Sentences with phrase «eccentric billionaire»

Based on the popular Disney animated series of the same name, the original 8 - bit adventure cast players as eccentric billionaire Scrooge McDuck, who travelled around the world with his nephews, niece and clumsy pilot Launchpad McQuack, collecting treasures and defeating enemies.

Rules Don't Apply, which Beatty also wrote and co-produced, is a dramedy revolving around the romantic entanglements of an ingenue actress (played by Lily Collins) and a driver (played by the new Han Solo, Alden Ehrenreich), both of whom are employed by eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes (played by Beatty).

The man turns out to be none other than eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, although Melvin doesn't really believe it at the time, especially when he has to lend him some money on the end of their journey together.

To that end Pope acts as Treasurer of Americans Coming Together, a wealthy political action committee infused with millions of dollars from eccentric billionaire George Soros.

about a small town girl Marla Mabrey (Lily Collins) who arrives in Hollywood under contract to star in a movie for eccentric billionaire and RKO pictures owner Howard Hughes (Beatty).

Moneyball was saved by a witty screenplay (credited to Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian) and wonky subject matter, but Foxcatcher, which explores the 1996 murder of Olympic wrestler Dave Schultz (Mark Ruffalo) by eccentric billionaire John E. du Pont (Steve Carell), is much more in the Capote vein, hitting one preordained story or character beat after another.

[Translate] By Thor Benson TRUTHDIG Jerry Lin / Shutterstock Elon Musk is not the kind of eccentric billionaire who proposes...

And whereas in the past eccentric billionaires looking for new ways to part with their money would usually fall prey to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, leading movie studios to become uniquely proficient in separating the wealthy from their cash, now they are falling victim to a not - so - new allure: influence.

Eccentric billionaire Halliday is no longer with us.

According to an article published last year in the New York Times, Rules Don't Apply, the latest writing / directing effort from Hollywood legend Warren Beatty, has been 40 years in the making, with the death of the film's subject — the famously reclusive and increasingly eccentric billionaire industrialist Howard Hughes — planting the seeds for a project.

In this weirdly wonderful sci - fi story, eccentric billionaire techie Oscar Issac hires fellow Force Awakens star Domhall Gleeson to examine his new female robot (The Danish Girl's Alicia Vikander) to test the extent of her artificial intelligence.

The re-imagining of this classic, medium - sized map features an authentic Roman villa that has been «recreated by a modern - day eccentric billionaire,» where a classic map structure mixes with the new gameplay mechanics of Black Ops III.

Critic Consensus: With a rich sense of period detail, The Aviator succeeds thanks to typically assured direction from Martin Scorsese and a strong performance from Leonardo DiCaprio, who charts Howard Hughes» descent from eccentric billionaire to reclusive madman.

An assistant to eccentric billionaire John Catsimatidis — the supermarket mogul who unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for New York City mayor in 2013 — sent a quasi-anonymous email poll asking New Yorkers their thoughts on Mayor Bill de Blasio and his potential rivals, a possible prelude to a second try at Gracie Mansion for the businessman.

Christian Bale's list of famous characters is a long one, and now, add (another) eccentric billionaire to the list.

There are many fascinating issues brought up in Ex Machina (the dude - bro relationship between Nathan, an eccentric billionaire, and Caleb, a peach - fuzzed coder, as well as how we are literally selling our souls to companies like Google), as well as the deception humans are capable of (to ourselves most importantly).

I really love «An Eccentric Billionaire» — it is SO Gatsby style!

In theaters October 11, «Danny Trejo returns as ex-Federale agent Machete, who is recruited by the President of the United States (Charlie Sheen) for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man — he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer (Mel Gibson) who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.»

«In Machete Kills, Danny Trejo returns as ex-Federale agent Machete, who is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man — he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer (Mel Gibson) who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.

In the film, «Danny Trejo returns as ex-Federale agent Machete, who is recruited by the President of the United States (Charlie Sheen) for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man — he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer (Mel Gibson) who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.»

There, he gets kidnapped by Lexie's husband, a willowy - maned reclusive and eccentric billionaire, Simon Kestral (Sam Elliott), who has self - funded plans to conduct an underground semiconductor experiment to locate «the god particle.»

The survivors live aboard a high - speed train — built by an eccentric billionaire before the ice age — where all...

Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a coder at a Google - like company called Bluebook, wins an employee lottery to spend a week with CEO Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac), an eccentric billionaire genius who lives in a remote, high - tech house on a mountain estate, the better to conduct his mind - blowing experiments without scrutiny.

It's been fifteen years since we last saw Warren Beatty on screen — and eighteen years since he was last behind the camera — but the Hollywood legend is set to make his return this year with Rules Don't Apply, which will see him starring as the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes, and EW has the -LSB-...]

For those unfamiliar, the film centers on Machete's (Danny Trejo) quest to stop an eccentric billionaire arms...

In MACHETE KILLS, Danny Trejo returns as ex-Federale agent MACHETE, who is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man — he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.

It's written, directed, and produced by co-star and Hollywood royalty Warren Beatty as the eccentric billionaire previously played by Leonardo DiCaprio in The Aviator.

Danny Trejo returns as ex-Federale agent MACHETE, who is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man — he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.

Ex Machina is a very clever film boasting three superb performances from Gleeson, Oscar Isaac as the eccentric billionaire, and Alicia Vikander as Ava.

The eccentric billionaire Nathan has a technologically advanced mountain resort and somehow, despite its brilliance, it becomes a rather creepy location for this story.

Although the two are attracted to one another, their ties to the eccentric billionaire draw them into a bizarre world where their values and lives are forever changed.

The Bee - Loud Glade by Steve Himmer (Atticus Books) Would you give up life as you know it to live as a decorative hermit in some eccentric billionaire's backyard for $ 5 million?

Now, with the help of an eccentric billionaire, he has the chance to create a «perfect little world» - to study what would happen when ten children are raised collectively, without knowing who their biological parents are.

Called in by Roth's insurance company, which is now saddled with a multimillion - dollar claim, Sam follows his leads - to Bordeaux and its magnificent vineyards, and to Provence to meet an eccentric billionaire collector who might possibly have an interest in the stolen wines.

The industry has always been volatile, but it has never before been so controlled by one eccentric billionaire.

Each village visited makes you hope that an eccentric billionaire will build a replica and invite you to run around and enjoy yourself.

The game is set in the hidden, underwater city of Rapture, which was established by an eccentric billionaire as a refuge away from the «parasites,» similar in concept to Galt's Gulch in Atlas Shrugged.

If you're an eccentric billionaire, MYT will build you a kit for $ 10,000.

A secretive company backed by an eccentric billionaire taps into sensitive data gathered by a University of Cambridge researcher.