brutally
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Describing the film as a "fantasy that becomes a nightmare", Jones said: "I needed a location that could be beautifully idyllic and hopeful and then turn and become brutally unforgiving".
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
What’s brutally, painfully clear, beyond a shadow of a doubt, is that Holmes has not yet learned how to use her own voice.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
They were first brutally forced to adopt Christianity and abandon their shamanism, before assimilation efforts intensified in the 19th and 20th centuries as the far north's economic importance grew.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
Tonally, the film is torn between wanting to be brutally bleak and offering some kind of hope for Murphy and his precocious, adorable daughter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
It seems brutally selfish to me to have slept so long, and let him watch all night; but he was quite right.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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