Sentences with phrase «of a loner with»

Simón isn't like most children — along with being HIV positive, he's also a bit of a loner with an affinity for creating imaginary friends — and after meeting a new «friend» named Tomás in a nearby cave, he suddenly disappears.

The fantasy of the loner with a secret is played to the hilt, with no greater thought in the picture's head than to offer opportunities for our hero to be underestimated and unsheathe those Freddy Kruegers.

He is a 19 year - old kid and a bit of a loner with a dream to be a great jazz drummer.

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Highly anticipated by fans of This American Life, Serial and NPR aficionados in general, S - Town begins with an odd loner in Alabama begging NPR to investigate an alleged murder local police are covering up.

James, the philosopher of individuality and private conscious experience was a gregarious and community - oriented personal figure; Royce, the philosopher of community and loyalty was, somewhat like Whitehead, a quiet loner, on one occasion reportedly offering a lecture course with an enrollment of one student, whom he never so much as addressed or personally acknowledged.

Unless he's on the golf course or eating out (he played golf with Jordan before the party), Barack Obama is quite the loner, nestled up in an 8,100 square - foot, $ 12 million estate on the island's North Shore, paying rent in the tens of thousands of dollars a week.

By the way Luther was no loner, but cooperated with a lot of other most gifted theologians.

Works at a company where he is just an extension and likes to think of himself as a Loner where he is in fact just a social reject with friends.

The gunman accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school Wednesday had previously attended the school, where he was known as a «weird kid» and «loner» who was expelled for getting into a fight with his ex-girlfriend's new beau, a current student said.

They are uncomfortable with a child who is more of a loner and needs a lot of solitude.

Suspects in all three categories suffered with mental illness, but evidence showed that a greater percentage of loners — 40 percent, compared to 20 percent for lone wolves and only 3 percent for members of wolf packs — suffered some type of psychological disorder.

Five days later, these loners slept significantly less than their socialized brethren, catching 15 - minute naps during the day compared with roughly hour - long blocks of quiescence for the others.

For this look, I used Julep's Alexandra as the base color, Octopus Party «s Universal Loner as the tip color, and LA Colors's Confetti as the glitter topper, all with one coat of Seche Vite.

I'm wearing three coats of Universal Loner with one coat of Seche Vite top coat.

I'm wearing Gold Leaf Foil over Sally Hansen's Black Out (black), Octopus Party's Universal Loner (red), and Indigo Bananas «s Klein Trink Wasser (blue) with one coat of Gelous.

I'm the loner type so kind of hard to make friends and communicate with others since communicate not really my strong point.

Interracial dating websites are filled with singles and loners from different parts of the world.

Rita and Roddy have a reverse Han Solo / Leia thing going, with Jackman playing the uptight aristocrat needing help from Winslet's roguish loner, who captains a floating bucket of bolts that is more seaworthy than it looks.

The secretive loner, with a sweet - tooth for women, goes by the name of either Jack or Edward (George Clooney), and receives his marching orders from the mysterious

Somerset is a bachelor, an erudite loner who spends his time with books (it is he who understands the significance of the quotation from Milton left by the killer at the first crime scene).

Big Trouble in Little China is a far more enjoyable mash - up of classic Westerns, Saturday - morning serials, and Chinese wu xia than any of the Indiana Jones movies, with Kurt Russell in full bloom as Carpenter's de rigueur hard - drinkin», hard - gamblin», wise - crackin» loner hero — a bowling - alley John Wayne.

The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

But Johnson's view of these ultra-violent loners isn't in any way glorified: These are weak, ruthless men, constantly concerned with the hurt that's inflicted on them, and rarely with the hurt they inflict.

Shoot «Em Up (Unrated) Clive Owen stars in this high - impact adventure about a mysterious loner who teams with a proverbial hooker (Monica Bellucci) with a heart of gold and lactating mammary to protect a stranger's newborn he's just delivered from a gang of hit men led by a bloodthirsty mobster (Paul Giamatti).

He plays Brendan, a brooding teenage loner with the panache of a wisecracking gumshoe (think Humphrey Bogart as a high - school senior), who follows a trail of clues through a drug - fueled criminal underworld while investigating the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

In the most haunting performance of her career, Kyra Sedgwick plays Emily, a beautiful and brilliant loner obsessed with...

A loner with a love of cars, Tripp (Lucas Till) desperately desires adventure that he fears his small oil town can't offer.

Though a loner by nature, Driver can't help falling in love with his beautiful neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a vulnerable young mother dragged into a dangerous underworld by the return of her ex-convict husband Standard (Oscar Isaac).

McDonagh speaks as though in awe of his own ability to make a genuine crowdpleaser, and it's no wonder: Like many McDonagh stories, «Three Billboards» is loaded with bitter, sarcastic loners prone to lashing out rather than talking about their feelings.

Our focus and sympathy lies with a varied group of six students: intelligent drug - dealing 5th year senior Zeke (Josh Hartnett); bullied nerd Casey (Elijah Wood); pretty head cheerleader and newspaper editor Delilah (Jordana Brewster), her boyfriend and the football team's star quarterback, Stan (Shawn Hatosy); «lesbian» loner Stokley (Clea Duvall); and cheery Atlanta transfer Marybeth (Laura Harris).

