I am not even going to make a pretense of trying to ease this review into some sort of soft landing; one that you have to read before I tell you how I really feel. This latest attempt at a Godzilla movie was horrible, embarrassing and worthy of much cringing. It was worse than anything […]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
June 9, 2019 by
Film Title
Godzilla: King of the MonstersSynopsis
Just when you thought Godzilla had reached a new low, it tunnels
Director
Michael DoughertyCast
Kyle Chandler
Vera Farmiga
Millie Bobbie Brown
Bradley Whitford
Sally Hawkins
Ken Watanabe
Charles Dance
David Strathairn
The Top 10 Most Outrageous YouTube Eating Channels (2019 version)
May 25, 2019 by
EDITOR’S NOTE: Since the original Top 10 list is over four years old, some things have changed. Things like some of these brave warriors have given up this dangerous folly. Have no fear, however, fresh troops are on the job, and here is an updated Top Ten List of the most outrageous YouTube Eating Channels. […]
Brightburn (2019)
May 22, 2019 by
Film Title
Brightburn (2019)Synopsis
SuperBoy turns bad and people die
Director
David YaroveskyCast
Elizabeth Banks
Jackson A. Dunn
Jennifer Holland
David Denman
Matt Jones
Gregory Alan Williams
Emmie Hunter
Meredith Hagner
I have been reading with utter disbelief some of the glowing reviews by IMDB users for the movie Brightburn. This sci-fi, Superman, horror, Omen tear-off is one of the lamest, most pointless attempts at a horror (or whatever it thought it was) film that I have ever watched. The review will most likely be mercifully […]
Cube (1997)
May 18, 2019 by
Film Title
Cube (1997)Synopsis
Several humans are trapped in a deadly metallic cube maze. They must use all their resources to survive and escape. Will they?
Director
Vincenzo NataliCast
Nicole de Boer
Nicky Guadagni
David Hewlett
Andrew Miller
Julian Richings
Wayne Robson
Maurice Dean Went
Cube is a movie that you can characterize as unique with complete confidence. I watched it on a whim, after numbing my brain with the non-stop and very one-sided killing in John Wick 3. I needed a movie to un-lock my brain from all that violence, so I chose Cube. Bad choice, as I traded […]
Pet Sematary (2019)
April 15, 2019 by
Film Title
Pet Sematary (2019)Synopsis
All cats must die. Respect the dead
Director
Kevin Kolsch, Dennis WidmyerCast
Jason Clarke
John Lithgow
Amy Seimetz
Jete' Laurence
Obssa Ahmed
Pet Sematary is one of Stephen King’s most popular horror novels that has been adapted for the movie screen 3 times now. The original 1989 Pet Sematary was most famous for that insane grey cat, the cute little kid getting smashed to smithereens by a semi, and for Fred Gwynne as Jud. It was a […]
The Highwaymen (2019) Netflix Streaming
April 1, 2019 by
Film Title
The Highwaymen (2019)Synopsis
Two retired Texas Rangers are commissioned to retire the murderous Bonnie & Clyde
Director
John Lee HancockCast
Kevin Costner
Woody Harrelson
Kathy Bates
John Carrol Lynch
Kim Dickens
Emily Brobst
Edward Bossert
Arthur Penn’s 1967 version of Bonnie and Clyde featured the gorgeous, but ruthless killers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. With Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, you had one of the the hottest tandem of sexy couples since Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Bonnie and Clyde was a groundbreaking blockbuster because of its shocking violence […]
Nobody’s Fool (1994)
March 5, 2019 by
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Nobody's Fool (1994)Synopsis
Paul Newman is magnificent as a stubborn man who must come to grips with his past
Cast
Paul Newman
Jessica Tandy
Josef Sommer
Bruce Willis
Melanie Griffith
Dylan Walsh
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Gene Saks
It is no secret that Paul Newman was a god of acting, in rarefied air with those such as Peter O’Toole, Jack Nicholson, George C. Scott, Jack Lemmon and Daniel Day Lewis. Newman’s resume is almost without peer, but combined with the rest of the stellar cast, this movie was a total joy to watch […]
Ruthless and The Oscars: 2019 Version
February 21, 2019 by
Yes, I know, it is hard to imagine that it is Academy Award season again. Due to plummeting ratings, I don’t know what the Academy has in store for us this year. Maybe another Jet Ski, who knows? It is no secret that none of us here at Ruthless were thrilled with the 2018 stable […]
Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
February 11, 2019 by
Film Title
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)Synopsis
A family robbery with no victims goes horribly wrong
Director
Sidney LumetCast
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Ethan Hawke
Albert Finney
Marisa Tomei
Michael Shannon
Brian F. O'Bryne
Amy Ryan
There are movies that are familial train wrecks. There are movies like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf that are deaths by 10,000 cuts. However, I have never before seen such a devastating wreck as Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead, a masterpiece created by the 83 year-old genius director, Sydney Lumet. This movie was not […]
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
January 30, 2019 by
Film Title
Can You Ever Forgive Me?Synopsis
A formerly successful writer uses her skills for deception when times get hard
Director
Marielle HellerCast
Melissa McCarthy
Richard E. Grant
Jane Curtain
Dolly Wells
Stephen Spinella
I think the first time I encountered Richard Grant was in the movie A Christmas Carol. Grant played faithfully the role of Bob Cratchit, who was the clerk for the miser Scrooge ( Patrick Stewart). There was no greater tour de force, however, than the role he shredded as I in Withnail & I. This […]
