Sentences with phrase «in thrillers like»

Certain things have to happen on the plane in thrillers like this, and they all do.

She had already earned recognition for screenplays that could keenly capture romance in Fish Without a Bicycle and ratchet tension in thrillers like For the Love of Money.

Her career has continued to be just as eclectic, with appearances in thrillers like «Red Eye» and «State of Play,» action films like «Sherlock Holmes,» and romance films like «The Time Traveler's Wife» and «The Vow.»

The blood in a thriller like «Diehard» or a social film like «Menace II Society» isn't the same blood that drips out of a «Friday the 13th» or «Nightmare on Elm Street.»

Collette's most recent outings (Little Miss Sunshine, In Her Shoes, The Last Shot) have been fairly disappointing (due to the films rather than her performances), and it's interesting to note that she was in the thriller Like Minds right after this.

Hooking the audience and keeping them interested is a delicate balance when building tension in a thriller like this.

Not exact matches

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Actor Joel Edgerton («Warrior,» «Exodus,» «The Great Gatsby») wrote, directed and stars in the film, which is clearly reminiscent of similar thrillers like «Fear,» «Fatal Attraction» and even Michael Haneke's fantastic «Caché,» but gleefully twisted enough to distance itself from the pack.

Even if you like «There Will Be Blood» slightly more, this is still a masterful thriller, and it was the best movie to take home the big prize in ages.

Like many books in this genre, Moore's thrillers are almost devoid of humor, but in compensation they are richly supplied with irony.

Indeed, in places it reads like a thriller; and a thriller it is, imparting the thrill of embracing the faith wholeheartedly and wanting to spread it to all our friends and neighbours.

In what must have felt like a scene straight out of a Hollywood thriller, Guest Service Associate Justin LeVaughn and Guest Service Coordinator Shane Venhorst had a hand in nabbing credit card fraud suspects at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort earlier this montIn what must have felt like a scene straight out of a Hollywood thriller, Guest Service Associate Justin LeVaughn and Guest Service Coordinator Shane Venhorst had a hand in nabbing credit card fraud suspects at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort earlier this montin nabbing credit card fraud suspects at the Loews Royal Pacific Resort earlier this month.

Aside from that it could be another nailbiting shootout like last season's thriller against Chelsea, and if it is, one United keeper could go down in history as the one that «saved» the record.

When we finally got our «magic 3» of Lacazette, Ozil and Alexis all playing together against Everton a few weeks ago, all three got on the scoreboard and it looked like we were back in contention for the Top Four again with a stunning 5 - goal thriller from the Gunners.

Moving at a thriller - like pace, the book recounts the decisions he helps his patients to make and the operations he then undertakes — in both cases, often quite literally a matter of life and death.

The Coens are rare beasts in today's Hollywood, as capable of turning their hands to thrillers like No Country For Old Men but equally at home with comedies like this one.

Memory loss has been a stock movie plot device since the release of 1940s melodramas like Random Harvest, but lately it seems to be everywhere: in mysteries (Memento), in thrillers (Paycheck), and even in comedies (50 First Dates).

How the marine protected area (MPA) in the British Indian Ocean Territory came about reads like the makings of a thriller, as described by Fred Pearce (27 September, p 26).

Although it looks like a scene from the sci - fi thriller «Gravity,» the bright pop of light in this image comes from ASASSN - 15lh, the most powerful supernova ever discovered.

With the most impressive graphics I've seen in an indie game, this first person psychological - thriller felt like a AAA title at times.

Written by Cleveland Oakes, February 27th, 2017, at 4:33 p.m. Tweet to @Oakes945 From New York Times # 1 bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes a detective thriller in a police beat like no other.

A24 does horror and thrillers in general some justice, with flicks like «The VVitch» and «It Comes At Night» just to name a couple (sorry in advance if you disagree).

I also like to just stay in and watch movie, I like all kinds of movies (thriller, adventure, action, comedy) and music (rnb, Zou..

Rooney Mara glistens like an icicle in the new American adaptation of Stieg Larsson's pulp thriller The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

As the audience follows the slow - moving battle, punctuated by threats, confrontations and shifting alliances, the Russian - born director sets a deathtrap that snaps in a breathtaking conclusion that plays like slow motion — not the thriller type; even better: a prolonged, torturous finish which is the logical culmination of an explicitly accepted philosophy.

There's no denying that when George Clooney wants to be an «artist,» he's more than capable of making some lovely art films, and that's clearly the case here, but there's no valid reason why he should spend his money producing a painstakingly slow travelogue set in the Italian countryside like this and allow it to be disguised as some sort of «thriller.»

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.

Note to viewers tired of being psychologically hammered by (even well made) exploitative thrillers that ask one to accept superstition as reality: Just remember the sarcastic Bill Murray in Ghostbusters, reacting to uncanny evidence of demonic forces afoot in the public library: «No human being would stack books like that!»

Those promos made the film look like a taut thriller, while the end result landed in a place far, far away from that depicted genre.

There's a lot to like in the down - to - earth setup of this thriller, starring Owen Wilson as Jack Dwyer, an everyman dad caught up in a coup in an unnamed Asian country the morning after arriving there with his family.

