Sentences with phrase «far as the comic»

As far as any comic - book fans would be satisfied by anything, ever, they'd be hard pressed to deny that the dark spirit of Dredd has been lovingly rekindled.

As far as comic book movie goes, this one deserves to be consider one of the top to have come out.

This falls somewhere in the middle as far as the comic book movies preceding it from this year.

Captain America: The First Avenger ticks all the boxes as far as comic book movies go.

Not exact matches

Perhaps best known for his text on the sociology of religion, The Sacred Canopy, Berger has also shown a keen interest in issues of development and public policy and in the nature of religious belief in the modern world, as evident in A Far Glory: The Question of Faith in an Age of Credulity (1992) and in his most recent book, Redeeming Laughter: The Comic Dimension of Human Experience.

Children reading the comics should feel encouraged to use their natural inquisitiveness in biology and discover that a further study of plant biology could be very desirable and fun as well as lead to a future career.

The young actors have chemistry together and you have to appreciate how the filmmakers had the good sense of also casting such comic geniuses as Eugene Levy as Jim's dad and Jennifer Coolidge as Stifler's mom, and now the conclusion of the epic trilogy takes the Chris - Guest - company thing one step further by giving the part of Michele's dad to Fred Willard!

The hilarious supporting cast (Patton Oswalt and comic TJ Miller have memorable moments that wound up in the trailer for good reason) falls by the wayside, dies or gets left in Knightley and Carell's dust as they team up and travel farther and farther down the road to what they think will be their individual salvations: he to a high school sweetheart and she to her family in England.

The laughs, as you can imagine, are few and far between — what with that death hanging over the comics, who come off as some of the unhappiest, bitter and jealous people ever.

He proved ridiculously endearing as a grizzled, broken - down, beer - swilling little league coach with a marshmallow heart in The Bad News Bears (1976), and further expressed his comic persona in such comedies as 1993's Dennis the Menace, in which he played the cantankerous Mr. Wilson, and the romantic comedy I.Q. (1994), which cast him as Albert Einstein.Though many of his roles were of the comic variety, Matthau occasionally returned to his dramatic roots with ventures such as the crime thriller Charley Varrick (1973) and The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 (1974).

Given the origin stories of most of these characters — rooted as they are in the deaths of loved ones, often through the heroes» inaction, real or imagined, it's not a far reach to say that superhero comics are trapped in a process of repetition automatism (or «repetition compulsion»).

As Bruce Granit, Karl is far less gracefully antic in taking a pratfall than Kline, but he puts those aforementioned biceps to very comic good use.

As far as locales, RED 2 traverses the globe from the US through Europe to Russia, featuring some fairly nifty animated transitions that evoke the feeling of reading the comic booAs far as locales, RED 2 traverses the globe from the US through Europe to Russia, featuring some fairly nifty animated transitions that evoke the feeling of reading the comic booas locales, RED 2 traverses the globe from the US through Europe to Russia, featuring some fairly nifty animated transitions that evoke the feeling of reading the comic book.

And like Judge's 2006 dystopian comedy (which feels less and far fetched each passing day, as the meme goes), «Downsizing» is rife with witty visual touches and inspired comic premises but never quite comes together as fully successful whole.

After wowing audiences with her comic prowess in last year's EASY A, Emma Stone is set to further cement her status as a future superstar in the upcoming film THE HELP.

But on the whole, Barney Thomson is a far cry from the same blackly comic halls of British cinema as Trainspotting, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Sexy Beast, where this movie so clearly desires to be.

As far back as their comic book days, Marvel heroes have been troubled and unable to find peacAs far back as their comic book days, Marvel heroes have been troubled and unable to find peacas their comic book days, Marvel heroes have been troubled and unable to find peace.

If the Soul Stone is orange in the films as it is in the comics (and orange isn't that far off from gold), it would be more than fitting.

As far as supporting actress, Octavia Spencer will triumph, since nonpareil comic performances like Melissa McCarthy's in Bridesmaids continue to be underappreciated by the AcademAs far as supporting actress, Octavia Spencer will triumph, since nonpareil comic performances like Melissa McCarthy's in Bridesmaids continue to be underappreciated by the Academas supporting actress, Octavia Spencer will triumph, since nonpareil comic performances like Melissa McCarthy's in Bridesmaids continue to be underappreciated by the Academy.

Marvel is the juggernaut thus far in the comic book - to - big screen franchise, but others have come out as well.

He goes as far as integrating snippets of anime, clips stylized like J - POP videos, and an opening credits sequence rife with comic book action bubbles into his scattershot visual melting pot.

So far as the Negative Zone goes, Marvel probably doesn't have the rights to that either, as it was introduced in a Fantastic Four comic.

That's one of the mutant teams he's worked with in the comics — well, as far as Deadpool ever manages to play nice with others — and indeed the studio already has an X-Force movie in development.

And as far as «The Salon,» all I will say is that there's an ongoing joke in the comic - strip version of «The Boondocks» which suggested that the appearance of Vivica A. Fox in any film is a sure sign that it's going to be awful... and, friends, Ms. Fox has the lead role in «The Salon.»

