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also erotical
as in sexy
of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire
the erotic aspects of the story of Beauty and the Beast
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The film is an erotic thriller with nods to Brian De Palma and Paul Verhoeven, but with a Brazilian twist.
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Ryan, then America’s sweetheart and established queen of the rom-com, had around that time changed direction, appearing in Jane Campion’s erotic thriller The Cut, and UK interviewer Michael Parkinson grilled her on her decision to appear nude.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
Babygirl — the erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman as a CEO who puts her career and family on the line for an affair with a young intern (played by Harris Dickinson) — features a surprising Christmas backdrop, which writer-director Halina Reijn reveals was a last-minute, thematic pivot.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
The project is heavy on woozy tales of the erotic ups and emotional downs of falling hard, and the deadpan, adrift flows of Scoob and friends, like professional skirt-chaser Shaudy Kash, are like bumping Baby Smoove and Veeze with brain fog.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Ryan, then America’s sweetheart and established queen of the rom-com, had around that time changed direction, appearing in Jane Campion’s erotic thriller The Cut, and UK interviewer Michael Parkinson grilled her on her decision to appear nude.
—Caroline Frost, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
Babygirl — the erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman as a CEO who puts her career and family on the line for an affair with a young intern (played by Harris Dickinson) — features a surprising Christmas backdrop, which writer-director Halina Reijn reveals was a last-minute, thematic pivot.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
The project is heavy on woozy tales of the erotic ups and emotional downs of falling hard, and the deadpan, adrift flows of Scoob and friends, like professional skirt-chaser Shaudy Kash, are like bumping Baby Smoove and Veeze with brain fog.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Erotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erotic. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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