Month: September 2017
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mother!
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Read more: mother!“The Bible was the Christmas Tree that allowed me to hang these ornaments on it” -Darren Aronofsky explaining the influence of The Bible on his movie “You never loved me. You only loved how I loved you.” —mother (Jennifer Lawrence) to Him (Javier Bardem) Mother! Yes, this is mother, and not just any run of…
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NFL Week 4: Liars and Swearers Edition
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Read more: NFL Week 4: Liars and Swearers EditionWords fail me. There was a time when taking a knee meant taking a knee (see featured image) I’d like to think I’m not easily taken off guard. At this point I am fully aware that the President of the United States possesses the same temper and capacity for restraint as Poison Idea. I’ve regarded…
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle
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Read more: Kingsman: The Golden CircleIt sucked, but not because it’s a sequel. Just before the movie It released and shattered box office records, a bunch of Chicken Littles wrote a bunch of articles bemoaning the poor summer box office returns, reheating a classic groupthink explanation for those poor returns. Variety provided a great example of this intellectual emptiness, stating…
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The 2017 adaptation Of Steven King’s Novel-IT
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Read more: The 2017 adaptation Of Steven King’s Novel-ITThe 2017 adaptation Of Steven King’s Novel – IT – has been arguably the most anticipated big-screen manifestation of his work since The Shining. And logging on to social media has felt a little like being George Denborough or any other child in Derry, in that Pennywise has been apt to pop up out of…
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NFL Week 3: Best Friends In Love
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Read more: NFL Week 3: Best Friends In LoveNFL Week 3: Best Friends In Love Hey look! Reader mail! Dear J.J.: In reading your prior column, in which you went a very respectable 2-1, I was struck by your assertion that the Kareem Hunts of the world outnumber the Tyreek Hills, perhaps both inside and outside of the game of football. Do you…
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The World Ends Again This September 23
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Read more: The World Ends Again This September 23I can’t believe I’m writing about this again, as there is yet another wacky Rapture prediction. We have yet one more nut-case named David Meade who claims that the world will come to an end on Sept. 23, 2017. This will be because of some planet named Nibiru (Planet X). Also, a Space Queen is…
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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
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Read more: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)Marlon Brando kills Lucifer and becomes God.
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American Assassin
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Read more: American AssassinMmmmm. Ears. Long live the 80’s. When the climax of American Assassin completed, I immediately knew I would be writing a review in Ruthless Review’s 80’s Action Movie format. American Assassin checks off all the boxes and even reminds us of other standard components – the training montage, bomb timers, and crazy Michael Keaton, among…
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NFL Week 2: What Happened? Hillary Clinton Edition
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Read more: NFL Week 2: What Happened? Hillary Clinton EditionNFL Week 2: What Happened? Hillary Clinton Edition Damn you goons! I asked you last week to be decent to one another, at least in terms of how your behavior affects the game we all love. Yet, an hour or so after the column goes up, here comes video of that dumbass Dr. Pepper Guy…
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It
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Read more : ItLess is more. In one of the weirder quirks of movie scheduling, two Stephen King adaptations released within a month of each other. The first – The Dark Tower – was a bit of a disappointment financially and a major flop among critics. Personally, I thought it was acceptable. Now comes a new take on…