Sentences with phrase «by key characters»

A couple of story strands are left hanging for no apparent reason and the sudden change of behaviour by key characters - not least drug squad office Johnno (Hugo Weaving) and Jay's alcoholic ex-wife Mary (Tasma Walton)- just doesn't really add up.

The Button All prizes at the $ 80 and up level come with a free pin based on the brooch worn by a key character the game, which can be seen in the animation cel below.

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In The Philosopher's Pupil (1983) a man's life is changed by his vision of a flying saucer; a key episode in The Good Apprentice turns on what appears to be the effects of a love potion; a young girl in The Green Knight exerts an involuntary telekinesis over the stones that she has collected in her room; in the same novel the goodness of a man named Peter Mir (Mir meaning, in Russian, both «world» and «peace,» as several characters note) seems to be contagious, bringing sweet dreams and love to those with whom he comes in contact.

In The Art of Biblical Narrative, Robert Alter suggests a key to characters» inner thoughts and motivations which would be helpful even to the inexperienced reader of Scripture: first, external details (appearance, clothing, gestures); second, «one character's comments on another»; third, «direct speech by the character»; fourth, «inward speech... quoted as interior monologue»; and fifth, «statements by the narrator about the attitudes and intentions of the personages» (pp.116 - 117).

That this first step is an error is indicated by Searle himself in his allusion to the bipolar (private and public) character of conscious awareness, which prompts one to ask whether most scientific approaches to the problem of consciousness are vitiated at the outset by a failure to leave open the possibility of an indissociable bipolarity in key ideas (such as public - private, subjective - objective, and body - mind).

In this way, the key characters were given life and expression and the story was animated from within by the thoughts and speech of the various characters.

One of the key characters in the book is disgraced «faith healer» Holy Wayne (played by British actor Paterson Joseph); a once - average man, bereaved on October 14th, who realises he can take other people's pain upon himself, like a kind of emotional sponge.

According to Cutie Candy Pop, simplicity is the key to kawaii characters and design: «As if drawn by children... this is especially appealing when the faces are drawn on everyday objects such as a milk carton or a piece of toast.»

you feel like screaming), and the farcical way in which a handful of other key characters are played really jars with the weighty subjects discussed and nuanced misery portrayed by a few of the other actors.

The Milibands insist they are still close, but relations between their camps have become strained, with David's key allies branding rival Ed «Forrest Gump» after the less - than - bright character played by Tom Hanks in the hit film.

It's directed to sparkle with cruelty and irony in equal measure by Lucy Bailey, and the production's array of alarming characters is key to its success.

PEOPLE who use e-mail are more and more often sheing messages in their mailboxes that end with «Begin PGP public key block» followed by three or four lines of nonsense characters.

Eighty characters isn't enough to record, say, all the public keys certified by a public - key cryptography system.

The beaded cluster napkin rings are the icing on the cake.Other decorative objects on the table include this gorgeous salt cellar from Michael Aram, surrounded by scattered ornaments and glittered pine cones.The marriage of the two key patterns are what gives this table its character.

It's a low - key premise that's employed to almost prototypically deliberate effect by director Julie Lopes Curval, as the filmmaker, working from a script cowritten with Sophie Hiet, offers up an uneventful narrative revolving around the central character's subdued exploits (eg Alice goes to school, Alice deals with her mother, etc, etc).

The key to his character is found in his first big scene, in a nightclub frequented by Nazi officers.

Carried by an appropriately low - key Adam Driver and Jarmusch's casual genius for capturing offhand remarks, Paterson is his most absorbing character study since «Broken Flowers» — and far more grounded in real life.

The key is essentially dividing the movie up into just a few sections, each anchored by a single character.

Though often consigned by Hollywood's typecasting system to workaday villain roles, Kenneth Tobey has not be forgotten by filmmakers who grew up watching his horror - flick endeavors of the 1950s; he has been afforded key cameo roles in such latter - day shockers as Strange Invaders (1983) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and in 1985 he reprised his Thing From Another World character in The Attack of the B - Movie Monsters.

Much of the film's emotional punch comes from the ever - optimistic Dug and his relationships with three key supporting characters: caveman tribe chief Chief (Timothy Spall), who admits he's old for... 32, Goona, a female football phenom who Dug digs (she's voiced by Maisie Williams of «Game of Thrones») and Hognob, Dug's pig pal, who's much more than a pet (he's got a little Gromit in him).

There is a darkness in all these «average» characters, underlined by low - key acting and the film's sinisterly calm, measured pace.

Unfortunately Antal's film working from a script by Michael Finch and Alex Litvak apes this buildup to a tee, but forgets two key elements: a great action set piece and a cast of memorable characters.

However, I do think that I saw Neeson give his gate key to the character played by Todd Fielding when he drove the «Mary» character into town to the doctor.

Bringing his distinctively low - key delivery to a range of parts that were by turns mystical, sinister and conflicted, Sarsgaard secured his place in the pantheon of great Hollywood character actors.Saarsgard delivered solid performances in Year of the Dog and Rendition (both 2007), and co-starred with Dennis Hopper and Patricia Clarkson for the psychological drama Elegy in 2008.

SoulWorker's Key Features (during Open Beta) Include: Action - packed cooperative gameplay for up to 4 players, using the Soulum Sword, Mist Scythe, Gun Jazz and Howling Guitar character classes A dark post-apocalyptic setting with a captivating story and impressive cel - shaded animations Customize your battle style with personalized combos and abilities affected by a unique emotion system — madness, euphoria, vengeance and sadness Large PvE content with over 100 dungeons and a PvP Zone for massive battles

Thankfully, its central characters are played by the likeable Keegan - Michael Key and Jordan Peele, with...

