Sentences with phrase «playing in the thriller»

This modest film works best when playing in the thriller sandbox.

Not exact matches

In his free time, Vishal is likely reading a spy thriller, playing pick - up basketball, practicing yoga, or trying to figure out how to become a better poker player.

Compared with the previous day's pallid encounter, this game, the first played on a Sunday evening in Series history, was a thriller reminiscent of the Reds - Red Sox matches a year ago.

There was a thriller in Turin between Juventus and Tottenham, with the two sides playing out a highly - entertaining 2 - 2 draw with Higuain scoring a double.

If Holding and Chambers are going to play, one of them is going to be eliminated, which is going to make Milan's life a lot easier.Look for a thriller in which the entire stadium will pray for the referee to blow the end of the game.

Last season, the league's two best teams played a thriller, and it ended in controversy.

Juventus and Tottenham played out a thriller in Turin, but one player for the visitors didn't impress the Spurs faithful it seems.

Both teams played with hustle, with Team Merritt's Sage Bruhl putting up 20 points in the OT thriller..

In Denver's win - or - go - home regular season finale against Minnesota, Chandler played 48 minutes in the overtime thriller without scoring a single poinIn Denver's win - or - go - home regular season finale against Minnesota, Chandler played 48 minutes in the overtime thriller without scoring a single poinin the overtime thriller without scoring a single point.

When we finally got our «magic 3» of Lacazette, Ozil and Alexis all playing together against Everton a few weeks ago, all three got on the scoreboard and it looked like we were back in contention for the Top Four again with a stunning 5 - goal thriller from the Gunners.

The worldwide TV audience is massive and even though we may think West Ham versus Everton could be a thriller it holds little attraction for the overseas viewer who would happily watch the same few teams play each other week - in and week - out.

Yevhen Khacheridi (Dynamo Kyiv): Jackson Martinez had stolen all the headlines when Kyiv and Porto played out a goalscoring thriller in Portugal, but it was the defenders» turn this time around as Khacheridi was impassable over the ninety minutes thereby keeping his club's qualification hopes alive.

Watch all the goals from every Champions League match played on Tuesday evening as Chelsea edged out Sporting, Man City were held by Roma and PSG beat Barcelona in a five - goal thriller.

In this highly anticipated political thriller Russell Crowe plays the experienced street - smart reporter, Cal McAffrey, who is investigating the shooting of a drug addict and passing cyclist in Washington DIn this highly anticipated political thriller Russell Crowe plays the experienced street - smart reporter, Cal McAffrey, who is investigating the shooting of a drug addict and passing cyclist in Washington Din Washington DC.

Physics plays a crucial role in this fast - paced thriller.

In Alfred Hitchcock's 1966 thriller Torn Curtain, Paul Newman plays physicist Michael Armstrong, who is working on Gamma 5, an antimissile project that «will produce a defensive weapon that will make all nuclear weapons obsolete and abolish the terror of anuclear war.»

Others who have died from HIV and AIDS include Queen's lead vocalist and songwriter Freddie Mercury; heartthrob actor Rock Hudson; Anthony Perkins, who played Norman Bates in the psychological thriller Psycho; TV dad Robert Reed of The Brady Bunch; and Tom Fogerty, lead singer of the rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival.

Through the thriller's first six episodes, we see the sad - sack lawyer (played expertly by John Turturro) scratching his eczema - ridden skin with chopsticks, visiting a succession of not - very - sensitive doctors, and subjecting his feet to a string of seemingly suspect remedies, including slathering them with Crisco, bathing them in Clorox, and roasting them under UV lamps.

Sharon Stone played the role of a writer here, and was seen wearing this knitted sweater in many scenes in this erotic thriller.

As the audience follows the slow - moving battle, punctuated by threats, confrontations and shifting alliances, the Russian - born director sets a deathtrap that snaps in a breathtaking conclusion that plays like slow motion — not the thriller type; even better: a prolonged, torturous finish which is the logical culmination of an explicitly accepted philosophy.

In the action - thriller Hotel Artemis, Jodie Foster plays The Nurse, the manager of a members - only hospital for the criminal underworld.

J. Michael Straczynski's original script was jettisoned in favor of an unfinished one by political thriller specialist Matthew Michael Carnahan (State of Play, Lions for Lambs), with «LOST» - alum script doctors Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods, Cloverfield) and Damon Lindelof (Star Trek Into Darkness, Prometheus) brought in later to write a host of reshoots, including a new climax and ending to the film (the repeated use and imbibing of Pepsi products during these scenes would indicate the source for much of the additional reshoot budget), that pushed the release date from a winter of 2012 release to the summer of 2013.

Even though it ends in violence, Days of Heaven plays out not as a rural thriller but as a delicate study of character and landscape.

Even though it ends in violence, Days of Heaven plays out not as a rural thriller but as a delicate landscape and character study.

He made his first appearance in an American film in Victor Halperin's grisly thriller Torture Ship, playing one of the criminals on whom well - intentioned (but quite mad) scientist Irving Pichel plans to perform glandular experiments, but he soon moved up to higher budgeted films from the major studios, although still almost inevitably in sinister roles.

The biggest appeal in this glossy cop thriller is seeing Denzel playing totally against his usual holier than holy type and if he'd taken more of these parts, I'd like him a whole lot more.

The Movie: The idea of George Clooney playing a (mostly) silent assassin holed up in the Italian countryside with gorgeous European women sounds like recipe for a solid dramatic experience, so why Focus Features is marketing «The American» as some sort of action thriller when in fact it's an arty European film, will throw some moviegoers off and just outright anger others.

