Sentences with phrase «for sociopathic»

We reward sociopaths for their sociopathic behaviour, that's hardly an incentive for them to change, but to make matters worse this kind of vain, arrogant, triumphalist behaviour is portrayed as something to be emulated and celebrated so it radiates out and into the rest of the society.

Grand Theft Auto 3 is a lot more than just an outlet for your sociopathic impulses.

Yet it generates surprising sympathy for its sociopathic protagonist [and] makes some shrewd points about pain, loss and urban violence.

You may want to see a psychiatrist for your sociopathic and sadistic tendencies.

If ever there was a political movement exclusively for sociopathic idiots with delusions of grandeur, the tea party would certainly be it.

Not exact matches

Since atheism per se takes no stand on the killing of innocent people, when an sociopathic atheist is responsible for the deaths of people, be it one person or a million, it does not represent any kind of inconsistency with his status as an atheist.

Seems to me that if a framework of questionable theology ripe for exploitation didn't already exist, the sociopathic bully with religious leanings will create his or her own — which is how cults are born.

Just as an FYI — I tend to say «someone displays sociopathic tendencies» rather than calling them a sociopath outright because one can get sued for libel / slander for making a mental health diagnosis if one is not a trained professional.

They'll learn empathy and compassion for others and all of their seemingly sociopathic tendencies will be a thing of the past.

A kind of sociopathic «Sex and the City» for men that substitutes football for shoes and dope for cosmos.

Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci - fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral.

The non-Rhode Island portion of the film that introduces a sociopathic albino, a profoundly implausible love story and subplot involving a country club (that's not «sub» enough) is wrought with pleas for laughter.

So the subject matter is ripe for a dramatic and politically charged feature film that delves into the very core of some of the human species» unforgivable and sociopathic reasons behind starvation.

Here's a Halloween pick for you: a macabre musical about a sociopathic barber (Johnny Depp) with flashing razors and a demented cook (Helena Bonham Carter) who hides the evidence of his murders into meat pies, directed by Tim Burton, the dark fantastist of American cinema, as both threepenny opera and Grand Guignol.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (R for rape, torture, brutal violence, profanity, frontal nudity and graphic sexuality) David Fincher directs the English - language version of the Swedish thriller based on the first installment of the Stieg Larsson trilogy about the effort of a disgraced journalist (Daniel Craig) to restore his name by solving a decades - old missing person case with the help of a sociopathic computer hacker (Rooney Mara).

She might be a sociopathic CEO with a penchant for literally grinding her underlings into raw meat when they disappoint her and a «50s nostalgic streak, but at least her intentions are out in the open.

Madden's film more interestingly swims in the ambiguity of whether such near - sociopathic means are acceptable for the sake of a greater good.

You had to endure this man's sociopathic behavior for years.

BBC and PBS have finally announced the air date for the highly anticipated «Sherlock» special that transplants our favorite sociopathic sleuth and his sidekick to the Victorian era.

Colin Farrell, sporting a «dad bod» and soup - strainer moustache recalling Joaquin Phoenix in Her (decidedly a blueprint for contemporary renditions of dystopia), finds himself caught in this detention system after being left by his wife, and after an unfruitful dalliance with a sociopathic fellow inmate, escapes into the woods and joins a group of militantly celibate rebel fighters led by Léa Seydoux (who bans sexual relations within their ranks), but — oh the irony!

That particular young lady (Olivia Crocicchia) is busy auditioning for Reality Shows while her sociopathic Stage Mom (Judy Greer) shoots dirty pictures of her kid for an icky jailbait website.

Swearing, screwing, stealing, slandering, shooting, sabotaging and sleaziness are merely the beginning; if an act — be it coercing a victim into providing a sexual favour, or framing a friend for harassment — crosses the boundaries into the realm of sociopathic behaviour, it likely forms part of the narrative.

Olivia Cooke plays the numb and sociopathic Amanda, newly rejecting all of the feelings she's previously performed for the sake of normality as she awaits trial for animal cruelty.

