Sentences with phrase «title character»

The opening scene in which her train - wreck title character gets fired from her fast - food job is the funniest part of the film.

If that sounds like a weird DVD extra, it surely seems a fitting tribute, in a way, to this movie's out - there title character.

You'll play as the eponymous title character as you travel a map and discover new secrets.

Filmmaker Jay Duplass channeled the close relationship he shares with brother, co-writer and co-director, Mark, into the sweet but insular relationship the 21 - year - old title character of their film CYRUS shares with his mother.

Filmed in Vancouver, Tooth Fairy is a comedy fantasy film starring Dwayne Johnson as title character along with Ashley Judd and Julie Andrews.

Critic Consensus: Though it lives beneath the 1925 version, Claude Rains plays title character well in this landmark color version of the classic tragedy.

Frances McDormand takes the difficult title character from Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer - winning collection of short stories out for a slightly different spin, but the result is less a challenge to Strout's vision than a broadening of it.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Directed by: Peter Jackson — Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Evangeline Lilly, Andy Serkis, Richard Armitage Synopsis: «The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey» follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug.

From literally the very first second of the film where Will Arnett's gravelly voiced title character provides a hilarious narrative guide to the opening credits, there's silliness to spare, and much of it is based on Batman's self - absorbed tough - guy persona.

Gold wrote a single episode of the cartoon show Hey Arnold, in which title character Arnold stages an amateur magic show and «disappears» his friend Helga, who escapes during the trick, causing Arnold and the others to think she really has disappeared.

The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug.

This boils down to what Pink calls the «Sawyer Effect,» named after title character in Mark Twain's classic The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.

After Ringling Pledges to End Elephant Acts, PETA calls on director of new Dumbo movie to make sure CGI - Created title character finds his freedom.

The seemingly TAXI DRIVER - inspired storyline sees title character Robert McCall protecting a teenage prostitute (Moretz) from the seedier elements of the Boston underworld, including Russian mafia «fixer» Marton Csokas.

Critics Consensus: Though it lives beneath the 1925 version, Claude Rains plays title character well in this landmark color version of the classic tragedy.

Beginning in in 2003, «Megan Leavey» follows the 20 - year old title character (Mara), who decides to leaves her home and her mother, Jackie (Edie Falco).

«It's the most expensive makeup I've ever had,» says Oscar - winner Mark Rylance of his performance - capture title character in The BFG, Steven Spielberg's movie adaptation of Roald Dahl's classic book.Rylance worked to develop every aspect of...

In a two - night miniseries premiering Sunday, Frances McDormand takes the difficult title character from Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer - winning collection of short stories out for a slightly different spin, but the result is less a challenge to Strout's vision than a broadening of it.

From the minute that Johansson's title character suffers a beating in captivity that ruptures the drugs in her stomach and releases them into her bloodstream (a Yankee nightmare), the film enters a realm of continual delight, though not always surprise.

The program's winning charm can be credited to the chemistry among the cast members and to the charm exhibited by its nerdy title character whether she's negotiating her way around the publishing industry, by day, or juggling dating and the demands of her family in the evening.

The acting is superb, especially from Jan Bijvoet who embodies the enigmatic title character with great skill.

But the movie is worth its sloggiest moments — and its frequently off - putting title character — for Hüller's fearless performance, which is a revelation of pathos, humor and keen, sharp - eyed focus.

Lewis Carroll Film release date: May 27 Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway What it's about: In the sequel to «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,» our beloved title character enters another fantastical world, this time through a mirror.

You have Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, the first female title character in a Marvel Studios film, with Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck co-directing.

Kevin Spacey's title character Frank Underwood negotiated seating charts, hoarded tickets for the dinner, and gave a word of sympathy to host Conan O'Brien.

This explains why details about the elderly title character mirror many from Stanton's life.

Détective Pikachu has a cool concept and a truly great title character.

As Run The Jewels pulses on the soundtrack, we also get new shots of the movie's cast — not just title character Chadwick Boseman, but also his friends and enemies — in action, facing off with swords, guns, and good - old mystically powered martial arts.

After Panettiere showed up in such films as Remember the Titans and Joe Somebody, her next notable role was Maddie Harrington, the long - lost daughter of the quirky title character on Fox's Ally McBeal.

Absent in the teaser was title character Philip Seymour Hoffman, who finally makes an appearance here as the charismatic leader known as «The Master» whose religion is about to take off in America.

Title character Alexander is reduced to something of a nonentity once the design changes to place the rest of his family, not him, at the center of all these mishaps.

For who better to cast as the unreliable narrator Eva Khatchadourian than the woman who has played both the stoney White Witch in the Narnia films and delievered the powerhouse performance of the conflicted title character in 2008's Julia.

Credit for this nuanced approach should go to Philip Seymour Hoffman, who imbues title character Lancaster Dodd with a large dollop of avuncular charm.

ANTWONE FISHER As a psychiatrist to the troubled title character, Denzel Washington is the best thing about this movie.

Alexander Skarsgård stars as the legendary title character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, alongside Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Oscar nominee Djimon Hounsou, Oscar winner Jim Broadbent, and two - time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz.

The movie stars Bryan Cranston as the beleaguered title character as well as a talented supporting cast featuring Diane Lane, John Goodman, Louis C.K., Elle Fanning and Dame Helen Mirren.

Its emotional context doesn't work as Middleditch's title character disappears into the backdrop, but Baena's film has a comedic life of its own.

Now, in David Gordon Green's Joe, adapted from a novel by Larry Brown, Sheridan adds another acting heavyweight to his roster of co-stars, starring opposite Nicolas Cage «s ex-con title character as an eager - to - work kid looking for roots not provided by his own itinerant family and alcoholic father.

Capcom revealed onstage at Sony Experience 2015 that F.A.N.G., seen above, is the last launch title character to be revealed.

This is why Toller stays in his post at First Reformed, leading his sparsely attended services even if, in private, he can no longer pray (something he shares with the sickly title character of Bresson ’s

All in all, Creed is a thoroughly rousing flick that gives us everything we expect of a Rocky movie — strong characters, humor, and an underdog tale of personal betterment — while moving the series» narrative forward and even moving its original title character out of the spotlight.

Ryan Reynolds stars as the adorably gruff title character, a tough - as - nails crime fighter, who is also a ridiculously cute Pokémon.

Oscar - winner Alicia Vikander («The Danish Girl») competently fills the boots of reimagined title character Lara Croft (developer Square Enix mercifully retired the heroine's original look in 2013 for something appreciably more modern) and a couple of the film's action sequences resemble the best of the series» gameplay — enough to cut a trailer, at least.

This isn't some Lewis Carroll - themed acid trip, it's the concept behind designer and illustrator Michael William Lester's series of GIFs titled Character Building.

Deadpool is often described as Marvel's first pansexual character, but this aspect of his personality did not feature heavily in last year's hit film, in which Reynolds» title character enjoys a romantic relationship with Morena Baccarin's Vanessa.

But Constantine, which follows Keanu Reeves title character as he teams up with Rachel Weisz's Angela to prevent Satan's arrival on Earth, takes a leap out the plausibility window early on, something presumably dictated by the comic book that the film is based on.

Watch Antonio Banderas» title character chase a beam of light in anticipation of this DreamWorks Animation spin - off.

Now they've returned with a movie version of Killer Joe, starring Matthew McConaughey as the ruthless title character.