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40 Years of Death Wish 3: A Celebration
The Summer of 1985. While I was spending six weeks in Indiana with my maniacal grandmother, learning that yes, a 12-year-old…
Great Cocksmen of the American Presidency (Who Are Not Bill Clinton)
Finally, a list without Jimmy Carter.
A Few Ruthless Movie Villains
Here are A Few Ruthless Movie Villains. Villains have been part of movies since their inception. We love them, we love…
Commando
Homoeroticism? More than you could possibly imagine. I mean all the crap about Arnold being Der Gropin’fuhrer was just a rightwing-ruse…
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Top 10 Eighties Bullies
Read more: Top 10 Eighties BulliesBullying is a serious subject so we’re going to trivialize it at Ruthless Reviews.
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Reacher: A Dutch Perspective
Read more: Reacher: A Dutch PerspectiveNow, I must confess I don’t know much about American military honors, but I did watch enough American-made movies and TV shows to know that when someone is listing that long a list of achievements, you KNOW you are dealing with someone special.
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The ABC’s Of Death Wish 3
Read more: The ABC’s Of Death Wish 3I got a fever, and the only prescription is more Kersey.
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The ABC’s of Atheism
Read more: The ABC’s of AtheismLife is: cutting your way out of the thicket of stupidity and on occasions when you have passed your bramble and find someone else’s, you want to uproot that too?
MOVIES
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The Unsung: Jack, Husbands and Wives (1992)
Read more: The Unsung: Jack, Husbands and Wives (1992)Sydney Pollack is, for my money, the greatest actor who just happened to be a world class director. In addition to helming Tootsie, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Three Days of the Condor, and Jeremiah Johnson, he also collected an Academy Award, even if it was for a film (Out of Africa) that didn’t quite…
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Exploring the Evolution of Horror Films Over Decades
Read more: Exploring the Evolution of Horror Films Over DecadesHorror films have a particular position in our shared imagination. They portray what frightens us at any moment in time. From silent, dark classics to contemporary supernatural pop thrillers.
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The 15 Minute Rule: Abandon Ship on the Following Movies
Read more: The 15 Minute Rule: Abandon Ship on the Following MoviesWatching some movies is like riding a submarine into the deep. The pressure of outright bad threatens to crush the soul of the innocent viewer. Surface before you get too deep.
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Monster From Green Hell (1957)
Read more: Monster From Green Hell (1957)As a right thinking American, you know the greatest threats to our way of life in the 1950s was the godless commies, and I state this with all the fear and loathing it engenders, Radiation.
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The Unsung: Joyce Lakeland, The Killer Inside Me (1976)
Read more: The Unsung: Joyce Lakeland, The Killer Inside Me (1976)I’ve only seen her twice, but I’ve never been more in love. I fell hard after seeing her in 1972’s Fat City, a film so unrelentingly perfect, I wanted to bottle the emotion and save it for an inevitable downturn in mood.
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Under the Burning Sun (2025)
Read more: Under the Burning Sun (2025)Under the Burning Sun is George Miller’s Furiosa meets Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge, with echoes of I Spit On Your Grave and Boys Don’t Cry, the (literal) water carried by a lead performance reminiscent of Jodie Foster’s Nell.
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All In: The Poker Movie (2012) Review: Exploring How Poker Got So Cool
Read more: All In: The Poker Movie (2012) Review: Exploring How Poker Got So CoolBelieve it or not, poker wasn’t always an attractive card game to play. Looking back at its portrayal in the mainstream media before the turn of the century, director Douglas Tirola notes that you’ll primarily run into movies like Risky Business (1983) and Can’t Buy Me Love (1987)
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Ezra’s Ruthless Oscar Predictions for 2025
Read more: Ezra’s Ruthless Oscar Predictions for 2025Time once again for my extremely reliable, one hundred percent accurate Oscar predictions! If you want the short version, scroll right down to the end, where I recap all my predictions in a tidy column
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Gene Hackman: Legend
Read more: Gene Hackman: LegendMean as a snake, even when he’s winking in your general direction. Pissed and getting pissier, with so much to prove, he’d just as soon knock out your teeth as be figured out.
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