Author: Ezra Stead
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Ezra’s Top 25 Movies of the 21st Century So Far
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Read more: Ezra’s Top 25 Movies of the 21st Century So FarInspired by the recent lists going around from the New York Times and Rolling Stone, I present a Ruthless take on the best movies of the first quarter of the 21st century
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The Killing (1956)
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Read more: The Killing (1956)After the ambitious, philosophical war movie Fear and Desire and the solid film noir Killer’s Kiss, Stanley Kubrick achieved his first true masterpiece with The Killing
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Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
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Read more: Secret Mall Apartment (2024)In our mis-spent youth, my friends and I used to trespass our way into any number of verboten locations, from abandoned warehouse buildings to subterranean caves and tunnels under active businesses.
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Ezra’s Ruthless Oscar Predictions for 2025
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Read more: Ezra’s Ruthless Oscar Predictions for 2025Time once again for my extremely reliable, one hundred percent accurate Oscar predictions! If you want the short version, scroll right down to the end, where I recap all my predictions in a tidy column
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Sudden Impact (1983)
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Read more: Sudden Impact (1983)Revenge is best served with a comically farting dog.
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Ezra’s Favorite Movies of 2024
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Read more: Ezra’s Favorite Movies of 2024I’ve heard it said that 2024 was a bad year for movies, but I personally have never believed such a thing exists. There are always good and even great movies to be found in any year, now more than ever
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Dr. Suess’s Ron & Jim Ruined Christmas
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Read more: Dr. Suess’s Ron & Jim Ruined ChristmasSeveral times while watching the Ron Howard-directed How the Grinch Stole Christmas, I found myself wondering, “Who is this even for?” At 105 minutes, it’s a bit on the long side for kids small enough to actually enjoy.
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Love Actually (2003)
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Read more: Love Actually (2003)My first review for this venerable site was over five years ago, when I covered the now largely forgotten low point of Danny Boyle’s career, Yesterday, including the following: “I only realized after suffering through two hours of this dreck that its writer also scripted and directed Love Actually.
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The Art of Darkness: Apocalypse Now & Full Metal Jacket
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Read more: The Art of Darkness: Apocalypse Now & Full Metal Jacket“War is hell,” the cliche’ proclaims, but it seems to be entertaining hell. Along with other ghastly subjects such as murder and vampirism, war ranks among the most popular and commonly used subject matter of filmed entertainment.
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The Lost Boys
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Read more: The Lost BoysThe Lost Boys is probably my favorite vampire movie of all time, if I’m being honest with myself. It’s certainly the one I’ve seen the most over the years, ever since that wonderful first late-night TV viewing as a child still young enough to be a bit disturbed by the over-the-top bloodletting in its third…