Sentences with phrase «eponymous hero»

The phrase "eponymous hero" refers to a main character in a story or legend whose name also serves as the title of the story or legend. Full definition
It was a Dan — Danny — Daniel who, after all, did some serious damage to the the mighty Rocky Raccoon, eponymous hero of a Paul McCartney composition (a song that contains the lyrics I love: «Her name was McGill and she called herself Lil / But everyone knew her as Nancy»).
Captain Marvel, which will introduce Brie Larson's eponymous hero next year, comes from directorial duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, whose highest - grossing indie film earned less than $ 7 million.
In the film Wonder Woman, a band led by the eponymous hero fight and win a battle at a place called No Man's Land.
The hunt that ensued ended in July 2012, when the Higgs boson was finally detected at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), near Geneva, Switzerland, and it had all the elements of the perfect story: a deep cosmic mystery, an eponymous hero, not to mention a masterful finale that captured the world's imagination.
Our eponymous hero breaks into the least secure bank in Russia having despatched the least capable hitman en route.
Directed by Sara Jordenö and co-written by Twiggy Pucci Garcon, Kiki feels like it's entirely in the hands of its eponymous heroes, the Kiki community — a newer subset of the original ballroom scene made up of LGBTQ youths of color.
Expanding on the world in which the eponymous hero thrives, Stahelski and crew offer up something more than a casual, action - packed sequel to its predecessor.
The picture itself concerns our eponymous hero doing nothing at the centre of history's maelstrom, unlike, say, the passive centre of The Remains of the Day (1993).
Yet, despite his best efforts, and despite the fact that the film does maintain the spirit of what has gone before it, this particular Bourne film struggles without the presence of its eponymous hero.
Meanwhile, in the Spider - Man playset, the eponymous hero and his space policeman pal Nova must stop the Green Goblin's symbiote invasion of a different section of New York.
This weekend, director Joe Johnston («October Sky»), alongside writers, Christopher Marcus and Stephen McFeely, brings the character to the big - screen with Captain America: The First Avenger, which stars Chris Evans (who many believed would become the cause of the film's failure) as the eponymous hero and leader of the super group, The Avengers.
The central cast are all superb: Leonardo DiCaprio is genuinely creepy as brutal slave owner Calvin Candie, Samuel L Jackson gives the performance of his career thus far as his servant Stephen (a deeply unsettling Uncle Tom figure), while Christoph Waltz as kindly bounty hunter Dr King Schultz and Jamie Foxx as the eponymous hero (a slave Schultz frees to become his henchman) make one of modern cinema's great double acts.
Nearly 15 years after the original film — an amusing send - up of blaxploitation films and superhero tropes starring Adam Goldberg as the eponymous hero — bowed at Sundance, and the team behind the be-yarmulked crime fighter is back for another big time fight.
Charlton Heston stars as the eponymous hero, a Roman Jew gets himself punished for something, gets sent to a galley, competes in a vicious chariot race, then meets Jesus on his way to get crucified.
THE curtain - raising moments of «Patrick Melrose» hurl the viewer into the world of their eponymous hero with brisk efficiency.
The stylized visuals incorporating captions and call - outs to pop culture form a stream - of - consciousness battleground for the eponymous hero as twentysomthing Scott (Michael Cera) must battle his new true love's seven evil exes in order to win her heart and stay alive.
It's possible that Luke Cage is Netflix and Marvel's most dynamic show yet — to the point where the eponymous hero was almost the least interesting character they put up there.
Theeb is the debut feature from U.K. born writer - director Naji Abu Nowar, and tells the coming - of - age story of the eponymous hero.
Deadpool, is the first R - rated superhero movie to come along, which is fitting as our eponymous hero breaks the mold as far as superheroes go.
I first saw Mark L. Lester's Commando as a young boy and even then I was rather surprised that Arnold Schwarzenegger's eponymous hero, John Matrix, didn't get together with his reluctant sidekick, Cindy (Rae Dawn Chong).
