Sentences with phrase «dreck in»

He has written almost precisely the same kind of dreck in the past — where he twists words to determine an «admission» or a «concession.»

Our unnamed traditional author has a point: there is a lot of dreck in Indies because the only gatekeeper is the customer.

Yes, there's dreck in traditional publishing, too, but while our «gatekeepers» may also bar stories and authors that «aren't the right type,» they also keep out the horrendous dispose - in - a-hazardous-waste-dump dreck.

As a working author myself, I have limited time available in which to read books for review, and I don't have time to waste picking through the vast piles of unpublishable dreck in search of the one rare quality self - published book.

You can also find dreck in both camps.

Yes, there is a great deal of dreck in self - published books, but have you taken a really good look at trad pubbed books lately?

«Reality» TV tends to accentuate the dreck in life and if anyone thinks that the people on these shows don't play it up for the cameras,...

Not exact matches

Dreck and drivel, to judge by the Times, is where it's at in the glowing world of «The Arts.»

Now wait for it: Unreal Stupidity and Redundant Retard will post some crap about this being a «national crisis» in which the government would be justified in overturning all rights to privacy under HIPAA, just like he did the last time he posted this moronic dreck.

Hiswillingness to spout ridiculous, baseless dreck makes him popular with the constant whiners and doom and gloom idiots who can't seem to understand that in football, shit happens.

The problem is that there aren't enough of them, and there's no room to move other young players in because of the veteran dreck that is clogging up he roster.

Than Lane Adams, Peter Bourjos, or whatever dreck we could run out there in his stead?

If your daughter, niece, or grandchild is a Barbie fan already, a title like Barbie: I Can Be A Computer Engineer might catch your eye, but don't be deceived: as The Mary Sue reports, this book is a big a pile of sexist dreck as you're likely to find in the bookstore.

How dare those pet supply companies assume that I'm interested in feeding my darling kitties that processed dreck, just because I have felines.

I can feel sweet in something one day and put on the exact same thing a week later and feel like dreck.

Still, Very Bad Things isn't a terrible movie - it certainly isn't in the same league as puerile dreck like Mary.

Who's exploiting whom here, in a cultural transaction that has commodified dreck?

Last year McConaughey took a break from dreck and made a strong dramatic impression as the hotshot attorney in The Lincoln Lawyer.

For all the cinematic dreck currently peddling disorienting editing as «action,» no one in good conscience could deride Tarantino for his indulgence in split screens or extreme close ups or smash zooms or any other mode of cinematic gimmickry, when it affords us hauntingly sparse centerpieces such as The Bride's live burial, an aural choir of oppressive dirt, panting whimpers, and futile struggling set to the visual accompaniment of pitch black confinement that stretches on well past any spectator's comfort level.

Audiences who have gotten stupider in the last twenty years — otherwise they would have hurled tomatoes at the screen, this derivative dreck's idiotic narrative horrifying them.

Christopher Walken's essential star quality, his absolute uniqueness as a performer, is never more apparent, or welcome, than when he appears in dreck.

Paddington would be a pleasant surprise at any time of the year, but it's especially disarming in January, a month Hollywood has long reserved for dreck that has no possibility of generating good word - of - mouth but can still make money as counterprogramming across from the slowly - expanding end - of - year awards fare.

Kidman continued to make daring choices outside of some of the other dreck she found herself in (The Stepford Wives, Bewitched) and found an ideal collaborator in British director Jonathan Glazer.

Read the original work instead, as whatever you envision in your mind's eye has to look better than this dreck.

In movies, the current economic model supports the making of dreck and occasional, precious, award - seeking gemstones.

The only way to enjoy such soulless dreck is to imagine a commentary from Moore's erstwhile partner in crime Peter Cook, in character as Clive, letting him have it every time he opens his mouth.

He doesn't seem terribly gifted or graceful in the helm, as the film shows flashes of sharp suspense thriller but is more often reduced to mindless, artless B - movie dreck.

But even in her worst movies, Kidman is never the problem; her performances rise above whatever dreck they're in, as if her supreme self - possession as a performer inoculated her against the toxic material she was working with.

Though patience be a virtue, and adversity an exercise in building character, it is only the most masochistic who will find the slog through the dreck of this flick worth any reward to be found.

