Sentences with phrase «in suspense at»

The viewer is left feeling alienated, in suspense at the capabilities of the pieces abilities.

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It all left fans ready to throw their money at the star — the album Lemonade went platinum in two months, and the tour sold out — and proved no one uses suspense to sell as well as Beyoncé.

And also it would not be a weighty argument that Jesus does not, like other religious Jews, look in suspense and anxious longing into the uncertain future, but is convinced that even now the turning point of the times is at hand, and the powers of the imminent Kingdom can already be discerned.

I'm sorry to have left you in what must have been the most suspense - filled two weeks of your life, wondering when I'll finally post another recipe -LCB- or at least I like to think that you feel this way -RCB- but life has become busy.

With the exception of one genuinely breathtaking, blood - curdling ambush, «Annihilation» has little interest in the conventional mechanics of suspense and surprise, as evidenced by an array of flashbacks and flash - forwards that reveal at least one outcome of Lena's journey (she lives!)

Launched at the same time as the Twilight Zone, this TV series fed the growing interest in paranormal suspense differently.

[*** 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.

A master craftsman notable for his almost Hitchcockian ability to create suspense and keep action moving at an exhilarating pace, director John McTiernan began his involved with theatrical arts early in life.

It's fast - paced and full of gaudy action, yet it's thoroughly unsatisfying, largely because it's so lazy: once Stallone (also the screenwriter) and director George Pan Cosmatos have sketched out the standard genre archetypes, they leave it at that, not bothering to fill in the niceties of characterization, plausibility, motivation, and suspense.

Director Brian De Palma is a master at creating suspense through visual images without dialogue, and his craft is at it's best in this film.

This being a Mamet work, a central con naturally figures into the proceedings, and despite the capable orchestration of that subterfuge, the knowledge that a climactic revelation lies in wait diffuses at least a measure of suspense.

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.

I think Smith was going for suspense, because the fate of the high school kids is up in the air at that point, but he misses the mark here.

In 1991, eight years before they blew everyone's minds with The Matrix and 24 years before their sizzling sex scenes in Sense 8, the Wachowskis wrote, directed and produced Bound — a smart, sexy and stylish queer crime caper that hinted at the artistry, action, suspense and unabashed sexuality that would appear in their later worIn 1991, eight years before they blew everyone's minds with The Matrix and 24 years before their sizzling sex scenes in Sense 8, the Wachowskis wrote, directed and produced Bound — a smart, sexy and stylish queer crime caper that hinted at the artistry, action, suspense and unabashed sexuality that would appear in their later worin Sense 8, the Wachowskis wrote, directed and produced Bound — a smart, sexy and stylish queer crime caper that hinted at the artistry, action, suspense and unabashed sexuality that would appear in their later worin their later work.

That's not to knock these films on quality or suggest that anything with name actors is merely mindless escapism: Fox Searchlight's thriller The East efficiently mines suspense out of Brit Marling infiltrating Alexander Skarsgaard and Ellen Page's eco-terrorist group (at least until it goes south in its last third) and the Paul Rudd - Emile Hirsch two - hander Prince Avalanche makes the most of its pastoral settings and gently bro - centric chattiness, to name just two.

The 91 minute doc is an all - encompassing look at the revolutionary shower scene in the Master of Suspense's 1960 film, Psycho.

The finale, set at the drive - in, is an extended sequence of immense terror, beautifully staged by the director for maximum suspense.

In the end, the only real suspense comes from seeing whether the film can stretch its wafer - thin premise and paucity of ideas out to a full 90 minutes — and at 88 minutes with credits, even there it comes up short.

By bringing the complex psychology of Brian Garfield's book up - to - the - moment and injecting new thrills and a stark, unflinching look at the American psyche in 2017, Eli Roth and Death Wish bring audiences to the height of unforgettable suspense.

Instead, what we learn about Joe comes through in disjointed flashbacks that appear at times of suspense, fear and pain.

This ripcord - tight suspense thriller, about a meek loner who engages in an ill - advised attempt at revenge, debuted at Cannes, and after seeing it at TIFF, stuck in my head all throughout fall and winter.

Jonathan Mostow: More so than sci - fi, I'm interested in dramatic tension, so the filmmakers who influence me most are the ones who are masters at creating suspense and tension...

In both this thriller and the new «Murder on the Orient Express,» this maestro mixes spine - tingling suspense with humor verging on camp, a combination at which no one excels quite like her.

