Sentences with phrase «on narrative twists»

As he did in Little Odessa, The Yards, and We Own the Night, Gray introduces us to a dysfunctional family and a criminal subculture prone to preying on the weak, going light on narrative twists to focus on the milieu and the interplay between his main characters.

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Traders Revenge is just another generic binary options robot scam and despite its interesting narrative twist, the only revenge you will be exacting by signing up with this system is the revenge on your own wallet.

The camera shows her calling the Passion narrative «an extraordinary twist» on what actually happened, concluding: «It looks completely at odds with what we know about history.»

The combination of photos, narrative, a different twist on banana bread, even the font you chose for your headings made the whole piece sumptuous.

Yeah, it's a shame you feel the need to launch unprovoked attacks on people and then bizarrely ignore reality by twisting things around to suit your own narrative.

Well, let's put an ironic twist on our narrative and continue with Ashley Madison — a highly profitable dating site and social network catering specifically to the needs of people who want to date outside their established relationships.

His old cop colleagues come calling for his help on a mysterious case, which may be related to the strange goings - on next door, in this insidiously - constructed narrative that braids plot twists on top of plot twists and shock on top of shock.

And while banking on potential can be dangerous for an episodic game, if Telltale can maintain the precedent it's setting here for narrative risks and twists then the payoff will be all the better for it in the end.

Utilizing both a documentary - style news format and a classic, cinematic narrative, the film is said to explore genre themes with a new twist on structure.

On the surface level, that refers to a particular character in the film, whose mission involves summarily executing a cartel kingpin; every twist and turn of the narrative is expressly designed to bring this assassin one step closer to his target.

An inventive satire about the ever - narrowing relationship between artist and audience, Director's Cut has a lot of interesting ideas bouncing around inside its twisted, experimental narrative, though on a fundamental level, the movie simply isn't that compelling.

The narrative twists and turns through the city of dreams, following Agatha's journey into the dark heart of Tinseltown, where greed fuels ambition, child stars turn into addicts as a matter of course and everyone — from pushy parents to ruthless agents — are set on exploiting others for their own gain.

Like a lot of great superhero flicks, «Iron Man 3» will find our hero's relationship with his gal tested but Black and co-writer Drew Pearce find a way to turn storytelling expectations on their head at every turn, providing the narrative twists that have been missing from this franchise to date.

This is a film full of twists, turns, incredulity, and intrigue, evolving into a master class in misleads, narrative leaps, flashbacks, panache, and put - ons in an airtight plot that overflows with deceit.

On the plus side, there's no «twist» here, Shyamalan is thankfully abandoning the trademark that frequently flummoxed his narrative structure.

Otherwise, it's The More the Merrier ad infinitum: the old fart helping a couple of good - looking kids get their groove on — with the twist of a Jack the Ripper subplot woven awkwardly into the narrative.

Agassi (The Handmaiden, Park Chan - wook, 2016) While most of the other films on this list aim for subdued minimalism, this film sounds the call for maximalism loud and clear, marrying a delightfully twisted narrative with the most pleasurable romance of the year.

Sure, it's a game fuelled by repetition of constant pressing of buttons, dodging, jumping, and landing of combos, but that's also exactly what makes it enthralling — a unique combination of classic simplistic gameplay with a modern twist on visuals, RPG elements, and narrative.

The creeping paranoia and the excellent setups that make you suspect various players, until the true story starts to unfold, creates an unsettling feeling of dread absent from American horror cinema which shifted quite a bit to gore and body horror for a good couple of decades until, probably, THE SIXTH SENSE... but even thereafter, what most filmmakers took from Shyamalan's film was not the buildup of dread, but rather the mystery box and the twist, diminishing the emphasis on narrative and suspense.

In «Thirst» — winner of the Prix du Jury in Cannes — commercially and critically acclaimed South Korean filmmaker Park Chan - wook uses this narrative twist to put his own unique and visceral spin on the vampire film's familiar themes of contagion, morality and eroticism.

