Sentences with phrase «turn as boxer»
«Creed» Ryan Coogler's reboot of the «Rocky» franchise has drawn raves, and Sylvester Stallone's supporting turn as boxer - turned - coach could earn him a supporting actor nod.
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Marlon Brando's performance as boxer - turned - dockworker - turned - revolutionary Terry Malloy is a force of nature.
Both boxers» shirts were spattered with blood as they turned and walked back to their corners.
Suddenly, «Rockstar Charlie» is announced over the speakers to roars from the audience as the lights dim and cameras pop and an ESPN E60 film crew follows the lanky, former nursery school teacher turned model - boxer, somehow both as bouncy as Tigger and serene as a lullaby, throughout his ring entrance, preening before the crowd with his tats and Sid Vicious chain - and - lock necklace while models squeal out his name.
Boxers and promoters can not turn that kind of coin down as it all goes to them.
The former Norwich City striker has had a sensational turn of fortune where he now plies his trade as a professional super middleweight boxer.
Charlie is a down - and - out former boxer turned sleazy fight promoter on the underground robot boxing circuit in a world where machines have replaced humans as prizefighting combatants.
That story, «Steel,» was about a boxer who poses as a robot in order to fight one, and turned up as a «Twilight Zone» episode starring Lee Marvin.
The film stars Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo and Atom as, respectively, the - down - on - his - luck - former - boxer - turned - fighting - robot manager, the almost - given - up - on - romance - but - I - can - fix - any - broken - bot - you - drag - in - here beauty, the I - wish - I - had - a-better-dad-but-at-least-he's - in - the - robot - game kid and the won't - someone - just - believe - in - me blue - eyed boxing bot.
Hugh Jackman stars as Charlie Kenton, a retired boxer who has turned to a career of promoting.
For lead actor, dark horse «Biutiful» star Javier Bardem — who portrays a hustler confronting questions about his mortality and morality in the Barcelona - set film — edged strong contenders including «Blue Valentine» heartthrob Ryan Gosling, Robert Duvall's portrayal of a hermit in «Get Low» and Mark Wahlberg's turn as a working - class boxer in «The Fighter.»
You have to give some credit to Jacques Audiard — who's otherwise taking a decisive step back from A Prophet — for going surprisingly easy on the figurative potential of a love story between Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), a whale trainer turned double - amputee after a rough day on the job, and Ali (Bullhead's Matthias Schoenaerts), a brutish security guard and distant father who moonlights as a back - alley boxer.
With plenty of eye - roll worthy dialogue, Vikander sifts her way through some surprisingly lackluster motions (cringe as she flirts with fellow bikers or bonds with amateur boxers through flat jokes), which includes a waste of esteemed British actors in wincing supporting turns (Kristin Scott Thomas, Derek Jacobi), and two sequences with fan favorite Nick Frost (which includes a rather questionable firearm display, considering they are illegal in the UK).
In its full - blooded commitment, Theron's turn matches that of Robert De Niro as the self - destructive boxer in Raging Bull.
You certainly wouldn't peg her as an expected fit for Charlene Fleming, boxer Micky Ward's tough - as - nails bartender girlfriend in David O. Russell's «The Fighter,» but as it turns out, she delivers perhaps her most accomplished performance to date in that role, -LSB-...]
In the supporting categories, both Golden Globe winners from «The Fighter» were acknowledged by the academy: Christian Bale for his complete transformation as a former boxer turned drug addict (a role for which he lost 30 pounds) and Melissa Leo, as his tough - as - nails mother, a real departure from her usual persona.
Nominated for best actress were Annette Bening as a 1930s London stage diva in Being Julia; Catalina Sandino Moreno as a Colombian woman who takes on a perilous job as a drug mule in Maria Full of Grace; Imelda Staunton as a housekeeper who moonlights as an abortion practitioner in 1950s Britain in Vera Drake; Hilary Swank as a boxer whose life turns tragic in Million Dollar Baby; and Kate Winslet as a woman who has erased memories of her ex-boyfriend in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
The standard 2.0 - liter boxer four, the sole engine available in the Crosstrek, is the same as that found in the Impreza, turning out 148 hp and 145 lb - ft of torque.
Private detective Ezekiel «Easy» Rawlins finds himself entangled in jurisdictions and lies as he investigates the kidnapping of Rosemary Goldsmith, daughter of a military weapons developer, and her involvement with boxer - turned political activist Bob Mantle.
On the other hand, very large dogs, such as Boxers or Saint Bernards, can be overly boisterous and can accidentally turn your child into a human bowling pin.
On the other hand, very large dogs, such as Boxers or Saint Bernards, can be overly boisterous as puppies and can accidentally turn your child into a human bowling pin.
The young Bob earned a few cents busking, and after a brief career as a boxer he turned his talents to show business.