Sentences with phrase «something of a thriller»

The 2010 Turkish Grand Prix was something of a thriller, as both Red Bulls and both McLarens fought closely for much of the race.

Not exact matches

Bloodsworth is a fast - paced thriller with a happy ending, but the real hook of the story is what happened to the suspect — something that, again, could happen to any of us.

The Flamingo, at any rate, was something special, a thriller that brought back memories of some famous and titillating come - from - behind victories.

No, there are not enough pretty pictures to keep you strapped to your seat, unless you're type that reads coffee table books like thrillers, but you are liable to see something incredible if you are willing to invest the time — impossibly old structures standing impossibly, vistas off cliffs just over the side of roads serving as makeshift cycling track with no guardrails.

It was like something out of a Tom Clancy thriller.

Mysteries and thrillers are also excellent road trip choices; they serve the dual purpose of entertaining you with a story and giving you something to talk about (a.k.a. speculate on) with your fellow passengers.

«World War Z» isn't your typical zombie movie, but rather a globe - trotting socio - political thriller that treats the zombies more like a viral disease than something out of a horror film.

The simmering rivalry between Di and Fiamma, inflamed by the kind of glimpsed indiscretion that makes adolescent melodramas tick, explodes in a thriller ending that turns an observant coming - of - age story into something resembling «The Lord of the Flies.»

This movie does something few political thrillers do: it has all the world problems and stuff, but also lots of action and a star who's not a has - been (Harrison Ford, I'm looking your way).

The music is superb, the Simon Boswell piano theme is well suited and also suits for the horror genre, I don't really find this as a standard black comedy thriller, it is something like it is ripped off from Coen Brother's Blood Simple, with more of less funny dialogue but I find this a perfect thriller and quite known for its time and still is today because of Channel 4 which is now a popular channel with many sub-channels.

If The Raven would only settle down a little, take in all the atmosphere it's created rather than rush through it on the way to the next thrill, there could have been something interesting here, a period version of Copycat, the terrific little thriller from 1995 about a killer who recreates famous serial murders of the past.

There's more than a glimmer of something engaging in Red Sparrow — a grim, sorrowful thriller with a keenly rendered texture — but the film gets tripped up as it both resists classification and invites all of it in.

[The clichés of the counterterrorism action - thriller genre] cohere into something with enough surface plausibility to be more entertaining than insulting.

An effective genre film that leaves an unmistakably good impression, which is something most of Hollywood's supernatural thrillers usually fail to do.

If you expect a gangster movie, then there are many other better ones, if you just expect a mix between a thriller (even though not that thrilling) and something of a drama, then i suggest this one

One day you decide to (a) read Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Huysman's Against Nature, short novels all, (b) watch Clouzot's 1953 thriller The Wages of Fear, Anger's Lucifer Rising, Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and maybe something by Eisenstein, (c) take an LSD microdot, hot - knife some hashish and down a half - bottle of absinthe, (d) draw a warm bath and then (e), having sufficiently and systematically disorganized your senses, start to write a script.

It's a bold, significant piece of work: an investigative thriller with a grave finale that stuns you into silence, then, hopefully, something more.

I had a gruesome revenge thriller, goat staring, and something that demands all kinds of adjectives and discussions.

A sleekly made thriller with a sparky sense of humour, this is also a rare action movie that has something important to say.

But Summit failed to convincingly package this as either an upscale thriller along the lines of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, as implied by a powerhouse cast also featuring Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace and Paddy Considine; or as something racier à la The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or Gone Girl (indeed, the film itself falls awkwardly between these two stools).

The pic boasts one of two potential awards - worthy performances by Tom Hanks (the other being Saving Mr. Banks), and the latest trailer teased something quite a bit more thoughtful than a straightforward thriller.

Ahead of its U.S. release in August, a new trailer has arrived online for writer - director Alice Winocour's thriller Disorder (originally titled Maryland) which stars Diane Kruger and Matthias Schoenaerts; take a look below after the official synopsis... During a lavish party at the family's luxurious «Maryland» villa in the South of France, Vincent senses that something is amiss.

So he's trying something different with «Sabotage» (opening Friday), a hard - edged urban action thriller from David Ayer, who wrote «Training Day» and directed «End of Watch.»

It's more like a supernatural drama / thriller that dabbles with the question of the afterlife, or, at least, the depiction of it that we have gleaned from those who've had a near - death experience that have commonly reported experiencing something beyond the mundane before they were brought back to life.

A new UK poster has arrived online for writer - director Alice Winocour's upcoming thriller Disorder featuring Diane Kruger and Matthias Schoenaerts; take a look below... SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Disorder During a lavish party at the family's luxurious «Maryland» villa in the South of France, Vincent senses that something is amiss.

The film constantly wavers between a thriller and a horror, with some sections being something of which Hitchcock would have been proud, and others revelling in graphic gore.

The surprisingly thoughtful prequel trilogy comes to a powerful conclusion with this robust, dramatic thriller, which avoids most of the annoying cliches of action blockbusters to offer something much deeper.

