Sentences with phrase «with superhero powers»

And that's what I associate with superhero power.

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As governor of the Bank of Israel, mild - mannered American economist Stanley Fischer became The Responsible Adult, a superhero with the power of trustworthiness.

Robert Jewett has long pointed out the American infatuation with superhero figures with mythic powers whose sole purpose is to rid the world of evil, though they never seem to succeed completely.

When didacticism is added, children may find the values associated with the superheroes to be no more credible than the powers, particularly when the values urged on children are only given lip service in the real adult world.

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Join PJ Library for a kid powered MLK Superhero Day with crafts, music, magic, and puppetry (Arlington)

Acclaimed children's author and superhero expert Ryan Jacobson joins forces with award - winning naturalist and photographer Stan Tekiela to spotlight 13 North American animals and their astonishing super powers in the children's picture book Super Animal Powers.

Kids can make superkid gear, discover hidden powers, enjoy a mighty snack and hang out with special guest superheros.

Moore imagined what superheroes would be like if they really existed, and clearly decided they would be paranoid right - wing psychotics with a delusional complex about male power.

The technology is the brainchild of Stephen Jacobsen, a mechanical engineer at the University of Utah, nurtured with funding from the Department of Defense, which — no surprise — wants its soldiers to have the power and endurance of superheroes.

Let's face it, if you've seen one superhero story, you've pretty much seen them all: alien / regular kid affected by supernatural powers / rich person with access to fantastic gadgets rises to meet regular threats from ne'erdowells, learning lessons about the costs of being a hero.

T'Challa's giddy kid sister, Shuri (Letitia Wright), is an even more fun inversion of male superhero protocol, playing Q to Black Panther's Bond with an array of Vibranium - powered suits and gizmos.

The movie's most sublime sequence has Deadpool putting together a superhero team of his own, a quick - cut job - interview montage that allows Zazie Beetz's Domino, Terry Crews» Bedlam, Bill Skarsgård's Zeitgeist, and Lewis Tan's Shatterstar to cycle through in short order, along with Rob Delaney's Peter — a nonsuperpowered fellow who just liked the sound of the want ad — and the Vanisher, whose invisibility powers prevent him from needing to be played by anyone at all.

And Jessica (Jessica Williams) would make an extremely compelling superhero, endowed as she is with mighty powers of snark, bravado, and withering disdain.

As superheroes dominate the box office, it was inevitable that someone would reboot this popular series about a quartet of crime fighters with unlikely special powers.

While in the narrative realm James Gunn's «Super», Peter Stebbings» «Defendor» and Matthew Vaughn's ultra-stylized Kick - Ass, among others, have examined the worlds and worldviews of those who take on a superhero guise without any particular special powers, «Superheroes» is a nonfiction look at those who don self - made spandex costumes along with alter egos, patrolling city streets at night to stop evildoers and protect the innocent.

With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-With Lionsgate's big screen reboot of Saban's Power Rangers hitting cinemas this Friday, THR is reporting that the film is set to make history by being the first big - budget superhero movie to feature a LGBT protagonist in Becky G's Trini, a.k.a. the Yellow Ranger, with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-with the character revealed to be having «girlfiend problems» in what director -LSB-...]

Others, like the Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) are more like super-spies than superheroes, black - ops specialists with highly developed fighting skills but no special powers.

As creator, writer and director, Hawley does everything he can to suppress the yawns that will surely come from the superhero - disinclined, setting the tone for a show that favors personality over powers, with dialogue that thankfully lacks the sonorous ballast of most superhero movies.

Underage, undercover and underestimated, kids with special powers and a has - been superhero have to save the world from certain disaster in this mash - up of many other superhero movies.

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The movie touches on the main superhero - movie beats that we expect: the origin story, the demonstration of powers, the final battle with the equally...

For those of you who like your superhero flicks with no fourth wall and a nearly insufferable dose of douchebag charm, Ryan Reynolds returns as the foul - mouthed assassin with accelerated healing powers in Deadpool 2, opening wide this week.

The movie is based on the comic book by Mark Millar (Wanted) and focuses on a high school kid who decides to become a superhero... with no super powers whatsoever.

The Deadpool movie was, well, all but dead until it was revived in 2012, when the uber positive response to a test reel put together by current director Tim Miller and featuring Reynolds as Deadpool convinced the powers with the money that a hard R - rated superhero movie was viable.

Language: English Genre: Action / Fantasy MPAA rating: PG - 13 Director: Sam Raimi Actors: Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst Plot: A bite by a genetically modified spider turns unsuspecting high school student Peter Parker into a reluctant superhero who learns that with great power comes great responsibility.

So, it's not about casting Batman's sidekick as much as it is about casting a fully - established superhero with enough star power to lead his own solo movie (whenever the Nightwing movie happens).

