belonging to the present time

having a strong effect on your feelings, especially one that makes you feel sad

if something is far-fetched it's ... 

very upsetting, wrong, or immoral

if a serial shows you the gritty realism it...

a faithful account tells you about ...

having a sharp exciting quality

defamatory content intends to...

a riveting film is ...

shocking and violent in a way that is deliberate

a potted account of something is ...

racy writing is typically ...

a high-brow book is typically ...

showing things as they really are

relating to art, literature, music etc.

want to watch it because you find it very interesting

excellent and impressive

related to love 

moves or develops quickly

a hard-hitting serial ...

a thought-provoking book makes
you ...

an upbeat film makes you ...

a blue movie is related to...

if you consider a film filthy you think it's ...

a mediocre book is ...

a type of entertainment that helps you forget about bad or boring things for a short time

overrated is...

a new wave film is about ...

interesting and enjoyable

a film or book that contains a lot of violence

actually happening in life, not invented in a book

a page-turner novel is ...

if you consider that a document was very wordy, you think that ...

making you feel sad

a gory movie involves ...

if a book has been abridged it...

not interesting or exciting