Sentences with phrase «series of thrillers»

Randall Wood is the author of the popular Jack Randall series of thrillers as well as several short stories surrounding the main characters.

I shifted (or, more accurately, they shifted) a little over 60,000 copies of Panic, the first novel in the Leopold Blake series of thrillers, and the title hit the number 1 spot in the US Kindle Store, hovering around the top for five days.

Most of the interest was in The Righteous, a series of thrillers set in a polygamist enclave.

Barry Eisler, the author of two best - selling series of thrillers, declined a traditional publishing deal with a hefty advance after his 12 - year - old daughter brought him to his senses:

Highly recommended for fans of Barry Eisler's «John Rain» series of thrillers.

The London - based author writes as the more butch - sounding J.F. Penn when she's producing her ARKANE series of thrillers.

I'm in the process of launching a 7 - book series of thrillers and have been inundated with choices, scams, marketing ideas — it was making me dizzy.

I've written a couple of lit fiction novels, a romance, and I just began a series of thrillers — all under my name.

Leonard Maltin, IndieWire.com: «In his debut feature, director Dan Trachtenberg plays all his cards right, building tension through a series of thriller tropes, some of them bordering on cliché but still pretty effective.»

Lee Child is best known for his Jack Reacher series of thriller books; «Worth Dying For,» «61 Hours,» «Gone Tomorrow,» «Nothing to Lose,» «Bad Luck and Trouble» and «The Hard Way.»

Not exact matches

What follows is a series of spy - thriller escapades that could have been plucked from a Jason Bourne movie.

The 2017 Stanley Cup Final did not have a Game 7 like some of the other big series recently, but it was still a thriller.

In its press release, Hulu noted Stillerman's role in the development of AMC's zombie - thriller The Walking Dead, which is the highest - rated drama series in cable history.

This is an open, transparent media finance platform where the first project is a TV series called 21Million — a thriller / mystery set in the world of the Bitcoin revolution.

Inspired by the upcoming Drafthouse Films French crime thriller, THE CONNECTION - releasing this summer - this limited batch beer will be part of Odell's «Bridge Series,» available in stores and on tap starting in May, including at Alamo Drafthouse locations in Texas, Colorado, and Missouri.

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.

The Trail Blazers stole game one of their NBA Playoffs series in Houston on Sunday night in an overtime thriller, 122 - 120...

Homeland is an American spy thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series Prisoners of War (Original He's the matchmaker on If You Are The One, has noodle shops in Sydney and Melbourne and enough charm to be a star in his own right for a legion of fans

«The Shape of Things» marks the last good film LaBute has made (for whatever reason he moves on to goofy Hollywood thrillers like «The Wicker Man» and «Lakeview Terrace» and the embarrassing «Death at a Funeral» remake - one would think those films were from a totally different human all together; my bet is he became a drug addict because no one looses such talent so quickly) but this wonderful, tricky and rewarding series of films is well worth your serious time and attention.

Money changes everything and a series of betrayals turns friends into enemies and family against family in this taut crime thriller.

Diehl tackled one of his premier leads in Robert Schwentke's gruesome post-noir thriller Tattoo (2002), as a rookie detective assigned to homicide, where he must solve a bizarre series of ritual murders.

When she refuses his advances, it sets into motion a series of events common to many rape - revenge thrillers: an assault perpetrated by multiple men, a near death from the trauma that's incurred and a rebirth as an angel of vengeance.

More than once my mind turned fondly toward «The Game,» David Fincher's magnificently preposterous 1997 thriller about an elite personal - entertainment firm that turns your life into a series of meticulously rigged pranks.

It's a 10 - episode thriller based on a series of novels by Blake Crouch that feels plodding.

Padilha is experienced with fact - based cinema, creating the superb terrorist docu - thriller «Bus 174,» the vibrant semi-fictional «Elite Squad» police actioners and episodes of the reality - inspired Netflix series «Narcos.»

Alfred Hitchcock was the most well - known director to the general public, by virtue of both his many thrillers and his appearances on television in his own series from the mid -»50s through the early»60s.

It's a fine marriage of comedy and thriller, putting the screws to the conveniences and contrivances of the latter with a series of final - act twists that are too ridiculous not to be funny.

Williams moved into television in the late»90s, with a guest spot on the series drama In the Heat of the Night and a small role in the Schwarzenegger thriller End of Days (1999).

Unlike series co-star Biel, Mitchell remained with the program throughout its run, and through many character changes that found Lucy marrying Kevin Kinkirk, working as an associate pastor, giving birth, and surviving both a miscarriage to twins and clinical depression.Although Mitchell branched out from television into cinematic work as early as 1996, with a turn in the fantasy - action thriller The Crow: City of Angels, and continued intermittent film appearances (such as a supporting role in 2005's slasher movie Saw II), she made no secret of her real passion: performing country music as a guitarist and vocalist.

