Sentences with phrase «own ragtag group»

Led by Grand Master of the Jedi Order #YodaPug, this ragtag group of K - 9s are sure to make your Halloween just a little bit better.

In the past month, the gun - control movement has found its voice in a ragtag group of eloquent, Twitter - savvy teenagers from suburban Florida.

Even Sullivan's chapter on «The Liberationists» does not include those we have come to associate with that term (the strident gay - rights activists or flamboyant gay liberationists) but focuses instead on a ragtag group of theoreticians influenced by French philosophy.

McCarthy followed The Company She Keeps with The Oasis, which accompanies a ragtag group of intellectuals and misfits to a mountaintop retreat for an experiment in collective living.

All the while his ragtag group of friends are full of excitement and energy.

Ranging in age from 19 to 51, short and wide to superbly conditioned, they seem a ragtag group, but for the cleats around their necks, the footballs a few carry, and the insults, bro - hugs and daps they exchange as their number swells to a dozen and they head into the Baruch Projects and its 75 - year - old playground.

Sure, it's a heyday for the league's marketing team when they land a club like the legendary Real Madrid to square off against a ragtag group of MLS stars.

And that's fine for entertainment purposes — yikes, even I don't want to see the real thing on screen — but it's not fine if it leaves moviegoers with the impression that all it takes is «heart» and «pluck» (and, apparently, «a ragtag group of kids») to fix school food.

He is fastidious about controlling his message and says nothing on the record — other than insisting he has gone perfectly Zen about that ragtag group at Cuomoville.

The ragtag group of lawmakers was led by Albany - area Assemblyman Jack McEneny, who apparently got through the Governor's security by saying he was leading a tour through the capitol.

One's interest does, as a result, begin to wane considerably as the film plods into its increasingly predictable midsection, with the inclusion of hackneyed plot twists - eg Nick and Billy must whip their ragtag group members into shape, Billy is forced to contend with an obnoxious rival (Max Minghella's Graham), etc - ensuring that the movie only grows more and more interminable in the buildup to its expectedly uplifting finale.

The Kingdom follows a ragtag group of FBI agents - including Jamie Foxx's Ronald Fleury, Chris Cooper's Grant Sykes, and Jason Bateman's Adam Leavitt - as they surreptitiously arrive in Saudi Arabia to solve a terrorist act against American soldiers, with the bulk of the movie essentially playing out like an overlong and overwrought episode of CSI.

The film, based on Peter Morgan's award - winning play, primarily details the build - up into the interviews among both sides, as Frost prepares by collaborating with a ragtag group of intellectuals (including Sam Rockwell's James Reston Jr and Oliver Platt's Bob Zelnick) and Nixon conspires with trusted aide Jack Brennan (Kevin Bacon) to turn the hyped conversations to their advantage.

An exiled Playboy bunny finds refuge as a sorority housemother and teaches a ragtag group of girls how to be popular... with mixed results.

A ragtag group of youngsters band together after the American Civil War to form the Texas Rangers, a group charged with the duty of cleaning up the West.

The movie's central dilemma has some dramatic juice, especially given the way it characterizes the volleyball team: There isn't a naturally great new player who can help rally an otherwise ragtag group to victory, just the grueling prospect of hard work and lots of practice.

Guardian Heroes starts off with a ragtag group of heroes in awe over a newly acquired sword.

My favorite heist films usually involve a ragtag group of down on their luck ne'er - do - wells, outsiders and lone wolves who come together in an attempt to steal a fortune.

Story mode's also split into several separate paths depending on which ragtag group of warriors you decide to play as, and while this means that you can opt to play as your favourites, it's also worth pointing out that there are no real differences between the stories of each different party.

Now Baker's taken on Cannes with The Florida Project — this time shot on 35 mm film — about a precocious six year - old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with adventure,

Bullock stars as Debbie Ocean, the estranged sister of Clooney's Danny Ocean, who brings together a ragtag group of women to pull off the heist of the century at the Met Gala in New York City.

This makes Solo the second Star Wars Story in a row to kinda - sorta focus on assembling a ragtag group of characters for a daring theft.

Language: English Genre: Action / Sci - Fi MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: James Gunn Actors: Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Vin Diesel Plot: In the far reaches of space American pilot, Peter Quill, must team up with a ragtag group of misfits after he incurs the wrath of the dreaded Ronan after stealing an orb.

For their third Marvel movie, Anthony and Joe Russo have wrangled all the Avengers we've seen in solo outings, as well as the ones who fought in Civil War, plus a ragtag group of intergalactic heroes and a couple of extraordinary teens.

