Sentences with phrase «intriguing subplot»

His ambitions and motivations provide the film's most intriguing subplot.

Even so, there is a same - sex rivalry with Margaret Court (Jessica McNamee) within the Virginia Slims Circuit that provides yet another intriguing subplot.

With Fiorentina and Inter crossing paths on Saturday night, it promises to add another intriguing subplot to the transfer scenario, and time will tell what Bernardeschi opts to do.

It has difficulty establishing momentum in its first few episodes, even with a smattering of intriguing subplots and story lines, and no one character exerts that intangible ability to make us keep watching.

There are a number of intriguing subplots, not the least of which is one involving sixty - something actor Ambrose Hilliard (beautifully underplayed by Bill Nighy) who must come to grips with the fact he's no longer an above - the - title star and is instead the veteran character guy called in to play the loveable drunken uncle who gets killed off before the third act.

The film also features a surprising number of intriguing subplots, including a love triangle involving Nat, Joanna and Cotton; Ayyash and his mother's (Natasha Gordon) becoming homeless, Nat's neglected granddaughter (Melanie Freeman) craving quality time with her grampa, and Ayyash's antagonizing a vengeful drug dealer (Ian Hart).

The tension builds relentlessly as backstories morph into intriguing subplots, threats to the very core of Swedish democracy are uncovered, men in positions of authority continue to abuse their power, and Salander and Blomkvist continue to fight for justice in their different, inimitable styles.

Not exact matches

The main problem with this season that makes it slightly weaker in comparison to previous seasons is that the subplots of this season just aren't quite as intriguing.

Critics Consensus: The setup is intriguing, but Mr. Brooks overstuffs itself with twists and subplots, becoming more preposterous as it goes along.

Critic Consensus: The setup is intriguing, but Mr. Brooks overstuffs itself with twists and subplots, becoming more preposterous as it goes along.

Subplots involving Mapes» troubled relationship with her father, though potentially intriguing and are likely given more justice in the memoir, feel extraneous without much real payoff in the finished picture.

(One bizarre subplot involving incest and Macbeth - tinged political intrigue is especially superfluous.)

The monster - of - the - week unfolds with an intriguing and classy air, thanks to David Duchovny's deadpan skepticism, while Gillian Anderson elevates a subplot involving her mother to emotional heights, but the mixing of supernatural and sentiment isn't as smooth as it needs to be to make this reboot feel like more than a rehash of old territory.

On the flip side, Markus and McFeely's Civil War screenplay provides several of the supporting characters in the MCU with intriguing - and substantial - subplots; in particular Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany), who both get to further explore their powers and limitations alike here, following their debut in Avengers: Age of Ultron.

Macbeth's dramatic action is also unusually streamlined, with no romantic subplots or lesser court intrigues to detract from the central story.

Unhappily, the initially intriguing suspense subplot runs afoul of too many cross-purposes and, more crucially, Christopher Plummer's and Catherine Schell's failure to be convincing about their droll self - possession.

by Walter Chaw Closer in spirit to Mystery, Alaska than to the similarly Olympics - inspired Cool Runnings, Men with Brooms is an underdog sports intrigue mashed together with a bedroom farce — and neither dog - eared formula is handled with very much originality, while uncomfortable subplots concerning adultery, alcoholism, and healing father / son rifts (see also Hoosiers) vie for a level of pathos that always feels out of place in what is essentially The Bad News Bears (or The Replacements, or Slap Shot) for curling.

With a subplot and themes involving the loss of innocence and childhood, a web of intrigue is spun by Claudia with intentions to birth a new god.

There are subplots with Marion Cotillard, Jennifer Ehle and Laurence Fishbourne that all could have been intriguing, but we get the glossy outline version, rather than an actual story.

Though the action often builds too slowly, the exploration of family in its many human and undead variations is intriguing, and Harris delivers her usual mix of eccentric characters and engaging subplots.

Johnson's metathriller, spiked with gory intrigues and romantic subplots, is a ripping piece of fiction that is also an astute commentary on the nature of freedom, sacrifice, and glory in a world where everyone's «a survivor who has nothing to live for.»

It was so well written with plot and subplots intertwined and resolutions, I was intrigued and delighted by this writer.

It ticks all the boxes: a massive, detail - oriented open - world; still - fantastic tenets of looting and shooting; a story filled with intriguing side quests and subplots that feel like they matter; and of course a classic soundtrack that brings it all to life.