Fernandez felt grateful for the opportunity, but reportedly hated the job itself so much that he hearkened off for the greener pastures of acting.Fernandez landed his first formal acting assignments as a guest star on episodes of the network series Cold Case and Jericho in 2006 and 2007, but truly came into his own as a star of low - medium budgeted independent films such as director Marc - Andre Samson's taut thriller Interstate (2006)(as a young man trying desperately to reach his girlfriend in Los Angeles, but waylaid by drugs and the trappings of an odd motel), and directors Lucky McKee and Trygve Diesen's violent psychological thriller Red (as a disturbed young man who plays the role of accomplice in killing a senior citizen's dog).

Such concerns become moot once the picture passes a certain point, however, as Death Wish transforms into just the sort of unapologetically ruthless and violent thriller that rarely gets made nowadays (ie its very existence is a delightful novelty)- with the movie's second half boasting a series of gleefully over-the-top instances of R - rated mayhem (including an awesomely cringeworthy torture sequence involving a scalpel and battery acid).

In addition to directing the George Clooney headlined social satire / thriller Money Monster, Foster has called the shots on episodes of Netflix series House of Cards, Orange is the New Black, and Black Mirror over that period of time.

While the beginning of the film feels like it's setting the audience up for a somewhat boring lesson on drone warfare (I'm looking at you, Good Kill), Hood — still wiping the sting of X-Men Origins: Wolverine off with Ender's Game and now this — excellently threads the needle of tension and, before you know it, the thriller aspect of the film becomes abundantly clear as the series of events play out in semi-real time over the course of one day.

«State of Play» (2003): This is a cheat because I'm choosing the dense, six - part BBC series of the political thriller, not the lesser 2009 movie adaptation.

USA Network's supernatural thriller series «Falling Water» has been cancelled with the network opting to not order a third season of the series.

While we'll never see a big screen sequel to Enemy of the State, producer Jerry Bruckheimer (realizing that this is the year 2016 and that all bets are off when it comes to entertainment) has set up a sequel television series to the 1998 thriller at ABC.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (a supernatural action / adventure based on a popular book series), One Direction: This Is Us (a 3D concert) and Getaway (a thriller starring teen idol Selena Gomaz).

That was the mission statement of Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) in the impressive first trailer for The Equalizer, an action thriller loosely based on the 1980s TV series of the same name.

Hulu Original series 11.22.63 is a thriller in which high school English teacher Jake Epping (James Franco) travels back in time to prevent the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — but his mission is threatened by Lee Harvey Oswald, falling in love and the past itself, which doesn't want to be changed.

The Oscar - winning screenplay is actually based on several titles in James Ellroy's series of chronological thriller novels (including the title volume, The Big Nowhere, and White Jazz)-- a compelling blend of L.A. history and pulp fiction that has earned it comparisons to the greatest of all Technicolor noir films, Chinatown.

ABC gave a series order to the documentary - style «Muppets» in a flurry of renewals and pickups that includes a thriller from Shonda Rhimes and an oilfield drama starring Don Johnson.

The actor has done sterling work on the US version of hit crime - thriller series THE KILLING.

Daniel Kaluuya as Chris Washington in Universal Pictures» «Get Out,» a speculative thriller from Blumhouse (producers of «The Visit,» «Insidious» series and «The Gift») and the mind of Jordan Peele.

With a fistful of Oscars (including Best Picture and Best Actor), a couple of sequels and a twenty - years - later remake and spin - off TV series, this adaptation of John Ball's lean thriller obviously qualifies as more than just another small town murder mystery.

Here's a movie that calls to mind both espionage thrillers (the «James Bond», «Mission: Impossible» and «Bourne» series, notably) and the work of Charlie Kaufman («Being John Malkovich», «Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind», etc.), while also weaving a deeply affecting character study, as DiCaprio's character is haunted by his dead wife (Marion Cotillard) and... Well, you'll see!

Chris Washington (DANIEL KALUUYA) is the guest of a very odd garden party in Universal Pictures» «Get Out,» a speculative thriller from Blumhouse (producers of «The Visit,» «Insidious» series and «The Gift») and the mind of Jordan Peele.

It's still a good novel, but the level of intrigue almost felt like the novel should have been part of a different series, since it was more reminiscent of espionage thriller than a murder mystery.

Clute was just as active in the 1970s, jumping between theatrical thrillers such as Breakout and Executive Action and dozens of television series.

Streaming TV: the addictive legal thriller How to Get Away With Murder: Season 4, with Emmy - winning Viola Davis and the time - travelling superhero series Legends of Tomorrow: Season 3 are available weeks after their network runs.

The Sundance series, whose third season debuts tonight, is based on a series of crime thrillers written by Joe Lansdale.