But Frozen River may have enough pure suspense to break that jinx, which is strange when you consider how little money is actually at stake in the movie: Hunt really manages to inflate the value of a dollar, making you feel every nickel and dime.

Right off, one should say that Lucien Ballard is one fine cinematographer, even though he didn't get a chance to point his camera at anything very interesting in Breakheart Pass, a suspense ripoff dressed up as a quasi-Western.

A suspense - filled and ferocious battle of good versus evil, Dead Again in Tombstone on Blu - ray ™, DVD and Digital HD is loaded with exciting special features including a behind - the - scenes look at the making of the film, deleted scenes montage and feature commentary with filmmakers.

Thought to be at least potentially a two horse race early on in the season, Supporting Actor has had all the suspense sucked out as things progressed.

In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, some of the best action scenes — the rescue in the mental hospital, the truck - bike chase scene — were smaller affairs with fewer characters at risk but they were packed with suspensIn Terminator 2: Judgment Day, some of the best action scenes — the rescue in the mental hospital, the truck - bike chase scene — were smaller affairs with fewer characters at risk but they were packed with suspensin the mental hospital, the truck - bike chase scene — were smaller affairs with fewer characters at risk but they were packed with suspense.

As Roy stands in a field, with the boy in his arms, peering with great anguish at the eastern horizon behind a line of trees, the suspense is no less unbearable for the fact that we know that what we're about to see is the most quotidian thing in the world: as The Beloved sang in 1990, it's just the sun rising.

While co-directors Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Ruby Sparks, Little Miss Sunshine) wring tension and suspense from the same - day build - up to the match, the match itself — captured by grainy, fuzzy TV cameras with the occasional, ground - level insert — and the immediate aftermath (symbolic and figurative, more than real or long - lasting), it's in the months - long lead - up to the match, following Billie Jean King (Emma Stone, never better) and Bobby Riggs (Steve Carell) where Battle of the Sexes steps up its game to offer a sympathetic, insightful, poignant, behind - the - scenes look at the private lives of the public personas who stepped onto the tennis court of the Houston Astrodome on September 20th, 1973, as Americans on both sides of the political divide watched in rapt attention.

Having turned in a couple of ill - received films delving into the matters of political intrigue, Alfred Hitchcock went back to Britain and, practically at the very end of his career, made another great film on the trail of the works that had given him the title of the master of suspense and the macabre.

In the ingenious suspense contraption A Quiet Place, Earth has been overrun by blind beasties from above: a species of fast, spindly, vaguely reptilian monsters who can't see their prey but can sure as hell hear it, pouncing with scary velocity at any sound louder than a handclap.

«Alfred Hitchcock's famous explanation about the real difference between surprise and suspense — a bomb exploding with no warning vs. being forewarned about the bomb in advance — lies at the heart of the difference between his film Psycho (based on the Robert Bloch novel) and the new A&E television series «Bates Motel,» which examines Norman Bates» upbringing and the events that will ultimately mold him into a cross-dressing murderer with dual personalities.»

If there's no suspense in whether or not Cash and June will get together, a measure of discomfort in the beating Cash's first wife Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin) takes for reacting reasonably to her husband's philandering and pill - popping, and some disdain for the coy trainspotting of songs, George Lucas In Love - style, throughout (June cries «burns, burns, burns» at one point and accuses Johnny of being unable to «walk the line» at another), at least there are a couple of moments like that 5 & Dime scene that let the cast out of a certain straitjackein whether or not Cash and June will get together, a measure of discomfort in the beating Cash's first wife Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin) takes for reacting reasonably to her husband's philandering and pill - popping, and some disdain for the coy trainspotting of songs, George Lucas In Love - style, throughout (June cries «burns, burns, burns» at one point and accuses Johnny of being unable to «walk the line» at another), at least there are a couple of moments like that 5 & Dime scene that let the cast out of a certain straitjackein the beating Cash's first wife Vivian (Ginnifer Goodwin) takes for reacting reasonably to her husband's philandering and pill - popping, and some disdain for the coy trainspotting of songs, George Lucas In Love - style, throughout (June cries «burns, burns, burns» at one point and accuses Johnny of being unable to «walk the line» at another), at least there are a couple of moments like that 5 & Dime scene that let the cast out of a certain straitjackeIn Love - style, throughout (June cries «burns, burns, burns» at one point and accuses Johnny of being unable to «walk the line» at another), at least there are a couple of moments like that 5 & Dime scene that let the cast out of a certain straitjacket.

