Sentences with phrase «mysterious role in»

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And so in Christianity we again come upon that mysterious law of additivity and social heredity which in every field governs the processes of Life; while at the same time the fundamental role of education is again manifest, as the human instrument of divine instruction.

The parent's role in bullying prevention becomes a lot less mysterious if you understand it as an outcome of basic, healthy parenting.

The British data - mining firm Cambridge Analytica has gone from mysterious genius to potential defendant as details emerge about its role in Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign.

The prevailing idea was called special creation: that every species was created by a supernatural power and put in place on the earth for a specified role in a specified time by a completely mysterious process.

The mysterious remote triggering of quakes may have also played a role in events in Chile in 2014, and Japan in 2011.

Data show that tiny vibrations play a key role in how these mysterious materials carry electricity without resistance

But dopamine's role in allowing organisms to avoid negative events has remained mysterious.

«Mysterious» non-protein-coding RNAs play important roles in gene expression: Study describes how enhancer RNAs are key to gene expression, possibly cancer mutations.»

The role of lightning in the production of gamma rays and antimatter is still unclear, but the new discovery might help physicists better understand the mysterious TGF's.

50 years later, these information - processing dendrites are still thought to play a role in memory, but the intricacies remain mysterious.

Could the mysterious disease that plagued comedian Bernie Mac for 25 years have played a role in his death?

Since then he has used advanced imaging to perform autopsies on the long - dead and has played a key role in investigating the mysterious deaths of famous mummies, from King Tut to Ötzi the Iceman.

The later, nastier strains also had mutations that disabled a mysterious SARS gene called Orf 8, suggesting that it too played an important role in infection.

Research in the wake of Colony Collapse Disorder, a mysterious malady afflicting (primarily commercial) honey bees, suggests that pests, pathogens and pesticides all play a role.

Known as much for its complexity as its vital role in regulating cellular and organismal growth, the mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) pathway has seemingly been acting in mysterious ways.

During the course of the struggle, Batman learns the truth about his own mysterious past, and the role played by the Joker in shaping his life when he was a boy.

Carla Gugino, such a memorable presence in such films as «Sin City,» goes full on in a domestic role as divorced Mom who may move to Africa (she has received a mysterious «grant»).

Among Ivins» more notable roles were the copy editor in Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), the assistant home secretary in Charlie Chan in London, and the mysterious but ultimately benign Crenshaw in the serial Devil Dogs of the Air (1937).

A mysterious stranger (Alan Cumming, in this role and many others) comes to lecture the kind parents one night in 1936 about the evils of the drug, marijuana.

It's basically a filmed play, and the drama itself is problematic (Tennessee Williams - lite), but oh what performances are given by Cher (in her first great screen role) as the no - nonsense waitress Sissy, Sandy Dennis as the delusional Mona and Karen Black as the mysterious Joanne who arrives halfway through the film and upends the lives of the women who used to know her as Joe.

The player's role is to complete various missions, strengthen his relationships with the other warriors in the village and eventually start battling the largest of the Oni to banish them back to their dimension (a mysterious demi - plane that stands between space and time) and free the souls of the heroes they've trapped.

Like Strong, the roles the fellas will play in the film remain rather mysterious, with one exception.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, at 9 / 8c — CHANNEL ZERO: CANDLE COVE Syfy Original Anthology Series — CANDLE COVE centers on one man's obsessive recollections of a mysterious children's television program from the 1980s and his ever - growing suspicions about the role it might have played in a series of nightmarish and deadly events.

While Hollywood has a history of portraying the American hero as the victim of suffering and torture due to his mysterious superiority (Clint Eastwood's Western heroes come immediately to mind), the past three decades of war and growing social crisis, and accompanying ideological confusion and disorientation, have played at least an indirect role in the increasing number of movies based on the same theme.

A Vaudevillian known primarily for his button - down work in stuff like Dodsworth and Yankee Doodle Dandy, Walter had the role written for him by his son (mysterious B. Traven, the author of the source novel, reportedly envisioned someone older), with the caveat that he had to perform it sans teeth.

Set in a parallel universe called «The Void,» players take on the role of Will, a pilot dropped into incredible circumstances within the mysterious Void.

In «Afterglow,» only her third role in the 1990s, Alan Rudolph has given her the sort of character she knows inside out: bemused, sad, needful, mysteriouIn «Afterglow,» only her third role in the 1990s, Alan Rudolph has given her the sort of character she knows inside out: bemused, sad, needful, mysteriouin the 1990s, Alan Rudolph has given her the sort of character she knows inside out: bemused, sad, needful, mysterious.

