Sentences with phrase «of classic villains»

A tense and unnerving psychological journey through the mind of Bruce Wayne, Batman: Arkham Knight is an extremely dark tale full of amazing performances and fantastic interpretations of classic villains.

Here's hoping for a wealth of well - timed wisecracks, a mission that involves scaling the Empire State Building, and a slew of classic villains besides the game's main baddie, Mister Negative.

IBTrav Illustrations released the first in a new collection of limited edition Lost Mysteries two - inch enamel pins this week, featuring «The Spooky Shape of Haddonfield», as Michael Myers is depicted in IBTrav's signature style as one of the classic villains from an animated episode of Scooby - Doo.

Disney has released a new trailer for Maleficent, titled «Legacy,» that combines footage from the 1959 animated classic Sleeping Beauty with this live - action reimagining of the story from the perspective of the classic villain.

Spider - Man: Homecoming's Vulture was a surprisingly sympathetic version of the classic villain.

We know that Starrick is evil because he has the haircut of a modern day douche with the twirling moustache of a classic villain.

In its debut trailer, we saw familiar heroes like Goku, Vegeta and Trunks, as well as plenty of the classic villain Majin Buu.

Not exact matches

Hans Gruber makes for an unlikely business icon, but the villain of the classic 1988 action movie Die Hard (played with gleeful malevolence by the late, great Alan Rickman) had an apt insight into the nature of success.

We have the dalit versions of the classical epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana, in which we find reversal of roles — the heroes of the classics turned into villains and those vilified get reinstated as heroes.

Meredith: CSI, they're all scientists, they're all heroes and Numbers is a classic case, that's mathematicians being heroes, and they're just very few actual villains in television that are scientists; most of them are heroes.

(source, source, source) 7 - 9 This would be a classic case of the wrong witness (essential oils) versus the true villain (plastics) being convicted.

A slick, beautifully photographed, action - packed, international thriller with a number of wonderfully, ludicrously entertaining set pieces, a sprinkling of dry wit, myriad gorgeous women and a classic psycho - villain.

This is the BEST James Bond film ever made as it is full of style, amazing action pieces that really dazzle and entertain, Pierce Brosnan is an excellent Bond (wit, humor, action, style, brutality), Xenia Onatopp is the greatest creation of a villain and Bond girl (because her weapon is Bond» worst nightmare), the villain is truly threatening and played very well by Sean Bean, the title song is awesome and classic Bond, the script for this film is VERY well written and witty, etc..

Despite its distracting overuse of Dutch angle shots, this is a classic film noir crafted beautifully by Reed and Graham Greene (who worked on it by writing his excellent novella), with a fascinating villain, a fabulous post-war Vienna as its location and a perfect choice for a score.

Its a classic cat and mouse chase and as usual the villain instead of just killing the protagonist, plays games with him and makes it possible for him to escape.

The rivalry between the two suitors is of the oldest kind (good vs. evil, hero vs. villain, brother vs. brother), making Justified feel unexpectedly classic and still mercilessly exhilarating, as the pilot alone features three shootouts, one beating, one murder, and an explosion.

Choose from a wide variety of classic TMNT heroes and villains, each with unique acrobatic moves, weapons and combat skills that will come in handy during the free - for - all brawls.

Though the legacy of Raimi's trilogy may have been marred a bit by the tepid reaction to the third installment (although for the record, I actually liked it quite a bit), it still contains some of the best superhero movies to date, especially the well - received sequel featuring Alfred Molina as classic Spidey villain Doc Ock.

Crichton shoots it mainly from the villain's perspective, thereby reducing the classic western brawl — Dr. Larry flies through panes of glass as though they're saloon windows — to crude virtual reality.

What You Need To Know: J.J. Abrams and company are playing it close to the vest again, with the fans desperately attempting to figure out just exactly who the villain will be in the sequel to the surprisingly strong revival of the classic franchise.

Sons of Anarchy star Theo Rossi has signed on to play a classic Marvel villain in Luke Cage, while a Daredevil character is brought in to help.

Under the guidance of Solomon Lane (Sean Harris, who seems to be channeling a classic Bond villain), the Syndicate has committed all manner of terrorist acts in a bid to reshape regions of the world according to their agenda.

A bit more over the top than the recent R - rated animated film, Batman: Gotham Gaslight (reviewed elsewhere on this site) which had a more traditionally cell animated look, Batman Ninja is a visually dazzling and fun film and an interesting take on the classic DC characters which include The Joker, Harley Quinn, Gorilla Grodd, various Batman villains, and members of the Bat Family as well.

To all outward appearances, this is classic Miyazaki stuff, and it hits all of the right notes — a tough, fiercely independent girl, a sly villain, puffy yowling cats, heroes, sacrifice, and big cottony clouds scudding across the deep blue of a summer sky.

by Walter Chaw You mark off certain literary flourishes in Neil LaBute's remake of Robin Hardy's classic The Wicker Man, and then you can't help but note that beneath the pagan matriarchy that is its villain and the hangdog cop (Nicolas Cage) that is its dullard hero, the film is just the auteur's latest unnecessarily reductive gender deconstruction.

