Sentences with phrase «playing damsels»

This time, however, Flynn was without his usual lady fair, Olivia deHaviland, who had begun to tire of playing damsels in distress, and so young ingenue Brenda Marshall took the role, doing an admirable if not wholly unique performance.

«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.

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.

We don't care about her character, and when it's time for her to play the damsel - in - distress role, one hopes Parker will actually have the stones to kill her off.

Kevin Pollack and Adam Brody play the requisite jerk detectives, Cory Fernandez plays Poh Boy's hitman brother, and Ana de la Reguera plays the damsel in distress.

The only real interest lies in the main plot point of a woman who goes along with playing a damsel in distress for the man to escape and kill her anyway.

Likewise, Wilson displays nary an ounce of Keira Knightley's empowerment, evidently content to play the damsel in distress, while it's never quite clear what Helena Bonham Carter — looking as if she stumbled in from the nearest Tim Burton set — is doing here, playing a crimson - haired madam whose false leg conceals a double - barreled shotgun.

Sure, she does have to play the damsel in distress at some point, but ultimately she not only rescues herself but also defeats the final «big bad.»

Not exact matches

«But if this thing be true, and the tokens of v.irginity be not found for the damsel: Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the wh.ore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.»

But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virgînity be not found for the damsel: Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she has wrought folly in Israel, to play the whøre in her father's house....»

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.

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You'll have plenty to talk about, and you can play the «damsel in distress» who needs a few extra pointers by a handsome man (haha).

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.

Same goes for Naomie Harris who plays the clever scientist like a damsel in distress.

For that matter, I don't know that I'd quibble too hard with anyone who looked at the damsel - in - distress and the obnoxious characters, shrugged, and wanted to play anyway.

Wrapped in a fetching sarong, the star plays Tana, a South Sea damsel who doubles as an amateur detective.

Gerwig's character is extremely similar to the one she played in Whit Stillman's Damsels In Distress, a person whose go - getting nature makes it difficult for her to forge meaningful bonds with normal people.

Amber Heard plays Hemsworth's snarky, worldly love interest, always one step ahead of him, until Hemworth's betrayal renders her a sobbing, helpless mess of a damsel distressed.

Jack, as played as earnestly as possible by Nicholas Hoult (with his «Warm Bodies» still in theaters), has very little room for fun, as well as any real chemistry with his distressed damsel, Princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson, «Alice In Wonderland «-RRB-.

Robbie, who plays Jane, agreed, adding, «Let me assure you, this Jane is no damsel in distress.»

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-...]

She then moved into a slightly less demanding capacity playing a pseudo damsel - in - distress in Guy Ritchie's throwback action - comedy The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Admittedly this role hewed much too close to stereotype, though Vikander still made it work).

Along with a female lead that plays the perpetual damsel in distress, the plot has all the predictability of a multilevel videogame.

Playing out like a traditional damsel - in - distress story, «The Princess Bride» switches up the fairy tale traditions to bring us an absurd and witty love story.

Playing hapless babysitter Laurie Strode, Curtis is the original half - dressed damsel in distress — and the yardstick by which all horror actresses are still measured.

Unfolding like a classic Seventies disaster flick, San Andreas serves up a smorgasbord ofreadily - identifiable archetypes: the musclebound hero, the effete coward, the damsel in distress, the terminally - nerdy professor, and so on, each played with perfect aplomb by a talented cast.

Rather than just play the stereotypical damsel in distress routine, Temple skilfully balances the characters tough street kid exterior with a hidden depth, and as her defensive guard slowly lowers and her hardnosed exterior softens, we begin to see glimpses of the terrified girl who just wants to scream for help.

And the movie's love story is surprisingly sweet, especially for those first two - thirds (before Morena Baccarin's Vanessa becomes a generic damsel in distress), something that plays into Reynolds's previous success in the romantic comedy genre.

Greta Gerwig has matured out of playing the adorable, quirky, self - absorbed with self - invention young women of «Hannah Takes the Stairs» and «Damsels in Distress.»

Even Zelda herself took on a different role, playing the concerned leader rather than the damsel in distress.

Even the inclusion of a mother - daughter team of fetching damsels - in - distress played by Jennifer Beals and Mila Kunis didn't help.

Amanda Seyfried, blessed with a fairy - tale face, plays Valerie and here talks with her director about the look of the film, its modern touches, and why Valerie is far from a damsel in distress.

Damsel, the new film from brothers David and Nathan Zellner (Kumiko the Treasurer Hunter), looks to build on that, as Pattinson plays a wealthy dude crossing the American frontier to marry his one true love (Mia Wasikowska).

She starred in Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress, playing one of the director's singular hyper - articulate moralists, and in Lola Versus, another movie that capitalized on Gerwig's penchant for beguiling, wayward messes.

A screwball heroine with a lot of topspin, Greta Gerwig is at her best playing agitators and instigators — taking Lola Kirke under her erratic wing in Mistress America, creating a junior - miss version of Miss Jean Brodie in Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress, hatching a scheme to unload her pretentious married boyfriend back onto his wife in Rebecca Miller's Maggie's Plan, and driving Al Pacino out of what's left of his woolly mind in The Humbling.

Crimson Peak sees young, bespectacled damsel, Edith (played by Mia Wasikowska), romantically drawn to the English bounder and upstart mining magnate, Baronet Thomas Sharpe (Tom Hiddleston), who is never seen without his unsmiling sister, Lucille (Jessica Chastain), by his side.

Generally, women in games fell into one of very few set roles; be it the damsel in distress or scantily dressed sidekick, these were the parts the characters had to play and the players had to endure.

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.

In the (likely) event you haven't played the original in a couple of decades, here's a rundown of what happens in the game: A distractingly bosomy damsel in distress gets murdered by brutish thugs, causing a twin brothers Billy and Jimmy Lee — who are also her twin lovers — to go on a fist - fuelled rampage of revenge.

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With most visual novels you play more as a damsel in distress who i...

Assuming you play as Clive (there are two other playable characters from the start) you'll find yourself pursuing a captured Ms. Johnson in compliance with the typical damsel in distress scenario.

Luigi, apparently, has decided to play the part of the helpless, love - stricken damsel who's more than willing to marry Bowser and coddle his children by ordering them a pizza as a sign of maternal adoration.

While playing in offline mode you can also just roam freely around the county and from time to time you will even encounter smaller tasks, rescuing damsels in distress, stopping hijackers and preventing lynch mobs.

They will love saving you, their damsel in distress -LCB- the more dramatic you play this up, the better!