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The Unsung: Mr. Jackson, Double Indemnity (1944)
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Read more: The Unsung: Mr. Jackson, Double Indemnity (1944)In a world gone rotten – murder, honeysuckle, and anklets that lead to oblivion – there is Mr. Jackson. While everyone else is doing their level best to get out of this life a little more than they put in, Mr. Jackson, by all appearances, is the only one devoted to sheer pleasure.
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Troll 2 (1990)
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Read more: Troll 2 (1990)A Sheriff named Freak, orchestrates the kidnapping of unsuspecting tourists, force-feeds them green slime, and turns them into trees, all so the little buggers can devour the plant people in a slobber-filled orgy
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The 20 Most Ruthless Movie Performances of All Time
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Read more: The 20 Most Ruthless Movie Performances of All TimeThe Dark Gospel According To Matt Cale
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Assholes of the Cinema: Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
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Read more: Assholes of the Cinema: Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)Miss Jean Brodie is, as she will utter a good dozen times in the course of this film, “in her prime.” She has sacrificed everything for her craft, and “her girls” – the young ladies attending the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland – are her raison d’etre.
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The Unsung: Frederick, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
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Read more: The Unsung: Frederick, Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)Frederick is tired. As an artist, he is beholden to a fickle public, yet he has nothing but contempt for those who buy his wares. “I don’t sell my work by the yard,” he sneers
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The Unsung: Malena, Alice Adams
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Read more: The Unsung: Malena, Alice AdamsEnter Malena. A black woman in 1935, she is, unavoidably, a domestic. A hired gun to keep whitey from having to do the grunt work. A woman of few words and even fewer signs of underlying humanity.
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The Unsung: Sharon, The Rapture (1991)
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Read more: The Unsung: Sharon, The Rapture (1991)She is a slave to her passions. A hedonist, without any of the joy. She spends her days and nights in assorted assignations, using mindless labor to fund the road to nowhere.
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Assholes of the Cinema: The U.S.A. Mac and Me (1988)
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Read more: Assholes of the Cinema: The U.S.A. Mac and Me (1988)One of the Worst Movies You’ve Never Seen
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The Unsung: Dimitri Kissof, Dr. Strangelove
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Read more: The Unsung: Dimitri Kissof, Dr. StrangeloveNot only does Soviet Premier Kissof not appear onscreen, we don’t even hear the man’s voice. He’s all theoretical, like the female orgasm or a functioning democracy.
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Stars Behaving Badly: Tentacles (1977)
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Read more: Stars Behaving Badly: Tentacles (1977)Forget it, Jake, it’s a giant killer octopus driven crazy by Henry Fonda.