If you're unfamiliar with the comic book source material, the Acolytes are a group of mutant supervillains who subscribe to Magneto's beliefs, even going as far as to worship him as a «mutant messiah».

Life Lessons features a young Steve Buscemi in one of his first big movie roles as performance artist Gregory Stark, who performs comic monologues (written by Buscemi himself) on abandoned subway tracks, falling far short of Dobie's definition of art, which is «you make art because you have to,»cause you got no choice.»

In the comics, she becomes obsessed with T'Challa, going so far as to plot to kill his American girlfriend Monica.

But it's intriguing to see the Four — Miles Teller's Reed Richards, Kate Mara's Sue Storm, Michael B. Jordan's Johnny Storm and Jamie Bell's Ben Grimm — in a close approximation of the comic - book costumes, especially as Trank and co. have been clear that this is a more grounded, gritty and realistic (at least as far as you can go with the super science involved) portrayal.

As for Groot (Vin Diesel, assuming he makes the deal) and Drax The Destroyer (Dave Bautista), Groot can change size in the comic so may well loom that large, but we're pretty sure that Drax is far away rather than small in this picture.

And as far as female - led comic book adaptations are concerned, it's by far the largest opening as the second closest is Paramount's Ghost in the Shell, which debuted with $ 18.6 million earlier this year.

Arkin is used far more effectively as a vital character to the story and dependable comic relief.

While Turtle Power could have segued straight into the hasty sequels, which were subjected to the usual diminishing returns and aren't very well - regarded, it wisely instead chooses to celebrate the impact of the franchise at large, which has far exceeded the three - year lifespan anticipated as a best - case scenario back when Eastman and Laird were developing their comic book series into a toy line (there are even priceless video clips of a meeting at Playmates).

Probably because the intersection of religious fervor and comic book fandom sits about as far away from my own heartstrings as you can get.

Before 2016's Doctor Strange film, we had no idea if Marvel Studios would ever go as far into its sci - fi and comic book concepts as by introducing the theory of the multiverse, of alternate realities and dimensions and parallel universes that are living side - by - side with one another.

That's presumably as far as the Walking Dead references will go since Robert Kirkman is no fan of restaurateurs trading on the name of his popular comic and TV series.

The latter, in particular, has enough comic potential that it would have been nice to see the idea explored further, possibly as a short companion piece a la «Hotel Chevalier.»

After wowing audiences with her comic prowess in last year's EASY A, Emma Stone is set to further cement her status as a future...

Falsk, I don't know if you've ever read any Captain America comics, especially any in the last 10 years but he's about as far away from campy as you can get.

Whereas «Sleepwalk with Me» drew from Birbiglia's experiences as a stand - up comic, «Don't Think Twice» finds him reaching even further back into his career to produce this brutally honest look at chasing your dreams and learning to accept the failure that comes with it.

He looks comically bad (not comic as in comic book, you get it) and his lines only drag the character further down the shithole.

Turns out being a good director with a good script is far better than whether or not Butt Plug Man has the right dildo attached to his forehead, or if they used the same origin story for Captain Fuck - all as they did in issue # 12 of the Dan * makes a fart noise * comic run.

Closer to pics like «The Hit» and «Miller's Crossing» than to McDonagh's bristling, funny plays, this half - comic, half - serious account of two Irish hitmen who are sent to the titular Belgian burg to cool their heels after a job is moderately fair as a nutty character study, but overly far - fetched once the action kicks in.

The Wakandan throne is, as far as we can tell from the film, a classic hereditary monarchy with a few comic book twists: Certain citizens can challenge the king to single combat and potentially win the throne.

By the way, as far as we can tell Caruso is still attached to a movie version of the excellent Y: The Last Man comic book series.

There's always 50 conversations for every comic book movie that gets made and as far as I know this is something that is very much just at conversation stage...»

Comic book movies continue to be big business — according to the website Box Office Mojo, the three highest - grossing movies of 2014 so far are «Guardians of the Galaxy,» which is based on Marvel characters, «Captain America: The Winter Soldier,» which tells the story of the Marvel superhero, and «The Lego Movie,» which featured comic book characters such as BaComic book movies continue to be big business — according to the website Box Office Mojo, the three highest - grossing movies of 2014 so far are «Guardians of the Galaxy,» which is based on Marvel characters, «Captain America: The Winter Soldier,» which tells the story of the Marvel superhero, and «The Lego Movie,» which featured comic book characters such as Bacomic book characters such as Batman.

A few years ago, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane revealed that he was developing a new animated series based upon his comic book character, even going so far as to unveil some early concept art for the potential show.

It seems that this is not the case as Harada clarified during a panel at the San Diego Comic Con, he further explained that the game is «proceeding» and is «still in development».

This piece also further explores Thor's comic book origins and classic arcs through interviews with some of the most important comic creators, such as Walt Simonson and Jack Kirby.

We didn't want to play into any of the stereotypes found in the comic books, some of which go back as far as 50 years or more.