Category: Movies
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Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made
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Read more: Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made1 hr 35 minutes, R for extreme violence, torture, mutilation How deadly is it? Well, so far, I feel OK, but the editors of Ruthless will let you know if I died, so, clock’s ticking. I suppose I’m the ideal guinea pig for watching a cursed film that kills everyone who watches it- I’ve…
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Christmas In July -or- It’s Not Even July Yet
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Read more: Christmas In July -or- It’s Not Even July YetThe Christmas Season is again over as a New Year approaches. Yet again, the imaginary and paranoid “War On Christmas” has failed to materialize, just like the last prediction of the Rapture.
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Suspicion (1941)
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Read more: Suspicion (1941)“Gaslighting” is the use of psychological manipulation to make a person doubt their own sanity, and even to lose it. The term derives from the 1938 British play Gas Light and its 1940 and 1944 film adaptations from Britain and Hollywood, respectively. It is somewhat surprising Alfred Hitchcock was not at the helm of the…
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Best Movies That Can Inspire Kids To Be More Active
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Read more: Best Movies That Can Inspire Kids To Be More ActiveKids are naturally fast learners, and they quickly grab information, especially when they are between the age of one to four. Training your kids has moved on from pointing out pictures to them on hardcopy books — you can now do more, thanks to the TV. Unlike in the past, when televisions were a symbol…
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Dreamers: John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre & The Misfits
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Read more: Dreamers: John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre & The MisfitsSpeaking of cowboys, Isabelle Steers (Thelma Ritter) says to aging cowboy Gay Langland (Clark Gable), “I love every miserable one of you, though you’re all good for nothing, as you well know,” to which he replies, “That may be, but it’s better than wages.” That motto (“it’s better than wages”) is referred to several times…
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Inherent Vice
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Read more: Inherent ViceThe following review of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice will be much like the movie; A dizzying melange of scrambled thoughts and points that wrap up quite nicely depending on whom you ask. Has there ever been such a poorly marketed movie? I’m not talking about trailers making movies look fantastic when they end up…
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
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Read more: Star Trek V: The Final FrontierWhere no one should ever go again. As I noted in my review of Picard, my son has become quite the Star Trek fan. He has most of the actors’ names memorized by role and is borderline obsessed with the Klingons. “Dad, are there Klingons in this one?” “Dad, are there Klingons in this one?”…
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The Truth Of The Matter
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Read more: The Truth Of The MatterKeeper of the Flame (1942) Directed by George Cukor. With Spencer Tracy and Kathrine Hepburn. 36 Hours (1965) Directed by George Seaton. With James Gardner, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Taylor The “truth of the matter” can be an elusive concept. What is real? This is the persistent theme in the works of Philip K.…
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Colossal (2016)
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Read more: Colossal (2016)1 hr 49 minutes, R for profanity Fair Value of Colossal: $1.00. It’s a light, weird and unique comedy that’s watchable due to a talented cast. Toxic Relationships through the lens of Kaiju: Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is a day drinking Manhattan party girl who is abruptly dumped by her boyfriend Tim (Dan Stevens) and…
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Third Encounters Of A Close Kind -or- Standing On A Corner In Muncie, Indiana
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Read more: Third Encounters Of A Close Kind -or- Standing On A Corner In Muncie, IndianaRuthless Reviews presents: I Love a Mystery! Follow our tireless critics of the A-1 Detective Agency as Jack, Doc and Reggie ferret out the best, and worst in movies. Sponsored by Pee Clean, “never fear the pee police again, use, Pee Clean and have clean pee!” Your host: So fellas, tonight we have a blast…