«What is significant now, however, is that (in) this age of convergence of film franchises with social media, a black superhero movie with an almost all - black cast conveys power, that we have arrived.

I was among other outlets and we talked about what's it like to «act» like they have powers, superhero movies they are looking forward to (since, you know, there are about 567393959649303 coming out for years to come), which characters from other comic universes they would be BFFs with, or which they would hook up with, if they would switch powers with each other, and MORE!

He's the strong and silent superhero more concerned with doing the right thing for Wakanda rather than getting overly cocky with his super powers.

When I was 12 years old I was a superhero with the power to transform pieces of colorful plastic and ordinary household items into the elements of a grand adventure.

It's wrong - headed from the get, a giant f*ck you to both the idea of narrative consistency and the audience for having the temerity to expect a superhero movie — a genre about people with fantastical powers flying around and saving the world — to be any fun at all.

For over half the film we watch these characters work on building something, then in a flash they become superheroes with powers they haven't even learned to use before they are stereotypically tasked with saving the world.

Dracula Untold temporarily flirts with the child - like glee you find in all superhero origin stories when the protagonist first discovers their powers, but the novelty of developing sharply heightened senses and the ability to miraculously heal has long worn off.

When he hears about a crime in progress, he runs into a filing cabinet and transforms into Hong Kong Phooey, a superhero with mystical kung fu powers.

So Gadot (pronounced «gah - dote», but originally Greenstein in her native Israel) is the best hope yet to become the first female superhero with the power to smash her way through

What did that feel like to you, and to get to be a superhero with that girl power support behind her?

When I tell you that Captain America: The First Avenger is a superhero film, you won't be shocked to read that it's the story of a weakling who acquires special powers, dons a gaudy costume, and has a climactic punch - up with a fancy - dressed megalomaniac who just happens to have popped up at the same time.

It's still not known which Marvel movie Stone has a part in, nor is it known which character — apparently a superhero with «heat» powers — she'll be playing.

It's not so much that I dislike the essential ingredients in modern superhero movies — people with powers facing highly - consequential questions where the right answer isn't always clear — it's just that there is no dish I love so much that I'm excited to eat it constantly.

With director Josh Trank squaring the focus on the men and women (or, in this case, boys and girls) behind the powers, Fantastic Four had the opportunity to be, at the very least, something different from the crop of annual superhero movies, those with their quick quips and even quicker action beats hogging the entirety of the run tWith director Josh Trank squaring the focus on the men and women (or, in this case, boys and girls) behind the powers, Fantastic Four had the opportunity to be, at the very least, something different from the crop of annual superhero movies, those with their quick quips and even quicker action beats hogging the entirety of the run twith their quick quips and even quicker action beats hogging the entirety of the run time.

Yet he trivializes the importance of his powers and approaches his new duties with a kind of nonchalant, «aw shucks» I'm a superhero attitude.

The big draws include no - splatter violence on an industrial scale, rendered through dizzying special effects but with the leavening agent of humor to keep the sullen aspects of the story from dimming the enjoyment; and the characterizations of those superhero Avengers as they test their powers against an implacable foe.

As he reconnects with his former crime - fighting legion - a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers - Rorschach glimpses a wide - ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future.

Jordan, who plays the power hungry villain Killmonger, opposite Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa in the film, told ScreenRant that despite the terrible reception Fantastic Four received, he didn't hesitate to get involved with another superhero movie.

Trapped in Peach Trees — a massive residential apartment complex run by a drug lord — with Judge Dredd, Anderson uses all her skills — those she was taught as a Judge in training and the one she was born with — psychic powers — not fancy superhero - y ones but more a more subtle version.

Say what you will the R - rated superhero flick — like for instance that it falls in line with many of the same familiar tropes it purports to mock — but the gleefully violent and «adult» - oriented box office smash opened the flood gates for more of its R - rated ilk, showing studios through the ever influential power of green (not Green Lantern mind you), that audiences were more than receptive to «mature» content in their superhero films.

In this much - anticipated DC comics CW series, a former superhero returns to a normal life with his family, but during his time away, a local gang has gained power.

Midway through the film, Deadpool recruits a group of superheroes with mutant powers, including Domino (Zazie Beetz), Bedlam (Ter - ry Crews), Shatterstar (Lewis Tan), Zeitgeist (Bill Skarsgard) and Vanisher (a blink - and - you - missed - it Brad Pitt)-- plus one decidedly non-superpowered corporate shmoe from payroll named Peter (Rob Delaney).

«Deadpool 2» follows the proudly foul formula of the first, mixing the usual superhero set pieces with gore, gross - out jokes, 80s power ballads and frequent fourth - wall violations.