Sentences with phrase «than a plot twist»

The TV favorite Empire skyrocketed in popularity, and parents took note of more than the plot twists and hit songs.

Both halves of this week's Friday Night Double Feature, Alfred Hitchock's The Lady Vanishes and George Sluizer's The Vanishing, hinge on the disappearance of a woman but share far more than that plot twist.

Not exact matches

In a shocking plot twist, the Apple earbuds are more versatile than the Google earbuds and actually work with Android devices.

«The chanciness is part of the lasting magic of gay life,» writes Browning, «a sort of radical plot twist that characterizes queer life and sets aside so many conventions of social judgment, class, race, and attitude, supplanting them with a direct and naive faith that bonds of great value can be forged on nothing more than instinct....

I read this sacred text no differently than I would read other fairytales with heroic characters and plot twists galore.

Feb 11,2016... PEYTON MANNING's season has been filled with more plot twists than a daytime drama, and by beating P...

Plot twist, Wenger decides the 20M he can get each for Sanchez and Ozil is more money than we can get for reaching champions league round of 16 and sells them both... you know, like he sold Fabregas and Nasri?

It features toned arms, slinky outfits, a cat fight, titillating e-mails, a military more consumed with sex than violence, a plot with more inconceivable twists than «Homeland,» and a Twitter's - delight lexicon: an «embedded» mistress named Broadwell, a biography called «All In,» an other - other woman of Middle East ancestry who was a «social liaison» to the military, a shirtless F.B.I. agent crushing on the losing - her - shirt - to - debt Tampa socialite, a pair of generals helping the socialite's twin sister with a custody case, and lawyers and crisis - management experts linked to Monica Lewinsky, John Edwards and the ABC show «Scandal...»

On the other hand though, I usually hesitate more when purchasing clothes from girls who are stick - thin because * plot twist * I am not, so I know the outfit will most likely look extremely different on me than it does on her.

Spacey's always had a knack for dark comedy, and he steals every scene he's in - and it's no surprise than when the premise is twisted in the last third, he's the boss the whole plot ends up revolving around.

There's an amusing love triangle (certainly more involving than what was witnessed in the recent «Twilight» saga), commentary on waning humanism through tyrannical rule, and an unveiling of the supremely negative influences of politically slanted media, primarily as it defines celebrity — but it's all buried deep beneath basic adventures of wilderness survival that are curiously manipulated back into the script for a twist and return to the first film's plot.

And while this adaptation - written by Akiva Goldsman - contains many of the same beats and plot twists as Brown's book, the film never quite becomes anything more than a sporadically engaging but mostly dull murder mystery.

As the stakes escalate, Mark Perez's script still organically makes time for the characters» realities, like Max and Annie having trouble conceiving a child, without such story points feeling too forced, and plays on the expectations of thriller plot twists more than once.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has more than enough guns, modes and «oh - my - god» moments to propel it to the very top of your must have list, with astounding visuals, crystal - clear (and at times, frightening) audio and enough plot twists to make you second guess everything, so gear up, hop onto your snowmobile and haul ass to the nearest store.

The soap suds bubble through clearer than ever, the laughably melodramatic twists in the plot, the car chase, the conspicuous consumption of E.L. James's novels — who knew «If you write it, you will eventually own it, when the public eats this soft - core swill up.»

This plot twist revealed lack of imagination from the writers, this homosexual thing is old and has a longer beard than my grandfather.

Interesting hypotheticals and shocking plot twists abound, but more than ever, those signatures are in service a broad argument.

This season is better than first one because it offers more excitement, plot twists, and it all comes with added value to all going on,

This season is better than first one because it offers more excitement, plot twists, and it all comes with added value to all going on, everything has higher stakes and more people are reliant on their outcome.

i went in expecting nothing more than an action flick with tech - savvy scenes, a standard plot and random twist at the end, and that's what they gave.

Infinity War is more a feat of traffic management than storytelling, so busy herding heroes here and there that there's no time for plot twists or character development.

More than just that, the storyline is filled with much cooler scenarios, and lots more interesting twists and turns in the plot.

This is very much a character - driven piece, rather than plot - driven (though there are some dramatic plot twists) and the problem with this film is that the characters are simply unlikeable.

Unbelievably they came through with more surprises and plot twists than anyone could have imagined.

No need for extravagant plot twists or a dramatic reconciliation — an honest portrayal of love and relationships like this is more than enough for satisfying filmmaking.

Writer - director Alexandre Aja (Break of Dawn, Furia) probably hopes they all can't think or see through ridiculous gaping plot holes either, because High Tension is nothing more than scene after scene of sensationalism, followed by a completely needless (and vastly overused) twist that makes an already moronic, highly derivative movie abysmally absurd.

