Category: Movies
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The Roses (2025)
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Read more: The Roses (2025)The Roses is a good example of why remakes actually do have a place in film, despite what many people think. Remakes give filmmakers a chance to tell a story from a different perspective or in a different way.
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When Oscar Shit the Bed: Music of the Heart (1999)
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Read more: When Oscar Shit the Bed: Music of the Heart (1999)After nearly a half-century on the silver screen, Meryl Streep has more than earned her status as a living legend. She’s arguably the greatest actress alive, and certainly up there with the all-time greats.
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The Top 10 Ruthless Reviews Comedies
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Read more: The Top 10 Ruthless Reviews ComediesGetting this list down to just 10 movies is a thankless task and there will be a lot of second guessing as I’m leaving some great movies off of the list. So, without further ado, here are the Top 10 Ruthless Comedies
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Nashville (1975): At 50 Years
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Read more: Nashville (1975): At 50 YearsHaving seen this film at least five times, I’m only now coming to terms with its brilliance…
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Used Cars (1980)
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Read more: Used Cars (1980)This magnum opus from Kurt Russell’s heyday reminds one of a time when movies existed seemingly for their own sake; rather than a line in a ledger, they were works of art instead of an appeal for relevance, or a “statement”.
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The Day of the Locust (1975)
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Read more: The Day of the Locust (1975)When I heard John Schlesinger (Darling, Far From the Madding Crowd) was making a film of Nathanael West’s novel I wasn’t surprised. Not after the 1967 adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses
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The Unsung: Chaney, Hard Times (1975)
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Read more: The Unsung: Chaney, Hard Times (1975)There was a time – we’ll estimate about a half century ago – when a shirtless Charles Bronson was enough. Enough for what depends on the audience, so we’ll rest on the happy medium between anything and everything.
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Nobody 2 (2025)
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Read more: Nobody 2 (2025)It shouldn’t surprise you in the least that a movie featuring next to zero plot, Russian mobsters, and an unkillable retired assassin murdering everyone was written by the same guy (Derek Kolstad)
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The Unsung: Leo Green, Whispers in the Dark (1992)
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Read more: The Unsung: Leo Green, Whispers in the Dark (1992)For a generation of Americans, Alan Alda was pretty much the standard bearer for the New Man. The sensitive soul, clad in a respectable sweater, offering not the usual toxicity and power plays, but understanding, warmth, and a gentle smile.
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The Sphere (1998)
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Read more: The Sphere (1998)Sort of like the Wildfire team Crichton cooked up for The Andromeda Strain. You know, to deal with outer space alien space virus.