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  • Niiiiiice menotrouble have seen it on the hamburg fantasy film festival. it's fun, and there's a monologue in the middle of the film that is groteque and absurd, but fascinating and sentimental at the same time. far from a perfect film, it has quite a niumber of great moments (and an even greater number of small, wonderful ones).

    JCVD Movie Trailer - Jean-Claude Van Damme is Back! | /Film 2008

  • Today, CNN Europe reports many more civilian dead and wounded in this groteque war.

    A Trail of Failed Policies and Lost Battles 2009

  • Being frighteningly disfigured would be an asset for a gunfighter like Jonah Hex - I'll bet more than one opponent has been startled by his groteque mug for a split-second too long.

    Jonah Hex Ultimate Spaghetti Makeover! David Campbell 2007

  • Being frighteningly disfigured would be an asset for a gunfighter like Jonah Hex - I'll bet more than one opponent has been startled by his groteque mug for a split-second too long.

    Archive 2007-02-01 David Campbell 2007

  • Many of the voices of the right share other traits besides cowardice and groteque hypocrisy.

    Time To Excommunicate The Pontiffs Of Punditry? 2006

  • [1] Today, CNN Europe reports many more civilian dead and wounded in this groteque war.

    Dandelion Salad 2009

  • It’s that delicate balance between the beautiful and the groteque, simple as the name.

    In which I start to like Brian « Lab Kat 2009

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