Sentences with phrase «role of a character from»

I am taking the liberty of looking at the roles of the characters from my own perspective rather than the movie - maker's.

This is an action - adventure game in which players assume the roles of characters from franchises such as Batman, Lord of the Rings, and The Lego Movie as they try to stop an evil mastermind.

Not exact matches

Filmmaker Scott Derrickson's adaptation of the Doctor Strange comic book has an interesting combination of elements: a starring role from Benedict Cumberbatch, one of Marvel's creepiest characters and Derrickson's penchant for bringing elements of Christianity into his films.

Subordinate nexus, on the other hand, are groups of occasions whose character is derived exclusively from the role which they play in the structured society; hence, when and if that «level of social order» dissolves, they, too, go out of existence.

To me, this means it's about character issues and behaviors that may disqualify a leader from a role of public ministry, at least temporarily and perhaps permanently.

One may emphasize God's unique primordial character or the presiding role God plays in the cosmic process, but these in no way give the privileged status of independence from the remainder of the world.

The initial aim is derived from God, but although the character of the initial aim is of crucial importance to the becoming occasion, the fact that it is derived from God usually plays but a small role in its conscious subjective form.

Zionism's messianic character is evident in its attempt to end the role of the Jews as a ghost - people, to keep Jewry from retaining the status of an unclassifiable entity, and to reactivate the spiritual purpose to which Jews have traditionally considered themselves covenanted (NZ 177).

To deny the Messiahship of Jesus was to deny the revealing and saving character of the event from which the church took its rise, To affirm the divine significance of that event was to affirm the divine role, if not the divine nature, of Christ.

The exclusion of God from any role in history follows inescapably from the primary axiom of the self - enclosed character of nature.

The inspired writers introduced dramatic roles as a way of allowing the most significant characters of Scripture to manifest themselves and to speak, and so to progress the Biblical narrative from within.

In fact, I have a sweet memory, dating from about this time, of Dad trying to fill the role of Santa Claus in our lives, with a character named Hanukkah Harry.

He admits in the Netflix special that, when he played the role of Andy Kaufman in «99, he channeled Kaufman to the point where he had trouble separating himself from the character.

Okorafor said she was buoyed by the global success of the summer box office hit «Wonder Woman» — the first superhero movie to star a woman since 2005 — with the character hailed as a new role model for girls and a break away from sexism in Hollywood.

«A Good Woman,» a ham - fisted adaptation of Wilde's play «Lady Windermere's Fan,» suffers from a staggeringly bad miscasting of its central role and from a cut - and - paste screenplay that substitutes random insertions of Wilde epigrams for character.

With her role as the epnoymous character in Frida (2002), Hayek disappeared into her subject so convincingly that not only would she return to the good graces of critics, but earn an Oscar nomination as well.Hayek would spend the coming years enjoying superstar status with everything from comedic turns on sitcoms like Ugly Betty (which she produced) and 30 Rock, to meaty roles in dramatic thrillers like Savages.

Ah you know what time of year it is when name brand actors take on roles in which their characters all have reasons to be incredibly unlikable, from the audience point of view.

From the top down, this is a show that has such patience and empathy for its characters, even the most minute of roles, that it makes you want to get to know the people around you in real life better, open yourself up to their stories, discover their secrets within.

On TV from 1963 on, Carmel is best known to TV fans for his role as villainous Colonel Gumm on Batman and his portrayal of the petulant title character in the «I Mudd» episode of Star Trek.

I expected much more from this film and you are robbed of everything at every beat, the villain role is never explored and either is Leto's character.

In the 1964 pilot episode, «Eleven Days To Zero», he was seen as the doomed first commander of the submarine Seaview, Capt. John Phillips, who is killed in an attempt on the life of Admiral Nelson (Richard Basehart); in «The X Factor», an episode from the following season, Hudson played the role of Captain Shire, who is killed off using the exact same footage depicting his character's death in the pilot episode.

Bateman scores as an insecure - but - competitive buffoon — think of his character in «The Gift» minus the aggression — while right alongside him is a delightfully spirited McAdams whose role here thankfully adds more distance from a bizarre «support of supporting roles,» talent - wasting phase.

The only reason my rating is so high is the fact that I never expected it to be as good as it was, It come as quite a surprise how funny it was, Ice Cube basically plays the same character that made his role in the Jump Street films so good, It's nothing new but it's full of cheap laughs from start to finish and the fight at the end was pretty entertaining, Yes it's predictable but it's allot of fun.

A few characters carry over from the first, including Karan Soni's cabbie, T.J. Miller's barfly, and Brianna Hildebrand's C - list X-Man (Negasonic Teenage Warhead), but their roles are minor, mostly there to placate fans looking for more of the same.

Though often consigned by Hollywood's typecasting system to workaday villain roles, Kenneth Tobey has not be forgotten by filmmakers who grew up watching his horror - flick endeavors of the 1950s; he has been afforded key cameo roles in such latter - day shockers as Strange Invaders (1983) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, and in 1985 he reprised his Thing From Another World character in The Attack of the B - Movie Monsters.

