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  • n  a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)

  • Beginning in the 1910s and ending in the 1990s, "Boulevard" mixes such potboiler elements as murder, sex and betrayal with such themes as the nature of reality, the mystery of .
  • Because Harry Black is just a potboiler, rather than an "art film," the liberties taken in the picture point up the fact long recognized in Hollywood but only recently acknowledged .
  • The publication of Amok, a sex-driven potboiler about a group of sadists recounting their exploits and taunting police revived speculation about the murder.
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  • Movie review: 'World War Z' will leave you breathless
    The world is a mess at the beginning of this tense and intense potboiler of an apocalyptic thriller. Little snatches of radio and TV broadcasts reveal the usual bad news about the environment and political unrest and, sticking out just a little louder than other items, something about martial law being put into effect.  
    June 21, 2013 - Devils Lake Journal
Quotes

  • Boney Kapoor in Bollywood Spice
    This movie has created an unbelievable change for audience and filmmakers who have been fed on typical potboiler movies filled with unnecessary song and dance sequences. We had a story which dealt with the lives of all of us and depicted the harsh... Shoaib Mansoor http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoaib_Mansoor&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNHoF7EeatgUVL-vJhm1vl3cBSbFfg Hindu http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200711261719.htm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGga0DgRuTQqo3U76OAhhDk_j4LnA Nov 26, 2007 76431 103296 potboiler In describing the film Kapoor told MidDay, Wanted has a good mix of romance, comedy, music, songs and obviously, action. The film caters to all kinds of audiences but I won't call it a commercial potboiler. It is much more than that."
  • Manohla Dargis in ABC Online
    The New York Times' Manohla Dargis said it was an "absurd, if accidentally entertaining potboiler".

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