10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHLOCKY»
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shlocky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shlocky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
... Harnill, columnist I was doing a two-part piece: one on how his office functions
and the other on Bobby at home — the usual shlocky approach to life. So, he
invited me out to the house after we talked in the office, and the next thing I knew I
...
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Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago
Wrigley Building on North Michigan Avenue or the shlocky high-rises that line
Third Avenue in Manhattan. They were easy targets for criticism, which fast
became an across-the-board condemnation of Mies's rational approach to
building: it ...
After dinner we settled into the television room and against the background of
some shlocky Sunday night movie, we thumbed through stacks of catalogs. "How
about this?" 'Too young." "Or this?" "Too old." "You'd look great in this." 'Too
risque ...
What a shlocky show. They led the pitiful zebra in a circle on a leash, forced the
old wild-eyed pony to jump over a hand-held pole, and brought a broken-down
cowhorse to its knees. When I brought the kids back, Tuffy asked me to stay for a
...
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The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It ...
It's easy to make fun of these made-for-TV movies, as Saturday Night Live
regularly has, because they were, and are, so formulaic and often shlocky. They
also often staged the "mommy wars" by having different kinds of mothers
compete over ...
Susan Douglas, Meredith Michaels, 2005
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The New York Dolls: Too Much, Too Soon
The location changes for 'Lone Star Queen', a shlocky R&B brawl with Johansen
exhorting the band to 'V-i-b-e-r-a-t-e!' Once they'd finished 'V-i-b-e-r-a-t-i-n-g' and
got through the encores, the band collapsed backstage. Sylvain: “We were ...
7
Listener Supported: The Culture and History of Public Radio
He chose two who had worked for UPI Audio, a shlocky spot-news service for
commercial radio stations that epitomized precisely the kind of journalism NPR
eschewed. Siemering hired them much as a church embraces repentant sinners,
...
8
Blood Calls (Mills & Boon Intrigue) (Nocturne - Book 10)
From there, it was just a few short steps to the office, a nice-size room filled with
touches of old-world charm totally at odds with the shlocky vampire-themed
space below. Once inside, the petite woman turned and finally introduced herself.
They could see through the skylight that it was almost dark. “Hey,” shouted Dave,
as they passed the Buck Or Two's table display. “Let's get a couple of table
decorations.” He picked up a pair of particularly shlocky angels and ...
Here, I would insert a remark about what has been a trendy, but terribly shlocky,
socioeconomic tune of the last several years: the well-known paper about the
limits of growth, the paper drafted by the "club of Rome"— a group of economists,
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHLOCKY»
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shlocky is used in the context of the following news items.
Castle Town Dandelion
By the time the credits delivered me from my misery, I was certain that the show had used up every shlocky cliché ever put on paper. The only saving graces of ... «Anime News Network, Jul 15»
Looking over a new horror anthology that's out today
This book is clearly for fans of B-horror. It won't be easy for readers to fill in many of the stories' narrative gaps without a solid foundation in shlocky scarefests. «Detroit Metro Times, May 15»
Zombie Army Trilogy review – Nazis of the dead
If you're wondering what the sniper reference is in aid of the Nazi Zombie Army games are a spin-off from the Sniper Elite series, and given how shlocky they are ... «Metro, Mar 15»
Film Review: 'The Good Lie'
... “Monsieur Lazhar”) wisely steers clear of this trope and shlocky feel-good territory by focusing the film's narrative on the real protagonists, the South-Sudanese ... «Neon Tommy, Oct 14»
The Horrible Tragedy One Indiana Jones Character Was Supposed …
If there's one redeeming quality to Crystal Skull, though, it's that director Steven Spielberg tried his best to make a shlocky 1950s B-horror movie, and he came ... «Cinema Blend, Sep 14»
Joyce DiDonato and Antonio Pappano, Wigmore Hall, review: 'eclectic'
Sadly, what she had programmed here only partially showcased her gifts and I confess I left the Hall feeling that I'd overdosed on shlocky sentiment. She started ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
Shlocky charms: The crazy rise and 'terrifying' return of 'Leprechaun'
How did a low budget horror movie about a diminutive Irish monster spawn five sequels, a new reboot, and the career of Jennifer Aniston? EW tracks the ... «Entertainment Weekly, Aug 14»
Beauty | No Mistake
In a similar, eerie still in “The Marriage of Maria Braun,” Hanna Schygulla's lipstick is a blotto red mess that recalls Tallulah Bankhead in the ultra-shlocky “Die! «New York Times, Aug 14»
Dead good: Alexi Duggins braves a seance
And then he's gone. Shlocky as hell, essentially amateurish Derren Brown, but the accuracy of his guesses: genuinely spooky. Mon Oct 21 – Sun Oct 27. £10. «Time Out London, Oct 13»
La Boheme: Loving attention paid to Puccini's soaring score
That's not a plot summary of La Boheme – it's the first sentence of Erich Segal's shlocky 1970 blockbuster novel Love Story. But it could be a precis of Puccini's ... «The Globe and Mail, Oct 13»
