Sentences with phrase «more as the sidekick»

Kate Beckinsale does her best, and certainly achieves more as the sidekick than she did as the lead in the awful Underworld; Richard Roxburgh is very over the top in a boring kinda way; and David Wenham is the only person that manages to make the most out of the very limited script they had.

Not exact matches

Expect another coaching platform from Ruhi and Tasch, as they are preparing to build «Sidekick,» which will provide more finely targeted coaching.

And his new sidekick, Jones, made even more trips to the line, generating an estimated 10.7 foul shots per 40 as a sophomore at Northwest Florida State.

My mom friends and I were willing to buy anything that promised to make our lives easier — to make our babies sleep better, to make nursing more comfortable, to make having a baby as a constant sidekick a little less physically difficult.

As for Dino Melaye, Saraki's unfazed sidekick, in Magu and allied senatorial wars, the beam on his university degrees, real or phantom, clearly shows he is no more, as his adopted name suggests, than grating diAs for Dino Melaye, Saraki's unfazed sidekick, in Magu and allied senatorial wars, the beam on his university degrees, real or phantom, clearly shows he is no more, as his adopted name suggests, than grating dias his adopted name suggests, than grating din.

Gone are the days when ladies more often than not picked more seasoned men as sidekicks.

Their allies include cocky Finnick Odair (Sam Claflin, more charming than the male leads), inventive Beetee (Jeffrey Wright) and his screwy sidekick Wiress (Amanda Plummer, playing weird as only she can), and angry and outspoken Johanna Mason (Jena Malone).

As a supporting actor, Kebbell's somewhat more likable, but the filmmakers fail to elaborate on Agenor past being the goofy, often under - appreciated, sidekick.

I was impressed with Gasoline as he came to understand himself as more than just a wise sidekick for the story of his friend's life, and with Microbe too, as he developed his own self awareness of his anxiety and narcissism.

The comedic banter between him and his sidekick Giordino, which comes off in the books more as a protective surrogate than the drinking buddy, guy - talking second banana type we get from Steve Zahn.

Hiding in a barn out in the desert, he's helped by an unrecognisable Stephen Merchant as Caliban, a sidekick with a name that conjures up all the philosophical portent and themes of nature / nurture that fuse the X-Men mythology with something deeper and more melancholic.

Tracy becomes a fully willing sidekick in late - night escapades, spin class, and various moneymaking ventures, such as Brooke's planned restaurant which will definitely be so much more than just a restaurant.

While it allows Bronson to be a little less serious than the brooding characters he's better known for, the plot is an utter mess and the rescue attempts (there are several) are nothing more than a string of haplessly assembled action pieces that only serve to illustrate what a terrible rescuer Colton is (as is his sidekick of sorts, played by Randy Quaid).

Some of the sidekicks however are a little less interesting and none more so than «Alan Tudyk» as King Candy.

Truth be told we can think of several more suitable names for the role but Howard has said he's after a French actress, and with Tom Hanks» likely casting as Robert Langdon, Delpy might not be such a curious choice to play his brilliant and (rather fortuitiously) beautiful sidekick.

However, while Harris makes for an appropriately smart and menacing adversary, the loss of Rachel McAdams (only briefly seen this time) as Holmes's romantic foil proves to be a more sizeable step backward; while she was not the most comfortable fit in the first film, her chemistry with Downey was promising — which becomes all too painfully clear when neither Downey nor Jude Law (as trusty sidekick Dr. Watson) show much rapport at all with her ostensible replacement, Noomi Rapace as a gypsy who (platonically) joins the duo's mission.

Tonto is not quite the loyal sidekick, drawn to be more of his own man, and one whose deadpan reactions and sarcastic remarks are a new addition by Depp to give a bit of comic nuance the longtime character, though one might slight Depp's performance as another of his many attempts to chew scenery in place of an honest portrayal.

Sam Rockwell is his usual wise - ass sidekick, lending (as always) more than able support and Alison Lohman delivers a spot on portrayal of a naive teenager fascinated by her fathers profession.

As Mordo, an essential supporting player in the Doctor Strange universe, Chiwetel Ejiofor goes through the origin - story paces, marking time until his sidekick becomes more interesting.

