Sentences with phrase «for younger protagonists»

Charley develops a bond with the ailing horse Lean on Pete that seems to represent at last a measure of stability for the young protagonist.

Unfortunately for the young protagonist, the school at night is a dangerous place to be, full of ghosts, a murderous janitor, weird puzzles, and worst of all, schoolmates who are also in danger.

Not exact matches

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle — I loved this book as a teen — Meg Murray is an excellent protagonist for young girls to know.

And the loveliest of characters is the bold and disarmingly beautiful Betka, for whom our young protagonist falls.

Similarly, «playing God» pairs with the young gay protagonist of the video sitting in a pew with his mother, the same mother who harasses him until he shuts the door in her face at «paraphrase a book written thirty - five - hundred years ago,» and who aggressively makes the sign of the cross (to the lyric «preach hate») before storming out («holy water... poisoned») when her son brings his soon - to - be spouse home for dinner.

The story is told without text, making it ideal for pre-reading children, and was a trailblazer for its depiction of a young African - American child as the protagonist.

Like «American Honey» (2016), from another key British filmmaker, Andrea Arnold, «Lean on Pete» uses its young protagonist as a kind of search engine, looking for answers to his own fate and to the inequities at the heart of our nation.

I think the main point in the film is how the lead protagonist Paul Baumer (like his friends) starts out as a patriotic young German wanting to go off and fight for his country.

The characters are an entertaining group of misfits, of particular note is central protagonist and narrator Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with aspirations of stability, and of happiness in his life, but who is utterly unable to survive without «one more hit», the violent and psychotic Begbie (Robert Carlyle), who refuses to take heroin but makes up for not doing drugs by «doing people» instead, and the childlike Spud (Ewan Bremner), the innocent fool of the group, and the most vulnerable to peer pressure.

The film also deserves credit for giving us a young male protagonist who isn't a completely unlikeable, unpleasant slacker.

Thanks to a young - adult cast that's rarely off - key (except intentionally, in the case of the amusing Liebling), as well as strong direction from Mohan and Ry Russo - Young (Nobody Walks), the series strikes a lively, lighthearted tone, even as it sensitively plumbs its protagonists» longing, loneliness, and desire for acceptance and companionyoung - adult cast that's rarely off - key (except intentionally, in the case of the amusing Liebling), as well as strong direction from Mohan and Ry Russo - Young (Nobody Walks), the series strikes a lively, lighthearted tone, even as it sensitively plumbs its protagonists» longing, loneliness, and desire for acceptance and companionYoung (Nobody Walks), the series strikes a lively, lighthearted tone, even as it sensitively plumbs its protagonists» longing, loneliness, and desire for acceptance and companionship.

Kyle MacLachlan is protagonist, a young innocent - turned - investigator (good prep for «Twin Peaks».

For much of this movie, the three young protagonists of the saga — Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson)-- exist in suspended animation, camped out on a series of picturesque British heaths as they flee the Death Eaters, minions of Harry's archrival Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).

Once again, our protagonist is Jennifer Hills (Sarah Butler, former Disneyland Belle), a young author looking for a quiet place to write a novel.

Our protagonists for the film are science teacher Elliot Moore (Wahlberg, We Own the Night), his wife Alma (Deschanel, Surf's Up), Elliot's friend Julian (Leguizamo, Ice Age: The Meltdown), and Julian's young daughter, Jess (Sanchez, Crash).

The one beam of light in the darkness is the addition of a new student, a young, energetic fox who immediately takes a shine to the protagonist, giving him a real companion for the first time in his life.

«We are looking forward to sharing Lover For a Day with arthouse crowds, fans of Garrel and French cinema, as well as younger audiences / students who can relate to the two protagonists — especially Esther Garrel's growing fan base given the break - out year she has had, with an impressive performance in Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name in addition to her leading role in Lover For a Day,» commented Kasman.

A breakthrough film for several young Asian performers, the problems with Better Luck Tomorrow begin and end with the passivity of protagonist Ben (Parry Shen), who, when asked to provide the violent plot point that propels the film to its conclusion, breaks out of character so mortally the film never recovers.

In an early scene from Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, the panning camera reveals a framed photograph of a young, smiling blond woman — except, the image is on negative film, which serves as a presumable correlation for disabled protagonist Jeff's (Jimmy Stewart) outlook on women, which is tested in his gaze and projected desire from a lofty apartment window throughout the film.

While the thing most people probably took away from Rockstar's latest trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2 is this shot of a young John Marston (protagonist of the original Red Dead Redemption, for the uninitiated) with his famed facial scars being clearly very recently sewn.

The second feature from writer - director Barry Jenkins (MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY, IFFBoston 2008) follows its young protagonist from childhood to adulthood as he navigates both the dangers of drugs and violence in his depressed Florida neighbourhood, and his complex love for his best frieFOR MELANCHOLY, IFFBoston 2008) follows its young protagonist from childhood to adulthood as he navigates both the dangers of drugs and violence in his depressed Florida neighbourhood, and his complex love for his best friefor his best friend.

At the film's opening, messily - dreadlocked 18 - year - old protagonist Star (Sasha Lane) and two young children are raiding a dumpster for food.

Casting long - time collaborator Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as his young protagonist's divorced parents, and his own daughter, Lorelei, as older sister Samantha, the hunt was on for the child who would play Mason from age six to 18, a pretty immense undertaking.

