Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) was, thankfully, one of the least whimsical of the Coen Brothers films; a story of ellipses and evasions, chronicling not the expected rise and fall of a folk musician, but simply a moment in time now lost to history. More a character adrift than one with an ultimate destination. Unlike the […]
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
December 15, 2018 by
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)Synopsis
A week in the life of a singer in the era that brought us Bob Dylan
Director
Ethan Coen/Joel CoenCast
Oscar Issac
Carey Mulligan
Justin Timberlake
Robin Bartlett
Adam Driver
Mountain (2017)
December 10, 2018 by
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Mountain (2017)Synopsis
Humans climb and hurtle down their slopes, but the mountains are not impressed
Director
Jennifer PeedomCast
Willem DaFoe (Narrator)
Various other humans
Mountain (2017) Before I wind up the 2018 Ruthless Christmas Reviews, I’m taking a brief break. This review continues our reviews about mountains and humans that try to climb them. In his recent review, Kevin continued the Ruthless disdain for mountain climbers, rock climbers and other dare-devils that foolishly fuck with Mother Nature with Free […]
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
December 12, 2018 by
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseSynopsis
A troupe of Spider-Persons try to save the universe.
Director
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney RothmanCast
Shameik Moore
Jake Johnson
Hailee Steinfeld
Mahershala Ali
Brian Tyree Henry
Lily Tomlin
Zoe Kravitz
John Mulaney
Kimiko Glenn
Nicholas Cage
Kathryn Hahn
Liev Schreiber
Chris Pine
The best animated feature of the year? I was not planning on going to see Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. I assumed it was going to be a throw-away film aimed specifically at comic book nerds to make an easy buck. Then, my wife asked if I was taking our six-year old son and, before I […]
NFL Week 14: TV Is The Tie That Binds Edition
December 8, 2018 by
All that work for nothing. All of that studying, number crunching, and 1863 words about minor league football later and we wind up with the ole Chuck Woolery. Did you know that hes an asshole now? I didn’t, until I had to find something to slap into the outbound link box. I’m not exactly surprised, […]
Free Solo
December 6, 2018 by
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Free SoloSynopsis
A lunatic climbs a really big cliff.
Director
Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiCast
Alex Honnold
Sanni McCandless
Do not try this at home. Or ANYWHERE! Free Solo sounds like the sequel to this year’s Solo: A Star Wars Story; the harrowing tale of a band of ragtag rebels trying to free Han Solo from his service to Jabba the Hutt. In truth, Free Solo is nearly the perfect opposite of that. Free […]
Santa Jaws (2018 SyFy)
December 6, 2018 by
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Santa Jaws (2018 SyFy)Synopsis
A pissed off shark wages the real war on Christmas
Director
Misty TalleyCast
Reid Miller
Jim Klock
Carrie Lazar
Arthur Marroquin
Miles Doleac
Haviland Stillwell
Hawn Tran
Scott Allen Perry
Ritchie Montgomery
I have watched and reviewed my fair share of fish and Christmas Movies. Today was a good day as I finally got my cable back up and running after they replaced everything from the outside line, to the set. I decided to celebrate by finding the cheesiest Christmas movie that I had not yet reviewed. […]
Science Fair
December 5, 2018 by
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Science FairSynopsis
A look at the International Science and Engineering Fair competition and its competitors.
Director
Cristina Costantini, Darren FosterCast
A bunch of kids.
You gotta love the idealism. In an effort to watch more documentaries this year than the zero I watched last year, Science Fair is the second I have watched (the first being the excellent Won’t You Be My Neighbor) so far. I was very interested in Science Fair because I can relate to the high […]
Christmas In Connecticut (1945)
December 4, 2018 by
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Christmas In Connecticut (1945)Synopsis
A Christmas Classic Movie where lying about everything is treated as a virtue
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Dennis Morgan
Sydney Greenstreet
Reginald Gardner
S.Z. Sakall
Una O'Connor
Dick Elliot
I’ve reviewed a dozen or more Christmas Movies this season. There have been good movies and bad, but mostly bad. White Christmas was pleasantly dated, but watchable. Except for Mercy Christmas, most of the horror/slasher Christmas Movies were just poorly made. Christmas In Connecticut is in a class of its own. This was the most […]
Suspiria (2018) What Year Is It?
December 3, 2018 by
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Suspiria (2018)Synopsis
Yawn, except for the pretzel scene
Director
Luca GuadagninoCast
Dakota Johnson
Tilda Swinton
Doris Hick
Malgorzata Bela
Angela Winkler
Suspiria (2018) What year is it? (Award season consideration has returned, so my mini-reviews are back as well. Enjoy as I rapid-fire them at you through the end of the year.) I am not quite sure what to make of Suspiria. [Here is link to Matt’s review of the original] On one hand, I found […]
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
December 2, 2018 by
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Won't You Be My NeighborSynopsis
The story of everyone’s favorite grandpa.
Director
Morgan NevilleCast
Fred Rogers
Joanne Rogers
John Rogers
It’s such a good feeling. A feeling you know. Fred Rogers believed that most television programming in the 1960s – especially the content aimed at children – was loud and distracting drivel. It was entertainment at the expense of others – pies in the face, slippery banana peels, and stupidity that was intended to get […]
