Sentences with phrase «just as our heroine»

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Plus, the heroine is energetic and self - confident, which may help your child learn something just as valuable as words and sounds.

The stereotypical images of women (passive, weak and faithful, or domineering, demanding and slutty) were redefined as assertive, powerful and in control of their own sexuality.In popular culture this redefinition was evident: Disney heroines changed drastically and powerful media icons like Madonna, or Queen Latifah came to be just like series such as Sex and the City (1998 — 2004), and Girlfriends (2000 — 08).

Emma has been seen used throughout history for several heroines, as a it balances refinement and beauty in just two - syllables.

As our heroine finally couldn't face another field of mud the cute, sexy, socks she wore, just weren't enough to inspire her!!

The weather is pretty mild right now and we can enjoy light cottons, bare legs and pretty lemon sorbet lace dresses — but I still couldn't resist buying an (Oh - so Fendi) coat yesterday in a vintage shop, because A) I», obsessed with jackets and coats, B) it's good to be prepared for city trips and C) I just adore winter fashion and its cosy layers & textures, big coats, and boots, the glamourous dresses, jewel colours... and this year we can expect all of the above in RED, as well as some powerful suiting, gothic and fairy tale heroines and a lot of leather, pleather, and patent — excellent!!

But, maybe that's just the Midwest online dating experience, as that's where our heroine resides with her 7 imaginary cats?

Just as Ana teaches Christian to trust her by showing him how much he needs her — both for sex and for life — Alma, the heroine of Paul Thomas Anderson's «Phantom Thread,» eventually manages to harness her selfish husband Reynolds Woodcock by mechanically making him rely on her for his life.

Lawrence continues to mold Katniss into a convincing strong - willed heroine forced into maturity beyond her years, and not just for her prowess and cunning as an archer.

Whereas Janet Leigh's heroine merely showered at the Bates Motel before meeting her end, Dressed's protagonist Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson, just two years past her four - season stint as the star of NBC's «Police Woman») erotically washes her breasts and privates, both of which are on display, while nearby a shaving man pays her no notice.

Russell's resurrection as a B - movie icon is complete, just as Rose McGowan's elevation into an action heroine proves to be a non-starter.

The sex scenes have the calculated, controlled dynamics of Madonna's best videos, while the remainder of the movie — mostly flaccid courtroom drama involving the heroine's murder trial for using her body as a weapon against a man she's just inherited $ 8 million from, with Dafoe as her defense lawyer — chiefly comes across like daytime TV reruns.

Lynley is another of Preminger's lithe, lovely heroines who finds herself isolated and alienated, a stranger in a culture that feels just slightly off (Noel Coward is particularly unsettling as a landlord with questionable motivations), while devoted brother Dullea supports her through the ordeal.

And as interpreted magnificently by Bel Powley, Minnie Goetz emerges as just another of this year's many feminist heroines: a young woman gradually, through thick and thin, discovering her agency, emotional, sexual and otherwise.

The first film Gerwig has solitarily written and directed (this is not, as many have claimed, her inaugural turn behind the camera; she shares a directorial credit with Joe Swanberg on 2008's Nights And Weekends), Lady Bird arranges an even better entrance for its own irresistible heroine: Squabbling with her combative, witheringly disapproving mother (Laurie Metcalf, granted her best role in ages) while driving around to look at colleges, Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) decides she's had just about enough conversation, opens her passenger - side car door, and rolls out.

Blind for significantly longer — 20 years, brought on by an abusive mother — the feisty heroine of Michael Apted's under - appreciated Blink (1993), Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe), may be more connected to the outside world than Susy and Sarah but her loneliness and alienation from living in perpetual darkness make her existence feel just as contained.

Davies uttered what Austen fans may consider fighting words when he said in a statement, «The characters are so natural and human and easy to identify with and Natasha Rostova just beats Lizzy Bennet as the most lovable heroine in literature.»

Sammo Hung's choreography, with fight scenes shot as cartwheeling flurries of gold, blue, and crimson, is just one of the pleasures in a film that also includes shapeshifting heroines, talking stags, a toppling colossus, cheesy digital compositions, and wacky exchanges («What's a Phantom Bazaar?»

He says the new game aims to «show something that's more high class,» saying he wants players to look at any given heroine and «be impressed with her as a woman, not just as a pin - up.»

Director John Crowley (Boy A) and writer Nick Hornby haven't just fashioned a great adaptation of Colm Tóibín's novel, but a beautiful movie, a sensitively textured re-creation of the look and emotional climate of mid-century America and Ireland, with Ronan, as quietly and vibrantly alive as a silent - screen heroine, at its heart.

Hayley Atwell's steadfast Peggy Carter came to TV alongside Melissa Benoist as a fresh - faced Supergirl, just ahead of Marvel's dark heroine Jessica Jones on Netflix.

In Jackson's compassionate sixth novel, Someone Else's Love Story, her heroine Shandi has to do just that, even as she uncovers some uncomfortable truths about her life and meets the equally wounded, but less resiliant, William.

As we all know, there aren't a whole lot of plus - sized heroines in prime time — especially since ABC just canceled the TV show «Huge,» based on the novel by Sasha Paley.

The issues in this historical romance are very contemporary, such as the heroine's sham of a marriage to a man who is gay but, due to his lineage and social standing in Victorian England, is just as much a victim of society as Tallie is.

In my view, just as movie people are sometimes difficult and unreasonable, audiobook people are the unsung heroes and heroines of adaptation, always polite, always helpful and always willing to bring out the author's vision in the finished product.

This week's featured ebook is aptly billed as a Burton-esque mythology - laced tale, just in time for Halloween, in which its heroine, Sophie, wanders through a hero's quest searching for normalcy, happiness and, above all, love.

But just as an illustration, here's how my 21st - century heroine got herself born.

«In this refreshingly cliché - free serial killer tale, Olshan tries his hand with a female narrator / heroine, whom he handles just as deftly as his sensitive male heroes.»

So, as Zane Grey said of one of his heroines «She'd climb the highest cliffs with just the tip of her fingernails if necessary.»

Within a week or so, Grey has not only insinuated himself into our heroine's life, but admitted to her he has certain «tastes» and, having teased her until she just has to have him, presents her with first a non-disclosure agreement and then a contract that lays out exactly what he can and will do to her as well as her responsibilities to him as his «sub».

Some games are just as playable without the heroine running around in her underwear.

While the titular heroine and all her friends have a whimsical and fun look to them, the stages and backgrounds look just as great.

Undeniably, the single biggest draw of Tomb Raider is its groundbreaking engine that makes it possible to play as a heroine who has more than just a pair of big guns!

That's not all; as Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel is currently on offer as part of the «Big in Japan» Sale on the PlayStation Store, with the PlayStation 4 version currently available for just # 8.99 and the PlayStation 3 version currently available for # 7.39!

He says the new game aims to «show something that's more high class,» saying he wants players to look at any given heroine and «be impressed with her as a woman, not just as a pin - up.»

However, this armor is not obtained for just logging in, as players will need to prove their mastery of this mighty heroine before having a full set.