And we should applaud his move towards telling more stories with female protagonists — he recently said to The Guardian that «the journeys of young women are more moving» — because it means better roles for Carey Mulligan, Reese Witherspoon, and Saoirse Ronan, immensely talented actors who deserve all the opportunities they can get.

The young actors who play Paxton's sons in the flashback portions of the film deserve much of the praise, with Matt O'Leary, in particular, being a sympathetic protagonist as young Fenton, a young boy torn between his love for his father and the moral duty to stop his murderous ambitions.

But that's not the case for Bo (played by rising star Jacob Latimore), the talented young high school protagonist of «Sleight,» who uses the craft of magic as a means of escaping the harsh realities of inner city life.

LMD: Movie audiences naturally want to cheer for the main protagonist, but Oh Young isn't a particularly nice character.

For a brief moment, this may as well be heaven to the film's young protagonists.

Of the younger actors, Michael Angarano makes for a sympathetic protagonist even when his character errs, Mary Elizabeth Winstead aptly plays an upperclassman dream girl, Steven Strait makes his conflicted Warren Peace more than a one - note villain, and Nicholas Braun shows off some fine comedic timing as lightly - glowing Zach.

For the most part, Baubach has aged alongside his protagonists, making While We're Young his clearest take on the mid-life crisis age of Generation X. Much of the conflict of the film comes from the sense that they are somewhat of a lost generation, sandwiched between the can - do hard working Baby Boomer attitude of those who came before (Grodin's character) and the less traditionalist, blunter millennial hipster culture (Driver's character).

Director Tim Miller's Terminator 6 sets a new filming start date, and more casting details arrive for the movie's young protagonist, Dani Ramos.

Oddly, for a gory R - rated thriller, the producers of this film adaptation (Roger Corman is one of them) decide to changed the adult male protagonist from the book into a young teenager, playing quite often as a family film when not in terror mode.

He has portrayed young versions of the protagonists in acclaimed award - winning films Almost Famous and Seabiscuit, held a recurring role on NBC's Emmy - winning sitcom «Will & Grace», and appeared in over two dozen theatrical, direct - to - video, and made - for - television movies.

A film about childhood with a young protagonist for adults is rare today and doesn't seem to have been any more common back then.

This can be seen in the way the protagonist interacts with other young people, and especially in Raya's relationship with bad - girl Michelle (Tracey Armstrong) who also lives for dancing — and drugs.

In addition to the film's Best Picture award, Linklater has won Best Director, and Patricia Arquette has been named Best Supporting Actress for her role as the young protagonist's mother.

Instead of the military (his younger brother and only sibling did become a naval officer), White entered the University of Virginia (UVA), where he majored in English and was aiming at journalism for a career until he discovered an interview of William Faulkner, who had taught at the school, describing Ike McCaslin, protagonist in Go Down, Moses.

The protagonist is a clumsy young inventor on a quest for true love, and the challenges he must face to find it.

Brilliantly observant, Ghost World captures the unthinking cruelty and insecurity of teenagers, but what is most impressive (and distinguishes it from the mocking approach of much of Clowes» work) is its sympathy, evident not only in deep understanding of the young protagonists but also in affinity for the supporting characters — even the parents, when they are glimpsed, are sympathetically depicted.

Just as the sentence takes us into an unexpected world, the rest of the story takes some surprising turns as the young Sugar Mecklin, Nordan's protagonist through his early work, learns more about the nature of chickens than he bargains for and more about his momma and daddy than he ever expected to.

I had to know what the outcome would be for this novel's young female protagonist in a book which tells a story with unique American characters, and some gritty, tense moments.

YA / General Interest: With its young protagonist and ripped - from - the - headlines themes, this will have surefire appeal for teens drawn to cult stories.

An often lighthearted adventure that nevertheless sews the details and expectations of Mirka's world seamlessly into the story, this offers up a protagonist that young readers of every persuasion will root for.

Other trends that will be followed in the coming year will include a more scientific sci - fi, more emphasis on biographies and history for younger readers, more cartoon - based novels like the popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, strong female protagonists and survival / adventure stories, and a greater appreciation for diversity in both the characters and the story lines of these titles.

Although her previous novels are all ostensibly written for adults they all feature young protagonists and, as the reviewer for The Boston Globe comments, Kira - Kira could just as easily be read by a 41 - year - old as a 14 - year - old.

Seeing as we're obsessively comparing everything to Martin (I DO SWEAR THESE CORNFLAKES ARE FIT FOR A KING»S LANDING WEDDING FEAST), then the young age of the book's main protagonists gives the book a YA feel, though clearly aimed at an older audience (I suspect teen fantasy fans will eat this up, though) which, I think, is how both books maintain the sense of pacey adventure and epic scale.

Furthermore, your books feature several gay protagonists — which is still (sadly) somewhat revolutionary in a series that appears to target Young Adult readers — while Windsinger also introduces an asexual character, who suffers shaming and abuse from his father for his «abnormality».

Unlike the first game that featured a female protagonist, in Hacker's Memory you'll be taking the role of Keisuke Amazawa (or whatever name you decide to give to your character), a young student who's looking for the hacker who stole his EDEN identity card.

Higuchi: They are characters that grow by borrowing assistances from people, so we made the setting for them to be a bit younger than legacy protagonists.

Goombas function in the same way as the original as enemies to Mario and Luigi, but now, they play a huge part in the major side story alongside the main Mario Bros. story, Minion Quest: The Search for Bowser, with the protagonist of the story being Captain Goomba, a young, upstart Goomba who leads the charge to rescue Bowser from the hands of Cackletta and Fawful.