The biggest appeal in this glossy cop thriller is seeing Denzel playing totally against his usual holier than holy type and if he'd taken more of these parts, I'd like him a whole lot more.

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.

Cutting his losses at home (where ethnic actors like Al Pacino and, interestingly enough, Robert DeNiro were getting the plum roles), Dullea returned to Canada for a number of interesting but distinctly B - grade films (Welcome to Blood City with a pre-comeback Jack Palance) and the continent for guest starring roles in poorly - received art house productions (Pope Joan with Liv Ullmann) and the occasional thriller (as Mia Farrow's disbelieving stuffed shirt of a husband in The Haunting of Julia).

In 2012, McAdams returned to her romantic - drama roots and starred in The Vow, opposite Channing Tatum.McAdams continued to alternate between romcoms and other genres, like Richard Curtis» About Time and Brian De Palma's thriller PassioIn 2012, McAdams returned to her romantic - drama roots and starred in The Vow, opposite Channing Tatum.McAdams continued to alternate between romcoms and other genres, like Richard Curtis» About Time and Brian De Palma's thriller Passioin The Vow, opposite Channing Tatum.McAdams continued to alternate between romcoms and other genres, like Richard Curtis» About Time and Brian De Palma's thriller Passion.

It's not that Cleaner is a terrible film, it just doesn't rear back and sock the viewer in the jaw like a great thriller should.

A thriller like this can collapse under too much scrutiny, but in the moment, it does work as a nitty - gritty game of cat and mouse, especially when Shaun does break back into the house and outsmarts the numbskulled intruders.

In 2003 Fanning could be spotted in The Cat in the Hat, and it wasn't long before she was gearing up to appear alongside Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken in the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of BeeIn 2003 Fanning could be spotted in The Cat in the Hat, and it wasn't long before she was gearing up to appear alongside Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken in the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Beein The Cat in the Hat, and it wasn't long before she was gearing up to appear alongside Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken in the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Beein the Hat, and it wasn't long before she was gearing up to appear alongside Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken in the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Beein the Tony Scott thriller Man on Fire.As the 2000's continued to unfold, Fanning appeared in a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Beein a number of films, like Hide and Seek, War of the Worlds, and The Secret Life of Bees.

Before it morphs into a disappointingly interminable chase picture, In Time comes off as a sporadically baffling yet persistently watchable sci - fi thriller that often feels like a companion piece to Niccol's (far superior) debut, Gattaca.

Like a Judd Apatow thriller or a Michael Haneke kids flick, the concept of a Claire Denis comedy at first sounds like a contradiction in teLike a Judd Apatow thriller or a Michael Haneke kids flick, the concept of a Claire Denis comedy at first sounds like a contradiction in telike a contradiction in terms.

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.

In the meantime, Cooper would nab starring roles in more and more films, like the thriller Limitless and the big screen adaptation of The A-TeaIn the meantime, Cooper would nab starring roles in more and more films, like the thriller Limitless and the big screen adaptation of The A-Teain more and more films, like the thriller Limitless and the big screen adaptation of The A-Team.

A new BBC America sci - fi / thriller that's so good and unsettling and creepy that even grumps like myself can't help but be in its thrall.

Like all good message movies, ’71 encapsulates its message in an absorbing thriller that can be enjoyed in its own right.

«Breaking In» was clearly designed as much a marketing proposition as a movie, a thriller whose twist on the formula is predicated in part on casting an African - American woman in the kind of role generally inhabited by guys like Liam Neeson — and as an added bonus, just in time for Mother's DaIn» was clearly designed as much a marketing proposition as a movie, a thriller whose twist on the formula is predicated in part on casting an African - American woman in the kind of role generally inhabited by guys like Liam Neeson — and as an added bonus, just in time for Mother's Dain part on casting an African - American woman in the kind of role generally inhabited by guys like Liam Neeson — and as an added bonus, just in time for Mother's Dain the kind of role generally inhabited by guys like Liam Neeson — and as an added bonus, just in time for Mother's Dain time for Mother's Day.

The finale, involving the assassination attempt during Zuwanie's speech, seems too much like those enacted in other Hollywood thrillers to be fresh and was drained of suspense by its too cleverly devised twists.

The portrait of Lincoln that Spielberg presents — in a film that often plays like a tense, high - spirited political thriller as influence is peddled behind the scenes and votes come down to the wire — will no doubt surprise viewers raised on a more staid version of the Great Man.

For every grisly shot of death and carnage in «E-Team,» Chevigny and Kauffman include soothing images of the couple in their Paris apartment, playing piano and tending to their bright 12 - year - old son; the film's most tense sequence, when the investigators sneak into Syria, plays like a real wartime thriller.

In his director's statement, Damien Power, who also wrote the script, cites»70s «survival thrillers» as his inspiration, and like «The Texas Chainsaw Massacre,» this movie has the hallmarks of torture porn: gratuitous slaughter, remorseless murderers and gruesome acts.

Set in a future American metropolis, Metro City, this sci - fi - thriller features a policewoman heroine who like the hero in Robocop was brought back from the dead and turned into a super-human fighter.

A tiring exercise in time - biding sadism (versus wit or suspense), inflated with shock editing, noisy effects and an angry score, like a thriller with road rage.