Sentences with phrase «as a thriller by»

Touted as a thriller by way of Stanley Kubrick's «2001: A Space Odyssey,» Cuarón had a bitch of a time financing this 3D - shot, effects - driven film until he finally landed with the A-list cast of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney.

Not exact matches

About four years ago, Lionsgate announced it was planning to remake «American Psycho,» the Wall Street serial killer psychological thriller that boasted a star - making turn by Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman.

But it's also being touted as a «geopolitical thriller,» as the documentary touches on Poitras» own experiences with government surveillance (Poitras has been monitored by the US government since making her 2006 movie «My Country, My Country»).

Inspired by true events, THE CONNECTION serves as the European flipside to William Friedkin's classic thriller THE FRENCH CONNECTION.

The fans were also delighted, particularly as they were treated to an eight - goal thriller at Goodison last Saturday which was made all the sweeter by the fact Everton were 5 - 3 winners.

Watch all the goals from every Champions League match played on Tuesday evening as Chelsea edged out Sporting, Man City were held by Roma and PSG beat Barcelona in a five - goal thriller.

Part sci - fi thriller, part love story, Perfect Sense follows an improbable couple — a cocksure chef (played by Ewan McGregor) and a prickly epidemiologist (Eva Green)-- who fall for each other just as the disease strikes.

How the marine protected area (MPA) in the British Indian Ocean Territory came about reads like the makings of a thriller, as described by Fred Pearce (27 September, p 26).

Synopsis: Described by director Adrian Lyne («Fatal Attraction») as «an erotic thriller about the body language of guilt.»

Judging by The Interpreter, a stolidly competent thriller starring Nicole Kidman as a translator in the U.N.'s employ, that sense of gravity is contagious.

As the audience follows the slow - moving battle, punctuated by threats, confrontations and shifting alliances, the Russian - born director sets a deathtrap that snaps in a breathtaking conclusion that plays like slow motion — not the thriller type; even better: a prolonged, torturous finish which is the logical culmination of an explicitly accepted philosophy.

Since the 1979 thriller served as the blueprint for the modern horror film, Laurie is long - held by aficionados to be the gold standard, as final girls go.

Inspired by nocturnal thrillers such as The Warriors and John Carpenter's Escape from New York, with his»71 the dynamite first - time feature director Yann Demange gives us his take on the Troubles, a violent 30 - year struggle over the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.

Note to viewers tired of being psychologically hammered by (even well made) exploitative thrillers that ask one to accept superstition as reality: Just remember the sarcastic Bill Murray in Ghostbusters, reacting to uncanny evidence of demonic forces afoot in the public library: «No human being would stack books like that!»

Carpenter recently completed production on the psychological thriller THE FACTORY as the female lead opposite John Cusack in the Warner Bros. and Dark Castle Entertainment film directed by Morgan O'Neil, and produced by Joel Silver, David Gambino, and Robert Zemeckis.

First - time 31 - year - old director Koldo Serra's thriller The Backwoods (AKA El bosque de las sombras, 2006) re-charts thematic territory covered, in years prior, by such well - worn classics as Deliverance and Southern Comfort, and such B - grade horror pictures as Savage Island (2004).

From screenwriter Chris Terrio's self - consciously snappy dialogue to the amped - up thriller climax, actor - director Ben Affleck's third feature succeeds as a savvy, facile crowd - pleaser by hewing closely to the same Hollywood conventions that it mildly mocks.

Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci - fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral.

In this action - thriller, Mel Gibson stars as Tom Mullen, a wealthy executive whose charmed life is suddenly shattered when his young son is abducted and held for ransom by a gang of ruthless...

Last year's misleadingly titled «Fifty Shades Darker,» directed by James Foley and scripted by Niall Leonard (the author's husband), piled on the swoon - worthy luxury goods plus a few dubious thriller flourishes, even as it dragged out Anastasia's increasingly tedious ambivalence toward her adoring stalker of a boyfriend.

When she refuses his advances, it sets into motion a series of events common to many rape - revenge thrillers: an assault perpetrated by multiple men, a near death from the trauma that's incurred and a rebirth as an angel of vengeance.

Jackson was seen as part of the ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed film BOBBY, directed by Emilio Estevez, and starred in the psychological thriller SHUTTER for 20th Century Fox / New Regency, which was shot on location in Tokyo.

Consequently, he developed an audacious fusion of pop culture and independent art house cinema; his films were thrillers that were distinguished as much by their clever, twisting dialogue as their outbursts of extreme violence.

By the time the note - perfect conclusion rolls around, The Killing has cemented its place as one of Kubrick's very best films and, in addition, one of the all - time classic heist thrillers.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

A lazy, paint - by - numbers thriller, Confidence follows professional grifter Jake Vig (Edward Burns) as he and his team prepare to fleece a mob - backed banker (Robert Forster's Morgan Price) of $ 5 million - with complications and double - crosses naturally ensuing as the frenetic narrative unfolds.

He reportedly auditioned for a small part, and though the show's producers did not deem him right for the characterization, they felt so impressed by Eigenberg's presence that they created the character of Steve Brady especially for him, as an extension of his own personality; the plan, again, was to create a sincere, committed, down - to - earth male paramour to offset Miranda's (Cynthia Nixon) cynicism.Though initially intended as a temporary part, the popularity of the character among viewers (and Eigenberg's onscreen chemistry with Nixon) led to Eigenberg's permanent inclusion on the show, as well as subsuquent movies.Circa 2002, Eigenberg expanded into film roles by playing the business partner of Richard Gere in Mark Pellington's underrated supernatural thriller The Mothman Prophecies.

