Sentences with phrase «eccentric cast of»

The main difference is that Battleborn draws influence from MOBA games while Overwatch is a more traditional PvP shooter with an eccentric cast of characters.

In the latest book from Pulitzer Prize - winning author Edward Humes we meet an eccentric cast of «eco barons,» the moniker Humes has given to the new breed of maverick pro-planet crusaders.

Mellors» on - going series Ourhouse is a video work in six parts which captures life in the fictional Maddox - Wilson home, with an eccentric cast of characters.

Though ARMS already has an eccentric cast of fighters, Yabuki revealed the first post-launch character to be «Max Brass», the former champion of the ARMS fighting league.

Half - Genie Hero continues to thrive on what makes the series so popular - its self - awareness, lighthearted humor and eccentric cast of characters.

If Wes Anderson made a game it would feel like What Remains of Edith Finch (maybe with more pink), with its eccentric cast of characters and fanciful events that always fit together as a cohesive whole.

Have fun meeting fan favorite characters like Geno and exploring this world's eccentric cast of other assorted characters, enemies, and bosses.

There are still plenty of exciting moments to be found, and the plot, however simplistic it is at times, is still engaging thanks to the game's fantastic and eccentric cast of characters.

Over its 60 hour playtime I got to forge meaningful friendships with an eccentric cast of characters, discover the secrets of Tokyo, and even managed to find some nice restaurants to dine at.

The real charm of Kalliste, though, is the eccentric cast of characters — both the clients and the staff.

As he watches his neighbors abandon the island, he recalls the town's rugged history and its eccentric cast of characters.

Over the course of the next few months, the once friendless Leo King meets and befriends an eccentric cast of characters.

Timson tackles Dickens» sprawling novel, filled with an eccentric cast of British characters, in a splendid performance that radiates warmth and humor.

Sure, the film isn't exactly Best Picture material, but what it lacks in quality it makes up for in charm (from its eccentric cast of characters to its pop - inspired soundtrack featuring classic dance hits like «Hot Stuff,» «You Sexy Thing» and «You Can Leave Your Hat On»), and sometimes, that's all it takes to make a hit.

Have fun meeting fan favorite characters like Geno and exploring this world's eccentric cast of other assorted characters, enemies, and bosses.

It works out, and they settle into their new home with the help of an eccentric cast of characters; Tim's best friend / aspiring soldier Mike (Frost), Daisy's mildly vapid, fashionista best friend Twist (Katy Carmichael), tortured artist neighbor Brian (Mark Heap), and their chain - smoking, wine - chugging landlady Marsha (Julia Deakin).

All the glitter and gloss in the world could be applied to the final product and it still wouldn't make «RocknRolla» as appealing as its eccentric cast of characters does.

An official selection at the Berlin International Film Festival, this animated neo-noir thriller from Chinese auteur Liu Jian mixes follows interweaving storylines that lead an eccentric cast of characters to a bloody climax over one bag of stolen money.

Wilson's Heart leverages an eccentric cast of characters, compelling narrative, striking visuals, and the immersive nature of Touch to bring you into an interactive adventure of mystery unlike any other game.

Not exact matches

At the same time, the film harks back to Disney's first - ever fairy - tale feature, 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, with its story of a princess in disguise living hidden in a forest; a villainess with access to supernatural powers; a supporting cast of lovable eccentrics; frolicking animal friends; and a handsome prince who awakens the heroine from a deathlike sleep with love's first kiss.

Each of these people gets a chance to state their peace, and they're joined by an eccentric supporting cast of caricatures that includes Jeff's supremely dumb best friend (Paul Walter Hauser as Shawn Eckhardt), Tonya's very presentable skating coach (Julianne Nicholson as Diane Rawlinson), and the former «Hard Copy» reporter who helped turn Tanya's story into a national pile - on (Bobby Cannavale, whose hair alone helps to cement the movie's comedic tone).

In the hands of Romain Gavras — music video wiz and maker of 2010's eccentric Our Day Will Come — and with a mischievously cast giving its best, the result is ebullient enough to feel fresh.

A widow wading through grief, the cuckolded coming to terms with being cast aside, and parents patching the pieces together — these are the imperfect, eccentric participants in a story of ample dysfunction but refreshingly little melodrama.

Amid the period - accurate setting, attention to detail, frequent cameos and all - star cast, including a disturbingly convincing Seth Rogan as script supervisor Sandy Schklair, there is the portrait of the artist as a middle - aged eccentric, a strange guy with an even stranger vision that somehow connected to a large, mainstream audience.

For all the nakedness and bizarre complications, the cast recalls the eccentric crew of Tim Burton's «Ed Wood»: supportive, protective and good company.

(1962, Robert Aldrich) Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, rivals for most of their careers, got two of their greatest roles when they were cast by director Robert Aldrich as the house - bound Hudson sisters, Blanche (Crawford) and Baby Jane (Davis)-- two ex-film-stars turned eccentric recluses — in this mesmerizing, darkly funny, sometimes - touching suspense classic.

