Sentences with phrase «with clever twists»

There's the story mode, a whole slew of challenging minigames associated with specific skylanders, collectible bonus missions with clever twists, timed challenges and score challenges for each story level, plenty of horde mode arenas, and plenty of places to pit two skylanders against each other.

It's a wonderfully realised puzzle platformer with clever twists, beautiful backdrops, and an adorable hero, making PlayStation VR even more tempting for prospective buyers.

A lot of people like the BBC's Sherlock, with its clever twists on old stories, creative imagery, and fun chemistry between Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes and Martin Freeman's Dr. Watson, but some people don't just like it, they really like it.

Sure it may sound like the standard holiday affair of the underdog saving the day, but it's filled with clever twists and visual gags that are amusing throughout.

After all, this is only a modestly creepy low - budget thriller with some clever twists and effective frights that stays committed to its simple if provocative concept, and therefore surpasses many of its genre brethren.

And the script lures the audience in with some clever twists and turns that shift perspectives and tones, playing with the way these people are interconnected.

While the horror genre in Hollywood seems to be trapped in a tired found footage loop, filmmakers from further - flung places are reinventing the genre with clever twists on the old formula.

John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein «s Game Night is a hilarious R - rated romp that's not afraid to push the envelope with its clever twists and turns, thanks to Mark Perez «s reliable script and a crop of great performances, led with confidence and ease by Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams and Kyle Chandler.

The Good Place won over a niche audience with witty wordplay, found national attention with a clever twist, and achieved mainstream popularity with a second season that sprinkled rich philosophical crumbles atop its comedic frozen yogurt.

The Good Place won over a niche audience with witty wordplay, found national attention with a clever twist,...

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What began as a slick and stylish genre flick with a clever twist on vampire / werewolf mythology has quickly devolved into a series of dull and moronic sequels, none more so than «Blood Wars,» which takes the cake for the way it so carelessly defies logic.

Everyone knows the possibilities of planting a garden, but in this story with a clever twist, a rabbit and mouse learn the real benefits of planting seeds.

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The writing is exceptional; the plot constantly twists; the dialog is crisp and clever and never fails to drive the story forward; Damian Lewis is, as always, great; Paul Giamatti is, well, he's Paul Giamatti; the moment Wags, played by David Costabile (the ill - fated Gale Boetticher on Breaking Bad), appears in a scene, you instantly smile with anticipation.

At the end of the story, Inskee quoted Tolstoy with his own clever twist: «Happy families are all alike; unhappy families have kids under five or teenagers.»

In spring 1995, the Cary Park District installed its 10 Plus unit, a sculpture of colorful twists of metal, anchored by handsome wood posts and outfitted with some clever exercise devices.

Tinder is best known for giving a fun and clever twist to dating by intuitively matching you with potential matches in your vicinity through an easy to use app.

All of these fake endings are clever, with the best twist coming on the final one — but between the multiple fake endings and the gloriously clever opening sequences, there are just too many instances of idiot plotting to make Game Night worth spending your eight - to - ten dollars, plus treats, babysitters, parking or whatever.

The eighth installment in the franchise once again proves Jigsaw is becoming more diabolical and twisted with his clever, self - inflicting traps to once again «play a game.»

There are a number of genuinely clever twists and ideas that it's unfortunate that someone decided to muck it up with cheap slapstick.

In one of the more clever twists, Enter the Dragon's sex slave scene tosses in a different spin — making the women into men — funny, and done with more subtlety than most other films would have shown.

However when Paper Bowser and the original Bowser team up, this requires the help of the greatest heroes of two worlds that include Mario, Luigi and Paper Mario in this 3DS turn - based Japanese - RPG with a healthy dose of puzzles, combat and team - work that has a very clever twist of words in the title.

The horror movie / social satire, which plays with the very real fears that come with being a young black man in today's America, is a confident, assured work crammed full of wit, clever twists and surprising depth.

In Three Billboards, plot twists are equated with the mysteries of human impulse, accounting for the fact that a person's life can change in an instant and it doesn't have to feel like a clever - clever writer casually nudging chess pieces around a board.

Consistently clever, visually enchanting, and extremely memorable while even delivering a twist or two, Wreck - It Ralph is a must - see for gamers and adults that grew up with these games.

Just when you think that the movie will deal exclusively with Connie and Nick, a clever twist occurs setting Connie up a barely tolerant liaison with motor - mouth parolee Ray (Buddy Duress.)

A home - invasion thriller with a twist, this fiercely clever film is both thought - provoking and terrifying, mixing a Twilight Zone sense of morality with skilfully developed menace and genuinely horrific violence.

