Sentences with phrase «of damsels in distress»

A mechanic and tow - truck driver, he's used to coming to the aid of damsels in distress, including at the Garage Ministry.

The fact that the dance the Sambola will please fans of Damsels in Distress, Stillman's latest film, as will the rest of it.

Like the first scenario, this also leaves your prospect in the role of damsel in distress or hapless villagers waiting to be saved.

And sometimes us girls, no matter how equal we like to play it during the day, are up for playing the role of Damsel in Distress every now and again.

Looking for answers to the enigmatic puzzle, Gawain traverses the land and encounters many dangerous situations, including jousts, swordfights, and the occasional saving of a damsel in distress.

For me, the only downside in «Vertigo» is that Novak's character is much more of a damsel in distress than a cunning enchantress.

Newcomer Caren Pistorius also delights as a strong female presence in the few scenes she shares, throwing the notion and preconceived stereotypes of a damsel in distress, to the wind.

So, the story of LOST RIVER began to emerge as a dark fairy tale, with the city in the role of the damsel in distress, and similar figures with pieces of a broken dream trying to rebuild.

Butch is simply a bad guy, whilst the female characters, Rebecca Reid (Ruth Wilson) and Red Harrington (Helena Bonham Carter) do nothing more than fulfill the roles of damsel in distress and object of male affection.

Note the way Conan treats her as a servant to be ordered around until she proves herself in battle by killing a pair of enemies (Even the monks in the world of Hyboria seem to train in battle), and then note the way the screenwriters eliminate that hint of strength to further reduce her to a sexual object and the role of damsel in distress in the climactic showdown.

The romantic tension was a nice subplot, and finally a male cop / PI, with integrity enough not to take advantage of the damsel in distress.

For 32 years Peach has been playing the role of damsel in distress, with players constantly reminded that the Princess is in another castle, rather than any location of her own choice.

Rosalina is basically an extension of that philosophy, instead of a damsel in distress (for now at least) she is a stay at home mom raising her babies while the male heroes do all the Galaxy saving.

Well everyone knows that Princess Peach is the classic example of the damsel in distress and needing rescue and it's the same with Zelda.

Like her, we shift daily between the role of damsel in distress, beauty pageant competitor and automated cyborg.

Not exact matches

We may not yet be in negative rates territory in terms of the official Bank Rate, what with it hanging on to 0.25 % like a cinematic damsel in distress clinging on by her fingertips to a cliff edge.

I am weary of watching men getting praise and comment even in threads like this while women are ignored, reduced to damsels - in - distress, or only allowed the job of maternal - type support.

, in METROPOLITAN he is for the «ridiculous» Cha - Cha and most especially the highly - organized dances and rituals of the debutante ball scene, and in his latest, DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, he is for the collegiate damsels prescribing tap and Astaire for depression, and trying to start their own Latin dance crazin METROPOLITAN he is for the «ridiculous» Cha - Cha and most especially the highly - organized dances and rituals of the debutante ball scene, and in his latest, DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, he is for the collegiate damsels prescribing tap and Astaire for depression, and trying to start their own Latin dance crazin his latest, DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, he is for the collegiate damsels prescribing tap and Astaire for depression, and trying to start their own Latin dance crazIN DISTRESS, he is for the collegiate damsels prescribing tap and Astaire for depression, and trying to start their own Latin dance craze.

We can learn a great deal from Greek Mythology or even from the stories of the Hero and the Damsel in distress.

A record one thousand plus produce industry professionals lined up to play the roles of the «Produce Manager,» «Evil Villain,» or «Grocery Shopping Damsel in Distress» from the IPC's current ad campaign - making the IPC's booth one of the most popular at the exposition.

So Big Bird, the character from the Sesame Street children's TV show, became the damsel in distress of the presidential election for about a week.

Here's a dating question that one of our users sent me that I've decided to share with you because I hear it again and again from damsels in distress.

Even the lovely damsels in distress, Pimchanok Leuwisedpaiboon and Supaksorn Chaimongkol, get in on some of the action.

Kidnapping Jane as the Damsel in Distress and unleashing an army of men to take him down.

Back in the olden days of the Tenderloin, the tale of samurai Tito Blind Dick unfolds as he tries to save innocent victims like damsel in distress, Geisha Cherry.

Fans of light puzzles and predictable stories with damsels in distress that turn into the champion by the end will find what they're looking for here.

Damsels in Distress, like its heroines, takes a quiet and earnest sort of pride in its own utterly out - of - place tenor.

Megamind makes a habit of kidnapping her so Metro Man will rescue the damsel, who is in no distress.

Instructions and a demonstration accompany the final credits of his new film, Damsels in Distress.

