Sentences with phrase «in dramatic thrillers»

With her role as the epnoymous character in Frida (2002), Hayek disappeared into her subject so convincingly that not only would she return to the good graces of critics, but earn an Oscar nomination as well.Hayek would spend the coming years enjoying superstar status with everything from comedic turns on sitcoms like Ugly Betty (which she produced) and 30 Rock, to meaty roles in dramatic thrillers like Savages.

«The Grifters» saw a new John Cusack: a conman in a dramatic thriller.

The example I offer you of this can be found in this dramatic thriller.

Olivia Wilde, Evan Peters and Mark Duplass play with science trying to bring back the dead in the dramatic thriller «The Lazarus Effect,» directed by David Gelb.

In the dramatic thriller The Boy Next Door, Jennifer Lopez plays a recently divorced high school teacher who gives into friendly flirtations with her son's handsome friend.

Little Woods Feature Narrative Country: USA Director: Nia DaCosta Writer: Nia DaCosta Starring: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Luke Kirby, James Badge Dale, Lance Reddick, Nia DaCosta In this dramatic thriller set in the fracking boomtown of Little Woods, North Dakota, two estranged sisters are driven to extremes when their mother dies, leaving them with one week to pay back her mortgage.

Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, and Lou Diamond Phillipps also give incredible performances in this dramatic thriller.

The Summit review: Santiago Mitre's third feature film tackles politics, power, and psychology in this dramatic thriller that leaves many questions unanswered.

In 2008, Hurt appeared in Marvel Studio's «The Incredible Hulk» opposite Edward Norton, and portrayed the President in the dramatic thriller «Vantage Point» opposite Dennis Quaid and Forest Whitaker.

Two - time Academy Award nominee Jeremy Renner («The Bourne Legacy») leads an all - star cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of Pulitzer Prize - winning journalist Gary Webb.

Not exact matches

A dramatic afternoon in the capital sees Arsenal edge a five - goal thriller.

Concussion is a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Bennet Omalu, MD, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football - related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known.

He starrings alongside Jessica Biel and Alfred Molina in theand scheduled dramatic thriller to be released in the fall of 2013.

Also coming up is the his appearance in the independent dramatic thriller film «Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes,.»

This dramatic spy thriller is inspired by real - life CIA agent Valerie Plame (Watts) who, in the lead - up to the Iraq war, is searching for evidence of nuclear weapons.

The latter made his name as a filmmaker with the 2009 country musician drama Crazy Heart (which landed Jeff Bridges his Academy Award), and further established himself as a storyteller interested in making mood / performance - driven fare with the dramatic thriller Out of the Furnace and Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass..

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.

He proved ridiculously endearing as a grizzled, broken - down, beer - swilling little league coach with a marshmallow heart in The Bad News Bears (1976), and further expressed his comic persona in such comedies as 1993's Dennis the Menace, in which he played the cantankerous Mr. Wilson, and the romantic comedy I.Q. (1994), which cast him as Albert Einstein.Though many of his roles were of the comic variety, Matthau occasionally returned to his dramatic roots with ventures such as the crime thriller Charley Varrick (1973) and The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 (1974).

True Story is an interesting thriller based on true events and starring Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, and James Franco in dramatic roles.

Highlights include Welcome to Leith, a documentary following the actions of a white supremacist in a small town that plays like a thriller, and the more lighthearted but still dramatic Top Spin, which examines the cutthroat world of competitive ping pong.

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.

The dramatic thriller Frequency (2000) starring Dennis Quaid featured Mitchell in the role of Jules.

From filmmaker Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland) and adapted from Meg Rosoff's novel of the same name, the dramatic thriller How I Live Now is set in the near - future and tells the story of an American teenager named...

WIth just three weeks to go until its arrives in cinemas, Warner Bros. has released the final trailer for the upcoming dramatic thriller Unforgettable.

One of the best reviewed movies of this or any year, the Alfonso Cuarón - directed dramatic thriller has topped the box office for three consecutive weekends in North America as well as internationally, holding the number one spot in every major market in which it has opened.

