Sentences with phrase «for white knuckles»

It is the nature of the beast that any filmmaking team doing this sort of movie (particularly in modern times unless you are Guy Maddin) has to be fully committed to such a thing to make it work, green screens and CGI would likely undermine things, but when done right, few genres have such built in potential for white knuckle tension.

But if you're looking for some white knuckle, high - octane, Hollywood popcorn fun, and a satisfyingly pissed off Sean Connery to boot, then welcome to Brian De Palma and David Mamet's «The Untouchables,» one of cinema's premier gangster flicks, and deservedly so.

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Strike Energy's share price has been on a white knuckle ride over the last few weeks as investors desperately try to work out if it is going to be the next large cap gas producer in Australia, or fail whilst daring to create a new technical frontier in the search for coal seam gas riches.

Young investors in target - date funds white - knuckled their way through February because those funds are heavily invested in stocks for that age group and subject to short - term market swings.

The v5 is now present along with all sorts of interesting letters form people that remembered either building it or or using it.the latter part of its service was spent in Northern Ireland traveling the white knuckle run for troops from Derry airport to Belfast escorted by a Saracen or two.

Although he was no stranger to white knuckling through vomit and the shakes, he didn't know he gamed for mortal stakes.

And the question for us is will we change or will we white knuckle the past and do all we can to stay the same way?

There was some mention of «supersonic speeds» and a guy sitting in a chair, white - knuckled hands clutching the armrests, yelling, wearing sunglasses, his hair and necktie blown back by what was implied to be the speed of said CD - ROM drives available for purchase.

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) James Towns hit an open 3 - pointer from the top of the circle and then added two free throws for an 11 - point lead with 2:45 left and Niagara held on through a white - knuckle finish to edge Monmouth 78 - 77 Friday night.

He could hardly give Arsenal a bigger come on unless he was pictured eating Arsenal themed chocolate in a red and white top while holding on to a picture of Arsene Wenger while having GTID tattooed onto his knuckles, but will that be enough to actually see Zlatan Ibrahimovic playing for Arsenal next season?

-- School buses slid through slippery streets, sparking outrage from white - knuckled drivers and parents, who noted that de Blasio's «stay off the roads» mandate to residents conflicted with the order for kids to get to school

It's an all - too - common scenario for teen girls today: That time of the month comes around they are home from school white - knuckling it through agonizing menstrual cramps, having only just endured a week of equally debilitating PMS depression and anxiety.

Health & fitness is not an elusive task reserved for the ostensible elite or the people with white knuckled spartan resolve who resign being miserable.

I was physically and emotionally worn out from white - knuckling through each and every day for the past 5 or more months.

All in all, the story within The Jackal is much more focused on the chase, and Jones shows the pursuit of this (and the planning Willis undertakes for the job) effectively, making for a white - knuckled ride.

This is probably the best game for the gamecube so far, but it's definitely geared more towards the «cereberal» gamer; this game is not all about white - knuckle action and shooting.

Critics Consensus: Killing Ground unnerves and compels in equal measure with a grimly intense story that may be too disturbing for some but delivers a white - knuckle experience for fans of brutally realistic thrillers.

There are no critic reviews yet for 16 Below: White Knuckle Extreme.

This is in part because when arts journalism is the topic of discussion today, it's often being discussed in terms of who is doing it (too many cis white knuckle - draggers like yours truly), or if indeed criticism — for our purposes, film criticism — matters anymore at all.

Comedy - Gringo, a dark comedy mixed with white - knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, explores the battle of survival for...

Petersen, who also made the Harrison Ford thriller «Air Force One,» is the man for the job, all right, even if «The Perfect Storm» doesn't match the overwhelming, white - knuckle terror of Junger's book.

There seems a recent mania for recasting the fervid, terrifying world of Red - hunts and nuclear annihilation in the early days of the 1960s as the breeding ground for unusual white - knuckled heroism and split - second decisions.

The subsequent set piece, in which Rocky fends off the vicious canine from inside a car, is pure, white - knuckle adrenaline — and in its constant leaps from frying pan to fire, a fine microcosm for this whole insanely intense thriller.

A batch of new character posters have arrived online for the upcoming action comedy Gringo featuring Charlize Theron, David Oyelowo, Thandoe Newton, Joel Edgerton, Sharlto Copley, Amanda Seyfried, Carlos Corona, and Diego Catano; check them out here... SEE ALSO: Watch the red band trailer for Gringo here An exhilarating mix of dark comedy, white - knuckle action -LSB-...]

A dark comedy mixed with white - knuckle action and dramatic intrigue, GRINGO explores the battle of survival for businessman Harold Soyinka (David Oyelowo) who finds himself in over his head after traveling to Mexico.

