Sentences with phrase «tense drama»

The film documents the situation well in its own cinematic fashion, creating a perfect sense of tense drama and intrigue, even if we know everything turns out fine in the end.

It's recommended highly for anyone interested in the events, or just people who enjoy tense drama based on actual events.

The first features a stunning turn by Elle Fanning (her best to date, this kid is gonna be a Meryl Streep when she's older); «A Hijacking» is a super tense drama about a cargo ship hijacked by Somali pirates; and «The Attack» is a gripping and fearless drama detailing a good man's unraveling after he discovers his wife was a suicide bomber.

Originally titled Under the Sand, the only crude aspect of this extraordinarily tense drama is its punning English - language title.

What could have been a re-tread of every war film you've ever seen became an achingly tense drama of survival and failure, with some of the best cinematography of the year.

With his latest, the thriller Erased, the director attempts to recreate the kineticism of his promising 2008 film North Face, a work that made legitimately tense drama out of a rock - climbing contest gone horribly wrong, but winds up hewing much closer to the conventional imagination of his previous effort.

He's one of those damn fine actors that can play broad comedy or tense drama at the drop of...

Buddy cop films that blend tense drama, wise - cracking partners and eye - widening action have long been popular, with the jewel of the genre being Lethal Weapon.

Find out by taking a look at the collection of informative docs, animated blockbusters, and tense dramas now available for you to enjoy from the comfort of your very own home!

Damien Chazelle's unbearably tense drama arrived in the UK in January (later than for many of our international readers).

With its sharp dialogue, great soundtrack of opera and classical music and excellent cast, I look forward to the next film by Atom Egoyan as I feel he will have several tense dramas in store for us.

Weaving a deeply personal and moving story with a historical moment of critical and complex importance, Birdcage Walk is an unsettling and brilliantly tense drama of public and private violence, resistance and terror from one of our greatest storytellers.

What starts as a love story and tense drama about a troubled son of a real estate broker -LSB-...]

For fans of tense drama, award - worthy acting and confident, steady directing, the film is like a day at the carnival.

A national health care crisis in the United States yields this tense drama from screenwriter James Kearns and director Nick Cassavetes, who experienced a real - life dilemma with his daughter's congenital heart disease that mirrors the one in this film.

Olivier then becomes intensely curious about his new student... [/ font][font = Century Gothic][/ font][font = Century Gothic] «The Son» is a tense drama that is filmed with handheld cameras, so the viewer is looking at Olivier's point of view throughout the film.

Staying in the States, she starred in a tense drama called The Horseplayer and married her director, Kurt Voss.

Two men try to cover up an accident with a lie and find that the lie makes the accident seem that much worse in this tense drama.

Synopsis: The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines.

The sheer absurdity of The Gauntlet is a double - edged sword, making the film fun to watch, but also destroying the tense drama that might have played it if it stayed within the realm of reality.

The indie actor stars in A24's «Room,» a tense drama directed by Lenny Abrahamson co-starring Joan Allen, William H. Macy, and Jacob Tremblay.

As interesting as this may look, I must trust the opinion of my friend Jordan of The Film Stage, who saw it at TIFF and asks: «How could someone that created such a tense drama with honest characters deliver such a disaster?»

Director Patricia Riggen's «The 33,» a tense drama about the 2010 collapse of a Chilean mine and the rescue attempts that followed.

Starring Mirren, Aaron Paul and the late Alan Rickman, this tense drama will make you suspicious of that bird outside your window

But no one will confuse this tense drama with Weird Science — Ex Machina, which marks the directorial debut of 28 Days Later writer Alex Garland, is an unnerving meditation on the ethics of artificial intelligence, the ever - growing power of Silicon Valley (Isaac plays the reclusive founder of a search - engine company), the nature of human desire and more.

Those who have kept up with Metal Gear's recent portable exploits will get the most out of the story beats, but it's certainly no requisite to enjoying the exciting and tense drama.

The trailer sets the scene of a tense drama, with twists and turns, and the presence of Catherine Keener and Sean Penn also lends it some credibility.

Star of the tense drama, Jack O'Connell, has been nominated in the Best Actor category and will go head to head with Brendan Gleeson (inset below) for his portrayal of troubled Father James in John Michael McDonagh's «Calvary».

You could describe his style vibe as «casual priest» — a perfect look for talking about First Reformed, his tense drama starring Ethan Hawke as an alcoholic minister named Toller who's politicized by questions of how an Old - Testament God can combat global warming.

Star of the tense drama, Jack O'Connell, has been nominated in the Best Actor category and will go head to head with Brendan Gleeson for his portrayal of troubled Fr James in John Michael McDonagh's Calvary.

However, for those who do venture to watch it, you will be rewarded with tense drama and intrigue, and a gripping true account of an event where the fate of humanity hanged in the balance.

Call of Duty began as WW2 - era shooter focused on recreating the tense drama of war.

As Into the Forest subtly penetrates our emotional depths, we are left to enjoy the truly nuanced performances where even the forest is a character in this tense drama.

CARDINALS Sheila McCarthy gives a brilliant performance in this tense drama that is far better than most gave it credit for.

Despite that caveat, there's plenty to share about this aggressive, tense drama.

Oscar ® - winning Best Director Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind, 1939) deftly orchestrates the script's tense drama and hilarious erotic comedy, helping Gable and Harlow turn Red Dust into pure gold.

Child actor James Freedson - Jackson claimed a Breakthrough Performance award, co-starring with Alex Pettyfer in Lauren Wolkstein and Christopher Radcliff's tense drama «The Strange Ones.»

Sam Claflin, Asa Butterfield, and Paul Bettany star in this tense drama about the lives of British soldiers in a First World War dugout, based on R.C. Sherriff's classic play.

Dee Rees's Mudbound, a tense drama about race relations in the South, will be screened, as will Kings by Deniz Gamze Ergüven, starring Halle Berry and Daniel Craig.

An underseen release from the Romanian New Wave, If I Want to Whistle, I Whistle may have an unwieldy title, but remains a tense drama.

So begins a tense drama between the stalkers and the stalked.

Tense drama and a powerful portrayal of a classic YA theme are expressed in a thoroughly authentic teen voice.

Set in the streets of postwar Düsseldorf, this tense drama deals with the accumulation of contingent material suggestive of the quiet persistence of war.