Sentences with phrase «characters in central roles»

«The To Do List» may not be a film of great substance, but this comedy about a young girl's strange, semi-erotic journey from untouched maiden to minx accomplishes something both rare and significant for a teen movie: it places a female character in the central role as unapologetic sexual aggressor.

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In Allen's play Death, a central character is cajoled into joining a search party for a killer on the loose but never sees any organized method employed and is never sure of his role in the searcIn Allen's play Death, a central character is cajoled into joining a search party for a killer on the loose but never sees any organized method employed and is never sure of his role in the searcin the search.

In Modern Fantasy: Five Studies (Cambridge University Press, 1975), C. N. Manlove has argued that the use of the supernatural — and I would include magic — is not simply a possibility in the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploIn Modern Fantasy: Five Studies (Cambridge University Press, 1975), C. N. Manlove has argued that the use of the supernatural — and I would include magic — is not simply a possibility in the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploin the fantasy tale; it is a driving force in the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploin the story and takes a central role in the development and shaping of characters as well as ploin the development and shaping of characters as well as plot.

So the fact that he confirmed his interest in the young English defender Tyrone Mings, as reported by The Mirror, is fairly out of character for the Prof.. The 21 - year old is currently playing in the Championship for Ipswich Town and his usual role is as a left back, but at 6ft 3in and with his power and pace, it is thought that he could easily make the switch to central defence, which is coincidentally the weakest part of the Arsenal squad right now.

The production is slick, the Maine scenery is bracing, the characters are well - acted, and in a mumbo - jumbo movie with a few loose ends, the makeup central to the plot and applied by Greg Cannom and Bob Laden to Robert John Burke in the leading role is most admirable.

There's little doubt that the effortlessly engaging central performances play a substantial role in the film's success, with D'Agosto and Olsen's charismatic work ensuring that their respective characters never come off as the sleazeballs one might've anticipated (ie Shawn and Nick's relentless scheming is almost Ferris Buelleresque in its good - naturedness).

Masatoshi Nagase is mesmerizing in the central role, a model of restraint even when confronted with the quirks of the characters he meets on his journey.

The movie also features a number of great character actors in early roles, including David Paymer and Ed Begley Jr., although none do so much with so little as James Hong, who shines in an amusing sequence as the co-pilot of a puddle jumper transporting Vince and Sheldon to Central America.

In her first major screen role, Daniela Vega, who plays Marina Vidal, the beleaguered central character in Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman, elevates even the most mundane action — petting a dog, lifting an arm to activate a motion - sensor hallway light — into a gesture of minor majestIn her first major screen role, Daniela Vega, who plays Marina Vidal, the beleaguered central character in Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman, elevates even the most mundane action — petting a dog, lifting an arm to activate a motion - sensor hallway light — into a gesture of minor majestin Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's A Fantastic Woman, elevates even the most mundane action — petting a dog, lifting an arm to activate a motion - sensor hallway light — into a gesture of minor majesty.

Bradley Cooper's very good in the central role, but his character exists in a patriotic vacuum.

The director seems as aware as anyone else of the irony that the worlds biggest, most corporate football club are taking a central role in his first film on the subject, but he never lets these opinions interfere with his story and characters.

Mahershala Ali in particular is striking in the role of father figure Juan, a man who helps the young central character, Little (Alex R Hibbert), navigate his difficult childhood.

A»90s - obsessed high school senior and self - confessed nerd who falls into a get - rich - quick scheme by accident while also pining for the older girl to whom he hopes to lose his virginity, the central character in Rick Famuyiwa «s «Dope» sounds like a stock role for a high school comedy.

That performance (coupled with some high - profile US gigs like hosting the MTV VMAs for two years straight and a Comedy Central stand - up special) catapulted him to movie stardom, leading to starring roles in 2010's Get Him to the Greek (in which Brand actually reprised his Sarah Marshall character) and a remake of the Dudley Moore classic Arthur.

It contemplates the role of its central characters in a world where their heroic deeds may have destructive or anti-heroic consequences.

Ken Jeong's character has worked well in small doses throughout the series, however here he too plays a much larger central role and while he does add some humour here and there, he often overplays it, becoming more like Jar Jar Binks than the comedic anecdote.

This is an incredibly busy film, with a three - way narrative that follows the plot of Tolkien's book, begins the process of revealing the central villain that will put all of Middle - earth in jeopardy, and, for some reason, inserts a romantic triangle between an ancillary character, a character from the previous films who has no role in the actual story, and another who is the creation of the screenwriters.

Ted Levine, one of my favorite character actors, plays Sonya's protective commanding officer, Annabeth Gish is the widow of a landowner who discovers her husband's underworld activities after his death, Matthew Lillard and Emily Rios are reporters, and Catalina Sandino Moreno is Marco's wife, who plays a more central role in the story as it unfolds.

Although there are a multitude of characters and plot threads in The Tenderness of Wolves (perhaps, a few too many of both), the central role is taken by Mrs Ross, who stands out from the rest of the cast because she narrates her part of the story, while the rest of the story is told in the third person.

Best Character — General Engel — Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus A short - tempered leader, loveless mother, and cruel administrator of justice, General Irene Engel served admirably in her promoted role as the central antagonist in The New Colossus.

Both games feature a «Commander» unit, a giant mecha, which uses atomic - level manufacturing to build an entire economy on far - off planets literally from the ground up, which is an interesting inversion on how mecha usually are used in games: the «Commander» is more or less the player character, and while their large mecha is by no means weak, it's a central unit because of its production capabilities, and not because of its arsenal, which as a mecha fan I always thought was a nice way to work the idea of a «hero mecha» into an RTS, because you can relate to the Commander mecha's role as, well, a Commander on the battlefield rather than as simply a powerful named «hero» unit as exist in most other RTSes.

A new character was included in the final release thanks to an achieved Kickstarter stretch goal: «Holly Lingerbean» appears as a rival half - genie in the running for the position of Scuttle Town's Guardian Genie, however her appearance is unfortunately underutilized; while she does play an important role in Shantae's chaotic adventure, Holly Lingerbean's existence is limited to just a few cutscenes spread across the Scuttle Town central hub, and two other levels.

Her animation videos typically depict women as the central character in an anti-heroic role, often times as victims of absurd cruelty flecked with sexual overtones.

These farmhouses have a similar effect on Green's characters: their central position in each painting seems to force the characters into compliant circles, giving the effect that the farm exerts a subliminal directorial role.

Objects play a central role in the film, almost as characters in their own right; the mise en scene becoming as potent as the action of the protagonists or any suggested narrative.

The game's second expansion, rumored to be called «Gods of Mars» and launch in March, will apparently concern the character Charlemagne as well as Rasputin, who was slated to play a central role in the original Destiny «s campaign before its story was restarted.

The bitcoin book also enumerates the course of bitcoin from the point of view of several central characters who had a big role to play in scripting its success story.

It is not exhaustive but rather indicates the character of responses formulated by institutions that played such a central role in implementing the laws, practices and policies of assimilation.