Sentences with phrase «villain of the piece»

The true villain of the piece — the menacing EU — enters the fray and an onslaught of one - sided criticism emerges.

The one interesting aspect of the tale is that it's based on actual events and that some of the more notable villains of the piece actually existed, like Harry Shum Jr.'s Paul Wong and Eugenia Yuan «Snakehead» who ran a twisted human trafficking ring that got so big (thanks to shifting over to hard narcotics) that the FBI actually had to sit up and take notice.

Of course, it's no secret that the star villain of the piece is Thanos, played through voice and motion capture by Josh Brolin.

It was funny but while the notion is clearly daft, as Fabregas was one of the key players in helping Mourinho and Chelsea to the Premier League title last season, the Spaniard is being seen as one of the mail villains of the piece and a key player in Mourinho's departure.

As the eventual villain of the piece, Joe Jordan, would put it later, «Anfield became a mini-Hampden that night and there were so many Scots in the ground that you couldn't hear a Welshman sing.»

Gerrard could not make it a hat - trick of penalty goals, but villain of the piece Luis Suarez did add the third goal in the closing stages to rub salt into United wounds.

Tom Felton, he from the «Harry Potter» franchise, plays the the nasty villain of the piece (naturally), James Ashford, while Tom Wilkinson also pops up as Dido's adoptive father in Lord Mansfield, and rightly owns every frame in which he appears; but it is relative newcomer Gugu Mbatha - Raw who shines throughout as the film's title character.

Marvel used that, and the character's track record with previous events like Infinity Gauntlet, to usher in a swath of new villains, both for his army, and the secondary villains of the piece, the Builders.

None, however, were quite as surprising as who turned out to be the actual villain of the piece, and even after the big reveal, the movie plays it close to the chest as to just who's playing it.

And as the alien villain of the piece, Idris Elba is so weighted down with head - covering prosthetics that it's often difficult to make out what he's saying.

There are some fun small roles by actors like Don Johnson, who is the main villain of the piece and puts in a good bit of scene - chewing as the evil warden.

Billionaire Bertrand Zobrist is the ostensible villain of the piece, but he exits the scene very early which, let's face it, is very cowardly, though Ben Foster, the actor who plays him, gets to glower and bellow in flashbacks.

Because they are all as bad as each other, the film allows its characters to riff on their personal brands without any one of them seeming overly cruel until the secret villain of the piece materialises.

Unsurprisingly for the first episode the plot is kept minimal, but we're given glimpses of where it's heading, including our potential big bad villain of the piece.

This great looking CG trailer for Dishonored 2 from Arkane Studios - debuted at this years E3 in June - gave fans of the first title a good look at new protagonist Emily Kaldwin's powers, as well as one of the potential villains of the piece.

Brilliantly acted by Jackson, Tarantino's longtime muse, this alternately deplorable and pitiable character is in some ways the true villain of the piece.

The real villain of the piece has been Kenny Dalglish.

Who is the villain of the piece?

It would be too strong to say that the villain of her piece is St. Augustine; nevertheless, resistance to «Augustine's singular dominance in much of Western Christian history» is central.

It will not help Arsenal directly, as we have already lost the game while the villains of the piece Chelsea were gifted a Premier League lifeline with their win over us a couple of weeks ago, but I think all Arsenal fans will be happy and even a little vindicated with the latest news from Spain.

Asamoah Gyan was once again the villain of the piece, missing a crucial spot - kick, as he did in the 2010 World Cup, in the semi-final defeat to Zambia.

Curiously the man who saved Arsenal, and who built the club a new stadium, is often today cast as the villain of the piece, and this is just one of the historical inaccuracies that the new definitive history of Woolwich Arsenal FC sets out to correct.

Zidane was so nearly the villain of the piece as he also missed a penalty when he went for a Panenka in the shootout.

Alvaro Morata was the villain of the piece as Chelsea failed to beat Arsenal on Wednesday night.

Morrison, meanwhile, remains unhappy at his media treatment where he believes he is being unfairly made to look the villain of every piece.

This week the villains of the piece seemed to assume a central role, as MPs faced sinister adversaries both within and without government.

It's too simplistic to point to one side as the villain of the piece.

These accusations were the fault of the media, who - according to Fox - are the real villains of the piece.

However Hearts» search for an equaliser was made even more difficult when Soulama, the villain of the piece, charged out of the box to take out Dauda Mohammed.

The question then is one of whether peers are villains of the piece or whether their Lordships are exercising wisdom and reason in scrutinising the legislation proposed by the government and then improving it — like good fairies.

Carbon dioxide may be the villain of the piece when it comes to atmospheric pollution, but we ignore its henchmen at our peril

Before that it was the villain of the piece in the guise of the soot that poured from factory chimneys and turned cities black.

Those who loved Frankie Howerd are advised to avoid one of his few American films, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1977), where as the villain of the piece he is just as lost as his illustrious costars George Burns, Steve Martin and the Bee Gees.

That would be Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), the none - too - bright bureaucrat who begins as the villain of the piece, the civil servant charged with the task of evicting the prawns, all 1.8 million of them, from their current ghetto to an even more outlying district far removed from the offended citizenry.

All the scenes that involved Ladd playing the tough guy were great though and the villains of the piece had a lot of character.

Hela, the villain of the piece, is a vicious, unforgivable badass who takes no prisoners (okay, she crowns Karl Urban's Skurge as her executioner), but Cate Blanchett is too nuanced and magnetic of an actress that one wishes she were given extra shadings to play with this stock role.

Latino Review says that there's a good chance he will actually play the villain of the piece.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle sees Julianne Moore play the villain of the piece this time «around, and we got a brief glimpse of the character, named Poppy, a week or so ago courtesy of a couple of outlets.

Jason Isaacs plays the villain of the piece, Col. Tavington, and at least this time there's a reason the bad guy has an English accent.

Although she remains the villain of the piece, she isn't without some sympathy, as she pathetically tries to achieve a happiness that remains always forbidden, though it is always seemingly within her grasp.

Which is why my actress of choice to portray the villain of the piece would be Stana Katic from Castle.

He's the villain of the piece, at least ostensibly, but it's clear he's on the road to a Capra-esque redemption.

Both of these two put the villains of the piece (Akerman, Lacy) to shame, who feel like pantomime masterminds, their dialogue over-played and cheesy.

The Oscar Winning «King's Speech» star would play Adrian, the villain of the piece.

Matt Damon flexes his comedic muscles and Al Pacino chews hungrily on the scenery as the villain of the piece.

The Wrap says Russell, who worked with Tarantino on his 50 % of «Grindhouse» (as the lead maniac Stuntman Mike in «Death Proof»), will play the villain of the piece, Ace Woody.