Sentences with phrase «one's wicked stepmother»

As wicked stepmothers often do, she decided to clear the way to the throne for her own sons.

Think blended family and it's easy to conjure images of wicked stepmothers and evil stepsiblings.

Cate Blanchett has been signed on to play Cinderella's wicked stepmother in the live action Disney movie for over a year.

Dante Ferretti's color production design and Sandy Powell's wide - ranging costumes (the black - with - green - stripes design on wicked stepmother Lady Tremaine's dress offers an expressive contrast with Cinderella's initial plain pink dress) are so intoxicatingly colorful that every shot has the immersiveness of a dream.

This dynamic is symbolized in the fairy tale when the princess trusts the disguised wicked stepmother and eats the poisoned apple.

They removed overtly adult jokes and turned the «wicked mother» into a «wicked stepmother.»

Just swap out the wicked stepmother and awful stepsisters for a couple of kids, and it's kind of the same story.

Wicked stepmothers would seem to be favored by evolutionary theory.

Cinderella had the wicked stepmother and evil sisters who made her life a living hell; Sleeping Beauty had Maleficent to contend with; Snow White had the wicked queen trying to murder her because of jealousy; Rapunzel had her kidnapper brainwashing her and keeping her captive for her own selfish gain.

I suspect this year will be more of the same, but I shall put on a brave face to celebrate my wonderful mother - in - law and my not - at - all - wicked stepmother.

So there's something to the «wicked stepmother» mythology — as in, your stepmother has wicked taste!

Few literary characters elicit more fear and loathing than the wicked stepmother or the cruel stepfather.

Other notable roles for the actress during the late»90s included her turn as the wicked stepmother in Ever After (1998) and a hilarious portrayal of a football - obsessed, dysfunctional mother in Buffalo» 66.

There's just a wonderful lightness and sweetness to Branagh's Cinderella — Cate Blanchett and Helena Bonham Carter are perfectly cast as the wicked stepmother and fairy godmother, and Branagh manages to use VFX to add sweets to an already frothy confection, instead of letting them take over.

This version of Cinderella features Drew Barrymore in the title role and Angelica Huston as the wicked stepmother.

But she finds shading to the archetypal figure of the wicked stepmother, and the script provides her with a back story to explain the origin of her cruelty.

That's what a wicked stepmother (Helena Bonham Carter) hisses at 16 - year - old Nigel (Freddie Highmore) in Toast, an adaptation of a»60s - set memoir by British food writer Nigel Slater.

Then there's Christine Baranski («The Good Wife») who doesn't have a huge part as Cinderella's wicked stepmother, but she makes each scene punch like she always can.

It revolves around the attempt of a wicked stepmother (Julia Roberts) to become queen by preventing her beautiful stepdaughter (Lily Collins) from ascending to the throne following the disappearance of the King (Sean Bean).

The inspiration for these recent films comes from the earliest feature cartoons created by Walt Disney himself, who in movies like «Dumbo,» with the chaining of Mrs. Jumbo, and «Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,» with its wicked stepmother, tapped into primal fears and desires.

Cinderella's wicked stepmother is set to be played by the exceptionally talented Cate Blanchett.

That essentially is what goes on for the 102 minutes of «The Meddler,» a story whose title might make you think of an adult who acts more like the wicked stepmother or the mother - in - law from hell but which actually describes a woman who, having been widowed, has considerable time on her hands and uses it to pry into her daughter's life and who also meddles, in a good way, in the career of a salesperson at a high tech showroom among other experiences.

My only complaint with Cinderella is due to the writing for Cate Blanchett's wicked stepmother.

Her father, her wicked stepmother Julia (Claire Higgens), and her horny reanimated cannibalistic uncle Frank (Sean Chapman) have all been killed by the Cenobites: a foursome of leather - clad demons that have a predilection for ripping people apart with fishhooks.

The actor will portray the Prince alongside Lily James» title character and Cate Blanchett as the wicked stepmother.

If she gets the role, she'll star alongside Cate Blanchett as Cinderella's wicked stepmother.

It's all there: the kind, forsaken Cinderella (Lily James); the dashing prince (Richard Madden); the wicked stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and her selfish brood (Holliday Grainger, Sophie McShera); even the fairy godmother (Helena Bonham Carter).

Jennifer Coolidge chews scenery as Duff's wicked stepmother, adding some bite to this family - friendly tale — one that's totally perfect for a weekend with the whole family.

We're also told that The Hobbit star Cate Blanchett will remain in the movie as the wicked stepmother, though the production is still looking to find the right fit for its main role.

The climax takes place on the grounds of a rundown play - land inspired by the stories of the Brothers Grimm (where the truth of her origin is revealed), and her primary hunter is a CIA agent named Marissa (Cate Blanchett), who serves as both the wicked stepmother (There's little doubt that had things gone her way, Hanna would be working alongside her in covert operations) and the big, bad wolf (She appears, at one key moment, out of the maw of her archetypical inspiration).

He lives with his father and wicked stepmother, Verity (Claire Forlani), who spends most of her time pursing her lips and flashing dark looks.

Early on, we get a taste of Charlize Theron as the wicked stepmother / evil queen.

She's basically Cinderella without the wicked stepmother and stepsisters.

As an actress, Lily James boasts a relatively scant resume to take on the iconic role of the little orphaned girl forced to serve her wicked stepmother (Cate Blanchett) and despicable stepsisters (Sophie McShera, Holliday Grainger).

Cate Blanchett's wicked stepmother will be at turns wicked, but also witty, and Helena Bonham Carter's Fairy Godmother will be «warm and tender and funny.»

More airtime is given to Johnny Depp's splashy cameo as the wolf, salivating over Red Riding Hood's young flesh, and to Christine Baranski, who goes full Kardashian with the wicked stepmother.

After the death of her father (Jeroen Krabbé), Danielle (nicknamed «Cinderella») is treated as a lowly servant girl by her wicked stepmother Rodmilla (Anjelica Huston, wonderfully bitchy).

And it's not surprising that Cinderella's wicked stepmother (Christine Baranski) and step - sisters (Tammy Blanchard, Lucy Punch) bear a startling resemblance to the Kardashians.

Over the past couple of days we've seen Cinderella posters featuring Cate Blanchett, Holliday Grainger and Sophie McShera's wicked stepmother and stepsisters [see here] and Helena Bonham Carter's Fairy Godmother [see here], and now it's the turn of Lily James» Ella alongside her Prince Charming, played by Richard Madden... The story of «Cinderella» follows the -LSB-...]

It's a message that Ella will need when her father remarries and she's left living in an attic under the watchful eye of her wicked stepmother (a wonderfully scornful Cate Blanchett) and her obnoxious stepsisters (Sophie McShera and Holliday Grainger).

It's all about baddies getting their come - uppance and wicked stepmothers being rolled down the hill.

Is she the classic «wicked stepmother», or are there more layers to her?

As she prepares to take her stand, she stumbles upon an old pendant of her mother's and, slowly, her memory starts to return - specifically, recollections of a shocking and painful childhood, a sister who was sent away to Ireland, and the wicked stepmother she swore to forget.

If you loved the way Cady told her family's story through fairy - tales — in particular «Meat Loves Salt,» the tragic story of a wealthy father who rejects his youngest daughter, which inspired Shakespeare's King Lear — you may enjoy the fable qualities of Boy, Snow, Bird, particularly its understanding of the classic «evil» character, the wicked stepmother.