Month: December 2021
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Cruising For A Few Good Movies
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Read more: Cruising For A Few Good MoviesIn the atrocious Interview with the Vampire the effete Tom Cruise tells his supernatural buddy Brad Pitt: “Life without me would be even more unbearable.” Well, kids, whaddya reckon? Is Our Tom telling the truth? Can you imagine your existence sans Maverick or never having witnessed all those heroic dashes with his choppy hands? No…
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Merry In-Laws (2012)
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Read more: Merry In-Laws (2012)I have been watching and reviewing Christmas Movies for well over a decade now. Ruthless Reviews has the largest collection of these reviews on the internet, most written by yours truly, so I consider myself an expert on the genre. The pickings become slimmer every year, and great new Christmas movies like the FX version…
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The King’s Man
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Read more: The King’s Man“The King’s Man” – Run Conrad, Run! To franchise or not to franchise? That is the question Hollywood grapples with on a daily basis. Just kidding. Hollywood would franchise your food pictures on social media if they had more than three likes. The only people having conversations about sequels, franchises, and remakes that go beyond…
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Best sports movies to have been influenced by the NFL? “The Blind Side” & “The Waterboy” rank highly
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Read more: Best sports movies to have been influenced by the NFL? “The Blind Side” & “The Waterboy” rank highlyThe NFL is one of the most popular sports leagues in America, with millions continuing to tune in and watch the games that are played between September and February each and every year. Indeed, the sport has continued to grow in popularity over the last couple of decades, with fanbases in countries such as the…
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Dead End (2003)
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Read more: Dead End (2003)I’ve been reviewing Christmas Movies for Ruthless for over a decade now. Needless to say, the well is about to run dry. I refuse to review the Hallmark or Hallmark type sappy dreck. A few is enough. However, I did not want to completely abandon my unhinged and relentless pursuit of this obsession. Therefore, I…
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Top classic games
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Read more: Top classic gamesEvery month brings new releases of video games, and they are usually better than the previous ones. Better graphic layout, special effects, narrative, and so on. Every game lover waits with anticipation for their release dates to try them out. In this constant flood of new production, old-time favourite classics fade into oblivion – or…
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Starring debuts #7: Richard E. Grant in Withnail and I (1987)
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Read more: Starring debuts #7: Richard E. Grant in Withnail and I (1987)Big-budget action maestro Michael Bay could probably learn a thing or two from Withnail. Namely, that if you get the characterization and dialogue right, you don’t need any explosions or mayhem to make a great movie. After all, what does the titular character accomplish during the 107 minutes of this cult classic? He tries to…
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Blaxploitation #3: Black Caesar (1973)
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Read more: Blaxploitation #3: Black Caesar (1973)What the hell are these cats up to? After a stretch in prison, Tommy Gibbs (Williamson) plans to take over his Mafia-run neighborhood and show whitey how it’s done. Do I dig the threads? Given it’s mostly set in 1965, a heartbeat before everything went to sartorial shit, yes. Tommy favors sharp suits and a…
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The Dead Pool (1988)
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Read more: The Dead Pool (1988)Tagline: Dirty Harry Just Learned A New Game Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In This Sentence: Movies don’t kill people, Dirty Harry does. Homoeroticism: Early on, we see a young Jim Carrey (as rock star Johnny Squares) prancing around in a leather outfit to the tune of “Welcome to the Jungle,” but that’s…
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Blaxploitation #2: Mandingo (1975)
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Read more: Blaxploitation #2: Mandingo (1975)What the hell are these cats up to? Falconhurst is a dilapidated plantation run by the tyrannical aging widower, Warren Maxwell (Mason), and his limping son, Hammond (King). Their slaves try to stay alive under an increasingly unstable regime, often being forced into impossible choices. Into this toxic mix comes Hammond’s new wife, the drunken,…