Is 'Maakies' Intended To Disgust People?

"...you continue to publish Maakies? Is it intended to disgust people?..."

April 14, 2011 Postmarks

A Loyal Listener's Disgust

"...loyal listener to KLBJ since. Imagine my surprise (and disgust) when I read about Powermouth and Peg getting the..."

July 22, 2004 Postmarks

A Man Called Ove

A grumpy old man finds his heart

"...You can just imagine him shaking his head with disgust at this betrayal. “Idiots!” he would steadfastly proclaim. “Nothing..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Inside Out

Audacity is matched by artistry in the latest Pixar crowd-pleaser

"...when agitated; Fear (Hader), a ducker and a squealer; Disgust (Kaling), a symphony space of vocal-fried ughs; and Sadness..."

June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

10 Years

This ensemble comedy follows a group of friends on the evening of their 10th high school reunion.

"...their situation goes from comic to depressive, scented with self-disgust and broken resolutions. The ingredients are there, but not..."

Oct. 5, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Oliver Stone delivers an enlivening and wickedly entertaining take on the occasional angels and plentiful demons that have run the country into financial ruin.

"...for Gordon Gekko? Perhaps anticipating the general public’s general disgust for all things Wall Street, the screenwriters have made..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking might have been a terrific character study of damaged adult siblings, but instead becomes a muddled road trip toward redemption.

"...marveled at Stahl’s ability to elicit both pity and disgust from his audience with barely a look. And Theron,..."

March 21, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Jackass: Number Two

Strange as it may be to say, Jackass: Number Two is just the kind of vicarious excitement for which the movies were invented.

"...be about: shared experience – of fear, humor, dread, disgust, pity, wonder – and the often unbearable thrill and..."

Sept. 22, 2006 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

In Good Company

In Good Company is a sincere but serviceable-at-best dramedy from Paul Weitz, one-half of the fraternal team that has already brought us two studies about the human male: American Pie and About a Boy.

"...hits every note in a complicated bouquet of pity, disgust, indignance, self-loathing, and survival instinct. But when the workplace..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Devil, Probably

"...is wasted on the young. Bresson suggests that this disgust with oneself and one's world can only be alleviated..."

April 28, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Excess Flesh

SXSW 2015 body horror hits VOD

"...sense of surreal and cerebral ambiguity clashes with visceral disgust whenever food appears. Mastication replaces evisceration as the source..."

March 9, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Disappearance of Shere Hite

Restoring the reputation of the sexologist and researcher

"...their petulant complaints. The looks of hate, disdain, and disgust on their faces as they lob their critiques and..."

Dec. 1, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Mami Wata

Nigerian fable melds modern politics and ancient beliefs through intoxicating imagery

"...Mama Efe’s daughters and her heir apparent, leaves in disgust. How can her mother let this go on, these..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

House of Darkness

Neil LaBute takes a smart bite out of the vampire drama

"...Dracula. However, the book's Victorian push-and-pull between seduction and disgust is replaced with LaBute's distinctive and unflinchingly cerebral approach..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Crucial Free Week Concerts

Grab your mask and hit some gratis live shows

"...the emotions that rule her: joy, sadness, anger, fear, disgust. Find all five indoors and outside in an Americana..."

Dec. 31, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

The Lost Daughter

Olivia Colman is coiled and complex in this portrait of motherhood

"...There's a look of slow, sinking disgust on the face of vacationing British professor Leda, the..."

Dec. 17, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tainted

Cold Canadian crime drama wears its sins on its sleeves

"...inked on his chest, defined by the look of disgust on the face of the tattoo artist he asks..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

You Should Have Left

You probably shouldn't stay for this middling supernatural mystery

"...that would make Euclid throw down his protractor in disgust. Nothing fits right, there are lights with no switches..."

June 19, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Traitor

True-life Mafia story inverts the conventions

"...the mysterious disappearance of his two sons and his disgust with the Mafia’s heroin trade make him realize that..."

March 13, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Richard Jewell

Eastwood's latest assault on the establishment mangles its own history

"...tidbits to bootstrap his ill-founded suspicions, largely out of disgust for the good ol’ boy. As portrayed here, they’re..."

Dec. 13, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Last Act Theatre's Seven

In this documentary play, seven women from around the world tell stories that are tragically familiar

"...life. For Kate Meehan, it looks to be the disgust and betrayal the Russian Marina feels for a culture..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

The Wife

Glenn Close is icily brilliant as a woman who refuses to be diminished

"...his “muse” Joan (Close). She can hardly conceal her disgust...."

Sept. 7, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Annabelle: Creation

The scary doll from The Conjuring is back (again)

"...“Nineties swing band.” They trigger a certain frisson of disgust, and the expression that is currently parking its bee..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda of MondoCon

Star Wars, Marvel near misses from the Mondo archive

"...Phair Exile in Guyville reference for the Inside Out Disgust single. Or, as Jones kept calling it, Exile in..."

Oct. 27, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc: Prohibition

God help the affable, chubby, slow kids with thick glasses

"...in my cubicle right now – much to the disgust and disapproval of my co-workers. Can I help it..."

Oct. 21, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Viva

A hairdresser finds his true self in a shabby Havana drag bar

"...club after witnessing Viva’s act with nothing less than disgust. The macho dynamic at work in their relationship is..."

June 17, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

OUTside In

It's time for an LGBTQ check-in

"...There's joy, sure, but also sadness, anger, fear, and disgust – as well as many other affective colorations: schadenfreude,..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Arts Feature by Kate X Messer

The AggreGAYtor: July 28

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...The disgust felt by homophobes is similar to watching people eat..."

July 28, 2014 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Blue Ruin

Writer, director, and cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier colludes with actor Macon Blair to create an unusual spin on this revenge tale.

"...he takes. Teetering between arousing our sympathies and our disgust, Dwight becomes a complex figure, and the film grows..."

April 25, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Judge Edith Jones: Blacks and Hispanics More Violent

Complaint filed over Jones's discriminatory and biased comments

"...complete outrage she expressed over the crimes or the disgust she evinced over the defense raised, particularly by the..."

June 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

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