Sentences with phrase «kind of suspense»

This combination can produce a kind of a suspense, a heightened sense of the present and it is this state of alertness that I am interested in exploring.»

I love memoir because it brings me so close to the writer's emotional experience, but Julie Metz's story goes even further by creating the kind of suspense usually associated with a detective novel.

Expertly alternating between flashbacks and the present day, The Chalk Man is the very best kind of suspense novel, one where every character is wonderfully fleshed out and compelling, where every mystery has a satisfying payoff, and where the twists will shock even the savviest reader.

Reviewer Jessica Inman said, in her review of the hardcover edition, «There's humor, romance and a down - to - earth kind of suspense.

Though fans of Carpenter's version will undoubtedly get a kick out of some of the Easter Eggs that have been planted throughout (including a potential clue to the mystery surrounding the ending of the original), the 2011 edition doesn't deliver the same kind of suspense.

He said something to the effect that what he wanted to do was slowly build the dread and the tension, rather than explode to 11 in the opening moments and fail to be able to register that kind of suspense for the rest of the film.

Their commitment to the idiosyncrasy and unpredictability of their characters creates an unusual kind of suspense, a slightly uncomfortable kind of increased alertness.

The Parallax View is Alan Pakula's hommage to Alfred Hitchcock, employing many of the Master's techniques and devices, particularly his penchant for experimenting with different kinds of suspense and various ways of fulfilling — or not fulfilling — audience expectation.

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This is just the climax of the window and I hate suspense, particularly the «Wenger kind».

Although I hate dropping teasers (okay, I'm a big liar — I kind of love it), I'm going to have to keep you in suspense for the time being.

Well, since I'm not the kind of guy who keeps the audience in suspense until the end of his review, I'll tell you straight - out: This site is excellent!

The first half of the film builds suspense by putting the group through a number of classic hunting situations — from the perspective of the prey — being flushed out by dogs [though these alien «dogs» have all kinds of horns, spine razors and bad attitudes]; a booby - trapped companion; wandering into deadfalls, and the like.

Rope's staginess and lack of that usual edge - of - the - seat suspense leaves it kind of dangling in the air a bit...

Haneke films his actors in meticulously framed master shots, creating a kind of hushed neorealist medical - horror suspense.

What does creating that kind of high suspense and urgency in a documentary entail?

Old school horror suspense movie that kept you on the edge of your seat, the kind i really

I guess the kinds of people who loved this movie are captivated by suspense and good graphics, both of which this movie had, but neither of which is enough to make me interested in a movie.

It has the kind of romance one would expect in a soap opera, and with a fair amount of suspense one would expect in a thriller.

Castle Rock is an original suspense / thriller — a first - of - its - kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories.»

Final Destination 3 brings the series back to basics, and while it is pretty bad as far as benchmark qualities in scripting and conceptualization go, it does deliver the gore, shock, and suspense that lovers of these kinds of movies will be seeking.

Badged up, with half a cup of coffee in me and the printed press screening guide — rendered mostly useless by a dozen last - minute schedule changes — stuffed into my backpack, I head into my first screening of the day: The Lesson, a contrived, slightly smug little Bulgarian number lightened by fitful bursts of suspense and black comedy, and directed in the kind of serioso handheld style that is traditionally associated with the Dardenne brothers, because they're the only ones who know how to pull it off.

Kind of noteworthy, if not actually remarkable, then, is that the movie actually works as well as it does, offering up suspense set pieces that are genuinely suspenseful despite one's security that everyone in the top - billed cast that we're supposed to care about will be okay.

to suspense thriller to some weird kind of action movie by the end of the trailer.

From Stephen King and Executive Producer J.J. Abrams, Castle Rock is an original suspense / thriller — a first - of - its - kind reimagining that explores the themes and worlds uniting the entire King canon, while brushing up against some of his most iconic and beloved stories.

If you view the race as entertainment, a saga of suspense where there are winners, losers, frontrunners and underdogs you'll want to see all kinds of different options to keep the race worth watching.

It will, however, keep you in near - constant suspense — and it's that good edge - of - your - seat kind, too.

Suffice to say both Gilroy and Anderson know their way around this kind of material and ratchet up the action and suspense while keeping it so authentic it is hard to believe this isn't a true story to begin with.

If you step away from the tension and suspense Our Kind of Traitor builds, you will see how impressive this small little film presents itself.

Also, the fact that this is a Tom Cruise film robs the action scenes of suspense because we know that no matter what kind of peril hes in, hes not going to die.

Reviewers have praised its stellar performances and tight direction, praise that is deserved, but I'd like to highlight what I think makes director Dan Trachtenberg's film unique: A combination of suspense so elemental that most of the movie could easily be performed onstage with the kind of absurd humor you might expect to see on FX or Comedy Central.

Eventually the movie's sustained ambiance gives way to a kind of sickly thudding suspense, and these elements fail to work together.

These things never spoil the suspense because they are usually over in a heartbeat, but this kind of attention to detail is much appreciated.

Cortney is happy to take pitches on behalf of her co-agents at Corvisiero Agency in the following fiction genres: contemporary romance, thriller, adventure, urban fantasy, middle grade (all kinds), erotica, LGBTQ, young adult (all kinds), romantic suspense, new adult, historical fiction, and magical realism.

To stretch it out and get more suspense going for the big ending, he veered off and told about the old days when he was broke and couldn't afford to buy rum, so he made homemade liquor from cereal box raisins and any kind of fruit he could scrounge up.

This is the kind of story where, when Moe's little brother suddenly goes missing at a cookout, there's absolutely no suspense because it's a foregone conclusion that Ebihara will save the day (and that Moe will do something dumb like fall in a river).

As a writer of suspense / thrillers with quite a lot of police procedurals, I was bound to come across this kind of question within myself — should I, or should I not, include details of killings such as gory scenes, or torture?

Davidson's work of seven years is the kind of pleasure reading that is hard to find: fantasy and suspense combined with intelligent research and strong writing.

Worth Dying For is the kind of explosive thriller only Lee Child could write and only Jack Reacher could survive - a heart - racing page - turner no suspense fan will want to miss.

«Pamela Fagan Hutchins is an employment attorney and workplace investigator by day who writes award - winning and best - selling romantic mystery / suspense (Saving Grace, Leaving Annalise) and hilarious nonfiction (How to Screw Up Your Kids, What Kind of Loser Indie Publishes?)

And I hope comatose sister wakes up soon... I suppose I shouldn't complain much about suspense in that kind of story after I finish reading 20th Century Boys (Vol.20).

It's horror and suspense, with some sci - fi elements (it's set in the future, with some futuristic elements, like robotic horses), but it has an old - fashioned western feel to it most of the time (the cowboy kind, not geographically speaking).

It does not matter where you go every combat sequence you enter you will know that this is the time to pull out your gun and flash light, does this take away from the tension I personally do not think so, it kind of adds a bit more suspense and what I say a lot of «Yeh baby bring it».

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No matter what kind of romance you enjoy, from suspense to sci - fi, new adult to fantasy, adventure, paranormal, erotic, historical, comedy, contemporary romance and more, you'll find it here.