Sentences with phrase «maligned figures»

Kill the Messenger tells the story of Gary Webb (played by Jeremy Renner), one of the most maligned figures in investigative journalism.

It's bitchy, compulsive Nic who holds the center together, and if The Kids Are All Right can be said to have a gay sensibility at all, it lies in the film's rousing defense of one of the most maligned figures in American cinema — the strong mother.

This is a lancing of the boil — Oakeshott has long been a malign figure in the party, pursuing his own malicious agenda, rather than do anything for the benefit of the party.

By actively distancing himself from non-representational painting while still employing gestural techniques, the artist was able to bring a newly critical eye to the long - maligned figure painting.

Not exact matches

Anyone acquainted with political life, even merely as observer, knows how viciously a public figure may be maligned by his own words lifted out of context.

-- The Jets have figured out a way to get their much maligned linebackers making plays again.

Cuomo did not, however, follow Schneiderman's lead in suspending the current — and much - maligned — purge policy, which he has implemented across executive agencies, while he and other officials try to figure out a better way to address the retention issue.

This cheeky, hilarious biopic, written by Steve Rogers («Hope Floats») and directed by Craig Gillespie («Lars and the Real Girl»), seeks to redeem an unfairly maligned woman, an almost superhuman athlete whose low class status kept her from being embraced by the figure - skating community, and who showed strength despite being abused by her mother and husband.

A decade after Slade faked an onstage assassination in a much - maligned publicity stunt, journalist Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) is tasked with figuring out what happened to the former star.

The first Deadpool movie poked fun at that oft - maligned iteration of the character by way of an action figure, only for Deadpool 2 to take the gag a step further and violently eliminate the 2009 version of the character from canon by way of execution.

Official Natural Resources Canada figures are not yet available, but Thomas Tetzlaff, Volkswagen Canada's public relations manager, expects the new TDI to match the previous version's official ratings despite NRCan's move to a new, tighter five - cycle testing regime rather than the previous, and much maligned, two - cycle system.

With all of the go - fast goodies of the mighty Z06, but without the much - maligned supercharger, the Grand Sport is a track day «Vette for the true enthusiast, one who is less concerned about horsepower figures than cheap, unrelenting performance.

The works carry a dominant theme of figures; especially women with complicated histories who have been maligned by history, such as Marilyn Monroe and St. Theresa in Ecstasy.

A dominant theme in this group of works is the depiction of figures, and especially of women, who have been maligned by history.

They're probably wondering what they would do if they were deliberately maligned, and trying to figure out who is the best» reputation management lawyer» they know, if any.