Sentences with phrase «damsel -lsb-»

Among the fest's other highlights were Maggie Gyllenhaal in Sara Colangelo's «The Kindergarten Teacher,» Carey Mulligan in Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan's «Wildlife,» and Mia Wasikowska and Robert Pattinson in David and Nathan Zellner's «Damsel.»

Actor Robert Pattinson attends the premiere of Damsel during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in Pa...

As with «Olympus,» «London» is akin to an indelicate, more vicious riff on «Air Force One,» with the Commander - in - Chief relegated to a damsel in distress — Eckhart's Asher does more fighting this time around, but he's still ultimately in need of rescuing — and America's finest military man, Banning, envisioned as a noble macho deity.

It doesn't matter a jolt that these two fights are attached with a pretty bland story about a vengeful anti-hero on a vendetta, a damsel in distress popping up along the way.

Maggie Grace is the damsel in distress straight out of fairytale land.

She keeps up with Bond, step for step, and is the farthest thing from a damsel in distress.

Likewise, Wilson displays nary an ounce of Keira Knightley's empowerment, evidently content to play the damsel in distress, while it's never quite clear what Helena Bonham Carter — looking as if she stumbled in from the nearest Tim Burton set — is doing here, playing a crimson - haired madam whose false leg conceals a double - barreled shotgun.

True, Kerry Washington is a bit more damsel - in - distressy than our usual Tarantino ladies, but she's an unquestionably beautiful object of affection here.

Along with a female lead that plays the perpetual damsel in distress, the plot has all the predictability of a multilevel videogame.

The only real interest lies in the main plot point of a woman who goes along with playing a damsel in distress for the man to escape and kill her anyway.

Nadia and Eric in particular feel far too much like one - note cliches that you see all the time in these kind of moody crime dramas (the tough damsel with the bad news ex and the ex himself who comes along and threatens the happy new coupling just because he's a bad guy) and despite Rapace and Schoenaerts» considerable talent (the latter really has a presence that few actors can match these days), they can't quite raise up the lacking quality in the writing.

Given spears, courage and technical know - how to match, or outpace rather, their male counterparts, none are ever relegated to the damsel in distress archetype.

She then moved into a slightly less demanding capacity playing a pseudo damsel - in - distress in Guy Ritchie's throwback action - comedy The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Admittedly this role hewed much too close to stereotype, though Vikander still made it work).

From that point on, the film devolves into the cozily predictable world of TV legal dramas, abandoning the moral uncertainty of its opening scenes for the benefit of a villain so comically over-the-top in his evil, he might as well be theatrically twirling a mustache and tying a damsel in distress to train tracks.

Newcomer Caren Pistorius also delights as a strong female presence in the few scenes she shares, throwing the notion and preconceived stereotypes of a damsel in distress, to the wind.

As for Turner having a certain look, in Stone and Nile she was a shifty, sexy, damsel in distress.

Sally Hawkins is pure window dressing, having nothing of consequence to do at all, and Elizabeth Olsen has found herself in another uninteresting damsel in distress role (it's like the distressing moments of Martha Marcy May Marlene and Silent House typecast her in the completely wrong direction).

And beautiful Knightley adds new layers to her damsel - in - distress role, nearly suffocating under the constricting pressure of a corset and stealing a knife from the dinner table, aping Karen Allen's tough - guy act in Raiders.

Foxx fits the role of the slave in search for his damsel; Dicaprio is a character with a charming, brooding menace, and Jackson delivers a Cheney-esque uncle Tom.

If Marvel wants to inject T'Challa's personal life with some high drama, introducing American jazz musician and chronic damsel - in - distress Monica Lynne would be an interesting choice.

Sally Hawkins is pure window dressing, having nothing of consequence to do at all, and Elizabeth Olsen has found herself in another uninteresting damsel in distress role (it's like the distressing moments of

Any hope Ferguson might produce some consolatory warmth or heat with her co-star gets extinguished early on, and while it's almost a relief when the film abandons its limp attempts to make Katrine interesting and instead generates another damsel - in - distress, it's also an admission of defeat, marking the point at which Alfredson abandons any pretension to serious drama.

Playing a businessman named Samuel in the days of the old West, he decides to travel across the country to reunite with his beloved fiancé Penelope (Mia Wasikowska, who I'll have you know right off the bat is more than just the titular damsel in distress) believing -LSB-...]

Robbie, who plays Jane, agreed, adding, «Let me assure you, this Jane is no damsel in distress.»

Pleasingly, Mann also manages to avoid his earlier films» damsel - in - distress trope, as Lien proves every bit as capable and adaptable as Nick.

For me, the only downside in «Vertigo» is that Novak's character is much more of a damsel in distress than a cunning enchantress.

