Sentences with phrase «side characters make»

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«Now that we know which traits to look for, we can begin to make progress on how to best assess them in high - stakes settings such as hiring and promotion, where people are more inclined to hide the darker sides of their character,» she told The Huffington Post.

No longer tin boxes emblazoned with cartoon characters, today's lunch boxes can be made of neoprene or melamine and feature flexible sides or insulated walls.

Zenit St Petersburg manager Andre Villas - Boas, previously of Chelsea and Tottenham, has made the signing of the summer by bringing cartoon character Bart Simpson to the Russian side:

The official who wears the hat of fiscal monitor, auditor and payroll administrator might also be the master of ceremonies — standing to the side, making sure everything runs well, highlighting each character and scene, essentially guiding the taxpayer through the action onstage and behind the scenes.

While this creepy walk through post-war Vienna may not always make sense (Joe Cotton's character argues with the cops about them having a lack of evidence when he in fact is on the light side of proof) it's moody atmospherics make for an interesting crawl through the bad side of town.

Getting short - shrift in all of this is Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas, The Rules of Attraction), who is pushed mostly to the side here — although that may be intended irony, since his character was the most sexually experienced in the original film, making him the guy most likely to have had his glory day in high school, only to go downhill from there.

the script is linear and actually makes sense, but it's such a cold film that it only works as a procedural film, much in the way The Day of the Jackal (1973) dealt with icy characters from opposing sides eventually converging in a climax.

While this is obviously the point, she is a very difficult character to side with or sympathise with, seemingly motivated by nothing more than necessity and wanting to make sure her mum (Joely Richardson) is okay.

The controls don't have a steep learning curve, the music is well done, even though I think this was the game's main weakness (I would have brought in Ennio Morricone for it), the characters are full of life (and if you have friends similar to Irish, it makes it all the more amusing), the side missions are mixed in difficulty and can happen anytime you're out on your horse or for a walk.

I lost track of which characters were with which side, and the movie even tries to make the same joke, as if knowingly acknowledging this aspect forgives Free Fire for its plotting misfires.

The characters make the film here, as they're well drawn, yet difficult to sympathize with as this reveals the darker side of the decisions that sparked the 2008 financial crisis.

It helps that Garland writes interesting, capable female characters and casts an ensemble with the talent necessary to make the emotional side work.

Julian Moore is crap in this movie, story makes no sense, the Statesmen are lame, too many side characters distract rather than add to the story.

He's part of a strong ensemble: Buscemi's Del makes an honest mentor, but he doesn't sugarcoat the character's darker side.

Part of what makes Ms. McAdams and Ms. Weisz such appealing performers is how persuasively they convey the inner lives of the characters they play, which makes it easy to put yourself on their side.

While it's a few dozen DLC characters away from fulfilling its true potential, the appeal of seeing Viewtiful Joe stand side - by - side with the likes of Dante, Thor, Deadpool and Ameratsu, and the overall value due to its superb execution, make it a must for anyone who knows what a Hadouken is or has ever made «snikt» noises with their imaginary claws.

The bizarreness of some of the characters and the way the show is able to expose the vulnerable sides (and also the weirdness) of these super-tough motorcycle guys makes for compelling TV.

On the obverse side of the same coin are the character traits that often make his films worthwhile.

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And so starts a game of one - up - manship, with both sides having tricks up their sleeves and where sundry characters like bhai turned sadhu - Batabhai and King of Casinos Johnny Bonzola, turn up to make the foursome's life miserable.

Spectacular character design and script create one of the most interesting side quests in the Witcher universe and make it easy to overcome some mistakes in its design.

By completing side quests you get CP, Crystal Points you can use to upgrade your abilities and earn new ones, so you can make your character stronger.

And in the world of Raising Arizona, where the privileged make it impossible for the rest to achieve their goals (not so far from our own world), it's ingenious to create a character whose speech seems to embody both sides.

And a side supporting character named Peter (Alexander), who has strabismus (his eyes aren't aligned), is written solely to draw out a few yuks, though it would seem a stretch that his mother (Janney, Juno), who is constantly ridiculing his condition, would still be making fun of it, especially as it is a condition he was born with — you'd think she'd have run out of insults years before.

In the 1960s, the top earners that centered around a female character were: The Sound of Music (which was the highest grossing film of the decade), Dr. Zhivago, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, Funny Girl, Cleopatra, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (debatable), Bonnie and Clyde (debatable), Let's Make Love, West Side Story.

And, while the near - naked Mystique character from past films does not make an appearance in this X-Men adventure, a nude Jackman is seen (obscurely) from the side and rear.

While actually this option makes the asigned recruits available as characters that you can play with in main or side missions.

Kim Seo - Hyung impresses as Sook - hee's icy handler Chief Kwon, Shin Ha - kyun makes for a suitably diabolical villain and Bang Sung - jun has the necessary charm for a character crucial to the gentler, more sentimental side of the tale.

This dark comedy from writer / director Martin McDonagh, the Englishman who made «In Bruges,» is a bitingly told character study that goes beyond Southern stereotypes to delve into rape culture, cover - ups, grief and criminality on all sides.

