Sentences with phrase «gladiators who»

These immense mastiff - types were utilized by the Romans as both war dogs and ferocious gladiators who did battle with other dogs and wild beasts in the arena.

This negates the effort of known APC gladiators who toiled at great risk to their lives and livelihood to ensure the survival of APC and its legacy party survival in Akwa Ibom state.

Out of the individual greed of millions of buyers and sellers, said Dr. Smith, would come a great collective good; for the gladiators who challenged each other on the free market were forced to improve their products, and often lower their prices, in order to defeat their competitors.

In a North African barrack, Manuetus the Provocator, a gladiator who fought with a short, straight sword, made a last vow, promising to «bring Venus the gift of a shield if victorious.»

A hard - charging corporate gladiator who never sees a challenge he can't attack head - on?

Michael Fassbender stars as Quintus Dias, Roman centurion and son of a legendary gladiator who leads a group of soldiers on a raid of a Pict camp to rescue a captured general (Dominic West).

Negga looks like a futuristic gladiator who is embedded at the Golden Globes to extract a radioactive jewel, or something.

As the pure white Bull Terrier became the stylish pet of prominent English gentlemen, there became a popular saying «a handsome gladiator who can not hold his sword and shield ably is soon a dead gladiator.»

Hear from tomb - wall citizens, priests, Gods, and pharaohs as they discuss topics from the genius behind pyramid construction — nice one Brian — to a gladiator who tested positive for mummy dust...» What death do, hasn't involved a little zoom from the tomb, a few pharaoh moans?»

In this game, released November 17, players take on the role of a beginner gladiator who must rise of the ranks of combatants in order to improve their skills, obtain better equipment, and, ultimately survive.

Not exact matches

If in a gladiators ring you are in the middle surrounded by hungry Lions, you can fend them off as a group who are tightly packed together, giving nothing away.

«To those who loved, as I did, the old - time football — the very thud of the ball, the scent of bruised grass, the mighty rush of a hundred men, the swift and cool defense — there is something insufficient in the presence of a whole university sitting and shivering in the chill wind around an arena where a few picked gladiators push and wrestle.»

This is a mini World Cup game to watch between 2 opposing Gladiators and Kaiser Franz Bekenbeure will be in attendance along with Bayern Munich partisan crowd to see who will carry the day.

Daniel Mendoza, the heavyweight champion from the London ghetto, had introduced the art of footwork and some fancy blocking, but the average bare - knuckle pug a century ago was a strong, squat, determined slug of a man who stood his ground like an ancient gladiator, dealing out punishment to the limit of his endurance and taking the full force of his opponent's blows without flinching.

The «Gladiator» star who was promoting his band's tour revealed that the choice of Leeds as the venue for his gig was more of an indulgence on his part as he had always been a Leeds fan.

«As we are here this today, we are happy this is a gathering of gladiators in the political arena mixed with political consultants who have helped shape what politics looks like in some advanced democracies of the world.

After studying Roman artwork, government documents, and fighting manuals, Tuck says gladiators were like modern - day athletes: highly trained, overpaid, well - fed sex symbols who were not expected to die.

A further research project is looking at the migration of gladiators, who often came from different parts of the Roman Empire to Ephesos.

They are searching for qualified, and experienced sports trainers and coaches who want to own an official licensed American Gladiators Fitness FitClub, available soon worldwide.

I always admire you and girls who can pull off these knee - length gladiators too.

Gladiator sandals is a perfect choice for those who love boho chic style outfits.

H&M TREND red dress (in stores this week) H&M gladiator sandals (in stores soon) The only thing better than this red dress is the fact that it comes in white and blue too, so for those of you who find this beauty too striking, there's a little bit simpler option.

For those who do not like the knee - high gladiators, you can opt for more subtle ones which are of ankle length.

Most recently, for the spring 2016 collection, during Paris Fashion Week, the trend has been explored deeper by Kenzo who brought the gladiator sandals to another level with the interesting cuts and unique design.

We see beautiful girl who is wearing sexy spaghetti strap white dress completed with high strappy gladiator sandals.

And your teacher saying gladiator sandals are for girls who parade the street took me back to my days in Catholic school LMBO!!

Inspired and named after the Roman gladiators, who were powerful, gigantic fighters, the gladiator shoes symbolise strength, courage and bravery.

