Here at Ruthless we love our readers, especially when they give us suggestions about great movies to review. We’re No Angels is a light-hearted and unusual Christmas type movie staring the iconic Humphrey Bogart. O.K., it wasn’t a great movie as such, but considering that the film is 65 years old, it holds up quite […]
We’re No Angels (1955)
December 2, 2020 by
Film Title
We're No AngelsSynopsis
Three escapees from Devil’s Island are master con men, and help out a kind merchant and his family.
Director
Michael CurtizCast
Humphrey Bogart
Aldo Ray
Peter Ustinov
Joan Bennett
Basil Rathbone
Leo G. Carroll
Lea Penman
Mixed Nuts (1994)
November 28, 2020 by
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Mixed NutsSynopsis
This movie should have been career suicide for all involved
Director
Nora EphronCast
Steve Martin
Madeline Kahn
Robert Klein
Juliette Lewis
Steven Wright
Rob Reiner
Liev Schreiber
Rita Wilson
Garry Shandling
Haley Joel Osment
Here we have a Christmas Movie about a Suicide Hotline. Doesn’t this sound deliciously hilarious? Well, it’s not. What this movie is, is a big steaming pile of rancid Christmas pudding, mixed with arsenic sauce. It is not humor, it is not dark humor or satire, it is just 1 hr:33 minutes of stupidity, but […]
The Christmas Chronicles 2
November 25, 2020 by
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The Christmas Chronicles 2Synopsis
Yet again, Christmas must be saved from a bitter troublemaker
Director
Chris Columbus (I'm not kidding)Cast
Kurt Russell
Goldie Hawn
Darby Camp
Julian Dennison
I got the notification yesterday that The Christmas Chronicles 2 was available for immediate streaming at Netflix. I didn’t know whether or not to rejoice or cringe. I don’t want to poison the well, but let’s face it. Christmas sequels have not historically been successful. Most, like Bad Santa 2 and the unwatchable A Christmas […]
A Midnight Clear
November 24, 2020 by
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A Midnight ClearSynopsis
A Christmas drama plays out during WW2 as both the Germans and the Americans just want to survive.
Director
Keith JordanCast
Ethan Hawke
Gary Sinise
Peter Berg
Arye Gross
Frank Whaley
John C. McGinley
Larry Joshua
Curt Lowens
I love Christmas Movies and there are few that actually make me cry. There are tears of joy, tears of grief, and tears from the sheer excellence of an event that you witness. A Midnight Clear was all of these and more. I want to give a special thanks to one of our biggest fans […]
Understanding Trumpers: How Can 70 Million People Be Wrong?
November 14, 2020 by
The election is over. Regardless of the hate-spewed lies of Trump…Lies that 69.9 Million of the Trumpers actually believe, Joe Biden will be the next President of The United States. Oh, and what a mess he will inherit, but that will be discussed later. Covid-19 is raging, and there is nothing that the present administration […]
Barton Fink (1991)
October 12, 2020 by
Film Title
Barton FinkSynopsis
A New York playwright goes to Hollywood to write for the movies and is engulfed in a bizarre form of Hell
Director
Joel & Ethan CoenCast
John Turturro
John Goodman
Judy Davis
Michael Lerner
John Mahoney
Tony Shalhoub
Jon Polito
Steve Buscemi
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 to not explain the film, and years […]
King Rat (1965)
September 27, 2020 by
Film Title
King RatSynopsis
A resourceful Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during WW2. He makes the best of things , using brains, bribery and larceny.
Director
Bryan ForbesCast
George Segal
Tom Courtenay
James Fox
James Donald
Patrick O'Neal
John Mills
In wartime, it is not always the highest ranked individuals that run the show. Oftentimes, like with Ex-PFC Wintergreen and Corporal Milo Minderbinder in Heller’s masterpiece Catch-22, it is the most cunning and resourceful who are in charge. George Segal stars in his best performance ever in writer/director Bryan Forbes’s 1965 adaptation of James Clavell’s […]
The Bridge On The River Kwai
September 25, 2020 by
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The Bridge On The River KwaiSynopsis
British POW’s are forced to build a bridge for their Japanese captors.
Director
David LeanCast
Alec Guinness
William Holden
Jack Hawkins
Sessue Hayakawa
James Donald
Geoffrey Horne
There are war movies and there are more war movies, but I do not hesitate to state that The Bridge on the River Kwai is as unique as it is excellent. Within the huge category of war movies, we have many about prisoners of war, and the inevitable nightmares and madness of horrific situations brought […]
Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
September 23, 2020 by
Film Title
Lawrence Of ArabiaSynopsis
The story of T.E. Lawrence, who united Arab forces to have a serious impact on the WW1 war against the Turks.
Director
David LeanCast
Peter O'Toole
Sir Alec Guinness
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quayle
Jack Hawkins
Omar Sharif
Claude Rains
Lawrence Of Arabia is David Lean’s 1962 epic that won 7 Oscars, but of course, not the one that counted for the always overlooked Peter O’Toole. His resume includes Doctor Zhivago, Bridge On The River Kwai, and other classics. His masterpiece, of course, is Lawrence Of Arabia, an almost 4 hour long bum-numbing epic without […]
A Face In The Crowd (1957)
September 18, 2020 by
Film Title
A Face In The CrowdSynopsis
An Arkansas drunk and drifter becomes an overnight sensation and obsession. Will he be exposed for what he really is?
Director
Elia KazanCast
Andy Griffith
Patricia Neal
Walter Matthau
Anthony Franciosa
Lee Remmick
Paul McGrath
Kay Medford
A Face In The Crowd made me sick. I hated everything about it. I wanted to reach through the flatscreen and punch Andy Griffith’s grinning mug. Why? Because every minute of this movie reminded me of our sitting Idiot In Chief, Donald Trump. This movie was made in 1957 and was as white as Wonder […]
