Word: clicheed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Above all, it is not too violent. Before Sept. 11, panicked citizens running down a street from a collapsing building was an action-movie cliche. After, the purveyors of cinematic disaster porn began soul-searching, and studios delayed premieres of projects, including Arnold Schwarzenegger's Collateral Damage and Jennifer Lopez...
Thanks to Nancy Gibbs for an articulate and in-depth summary of the horrific events, with more details than we are getting from the TV. It conveyed the emotion of this terrible story without resorting to maudlin phrases and cliche. LIZ SAKAI Lake Forest, Calif.
If we are drawn into the movie at all, it is through the vignettes of village life that pepper Christos’ saga, distinguishing it somewhat from the blandness of being a total cliche. Filmed on location, the camera brilliantly captures the town’s breathtaking white splendor, from...
Cable says she is hoping that, if nothing else, last week’s tragedy could make the families on this comfortable, tree-lined street less isolated. At the risk of sounding cliche, Cable says, she’s also reminded at how fragile life is.
STOP WORRYING ABOUT THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE PROM It's a high school cliche--the quarterback and head cheerleader reigning over the commoners. And so it will always be, say the authors, who urge parents not to worry about it. "Most children find in due course that their...