Sentences with phrase «mystery plot does»

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The premise of a murder mystery with an unreliable narrator is well - trodden territory at this point (The Girl on the Train, In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and Sharp Objects all come to mind) but there were at least two moments where I let out an audible gasp over an unforeseen plot twist... so I guess I'm saying if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Of course, exactly what she'll be doing in the film is for now a total mystery, given the near absolute info - blackout on plot details.

In Three Billboards, plot twists are equated with the mysteries of human impulse, accounting for the fact that a person's life can change in an instant and it doesn't have to feel like a clever - clever writer casually nudging chess pieces around a board.

Typically, the key element of mysteries like this is an attention to plotting; the who and what of the who - done - what and the unraveling of the puzzle are the driving force of the narrative.

The idea of some answers to these mysteries could perhaps be enticing if I cared about any of the characters, anything about their world, or the film did anything to ignite an interest in its plot rather than offering up vague teases at answers that never come and do nothing but try to hook the bait in for the next entry.

Jeff Nichols dabbled in this realm already with Take Shelter and in a way, Midnight Special lives on that same street — awe and mystery hovering on the edge of an elusive plot, and the same way Take Shelter builds to a muted but spectacular end, so does Midnight Special, even if it's done with bigger effects and a more spectacular ending.

And while Altman and Fellowes are setting us up for a murder, a visiting Hollywood producer (Bob Balaban) is plotting his Charlie - Chan - in - London mystery by transcontinental telephone, breathlessly reporting that there's one butler but many valets and maids, that servants actually have tasks to perform, that there's all kinds of things that Hollywood mysteries don't show.

Garland (adapting a novel by Jeff VanderMeer that is the first of a trilogy) does a masterful job of building the mystery, dropping plot hints like so many bread crumbs, jolting us with «gotcha!»

A deeply frustrating and thrilling film in the best ways, Gone Girl manages to expand the rote murder - mystery plot into greater discussions of the media, the psychology of marriage, and the strange things women are forced to do when they are systematically denied agency.

The plot of director Mark Palansky and Mike Vukadinovich's screenplay is little more than a murder mystery, and it's one that doesn't even incorporate the central gimmick into the story enough for the concept of a memory - recording device to really matter.

Gender roles have been switched, the plot is disguised as a mystery, and for once, it doesn't assume that the audience is a bunch of dim - witted idiots.

When Barri discovers Sylvia dead in her apartment, it sets off the murder mystery plot of the film, as she begins to suspect Sylvia's son Anthony (Kevin Corrigan, almost doing his best Christopher Walken impression) of foul play for the life insurance policy.

Do you agree with BookPage mystery columnist Bruce Tierney that Karin Slaughter's books are «superbly crafted, relentlessly plot - driven and populated with admirably flawed characters»?

Moses: One of the things I think you did especially well in The Crown Conspiracy was keeping the reader guessing with mysteries and plot twists.

In this class you'll learn what you'll need to know about the thriller and mystery market including: what is hot in the suspense market now, the do's and don'ts of writing intense fiction, the importance of pace well as twists and red herrings, how to research, plotting and outline (to storyboard or not to storyboard?)

Karin Slaughter, for example, specializes in muscular, action - packed police procedurals; Alafair Burke does expertly plotted legal mysteries; Val McDermid has invented more than her rightful share of homicidal sociopaths for her psychologist - cop team, Tony Hill and Carol Jordan, to run to ground.

Graphically violent scenes do not deter me from reading a mystery — so many of the plots are grisly, after all — but many readers want a suspenseful book that will not make them wince.

The plot doesn't race along at breakneck speed, nor is there a life - or - death mystery to be solved.

This author has developed a plot line which rivals mystery authors like Sanford and Patterson and does it with a Gospel - centered theme... I look forward to reading Hannah's next book.»

There does seem to be a bit of a plot hook in Hotori being a mystery addict; in fact, the best chapter was one where she actually got to be clever, deducing a mystery about a 4 - eyed painting.

Now don't mis - understand me, co-op I guess could be done in any genre / game but outside of shooters it doesn't automatically make sense, Alan Wake is a psychological action thriller, set in an open world game where YOU play as a writer who's trying to discover the mystery of what seems to be your latest horror story which you can't even remember for some reason is now coming to life, in a small isolated town; oh and your wife has vanished too = Alan Wake himself IS the story, co-op in this case would be redundant for a story driven type game like Alan Wake since at its core its all about YOU deciding where to go an «unlocking» the plot for YOURSELF.

Metal Gear Solid V «s nuclear disarmament event triggered and publisher Konami doesn't even know why, a mystery that would still make a better plot than the one in Metal Gear Survive.

As you would expect in a mystery game, there is much more going on than immediately meets the eye — you uncover multiple parallel plot lines that all converge as the game progresses, and small stories of individuals that give you added things to do, and little oddities and curiosities that add flavor.

There was an action game where you break into a building and do all sorts of picking up clues and things like that, and then there was the story which involved a plot where you had to figure out who the mastermind was and what cities they were in, and it was an involved mystery - type plot.

Efficiently directed by Carl Franklin, this military mystery doesn't have the unpredictable edginess of Franklin's Devil in a Blue Dress, but its twisting plot is sure to hold anyone's attention.