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Both are well - acted suspense films with good performances, and on an evening when there's nothing great on the video store shelves, the two films make for a nice double feature.

We've seen many horror and suspense films with cults as the...... Read more «Blake Crane reviews «The Endless» for Film Racket»

We've seen many horror and suspense films with cults as the backdrop, either on - site at a commune or pulling strings in some shadowy or supernatural way, but there's never been one quite like The Endless from directing duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.

Larraín has an interesting way of crafting his version of her story almost as if it's a suspense film with his central character always on the precipice of completely losing it.

Not exact matches

Despite a real - life narrative stuffed with secrets and suspense, the film version quickly feels bloated as Stone treats us to scene after scene of Snowden struggling with his inner dilemma and, especially, with his devoted girlfriend, Lindsay, who is a major character in her own right.

During the moments of greatest suspense, activity in the frontal parietal brain regions, which are devoted to orchestrating attention, flared up in healthy participants and became increasingly intense until the end of the film, when the boy nearly hits the family maid with a real bullet.

The film starts off quickly in suspense, with a suspicious looking eastern European officer taking us through the events that would become the main emphasis of the film.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire adapts the second book in the Hunger Games Trilogy into a fast - paced, character driven film with action and suspense to spare.

Made with deft evenhandedness, Paul Devlin's accomplished film plays almost like a fictional drama, containing suspense, comedy and some colorful characters.

With the artful and clever concept of little to no dialogue, the film keeps the audience engaged and too scared to make a sound themselves (you don't even wan to munch on your popcorn) Yes, as with many thrillers, there are a few plot holes, but the plot is unique, the acting is good and suspense is palpaWith the artful and clever concept of little to no dialogue, the film keeps the audience engaged and too scared to make a sound themselves (you don't even wan to munch on your popcorn) Yes, as with many thrillers, there are a few plot holes, but the plot is unique, the acting is good and suspense is palpawith many thrillers, there are a few plot holes, but the plot is unique, the acting is good and suspense is palpable.

And it's not like I found the film that effective at building suspense to begin with.

The original film turned suspense levels to 11 by playing with dramatic irony, showing the audience the location of the three strangers far more often than the characters are aware of it.

The film's plot creates unceasing amounts of sheer terror and breathtaking suspense as the ship and its crew face realistic and unknown dangers when it is continually threatened by the scientist's natural defenses while dealing with the antibodies and other factors.

Unlike with so many superficially similar films, as an audience we understand and empathize with the decision - making process, the script never sacrificing its smarts for suspense.

Though infused with impressive bursts of style, Johannes Roberts» 47 Meters Down is, for the most part, a disappointingly generic offering that contains few elements designed to capture and sustain one's interest - with the film's less - than - captivating opening stretch, which establishes the somewhat one - dimensional protagonists, unable to cultivate the atmosphere of abject suspense that director Johannes Roberts is clearly striving for.

A tough and slick film packed with razor - sharp suspense, quick - trigger action and a solid cast.

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.

A generally suspense filmed movie that unfortunately is flawed with the Randy Newman - wet dream piano soundtrack and schmaltzy - gee whizz ending.

Sidney Pollack directs «The Interpreter» with an austere distance that detracts from the film's intended suspense.

There's no suspense about what will become of Anne: The whole film is a recounting of the events leading up to the one haunting pre-credit image, of Anne in her final repose, with which Haneke brings us into this experience.

Chang Chia - lu's intricate script bristles with wit and suspense; the film from start to finish is a terrific entertainment.

The film is one of those rare modern thrillers that manages to combine fantastic acting and intelligent dialogue with real, heart - stopping suspense.

Although the film is quite slow at times, Hitchcock manages to keep a sustained level of suspense throughout the film, with the character Rupert Cadell being increasingly suspicious of the boy's activities as the film progresses.

It's an element of menace in keeping with the movie's otherworldly atmosphere; Holmer shoots these fits with suspense worthy of horror films, but she's not interested in shocks or viscera.

And don't think ZACHARIAH is wanting in the suspense department; in fact, the entire film (especially in its third act) hums with an imperceptible tension, as these characters slowly figure out if they can trust one another (and, really, spend the rest of their lives together).

A fantastic true to life film, with great actors, and intense suspense.

After honing his suspense - building skills in The Sixth Sense and Signs, Shyamalan has established his ability to create films with a twist.

A bit more suspense would have gone a long way here, and while director David Gelb, whose prior experience had been in the crowd - pleasing documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, has turned in a slick - looking feature for one with such a small budget (reportedly, only $ 5 mil), it really can't compete with better films out there in terms of quality, while it's too straight - faced in execution to at least give us some choice b - movie thrills.

