This cinematic cocktail, mixing brandy with suspense, was created when the Cognac merchants, worried by falling sales, decided to link the spirit with the world of cult films and literature.
It is a hugely enjoyable comedy with action, suspense and a love story thrown in - even if a horribly Hollywood ending may leave a sour taste.
The result is a game of nail-biting suspense, with the emphasis on patience and caution rather than violence and action.
Mr Huyler manages to inject his story with a high degree of suspense.
"I wish I could travel for pleasure, " says the author of such scenic blockbusters as "The Da Vinci Code" and "Angels and Demons, " in which secrets and suspense are combined with a guided tour of Italy and other stops in Western Europe.
He holds us with his extravagant virtuosity and his ability to create suspense through long sequences, yet the movie is meaningless for anyone with genuine moral curiosity.
Like today's faux documentarians behind the "The Blair Witch Project" and "Paranormal Activity, " Defoe alternates calculated blandness with jaw-dropping alarm, sharpening suspense by placing it against a canvas of unassuming routine.
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But, if you are looking for a breathless moment of suspense as the gold envelope with the results of Best Film is ripped open, you are probably not going to get it.
As is also the case with a good thriller, we get plenty of action and suspense.
Similarly and perhaps more so for the Southwest region where number one seeded Kansas is competing against 3 double-digit seeds, there may be a perception that they will run away with the regional, and as such, this lack of suspense might be retarding consumer demand and hence secondary ticket prices.
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This sort of beat-the-clock strategy offers drama and suspense, but does it really "ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable and reliable energy"?
The problem with hanging your dramatic thread on this is that it sinks any chance of genuine suspense - World War III did not start, so Neeson and Ford must have saved the day.
The Huskies zapped the suspense out of the game and the juice out of Louisville's season with a 19-0 run in the first half that gave them the luxury of a double-digit cushion the rest of the night.
Simon Beaufoy's script then doubles back, building suspense by retracing Jamal's biography in separate episodes, each of which equips Jamal with knowledge that helps him answer a "Millionaire" question.
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