Sentences with phrase «good for suspense»

Many of these tunes would be good for suspense, horror, sci - fi and crime related stories.

An ordinary carnival wouldn't make much good for a suspense tale, so it's not so surprising that there is more going on beyond the seemingly routine fairground atmosphere.

TIP: If the 10 % does not end at a good cliffhanger, end it a little earlier on a place that is better for suspense.

Not exact matches

This was good training for a kid who would one day become a writer of adventure and suspense novels, but it also taught me that words and thoughts should have integrity.

Nonetheless it is remarkable to find these ancient authors employing all the modern devices of the literary craftsman, surprise and suspense, rapidity and delay, humor and solemnity, vividness, realism, untempered callousness, dramatic shift of scene — all permeated with their feeling for what is intrinsically interesting, what makes a good story.

This uncertainty (the nothingness of the antecedent non-being — the possible «how» corresponding to the actual «thus») will exist for him as well as for a contemporary; his mind will be in a state of suspense exactly as was the mind of a contemporary.

The current system has been in place since 2006, taking the best bits of the one - hour session (the last few minutes) and making that feeling of suspense last for the whole hour.

With online dating, you can still experience the mystery and excitement that surrounds meeting someone new, as well as those moments of suspense, waiting for them to contact you.

It is intelligent, intriguing, and topical, but it too often gets mired in its own good intentions, too many plot convolutions, and character ambiguities that try to pass for suspense.

Given a good basis for a thriller in the Patricia Highsmith novel and a first - rate script, Hitchcock embroiders the plot into a gripping, palm - sweating piece of suspense.

[*** SPOILERS ***] movie would be better if they left out the first scene revealing that cruise would be captured by the bad guy at the end therefor reaveling that no matter what he did durring the movie you knew for a fact that the bad guy would not die untill that scene was compleate and so in all the scenes there was no suspense, you also already knew he would not get to his wife in time and she would be eventualy captured just like hoffman claimed he would do.

Duel - Special Edition «Duel is easily the best bang - for - your - buck suspense car - chase, truck hounded thriller ever... a must have for Spielberg and suspense fans.»

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

Well, I can answer that rhetorical question: For an interplanetary nail - biter, it's largely devoid of actual suspense, and its much - vaunted sense of humor consists primarily of cutesy faux - irreverence and dad jokes (apparently imported intact from the beloved novel, courtesy of screenwriter Drew Goddard, who's usually wittier).

The twists and turns of the script are good enough to sustain the suspense for those keeping up, but 100 % attention is required on this one for all the pieces to line up and deliver the planned effect.

The first installment a surprise hit that coasted on a novel combination of savvy music design and an affable cast led by Anna Kendrick; there were enough B - sides left over to for a watchable second movie; now, the premise is stretched so thin that someone thought it would be a good idea to pad it with an action - suspense subplot involving Fat Amy's (Rebel Wilson) long - lost father / international crimelord (John Lithgow with a sketchy Australian accent).

It is in fact a prequel set just before the events with kurt russell, now having seen the 1982 version about 10x i kinda know whats gona happen for the most part in this film, now that does nt mean there wasnt alot to enjoy, seeing cool new versions of the thing (which are very well done), and still being in suspense on who is infected and who isn't.

Wait Until Dark (1967) One of the best suspense films ever made, a tour - de-force for Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin.

The late author Patricia Highsmith is best known for her suspense thrillers (Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mr. Ripley), but her most beguiling story is actually a tender Ike - era lesbian romance between a teenage shopgirl and a divorcing New Jersey socialite.

Perhaps because the winners in the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories were widely presumed to be «sure things,» the suspense came from wondering when they would get beyond the statuettes for sound.

However, those viewers looking for a good suspense film that breaks new ground will be very disappointed by the unrealistic set - up and poor delivery.

Perhaps it looked to many like the Coens were taking this one off after enjoying their first Academy Award for Best Picture, but we loved the mock - suspense of «Burn After Reading.»

A pair of gray suede gloves abandoned on a department store counter; a small 35 mm still camera obscuring a woman's face except for her eyes; an electric train set; a finger on the disconnect button of a telephone; an ungloved, well - manicured hand resting briefly on another woman's shoulder: Todd Haynes's Carol is not a Hitchcockian thriller, although it is adapted from the second novel by Patricia Highsmith, whose first, Strangers on a Train, was the basis for one of the master of suspense's great movies.

Few will deny that it's well - crafted and well - performed, a stranger - than - fiction true story played for comedy and suspense in equal measure.

Academy - award winning director William Friedkin discusses his early career — including making documentaries for David L. Wolper, working for Alfred Hitchcock and what he learned from studying his films, and directing his first movie Good Times (1967), starring Sonny and Cher; how his career path led to making The Exorcist, his initial reaction to reading the source material, the story's theme of Good versus Evil, and the role his own faith played in his approach to making the movie; the techniques he used to generate suspense and fear in the audience, his use of subliminal imagery, and his reasons for recently restoring deleted footage to the film.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters)-- Stars arrived on the Oscars red carpet on Sunday under sunny but breezy skies for an Academy Awards ceremony filled with suspense over which will win the best picture, and whether the Hollywood sexual misconduct scandal will steal the spotlight.