Veteran cinematographer Robert Elswit, Paul Thomas Anderson's frequent collaborator who won an Oscar for «There Will Be Blood,» shoots Los Angeles in the wee hours with darkly gleaming menace, which is crucial to creating the film's mounting sense of suspense.

That's not to knock these films on quality or suggest that anything with name actors is merely mindless escapism: Fox Searchlight's thriller The East efficiently mines suspense out of Brit Marling infiltrating Alexander Skarsgaard and Ellen Page's eco-terrorist group (at least until it goes south in its last third) and the Paul Rudd - Emile Hirsch two - hander Prince Avalanche makes the most of its pastoral settings and gently bro - centric chattiness, to name just two.

Elizabeth's very cinematic blindness to Darcy's very British advance is the centerpiece of both novel and film, with all suspense drawn from the «will they or won't they» dilemma.

Exploring the concerned protagonist's attempts to cope with her own culpability in her offspring's activities, the film weaves a web of psychological suspense that leaves a nightmarish imprint on the watching audience.

Beneath the suspense, there is a stark morality tale, filmed with elegance and style, but written in blood.

Considering the lack of space, lack of cast and lack of special effects it sure is loaded with suspense, thrills and solid film making.

Dean Devlin (writer / producer, «Independence Day») makes his feature film directorial debut with suspense thriller «Geostorm,» starring Gerard Butler («Olympus Has Fallen,» «300»), Jim Sturgess («Cloud Atlas»), Abbie Cornish («Limitless»), Alexandra Maria Lara («Rush»), Daniel Wu («The Man with the Iron Fists,» «Warcraft: The Beginning»), with Oscar nominees Ed Harris («The Hours,» «Apollo 13») and Andy Garcia («The Godfather: Part III»).

david j. moore chats with Kristanna Loken about her new film Black Rose... Action and serial killer suspense thriller collide with the new genre film Black Rose, starring Kristanna Loken and action star Alexander Nevsky.

It's refreshing to see Amalric's bemused and shambolic affect transplanted to Chabrol / Hitchcock territory, and decorated with some familiar Larrieu Brothers eccentric touches, the film walks a very agreeable line between comedy and highly controlled slow - build suspense.

After building tension and ratcheting up the suspense, Smith shifts focus and spends much of the last third of the film on Ally and Teddy looking for Wallace with retired, alcoholic cop Guy Lapointe (an unrecognizable Johnny Depp).

One of the pleasures of the gentle and unpretentious Southside With You, along with its sprightly pacing and nicely evoked Chicago locations, is the film's near - complete lack of traditional suspeWith You, along with its sprightly pacing and nicely evoked Chicago locations, is the film's near - complete lack of traditional suspewith its sprightly pacing and nicely evoked Chicago locations, is the film's near - complete lack of traditional suspense.

In the end, the only real suspense comes from seeing whether the film can stretch its wafer - thin premise and paucity of ideas out to a full 90 minutes — and at 88 minutes with credits, even there it comes up short.

It is in fact a prequel set just before the events with kurt russell, now having seen the 1982 version about 10x i kinda know whats gona happen for the most part in this film, now that does nt mean there wasnt alot to enjoy, seeing cool new versions of the thing (which are very well done), and still being in suspense on who is infected and who isn't.

Sidney Pollack («The Firm») directs «The Interpreter» with an austere distance that detracts from the film's intended suspense.

Most of the suspense and science of the first film was replaced with action - but it was still a good solid film in its own right.

We've seen variations on this before but acclaimed film - maker Cate Shortland, who gained plaudits for less genre - influenced dramas such as Somersault and Lore, manages to combine artful direction with seat - edge suspense, elevating the material to something quite special.

The problem with this approach is that not one of the film's observations is new, and its technique — in which artificial suspense is created by cross-cutting multiple story arcs in an attempt to disguise that each one is predictable as a metronome — undermines the quality of its performances.

The film was released to theaters in a 137 - minute cut, but Cameron's preferred 154 - minute director's cut is even better; he keeps the suspense slowly building until it becomes almost unbearable in the final, tense minutes, with Ripley racing against the clock to rescue Newt from the bowels of the endless green - blue fortress.

As with his later Pickpocket (1959)-- also a great film — Bresson is more interested in the everyday details of the escape, and not the suspense.

Yet, the film plays out with little sense of requisite suspense that made the first Psycho such a great film, and many of the scenes, including the murders, play out as if they were made for a psychological drama, rather than in a scary horror flick or tense, nail - biting thriller.

With regards to the former trait, the film takes full advantage of the reality that foresight - based suspense is essentially unparalleled.

With an attention to documentary detail that makes everything viscerally realistic, this film grabs hold and never lets go, cranking the suspense to nearly unbearable levels and then tightening its grip even further.