Sentences with phrase «more suspense by»
Not exact matches
De Niro's performance begins to seem more a matter of well - practiced gestures than real conviction, and the long, silly finale more an exercise in empty panache by director Tony Scott than a truly gripping suspense piece involving people we care about.
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The far - from - engrossing vibe is compounded by a quizzical dearth of action or suspense oriented interludes, and it does, as a result, become more and more difficult to work up any real interest in or sympathy for the central character's exploits (which proves especially problematic by the time the twist - laden finale rolls around).
The original film turned suspense levels to 11 by playing with dramatic irony, showing the audience the location of the three strangers far more often than the characters are aware of it.
In addition to Mr. Tarantino's trademark dialogue - heavy, suspense - filled set pieces, there are moments of pure silliness, like a gathering of hooded night riders (led by Don Johnson), and a late escapade (featuring Mr. Tarantino speaking in an Australian accent) that perhaps owes more to Bugs Bunny than to any other cultural archetype.
Opting for straight - line suspense, the filmmakers had to forgo subjective cutaways like the plainclothes cop's reflections on his tortuous relationship with a Third - World - infatuated feminist; again, Stone writes in a more bedrock commentary on metropolitan backsliding by refusing to reveal which of the hostages is the cop, so that the police monitoring the stolen train are led to wonder whether it's a man or a woman and chauvinistically calculate a woman's chances for taking effective action against the hijackers.
This is a classic Hitchcock film, but credit should go more to the deft script by playwright Frederick Knott with a really smart succession of twists and turns to keep you in suspense.
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.
by Walter Chaw Nicknamed «The Italian Hitchcock,» Dario Argento is more aptly classified «The Italian DePalma»: a director with his own set of stylistic excesses who, especially early in his career, borrowed many tropes from the Master of Suspense en route to crafting his own distinctive thrillers.
Peter Berg knows the power of suspense, but even more than that, he knows the virtue of the human spirit, as is demonstrated by his work in «Patriots Day.»
The director disguises the doubles he uses for the actors by cutting to distant overhead shots and jumps around the match highlights in a manner more befitting SportsCenter highlight reel than a suspense movie.
Normally, this hand wringing would all feel like Oscar bloggers justifying their own vocation by drumming up artificial suspense, but the fact is that more films out of this year's nominees are still thought of as being in the mix than have been ruled out.
By the time the film reaches its climax, you feel your pulse in the pit of your stomach, brought to a level of suspense made even more impressive by the fact that there are no adrenaline - inducing chases or villains who break through doors toting machine gunBy the time the film reaches its climax, you feel your pulse in the pit of your stomach, brought to a level of suspense made even more impressive by the fact that there are no adrenaline - inducing chases or villains who break through doors toting machine gunby the fact that there are no adrenaline - inducing chases or villains who break through doors toting machine guns.
By most definitions, Jaws is more a suspense thriller than a horror film, but it gave us one of the most heart - stopping, breath - holding, unnerving musical ideas in the history of cinema.
Instead of being a quirky gimmick, this character trait enhances the film, turning what could be an average pulpy yarn into something at once more solemn and exciting to watch: a poetic meditation on mortality and honor that delivers the action and suspense of any good gangster film — all set to a moody rap score (by RZA).
Directed with that genre's same sense of understated, but lethal, suspense borne of uncertainty by Anton Corbijn it updates the action from... Read More»
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson Knopf, $ 27.95 The final novel in the Millennium Trilogy brings back Lisbeth Salander for more adventure, danger and suspense.
In the early 1990s Preston and Child teamed up to write suspense novels; Relic was the first, followed by several others, including Riptide, Thunderhead and, more recently, Fever Dream and Two Graves.
- Publishers Weekly «There is humor and action, followed by more humor and suspense.
But then, companies more often than not keep the suspense going by invoking the confidentiality agreement with FCC.
But writers can, should and are doing more by creating author collectives like Top Suspense Group — a place where thriller authors hang out (disclaimer — I'm a proud member) and Killer Thrillers.
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For the Week # 2 Sweepstakes, the bestselling and award winning suspense writer James Scott Bell — author of a remarkable collection of a novella and three stories entitled One More Lie, among several of his books available on Kindle — is helping us all out by as our sponsor.
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This 1949 thriller is based on a story by the great Cornell Woolrich, who probably provided more source material for suspense films than any writer in history.
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Like her earlier large paintings these small paintings evoke a sense of impending doom, by suggesting that there is more outside the picture - like a cliff hanger in a movie trailer that creates suspense by gesturing toward what is yet to come.