Sentences with phrase «powerful leading man»

With a fascinating premise, a powerful leading man, Jake Gyllenhaal, and a talented director this film had nowhere to go but up.

Emma Watson, Ray Winstone, Anthony Hopkins, Douglas Booth and Logan Lerman all do well in their respective roles, but it is Russell Crowe who anchors the film with another powerful leading man performance.

Not exact matches

The sexual assault allegations come in the middle of a reckoning that began with allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, leading to hundreds of women coming forward with their own allegations against dozens of powerful and high - profile men.

«The president has sent a powerful message... that the United States will lead the global effort in defending and preserving every man, woman, and child's right practice his or her beliefs without fear of intimidation or violence.»

I know in advance that man will be led astray by Lucifer, and yet even though I am all - powerful, I am powerless to stop Lucifer from leading man astray, so I am just going to go ahead and create man anyway.

Let us examine then two of the most powerful statements of it, those of Bishop Anders Nygren and of Reinhold Niebuhr, for I believe them to be in error and that error underlies much of the distortion in the Christian interpretation of man's predicament into which we are being led.

Just as God loosed the mighty pagan Roman Empire on Jerusalem which along with the Jewish Temple was completely destroyed in the year 70 A.D., so will God loose today's powerful governments on organized religions led by men rayping our boys.

Having spent most of my life surrounded by some incredible women of God who knew the Word, lived the Word, spoke the Word, led Bible Studies, preached powerful sermons to thousands at a single gathering and so on, had the ability to heal with the Word, raise the dead, cast out Demons with the Power of the Word and so on I have come to the conclusion that «MAN» has distorted what God has always intended for His church.

The first thing that girls are led to do, in violation of a truly feminine instinct, is to abandon their natural modesty — perhaps the most powerful quality that both attracts and inspires respect for girls and women in boys and young men.

Yes, I believe Pope Francis is the humble yet powerful & wise man who will lead the way toward healing the ailing Church!

The former Lyon man has started just eight of the club's 19 fixtures in all competitions and this has led to a drop in form and a vicious circle that could well lead the powerful forward to consider a possible move to leave the Spanish giants.

Benzema has spoken out in recent weeks about his frustration at being left out of Mourinho's starting eleven and this could lead to the powerful forward considering a move to Man United.

Woodward will be the man leading negotiations for transfer targets once again, but without a director of football many at United feel their transfer policy is too heavily influenced by personal relationships and powerful agents.

But as Karen DeWitt reports, there has been little public discussion about a corruption crisis that has led to the two most powerful men in the legislature both on trial in federal court this month.

But there has been little public discussion about a corruption crisis that has led to the two most powerful men in the legislature both on trial in federal court this month.

Now in one of state government's most powerful positions, the 47 - year - old Heastie will work alongside Governor Andrew Cuomo and State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — the proverbial «three men in a room» — to lead budget negotiations, set committee assignments and direct the flow of legislation.

Mr. Skelos, the Republican who led the Senate, and Mr. Silver, speaker of the Democrat - controlled Assembly, were for years two of the three most powerful men in Albany.

The lawsuit and suspensions are the latest in a wave of sexual harassment scandals that have led to firings and resignations of powerful men across a number of industries after a New York Times investigation into accusations of sexual harassment and abuse against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

The allegations, which Schneiderman contests but which led him to resign, emerged Monday in an article in The New Yorker, a publication he hailed just last month for reporting on Weinstein and starting a «critical national reckoning» on sexual misconduct by powerful men.

«For men and women with excess body weight, modest weight loss provides powerful protection against cardiovascular disease, regardless of whether weight loss is achieved by using exercise, a healthy low - calorie diet, or both,» said Edward Weiss, Ph.D., associate professor of nutrition and dietetics at Saint Louis University and the lead author of the article.

«Men can feel pressure to appear strong and powerful, so having some additional mass does not necessarily lead to body dissatisfaction» said Dr. Frederick.

The image was so powerful (white cops beating up a black man) and the medium so new (camcorders were still a relative novelty) that the video shot around the world overnight, leading to massive feedback: urban rioting in a dozen American cities.

Recent efforts have led to a variety of powerful man - made micro / nanoscale machines, with advanced motion control and new functions, that are capable of performing different tasks.

A three - part study, conducted in the U.S. and the U.K. and led by a UNLV psychology professor Rachael Robnett, found that men whose wives retain their own surnames after marriage are seen as submissive and less powerful in the relationship.

enome - sequencing pioneer Eric Lander, one of the most powerful men in American science, did not embezzle funds from the institute he leads, sexually harass anyone, plagiarize, or fabricate data.

While the name is in reference to the fruit's shape, it was considered a powerful aphrodisiac for the Aztecs, leading the men to keep their daughters inside during the avocado growing season for protection.

Released the day before Valentine's Day in 2018, the self - help book sends a powerful message to singles who long to be the leading man to a leading lady.

After months of a business - wide reckoning where many powerful men have seen histories of sexual assault, harassment and abuse lead to career - ending consequences, the film industry's biggest stars gathered for what's typically one of the more uproarious, loose nights of award show season.

She talks about the «brutally powerful men» whose time is up which leads to another standing ovation.