Mary (Williams) seeks a bigger world beyond the fenced off village of survivors, and the survival of the human race seems dependent upon her success in leading a ragtag group through the dark depths of The Forest of Hands and Teeth.

feels much more apiece with the original trilogy than the prequels, bringing back that sense of a ragtag group of individuals on the fringe brought together to fight a monolithic menace.

Star - Lord made off with the orb as he and a ragtag group of criminals made their way to the Collector on Knowhere.

Directed and co-written by Sean Baker (Tangerine), THE FLORIDA PROJECT is the story of precocious six year - old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince) and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure.

Jess (Zooey Deschanel), Nick, Cece, Winston, and Schmidt are back for an abbreviated final season, and while we'll be sad to say goodbye to our favorite ragtag group of LA lofters, we can't wait to see them all get the happy endings they deserve.

Either that or he has a plug and play screenwriting program that no one has told me about, because his script contains the underdog who makes good, a training montage, a love interest, a tough - as - nails mentor / opponent, a ragtag group of friends, an uninvolved father, a scene next to a hospital bed, and many more to name.

Super-villain Thanos (the entity pulling Ronan's strings) has yet to make an appearance but fans will get treated to Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) speaking, some good individual closeups of each of the ragtag group doing what they do best and a fitting accompanying soundtrack.

Zombieland starred Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin as a ragtag group of survivors making their way through a post-zombie apocalypse wasteland.

INTO THE STORM takes a ragtag group of disparate people and moves them through a ragtag script that boldly goes where everyone has gone before.

This mayhem has also caused heroes from previous Fire Emblem games to be transported to this world, so Rowan and Lianna gather a ragtag group of heroes to stop the malevolent Velezark.

Dad's Army is an adaptation of the comedy series of the same name from the 1960s and 1970s, following a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers as they prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.

games to be transported to this world, so Rowan and Lianna gather a ragtag group of heroes to stop the malevolent

A widow (Haley Bennett) wants retribution for her husband's murder, so she seeks out a charismatic gunslinger who then assembles a ragtag group of men talented in the arts of destruction, chaos, and revenge to get the job done.

As he reconnects with his former crime - fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide - ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future.

But when he discovers the orb's true power and the cosmic threat it poses, Quill must rally his ragtag group to save the universe.

They assemble a ragtag group of mercenaries (Saïd Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock) to assist them in a perilous quest, everyone heading into the heart of darkness as they attempt to stop German General Ludendorff (Danny Huston) and his lethal assistant Dr. Maru (Elena Anaya) from unleashing a weapon of such staggering violence it could allow this Great War to continue on into the future with no foreseeable end in sight.

A ragtag group cower in a near - deserted hospital, with cloaked figures amassing outside and a gateway to Hell yawning in the basement...

On the visual novel side, the story is quite intriguing as you follow the adventures of a ragtag group of ghost hunters.

Tom Stern's reliable photography nicely illuminates the period settings, first by bringing light to the ragtag group's dingy neighborhood beginnings and later by capturing the glitz and glam of neon - lit fame.

Nathan Fillion, stars as Captain Mal Reynolds, the leader of a ragtag group that use his transport ship, Serenity, for any mission that involves a paycheck within the limits of the law or not.

As he reconnects with his former crime - fighting legion — a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers — Rorschach glimpses a wide - ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future.

After learning just how much a male stripper act like the Chippendales make for performing at local bars, Gaz recruits his own ragtag group — including best mate, Dave (Mark Addy) and former boss, Gerald (Tom Wilkinson)-- to put on a show of their own.

He's joined by a ragtag group of characters voiced by the likes of Bill Hader, Rashida Jones and Ike Barinholtz, among others.

Together, this ragtag group will face threatening new villains, encounter colorful adversaries, embark on thrilling adventures and become heroes with the power to ignite a rebellion.

Gene Hackman (Under Suspicion, Enemy of the State) plays the coach of one of the teams, and he assembles a ragtag group, including a washed up superstar college QB (Reeves, The Matrix), an ex-con RB (Jace, Cradle 2 the Grave), and a bunch of others who have lots of raw talent but not the ability to have made it pro.

The only morally ethical protagonist in the movie is an up - and - coming cop (played by Casey Affleck) partnered with veteran officer (a crooked cop played by Anthony Mackie) who is about to become the victim of murder as a distraction, so our «heroes» can raid a homeland security compound and turn over sensitive information to Kate Winslet, who will then cut the ragtag group free from her shackles, also reuniting Ejiofor with his son.