Sentences with phrase «white knuckle tension»

It is the nature of the beast that any filmmaking team doing this sort of movie (particularly in modern times unless you are Guy Maddin) has to be fully committed to such a thing to make it work, green screens and CGI would likely undermine things, but when done right, few genres have such built in potential for white knuckle tension.

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• promote tolerance of uncertainty and discomfort by finding the balance between outright avoidance and «white - knuckling» through a fear • find lighthearted ways to release tension in the moment, labeling stressful emotions on a child - friendly scale • tackle their own anxieties so they can stay calm when a child is distressed • bring children out of their anxious thoughts and into their bodies by using relaxation, breathing, writing, drawing, and playful roughhousing
It's hard and tough in nasty bursts, and it ratchets tension into the white - knuckle zone when such a potency is utterly crucial.
A white - knuckle, tension - filled film that featured great storytelling, wonderful performances and a knockout ending that left the audience stunned.
Worst - case scenario: Viewers don't pick up on or appreciate the film's darker themes, and merely enjoy it as a magnificent exercise in sustained white - knuckle tension, featuring top - notch work from its three leads (especially Blunt, who's terrific in a tricky role that's intentionally diminished over the course of the film).
As with Bourne, car chases and hand - to - hand fights are heavily edited, and quite exciting visually, though there is a curious lack of white - knuckle tension that should have resulted from the scenes had the script by first - time feature film scribe David Guggenheim spent more time with the characters to get us to care about their situations before throwing them on the run.
The first half of the film builds with expertly - cranked white - knuckle tension.
Even before disaster strikes, as the engines rumble, the plane reaching speed before taking off, tension is exploited to induce cold sweats and white knuckles.
Beat the game to unlock «Fists of Death Mode,» which is a one - hit - one - kill mode to keep players in the grips of white - knuckle tension.
From The Creative Assembly's attempt to provide Alien aficionados with an experience that matches the white - knuckle tension of the original film to Visual Concept's sixteenth iteration in their beloved basketball franchise, this week itinerary of...
From The Creative Assembly's attempt to provide Alien aficionados with an experience that matches the white - knuckle tension of the original film to Visual Concept's sixteenth iteration in their beloved basketball franchise, this week itinerary of new releases has a number of notable highlights.
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