McCarthy is a fine actress who charts the journey from put upon underling to confident
ass-kicker. But her ad-libbing is rarely as funny as the film's makers think it is.
Spy caper's down the pan; Action comedy flushed with toilet gags; The BIG review
Oscar-winner Adrien Brody is a shock choice for lead tough guy Royce, while Alice Braga is the usual strong, feisty female
ass-kicker.
Science friction; Robert Rodriguez reveals how his scarier-than-ever Predators got back on the trail of human prey
Barnes is labeled a "varsity-level
ass-kicker" and "old school warrior," but for all the blather about how tough the training is, this isn't exactly "Full Metal Jacket." In fact, after several foot chases and more action than most cops see in a career you're pretty safe in assuming Rico will manage to be disgraced and achieve redemption all in the first hour.
10-8
"This is the meanest
ass-kicker on the Bruneau," says guide Paul Werner as a dozen of us examine the churning drop of Five Mile Rapid from the safety of the riverbank.
Owyhee Canyonlands: rivers wild along the Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada borders
As Mirror readers, I'm sure you're all aware of the sad news that the wonderful blog writer and all-round cancer
ass-kicker Alice Pyne passed away a few days ago from Hodgkin's lymphoma.
A leading light that won't fade; LIVING WITH CANCER
"The next president is going to be an
ass-kicker. The whole world is gonna change or else this will become a really f***dup song."
the Razz: PINK SWANSONG FOR DEAR Mr PRESIDENT; Exclusive Superstar sings anti-Bush track for last time
During his first news conference Will will admit that he was the person who suggested that Goetz challenge Bush on who was the better "
ass-kicker"--the challenge that some will say gave the debate, and thus the election, to Goetz.
Real Democrats don't eat quiche; a dream ticket
Samuel L Jackson (right) reprises the role of the black
ass-kicker in Shaft, based on the original 1971 blaxploitation classic.
FILM: REWIND
Tyson's co-boss, John Horne, blasted: "Tyson's the greatest
ass-kicker of all time.
DEATH SLUR FIRES BRUNO
But now they team up in action flicks such as this, which sees the ageing
ass-kickers playing prisoners attempting to escape from an ultra-high-security jail.
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If the soaring American novelist of my young manhood has fallen into the automobile graveyard, and the bohemian poets and painters whom I knew wrote the final words on bourgeois defiance-Bodenheim, de Kooning, Kline, Delmore Schwartz, down to the kid
ass-kickers like Ginsberg and Larry Rivers -it has remained for the (oh no!) actor to bring originality to the 1980s, where the nobler arts have repeated the story.
The CAT scan of our era: actor as incarnation