In order to save his life, his wife Clara (Abbie Cornish) lets OmniCorp, with the chief help of genius Dr. Dennett Norton (Gary Oldman), meld her husband's body with a machine and he becomes the eponymous hero to help clean up the crime - ridden streets of Detroit.
The eponymous hero was forced to defeat her seven evil exes before the pair could date.
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«Danny Collins» and its eponymous hero have two things in common: they really, really, really want you to like them, and they're at their most lovable in those too - rare moments that they cut the crap and get real for a second.
The Quantum Realm was first seen in «Ant - Man» when the eponymous hero, played by Paul Rudd, shrinks himself to a subatomic level to defeat his nemesis, Darren Cross, who has taken on the role of Yellowjacket.
Witnessing the parameters of Ron's romantic life suddenly shifting (Greg Kinnear also comes into the equation as a new partner for Applegate) provides much comic inspiration for the film, as does a dark third - act plot development for our eponymous hero.
Just so everyone feels included, the eponymous hero has a competent multicultural support team and a kick - ass love interest who never needs to be rescued.
In the present day, this sin of the father comes back to haunt both men's children: T'Chaka's son, T'Challa (Chadwick Boseman), the eponymous hero, who's next in line to rule Wakanda, and N'Jobu's offspring, Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), who's out for vengeance and his own chance at sovereignty.
The Time Stone features prominently in Doctor Strange, in which the eponymous hero uses the Eye of Agamotto's power to control time when he defeated the demon Dormammu.
While this may prompt speculation about if Avengers 4 will be a completely separate story featuring the eponymous heroes, it's too soon to tell whether that's the case.
Logan's Run William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson, 1967 Logan's Run follows the eponymous hero who tracks down those in a society with no old people.
Alex de Campi speaks with CBR News about the genesis of her ongoing digital comic, and where the eponymous hero will be headed next.
Roy, the eponymous hero of The Wealthy Barber made DCA seem like magic: «Dollar cost averaging is as close to infallible investing as you can get.
Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl made fairy stories edgy, and the eponymous hero's grand, neglected Fowl Manor could be any of a dozen country houses dotted around the Irish countryside.
Gamers control the game's eponymous hero, a demon hunter who travels to the city of Zagoravia to help its citizens fight off a mysterious demonic infestation.
The eponymous hero is a smart - ass old goblin, as comfortable in the shadows as he is making fun of the player.
The eponymous hero of Shovel Knight was drawn by DeviantArt's hextupleyoodot, AKA Artsy Omni, the guy behind the Rayman «leak,» as part of his Smashified series.
Almost six years since the Cryptic Sea released the game, plush versions of Gish's eponymous hero are now available thanks to Bigshot Toyworks!
Set in the 1930s, Pearl's Peril follows its eponymous hero, an ace pilot whose glamorous social life is cut short when she learns of her father's supposed suicide.
Banished from Earth by an angry goddess, the eponymous hero must return to rescue the girl he loves.
Each title's eponymous hero is animated by a smattering of pixels, not the lush three - dimensional models whose detail rivals that of a Pixar flick.
The most memorable of Epic's output from that time has to be the Jazz Jackrabbit series in which the eponymous hero fights the forces of the evil Devan Shell and his turtle army in order to rescue the lovely Eva Earlong.
A couple of clips showcase the eponymous hero running and leaping off ledges, web - slinging onto vehicles, and in one case blasting through one side of the car door and knocking a bad guy out the other side.
«Flurry» Yates, the eponymous hero of Somerville and Ross's Memoirs of an Irish RM, who managed both to discharge his duties as a resident magistrate in 19th century Ireland, and in so doing demonstrate a deep understanding of the best and worst of human nature, and (intermittently) to keep control of his lunatic Irish setter Maria while out rough shooting snipe and woodcock on the Irish bogs.
Like the eponymous hero himself, it has nothing whatsoever to do with technology, except for typewriters.
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