And just as «Dexter» wastes the wonderful Michael C. Hall in its title role (ditto «Weeds» / Mary - Louise Parker), so, too, does another bit of Showtime dreck, «Dead Like Me», boast the excellent Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin in the pursuit of decidedly modest returns.

It's time to stop feigning surprise that Adam Sandler is a good actor or outrage that he could appear in lazy dreck.

I can't guarantee you'll like it, but I'll wager that almost anything you pull out will contain just as much thought and entertainment at a fraction of the cost in money and your time as this half - baked dreck.

might in fact be wasting our hard earned money on dreck like this.

Christopher Walken is a multiple Oscar nominee, but his talent has been overshadowed to significant degree by both his highly imitable vocal delivery patten and penchant for eccentricity as well as, simply put, his love to work, which has led to him appearing in many dozens of films, including a lot of dreck.

In lieu of taking in this weekend's Prom Night, or other dreck at the theater, one might be advised to simply enjoy an analytical look back at the story of the original, very Canadian slasher film, from 1980, and its desperate stabs at AmericanizatioIn lieu of taking in this weekend's Prom Night, or other dreck at the theater, one might be advised to simply enjoy an analytical look back at the story of the original, very Canadian slasher film, from 1980, and its desperate stabs at Americanizatioin this weekend's Prom Night, or other dreck at the theater, one might be advised to simply enjoy an analytical look back at the story of the original, very Canadian slasher film, from 1980, and its desperate stabs at Americanization.

He's mocked almost as often as he's adored, and his films dot a spectrum that stretches from unfunny dreck (Jack and Jill) to heartwarming humanity (Punch - Drunk Love) to stuff somewhere in between (Happy Gilmore, still one of Sandler's best ha - ha comedies).

I'd like to tear down these bits of dreck, but there's something really ugly going on in them that requires a more serious treatment.

Elba is a good starting point for this feature: He's a great actor whose undiscriminating ways have led him to figure prominently in the popular choice for the best television show ever made (The Wire), some big movies (American Gangster, Prometheus, Thor, 28 Weeks Later), and some unwatchable dreck, from the Madea - free Tyler Perry movie Daddy's Little Girls to the godawful Fatal Attraction knockoff Obsessed.

by Walter Chaw Cloud Atlas for the early buffet crowd, Akiva Goldsman's unsurprisingly dreadful Winter's Tale hits every single number in the legendary shipwreck lotto, vacillating wildly between unwatchable dreck and oddly - compelling unwatchable dreck.

Is that the worst scene, or is it the part where he tries to help Nicole (Mortimer was better off doing the big bushy full frontal in «Lovely and Amazing» than this dreck) down from a table?

Not strong enough to pull me in, but nowhere near the dreck the pushes me away either.

In fact, it's pretty insulting to readers, some of the dreck that's being sold to us in these days of instant self - publicatioIn fact, it's pretty insulting to readers, some of the dreck that's being sold to us in these days of instant self - publicatioin these days of instant self - publication.

As an indie author and reader I agree one hundred percent that we are awash in dreck.

Dreck of this stupendous caliber has a particular advantage over literature in that one doesn't have to read all of it to surmise, accurately and eternally, that it is all uniformly awful and awfully uniform — romance novels, like racists, tend to be the same wherever you turn.

Dreck of this stupendous caliber has a particular advantage over literature in that one doesn't have to read all of it to surmise, accurately and eternally, that it is all uniformly awful and awfully uniform

It is actually quite embarrassing when a real friend, someone I often see in the flesh, wants me to buy their artistic product, they need the money to pay for its production, and I don't want it; or I was cornered into buying it and I think it's dreck.

However... there is an awful lot of driveling dreck coming from traditional publishers, and the quality of editing / proofing / spelling / grammar from the traditional NYC publishers has plummeted in the last decade or two.

Five - plus years into the self - publishing boom, many readers express wariness about self - published books; overlooked gems do have a chance to find an audience in the self - pub realm, but an awful lot of unedited dreck has poured forth, too.

What is desperately needed is a better way for the typical reader to sort through the inevitable dreck to find those precious gems they will grow to love much as we did in olden times when a paperback reprint went for a quarter.

The amount of sheer dreck put out by the big publishers in the past 20 - 30 years is astounding.