Category: Reviews
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The Unsung: Mrs. Robey, He Ran All the Way (1951)
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Read more: The Unsung: Mrs. Robey, He Ran All the Way (1951)Call me a romantic, but I’ve always retained a soft spot for parents who hate their children. Especially mothers who hate their sons
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Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
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Read more: Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)For yes, it is madness — asking that we endure long silences, wordless glares across barren landscapes, and a story that in lesser hands would whip by in 85 minutes, and is instead stretched out to a beautiful, impossibly breathless 165.
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Rock N Roll Frankenstein (1999): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Rock N Roll Frankenstein (1999): From the Ruthless ArchivesEDITOR’S NOTE: Again, I am pleased to point out that we have some great fans and readers. Some of our fans and readers even make real movies! Brian O’Hara contacted Ruthless to let us know that he uploaded his classic good/bad Halloween Horror Special to YouTube (I hope they leave it up a while, so…
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The Pawnbroker
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Read more: The PawnbrokerAh, what better way to start than the Holocaust? Now, as Schindler’s List showed, Amon Göth leisurely shooting inmates from his balcony was fun, but I’m afraid Hollywood’s first attempt at dealing with this cheeriest of subjects
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The Unsung: Daisy, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
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Read more: The Unsung: Daisy, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)Doctor Ross – Doug Ross, in a more relaxed setting – is an eminent man. His office, standing room only. His reputation, so beyond impeccable, he’s flirting with legendary
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The Long Walk (2025)
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Read more: The Long Walk (2025)By sheer coincidence, I attended a screening of The Long Walk just two days after walking around Disney World for three days
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Emperor of The North: From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Emperor of The North: From the Ruthless ArchivesErnest Borgnine beats a hobo in the head with a hammer, causing said hobo to fall from the train and get cut into two pieces.
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
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Read more: A Scanner Darkly (2006)Philip K. Dick is best known for his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the basis for Blade Runner (a very loose adaptation I must point out).
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The ABC’s of Obesity in America
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Read more: The ABC’s of Obesity in AmericaI recently visited the magnificent Aquarium in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and was surprised to see that the Aquarium contained hundreds and hundreds of whales. Unfortunately, these mammals were human beings looking at the pretty fish.
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Dark City (1998): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Dark City (1998): From the Ruthless ArchivesA movie of stunning visual power, it is also an interesting peak into the Mormon concept of heaven.