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Four Key Questions at the heart of Hail, Caesar!
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Read more: Four Key Questions at the heart of Hail, Caesar!The rest of the country may be confused, but you don’t have to be. Ethan and Joel Coen have released an elegant, masterful, gorgeous, kaleidoscopic, fractal comedic work of unmatched excellence, and nobody knows it (yet). With a movie-going public stymied by an acute case of misaligned expectations, and another entry in the Marvel franchise…
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Binge-Watch: Amazon’s Mad Dogs
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Read more: Binge-Watch: Amazon’s Mad DogsWelcome to another edition of Binge-Watch! By now, you most certainly know how much I love to veg out on a newly released show. This latest binge session was courtesy of Amazon’s newest original series, Mad Dogs. With plenty of faces you’re sure to recognize, Mad Dogs is yet another entry in the category of…
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Deadpool
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Read more: DeadpoolI really, really liked Deadpool. And you know what? I didn’t expect to. Seriously, I was never a fan of the character (in the sense that I hardly knew anything about him) and the humor as well as the violence seemed forced and overdone in the trailers. Still, I remained interested in the film, I…
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The Revenant
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Read more: The RevenantThe weather outside the Front Range of Colorado was as good as it had been since early December, even though there were still plenty of ugly black and white glaciers piled up in the parking lot of the Metrolux. If you are to watch this movie, dress in layers, as the visual impacts of the…
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The Revenant *Spoiler Free*
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Read more: The Revenant *Spoiler Free*A lot has been said and written about this film, mostly about its troubled production – forget all that: it has no meaning whatsoever for the experience this film provides. A word of advice though: if you go in expecting a testosterone-fueled revenge thriller in the vein of Apocalypto, you’ll likely end up disappointed. It’s…
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Blackstar is Bowie’s departing masterpiece
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Read more: Blackstar is Bowie’s departing masterpieceBlackstar is Bowie’s departing masterpiece. I know this will be a shock, but I have never written a music review. I’m probably the least qualified person at Ruthless to do such a review, but I’m giving it a shot, just because it needs to be done. I like music, but am not a music aficionado…
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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
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Read more: Rogue One: A Star Wars StoryLook. We’re all going to see this film, barring the Mountain Hermits. Is there a point to reviewing something we’re all going to see? Yes, because it’s an excellent demonstration of how a film maker should do a spinoff from a franchise. So how does this film rank in the Star Wars canon? Third best,…
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The Hateful Eight
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Read more: The Hateful EightIt does not take a lot in this day and age for me to have my faith in humanity degraded if not destroyed. I want nothing to take away from my review, but I cannot help but comment on how many negative reviews this masterpiece received from the hordes of titty-babies who were offended by…
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Spoiler-free Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Read more: Spoiler-free Review: Star Wars: The Force AwakensThe first time I saw any Star Wars movie in the theater was in 1983, when Return of the Jedi was released. I was 4. It was a major deal in my family, so much so that when Christmas rolled around 7 months later, my siblings and I were still super excited to receive Star…
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Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens
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Read more: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force AwakensWhen did the Force fall asleep?