Rightfully so, The Silence of the Lambs is now widely acknowledged to be a masterclass in suspense, sporting two all - time classic fake - out redirects: Lecter's escape and Clarice at the «wrong» house.

Says MGM, «By bringing the complex psychology of Brian Garfield's book up - to - the - moment and injecting new thrills and a stark, unflinching look at the American psyche in 2017, Eli Roth and Death Wish brings audiences to the height of unforgettable suspense.»

It adds to the amount of time he's spent in the room, building the suspense of knowing that someone is coming in at any time.

Bird's proven hand at creating spectacular and imaginative set pieces (a chase in a raging sandstorm; an insane parking garage fight that's Pixar - ready) is in full effect here as well as a heretofore unseen skill at nailbiting suspense (a sequence of Cruise — not a double — scaling the side of the world's tallest building is by far the best non-documentary use of large format IMAX photography to date).

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is written at a level so low, even 8 - year - olds will find it lacking, and because another sequel is already in pre-production, there's not much suspense as to how this one is going to end.

It's southern at its most gothic, a familial dysfunction piece set in Texas, wrapped in a rightwing nut - job crime thriller that plays like Mortal Thoughts in its mood and structure and Eye of God in its somewhat detached humanism and ability to wring suspense from Biblical Abraham's trial.

At 8 parts comprising some 7 hours of screen time, John Pielmeier's adaptation retains all the suspense of the book and most of the ingenious plot's serpentine twists resulting in a satisfying experience for the book's fans.

Regardless that this is a prequel so we know that Leatherface is going to survive and therefore lacks any suspense at all, as a movie Leatherface is all over the place with references to what comes later shoehorned in — like the blink - and - you'll - miss - it appearance of Grandpa in the opening scenes and the character of Hartman (the unscrupulous Mayor in Texas Chainsaw 3D was called Hartman, in case you'd forgotten)-- and details that just don't make sense, such as Drayton being portrayed as a psychopathic killer but yet in Tobe Hooper's original movie he «takes no pleasure in killing», and three people climbing into a cow's carcass to hide from the police which looks as dumb as it sounds.

Marshall's relatively unfamiliar story puts director Hudlin at an advantage as he can keep most viewers in suspense among the twists and turns of the trial itself, without having to do anything extraordinary.

Equally remarkable is how effective the minimal use of music (some classical stuff at the beginning as the family is driving and one particularly jarring John Zorn song used a couple of times in the film) is in helping to create the tension and suspense of Funny Games.

In most horror films, and indeed in most suspense films of the Alfred Hitchcock tradition, the characters are at the mercy of the ploIn most horror films, and indeed in most suspense films of the Alfred Hitchcock tradition, the characters are at the mercy of the ploin most suspense films of the Alfred Hitchcock tradition, the characters are at the mercy of the plot.

While not necessarily «scary,» the film has a constant sense of intensity and suspense at its core, which in return puts fear into the audience.

She had a recurring role in Season 1, where her character's fate at the auction block left viewers in suspense.

Global action star Liam Neeson is U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks in NON-STOP, a suspense thriller played out at 40,000 feet in the air...

Edith, at sea in her new life and intimidated by Lucille, explores the house (by the end of the film the layout is clear, essential to the suspense of the finale).

In their twenty - five years as filmmakers, the Coens have always managed to have a sense of humor in their storytelling, whether it's buried deep in crime suspense (as in No Country for Old Men and debut Blood Simple) or easily found at the surface (Burn After Reading, The Big LebowskiIn their twenty - five years as filmmakers, the Coens have always managed to have a sense of humor in their storytelling, whether it's buried deep in crime suspense (as in No Country for Old Men and debut Blood Simple) or easily found at the surface (Burn After Reading, The Big Lebowskiin their storytelling, whether it's buried deep in crime suspense (as in No Country for Old Men and debut Blood Simple) or easily found at the surface (Burn After Reading, The Big Lebowskiin crime suspense (as in No Country for Old Men and debut Blood Simple) or easily found at the surface (Burn After Reading, The Big Lebowskiin No Country for Old Men and debut Blood Simple) or easily found at the surface (Burn After Reading, The Big Lebowski).