Though Vanilla Sky's sometimes surreal trappings found the film receiving a mixed reception at the box office, the same could not be said for the following year's massively successful sci - fi chase film Minority Report, directed by Steven Spielberg, or of the historical epic The Last Samurai, directed by Edward Zwick.For his next film, Cruise picked a role unlike any he'd ever played; starring as a sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann psychological thriller Collateral.

Additionally, the arduous process of buying and selling property in New York is portrayed with such fine attention to detail, that it almost plays as a ticking clock thriller.

Elements of some Hitchcock thrillers come into play in this railway thriller.

Additional roles included that of a copy guy in Ron Howard's The Paper (1994), Christie in Alien Resurrection, and Yates in the Andy Wilson - directed medical thriller Playing God (1997).

Two years later, he could be seen in another high - profile, politically tinged thriller, this time opposite Denzel Washington in director Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate.In 2005 he made his directorial and screenwriting debut with Everything Is Illuminated, and appeared in the critically acclaimed, Golden Globe - winning HBO movie Lackawanna Blues, a life - affirming film about a selfless black woman (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) in 1950s segregated New York who provides a home and a guiding hand to the youths who come to live at her boarding house.

If that's the random pastime they're playing at, here's our stab: the movie's repeat references to «Fight Club» bring David Fincher to mind, and in turn, Fincher's amusement - gone - awry thriller «The Game.»

After hearing about this online I was wondering how an all German language spy thriller could ever play out in North America, I would watch it

In this thriller, Humphrey Bogart plays a psychotic artist who secretly poisons his wife after falling in love with another womaIn this thriller, Humphrey Bogart plays a psychotic artist who secretly poisons his wife after falling in love with another womain love with another woman.

After playing a tough lawyer in the crime thriller Gang Related (1997), Crewson further displayed her ability to convey strength as Harrison Ford's undaunted First Lady in Wolfgang Petersen's summer blockbuster Air Force One (1997).

He proved ridiculously endearing as a grizzled, broken - down, beer - swilling little league coach with a marshmallow heart in The Bad News Bears (1976), and further expressed his comic persona in such comedies as 1993's Dennis the Menace, in which he played the cantankerous Mr. Wilson, and the romantic comedy I.Q. (1994), which cast him as Albert Einstein.Though many of his roles were of the comic variety, Matthau occasionally returned to his dramatic roots with ventures such as the crime thriller Charley Varrick (1973) and The Taking of Pelham 1, 2, 3 (1974).

Thus, it came as an unpleasant surprise when the veteran actor, out of sheer poverty one imagines, accepted to play Dr. Meinschultz, devouring a cat's eye in the 1934 exploitation thriller Maniac.

Journalistic ethics and the scandalous nature of politics are featured in the taut conspiracy thriller, State of Play.

In contrast to the tonally exploitative, post-9 / 11 catastrophe smut of the Avengers tentpoles, the former plays as a clever espionage thriller built on political intrigue, disguised as a comic book movie.

After hearing about this online I was wondering how an all German language spy thriller could ever play out in North America, I would watch it but I know a lot of people who switch stations as soon as they see a sub come up witch is to bad.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival papeIn addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival papein which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

In 1999, Washington starred in another thriller, The Bone Collector, playing a paralyzed forensics expert who joins forces with a young policewoman (Angelina Jolie) to track down a serial killeIn 1999, Washington starred in another thriller, The Bone Collector, playing a paralyzed forensics expert who joins forces with a young policewoman (Angelina Jolie) to track down a serial killein another thriller, The Bone Collector, playing a paralyzed forensics expert who joins forces with a young policewoman (Angelina Jolie) to track down a serial killer.

Highlights include Welcome to Leith, a documentary following the actions of a white supremacist in a small town that plays like a thriller, and the more lighthearted but still dramatic Top Spin, which examines the cutthroat world of competitive ping pong.

After bit parts in Bounce, Playing Mona Lisa, and Vanilla Sky, Galecki played a leading role in the comedy thriller Bookies, which premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.

He reportedly auditioned for a small part, and though the show's producers did not deem him right for the characterization, they felt so impressed by Eigenberg's presence that they created the character of Steve Brady especially for him, as an extension of his own personality; the plan, again, was to create a sincere, committed, down - to - earth male paramour to offset Miranda's (Cynthia Nixon) cynicism.Though initially intended as a temporary part, the popularity of the character among viewers (and Eigenberg's onscreen chemistry with Nixon) led to Eigenberg's permanent inclusion on the show, as well as subsuquent movies.Circa 2002, Eigenberg expanded into film roles by playing the business partner of Richard Gere in Mark Pellington's underrated supernatural thriller The Mothman Prophecies.

The cast has become more professional in playing and the story, slightly flat in season 5, came back to the thriller drama style of seasons 2, 3 and 4.

Starring opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, Northam won both critical praise and the distinction of being that year's thinking woman's luxury import.The following year, the actor played a supporting role in Steven Spielberg's Amistad and then went on to explore completely different territory with a turn as Mira Sorvino's husband in the big - budget giant cockroach thriller Mimic.

Kemp launched into print modeling as well, appearing in a widely seen campaign for The Gap, then segued into acting with parts in Stephen Sommers» Victorian - era supernatural thriller Van Helsing (2004) and Renny Harlin's lurid psychological thriller Mindhunters (2005), opposite Val Kilmer and LL Cool J. Kemp deftly merged his ballroom finesse and his dramatic evocations with prominent billing in Jon M. Chu's dance - themed urban drama Step Up 2 the Streets (2008); he played Blake Collins, the proprietor of a dance school who finds his chief proclivity — an utter contempt for street dancing — upstaged by the arrival of a brash and talented young newcomer at his school.

Director Colin Higgins plays foul with the audience, constructing some of the most dishonest suspense sequences ever filmed, and ends with a thriller that is obnoxious and manipulative in the extreme.