A who's who of familiar faces (from Zac Efron to Josh Hutcherson and Jacki Weaver) have minor roles as characters in «The Room», while other big names appear in memorable cameos, including Judd Apatow and Bryan Cranston.

Players assume the roles of two very different characters: Azriel Odin, an ex-assassin searching for a defector from the Gemini system, and

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

After the war, his film parts multiplied, and he was very busy on the screen during the 1950s, in productions as different as Anthony Asquith's The Importance of Being Earnest and Tony Richardson's Look Back in Anger, and playing every kind of character role from coroners (in Cast a Dark Shadow) to British admirals (in Sink the Bismarck!)

The weight of that knowledge and the guilt from his role in JT's disappearance propel the characters, shape the story.

Instead of bulking up Michelle's role, the film sticks with Stifler, a character that somehow manages to grow viler from film to film.

Hudd first came to serious critical attention with his portrayal of Guildenstern in a 1925 modern - dress production of Hamlet, and he later became a theatrical star in the play Too Good To Be True, in the role of Private Meek, a character modeled after T.E. Lawrence; as surviving photos from the production reveal, in costume he was a near dead - ringer for the real - life Lawrence.

Players assume the roles of two very different characters: Azriel Odin, an ex-assassin searching for a defector from the Gemini system, and «Delta - Six,» a hospital inmate whose memory has been wiped by mysterious, Big Brother types.

Based on the character Tinker Bell from J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy, the film features the voices of Mae Whitman, reprising her role of Tinker Bell, Christina Hendricks as a new dust - keeper fairy named Zarina, and Tom Hiddleston as a much younger James Hook.

Oddly enough it's the female characters who suffer most, with Chloe Sevigny «s inherent oddness the only thing rescuing the character of Owen and James» widowed mother from cipherdom, while the more substantial role of Diana is given not just one but several credulity - straining psychological somersaults to pull off.

While most of her non-comedy roles tend to make her come across as dull and rather lifeless (save for Insidious), she works wonders with more colorful characters like Helen and Jackie Q from Get Him to the Greek.

What drags the game down is not only its lack of length but sub par voice acting particularly with the DLC's main protagonist, Batgirl voiced by Ashley Greene who had come to replace Kimberly Brooks from former games lacking the tone, wit and independence Brooks brought to the role changing the character, entirely lacking personality in a worn performance, the characters are now best to be left forgotten, not even Hamill could save this train wreck with the very few joker lines he had been presented with.

Jonah Hill doesn't break away from his stock character too much; this isn't an insult, he eats up the scenery with the confidence of a man who has this role nailed down.

While her role in The Witch may be a far cry from Jesse's in Free Willy, Taylor - Joy's fast proving that she's capable of mastering pretty much any character thrown at her.

We also get a peek at Aaron Johnson as the titular Kick - Ass and Hit Girl's bike, as well as Morris Chestnut who takes over the role of Sergeant Marcus Williams from Omari Hardwick, who played the character in the first film.

His leavening of God of Carnage's bleak sense of humor is apparent just from the way that he replaced loutish but menacing James Gandolfini with patently non-threatening John C. Reilly in the role of Michael, one of God of Carnage's four main characters.

I think that novelist - now - screenwriter Emma Donoghue originally wanted to present an ironic counterpoint for a character who is manic and crazed from seven years as a sex - slave captive (five of them as a mother), oublietted away in some freak's (Sean Bridgers, who already played this role in Lucky McKee's The Woman) garden shed.

Nolte is OK in a part that affords him very little to build a character from, Robert Shaw does a dialled - down version of his salty dog Quint from Jaws, and the great character actor Eli Wallach appears in a supporting role as an old drunk who plays both sides.

X-Men: Apocalypse has a huge cast of characters, some of whom are returning to roles from previous films, and quite a few of whom are inheriting younger versions of characters that appeared in the first three films.

Daniel Wu has just been tapped to just the Tomb Raider movie, and based on the description of his role, many have drawn the conclusion that he'll be playing a character similar to Conrad Roth from the 2013 Tomb Raider game.

It looks like Sony is aiming high for the lead role in Bloodshot, the first offering from the studio's shared Valiant movie universe, with The Wrap reportedly revealing a wishlist of actors to play the title character.

The rest of the cast are uniformly great, from Campbell Scott as the lead to a rich supporting cast of character actors - including a well written woman's role (shock!)

It's a little iffy to think about how Segel wrote his own role, a character that is charming and has women throw themselves at him throughout the entire movie, and this knowledge gives the impression of narcissism from Segel.

According to the press release, the player will take on the role of a minifig named Emmet, «an ordinary LEGO minifigure mistakenly thought to be «The Special» — a character prophesized to save the world from an evil LEGO tyrant.»

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.