A pulse-less, predictable thriller which seats Denzel Washington in a thankless role as a decorated Philadelphia cop who is tormented by a demon who once possessed a serial killer (Elias Koteas) that the detective helped put to death.

There's little doubt that Perfect Stranger, for the most part, resembles one of those made - for - Lifetime thrillers that seem to crop up on a weekly basis, as the movie has been infused with an atmosphere of almost stunning artificiality that's exacerbated by director James Foley's disappointingly tame sensibilities (ie the lack of sex and violence perpetuates the film's TV - ready feel).

Kemp launched into print modeling as well, appearing in a widely seen campaign for The Gap, then segued into acting with parts in Stephen Sommers» Victorian - era supernatural thriller Van Helsing (2004) and Renny Harlin's lurid psychological thriller Mindhunters (2005), opposite Val Kilmer and LL Cool J. Kemp deftly merged his ballroom finesse and his dramatic evocations with prominent billing in Jon M. Chu's dance - themed urban drama Step Up 2 the Streets (2008); he played Blake Collins, the proprietor of a dance school who finds his chief proclivity — an utter contempt for street dancing — upstaged by the arrival of a brash and talented young newcomer at his school.

As the movie wears on, the plot points become increasingly far - fetched, and what started out as a moody if by - the - book thriller becomes increasingly sillAs the movie wears on, the plot points become increasingly far - fetched, and what started out as a moody if by - the - book thriller becomes increasingly sillas a moody if by - the - book thriller becomes increasingly silly.

In subsequent years, the thespian played Willoughby in John Alexander's U.K. television miniseries Sense and Sensibility (2008), adapted from the novel by Jane Austen; cut against type as an imprisoned white - collar criminal in the Wyatt Brothers» thriller The Escapist (2008); and essayed a supporting role as Sky, Sophie's (Amanda Seyfried) fiancé, in Phyllida Lloyd's big - screen ABBA musical Mamma Mia!

Predators was helmed by Nimród Antal, best known to American audiences as director of the tightly wound thriller Vacancy.

A paint - by - numbers suspense thriller redeemed by stylish, economic direction and a marvelous performance by Ray Liotta as a psycho L.A. cop.

A good little thriller which has already been remade by Brian Depalma as «Passion» and whose version I am sure will contain a lot more sex and style.That is not meant in any way to be detrimental to what we have here.

Gripping Drama - Fuzzy Politics Kidman And Penn Elevate UN Thriller By Cole Smithey Much ballyhooed for its on - location filming in and around the United Nations building in Manhattan «The Interpreter» works better as a captivating drama than it does as an espionage thriller.

«Breaking In» was clearly designed as much a marketing proposition as a movie, a thriller whose twist on the formula is predicated in part on casting an African - American woman in the kind of role generally inhabited by guys like Liam Neeson — and as an added bonus, just in time for Mother's Day.

Many thrillers use their characters as nothing more than cardboard cutouts to be put through the motions of the plot, so much so that by the time the plot boils over we don't care, because we don't know who the characters are or why they're doing what they're doing.

Hell, I think most people would actually respect that as opposed to being driven nuts by a film that's all filler no thriller.

With a mood and setting worthy of a murder story by Jack London, this audience - friendly, atmospheric work could be remade as a thriller, although that's really what it is already.

Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures of acting.Fernandez landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes of the network series Cold Case and Jericho in 2006 and 2007, but truly came into his own as a star of low - medium budgeted independent films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role of accomplice in killing a senior citizen's dog).

Walter Baltzer's thriller Family Under Siege stars Mel Harris as Fay Baxter, a mother who must defend her family after they are taken hostage by three bad guys.

As a meditation on contemporary sexuality, «Beach Rats» has a kinship with French director Alain Guiraudie's erotic queer thriller «Stranger By the Lake,» and in some sense is its American counterpart.

For a grim period in the late»80s, Nolte's career was threatened by his unrestrained drug and alcohol use, but a subsequent rehabilitation strengthened his career, paving the way for roles such as Jake McKenna in Oliver Stone's neo-noir thriller U-Turn (1997) and his Oscar - nominated turn as Sheriff Wade Whitehouse in Paul Schrader's Affliction (1997), a picture Nolte also executive produced.

Revenge thriller starring Anthony Hopkins as a man haunted by the memory of his daughter's death, who comes to the aid of a young woman who is being viciously harassed by a rogue cop.

Deja Vu lives up to its name a bit by being somewhat derivative of other recent science fiction thrillers, but it never cribs from any of them enough to merit labeling it as an out - and - out rip - off of any of them (there is a subtle 12 Monkeys vibe to the plot, even if the events are vastly different).

Deja Vu is the latest film to employ tampering with the past in order to secure a different outcome in the present, but by the time you realize that it is highly illogical as a film, you've already gained enough enjoyment out of the film from a thriller standpoint to forgive the shaky foundations in science fiction.

The studio has set Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall) to direct the international thriller that follows a group of characters around the world as they are all affected by...

Life Is a Dream is composed of a patchwork of episodes organized around two narrative threads: Ignacio's return to his hometown (spy thriller) and the French - language performance (ostensibly as recalled by Ignacio) of Calderón's play.

Buoyed by eye - catching dramatizations and an enthralling structure that crisscrosses time and place, The Imposter unfolds as a gripping thriller that leaves us dizzy, yet certain that truth is, indeed, stranger than fiction.»