Sentences with phrase «of female lead characters»

Over the years, there have been a few instances of female lead characters (Tomb Raider, Perfect Dark, Life is Strange, Portal) but they are absolutely a minority.

Feted, beloved, and at times «progressive» as it may be, Pixar is not immune to similarly «bloggy» issues regarding political correctness; a debate over the absence of female lead characters in their films began earlier this year and remains a valid and popular talking point.

The identity of the female lead character and romantic interest for Steve Rogers has yet to be announced or revealed, although we know Marvel Studios is looking for one, but the first name on everyone's list is Sharon Carter, a long time love of Steve Rogers from the comics.

As an existing character that we met before inside of the series, it is interesting to see the world through the eyes of this female lead character, especially one that is so unstable.

Not exact matches

With two of the lead characters both being female, it not only passes the Bechdel test with flying colours, but like 2012's brilliant Brave, it also gives girls an on - screen heroine who is taking control of her own destiny.

We know that only about 30.9 percent of named or speaking characters we see on screen are female and even fewer will be lead characters.

Here's one of my biggest pet peeves when it comes to television: female leads becoming pregnant as a means of character development, having the baby, and then never seeing the baby ever again.

On here looking for genuine female friends - leading to a beach and paddling at dawn - im larger than life character - def a book you should not judge by the cover - lots of interesting stories inside - i like going to watch friends rock band — writing - meeting and talking - im self employed - last job was a steeplejack - but fell through a floor - oops i guess best place to start is to talk to me - best description is a giantgentlebear - im looking for someone to talk too any where in the world or outer

He changed the ethnicity of the lead female character in Leonard's novel from the white Jackie Burke to a black Jackie Brown which allowed him to cast Pam Grier and reference her blaxploitation films «Foxy Brown» and «Coffy» as well as, employing the use of Bobby Womack's «Across 110th Street».

Season 1 was unpromising, we were introduced to the archetypes of crime drama characters: Myka Bering the intelligent and skillful female lead, Pete Lattimer the comic relief male lead with a cookie fetish and Artie Nielsen the eccentric manager of the Warehouse 13.

A badass female can be the lead character of an exciting, successful movie series?

There's so much to appreciate in that film — from its portrayal of a kickass female lead character who just so happens to have a physical disability (though is never depicted as being a person who matters less because of it) to its impressive number of real - time stunts and action sequences to its feminist message.

Three of the year's strongest female performances threaten convention, the one that says females are usually cast as supporting, loving, noble characters who give of themselves in the service of the male lead.

Most of the best actress performances this year function as supporting female characters, even when they're leads.

The two leads create a beautiful screen chemistry together that goes beyond character or lusty performance, and speaks to the overarching female experience — which comes down to emotional containment, and the constant expectation of silence.

PREVIOUS EXCLUSIVE: 2oth Century Fox has made test deals with a small group of actresses for the female lead opposite Ryan Reynolds on Deadpool, based on the character he originated in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

As for the rest of the cast, another report has stated that Tessa Thompson, Naomi Scott and Zoe Kravitz are testing for the female lead role — a role that could turn out to be Han Solo's «wife» Sana Starros, a character originally introduced in the Marvel comics.

A pale imitation of the first film that boasts some terrible acting and even worse writing — and that doesn't even include the laughably misogynistic undertones that crop up once Katee Sackhoff's lone female character is introduced — «Riddick» doesn't really progress the overall story any further, leading one to question why another movie was necessary at all.

Plus, the GRAND CARDINAL RULE of Costume Design is to always, always bet on the films that feature a female lead or plenty of female characters, and preferably in a period setting.

UPDATE: Deadline reports today that Daddario has won the female lead role of Summer, a lifeguard and love interest to Zac Efron's character.

But having the year's top - grossing movie led by a female character has become downright commonplace over the past few years: The «Star Wars» prequel spin - off «Rogue One,» starring Felicity Jones the daughter of an Imperial scientist who the Rebel Alliance and leads a team determined to steal the Death Star plans, was the highest grossing film of 2016, according to BoxOfficeMojo.com.

She's part of the 2005 drama «North Country» starring Charlize Theron, and appears in «Alpha Dog» and on the short - lived CW series «Hidden Palms,» which ran for 8 episodes in 2007 with Amber as the lead female character, Greta Matthews.

«It is just a renaissance going on in 2017 and now moving into 2018 where female - led movies and movies with female characters at the centre of the story have moved front and centre in terms of the box office and in terms of critical acclaim.»

Knightley plays the female lead, a neighbor of Carell's character who accompanies him on a romantic road trip to find her.»

This is the only glimpse we get at the personal lives of any of these characters, but it gives us a female leading character and a civilian to whom we are supposed to relate.

And this brings us to the critical backlash to this film: a feeling in some quarters that for all its powerful and compelling female lead, the movie appears obtuse on race and blackness by making it a subsidiary function of the white characters» moral journey.