Lee Pace is «the Pieman» Ned, a life - long loner with the touch of life and death.

We'll start off with a sure thing here — considering that we saw Lamb at last year's SXSW festival and were blown away by Ross Patridge «s tender, tense exploration of two loners coming to terms with their respective places in the world and each other's lives.

The family that's barely even seem to be working with a distant father and a couple of eccentric loner sons who just don't seem to fit in the real world; one is obsessed with «molecules» and the other with blowing things up.

Using sharp reflexes and great powers of observation (that seem to slow his surroundings), this loner with an ear for street injustice is able to settle scores quickly, violently, and definitively.

SYNOPSIS: A mentally unstable loner takes a hefty inheritance and moves west to Venice Beach, California, in search of friends, fame, and an Instagram starlet she's just a little too obsessed with.

Newcomer Elsie Fisher excels with the responsibility that Burnham gives her, becoming immediately heartfelt as a loner in her own world of enthusiastically making inspirational YouTube videos that no one watches.

Disconnect shows us the Boyd's — a family comprised of a workaholic lawyer dad (Jason Bateman always on the blackberry), a teenage daughter (Haley Ramm), a teenage loner son, and a mom (Hope Davis) who has no close bond with any of them.

Having served as assistant director to Jacques Tati on Mon Oncle and appeared in Bresson's Pickpocket, Etaix produced a series of comedies that retain Tati's situational humor and sight gags but move away from his Hulot - specific qualities — instead creating more diverse roles for himself, including a Keaton-esque loner, a rags - to - riches clown, and a married businessman smitten with his secretary.

The English - language debut of Greece's Yorgos Lanthimos (Dogtooth), this absurdist dystopian comedy offers up a near future in which all single people are required to find a partner within 45 days or be transformed into an animal of their choice, with extensions for those who hunt down and tranquilize rogue «loners» who live in the woods and listen to electronic music.

This is the tough, defiant Ford that became the grim, urban tough guy of Gilda and the calloused cowboy loner of numerous westerns in protean form, not even 25 years old but already with a chip on his shoulder and the obstinate attitude of a guy who has taken care of himself for so long he figures he knows it all.

Early in We're the Millers, small - time drug dealer Dave (Jason Sudeikis, Drinking Buddies) sits on the stoop of his apartment building with lanky neighbourhood loner Kenny (Will Poulter, Wild Bill), lamenting the state of his life, when inspiration hits.

He also becomes involved with another bizarre loner, Joni (Odeya Rush, «Curb Your Enthusiasm» TV series), who has a birthmark instead of vegetation and drags giant tree limbs around on her bicycle.

Of the four, Selfie and Guardians Of The Galaxy's Karen Gillan is the least well - known, but she holds her own admirably as a shy loner in the body of a kung - fu fighting Lara Croft type, particularly in the scene where she tries to distract two machine gun - toting guards with her awkward attempts at flirtinOf the four, Selfie and Guardians Of The Galaxy's Karen Gillan is the least well - known, but she holds her own admirably as a shy loner in the body of a kung - fu fighting Lara Croft type, particularly in the scene where she tries to distract two machine gun - toting guards with her awkward attempts at flirtinOf The Galaxy's Karen Gillan is the least well - known, but she holds her own admirably as a shy loner in the body of a kung - fu fighting Lara Croft type, particularly in the scene where she tries to distract two machine gun - toting guards with her awkward attempts at flirtinof a kung - fu fighting Lara Croft type, particularly in the scene where she tries to distract two machine gun - toting guards with her awkward attempts at flirting.

Kara Hayward's Suzy, a book - loving loner with anger issues, and Jared Gilman's Sam, an eccentric orphan out of step with his fellow Khaki Scouts, are two misfit adolescents who instantly recognize the other as a kindred soul and run away together into the wilds of a small New England island.

It was once star Colin Farrell escaped into the woods and lived with the loners that the movie revealed the full swing of its social satire.

The Limits of Control (R for profanity and graphic nudity) Jim Jarmusch directs this surrealistic crime thriller about a mysterious loner (Isaach De Bankolé) with trust issues making his way across Spain to pull off a job.

Kara Hayward's Suzy, a book - loving loner with anger issues, and Jared Gilman's Sam, an eccentric orphan out of step with his fellow Khaki Scouts, are two misfit adolescents who instantly recognize the other as a kindred soul and run away together into the wilds of a New England island.

(In English and Pashtu with subtitles) The Human Centipede 2 (Unrated) Howl - inducing horror sequel revolving around a mentally - disturbed loner (Laurence R. Harvey) who becomes obsessed with replicating the exploits of the diabolical doctor who created a human centipede in the original by sewing his helpless kidnap victims together, one behind the other on their knees, in mouth - to - anus fashion.

Lou similarly is a loner, one with no real idea how to communicate an interest in the opposite sex (he basically hits on Nina with a series of negotiations over margaritas at a Mexican restaurant dinner she has agreed to as a professional courtesy).

The smart script by Aaron Guzikowski also profiles two specific types of loners — Hugh Jackman's grizzled, survivalist father and Gyellenhaal's committed detective with a complicated past, beautifully hinted at but never explained — and how they each react when the worst horrors and evils of life unexpectedly land at their doorstep.