Lady Bird has a quiet and concise outrage about economic inequality, and key to its emotional generosity is that even minor supporting characters seem aware of how unfair it is that their futures can be determined by something so random as when and where they're born.

But, beyond that, Tilde, played by Hanna Alström, isn't just a one - joke character, rather now Eggsy's primary love interest and key motivation for his character arc - in fact, she has a fairly important contextual part in the new movie's shocker.

Directed by Steven Spielberg, one of America's most accomplished modern - era directors, the film is both technically and emotionally powerful, rudely propelling its audience into the sheer nightmare of the war arena in order to shock it out of its customarily passive role and engender some level of emotional identification with its key characters.

Despite a (n, again, in - character) cameo by the reliable Keegan - Michael Key, «It's the Shower Buddy - Infomercial» (1 min.)

The story is relayed to the player through flashbacks as they are interrogated by a bounty hunter and follows the basic premise that was the driving force behind the previous Borderlands games — Searching for vaults that contains a priceless artefact, sending our characters off on a quest to find keys to unlock them.

In our discussion we explore key sound scenes including the opening title sequence, alien creature vocals and ship by's and how the sound and music team achieved a sense of confinement for the films characters.

Casting the right actress is a key factor to attaining some sense of likeability for Megan's character since we're supposed to believe her growth and reconciliation by the end of the formula.

Although James» plight is the player's primary focus in Silent Hill 2 he is by no means the only character in the game to hold the player's interest or play a key role.

He puts his gritty staple on some key and entertaining scenes including an opening that includes the sexy Cruz being pleasured by manly Fassbender however, those are not enough to make up for the film's obvious missteps that include mundane dialogue and unclear character beats.

While the key to the episode is a huge Griffin Muppet animated, in part, by Henson's son Brian, the humour of its spoiled prissiness is offset by a melancholy subplot involving a doomed ferryman played with convincing dourness by veteran character actor Robert Eddison.

It helps too, of course, that moviegoers around the world have embraced the superheroes unequivocally they've met over the last decade (key to long - form, serial storytelling regardless of genre), reducing the need for long, drawn - out, character intros and giving plot, plot driven by action and spectacle, the predominant, primary role.

Grander in scope than any previous film in the series, the story spends most of its first 45 minutes globetrotting to catch us with all the key characters, and introducing us to the new ones, including the young Jean, Scott and Kurt, played winningly by Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan and Kodi Smit - McPhee, respectively.

The key to appreciating any Wes Anderson film (memorable efforts as «Rushmore,» «The Royal Tenenbaums»), is to have the ability to either pick up on his clipped and funny dialogue (usually voiced by actors in a totally serious deadpan monotone), or somehow connect with his goofy situations and quirky characters that slip between incredibly believable and ridiculously surreal.

Not only will a promoted character boast better states, but they'll also be able to learn more skills, have more crests and even get a new costume, which is usually a more elegant version of what they're wearing already, or what they were wearing, but now with a lot more armour, but getting the Master Seals will not be easy as some can only be achieved by getting S Rank on certain levels in History Mode and meeting certain requirements like opening specific treasure chests with a key that you can only get by saving a certain NPC as part of a Sub Mission, or killing a character who happens to be carrying one, like a Thief.

The character of Miles Dyson was played by Joe Morton in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY, and was the key figure in the creation of Skynet, the AI that led to the death of humanity.

Features relaxed commentary by director Lone Scherfig and actors Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard (who spend as much time reminiscing over the shoot and appreciating key moments as discussing the production and the characters), a nine - minute making of featurette (which also includes interviews with screenwriter Nick Hornby and author Lynn Barber) and 11 deleted scenes among the supplements on both DVD and Blu - ray.

The muse for the character of Danny (played by Manchester by the Sea's Lucas Hedges), a skinny kid with a good singing voice from an upper - middle - class Irish Catholic family, was Gerwig's high school boyfriend, Connor Mickiewicz, who remembers making out with her in the McKinley Park rose garden, inspiring a key scene in the movie.

In a first for the Sonic franchise, a character the player creates will be a key part of the story, appearing not only in cut scenes, but by being a crucial element in helping Sonic reclaim the world from Eggman's domination.

By allowing his characters» irrational emotions to influence events and instigate key turning points, Cretton capably masks the film's finely calibrated story mechanics.

Cage's performance is one of the best and most memorable of his career, and it's bolstered by a wonderful script by Nicolas and Ted Griffin, but the key to his character might secretly be Scott's direction, which effectively brings us into Roy's discombobulated mindset while still mastering both the comedic tone and the human element.

In 2015, Marvel announced that it was handing the keys to Wakanda over to writer Ta - Nehisi Coates by letting him take on the Black Panther comic in advance of the eponymous character's first big - screen appearance in Captain America: Civil War and eventual solo movie.

While its key demo continues to be the school - aged kids who tune into Cartoon Network on a daily basis, the series transcends age by appealing to both children and adults with its clever but goofy sense of humor, colorful cast of characters and whimsical songs.

Season one remained true to the harsh and brutal world created by Martin — a man who's never been afraid to swing the sword in the direction of his major characters — and a good number of key players lost their lives in some of the series» most shocking and memorable scenes.

It's nicely balanced by Taylor - Joy's low - key grit as the heroine, although Shyamalan deprives the audience of true gratification, in the heartless way he ultimately dumps her character.