And in the indie comedy territory, Whit Stillman made a triumphant return with «Damsels In Distress,» while the Duplass Brothers were behind the charming «Jeff Who Lives At Home,» which only missed out on this list by the skin of its teetin the indie comedy territory, Whit Stillman made a triumphant return with «Damsels In Distress,» while the Duplass Brothers were behind the charming «Jeff Who Lives At Home,» which only missed out on this list by the skin of its teetIn Distress,» while the Duplass Brothers were behind the charming «Jeff Who Lives At Home,» which only missed out on this list by the skin of its teeth.

Also in the mix: Stellan Skarsgård as Toby's dastardly boss, Olga Kurylenko as the boss» vampy wife and Joana Ribeiro as a damsel in distress who becomes the focus of Javier's chivalrous intent.

Jones just had two strong performances a couple of months ago in A Monster Calls and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, so seeing her treated as a shallowly defined damsel in distress put me in distress.

Shonzi storyboards and blocks his scenes with homemade miniatures of himself and damsels in distress with figures resembling a Russ Meyer chorus girl.

«The Mummy» is 107 minutes of Tom Cruise running and screaming, Jake Johnson yelling, «I'm gonna die,» Russell Crowe delivering exposition - fueled monologues, and Annabelle Wallis playing damsel - in - distress.

«The Legend of Tarzan» is unnecessarily complex for what amounts to a fairly basic damsel - in - distress adventure movie, and that's due to writers Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer's decision to ground the story in actual history.

With Pierce Brosnan returning to espionage in this moderately budgeted thriller, you can expect great performances from the cast; mayhem controlled and uncontrolled; a damsel in distress who is more than she seems to be, and, of course, monumental betrayal — not necessarily in that order.

Refusing to simply play the damsel in distress, Gabby is a force to be reckoned with all on her own, and she proves to be as vital a part of the team as anyone else.

John Carter (PG - 13 for violence and intense action sequences) Screen adaptation of «A Princess of Mars,» Edgar Rice Burroughs» sci - fi novel about a Civil War Confederate veteran (Taylor Kitsch) who is magically transported to Mars where he rescues a desperate damsel in distress (Lynn Collins) while on the run from a horde of 12 - foot tall green creatures.

Provided you are willing to swallow a silly premise which has the protagonist crisscrossing the country in search of his long - lost nursery mates, the picture proves to be a pleasant enough diversion, not for its examination of astrology but rather on account of the love story which blossoms between gentlemanly Jake and damsel - in - distress Sarah.

One of the Warriors Three gets put on the bench early on simply because there's no room for him, the hints at a love triangle with Thor, Jane and Jaimie Alexander «s Sif continue to be nothing more than that, Idris Elba «s Helmdall gets a big action moment and then vanishes, and Portman is asleep for the whole second act, and reverts to a damsel - in - distress in the third.

Gugino has built a career at the intersection of tough and sexy, and though the film takes it as given that Emma made a poor decision by separating from Our Hero, she ably resists being pigeonholed as a damsel in distress.

It opens on a mock - instructional film on «How to Take a Bath,» shifts to a submarine trapped at the bottom of the sea where a lumberjack (Roy Dupuis) inexplicably appears, shifts to his story of a feral forest adventure and a damsel in distress, who finds herself transported to an exotic nightclub out of an old Hollywood movie, and so on.

Similarly, the meticulous Beyond the Hills, capricious Damsels in Distress, charming Robot and Frank and compelling Sound of My Voice earned attention over predictable genre piece Headshot and erratic remake Maniac.

«Damsels in Distress» takes place at Seven Oaks College, where a clique of three preppy, self - possessed co-eds, Violet (Greta Gerwig), Rose (Megalyn Echikunwoke), and Heather (Carrie MacLemore), walk around campus with the best of do - good intentions.

But its kind of odd that the original damsel in distress hasn't become playable along side the hero and the original antagonist so I think that Pauline should've become playable a LONG time ago and not to mention the fact that there is not enough human representation in the Mario series since there are only 8 main human characters that are playable the babies I don't think they count since they're just baby versions of their adult counterparts and also Pauline still appears in the Mario series just in the Mario vs Donkey Kong series though plus shes one of the only human characters left that haven't become playable yet since the other one is Professor E Gadd

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Well, in the broader scope of things, yes, she is a damsel in distress.

As it stands, closing film «Damsels in Distress» — despite the significant intrigue factor of being American maverick Whit Stillman's first film in 13 years, and starring rising indie princess Greta Gerwig — is unlikely to prove sufficient to lure them, though it's a tasty reward for the rest of us.

Playing a businessman named Samuel in the days of the old West, he decides to travel across the country to reunite with his beloved fiancé Penelope (Mia Wasikowska, who I'll have you know right off the bat is more than just the titular damsel in distress) believing -LSB-...]

There's no honor here, no grandiose dueling in the town square, no damsels in distress needing to be saved: just a number of people having the back of their heads blown to pieces.