Sentences with phrase «little of the suspense»

The whole thing feels a bit like a Christian prom, in that it holds little of the suspense or drama of its mainstream counterpart.

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Create a little suspense with teasers of new products or previews before an official launch.

If you can add an element of anticipation to build a little tension, anxiety or suspense, you can hold the attention of an audience until you're ready to release your punch line with much more impact.

(CNN)- Although many Americans may have wondered just how much money Mitt Romney makes and how much he pays in taxes in the lead - up to the release Tuesday of his tax documents, there was little suspense around how much he gives to his church.

CNN: Romney tax returns shine light on Mormon tithing Although many Americans may have wondered just how much money Mitt Romney makes and how much taxes he pays in the lead - up to the release Tuesday of his tax documents, there was little suspense around how much he gives to his church.

But all who are old enough to watch television or read Little Red Ridinghood know there can be no suspense in a chase unless the pursued is in some danger of being caught.

It has everything from psychological drama, romance, suspense and it's wrapped in a very nice little bow of crazy.

I also found a whole lot of joking around with not an iota of suspense, and a plot that made very little sense.

Instead, it relies on the safe formula of the courtroom drama to add suspense and resolution to a story that, by its nature, should have little suspense and only one possible outcome.

With the artful and clever concept of little to no dialogue, the film keeps the audience engaged and too scared to make a sound themselves (you don't even wan to munch on your popcorn) Yes, as with many thrillers, there are a few plot holes, but the plot is unique, the acting is good and suspense is palpable.

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!)

Flaked is such a flavorless affair that there's scant suspense about the ongoing story, leaving little over which to get excited other than a series of guest - star - punctuated interludes.

Writer - director Tim Chambers does little to generate suspense, and appears determined to immediately defuse any situation that even hints at the possibility of unpleasantness.

Bassett uses lots of filtering and camera tricks to try and hide the budget of the film and it hurts the horror and ruins what little suspense is featured in the film.

Foley delivers a few moments of tension and suspense as the kidnapping plot kicks into gear, but it's clear he has little interest in revisiting the superior genre efforts of his long - ago youth as a director.

Twenty - one go below and 10 come out, and there's a touch of «Ten Little Indians» to the suspense of who has the nerve or the strength or the luck to survive.

Adding to the suspense, Pearce is very clever having his entire cast act a little unhinged, whether it's the scene at one of the girls» funerals, Pascal having dinner with Moll and her family, or Moll being interrogated by a particularly intense female investigator.

Wounded by the overwhelmingly baffled reaction to his tale of deadly pollen, and crippled by his growing reputation as an ultra-sensitive yet ham - fisted megalomaniac auteur, Shyamalan threw in the towel — trading his usual suspense for the generic CGI of The Last Airbender and After Earth — but it was too little too late.

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.

There's very little action, and yet, a high level of suspense throughout.

Imagine a bit of the Master of Suspense's «Rope,» a hefty helping of Henri - Georges Clouzot's «Diabolique» and more than a little of the class conscious comedy of Wes Anderson's «Rushmore,» and you're on the right track.

Yet, the film plays out with little sense of requisite suspense that made the first Psycho such a great film, and many of the scenes, including the murders, play out as if they were made for a psychological drama, rather than in a scary horror flick or tense, nail - biting thriller.

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.

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.

But «Flaked» is such a flavorless affair that there's scant suspense about the ongoing story, leaving little over which to get excited other than a series of guest - star - punctuated interludes, with Heather Graham as Chip's estranged actress wife, Kirstie Alley as Dennis» hippy - dippy mom and Annabeth Gish (briefly) as a developer.

One of the greatest of all suspense films, this legendary French shocker is Clouzot's nerve - rending account of four expatriate drivers trying to escape a horrible little South American backwater by driving two truckloads of nitroglycerin to a burning oil field over dangerous mountain roads.

It's a consistent suspense thriller with a little bit of blood and gore in the final 20 minutes.

A very underrated heist film that deftly mixes dark humor, suspense, and drama in one neat little gem of film.

Quirky little suspense film that earns all of its payoff.

I don't want to spoil anything so i'll end with this; Creep has just the right suspense, peppered with little gems of laughter.

Do the false - alarm moments, like a group of girls screaming playfully in a parking lot, come a little too close to suspense - thriller jump scares?

Admittedly, the production value has improved with more characterful creature effects and the claustrophobic locations make for more scope for suspense, but the pedestrian direction and tired formula makes the film feel like a TV movie with little in the way of flair or imagination.

Of course with a film that solely depends on «is she or isn't she», suspense is the main ingredient for a film like this, and story focuses on little else.

pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann... In his harrowing masterwork M, Fritz Lang merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller.

Based on the 1985 BBC mini series of the same name this suspense thriller takes a while to get going, and, even once it's in motion still feels a little sluggish in its unraveling.

Directed and co-written by Phil Alden Robinson, the man responsible for the equally entertaining, Field of Dreams, the film works on many levels, mixing comedy, action, suspense, drama, and even a little romance.

With little in the way of suspense or vested interest, all we can do is sit back and admire the visuals and Jim Carrey's manic performance, which just isn't really enough to make a series of movies on.

It's clear that the movie is at its best within its deliberately - paced first half, as Carpenter does a superb job of cultivating an atmosphere of palpable suspense - with this vibe heightened by a series of tense subplots and digressions (including the now - notorious fate of a little girl looking for an ice cream cone).

With such a quality troupe of actors, it's hard to go go wrong, and admittedly, there are good laughs and moments of genuine tension, making this a surprisingly effective little suspense vehicle for long stretches at a time.

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.

Much like last year's flashback extravaganza, «Before the Devil Knows You're Dead,» each flashback reveals new information, but there is little suspense attached to any of it.

Paltry comic relief, little genuine suspense, and unconvincing drama — it's a one - trick pony of unsavory imagery and cacophonic assault.

The little amount of suspense that the film does generate eventually dissolves and is unrewarding.

A basic haunted house story that's way too scary for tots, Monster House held me almost to the end, when its need to hit all the notes of a conventional action / suspense climax finally wore me down a little.

All of that is done with little action, no suspense, minimal comedy and absolutely no logical sense.

Although very little, if any, tension and suspense is built, all the waiting and watching makes one anticipate some type of a payoff, but there isn't one; there isn't really an ending, per se, so much as a stoppage.

This is a tangle of witches and magic, vampires, alchemy, history, family lore, suspense, and a little romance into a very entertaining page - turner.

Romance with a little bit of suspense.

Mix a little suspense with a lot of romance and you get a series that's pretty hard to put down.

I always enjoy a good thriller and while this kept my attention with suspense, little romance thrown in, etc; it was the poignant remarks Unger made throughout this novel and the sequel, Sliver of Truth, which really kept me reading.