There are serious miscalculations throughout The Lone Ranger, starting with the casting: Hammer plays the masked hero with the dim enthusiasm (or enthusiastic dimness) of Brendan Fraser at his most stilted; Depp's Tonto is an ethnically dubious repurposing of his popular Jack Sparrow character, more stoic but equally eccentric; and Helena Bonham Carter, as a brothel madam with a lethal fake leg, does little but add to the cartoon grotesquerie.

Stranding a Manhattan couple (Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston) in a hippie commune in rural Georgia provides some clear opportunities for fish - out - of - water comedy, but Wain and his cast never go for the obvious joke, and they're willing to push the material in eccentric directions.

Kenneth Branagh, who has been making special effects heavy Disney pictures for some time now (Thor, Cinderella), merges this talent with his tastes for classical British properties, to offer a glossy blockbuster version of the The Murder On The Orient Express with a cast that seems far more eccentric than obvious.

It's difficult to stand out in a cast of dozens of eccentrics, weirdos, and armchair philosophers, but Teresa Taylor is one of the true MVPs of Richard Linklater's independent breakthrough, Slacker.

Not much funnier is Jerry Zucker's all - star - cast Rat Race, another of those comedies about rich eccentrics toying with the lives of simple folk, though the picture it most closely resembles is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

The supporting cast is excellent and includes Reg E Cathey («House of Cards») as a mentally - shaky neighbor, Mark Margolis («Breaking Bad») as a more level - headed neighbor, Alia Shawkat (underutilized here, but very talented) as Freddy's assistant, and Neal Huff as the eccentric gallery owner.

Katie Holmes is perfectly cast as the eccentric, prim - and - proper «Miss Meadows,» a poetry - loving teacher who tap dances down the street to the beat of her own drum.

Written and directed by Taran Killam, the film sees Arnold Schwarzenegger leading a cast that includes Killam, Cobie Smulders, Allison Tolman, Hannah Simone, and Bobby Moynihan; check them out here... A group of eccentric assassins are fed up with Gunther, the world's greatest -LSB-...]

Howardís dream cast also included two other prominent female charactersñJill (played by the beautiful Elizabeth Hurley), the opportunistic actress who dates Ed just because of his celebrity; and Edís eccentric mom, Jeanette (embodied by Sally Kirkland), whose life crumbles when Ed becomes famous.

Cast: James Franco, Zoey Deutch, Bryan Cranston, Keegan - Michael Key, Adam DeVine, Megan Mullally Director: John Hamburg Release Date: Dec. 25 What it's about: A father (Cranston) meets his daughter's wealthy and eccentric boyfriend (Franco) and immediately dislikes him — and resists all of Franco's attempts to win him over.

Nat is an eccentric character on the written page (he plans his journey west based around IHOPs he and Flynn can hit up for free «birthday» breakfasts), so Walken's casting in some ways might seem kind of yawningly uninspired — a bit too on - the - nose.

Mother, Jugs & Speed is one of many seriocomic work - related movies to come out in the mid-70s, not too dissimilar to Car Wash and FM, with an ensemble cast of eccentric characters, sporting a hip (for the time) soundtrack and a marriage of fun with drama at the end.

Rat Race is similar, bringing together a cast of eccentric characters and hoping their interactions will make for some hilarious moments, but the film fails miserably in this regard.

All of the hallmarks are there, the soundtrack, the young cast of virtual unknowns paired with established, but not too ostentatiously famous, quirky character actors, the eccentric outcast at its center.

The town has an assorted cast of characters — small - town eccentrics of various stripes — many of whom become possible suspects, played by actors including Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Isaach De Bankolé, Orla O'Rourke and the seemingly immortal American character actor M. Emmet Walsh.

He's paired with Brit Daniel Matmor, playing the eccentric with a copy of Frazier's The Golden Bough who figures out that Stanley Steamer is Satan in cast - iron clothing and so decides that what the two really need to do is perform an exorcism.

Though the actor has earned some criticism lately for his habit of playing eccentric oddballs, he seems to be having a lot of fun here, as does the rest of the cast, especially Paul Bettany as Mordecai's butler / muscle.

As evidenced by the trailer, Logan Lucky retains the comic vibe of the Ocean's series, as well as the all - star cast: In addition to Tatum and Driver, the film also features Hilary Swank, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterston, Seth McFarlane, Riley Keough, Sebastian Stan and Daniel Craig, who plays an eccentric explosives expert named Joe Bang.

Gringo has an ensemble cast of eccentric characters but director Nash Edgerton (working from a story by Intolerable Cruelty co-writer Matthew Stone) is unsuccessful at bringing out the true zaniness within them that is begging to be unleashed.

With its large cast of eccentrics and their ever - shifting relationships, The Rocks feels a bit like the literary equivalent of a good Netflix binge: a guilty pleasure well - crafted enough that you don't actually have to feel guilty about it.

Interspersed throughout is a full cast of eccentric individuals that provide most of the book's comic relief.

This improbable duo concocts an ingenious plan to get the town talking about the day Mahony's mother disappeared and are aided and abetted by a cast of eccentric characters, both living and dead.

It is about a quirky and eccentric boy, who is impossible not to love, and the unlikely cast of characters who give him the strength to stand up to a demonic power.

Complete with her signature cast of eccentric characters, absurd situations, and heartfelt moments, Polly Horvath writes an on - the - road epic like no other!