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...Passion of the Christ: The suspense in this film could be cut. With a knife. Any sane viewer of Mel Gibson’s neo-noir thriller will be on the edge of their seat from the moment the Sinead O’Connor-esque Satan figure appears. Will Jesus die? The answer to this question requires two hours of scary, seat-jumping sequences that will leave you disturbed for days. It’s hard to know where to begin with the scares in The Passion—but highlights include 2000 year-old stereotypes about Jews and visuals...
...context to one-up you in the name of zero-sum grade competition. She launches into incredibly articulate diatribes—replete with sophisticated words like “caveat”—until you’re convinced she must be utilizing the power of Satan. Don’t worry: Her stilettos cannot support the weight of her bitchiness for too long. She’ll feel bad for embarrassing you and organize a final exam study group...
...Tehran, too, is divided. The flagging reform movement around President Mohammed Khatami, which seeks greater engagement with the West, has been largely eclipsed by more hard-line clerics emboldened by the presence of the "Great Satan" on Iran's doorstep. Rather than unambiguously pursue a nuclear weapon - a matter of ongoing debate among Iran's power centers, according to analysts - the Islamic Republic appears to have decided to put in place the maximum nuclear infrastructure permissible under the NPT, in order to facilitate rapid conversion to a bomb program should this option be chosen. But it's no simple split...
...long after the chaos, we meet the film’s main villain—a petulant Kim Jong-Il who sounds like Cartman and sings a song about being “ronery.” His character resembles that of Satan in the South Park feature film, in that his notorious evil nature is softened and made absurd by an overblown sensitive side...
...that in there for Metallica fans, but I worry it's going to give other people the wrong idea." Indeed, from the title you might presume the movie is a Spinal Tap-ish diary of the world's best-selling heavy-metal band as it plays exotic locales, worships Satan and has sex with groupies on giant piles of cash. Actually, the film is a chronicle of Metallica's group-therapy sessions. "It's very emotional," says Berlinger. "You watch this family tear themselves apart and put themselves back together. There were definitely times when I wondered: Why the hell...