The rest of the main cast from Laura Dern's steely performance as Renata Klein to Shailene Woodley's mysterious Jane Chapman and Zoe Kravitz's ethereal Bonnie Carlson seemed so well cast and well acted in a way that depicts both that the actresses were well - cast in their roles and that they seemed really enjoy the material that they were given.

Renamed PEREGRINE»S HOME FOR PECULIARS, and with a screenplay by Jane Goldman, it stars Dame Judi Dench, Samuel L. Jackson, Asa Butterfield, Terence Stamp, Rupert Everett, Ella Wahlestedt, Chris O'Dowd with Eva Green in the lead role, the film follows teenager Jacob, who follows clues that take him to a mysterious island, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children.

Kinnear's character has yet to be given a name but he's said to play mysterious character of haunting intensity and, in a new version of Mary Shelley's inspired and obsessed genius, Treadaway will take on the role of Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

Johnson, who has successfully transitioned into the world of movies (leaving his wrestling career behind him until his inevitable return), has adequately proven his acting ability in quirky, family friendly roles like «Tooth Fairy» and «Journey 2: The Mysterious Island» and shown he can bust heads alongside the best of them in films like «Pain & Gain» and «Furious 7.»

The only actor who is allowed to dig into his role is Nicholas Hoult («About a Boy», «Warm Bodies «-RRB-, who regains his feelings from a mysterious disease and falls in love with Stewart.

Featuring an impressive ensemble of women in supporting roles including Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Liana Liberato, Eline Powell, Morgan Saylor, Maddie Hasson, and Ashley Bell, Betts» provides an intimate look at this mysterious world of devotion and sacrifice.

Benicio Del Toro is surprisingly poor in the lead role of Lawrence, an American who returns to England to his father's grand estate in 19th century Blackmoor, after his brother has been mysteriously clawed to death by a mysterious beast.

Allowing that he can be choosy in deciding on roles, Phoenix, a three - time Oscar nominee, admitted his impulses often remain mysterious even to himself.

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That's not all though, Nicky Katt — who is no stranger to working with Soderbergh either after being in «Full Frontal» and «The Limey» — will be taking on the mysterious role of Mr. Y. Production is ramping up for this summer with HBO Films backing the project.

Their role in this film remains mysterious, but I believe that's part of the intrigue.

Vibranium looms so large in Wakanda, infusing every aspect of its society, and playing a big role in the events of the movie (think how important the heart - shaped herb is, or T'Challa's Shuri - designed vibranium suit) that to introduce another mysterious element might've distracted from vibranium's importance.

Official Synopsis: As the strict Game Master of a fantasy role - playing game, Scott (Sam Eidson) leads his friends in a weekly quest through mysterious lands from the safety of his grandmother's kitchen.

Centering on a family of four with a history of mental illness and mysterious rituals, the movie's increasingly unhinged mayhem is grounded by Collette's tour - de-force performance, in the role of a visual artist (and less - than - perfect mother) whose work consists of miniature dollhouses that plumb her own nightmarish autobiography.

In one of his first Hollywood roles, Noah Taylor also makes an impression as a mysterious, lurking tech support figure.

Also look out for an early role for Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliot as the mysterious moustachioed stranger and John Turturro in arguably the funniest scene in the film as a child - molesting bowling ace.

Tomb Raider (PG - 13 for violence and some profanity) Alicia Vikander assumes the title role in this reboot of the action franchise which finds the acrobatic archaeologist embarking on a perilous journey in search of her explorer father (Dominic West) who went missing on a mysterious island off the coast of Japan.

After moving to Los Angeles, Tommy decides to fund his own movie from his mysterious fortune, with himself in the lead role opposite Greg.

There have been whispers of a live action «Black Panther» adaptation since the 90s, and now it's finally on its way with Chadwick Boseman in the lead role of T'Challa the leader of the fictitious and mysterious African nation Wakanda.

Fetching as the Cockney flower girl and incandescent as the mysterious belle of the ball, Hepburn snagged the coveted film role Julie Andrews played on Broadway in My Fair Lady.

The film premiered at Cannes to a warm reception thanks to its charactorially complex and mysterious tale of an aging actress and her personal assistant which coaxed a pair of stunning performances out of Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart in the leading roles.

Gulliver's Travels (12/22) Overhaul of the Jonathan Swift classic, set in the present, stars Jack Black in the title role as an aspiring travel writer sent on his first assignment to investigate the Bermuda Triangle who ends up on the mysterious island of Lilliput where he towers over its tiny inhabitants.

Paul Reubens of course reprises his role as Pee - wee, who's content with is life in Fairville until a fateful meeting with a mysterious stranger («True Blood's» Joe Manganiello) inspires him to take his very first holiday.