Sentences with phrase «dramatic action movie»

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The court scene reflected the worldwide interest in the Silk Road affair, which included numerous ripped - from - an - action - movie elements, including the FBI's dramatic 2013 takedown of Ulbricht in a San Francisco library.

NPR has featured recipes in addition to a math - y video with v dramatic music (it's currently playing as I type and it's making everything feel like a fight sequence in an action movie.)

But heart attacks in real life don't always resemble the dramatic clutching of the chest that happens in movies, so if you or your partner has any kind of chest discomfort, play it safe and postpone the action.

The Movie: The idea of George Clooney playing a (mostly) silent assassin holed up in the Italian countryside with gorgeous European women sounds like recipe for a solid dramatic experience, so why Focus Features is marketing «The American» as some sort of action thriller when in fact it's an arty European film, will throw some moviegoers off and just outright anger others.

From the trailers, I was expecting the movie to be a dramatic action / adventure flick, but I found the movie to be filled with odd moments of comedy, mostly at the hands of Samuel L. Jackson as the film's main source of comic relief.

What's more, they do so in a story — scripted by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely, who worked with the Russos on the last two «Captain America» movies — that delivers action, emotion and a dramatic conclusion that will leave fans floored.

That approach includes focusing the spotlight on Evans» character (who leads a rebellion aboard a futuristic train that houses much of humanity in the film's wintery dystopian setting), in order to better utilize his star power as a selling point - in addition to emphasizing the movie's action beats, as accompanied by the expected dramatic musical cues in the post-Inception age of trailers.

This is all the more appropriate since, as a whole, Civil War can be summed as part effective superhero action / thriller, but also equal parts, if not more so, engaging dramatic / psychological thriller that features Earth's Mightiest Heroes; though admittedly, while the title might suggest otherwise, Civil War is only really a superhero war movie in a figurative sense.

Still, if it skimps on character depth and somewhat dawdles during its first two acts, in which a pair of taut centerpieces helps prop up dramatic filler (including a subplot involving Olivia Wilde's single mom), The Next Three Days refuses to puff up its action with message - movie sermonizing.

Whether you're enjoying movies, shows, or games, Dolby Vision delivers dramatic imaging that brings the story alive, while Dolby Atmos offers powerful, moving audio that makes you feel as if you're inside the action.

The tunes provided again by John Murphy don't pander to action movie clichés, rather providing a sweeping dramatic backdrop.

In an era where action movies weren't that deep (sorry, «Under Siege»), Jean - Claude Van Damme clocked in one heck of a dramatic performance with «Timecop.»

Even as the Warner Brothers logo is displayed on - screen, the movie is already kicking into high - stakes craziness by blaring ridiculously over-the-top dramatic shootout music reminiscent of any one of your favorite classic brain - dead 90s action films.

Not least of all, Warcraft 3 «s scale and peerlessly dramatic cutscenes made the prospect of a live action movie always seem a little pointless.

The movie gets a little lost trying to justify his being the only bad guy and the final dramatic showdown suffers from this confusion in a way the film's other action sequences do not.

Very much an «Avengers» movie in scope and ambition if not title (the conspicuous absence of Thor and Hulk notwithstanding), this chronicle of an epic clash between two equally noble factions, led by Captain America and Iron Man, proves as remarkable for its dramatic coherence and thematic unity as for its dizzyingly inventive action sequences; viewers who have grown weary of seeing cities blow up ad nauseam will scarcely believe their luck at the relative restraint and ingenuity on display.

But whenever the laughs come, they come big, and the movie never bores, thanks to three stellar performances: Streep, mostly known for her dramatic work, proves to be an adept comedienne; Willis, famous for macho action roles, makes a surprisingly convincing geek; and Hawn continues to prove whe's one of the finest comic actresses in film today.

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If I were to cast an action movie that's got some dramatic tension (so not just a shoot»em up kind of flick), I'd cast Alan Rickman or Timothy Dalton opposite a young actor like James McAvoy or Tom Hardy as a villain.

The action sequences, the background music, the dramatic sliced - up dialogue... it all feels like something I should be watching with sour patch kids in hand while waiting for my movie to start.

Upon starting the game you are led by on - screen instructions, which introduce you to the basic controls and actions, a dream section later turns into a movie - like sequence where Riddick makes his first steps into the dangerous prison environment of Butcher Bay, accompanied by dramatic music and opening credits.

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While geoengineering has the dramatic panache of a heroic, action movie climax to it, wouldn't it make more sense to expand our investment in sustainable, renewable energy that didn't destroy all of the other resources and lives dependent on a habitable planet?