Rating: 8/10 — a recreation of the kidnapping in 1973 of John Paul Getty III (Charlie Plummer), and the subsequent attempts by his mother, Gail (Williams), to persuade his grandfather (Christopher Plummer) to pay the ransom, something the then world's richest man refuses to do; Scott's best movie in years, All the Money in the World is a taut, compelling thriller that tells its story with ruthless expediency and features yet another commanding performance from Williams, something that takes the spotlight away from the presence of Christopher Plummer (who's good but not great), and which serves as a reminder that money isn't the central concern here, but a mother's unwavering love for her child.

Rather expect something with more of an action / thriller survival take ala «Gravity»:

That said, as an efficient, low - stakes thriller, A Patch of Fog comes recommended, mainly thanks to the showcase it provides for its leads: two reliable character actors given a chance to headline a psychologically probing battle - of - the - wits, something usually reserved for bigger movie stars, when this sort of film had an easier time getting funded in the current landscape.

Here is something most neo-noir miss: the classic noir weren't just super-stylized thrillers or sex dramas (though many were), they were psychological portraits of a nation wounded by war and horrified by the dawning Atomic Age.

Audiences expecting something akin to David Fincher's Gone Girl (Hawkins» novel initially drew comparisons to scribe Gillian Flynn, much to her chagrin) will be quite disappointed with this asinine thriller, which initially promises a trio of stalwart female characters, but abruptly and unceremoniously sells them out in honor of a poorly executed grand reveal.

But obviously, this film is something different, the latest in his string of bold, flavorful thrillers released in the year's third quarter.

Verdict: Kelly Reichardt wasn't the only director to take a shift into genre territory: French - Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan «s fourth film, «Tom At The Farm,» based on the play by Michel Marc Bouchard, is a taut, fascinating thriller that borrows a little something from the work of Patricia Highsmith, but has its own thing going on too.

Even though this feels like your run of the mill crime thriller, Bryan Cranston looks like he'll elevate the material to be something fairly gripping.

Some of us admire its commitment to its material — pitched somewhere between a soft thriller with a feminine bent and a soapy melodrama — and Reitman's desire to try something completely out of his wheelhouse, but all of us agree it didn't quite work (review here).

A handsome throwback to the golden age of British horror anthologies, the supernatural thriller «Ghost Stories» transforms a hit play into something surprisingly cinematic.

His last film, Drive, an adaptation of James Callis» neo-noir crime - thriller, was something of an anomaly.

Most of the ingredients are here for something special - a decent enough cast, the man behind the visuals of most of Christopher Nolan's works, and a high - concept sci - fi thriller that delves into such heady topics as «neo-ludites» and the...

Opening on an air force squadron of Free French fighters hidden in the countryside, it segues into a sea drama, a prison escape thriller, a war film, and during a brief deck brawl something approaching a pirate film, all nestled into the storyline through flashbacks and plot twists.

Not for nothing did his breakthrough film Blue Ruin (13) turn a revenge thriller into something violent enough for the Fantastic Fest crowd yet critical enough of its bloodlust to attract Directors» Fortnight attention.

There's something for everyone, with the new «Power Rangers» movie featuring Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Banks, the sci - fi / thriller «Life» starring Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal, and the big screen comedy adaptation of the TV show «Chips».

To elaborate, a few of the major reveals in A Cure for Wellness are not that difficult to figure out early on; anyone that doesn't catch on that something is majorly wrong with the water being served to the patients should probably just quit watching thrillers.

Using a combination of a great score, sleek but beautiful cinematography, and a story that plays with the discovery of something that could change everything, writer & director J.C. Chandor crafts a dramatic thriller that does put you on the edge of your seat while waiting to see how everything plays out on the eve of a financial meltdown that we're all very familiar with.

Moments into American Assassin, the franchise starter wannabe based on Vince Flynn's throwback pulp action - thriller series directed with competent anonymity by Michael Cuesta (Kill the Messenger, Roadie), Mitch Rapp (Dylan O'Brien, Teen Wolf, The Maze Runner series), a privileged, twenty - something vacationing on the island paradise of Ibiza with his girlfriend - turned - fiancée, Katrina (Charlotte Vega), loses everything to a jihadi terrorist attack.

Whether you're in the mood for a nostalgia - filled pick or a serious thriller, you're sure to like something from this list of movies now available for digital rental or purchase.

At this point, the question shouldn't be whether the world needs a live action Metroid movie but which genre should it be; thriller, horror, a mix of the two or something else entirely?

Also, while Clarke tries to make this British film worthy of the more traditional thrillers, there is something about it that never quite settles.

Whether you're in the mood for a gripping game of criminal cat and mouse or something a bit more horrific, this thriller has you covered.

In fact, its character and rich emotional layers are what elevates the film from a precisely - told absorbing thriller into something much more potent and powerful: a breathtakingly harrowing tale of survival and grueling desperation that redefines the term «nailbiter.»