Well, in the broader scope of things, yes, she is a damsel in distress.

The dragon has unexpected depths of emotion, the damsel, voiced as a slacker by Cameron Diaz is a feisty little ninja who» s read one too many romance novel, and the moat, well it is filled with lava, but that» s not important.

But its kind of odd that the original damsel in distress hasn't become playable along side the hero and the original antagonist so I think that Pauline should've become playable a LONG time ago and not to mention the fact that there is not enough human representation in the Mario series since there are only 8 main human characters that are playable the babies I don't think they count since they're just baby versions of their adult counterparts and also Pauline still appears in the Mario series just in the Mario vs Donkey Kong series though plus shes one of the only human characters left that haven't become playable yet since the other one is Professor E Gadd

Other of Dust's friends include Tim (Braid), Meat Boy and Bandange Girl (Super Meat Boy), Gomez (Fez), The Dishwasher and Yuki (The Dishwasher), Spelunker and Damsel (Spelunky), and the Maw (The Maw).

It opens on a mock - instructional film on «How to Take a Bath,» shifts to a submarine trapped at the bottom of the sea where a lumberjack (Roy Dupuis) inexplicably appears, shifts to his story of a feral forest adventure and a damsel in distress, who finds herself transported to an exotic nightclub out of an old Hollywood movie, and so on.

Gugino has built a career at the intersection of tough and sexy, and though the film takes it as given that Emma made a poor decision by separating from Our Hero, she ably resists being pigeonholed as a damsel in distress.

One of the Warriors Three gets put on the bench early on simply because there's no room for him, the hints at a love triangle with Thor, Jane and Jaimie Alexander «s Sif continue to be nothing more than that, Idris Elba «s Helmdall gets a big action moment and then vanishes, and Portman is asleep for the whole second act, and reverts to a damsel - in - distress in the third.

But while Peach is often considered the archetypal damsel in distress when it comes to video games, she is often showed to be actively working against her captors, such as sneaking around searching for power - ups and / or information to send to Mario in games such as Super Mario Galaxy and the Paper Mario series.

Will this gallant knight - in - shining - armor develop deeper feelings for the grimy damsel - in - distress who subsequently cleans up so nicely, literally and figuratively?

Kevin Pollack and Adam Brody play the requisite jerk detectives, Cory Fernandez plays Poh Boy's hitman brother, and Ana de la Reguera plays the damsel in distress.

Provided you are willing to swallow a silly premise which has the protagonist crisscrossing the country in search of his long - lost nursery mates, the picture proves to be a pleasant enough diversion, not for its examination of astrology but rather on account of the love story which blossoms between gentlemanly Jake and damsel - in - distress Sarah.

John Carter (PG - 13 for violence and intense action sequences) Screen adaptation of «A Princess of Mars,» Edgar Rice Burroughs» sci - fi novel about a Civil War Confederate veteran (Taylor Kitsch) who is magically transported to Mars where he rescues a desperate damsel in distress (Lynn Collins) while on the run from a horde of 12 - foot tall green creatures.

We don't care about her character, and when it's time for her to play the damsel - in - distress role, one hopes Parker will actually have the stones to kill her off.

Refusing to simply play the damsel in distress, Gabby is a force to be reckoned with all on her own, and she proves to be as vital a part of the team as anyone else.

Looking for answers to the enigmatic puzzle, Gawain traverses the land and encounters many dangerous situations, including jousts, swordfights, and the occasional saving of a damsel in distress.

After completing a quest in the first Shrek movie to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona (voice by Cameron Diaz), the husky ogre (voice by Mike Myers) and lovely damsel were married.

After completing a quest in Shrek to rescue the beautiful Princess Fiona (voice by Cameron Diaz), the husky ogre (voice by Mike Myers) and lovely damsel were married.

A simple damsel in distress movie that allows itself to focus on bigger themes, like characters and settings.

Her character is supposed to be the movie's «damsel in distress,» but she's no wilting prairie flower.

With Pierce Brosnan returning to espionage in this moderately budgeted thriller, you can expect great performances from the cast; mayhem controlled and uncontrolled; a damsel in distress who is more than she seems to be, and, of course, monumental betrayal — not necessarily in that order.

Bryce Dallas Howard is our damsel in distress in this little drama, a woman in heels who is on the run.

Jack, as played as earnestly as possible by Nicholas Hoult (with his «Warm Bodies» still in theaters), has very little room for fun, as well as any real chemistry with his distressed damsel, Princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson, «Alice In Wonderland «-RRB-.

Usually you have the damsel in distress [but] I don't think there are any damsels in distress in this movie.»

«The Legend of Tarzan» is unnecessarily complex for what amounts to a fairly basic damsel - in - distress adventure movie, and that's due to writers Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer's decision to ground the story in actual history.