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.

From Disney comes «Maleficent» — the untold story of Disney's most iconic villain from the 1959 classic «Sleeping Beauty.»

The classic Marvel villain is one of the most powerful to ever take on heroes and there has been dozens of times he killed superheroes through the years.

Actress Jada Pinkett Smith, who plays gangster Fish Mooney on Fox's Gotham, is excited to explore the origins of classic DC villains.

White Wolf is also the name of a fairly popular and classic villain from the books.

Starring Aja Naomi King as Nat's wife, Armie Hammer as his slave master, and Colman Domingo as his right - hand man in the rebellion, plus supporting turns from Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller, Aunjanue Ellis, Mark Boone Jr., Roger Guenveur Smith, and Gabrielle Union, «Birth» provides no clear villains, instead delivering nuanced portraits of classic arcs.

Though it's sure to be a while before we learn more specific details about the plot of Sony's followup to Spider - Man: Homecoming, the latest bit of casting news suggests that the webhead's about to go up against one of his wildest classic villains.

The studio has reportedly hired «Fifty Shades of Grey» writer Kelly Marcel to tackle the film, starring the villain of the animated classic «101 Dalmatians.»

Played by the great Isaac Hayes, The Duke of New York is cinema's true O.G. villain, inspiring a decade of»90s gansta rap videos featuring hot rides upgraded with The Duke's costume hydrolics, and even sporting a memorable facial twitch reminiscent of the classic Bond villains.

Beneath its comic level is a sound foundation based on innumerable classic Westerns, in which (a) the new man arrives in town, (2) he confronts the local villain, and (3) he faces a test of his heroism.

Nick Naylor, the wily tobacco - industry spokesman at the center of Thank You for Smoking, seems like a villain at first, the kind of guy you love to hate, but he's surrounded by so many tongue - clucking federal schoolmarms that before long he begins to seem more like a classic antihero — the kind of guy you hate to love but love anyway.

A thrilling, emotional sequel to a tricky first installment, Sam Raimi's NYC adventure allows Tobey Maguire to give up the suit for a bit (a classic comedy sequence set to «Raindrops Keep Fallin» on My Head»), while allowing the great Alfred Molina to embody one of the genre's most memorable villains, Doctor Octopus.

Chip «n Dale Rescue Rangers — This classic lets players team up with a friend in co-op play as they assume the roles of the mischievous Chip and Dale as they take on memorable villain Fat Cat and attempt to solve the mystery of a missing kitten.

«Beware the Batman» is a great but short - lived show that was a unique take on the world of Batman because it didn't feature classic villains like The Joker, Penguin, Riddler, etc..

Crimson Peak is an homage to the classic Hammer horrors of the»50s and»60s — heck, Edith's last name is Cushing, a not - so - subtle nod to Hammer Film legend (and, later, Star Wars villain) Peter Cushing — and as such it's meant to be rather broad and arch.

While other modern classics of claustrophobia The Descent (2005) and Don't Breathe (2016) also feature sightless villains, both monster and human, it's more commonly the victim that's impaired.

Sideshow has unveiled a batch of promotional images for Prime 1 Studio's upcoming Doomsday statue based on the monstrous villain's appearance in the classic The Death of Superman comic book story arc.

Amid periodic denials, speculation drifted to classic Trek villains ranging from Gary Mitchell to Charlie Evans to Garth of Izar, but it invariably ended up back with Khan.

007 spends about half of Goldfinger in helpless captivity, for example, but his battles of will and ego against the titular villain were enough to make that film an instant classic.

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968): Director Sergio Leone cast Henry Fonda — stalked by harmonica - playing Charles Bronson — as an icy villain in a classic spaghetti western that reaches operatic levels of drama.

Matthew Goode as Ozymandias, «Watchmen»: In Alan Moore's classic, Adrian Veidt devised a horrible plan in the name of bringing peace to the world, turning him into one of the most compelling comic - book villains ever written.

The perfect combination of cute and scary, these classic horror villains are super sad they're not in your collection yet.

A villain is proffered in childhood boyfriend Bobby Sharp (Jeremy Renner), who, as he's pushed to spill some rancid beans with the classic attack of «you're a homo» (backed with a string of sports analogies from Harrelson's jock character, woefully underutilized in a film taking place in hockey - mad Minnesota), to pass time until it's crystal clear that even though Josie is crying rape on the stand as explanation of her first child's conception, the evil defense team is incapable of making the leap that this is the perfect opportunity to impeach this witness for maybe always crying rape.

Jake Gyllenhaal has been cast as the classic villain, who has a history of making Spidey doubt his own reality.

Rathbone, of course, went on to become one of the screen's best villains with his performances in such classics as «A Tale of Two Cities,» «David Copperfield,» «Captain Blood,» «The Adventures of Robin Hood» and «The Mark of Zorro.»