Game of Shadows brings back the most important personnel from the first film: director Ritchie, Downey as Holmes, and Jude Law as his loyal and more even - keeled sidekick Doctor John Watson.

It's also irksome that he's cast Omar Sy as Nicolas; it introduces a racial mix into the story, making it more plausibly about modern France, but at the uncomfortable cost of making Nicolas a compliant black sidekick.

The con's good and beautifully handled — it's a shame Edmund Lowe doesn't have more scenes, but Frank McHugh's great as Powell's sidekick — but it confuses the film's effectiveness.

Other standout turns from the more experienced portion of the cast come from Bruce Campbell (the Evil Dead trilogy) as the realistic brutish gym teacher, Dave Foley («NewsRadio», A Bug's Life) as the peppy sidekick teacher Mr. Boy, Lynda Carter («Wonder Woman») as Principal Powers, and Cloris Leachman as the goofy Nurse Spex.

We begin with a more or less contemporary author (Tom Wilkinson), looking back on his visit to the G.B.H., then flash back some decades to the «60s, where that writer as a younger man (Jude Law) talks to the hotel's owner (F. Murray Abraham), who in turns tells a story from 1932, involving the legendary concierge Monsieur Gustave (Ralph Fiennes) and his sidekick «lobby boy» Zero (Tony Revolori).

That movie's lead character, played by Charlie Hunnam, was rendered entirely forgettable by dazzling supporting performances: a career - best Sienna Miller as the explorer's wife and, even more surprising, Robert Pattinson as his eccentric (and occasionally drunk) sidekick Henry Costin.

Additionally, we learn more about the secret history of Dumbledore and Ron has to deal with six years of being perceived as a sidekick, an afterthought and an also - ran.

Wood adds a lively presence as Diesel's sidekick, until he is whisked off - screen for far too long; Leslie is given nothing more to do than show up and, occasionally, emote effectively.

The next version of the Suzuki Sidekick will be larger, more powerful and more refined, the company said during the Tokyo Motor Show.Known in Japan as the Escudo, the next Sidekick's shape is much different from that of its predecessor.The vehicle's front grille and rear quarter window area hint mildly at the Kia Sportage, but the next Sidekick also has strong shoulder lines and a squared - off roof line.The Sidekick, scheduled to arrive in the United States next year, will have ventilated disk brakes all around.

Batman has had a sidekick named Robin for almost as long as he has been around himself: Batman debuted in Detective Comics # 27 in 1939, and Robin came along less than a... [Read more...]

GRAVY TRAIN Once acquired as sidekicks for kids, animal companions are more popular now with empty - nesters, single professionals, and couples who delay having children.

It was one of the first games to feature Luigi as more than just a sidekick.

This pattern of female sidekicks who serve more as gameplay devices, door openers, and ego boosts than as people is a design approach rooted in the idea of games as power fantasy; players get to feel powerful and important, sometimes issuing orders that are obeyed without hesitation or doubt, sometimes being told that they're doing a great job.

The hook is peculiar for a series typically using transformations or sidekicks as a means of adding more layers to the stage formula, perhaps more - so because coins have always served as a simple means of gaining more lives, and the casual nature of Mario games rarely creates an intense incentive for collecting as many as possible.

The subtitle of «Diddy's Kong Quest» is more than just a brilliant pun, as this game took DK's sidekick and put him into the spotlight.

The second member of the party plays as Sparkles the Wizard who's less of an equal partner and much more of a sidekick.

Cortana is really the heart of the Halo franchise, as a digital sidekick that's more human than the humans around her.

Your faithful pup as a sidekick and everything we love about the previous games plus more customization and a great story, this is a definite must grab for under twenty dollars, especially with The Journey out already and Fable 4 coming out next year.

The AI found in devices such as Amazon Echo and Echo Dot is constantly getting smarter thanks to new first - and third - party skills, and in a new interview with Backchannel, Amazon VP of Alexa Rohit Prasad teased some of the ways that Alexa is becoming less like a neat piece of tech and more like a real - life sidekick.