The creeping paranoia and the excellent setups that make you suspect various players until the true story starts to unfold creates an unsettling feeling of dread, absent from American horror cinema which shifted quite a bit to gore and body horror for a good couple of decades until, probably, THE SIXTH SENSE... but even thereafter, what most filmmakers took from Shyamalan's film was not the buildup of dread, but rather the mystery box and the twist, weakening the emphasis on narrative and suspense.

Its twisting narrative of family mysteries, haunted Scottish manor houses, and the legacy of ancient Druidic rituals combine successfully to create an effective take on classic Gothic.

Telling the tale of a young lady returning home to her family's rural Oregon homestead, Gone Home was an interesting, and successful, twist on narrative focus in games.

And while Ali's favorite status also seemed solid early on, thanks to a number of critics award wins, there have been a few unexpected twists in his narrative — including an upset by Nocturnal Animals star Aaron Taylor - Johnson at the Golden Globes, and one by Lion's Dev Patel at the BAFTA Awards Sunday night.

Timing is everything in this story, and Silvera structures his novel beautifully, utilizing careful revelations from Aaron's past and consciousness to create plot tension and twists that turn the narrative on its ear.

While the narrative takes on a decidedly slow build toward its multiple twist ending, Brookmyre keeps things interesting by mixing up his narrators from chapter to chapter.

With dark twists and intertwining narratives, The Stranger on the Train is an unforgettable novel of psychological suspense that you will keep you guessing until the shattering finale.

The choice of the first - person narrative is just right for the story, which above all, can be read as a special twist on the coming - of - age narrative.

I left my preview build feeling very positive on the experience; the twisting rogue - like narrative played in well with the tactical combat to provide some interesting angles the story could take.

Truth be told the quality of both the writing and main narrative thread is all over the place, bouncing madly from genuinely beautifully written moments with emotional impact and outstanding twists sure to leave you with your jaw on the floor to scenes with clumsy dialogue and ideas that just didn't work out as well as I would have liked, though exactly how much of this inconsistency can be put down to translation issues is hard to judge.

Part of our ethos at Chaos Created for Ali and I is that whatever we create for Windows Phone will always be narrative driven, feature live action video and have a twist on the traditional game element, whatever that might be.

A relatively simple game, but an extremely engrossing and unique narrative as well as some delicate but distinctive twists on gameplay and visual design made for a wonderful experience.

Quantic Dream have taken everything Heavy Rain put on the table and refined it to perfection, creating a deep and engrossing narrative that twists and turns its way to a satisfying conclusion.

It is probably one of the most in - depth parts of any Resident Evil game, and should other games evolve on this type of narrative, it could make for a more deep, meaningful and interesting twist on zombie story - telling.

The Sensation award is about experimentation at heart, something out of the ordinary, novel aesthetic, a twist on an old mechanic, a fresh narrative, or just amazingly well - tuned.

What all the games have in common is that they have experimentation at heart, that they try for something out of the ordinary; be it a novel aesthetic, a twist on an old mechanic, a fresh narrative, or are just so well - tuned that they bowled us over.

A middle finger to expectations of heroism, and a clandestine act of fan betrayal on the part of its auteur to rival any twist in the series» convoluted narrative.

Common to all of them is that they have a hearty experimental core, that they try for something out of the ordinary, be it a novel aestethic, a twist on an old mechanic, a fresh narrative, or are just so plain well - tuned that they bowled us over.

It employs the motif of marker bleeding through a page to propel the narrative, each image repeating in mirror form and interacting with a new one on its facing page, as a psychedelic cast of creatures twists and turns.

I'll be talking about Olson's approach to narrative in my new Multi-Platform Communication course at Pace University tonight, focusing on an example in a popular video about an unexpected twist during a road rage incident created for Georgia law enforcement agencies by Joel Babbit (best known here as a co-founder of Mother Nature Network).

It's a twist on the lifelogging wearable camera, which included devices like the Narrative Clip, and it uses machine learning to key in on certain people and pets of your choosing and only capture them, so you don't miss out on adorable moments.