Sentences with phrase «corrupt town mayor»
His pet peeve is the city administration's plan to rename Confederate Square after the pompous, mildly corrupt town mayor (Thurston Hall).
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We'd be foolish not to give some sort of shout out to other terrific scenes throughout the year, like the hilarious funeral sequence in Li» l Quinquin, which had us doubled over from laughter; both the border crossing and night vision sequences in Sicario; the ending of Carol, which should get an emotional response out of even the coldest souls; the opening long take in Buzzard, a painfully funny experience much like Entertainment; the bonkers final act of Jauja; a scorching scene from The Fool where the town mayor lays into her corrupt staff; everything that happens at Mamie Claire's house in Mistress America; the intense argument between Gerard Depardieu and Jacqueline Bissett in Welcome to New York; the tightrope sequence in The Walk, and much, much more.
Corrupt forces are at work in a desolate desert mining town where the mayor (Jacki Weaver) is smiling, cake - baking evil incarnate and the lone local policeman (a cagey Alex Russell) may be not be squeaky clean himself.
Leviathan was a limited release movie about a Russian town at the mercy of a corrupt mayor.
The Russian town of Leviathan is at the mercy of a corrupt mayor (Roman Madyanov).
Clearly invoking Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan is a fairly clear - eyed look at the State of Things in today's Russia, encapsulated in a bitter dispute between hotheaded mechanic Kolia (Alexei Serebriakov)-- who lives in a house overlooking the coastal town with his young wife, Lilya (Elena Liadova), and teenage son by a previous marriage — and the corrupt local mayor who has obtained legal authorization to appropriate Kolia's land and demolish his home to make way for a vaguely described «communications center» for the town.
Middle Earth is a dangerous place in this film, with giant spiders and pretty aggressive elves lurking in the forests of Mirkwood, and the Tolkien franchise once again gives viewers a visual treat, featuring not only the beauty of nature but also a fascinating take of Lake - town as a decrepit, cold and unforgiving town (think 19th century London, minus the smog), complete with a morally corrupt mayor and a gullible crowd.
The plot follows a down - on - his - luck mechanic, Kolya (Aleksei Serebryakov), as he struggles to preserve everything that's dear to him; his home, his wife Lilya (Elena Lyadova), and his friend Dmitri (Vladimir Vdovichenko), while going up against the town's corrupt mayor, the terrifically Charles Laughton-esque Vadim (Roman Madyanov).