Sentences with phrase «role as the heroine»

Bill Nighy gives a great Bill Nighy performance as a sweetly vain actor past his prime who's begrudgingly taken a role as the heroines» drunken old uncle.

In single player mode, you're playing in the role as the heroine Arle Nadja, as you're tasked with climbing the tower in order to confront Satan.

Not exact matches

This encounter apparently throws our heroine for a loop, as her own journey changes, maybe to try to find a connection with her own role in understanding humanity.

The casting of Harley Quinn Smith and Lily - Rose Depp (the daughters of Smith and Johnny Depp, reprising his «Tusk» role here) as two endlessly sarcastic, butt - kicking teenage heroines helps the time pass more bearably than it might have otherwise, but really, to shackle two lovely and promising teenage actresses to material this dreadful could be reasonably construed as an awfully expensive form of child abuse.

The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.

Following secondary to miniscule parts in films like Sleep With Me, Amateur, and Mixed Nuts (all 1994), Posey had her breakthrough role as the titular heroine of Daisy von Scherler Mayer's Party Girl in 1995.

Sigourney Weaver further teases her villainous role in The Defenders, saying Alexandra sees herself as the «heroine» of the story.

Audrey Tautou was already an up - and - comer in her native France, but her role as titular heroine «Amélie» was her springboard to international stardom.

Audrey Tautou was already an up - and - comer in her native France, but her role as the titular heroine was her springboard to international stardom.

Emma Watson (still best known as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films) stars as our heroine, Belle, and she brings all the right qualities to the role, sweet and strong in equal measure.

She also has much more agency as a character than the heroines of those films, something seized upon by Hawkins, who's flat - out brilliant in the role; her innately expressive features almost rendering the subtitling of her signed conversations irrelevant.

As always in Artifex Mundi adventures, the player yet again assumes the role of a heroine.

The first film Gerwig has solitarily written and directed (this is not, as many have claimed, her inaugural turn behind the camera; she shares a directorial credit with Joe Swanberg on 2008's Nights And Weekends), Lady Bird arranges an even better entrance for its own irresistible heroine: Squabbling with her combative, witheringly disapproving mother (Laurie Metcalf, granted her best role in ages) while driving around to look at colleges, Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) decides she's had just about enough conversation, opens her passenger - side car door, and rolls out.

We've got our first look at Meryl Streep in what will presumably be her next Oscar - nominated role as a hard - rocking front - woman in director Jonathan Demme and screenwriter Diablo Cody's upcoming comedy Ricki and the Flash... In a film loaded with music and live performance, Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything -LSB-...]

Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls is an action adventure title where players will take on the role of two heroines, Komaru Naegi and Toko Fukawa, as they are thrust...

My previous description of the basic plot doesn't even mention the star of the movie, Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg), the new young heroine played by Isabela Moner, supporting roles by Anthony Hopkins (as the leader of the Witwiccans), Jerrod Carmichael (as Cade's assistant), John Turturro (reprising his role from the first three films), Josh Duhamel (also reprising his role from the previous films, but this time as a spy), Tony Hale (as a Nasa JPL nerd), Glenn Morshower (reprising his military role), and many others.

Far too many people have tried to pigeonhole her Mildred Hayes as a feminist icon or straightforward heroine, but that gives the role, and her performance, too little credit.

Lopez is convincingly, appealingly smart and vulnerable as the headstrong heroine; Vince Vaughn is effective in the by - the - book role of FBI Agent Peter Novak; and D'Onofrio manages to make a lasting, eerie impression in a very dialogue - light role.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World's badass heroine Mary Elizabeth Winstead has now landed a lead role in the Emmy - winning FX series as con - woman Nikki Swango (via Deadline).

Jennifer Lawrence famous roles include her starring as Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games film series (2012 — 2015) which established her as the highest - grossing action heroine of all time.

According to her tweet, the «Halloween» heroine will reprise her role as Laurie Strode once more.

«Unlike the first two games, players will take on the role of two heroines, Komaru Naegi and Toko Fukawa, as they are thrust into a despair - ridden Towa City with one goal — escape.»

Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as the fierce but broken heroine Katniss Everdeen for the...

(With Storm Reid, Oprah, and Mindy Kaling in starring roles, Ava DuVernay's forthcoming adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time promises to add some black and brown heroines to the science - fiction canon as well.)

In addition to the main quest, players can take on the Heroine Quest, where you will have the chance to assume the roles of Asuna, Lisbeth, Silica, and Premiere as heroines in the first chapter.

Unlike the first two games, players will take on the role of two heroines, Komaru Naegi and Toko Fukawa, as they are thrust into a despair - ridden Towa City with one goal — escape.

Apparently the planet Phazon will play a key role again, and heroine Samus Aran willf ind herself coming up against Metroid enemies and new threats as well.

The single - player: A tense, atmospheric stroll through the abandoned Sevastopol space station, Alien: Isolation had players assuming the role of Amanda Ripley — daughter of Alien heroine Ellen Ripley — as she investigates the mysterious disappearance of the Nostromo spacecraft.

Professor Maathai's departure is untimely and a very great loss to all who knew her - as a mother, relative, co-worker, colleague, role model, and heroine; or who admired her determination to make the world a more peaceful, healthier, and better place.»

But her work as Aloy in Horizon: Zero Dawn may be her most impactful role to date, as she plays an inspiring heroine in the post-apocalyptic tribal landscape.