Sentences with phrase «not as a sidekick»

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While the media glommed on to a few snafus — such as T - Mobile's Sidekick service losing subscribers» data when its cloud supplier's backup systems failed — it's not the number of breaches and failures (which is small) but what it says about providers» practices that is worrisome.

Conversation can suffer a slow death because the sidekick you don't know as well isn't as keen on getting to know you.

Grilled vegetables shouldn't be stuck as steak's summertime sidekick.

As for Steve Bould taking over, I'm not sure how much input he has at all, so probably next to none, we need an experienced manager, not a sidekick with all due respect to Bould.

I honestly believe that mentally Toure hasn't recovered from the snub, especially as it was given to his not so friendly sidekick and we have seen the player's performance level and consistency drop.

The LG SideKick not only functions as a secondary washer, but also raises your front - loading washer to a comfortable height and coordinates with the pedestal under your LG dryer.

Ben: And we also, and I don't wan na get waxed too sentimental here but we're also very lucky to have Brock with us and here as our podcast sidekick because you have kind of like an anniversary this week as well Brock right?

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

47 Ronin could have been a landmark of sorts in the advancement of Asian actors in the Hollywood mainstream beyond token and sidekick roles, but when the material they're given is as third - rate and lifeless as this, such gestures toward progress can't help but seem hollow at best.

Silver lining: Ex Machina's Alicia Vikander, whose plucky German car mechanic Gaby Teller joins Furiosa and Ilsa Faust, if to a lesser degree, as heroines in action franchises this year who don't exist simply to operate as eye - candy sidekicks to their male co-stars.

Luke Evans (The Girl on the Train), as Gaston, is blustery enough to play the narcissistic villain, but it's his sidekick LeFou, played by Josh Gad (The Wedding Ringer), who is the real attraction of the duo, comically obsequious but not entirely a fool.

Lee Valmassy has a lot of fun letting loose as the gleefully farcical villain (a mohawked, golden - grilled gangster who only wears jumpsuits), and Art Hsu turns in a scene - stealing performance as the hero's duck - loving sidekick, but while fans of bad movies might appreciate what «The FP» has to offer, it's not exactly the ready - made cult classic that it's so desperately trying to be.

There's even Sauncho Smilax (a bracing Benicio Del Toro) to play Panza to Doc's Private D.Q. (Del Toro doesn't figure as much in the film, but in the book his resemblance to another sidekick he played in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is quite pronounced).

Wilson is best used in small doses, and although that's clearly not the case here (she gets second billing as Dakota Johnson's wild - child sidekick), if the rest of the cast is able to balance out her tiresome, in - your - face antics, «How to Be Single» could be a pretty decent date movie in a month strangely lacking in Valentine's Day fare.

We learned last year that Johnny Depp would play his sidekick Tonto in the film, but we had not had an official announcement as to who might play the Ranger himself.

So, it's not about casting Batman's sidekick as much as it is about casting a fully - established superhero with enough star power to lead his own solo movie (whenever the Nightwing movie happens).

Mark Wahlberg will reprise his role as immature John Bennett, alongside his not - so - cuddly teddy bear sidekick Ted (voiced by Seth), for the eagerly awaited follow - up, reported The Wrap.

Todd is being described as being a «compassionate, sweet, smarter - than - average man with biting wit» who definitely doesn't consider himself just a sidekick to Gently but rather thinks that he is «just flat out better than Dirk at a lot of things.»

Simultaneously, he uses his actors either imagistically or metatextually: the three leads embody their respective roles — hero, girlfriend, sidekick — almost deliberately as archetypes, while Fishburne trades on the gravitas of his past performances to offer a clear - eyed, authoritative counterpart who, perhaps not unlike Morpheus in «The Matrix,» challenges their naive ideas about the world around them.

Like the rest of the town, it's a seemingly ordinary place with secrets lurking beneath the surface, as preppy sidekick Donna (Lara Flynn Boyle) and really - not - a-tough-guy biker James (James Marshall) discover.

Hopefully you won't miss the doctor's sidekick as she doesn't play much of a role.

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.

In addition, Tonto isn't so much a loyal sidekick as he is a grief - stricken comic - relief figure who is deeply skeptical of the abilities of the city - slicker Reid, whom he considers a «half - wit.»

Can't be Jason Statham in the lead, though, he's actually pretty badass, even though he's doing a poor man's Aragorn... Likewise, John Rhys - Davies is clearly cashing a paycheck by playing a watered down Gimli with a touch of Gandalf, but he's okay... Leelee Sobieski and Claire Forlani suck for sure, but at least they're easy on the eyes... Ron Pearlman is wasted in the nothing role of a sidekick who buys it halfway through, but he does what he can with what little he's got to work with... On paper, the idea of Burt Reynolds as the King is priceless, but he's not hilariously bad, he just looks bored and vaguely annoyed throughout...

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.

In particular there is a graceful sequence, wittily scored to piece of classical music where Carter discovers his gravity defying jumping abilities and any film with an adorably ugly monster / puppy sidekick who follows Carter everywhere or the simply adorable Collins as the Princess of Mars is not completely without merit.

