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The Summit (2012)
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Read more: The Summit (2012)Here we have yet another mountain climbing documentary where on August of 2008, 25 dare-devils headed for the summit, but 11 climbers never came back, meeting their death on a mountain, nicknamed The Savage Mountain, also known as K2. Here at Ruthless, our fascination and disdain for born-rich fools who pollute our beautiful mountains with…
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The Ghost Army (2013)
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Read more: The Ghost Army (2013)The Ghost Army is an amazing documentary that vividly shows how WWII was a complete and total effort from every corner of American and Allied creativity. Surely, as has been unanimously proclaimed, this was “The Greatest Generation”, and I am still learning every day just how great they were.
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Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)
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Read more: Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007)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…
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The Bug Museum -or- A Creationist’s Worst Nightmare
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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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The ABC’s of the New Testament: Who’s Your Daddy Edition
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Read more: The ABC’s of the New Testament: Who’s Your Daddy EditionAlpha & Omega Quoting Jesus in the bizarre book of Revelations: “I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. (Revelations 22:13) Christians gleefully point to a verse in the Old Testament (Isaiah 44:6) and make claims of fulfilled prophecy and proof that Jesus is indeed God. Using claims, directly copped from earlier…
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Tombstone (1993)
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Read more: Tombstone (1993)Tombstone (1993) was the epic story of Wyatt Earp, his brothers, and the famous Shootout at the O.K. Corral, but it was much, much more. Wyatt, retired from the dangerous and stressful career as a lawman, was to settle in Tombstone with his brothers and their families, to an enterprising venture into the hotel and…
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
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Read more: Rudolph the Red-Nosed ReindeerI can’t stand the song “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” It is a song about bullying, classism and outright bigotry shaming of a reindeer, who from no fault of his own, had an unfortunate birthmark. The other reindeer would have nothing to do with him…That is…until/unless Santa intervened. Why did Santa, who had put up…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 46
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 46Movie: Moon The entire movie is one long memorable scene. Moon is a movie starring Sam Rockwell and no one else save Kevin Spacey, who is the voice of the robot Gerty. This movie is a low budget movie (5 million dollars), but it is one of the best sci-fi space movies ever created. Any…
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A Christmas Carol (2020)
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Read more: A Christmas Carol (2020)A Christmas Carol: A heavily narrated, twitching jerking, twirling, pretentious and choreographed mess. But, it was a beautiful mess. This is yet another rendition of my favorite themed Christmas movie, A Christmas Carol. In an upscale Victorian home, the children had constructed a paper theater version of this classic. As grandmother narrates the story of…
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Klaus: (2019) Netflix
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Read more: Klaus: (2019) NetflixI do not particularly care for animated films, super hero films, or comic book films. However, as my Christmas Movie stocking is about empty, I could not ignore what was apparently yet another Netflix Christmas movie. So, I moved to my living room, made a small fire in the hearth, and fired up Klaus on…