Author: Ezra Stead
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Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970)
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Read more: Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970)Did you know that Santa’s signature laugh originated when he imitated the barking of seals as a child?
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Dr. Suess’s Ron & Jim Ruined Christmas
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Read more: Dr. Suess’s Ron & Jim Ruined ChristmasSeveral times while watching the Ron Howard-directed How the Grinch Stole Christmas, I found myself wondering, “Who is this even for?” At 105 minutes, it’s a bit on the long side for kids small enough to actually enjoy.
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Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
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Read more: Shadow of a Doubt (1943)Charlie Oakley (Joseph Cotten) in Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt fails again and again to resist the urge toward self-destruction.
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Good Boy (2025)
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Read more: Good Boy (2025)Anyone who has spent time around dogs (or cats, for that matter) has undoubtedly observed the way they will sometimes stare riveted at apparently empty spaces with great concentration.
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Jaws 3-D (1983)
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Read more: Jaws 3-D (1983)I never thought I’d become the resident shark movie guy here at Ruthless, but after Sharknado 3, Big Shark, and now this, it feels more likely than ever. I did this to myself
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Jaws 3-D Got It Right: Some Thoughts on Sequels
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Read more: Jaws 3-D Got It Right: Some Thoughts on SequelsEarlier this year, I had the privilege of enjoying the latest installment in the possibly immortal (though it’s hard to imagine it without Tony Todd) Final Destination franchise, and enjoy it I did.
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Ezra’s Top 25 Movies of the 21st Century So Far
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Read more: Ezra’s Top 25 Movies of the 21st Century So FarInspired by the recent lists going around from the New York Times and Rolling Stone, I present a Ruthless take on the best movies of the first quarter of the 21st century
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The Killing (1956)
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Read more: The Killing (1956)After the ambitious, philosophical war movie Fear and Desire and the solid film noir Killer’s Kiss, Stanley Kubrick achieved his first true masterpiece with The Killing
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Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
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Read more: Secret Mall Apartment (2024)In our mis-spent youth, my friends and I used to trespass our way into any number of verboten locations, from abandoned warehouse buildings to subterranean caves and tunnels under active businesses.
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Ezra’s Ruthless Oscar Predictions for 2025
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Read more: Ezra’s Ruthless Oscar Predictions for 2025Time once again for my extremely reliable, one hundred percent accurate Oscar predictions! If you want the short version, scroll right down to the end, where I recap all my predictions in a tidy column