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...canceled. Though this is the most compelling story in the film, Hawke’s performance is forgettable and uninspired, lacking any of the conviction or depth he displayed as Jake Hoyt in “Training Day.” In the end, Procidia comes off as a whiney hothead who can’t see that the end doesn’t always justify the means, and he gets what he deserves...

Author: By Thomas J. Snyder, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brooklyn's Finest | 3/9/2010 | See Source »

...track whose chorus is the confused, and eventually annoying “Hurts to be the one who’s always feeling sad / Oh just stop complaining, Oh just stop complaining.” Left alone with nothing but a bare piano accompaniment, the lyrics feel whiney and self-indulgent instead of meaningful...

Author: By Eleanor T. Regan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lightspeed Champion | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

...Back Together” and “I Don’t Want to Let You Go” take on emotional themes in the way only the most saccharine of pop songs can. The band slows down the tempo and Cuomo sings with a whiney twinge to his voice, as if trying to emulate the style of the “Put Me Back Together” co-writers Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler of The All-American Rejects. “I Don’t Want to Let You Go” sounds uncannily similar...

Author: By Renee G. Stern, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Weezer | 11/6/2009 | See Source »

...fifth studio album is composed mostly of trite, standard punk-rock songs that seem only to scream the message that the band is still full of teenage angst. The song “Take My Heart” opens the album with a hackneyed blues guitar riff and the whiney, gruff singing of frontman Cole Alexander. “Big Black Baby Jesus Of Today” continues these blunt statements of rebellion while adding in some maracas to compensate for the slower pace. Full of standard guitar riffs, simple rock beats, and sapless whining, these songs lacks any real...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Black Lips | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...don’t we just take the T?” I’d suggest with the whiney, sluggish air of a jaded subway commuter, despite the fact that I was actually very far from being one. In my suburban hometown in California, Mitsubishi Galants and Ford Tauruses were the only way to get to Best...

Author: By Charles J. Wells, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Commuter in Paris | 9/24/2008 | See Source »

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