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A Ruthless Guide: 80’s Action
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Midnight Cowboy
Movies have been often characterized as innovative, ground-breaking, trend-setting or wildly original, and these terms can be overused.
40 Years of Death Wish 3: A Celebration
It is almost hard to fathom, but it has been 40 years since the most violent 80’s Action movie ever.
The Terminator (1984)
Drop your socks and grab your cocks. In the very first scene in the movie we have a totally naked Arnold…
Gone Girl (2014)
“Love: a temporary insanity curable by marriage.” – Ambrose Bierce
RANTS
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The Bug Museum -or- A Creationist’s Worst Nightmare
Read more: The Bug Museum -or- A Creationist’s Worst NightmareThis is the Bug Museum. I know that Ruthless Reviews is not a travelogue, but I simply must comment on a fascinating place that I encountered in my travels to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Some of you may have noticed this on my FaceBook page, The Harrell House of Natural Oddities, or The Bug Museum.…
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July 4th 2026: Our Founding Father’s Edition
Read more: July 4th 2026: Our Founding Father’s EditionVery soon, we celebrate when the founding fathers cast off their imperial chains, but they didn’t break them. They took those same chains down to the auction block and wrapped them around their fellow human beings instead.
THE ABC’s
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The ABC’s of Travel: Road Trip! Edition
Read more: The ABC’s of Travel: Road Trip! EditionBuckle-Up- It’s the law. Just do it. Sure, back in the day we had rolling coffins, with no seat belts, no padded-dashes, and kids unattached or wallowing around in the rear window of a spacious 1959 Chevy. Who knows why or how we survived?
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The ABC’s of BBQ: Smoking the Meat Edition
Read more: The ABC’s of BBQ: Smoking the Meat EditionEver since the first bolt of lightning hit a tree and fell on and immolated some poor, unfortunate animal, humans have been enjoying the benefits and flavor of cooked and smoked meats.
MOVIES
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The Hobbit 2: The Smaugening
Read more: The Hobbit 2: The SmaugeningOne of the textbooks symptoms of a bad sequel is one that tries to merely repeat what you liked about the film, while jostling you sharply in the ribs to remind you of what you once enjoyed.
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Ju-On
Read more: Ju-OnThis is a film about Absolute Hate, a hate so strong and so pure that it spirals ever outward, unfulfilled, all-devouring. The idea of pure human misanthropy being given infinite power- the only constraint being a pure spiteful sadism that insists on tormenting and toying with each individual before dispatching them.
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Vanishing Point (1971)
Read more: Vanishing Point (1971)Heading Out to the Highway.
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A Christmas Carol (2009)
Read more: A Christmas Carol (2009)I usually don’t care for animation very much,no matter how compelling, but I watched this movie when it first came out and thought it was pretty good. Upon re-watching, Ive changed my mind The movie is not only good, it is mind-blowingly fantastic. This version of the Dickens classic is directed by Robert Zemeckis, the…
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12 Years a Slave- Film Review
Read more: 12 Years a Slave- Film ReviewRape of wimpering woman in mid-night, the men forced to stand mute witness. Children forced screaming from mothers. Beatings until the bat breaks. Giant red rents festering on black backs as the cotton-worms crawl. That old Dixie charm, y’all.
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
Read more: How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)The only character in the movie that was watchable was Max the Dog and this was because he had no lines.
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Catching Fire
Read more: Catching FireI get it, evil future dictators. You like gladiatorial death-matches because they allow you to entertain the public while slaying your opponents. Do you know a better way to kill those two mockingjays with one stone? Play the Benny Hill music as the soundtrack every time you televise an execution.
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Getaway
Read more: GetawayMy contribution to the Christmas movie reviews. I am a true follower of Christ.
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Blackfish
Read more: BlackfishTilly, do you see the trainer in the window? I want you to see her because that’s my wife.
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