Sentences with phrase «fi than thriller»

I had to make a choice between my eleven books, which range from more thriller than sci - fi to more sci - fi than thriller, when I placed some targeted ads recently in promotional material for the Montclair Film Festival.

Not exact matches

The Amy Adams - starring sci - fi movie, an early Oscar favorite, is much more than just another aliens - make - contact thriller.

To be fair to first - time feature director Lennart Ruff, he has far less money than James Cameron to pull off this gloomy sci - fi thriller.

Even if it isn't 10 % of the capacity to be an intelligent sci - fi thriller, it's an above - par action and special effects movie, so if you go into it expecting no more than that, it will deliver the goods in no short supply.

It's the end of the world as we know it - once again - in «Revolt,» a propulsive, no - nonsense sci - fi thriller that's far more watchable than its generic title may imply.

Ender's Game - November 1 Asa Butterfield, Abigail Breslin, Harrison Ford, and Hailee Steinfeld star in Gavin Hood's sci - fi thriller that looks more like a Starship Trooper knock - off than it does a serious theme - heavy character piece it wants to be.

Those worried that a move towards the CGI heavy genre of sci - fi would have a detrimental effect on Nichols» ability to articulate the subtle permeations of everyday life can rest easy: this supernatural thriller is far more concerned with the human condition than superhuman powers or the existence of extraterrestrial life.

If I had thought, even for one second, that writer - director M. Night Shyamalan (Lady in the Water, The Village) were making a spoof of end - of - the - world sci - fi thrillers from the 1950s, I might give The Happening much more credit than I'll be giving here.

Wyatt, currently in post on sci - fi thriller «Captive State», would helm a much different «Green Lantern» movie than the one Martin Campbell directed in 2011.

The Super Bowl is an event that is defined by spectacle, with everything being bigger and louder than every other thing, but this trailer for John Krasinski's sci - fi thriller A Quiet Place offered a nice change of pace from the patriotic songs at the start of the game — at least until that kid set off his very dangerous...

There's more suspense in this low budget dialogue - driven sci - fi thriller than many effect - heavy, $ 100 million + blockbuster wannabes.

Part terse sci - fi chase thriller, part parenthood parable, this story of a former cult member (Michael Shannon) trying to protect his supernaturally gifted son never lets on more than it needs to, expressing itself in subtleties and nuances in a style that brings to mind classic films by Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter.

But the genre mash - up that is a combination love story, sci - fi fantasy, Cold War thriller and a musical seemed to stir up less controversy than its two main rivals, «Get Out» and «Three Billboards.»

No movie franchise embodies the term «meh» better than the «Divergent» tetralogy, because although the second installment is a competently made sci - fi thriller, it suffers from many of the same problems as the last movie — namely, a troubling lack of excitement, suspense and emotion.

With less than three weeks to go until the release of Drew Pearce's Hotel Artemis, a new clip has arrived online from the upcoming sci - fi action thriller entitled «Verify Your Membership» which features Jodie Foster as The Nurse alongside Kenneth Choi, Sterling K. Brown, Brian Tyree Henry, and Dave Bautista.

Like Happy Death Day, many of the year's highlights, which toyed with or injected life into often - tired subgenres, came in smaller packages, such as the home - invasion thrillers Better Watch Out, The Babysitter (another Netflix original), and Jackals; the clever zombie - in - the - desert flick It Stains the Sands Red (much better than the silly cannibal - in - the - desert - flick The Bad Batch); the flesh - eating family drama Raw; the blood - sucking confused - teen drama The Transfiguration; the sci - fi / fantasy / horror hybrids The Void, The Untamed, and The Lure, which also had elements of the musical; and the ultra-disturbing tale of youth Super Dark Times, about the unraveling of a group of friends after the accidental killing of a classmate, which offers a significantly more satisfying experience than It.

I think there are enough other directors who could make a cool hollywood sci - fi flick like «Snowpiercer» than a brilliant thriller like «Memories of Murder».

Now available free on PC, Dead Space came closer than any other game to replicating the look, feel and atmosphere of Ridley Scott's sci - fi thriller