsch Touch» so prized
by his hero Billy Wilder, underdog - uplift auteur Cameron Crowe has patched together Elizabethtown: an awkward, shambling, Frankenstein's monster of a romantic screwball farce that, for all its slickness, shows off every one of its bolts and stitches in monstrous bas relief.
The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes, written
by those heroes, Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, and Spencer Stone, with freelance journalist and author Jeffrey E. Stern, was published in 2016, just a year after their anti-terrorist triumph, so it was easy to mistake it for an «as told to» quickie.
Batman Begins didn't feature a lot of talking
by our hero while he was in - costume.
Oscar - nominated Paul Giamatti, who seems out - of - place in this mediocre feature, appears briefly here as the first villain on the agenda — a Russian terrorist who gets pantsed
by the hero.
Then, it would be an all - new beginning for the MCU, one that is again spearheaded
by a hero in a suit of armor.
The story also suffers by using the old «mad scientist turns evil» plot where they create the same sort of invention or prototype used
by our hero because they think they can create it better and use it against them.
The journey undertaken
by the heroes of and audiences for 3 - Iron reminds of the one demanded with a ruder urgency by Palindromes, the new film from American director Todd Solondz.
We get to play games, write about them and attend parties populated
by heroes, fairies and talking cars.
Stambler is interviewed in the film and his answers explain that the particle accelerator being used
by the heroes could damage the fabric of space - time.
Maggie Gyllenhaal co-stars as a single mom who interviews him for a local paper and ends up falling madly in bed with him, an adoring younger woman thrilled to be desired
by her hero, even if he has baggage older than she is (the May - December romance works only because it's a fantasy for both of them that is doomed to failure).
According to the official synopsis of Overlord (which admittedly may a red herring to keep inevitable surprises secret), the otherworldly dangers encountered
by the heroes are a result of Nazi experiments.
Since childhood, Burt Wonderstone and Anton Marvelton have been partners in magic, fellow outcasts in a world they yearn to dazzle with feats of illusion taught to
them by their hero, Rance Holloway (who once appeared on «The Merv Griffin Show,» we learn from watching one of his»80s - era promos).
Dumbledore asks Harry to get close to the befuddled professor of potions Slughorn, because the professor once taught Tom Riddle (played as 11 - year - old
by Hero Fiennes - Tiffin and as a 16 - year - old by Frank Dillane.)
Much of the plot hinges on a particularly bad decision made years earlier
by the hero's father, who felt he was doing the right thing, but instead set in motion a series of events that end up threatening not just his legacy, but the entirety of his kingdom and all that his ancestors worked to build and maintain.
For example, it requires the placing of a massive, defenseless Roman estate North of the Wall, the innocent occupants of which must be evacuated
by our hero knights — obviously no such estate would exist: the whole point of the Wall was to keep the Romans on the South side and the Celts on the North.
Jackson will play the man who is being tortured
by the hero (Josh Brolin) in a key revenge scene.
One simply has to wade through a lot of slaughter — both of the indiscriminate (the myriad shootouts, acts of torture, and murders perpetrated by the villains) and questionably selective (the on - the - spot execution performed
by the heroes) variety — to uncover it.
At a time when we're being disappointed
by our heroes left and right, it's nice to take a look back at a TV icon who was nothing more than a pure soul who wanted to do some good in the world.
While boxing movies are very formulaic, and this one is no different, Southpaw beats the audience up with darkness, bringing you down to the depths felt
by its hero.
In the comics she was initially known as Ms. Marvel, but in 2012 took over the name Captain Marvel, which was previously held
by another hero.
Driven by staunch authenticity and a career understanding of the western genre on screen, she has contributed to making this show a sweeping, epic dedication to a time populated
by heroes, villains and those just trying to survive.
The guys were joined
by their Heroes Reborn co-stars Kiki Sukezane, Robbie Kay, Judy Shekoni, and Jack Coleman.
Brandished
by the hero, a Diskarmor is a powerful weapon resembling a spiked shield attached to a long chain.
The fact that any movie would choose to go there with its central conflict is proof of a much newer trend from Marvel, where questions and issues raised by the villain can't merely be solved
by the hero punching them really, really hard.
The shimmering towers, bustling streets and sprawling grasslands of Wakanda, the fictional east African country presided over
by our hero King T'Challa (a suitably regal Chadwick Boseman), look almost nothing like Star Wars or Blade Runner — and in the current Hollywood sci - fi canon, that makes its sights virtually unique.
What I do enjoy, though, is the friendship, badinage, and loyalty shared
by our heroes.