Released last week, this is definitely one of the best short fan films we have seen, using some great camera angles, what feels like an actual Panaglide camera that Carpenter would die for, slow burn suspense, and a killer performance from leading actress Suzee Dunn playing «Jamie», who is stalked by Myers for no apparent reason (other than it's Halloween).

Patrick Watson gets to the bottom of why a child made a seemingly suicide plunge for the «9th Life of Louis Drax» (Varese Sarabande), and in turn opens up a captivating, surreal world of musical possibilities as he enters an enchanted, subconscious realm of eerie voices and hallucinogenic samples, as coming back to reality with suspense - thriller stylism, as well as waltz - like rhythms.

The movie is often compared to Alfred Hitchcock's work for its combination of suspense, humor and a well - crafted plot, yet was directed by Stanley Donen, better known for his work on classic American dance musicals.

Actress Hilary Swank presented the Hollywood Screenwriter award to Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn, who adapted her best - selling suspense novel for David Fincher's blockbuster thriller.

««Every Good Boy Does Fine» is an original, sophisticated script full of suspense which is the perfect fit for helmer AJ Annila who has a unique visual style and loves to experiment with different genres.

He tries for a lot of things, careening wildly from earnest romance to feel - good comedy to hackneyed suspense, all the while leaving it up to the audience to suss out the moral complexity and existential terror underneath the glossy surface.

The creeping paranoia and the excellent setups that make you suspect various players, until the true story starts to unfold, creates an unsettling feeling of dread absent from American horror cinema which shifted quite a bit to gore and body horror for a good couple of decades until, probably, THE SIXTH SENSE... but even thereafter, what most filmmakers took from Shyamalan's film was not the buildup of dread, but rather the mystery box and the twist, diminishing the emphasis on narrative and suspense.

The creeping paranoia and the excellent setups that make you suspect various players until the true story starts to unfold creates an unsettling feeling of dread, absent from American horror cinema which shifted quite a bit to gore and body horror for a good couple of decades until, probably, THE SIXTH SENSE... but even thereafter, what most filmmakers took from Shyamalan's film was not the buildup of dread, but rather the mystery box and the twist, weakening the emphasis on narrative and suspense.

We see the ripples through his home life, as his spouse (the heartbreakingly good Tuva Novotny) deals with the unruly behaviour of their youngest son; we see the legal ramifications in courtroom exchanges that crackle with quiet suspense; and we see the positive benefits it has for his squad.

It's clear that the movie is at its best within its deliberately - paced first half, as Carpenter does a superb job of cultivating an atmosphere of palpable suspense - with this vibe heightened by a series of tense subplots and digressions (including the now - notorious fate of a little girl looking for an ice cream cone).

But it's not particularly well - developed, for I never detected much of a sincere connection between Nyah and her former love Ambrose, robbing this element of the story of any tension or suspense.

Annihilation unfolds via potentially unreliable flashbacks told exclusively from Lena's point - of - view, a nod to VanderMeer's novel (journal entries), but an ill - conceived narrative choice, since it robs Annihilation of the present - tense suspense necessary to adequately sustain Lena's exterior and interior journeys for the better part of two hours.

The Hunt for Red October is a good political thriller, with action and edge - of - your - seat suspense.

The Master of Suspense never won the statuette for directing (despite being nominated five times), even though his Rebecca won Best Picture in 1940.

With such a quality troupe of actors, it's hard to go go wrong, and admittedly, there are good laughs and moments of genuine tension, making this a surprisingly effective little suspense vehicle for long stretches at a time.

Red - Eye is, at heart, a fairly routine thriller made passably entertaining by the quality of the film's stars, as well as director Wes Craven's (Cursed, Scream 2) knack for effective suspense done with wit and style.

Both are well - acted suspense films with good performances, and on an evening when there's nothing great on the video store shelves, the two films make for a nice double feature.

This is an intelligent spy yarn, with terrific performances and nice locale work, making this a good looking suspense flick for the thinking man.

Good acting, lots of suspense, some fine action and a killer premise for an ending.

I'm no sucker for horror films, but I can tell you that this one, straddling the gore / suspense divide and leaning to the former, is only a bit better than the genre's average output.

U-571 (PG - 13) Don't watch into Jonathan Mostow's WWII - set deep sea thriller expecting a deep story or comparable characters: the title is named for a German sub taken over by a Navy squad (led by a well - cast Matthew McConaughey), and that's all you need to know, for the star is the suspense Mostow generates through an ever - increasing series of calamities that occur in and around that claustrophobic setting.

The acting — led by Krasinski himself and Blunt — is excellent, the pared - down story - telling really impressive, and, as for the brilliantly built and excruciatingly maintained levels of suspense and threat... well, all I can say is that Sigourney Weaver and her tension - ratcheting alien would feel thoroughly at home here.

A disturbing yet mesmerizing psychological thriller about a girl who runs away from a cult only to become increasingly paranoid that its members have tracked her down, «Martha Marcy May Marlene» (so titled for the various names that its protagonist uses throughout the course of the film) is bone - chilling suspense at its best.

Using Acting Skills in the Classroom Students will be more engaged and behave better when educators teach with enthusiasm, using acting techniques such as physical and vocal animation, role - playing, and the use of suspense and surprise, according to the authors of a book on acting lessons for teachers.