Movie: A Few Good Men Courtroom drama has been harvested since the very existence of motion pictures. From masterpiece classics like 12 Angry Men and To Kill A Mockingbird to hilarious comedies like My Cousin Vinny, movie viewers have been mesmerized by the drama and histrionics in the courtroom. One of the most unforgettable is…

Movie: Full Metal Jacket Virtually everyone who has any interest in movies at all has seen Full Metal Jacket, or at least the opening and unforgettable diatribe by R. Lee Ermey. It is noteworthy and unbelievable that Ermey was not cast in this role, but was merely hired by Stanley Kubrick as an advisor. Kubrick…

Movie: Unforgiven Here at Ruthless we love our Westerns and especially the shoot-out scenes where the bad guys get their just due. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West did their showdown scenes in the brilliant sunshine, but the final showdown in Unforgiven was on a dark,…

Movie: The Sting It is no secret that Paul Newman was one of the most charismatic and talented actors that ever lived. The Sting was a superior movie to his other iconic buddy movie, Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid, and the reason was unforgettable and quite satisfying scenes like the poker game on the…

Movie: The Usual Suspects The lineup scene in The Usual Suspects may be only the second-best scene in the movie, but is easily the most recognizable of the film. The scene begins with five men trudging into a police station’s lineup room, the men clearly annoyed at this inconvenience. Narrating the scene is Verbal (Kevin…

Movie: The Shining A great movie like Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining is made of practically nothing but memorable scenes, but The Shining in particular has moments instantly called to mind just by hearing the title. Many viewers immediately think of the elevator full of blood, or the terrifying twins beckoning young Danny Torrance (Danny Lloyd)…

Movie: 2001: A Space Odyssey