Not exactly your best known superhero, The Green Hornet began its life as a radio serial, spinning off into comics and then a short lived 60's TV series with Bruce Lee in the sidekick role.

British funny lady Miranda Hart is a true find for anyone who hasn't seen «Call the Midwife» on PBS as Cooper's well - meaning if clumsy sidekick Nancy who fills in as her earpiece.

Sidekick Jamie Bell also performs well, especially in convincingly having to speak Gaelic, though, as with the lack of contrast in the atmosphere of the film, the duplicitous nature of his character isn't called into question nearly enough for the scenes in the middle of the film where he must pretend to be the master to Tatum's slave to be as effective as is warranted in the script.

French's shtick is strictly to get laughs at his inane behavior, which might be fine for a jovial sidekick, but as the man every woman can only dream about, the suit just doesn't fit, no matter how many times his would - be wife changes it.

I first saw Mark L. Lester's Commando as a young boy and even then I was rather surprised that Arnold Schwarzenegger's eponymous hero, John Matrix, didn't get together with his reluctant sidekick, Cindy (Rae Dawn Chong).

The finished product stars Cress Williams (*) as Black Lightning, and shares some trappings with the other Berlanti shows: a large family presence (including Christine Adams as ex-wife Lynn, and Nafessa Williams and China Anne McClain as daughters Anissa and Jennifer), a cop (Damon Gupton's Inspector Henderson) who's not sure what to make of this superpowered vigilante, a trusty tech support sidekick (James Remar as Peter Gambi, who in the comics is a tailor specializing in making costumes for supervillains), and an archnemesis (Marvin Jones III — aka rapper Krondon — as vicious gangster Tobias Whale).

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.

Excerpted as a flashback in the actual film, it's fun to see in full (who doesn't want to watch Dave Foley functioning as costumed sidekick?)

Scarlett Johansson gets a real chance to shine, as she's not as much a supporting player as a sidekick to Captain America, contrasting his virtuous nature well with he kind of real - world earthiness that makes for a good, balanced team, especially as her combat skills are of a similar vein.

There's a bevy of supporting characters — John Goodman's goateed mobster and Pruitt Taylor Vince as a cop sidekick — who don't have any real weight.

Not only do we get the always enjoyably oily Malcolm McDowell as a vaguely Trump - ish autocrat who runs the race; Manu Bennett as a stoic yet dryly funny bad - ass hero; Marci Miller as his plucky sidekick (of sorts); Folake Olowofoyeku as a maniacal rock star who mows down on her owns fans; Anessa Ramsey as an insane evangelist who does the same to her own flock; Burt Grinstead (wonderfully manic) as a genetically enhanced, sexually confused, super-muscular man - child; and veteran character actor Yancy Butler as the furious leader of several ill - fated race protesters.

It's nice that Tonto isn't relegated to obvious sidekick status as he was in the 1950s TV series, but he might as well be since he is given nothing interesting to do.

I actually think it could have been a fairly decent movie if they'd gotten Seth Rogen to NOT play the hero as an egotistical jackass who was jealous of his sidekick.

Guy is hardly a saint (his motives are not only selfish, but pretty juvenile), but he also isn't as bad as he appears on the surface, as evidenced in the big brother - little brother bond that he forms with Chand's pint - sized sidekick.

Sebastian Stan, who plays Captain America's sidekick - turned - adversary Bucky, spoke to We Got This Covered and gave his thoughts on whether or not he wants to see his character take up the patriotic mantle, as he did in the comics.

You can not forget Enigma Rosso or shake its greasy grooves as Testi and his sidekick, actor Bruno Alessandro, give unconventional investigating practices a whole new meaning.

That shouldn't come as much of a surprise to fans of the comic, but with Rocket and his sidekick Groot, Gunn has created two of the most dynamic CG characters in recent memory.

It's a film released by a major studio that doesn't see a gay character as a joke, a sidekick, or an outsider.

There's some fine interaction between Belle's admirer (when he's not admiring himself) Gaston (Luke Evans) and his sidekick LeFou (Josh Gad, both pictured above); while the animations — Ian McKellen as Cogsworth the clock, Ewan McGregor as Lumière the candelabra and Emma Thompson as teapot Mrs Potts — are often laugh - out - loud funny.

Pitfalls such as far too many villains (there's sort of one physical villain and one business rival, but that's it), going way too dark, being joyless, not progressing the character's journey, overly relying on all of the elements of the first movie without adding anything new, Chris O'Donnell as a sidekick, etc..

By most, Becker is remembered primarily as Jean Renoir's sidekick, not as Jacques Becker.

McCarthy, as she always does, went big all night in the host's chair, whether mocking science deniers (and beating up Jennifer Aniston) in a fake ad for gravity skeptics, yelling at Kimmel's sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez for not dressing up in silly costumes with her as had been supposedly decided, or dutifully greeting her three guests in a succession of said costumes.

There are no half measures in a film that takes as its hero an eloquent monologist in a Guy Fawkes mask (Hugo Weaving), his erstwhile, reluctant sidekick a young woman, Evey (Natalie Portman), transformed through the government - sanctioned abduction of her parents and a period of torture and imprisonment into not an avenging angel, but a voice of reason.