The overall story behind the game takes a very similar plot structure to the previous game, which basically means there are more twists and turns than the crooked street in San Francisco.

What follows is a stylishly decadent voyeur's delight: As if paying retribution for the understated tone of his previous films, director John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer, Normal Life) fills Wild Things with group sex, gratuitous nudity, graphic violence, an abundance of authentically sweaty Florida atmosphere, and more plot twists than a season's worth of Melrose Place.

Along the way we have a few plot twists, an appearance by the villain Scarecrow, loads of loud action and more thoughtful introspection on the nature of justice and vigilantism than those offered by, let's say, The Punisher or Dirty Harry or most revenge action flicks.

The plot is tight, the performances killer, with more than a few twists to keep you satisfied.

A second viewing on Blu - ray opened up some of the attributes that I missed — most notably the lovely photography — and made me realize that I was reacting negatively to certain plot twists in the script by Baker and Chris Bergoch, as well as the actions of certain characters; more and more, I find that I don't wish to spend any more time than is necessary with people (including entirely fictional creatures) who are selfish and unkind.

The film does lose steam in the home stretch with Niccol serving up some dialogue that is too on - the - button (such as a line where Viktor lays bare all his reasons for creating Simone) and some mechanical plot twists that are less than surprising.

Instead, one is consumed with cinematographer Thimios Bakatakis» mesmerizing tracking, panning and zooming, rather than the odd plot twists or the script's lack of linguistic logic.

Director Jaume Collet - Serra put Neeson through his paces in Unknown and does the same here, unleashing him on a script that is not much more than a series of plot twists and evil genius scheming with so many moving parts that it could only work in the movies.

But jokes about a 30 - year - old guy who still cares way too much about his mother's approval turn out to be far more harmless than the bizarre plot twist with Aunt Kimberley, who takes a liking to Olivia (for more than just her voice).

The delusion that bigger will always be better — that each additional plot twist will somehow signify ingenuity rather than desperation — is by now a fundamental operating principle in Hollywood.

In particular, the great cryptanalyst Joan Clarke's life is twisted into a series of plot devices that never quite ring true while her actual story should have been more than interesting enough.

The game's heavy focus on the design of the world and its mechanics creates more of a virtual and engaging experience than what is generally possible from games with elaborate plot twists and lengthy cutscenes.

SKIP THIS MOVIE IF: even a slightly subdued Ashton Kutcher is more than you can take OR you are looking for a hugely surprising plot twist

The plot itself is swell enough, with a nifty Twilight Zone twist in the tail and, to be fair, things do pick up toward the home stretch, but there's just so much smug, addled, misfiring filler that the film has long - since hobbled itself and the whole thing seems a good deal longer than its brisk 71 minutes runtime.

Basic is little more than a «mind f*ck» movie, created to do little more than to keep you mesmerized with twists and turns throughout the serpentine plot.

The twists and turns of the narrative are largely predictable — and more than one plot device is lifted wholesale from the «Mission: Impossible» series — but the character shading and vast political subtext provides for a dynamism that few superhero films have attempted.

Here's that rare movie that equals its source material: While the mid-point plot twist is easier to spot in the film — and while the pitchfork scene in the novel is far more disturbing than on celluloid — the movie is more ambiguous than the book, and that in turn makes it far more haunting on multiple levels.

There's actually much more to it than that, none of which can be revealed without giving away the various plot twists, and The Cabin in the Woods is a movie whose plot twists with clockwork precision.

The plot has a few twists and turns, none more so than when Mildred really decides to take matters into her own hands.

what seems to interest Anderson more than the novel's plot twists is its elegiac tone, a half - remembered vision of a time and place that may or may not have existed.

The filmmakers make a little extra time for the big plot twists and emotional confrontations, but these generally feel less organic than the shorthand montages that glide us through less important events, which actually convey the feeling of a tight transitional paragraph.

And part of what made the fantasy drama such a success (other than its completely original story and insane plot twists) was its expertly cast ensemble.

Many people are going to be quick to compare «Kingsman» to «Kick - Ass,» but while the former boasts the same punk - rock attitude, dark plot twists, and kinetic, no - holds - barred action sequences (including an extremely violent set piece inside of a church that rivals Hit - Girl's blood - soaked exploits), «Kingsman» feels less like a satire of an entire genre than the product of a filmmaker who grew up loving spy movies.

Lillie and Hau may seem like your generic Pokécast, but they're more nuanced and detailed than ever, with plot twists and turns delivering a surprisingly heartwarming and epic story — one that I don't think Pokémon has ever achieved before now.