Swish, swish, schlock, schlock went the brushes and then out the door to ready collectors.

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The second season began well, but it imploded into schlock the creators had fallen in love with the chemistry between their stars.

NEWYORKER: Trigger-Happy

There are echoes of James Whale and Hitchcock, but there are louder echoes of schlock B movies from fifty years ago.

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But two of my all time favorites, are his scores to a pair of great schlock films: Conan the Barbarian and Conan the Destroyer.

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But then he brought in the visual artist Jennifer Oxley, and their collaboration resulted in a sensually dazzling series, a revelation to anyone brought up on the schlock aesthetics of Hanna-Barbera.

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Green Lantern, while not nearly the blockbuster the Batman films were, also did well enough to be a contender and fills the profitable summer schlock category (like Thor did for Marvel).

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In 2001 O'Neal and ACI decided to push a second brand, Dunkman, and to sell them at schlock U.S. retailer Payless ShoeSource (nyse: PSS - news - people ).

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The movie is a sardonic look at the mechanics of the rock world: we get the clear idea that in this kind of high-schlock touring band no difference exists between the original and the copy.

NEWYORKER: Rock Star