Will Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football - related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known.

Aliyah (Unrated) Dramatic thriller, set in Paris, about a 27 year - old drug dealer (Pio Marmai) who's considering making a fresh start working in a relative's restaurant in Tel Aviv in order to escape his burdensome, deadbeat brother (Cedric Kahn) and a love life complicated by an ex (Sarah Lepicard) and a new girlfriend (Adele Haenel).

But it doesn't get bogged down in them, and thanks to Curran, it plays like a dramatic thriller.

This no - system - is - safe mood - setter suggests the modern thriller version of Charles and Ray Eames» conceptual «Powers of Ten» short, culminating in a dramatic plant - core meltdown.

Although set in the 1970s, this dramatic thriller has a distinctly Western vibe to it, digging into the darker emotional corners of characters who are trying to make it through life on their own terms...

This Danish dramatic thriller may not be hugely original, but its story about teens caught in a spiral of drugs and crime is strikingly well told with a strong spark of authenticity.

The Sony Pictures economically themed dramatic thriller stars George Clooney, Julia Roberts and Jack O'Connell will likely screen the day before it opens in theaters in the U.S. on May 13th.

There's a terrific sense of menace in this gothic dramatic thriller, which plays on the story's fantasy elements to take us into a teen girl's troubled imagination.

The neo-western style of the book story never really meshes well with the simmering thriller happening in the real world, but the dramatic and tonal shifts help break up any monotony that might creep in because on their own accord, each story isn't stellar.

They are strangers, neighbours and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.

The movie does indulge in a few «based on a true story» conventions, and the wobbly Russian accents are sometimes distracting, but these are minor quibbles in a brutally effective, brilliantly constructed dramatic thriller.

But on a subtler level, «Disorder» might also be an apt description of the structural confusion at the heart of this intriguing thriller from French writer - director Alice Winocour, who works in a jagged, restless filmmaking style that favors sensory immersion over dramatic clarity.

Pictures» dramatic thriller «Unforgettable» is the first film in the director's chair for veteran producer Denise Di Novi («Crazy, Stupid,...

Pictures» dramatic thriller «Unforgettable» is the first film in the director's chair for veteran producer Denise Di Novi («Crazy, Stupid, Love,» «Focus»).

Emily has been filming the thriller in New York, and admits she struggled to sleep after shooting a particularly dramatic fight scene.

Marking the return of «The Maid» director Sebastian Silva (who won the dramatic jury prize at the festival in 2009, and who also helmed «Crystal Fairy»), it seems to be a heady and picturesque sort of psychological thriller which, with cinematography by Wong Kar - Wai «s legendary DoP Christopher Doyle, should look pretty stunning.

Smith stars in Concussion, a dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football - related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known.

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.

The dramatic thriller telling the story of the Pentagon Papers, starring Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, is directed by Steven Spielberg and will open in select theaters on December 22, 2017.

Relying on the spook house horrors that made William Friedkin's The Exorcist a household name in terror and the stylistic nuances of such recent thrillers as Paranormal Activity and Cloverfield, Daniel Stamm's dramatic plunge into the world of demons is sure to send you back to class with sweaty armpits.

They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide in this riveting dramatic thriller about ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.

Olivia Cooke is currently in theaters with the dramatic thriller, «Thoroughbreds.»

«Lensed again by Oscar - nominated cinematographer Lukasz Zal in black and white, COLD WAR is a visual feast start to finish...» while «Spanish director Jaime Rosales» dramatic thriller PETRA wows with its disturbing depiction of a family...

Rosemarie DeWitt stars opposite Jeremy Renner in «Kill the Messenger,» the dramatic thriller based on the true story of investigative journalist Gary Webb who uncovered what should have been a career - making story about a co...

It is part an indictment of the ludicrous mandatory sentence drug laws, and part dramatic thriller, while only delivering on one big action scene late in the film involving Matthews trying to drive a semi containing a shipment of cash through the border to Mexico, while trying to avoid men with machine guns driving cars trying to take him down.