And, in the real world, you don't have to be a gladiator with ripped abs who has to slay a thousand worthy opponents to earn the admiration of his fair damsel.

The movie, which officially opens on February 21, is about a slave turned gladiator finds himself in a race against time to save his true love, who has been betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator.

In the opening scenes we see him leading his forces into battle against the barbarous Germans, who deserve everything they get for cutting off the head of the luckless Roman cavalryman despatched to issue a surrender ultimatum (like most mainstream movies, Gladiator is strong on audience emotion cues to nudge us in the right direction.

Enter Tom Hooper fresh off his 2010 Oscar winning biopic The King's Speech, who, knowing he would need to do more than simply put the stage show on film to find an audience, teamed up with two - time Academy Award nominated screenwriter William Nicholson (Gladiator).

The wounded Maximus collapses and is captured by a passing slave trader, who sells him and a black man named Juba (Djimon Hounsou) to Proximo (Oliver Reed, unfortunately sharing no screen time with fellow hell - raiser Harris) who trains both men as gladiators.

I would definitely recommend it to people who liked Rome or Gladiator or The Tudors I hope its here to stay!

Meanwhile, Mjolnir-less Thor ends up becoming a sort of cosmic gladiator on Sakaar, a faraway planet run by the Grandmaster (Goldblum, Independence Day: Resurgence), who pits him against the fiercest opponent in the galaxy, fellow Avenger, Hulk (Ruffalo, Now You See Me 2).

Could Hanks, who remarkably hasn't been nominated since 2000's Cast Away (a race he ludicrously lost to Gladiator's Russell Crowe), end his drought as he couldn't with acclaimed performances in esteemed films like Captain Phillips and Sully?

In 79 A.D., Milo (Kit Harington), a slave turned gladiator, finds himself in a race against time to save his true love Cassia (Emily Browning), the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant who has been unwillingly betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator.

Thor is forced to participate in the world's gladiator games, which reunites him with Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo), who's been trapped in his Hulk form since last we saw him.

His champion gladiator is, yep, the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), who has been on Sakaar ever since the events of «Avengers: Age of Ultron.»

Pope's team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for their clients, but it becomes apparent that these «gladiators in suits,» who specialize in fixing the lives of other people, have trouble fixing those closest at hand — their own.

While racing back to Asgard to protect it from her, however, Thor and Loki are knocked out of the rainbow tunnel and land on a random junk planet run by a Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum, now at the stage of his career where he starts playing himself) who befriends Loki and forces Thor to be a gladiator.

«Gladiator,» starring Chow Yun - fat Picture pretty much the same movie — about a Roman general who's named Imperial Regent when Marcus Aurelius decides his own son isn't fit to become Emperor.

It's this minor - league intergalactic Caesar who forces Thor to take on his chief gladiator, who just happens to be the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), a fellow Avenger who the God calls «a friend from work.»

There's Korg (Waititi in a motion - capture suit), a creature made of rocks who welcomes Thor to the gladiator pen and speaks in a polite New Zealand accent.

Any curiosity you may have should now be rechanneled to Scott, who, almost brazenly, has pulled off one of the most seamlessly entertaining dares of his career (one that includes such postproduction nightmares as Blade Runner and Gladiator).

Tai Freligh interviews Connie Nielsen... Connie Nielsen is a Danish actress who first gained fame for her portrayal of Princess Lucilla in Gladiator with Russell Crowe back in 2000 and has done extensive movie and television work since then, most recently as Queen Hippolyta in Wonder Woman and as Claire Seth in The Confessions, in -LSB-...]

When Michelle Williams (The Greatest Showman), Plummer (The Man Who Invented Christmas) and Scott received Golden Globe nominations, the troubled film became an awards player, adding to the curiosity of whether or not the engineer minded director behind Gladiator and The Martian could pull off the monumental replacement venture.

Maximus» rebirth as a gladiator is the highlight of the story; to start with, Russell Crowe gives us an excellent performance as a man who's broken down and then rebuilt in a different mold.

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Crowe plays Maximus, a Roman general who becomes a powerful gladiator bent on destroying a treacherous Emperor.

There are many who don't think the movie deserved to take home Best Picture that year, and now they can revel in the jokes made at the movie's expense in the Gladiator Honest Trailer after the jump.