Max Irons (WOMAN IN GOLD) and Samantha Barks (LES MISERABLES) lead the cast in this powerful tale of love, honour, rebellion, and survival at the time of the Holodomor, a nationwide famine engineered by Joseph Stalin that killed millions of men, women, and children.

In addition to Isaac, Chastain and Oyelow, other actors deserve recognition for their work here: Albert Brooks is Abel's consigliore, in a style reminiscent of his Drive character; Alessandro Nivola is the most frightening type of gangster — the quiet, powerful kind; Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace) is outstanding in her only scene; Elyes Gabel captures the frustrated driver looking for hope; Peter Gerety is spot on as the Teamsters lead; and Jerry Adler is a most unusual Jewish business man.

In the last few months of 2017 (which saw female - led movies top the year - end box office and female stories dominate the Emmys), the entertainment world was rocked by scandal, starting with the revelations about Harvey Weinstein, which were followed by accusations against executives, longtime actors and some of the industry's most powerful men.

«To quote our leading man from «Evan Hansen» [Ben Platt], he had a great line at the Tonys: «The things that make you strange, make you powerful.»»

Ashley Judd called for intersectionality in storytelling, followed by a powerful montage of diverse filmmakers explaining the necessity for minority voices; writer and star of The Big Sick, Kumail Nanjiani, remarked that if he was able to watch and be affected by films narrating straight white men all his life, then white men have no reason to feel out of place with BAME and female - led stories.

The sexual misconduct scandal that has rocked Hollywood and led to dozens of powerful men being fired or forced to stand down was also a hot topic on Sunday's red carpet.

A group of freedom fighters, led by the heroic He - Man are accidentally transported to Earth by a mysterious Cosmic Key which holds the power to make Skeletor all - powerful.

From the setting (which puts players in the role of the Fatebinder, an important man who serves the cause of the Overlord Kyros, a powerful ruler who conquered a vast portion of the continent) to the nuanced and masterfully written story and characters, without forgetting the great RPG mechanics such as the class-less growth system and multiple story paths leading to different experiences each new playthrough, Tyranny is an incredible experience that no true RPG lover should pass.

Set after the war, with Ip Man relocated to Hong Kong, it replaces the foreign devils that were the occupying Japanese Army with the colonial British foreign devils ruling Hong Kong in 1950 and sets the honorable sensei against a corrupt cabal of martial arts teachers lead by Sammo Hung (who is also the film's fight choreographer) and a champion boxer called The Twister (Darren Shahlavi), a British brute with a powerful punch and a killer instinct.

Mark Wahlberg leads an all star cast in this powerful rendition that will give you a first hand account of the men and women behind the scenes work that brought the terrorists to justice.

This is thanks in large to a charismatic and very powerful performance from it's leading man.

Hotel Rwanda Led by a powerful performance by Don Cheadle, Hotel Rwanda is the story of one man's decency and how it saved the lives of over a thousand people when the world they knew went to hell.

Rather than constantly flashback to a lonesome Albert sulking about his horse, War Horse has no trouble keeping the attention away from its leading man for quite some time, but then returning to him and making it feel as though you've never left, something that makes the final act of the film all the more powerful.

Maisie's investigation leads her from the countryside of rural Hampshire to the web of wartime opportunism exploited by one of the London underworld's most powerful men, in a case that serves as a reminder of the inextricable link between money and war.

If you are a fan of trivia the way I am, you will enjoy learning that our in - game leading man (thought to be among the most powerful men in the world), Jonathan Irons, is portrayed by Academy Award winning actor Kevin Spacey.

Aglow is the first volume of The Billionaire s Desires, the new saga by Emma M. Green, top 100 Amazon author!He's handsome, he's powerful, he's a billionaire!Mr Diamonds, an even more fascinating man than his name suggests, seduces young, pretty Amandine and introduces her to a decadent and mysterious world full of luxury, pleasure and above all, sensual and insatiable encounters... A warning, the doors of desire are open, it's up to us to follow where they'll lead......

Lead He - Man, G.I. Joe, and other toy armies into legendary battles and protect your toy box from increasingly devious and powerful foes.

Lead a civilization from the dawn of man to the modern age, and go head - to - head with history's most intrepid leaders as you wage war, conduct diplomacy, discover new technologies, and build the most powerful empire the world has ever known in a race for ultimate supremacy.

From the setting (which puts players in the role of the Fatebinder, an important man who serves the cause of the Overlord Kyros, a powerful ruler who conquered a vast portion of the continent) to the nuanced and masterfully written story and characters, without forgetting the great RPG mechanics such as the class-less growth system and multiple story paths leading to different experiences each new playthrough, Tyranny is an incredible experience that no true RPG lover should pass.

On 24th Street, All the Boys (2016) is a powerful response to recent police brutality and the deaths of black men and women; while on 20th Street, viewers find the ghostly video installation Lincoln, Lonnie, and Me (2012), and Scenes & Take (2016), a series of photographs picturing the artist before the sets of TV shows like Scandal and Empire — both shows feature black leads — shedding light on the current state of the entertainment industry.

Some of the Silence Breakers led to national storylines chronicling the downfall of powerful men who used their positions to...