Category: Reviews
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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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The 20 Most Ruthless Movie Performances of All Time
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Read more: The 20 Most Ruthless Movie Performances of All TimeThe Dark Gospel According To Matt Cale
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A Christmas Carol (1951)
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Read more: A Christmas Carol (1951)A Christmas Carol (1951) There are over a dozen renditions of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, or Scrooge, and I have reviewed several of them here at Ruthless. There is one omission, A Christmas Carol (1951) and this particular edition may very well be the best of the best, when all things are considered.…
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A Christmas Story
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Read more: A Christmas StoryAs much as I love the Scrooge classics, I must grudgingly admit that A Christmas Story is the greatest Christmas movie ever made.
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S.O.B (1981): Standard Operational Bullshit (Hollywood version)
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Read more: S.O.B (1981): Standard Operational Bullshit (Hollywood version)Let’s get something straight. These youngsters who claim they want to work on movies? That’s not what they want. If, IF, you can get a job, it means long hours, hard work, terrible working conditions…
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Assholes of the Cinema: Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)
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Read more: Assholes of the Cinema: Maggie Smith, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969)Miss Jean Brodie is, as she will utter a good dozen times in the course of this film, “in her prime.” She has sacrificed everything for her craft, and “her girls” – the young ladies attending the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland – are her raison d’etre.
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Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)
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Read more: Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)As the year draws to a close, we’re left with the annual end of year fireworks in the form of Christmas movie releases. One last splurge of films to goose box office receipts before the calendar flips over to the graveyard of films that is January.
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Mixed Nuts (1994)
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Read more: Mixed Nuts (1994)Here we have a Christmas Movie about a Suicide Hotline. Doesn’t this sound deliciously hilarious? The question is: As horrible and as soul-killing as this movie is, can the presence of Adam Sandler make it exponentially worse? Of course!
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The Gathering (1977)
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Read more: The Gathering (1977)The Gathering is a made for TV movie that aired on Dec. 04 1977, just a few years after the end of the Vietnam War.
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Mrs. Worthington’s Party-A.K.A. Noelle (2007)
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Read more: Mrs. Worthington’s Party-A.K.A. Noelle (2007)It is no secret that faith-based movies have taken their review lumps from both believers and non-believers alike. The harsh criticism heaped upon this genre of movie has been well deserved.