Sentences with phrase «air of suspense»

The whole thing carries with it an air of suspense and expectation, as well as the pleasure of its constant re-enactment.

I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense.

Director Daniel Sackheim, who cut his helming teeth on numerous episodes of The X-Files, somehow manages to generate an air of suspense even if he sometimes too easily falls in the trap of dropping shady «hints» with all the subtlety and grace of a trowel.

Conspicuously missing, however, is the heavy air of suspense, distrust and fear that made «The Thing» so good.

The film is very stylized and atmospheric, which helps it to maintain an air of suspense and a sense of foreboding.

It may not have taken place around a roulette wheel, but there was a palpable air of suspense as the state Gaming Facility Location Board announced three of the nearly 20 communities hoping to get a piece of the gaming action on Wednesday.

Not exact matches

Recent comments by GM Garth Lagerway may have taken some of the DP suspense out of the air, but it remains to be seen if the Sounders are able to add a supplementary player to the roster in the meantime.

Rope's staginess and lack of that usual edge - of - the - seat suspense leaves it kind of dangling in the air a bit...

Not dissimilar to Rosemary's Baby, the made - for - TV The Glow was supposed to have aired during the fall of 2001, but for various reasons (including an unofficial post-9 / 11 moratorium on suspense films set in New York) the film did not make its Fox Network bow until August 30, 2002.

I think Smith was going for suspense, because the fate of the high school kids is up in the air at that point, but he misses the mark here.

Whether it was the general lack of suspense and sense of preordained coronation in the air — with really only Sandra Bullock's Best Actress victory being the only category of the four main acting awards still a bit up in the air — or just my own bloated seasonal malaise, I couldn't really get that amped leading up to the Academy Awards this year, and neither could I be counted on (obviously) to tap out exhaustive analysis after the fact.

Yet, in this film with no dialogue, there's also an air of mystery and suspense, as clues are left to exactly why this place is left at the behest of the amphibian interlopers.

The Space will air five short films that provide context to the master of suspense and his early work.

This being a John Le Carré story, the air is full of suspense and intrigue from frame one, when we meet our hero during the eve of the Arab Spring in Cairo.

Though director Henry Miller does a decent job of creating and maintaining an ominous air, the picture really has far more to offer in the way of shock than suspense.

Suspense was crackling in the air as the five finalists stood on stage waiting for Dr. Smith to pronounce the winner: high school science teachers Kelly Burnette from Yulee High School and Allan Phipps from Broward County; 8th - grade language arts teacher Cristine O'Hara of Miami - Dade, and 4th - grade teachers Zachary Champagne of Jacksonville and Cheryl Conley of Vero Beach.

Her debut, THE STRONGEST STEEL, has already become an Amazon best seller in romantic suspense, was a Best Debut Goodreads Author Finalist 2015, and Authors On The Air Global Radio Network Contemporary Romance Pick of 2015.

Mystery, suspense and romance flourish against a backdrop of Civil War turmoil and ancestral strife — where immortality infiltrates the ancient air breathed by all who inhabit Overhome Estate.

His videos, in particular, progress like a series of still images permeated with a haunted air that heightens our sense of suspense.

Even before today's sudden change, though, the limited target market, the notoriety of ICOs, their high potential for fraud, and the involvement of Shrem, have given the launch an air of excitement and suspense.