And the way this character shows a contrast by his aggressive, delusional super-hero persona, and his sweet - natured, natural and loveable doggy - side, which is mostly seen when he is together with his owner Penny - the little girl to whom he directs all his considerable love and devotion - should make him an inspiring figure for children and adults alike.

The revelations and twists you unearth are genuinely interesting and surprising, while making the characters of David Gordon and his side - kick all the more convincing.

Cusack shoots for about par while most of the side characters (Thandie Newton, Beatrice Rosen, Amanda Peet) might make a few talent agents rethink their contracts.

Otto Preminger directs with a sharp clarity, remaining just slightly removed from the drama, the better to watch all sides and take stock of the characters, the conflicts and the courtroom tactics, and doesn't get much better than Stewart and Scott sparring with witnesses: the cagey country lawyer hiding his endgame behind a folksy manner versus the smart, sarcastic, thoroughly urban legal eagle who makes a show of his intelligence and showmanship.

Undercut by dumbed - down dialogue, unconvincing characters, and a thirst for blood which borders on the Mel Gibson - side of excessive, Antoine Fuqua's latest feature seems interested in only one thing: making Gerard Butler look more of a man than... Continue reading Olympus Has Fallen

Other characters include a meth - using teacher (Jillian Bell of «Workaholics») who dreams of making love to a student, an inefficient security guard (Kumail Nanjiani), a buttoned - down teacher with a dark side (an out of place Christina Hendricks) and a coach (Tracy Morgan) who buys skinny jeans in an effort to save his job.

In fact, the weak part of the cast is probably Courtney Cox, the lead, who can sometimes swing a little too far on the annoying side to really make you emphasise with some of her character's weirder habits.

Instead, the «Ice Age» screenwriters seem to be making up the rules as they go along, distracted by tired side plots to give the other characters a reason to exist.

Both About Time and Ruby Sparks are about manipulation, but where Kazan makes sure to consider the dark side of it all, Curtis revels in About Time's Britishness and charm, confronting these themes through a completely different lens that further marginalizes McAdams» character and then skips off into the sunset with the sort of weepy feel good climax you expect from a film with Richard Curtis» name on it.

While I wouldn't mind playing with some of these side characters and superfluous plotlines in a video game, as an adaptation of a beloved work that has enchanted many millions of readers, young and old, I'm left longing for a different kind of fan film — the inevitable one in which someone edits out all of the stuff not from the writings of Tolkien — and makes it the movie it always should have been from inception.

A similar approach is seen in Rees» audition room, too; she notes that she makes all actors do an in - character improv routine in addition to the prepared sides.

With a full Die Hard - and - a-quarter of run time at its disposal, Spectre still dismisses character development almost entirely, making for some of the underwhelming double - oh relationships to exist this side of Die Another Day.

Green, making a name for himself as the go - to man for pot and phunny movies -LRB-» The Pineapple Express»,» Your Highness»), spends more time tweaking the cocaine gags and splicing in sex jokes than he does fleshing any of the characters out or even attempting to get the audience to side or relate to a couple.

Both sides are right and both are wrong, but in turn it makes it difficult to root for or against any particular character, with few exceptions.

The character progression links the side material with the main quest in a satisfying way, it perhaps makes Lara too effective a killing machine too early in the adventure.

It doesn't help that a lack of side quests that could potentially flesh out their character arcs makes the experience somewhat linear.

The comic book audience is largely made up of white males, so publishers have often erred on the side of caution with black characters or have created a black character simply in an attempt to market to a new audience of black readers.

Really only Tsui Hark has managed to make a great movie out of an origin story (with A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon), and that was by turning the ostensible hero into a side character for much of the film, allowing it to be driven by his mentor.

Undercut by dumbed - down dialogue, unconvincing characters, and a thirst for blood which borders on the Mel Gibson - side of excessive, Antoine Fuqua's latest feature seems interested in only one thing: making Gerard Butler look more of a man than he already does.

Enter the remaining cast of characters, both major and minor: the janitorial staff of the classified underground wing of the compound, Zelda Fuller (Octavia Spencer in a role written for her by del Toro) and the mute Elisa Esposito (Sally Hawkins, radiant in a star - making role); the attending government scientist Dr. Robert Hoffstetler (Michael Stuhlbarg), also a Russian double - agent; and, of course, Elisa's next door neighbor, Giles (Richard Jenkins, deserving of a Supporting Actor nomination), who frets about growing older and his hair loss, pines for love with a local pie shop employee and shares his passion for musicals with the equally besotted Elisa (they sit side - by - side on the sofa performing a quick soft shoe).

There isn't enough story here to sustain a full - length feature, and Shyamalan probably would have been better served making this the first short in an anthology film (indeed, it is rather reminiscent of a «Twilight Zone» episode, «Five Characters in Search of an Exit»), rather than stretch it out with weaker side stories and needless cCharacters in Search of an Exit»), rather than stretch it out with weaker side stories and needless characterscharacters.