Category: Features
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The Shape of Water
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Read more: The Shape of WaterThere is a hole in your shape. (It’s award consideration season and I’m playing catch-up. As I tear through them, I thought I’d try mini-reviews. Enjoy!) The Shape of Water is another attempt by Guillermo del Toro to convince us he is anything more than weird creatures. To be fair, Pacific Rim was absurdly entertaining…
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The Ten Worst Christmas Movies
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Read more: The Ten Worst Christmas MoviesI hope that most of you have seen my initial The Bottom Ten Worst Christmas Movies Ever that I entered a couple of days ago. This list will include 10 unique movies, but A Meowy Christmas will still take its rightful place. Some Christmas Movies are awful, but watchable because of their camp intrigue. The…
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Does Royal Vegas Boast a Wonderful Gaming Kingdom?
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Read more: Does Royal Vegas Boast a Wonderful Gaming Kingdom?When it comes to glitz and glamour with a touch of class, you can’t really aim much higher with a name than by calling yourself Royal Vegas! Indeed, with the Royal aspect hinting that you’re a high society grandee, and the Vegas aspect showing that you like a bit of the high life, the name…
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It Comes at Night
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Read more: It Comes at NightIt didn’t in this movie. (It’s award consideration season and I’m playing catch-up. As I tear through them, I thought I’d try mini-reviews. Enjoy!) Nothing ruins a movie quite like failing to follow through on a promise. It Comes at Night is a title that promises us something coming at night. For an hour and…
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The Bottom Ten Worst Christmas Movies Ever
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Read more: The Bottom Ten Worst Christmas Movies EverHere at Ruthless we love to get reader mail. We especially love HATE MAIL, or even more…Whiney HATE MAIL. A few days ago I reviewed one of the most obscure Christmas Movies ever. I won’t even characterize it as a movie, it was more like a 6 year-old turned loose with an iPhone. Anyway, my…
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A Ghost Story
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Read more: A Ghost StoryLet’s watch some paint dry. (It’s award consideration season and I’m playing catch-up. As I tear through them, I thought I’d try mini-reviews. Enjoy!) Have you ever wondered what happens when you die? Of course you have; you are a human person. A Ghost Story offers writer/director David Lowery’s guess at the afterlife and it…
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NFL Week 14: It’s Only a Game Edition
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Read more: NFL Week 14: It’s Only a Game EditionAnd back down to Earth we crash. Some days you’re the stick, some days the drum. As per the rules I won’t apologize for anything but I will admit that I sort of stopped caring about the outcome of the Monday night game when the Ryan Shazier hit took place. It seems trite to say…
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The Post
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Read more: The PostDeja vu. I’ve tried to keep politics out of my reviews, with the exception of an occasional swipe or two. I have very strong opinions, especially in our current situation, but I know that’s not why you come here. You just want to know how a movie was and, hopefully, laugh at my jokes and…
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
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Read more: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. 2017 has been a year for movies that keeps on giving, but one of the biggest presents of all came near the end of the year. Martin McDonagh is a Director that gave us one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, In Bruges, but he has outdone himself with…
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Good Time
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Read more: Good TimeNot so much. (It’s award consideration season and I’m playing catch-up. As I tear through them, I thought I’d try mini-reviews. Enjoy!) I have hang-ups with titles that don’t make sense and Good Time is a textbook example. Good Time is about two brothers, one of whom is mentally disabled – Nick (Ben Safdie), who…