Gritty

Gritty is more than sex and violence, and extends beyond cinematography.

2009 October « The Graveyard 2009

Devlin sticks to his more straightforwardly anthemic material tonight; a crowd request for the older grime cut Shot Gritty is turned down.

Devlin – review Alex Macpherson 2010

I think "dark and Gritty" is going to become the one selling point for most comic and cartoon properties.

If Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Were Real | /Film 2008

"Gritty" is the New York Times 'euphemism for segregated;

the Cucking Stool Spot 2010

"Gritty," replied Chaz instantly, as if it were a muscle memory.

Cracked: All Posts 2010

"Gritty," was the term Russell chose to describe his club's offensive potential for the long term.

post-gazette.com - News 2009

"Gritty" because, when describing a book or film, it invariably means council estates, hand-held cameras and directors schooled at Ampleforth, and "conceptual" because it's shorthand for eye-watering rubbish.

Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

"Gritty" hardly begins to describe this forsaken region-it's a place few would consider staying or staring at for long-and Kessler's work offers an honest, unblinking look at the area and its residents.

World Hum 2008

"Gritty" is one of those worrisome adjectives that gets tossed around (see also: "edgy" and

Film.com Movie Blog 2010

Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie -- Gritty, gleeful, bloody fun, this time compressed into a single volume.

MIND MELD: The Best Genre-Related Books/Films/Shows Consumed in 2009 (Part 2) 2009