Sentences with phrase «played grandmaster»

As if it's not enough that Mamoudou Athie played Grandmaster Flash in The Get Down, he was also a very dreamy romantic lead in a little movie called Jean Of The Joneses, from writer - director Stella Meghie, which follows a young woman (Taylour Paige) with a sprawling matriarchal Brooklyn family.

Then, there is Jeff Goldblum, playing The Grandmaster, the creator of the gladiator games on Sakaar.

The press release has confirmed that Cate is playing Hela and Tessa is Valkyrie, new additions Karl Urban will be playing Skurge (Amora's henchman) and Jeff Godblum will be playing The Grandmaster.

Goldblum, 63, will play Grandmaster, a cosmic being who plays chess with lesser life - forms such as humans, said The Hollywood Reporter.

Chris Hemsworth is Thor, Tom Hiddleston returns as Loki, Mark Ruffalo is the Hulk, Cate Blanchett is the evil Hela, and Jeff Goldblum plays the Grandmaster.

«To play Grandmaster Ip Man, Leung needed not just strength in body but also spirit and mind.

It makes versus play incredibly interesting, as playing a Grandmaster Sub-Zero rather than a Cryomancer one requires a different approach, and it should serve online play well, though whether the roster is somewhat unbalanced with such variety on offer remains to be seen.

Not exact matches

That the contests are overseen by a Grandmaster played by Jeff Goldblum, easily one of the most underutilized actors in Hollywood, is a substantial bonus.

From Men in Blazers: Rog talks with Chess Grandmaster, political activist, author Garry Kasparov about playing IBM supercomputer Deep Blue, his opposition to Vladimir Putin, and NYC meetings with Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola.

Maurice Ashley, a 2003 U.S. Chess Federation grandmaster of the year walked from one board to the next, simultaneously playing six games.

There are only a handful of female chess grandmasters, and girls are less likely than boys to sit transfixed for hours playing video games.

Friedel does not think that a program running on a single PC will ever be able to reach the level of a good grandmaster in standard tournament play, where each player has two or more hours for the first 40 moves.

That the contests are overseen by a Grandmaster played by Jeff Goldblum, easily one of the most underutilized actors in Hollywood, is a substantial bonus.

Sakaar is ruled over by the Grandmaster, played by Jeff Goldblum with a perfect mixture of flamboyant theatricality and aw - shucks narcissism.

While racing back to Asgard to protect it from her, however, Thor and Loki are knocked out of the rainbow tunnel and land on a random junk planet run by a Grandmaster (Jeff Goldblum, now at the stage of his career where he starts playing himself) who befriends Loki and forces Thor to be a gladiator.

Played by Jeff Goldblum with all of his quizzical, hesitant Jeff Goldblum - ishness, and sporting a golden wizard's outfit that would have been rejected as being over-the-top by Elton John in the 1970s, The Grandmaster forces Thor to take part in a brutal gladiatorial contest, but the thunder god runs into two people who might just help him get back to Asgard: a mysterious warrior (Tessa Thompson) with a link to his past, and his old pal the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo).

His international breakthrough came playing the title character in 2008's «Ip Man,» based on Wing Chun grandmaster — and Bruce Lee's teacher — Yip Man.

Inside Sakaar's HQ (look, Beta Ray Bill and Man - Thing Easter Eggs), Jeff Goldblum does all things Jeff Goldblum for wacky slave owner, the Celestial Grandmaster, who is introduced to Thor through a VR welcome video played with «Pure Imagination.»

Jeff Goldblum plays a decadent intergalactic ruler, the Grandmaster, like a regally stoned survivor of a»60s cult that modelled its iconography on Italian peplum movies.

Goldblum and Neill both appeared in Ragnarok, with Goldblum cast as the Grandmaster and Neill portraying Odin in the play staged for the amusement of Loki, masquerading as the All - Father.

Ip Man (Well Go USA)-- Hong Kong martial arts star Donnie Yen plays the legendary Ip Man, teacher and grandmaster of Wing Chun, in this biographical drama (one in a long line of such tributes) based on the master's life during the Japanese occupation of China.

Elsewhere, Cate Blanchett is roped in for stock cackling evildoer duties as god of death, Hela, while Jeff Goldblum plays himself as a dystopian dictator called the Grandmaster.

That's when the movie's exuberance really takes hold: Thor finds himself captured by the booze - guzzling bounty hunter Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson, wonderfully rambunctious), a wayward Asgardian warrior who drags the god into the captivity of the planet's ruler, a flamboyant, psychedelic tyrant named Grandmaster who's basically Jeff Goldblum playing himself.

Her character, Valkyrie, a traumatized Asgarian expat, fits right in; she makes a living capturing potential gladiatorial combatants and selling them to the Grandmaster (played Jeff Goldblum) for booze.

Goldblum next adds his particular special off - the - wall brand of garnish to this year's highly anticipated MCU entry Thor: Ragnarok, playing the enigmatic, amazingly costumed Grandmaster.

Song Hye Kyo, the South Korean actress who played the wife of Ip Man (Leung) in The Grandmaster, had found working with the director difficult.

One is called The Grandmaster, which is with Tony to play the master of Bruce Lee... MG: Yip Man?

For his part, the Grandmaster is a wonderfully eccentric leader with the role being played with great delight by Goldblum, who seems like the perfect fit.

Mick quickly realizes he's in over his head, playing chess with a grandmaster of a client, a hustler who may find himself out - hustled, disbarred or worse.

For starters, he ends up enslaved by the Grandmaster (played by Jeff Goldblum), a quirky, malevolent dictator on another planet who makes him participate in a life - or - death gladiator match.

But you don't have to be a grandmaster to play a mean game of chess.

Morrison lost, but says that as far as he knows, he's the only Canadian to have ever played the Russian Grandmaster and World Chess Champion in a tournament game.

Key features of Chess Ultra include... Numerous playing options including full touch screen and cross-table playing modes 10 Grandmaster approved AI levels Comprehensive time controls, including Classical, Blitz and Marathon, all available online Intuitive local and online multiplayer with ELO ranking system Cross-platform online play Spectate and compete in Official Ripstone tournaments Over 80 chess puzzles Re-write the past by winning the biggest historic matches In - depth tutorials

Handing down the comic book knowledge from my misspent youth, explaining who Giant Man is (and relating that to his existing knowledge of Ant Man), talking about The Grandmaster and the devilish games he has played with the Marvel heroes over the years and delving into the history of Kang the Conqueror have been moment's I've cherished with my step - son.

To put your grandmaster skills to the test the game offers four different modes: Expedition, Tournament, Bonus Games, and Play by Mail.

Stunning environments and beautiful chess sets displayed in striking 4K 10 Grandmaster approved AI levels Comprehensive time controls, including Classical, Blitz and Marathon, all available online Intuitive local and online multiplayer with ELO ranking system Cross-platform online play between PlayStation 4 and PC Spectate and compete in Official Ripstone tournaments Over 80 chess puzzles Re-write the past by winning the biggest historic matches In - depth tutorials

In 2004, Danish Chess Grandmaster Peter Nielsen played the largest networked chess game ever against ChessBrain, a network of 2,070 computers in 56 countries; the match ended in a draw.