American Psycho, The Rules of Attraction and Less Than Zero were all pretty faithful, quality adaptations that kept Ellis's sensational penchant for drugs, kinky sex and sociopathic detachment intact.

Not that we totally identify with our deadpan sociopathic narrator and main character, but that's precisely what happens to Lou Ford, the clean - cut young deputy sheriff of Central City, Texas, (Casey Affleck, in another masterful performance to rank with his work in «Gone Baby Gone» and «The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford»), a small - town psycho with a taste for compulsive, 1950s pulp sadism (really dirty, dangerous stuff — let's say S&M without the safe word).

But politically correct disclaimers are no substitute for courage, and it doesn't take long for the film's sunny insouciance to feel a little sociopathic.

These desperate struggles were often met with self - destruction: boxer Midge Kelly dying in the ring in Mark Robson's Champion (1949); sociopathic reporter Chuck Tatum collapsing after getting fired for inadvertently murdering one of his subjects in Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951); Vincent van Gogh committing suicide in despair for never being able to achieve his artistic vision in Vincente Minnelli's Lust for Life (1956).

As gangs roam the arid desert landscape, fighting to the death for basic supplies, Max and fellow traveller Furiosa (Charlize Theron) pose an unlikely challenge to the blood - thirsty, sociopathic status quo.

WHAT: The handsome and seductive Nomura (Kazuki Kitamura) is a sociopathic serial killer who preys on the women of Tokyo and posts their grisly deaths online for all to see.

A social misfit like The Comedian would therefore exhibit brutal sociopathic tendencies, mostly because his sense of morality is subverted by the amoral deeds he performs in the line of duty for his country.

Mel Gibson plays a sociopathic thief out for revenge after being double - crossed by his unfaithful wife and partner.

instead of the «BET» channel being utilized for positive, inspirational, educational or meaningful programming — it has mostly broadcast the worst sociopathic, demeaning, undermining junk — promoting gangsterism & exploiting our vulnerable youth with pernicious mind - killing crap.

Actress Margot Robbie, most recently seen as the sociopathic Harley Quinn in Batman - adjacent blockbuster «Suicide Squad,» has signed on as ambassador for Nissan's electric - car division, which produces the best - selling Leaf EV.

New York Times bestselling author Stephen White brings back his popular character, psychologist Alan Gregory, to take on the sociopathic killer from White's first novel — who, many years later, has walked away from a mental hospital, hungry for revenge.

And one, Kimmie — who knows that the convicted murderer was nothing more than a paid scapegoat for his wealthy friends — is living on the streets, furtively plotting her revenge on the band of sociopathic socialites.

Assaulted or killed for saying things those in power didn't want to hear (or just by sociopathic nutcases who were «offended» by what they were saying).

They are the sociopathic organizations responsible for climatic destruction and rampant pollution, including global warming.

Relying on the goodwill of the leaders of industry to do the right thing regarding the environment and other matters has a poor history, as with some individuals the profit motive coincides with sociopathic tendencies, short term thinking and disregard for the well being of anyone outside their immediate inner circle of people.

My hope is that the mythical deities of professional publishing will identify for it infinite opportunities for both rational and irrational disposals, acquisitions and mergers, adding to it the steady flow of occasionally sociopathic senior managers and directors to impose upon it their mark, each after a short time to be removed and replaced by the next, of equally dubious character and effectiveness.

Some infidelity results from a cheating spouse having sociopathic characteristics and / or character pathology, which includes lack of empathy for other people and a self - centered desire to have whatever one wants, without care for those who might be hurt.

People would rather you tell them sweet little lies that they want to hear vs. the harsh truth that they don't want to hear, something like the predatory self - gratification - seeking, unconscionable (thus sociopathic) lothario, who tells every female he meets that he will love her for eternity, except his version of eternity lasts only until he sees his next conquest / mark cross his field of vision.