We are only given enough information to provide context, with a veritable cornucopia of clever twists thrown in to both delight and, oddly, instruct.

And there's a clever twist with everyone involved singing along to the song on headphones, so you only hear their vocal renditions of the track until the actual tune gets pumped up toward the end.

Leaping to prominence with this expertly scripted ghost story, the director seemed to have it all: a talent for pacing and atmosphere, a Rod Serling-esque gift for a clever twist ending (only one of them at this point in his career), and an easy way with actors, especially this film's Haley Joel Osment, a rare horror Oscar nominee.

With this playful fable, filmmaker Meier takes a clever look at family life by placing the characters in a surreal location and then twisting things outrageously.

There are clever twists and turns and with this cast, this highly original caper is highly entertaining.

Colloborating with writer Matthew Robbins for the third time, officially — after Mimic (1997) and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)-- del Toro has devised a framework that allows him and his production team to create a sumptuous environment that is wonderfully, darkly beautiful, its main setting a clever twist on a haunting house, its environs more vertical than horizontal, allowing the sky and the ground to bleed into it.

The script by Donna and Wayne Powers (Deep Blue Sea) is filled with very clever twists and turns.

He collaborated with brother Joel on his full - length directorial debut, THE SQUARE, a brilliant and clever head - twisting thriller made in 2008 that is unfortunately yet - to - be released in the UK.

The infamous striptease sequence has been restored (having been cut out of the theatrical release as part of a clever «scene missing» gag), which compounds the film's phony pro-feminism, but makes up for it with snappy directing reminiscent of the Twist contest from Pulp Fiction.

Rap game cinema hasn't burned this hot since Hustle & Flow with writer Alex Larsen (aka Kid Twist) borrowing from his own life and capacity for epically clever rebuttals to make this the crowd - pleasing Whiplash of rap battle entertainment.

As usual Sharni Vinson (You're Next) makes for a highly capable horror anti-hero, and it's her performance, plus a handful of clever twists, that keep this crime - thriller - turned - carnage-fest, about a group of ill - fated criminals bickering over what to do with the (plainly and perhaps supernaturally evil) young woman they've abducted, cooking.

Released: October 13 Cast: Jessica Rothe, Israel Broussard, Ruby Modine Director: Christopher Landon (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse) Why it's great: Sure, it's basically just Groundhog Day combined with a slasher movie, but the twist makes for a lot of clever fun.

But, what I did not expect was such a solid storyline, clever twists, great acting, a wonderful science fiction story with a few surprises, plus what seemed to be an unrealistic (in most movies) ending that was actually done in a way that was totally believable, I would not have had it end any other way to be honest.

Generally considered the lesser film of the Back to the Future trilogy, mostly because it is darker and less in fun than the other two, Back to the Future II is nonetheless an intelligent and well - constructed sequel that succeeds with high energy and clever twists and turns.

There isn't a whole lot of screen time devoted to the clever twist that Efron's fratboy is Rogen's idealized, younger self, and in turn that Efron is grappling with the idea that he'll soon leave the childish antics of the fraternity behind, settling into a role of adult mediocrity, but it's there and adds a lovely, melancholy undercurrent to the movie that makes the entire experience much richer.

Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick found a clever twist on zombie uprisings with Zombieland, and now they're giving us a look at the aftermath of a failed robot revolution, with their new movie Epsilon.

The clever hashtag offers a lesson in the value of cultural literacy — often a touchy subject in education — but with a nifty twist: This time, it's our students who got a cultural reference that left many adults scratching their heads.

This is a great, action - packed story with lots of twists and some really clever art, and it's complete in 12 issues so it won't break the bank, either.

Flynn alternates narrations from husband Nick Dunne starting the day of the disappearance with diary entries by Amy Elliott Dunne starting when she first met Nick, and later, narrations by Amy, to gradually lead the reader through a tense, clever plot with some breathtaking twists and turns.

The writing style was enjoyable, the premise was super intriguing, and although I figured out the quite clever twist with the Borden twins (rather heavily hinted at by Andrew's spooky twin - in - his - mind thing from the beginning), I really enjoyed 90 %

The writing style was enjoyable, the premise was super intriguing, and although I figured out the quite clever twist with the Borden twins (rather heavily hinted at by Andrew's spooky twin - in - his - mind thing from the beginning), I really enjoyed 90 % of the plot.

With excellently placed twists, clever metafictional elements and chilling conclusions, these three books are the standouts of this season's thriller shelves.

«A wonderfully clever story, filled with suspense, that kept me turning the pages and sitting back in shock at the clever twist.»