This light, silly romantic comedy attempts to recall classic screwball comedies, not least, in the admirable feistiness of its lead female character.

Princess Peach is the lead female character of the Mario series.

It's a feeling that for all its powerful and compelling female lead, the movie appears obtuse on the racial issue that it chooses to make part of the characters» moral journey.

«I was particularly looking for something with two great female leads, who are both intelligent, and front and center of the story, and aren't just there to support a male character.

Of course you saw this coming, but Disney's latest animated film is more than deeply watchable fare with a good gender balance in the cast — a wonderful thing in its own right — it's hilariously funny, genuinely moving and its sisterly leads are compelling characters with relatable arcs, whether you're male or female.

It's rare to see strong female characters in a Wall Street - set film, especially those as ambitious and calculating as the trio of leads here.

From Facebook beauty - contests for the character she plays to big New Yorker profiles to a hilarious case of mistaken Twitter identity, we've been talking a lot about Mass Effect 3's female lead Jennifer Hale lately.

Under the jury president, Jane Campion, the best films so far in main competition here have revolved around female characters — complex, imperfect, beautifully drawn these leading roles offer up a counter to the majority of films that get paid attention to here in the US, on the festival and awards circuit leading up to the Oscars.

• OSCAR WINNING ROLES: If by some miracle Bryan Cranston won he'd be the second actor to win for playing a previous Oscar winner (the first being Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator) • GENDER: If by some miracle Eddie Redmayne won it'd be the first leading actor win for a female character though not the first Oscar win for someone playing another gender — that was Linda Hunt as a male photographer in The Year of Living Dangerously (1983) • MULTI-HYPHENATES: Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio have also been nominated outside of acting categories.

It comes as no surprise that Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) is practically the main character — another in the long line of strong female leads written by Whedon.

Whenever onscreen Emily Browning makes for an engaging female lead we can care about, even if the script saddles her character with some of the movie's slowest scenes.

The character of Lara Croft is always straddling this place of being an empowering female lead and an object of the male gaze.

Alisa in Warland, one of ten films nominated for the AWFJ EDA Award for Best Female - Directed Documentary at IDFA 2015, is a film in which the director discovered that she was also the lead character.

The film itself does not rank as one of the studio's greatest, but the female character - driven story gives off a fresh feeling and provides more to look forward to from Pixar (hopefully it won't take them multiple films before getting to another female lead).

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (Angela Robinson, 2017) Possible to analytically compare with Jenkin's grand epic, fellow female filmmaker Angela Robinson's narrative tells the story behind Wonder Woman as a cartoon character and becomes a refreshing and bold story of polyamorous love between the visual and narrative creator of Wonder Woman and his two leading ladies (his wife, and his open - minded female student).

Everything about it promises negligibility, and the promise is kept: a less - than - super star (Coburn), a female lead whose potential has scarcely ever been fully realized (Lee Grant), some character actors who stopped getting — or making — good parts some time ago (Andrews, Hendry), a forgettable British sub-leading man who muffed his one big chance (Jayston — Nicholas of Nicholas and Alexandra), an anonymously pneumatic foreign blonde (Christiane Kruger), an English hack with conspicuously unimaginative pretensions to distinction (Hughes), and above all the tiresomely formulaic genre in which doublecrosses are so taken - for - granted by the audience that no degree of geometric complication can do more than increase the boredom.

For example, the introduction of the two female characters do absolutely nothing for the film and are only there to suit the needs of the two male leads.

With a trailer set to land later today, a batch of character clips have arrived online for upcoming female - led Ocean's 11 spinoff Ocean's 8 featuring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Rihanna, Sarah Paulson, Mindy Kaling, and Awkwafina; check them out here... Sandra Bullock is Debbie Ocean.

Olivia Wilde, who often plays the sexy female side character, was strong as the lead of this movie, embodying loss with every expression.

Ant - Man underscores just how much Marvel has struggled with its women characters (with its female lead, played by Evangeline Lilly, desperately wanting to join the action and being stopped by men at every turn), and its villain is one of the worst in the Marvel canon, which is saying something.

With the US release of Ocean's 8 just a month away, a batch of characters poster have arrived online for the upcoming female - led Ocean's spinoff featuring Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Rihanna, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, and Awkwafina; check them out here... SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Ocean's 8 here The tide has turned and it's a -LSB-...]

The movie diminishes the role of its own female lead, mishandles its characters of color, and gives women and POC no meaningful impact on the final story.

However, despite controversy over accusations of misogyny and subjecting his characters on screen (not to mention the actresses who play them) to his artistic and narrative tyranny, he has helped his female leads deliver remarkable performances.

As a mainstream movie co-written by a woman, with a female lead and mostly featuring other female characters, it is something of a rarity.