Dark Souls 2 is, pound for pound, the biggest game I played all year, but after 60 hours of white - knuckle adventuring, the experience never got long in the tooth.

Narcos is back for another white - knuckle trawl through Medellín, the murder capital of the planet in the early 1990s.

Good, then, that the reins have passed from «Hunger Games» helmer Gary Ross to Francis Lawrence — a director with a firm grasp of large - canvas filmmaking, equally skilled at tense, white - knuckle sci - fi («I Am Legend») and bald, unapologetic romance (as evidenced by his excellent yet underseen circus swooner, «Water for Elephants»).

The way she holds a spoon as she eats cereal with such white - knuckled intensity you'd think it was her last meal; the angle of her jaw when she steps onto the ice, facing judges she knows loathe the transparency of her working - class background; and the tender hurt in her eyes when she confronts a judge in the parking lot about her score, and learns that no matter her skill, her inability to live up to the proper, soft standard for women in figure skating would bar her from the adoration she yearned for.

A truly decent guy, except for the violent, unstable part, Pat white - knuckles his way through every social interaction.

Hyams is responsible for two of Van Damme's best flicks (Timecop and Sudden Death) and despite the occasional clunker (End of Days), he can usually be counted on to deliver white - knuckle thrills.

’71 offers the latest test case for that never - ending question of whether it's possible to wring white - knuckle entertainment out of a painful real - life atrocity without veering into crass exploitation.

Still, even when a friend rolled up his sleeve for me a few weeks later to reveal four fingertip - sized bruises he sustained from watching The Lion King with his girlfriend (she white - knuckled her way through the wildebeest stampede'til his arm went to sleep), I remained unconvinced that Disney's latest blockbuster cartoon, which had grossed over $ 200M by that point, was worth the price of a ticket, having been taken for a ride by the prestige surrounding the dreadful Beauty and the Beast.

If it did happen to hold, I'd still be limping down a 50 mph highway with white knuckles waiting for my tire to blow out again.

After that race — and that was a tough finish of the race, I stayed in the car for a while, conditions were tough and when I was done, my eyes were popping out of my head, I had white knuckles, I gave it everything I had — and I slept for a good three days after that.

Back in the Wrangler, we engage the Backcountry's locking rear differential and go for it, charging up and over a snowbank as our passenger white - knuckles the Wrangler's «oh crap» handle on the passenger - side dashboard.

SS models gained a tachometer for the driver, and a decorative grab handle for the passenger — which, we imagine, was frequently clenched by white knuckles, especially in Impalas fitted with the 409.

The confidence - inspiring grit of quattro all - wheel drive meets supercharged TFSI engine might for fluid white - knuckled thrills no matter Mother Nature's venomous weather intentions.

At Jeep's launch event for the Grand Cherokee, I wheeled a gasoline - powered one up and down black - diamond - rated trails, heading down sandy grades that had me white - knuckled on the steering wheel.

We used it on the hardest sections, and because it operates the throttle and brakes for you, it takes all the white - knuckle anxiety out of four - wheeling.

The white - knuckle lap wouldn't be for the faint of heart.

Buyers looking for the most white - knuckled driving experience will no doubt fall hard for the CLS63 AMG, just as we did; however, most consumers will arguably be better served by the more economical, less expensive and equally stylish 2015 Mercedes - Benz CLS400 and CLS550 models.

White Knuckle Off Road now offers rock sliders for 2005 - and - newer Nissan Xterra's.

Beautiful Maids All in a Row is a white - knuckle thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Gardner and Karin Slaughter.

The cool thing about this (even though we'll all be white - knuckled going in, I know) is that it's the first time I know of that an industry - class expert of the standing of Dawson has «done data» for authors.

I think taking the train down from the «burbs was most fun part of my trip since I used to live here and take own car all the time, fighting for parking, fighting for traffic... This time no fighting, and free wi - fi to boot — actually got work done in transit vs. white - knuckling it in and out of the city...

He and other industry professionals of the old publishing paradigm are still holding onto that gate with both hands (and white knuckles)-- but readers like mine (who, granted, aren't into LIT - tra - chure, but just want to escape into a good read that gets them to think and maybe even changes their outlook on life) aren't particularly flooding to read the books that were deemed acceptable reading material by the old - fashioned gatekeepers who tend to be looking for this year's bestseller to put out in multiple re-iterations in 2 - 3 years.

Active traders that had open positions or trades going against them were likely in for a white - knuckle ride as they were forced to wait and watch the market unfold.

Holding clippers clenched in a white - knuckled grip as though ready to do battle with the dog's coat is not a recipe for success.

For a small country, Cymru as the locals call it, packs a heck of a lot in: spectacular land and seascapes, action and adventure from easy strolls to white knuckle rides, funky B&B s and fantastically tasty food and drink.