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The Lost Weekend
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Read more: The Lost WeekendThe Wet House provides a judgment-free atmosphere for drunks, but there was no such thing in the world of this ground-breaking movie that was made in 1945.
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 51
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 51Pryor’s antics were priceless. They were mostly silent lamentations, gently weeping and babbling while Grossberger pinned him to the bunk with his girth.
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A Few More Ruthless Villains: 80’s Action Edition
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Read more: A Few More Ruthless Villains: 80’s Action EditionA Few Ruthless Movie Villains is a popular article that I wrote a few years ago. Time flies, and it is now past time to honor some more unsavory bad guys, this time, 80’s Action style. I will concentrate on the attributes or tags of villain, bully, and sheer nastiness. Most of the movies are…
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Witness For the Prosecution
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Read more: Witness For the ProsecutionWitness for the Prosecution is a Billy Wilder classic based on the novel by Agatha Christie. There are many great courtroom drama movies, like 12 Angry Men, with plot surprises, turns and twists, but there is no other movie like this one for a shocking and unexpected conclusion. This film is one of the very best.…
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Poor Things
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Read more: Poor ThingsAt the very first heartbeat of this outrageously original and beautiful movie, I was hypnotized and hooked.
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The Phantom of the Opera: (2011) Royal Albert Hall
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Read more: The Phantom of the Opera: (2011) Royal Albert HallThere have been scores of Broadway Musicals, but there are just two of them that I cannot imagine a world without. One, of course, is Les Misérables, and the other is The Phantom of the Opera. The latter is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on a 1910 French novel written by Gaston LeRoux.…
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Les Misérables In Concert: The 25th Anniversary Edition
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Read more: Les Misérables In Concert: The 25th Anniversary EditionIf you are a reader and fan of Ruthless, you know why you are here and what we do. We love our movies, especially classics, and of course the low-brow favorites in our 80’s Action and Horror Movies. We have also been known to mock and rant with impunity, with no sacred cows anywhere in…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 50
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 50There are numerous Memorable Movie dinner scenes. Some are hilarious, like the exploding turkey in Christmas Vacation and the “How much for the girl” dinner scene in the movie Blues Brothers.
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 49
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 49Movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Holy Grail is the greatest comedy ever made. It is outrageously original and infinitely quotable. To try to pick just one memorable scene in this masterpiece is not feasible, but the encounter with King Arthur and the Black Knight was inspired.
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Barton Fink (1991)
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Read more: Barton Fink (1991)Barton Fink is one of my favorite Coen Brothers films. This assessment is not shared by many, Coen Brothers fans or not. This is easy to understand, as Barton Fink is one of the Coen’s most enigmatic works of art. To this day the Coen Brothers have chosen not to explain the film, and years…