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  • From my oddly fish-eyed, waist-height perspective, it should have been intimidating.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Inevitably, she gives him a fish-eyed look of appalled disgust before bursting into giggles.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • From my oddly fish-eyed, waist-height perspective, it should have been intimidating.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • A pathological need for approval is aggravated by an endless string of auditions hosted by fish-eyed, flint-hearted Cowells: rejection, poverty and crying in the shower while scrubbing yourself with Poundland bleach are daily realities.

    Danny Dyer's revealed he was pals with Pinter. An odd couple, but look at these James Donaghy 2010

  • Inevitably, she gives him a fish-eyed look of appalled disgust before bursting into giggles.

    The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011

  • Child acting on Lifetime is truly astounding. "mom and I are leaving because dad can't pay his bills" has never been delivered with more fish-eyed lack of any inflection whatsoever.

    Jilly Gagnon: Live-Blogging Lifetime Movies 2009

  • So they listened with fish-eyed stares, tagged him “Sagdluk” that is, “The Liar”, and shunned him.

    They Smell Like Sheep Volume 2 Lynn Anderson 2007

  • Hired to replicate the look of his City of Lost Children, Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who would later go on to make the popular Amélie) films Resurrection like a comic book fascimile of Ridley Scott's original; fish-eyed lenses, exaggerated dialogue and wide-eyed overacting abounds, however grounded by the film's meticulous vision of its futuristic environment (the detail work is impeccable) and no-bullshit sense of moral codes.

    Alien: Resurrection (1997): B 2007

  • Hired to replicate the look of his City of Lost Children, Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who would later go on to make the popular Amélie) films Resurrection like a comic book fascimile of Ridley Scott's original; fish-eyed lenses, exaggerated dialogue and wide-eyed overacting abounds, however grounded by the film's meticulous vision of its futuristic environment (the detail work is impeccable) and no-bullshit sense of moral codes.

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • So they listened with fish-eyed stares, tagged him “Sagdluk” that is, “The Liar”, and shunned him.

    They Smell Like Sheep Volume 2 Lynn Anderson 2007

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