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Her willowy frame takes a tremendous battering as brutes slam her into tables and through walls.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025 -
Only two bodies remain still: Ferran’s, in one corner of the platform, and that of a young man (Jabez Sykes) diagonally across from her, tall and willowy and pale — two statues that seem moonlit while the rest of the world writhes and sweats around them.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
11 Mar. 2025
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The lack of any real surprises or subversions along the way can be a drag, making the Prime Video miniseries feel a bit padded even at a relatively trim six hour-long episodes.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The standard trim, layer, and fine-tune features are all here, plus elements like automatic captions, text, 4K HDR, and more.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Walmsley will portray Pat, a wiry, volatile young Westie with a chip on his shoulder, quick to throw punches and eager to prove himself.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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The wiry face hair and fur is not labrador.—
Maria Morava,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Directed by Troma co-founders Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, the original Toxic Avenger centers around Melvin (Mark Torgl), a scrawny and awkward teenager who works as custodian at a local gym and is quite literally bullied straight into a frothing barrel of toxic waste.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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On an unremarkable clay tennis court in the Spanish city of Alicante, watched on by only a handful of spectators, two teenagers swipe the ball to one another with surprising vigor, belying their scrawny, adolescent frames.—
George Ramsay,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Sylphlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sylphlike. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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