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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 45
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 45Movie: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) “Mendacity is the society that we live in” –Brick Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starred one of the most gorgeous couples in cinema history, but it also contained some top-notch acting, notably from Newman and Burl Ives. There were many, many memorable scenes in this masterpiece,…
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A Christmas Carol (1951)
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Read more: A Christmas Carol (1951)A Christmas Carol (1951) There are over a dozen renditions of the Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol, or Scrooge, and I have reviewed several of them here at Ruthless. There is one omission, A Christmas Carol (1951)and this particular edition may very well be the best of the best, when all things are considered. At…
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It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)
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Read more: It’s a Wonderful Life (1947)It’s a Wonderful Life (1947) I rarely review movies that I genuinely detest, but I’m making an exception in this case. Think of this review as more of a warning than an assessment, if by some chance you have not watched this classic. I really dreaded re-watching the public domain issue of this pedestrian yawner…
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Elves (1989)
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Read more: Elves (1989)After watching Santa Claus (1959) and reviewing it, I was confident that things could not get any worse. With Santa’s Slay in the wings, I felt compelled to endure some other genuinely horrible movies, and it wasn’t long until I found and watched Elves. This miscarriage is available free on YouTube and it would be…
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A Christmas Carol: (2019) FX Version
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Read more: A Christmas Carol: (2019) FX VersionThis version of A Christmas Carol will wind up this season of Christmas Movie Reviews, and what a season it has been! Classified as at 3 part TV mini-series, this variant is a 3 hour long movie that is available from FX, Xfinity and several other streaming services like Hulu, Fubo and Sling. This one…
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Another Poop Story: The Desert Hamburger
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Read more: Another Poop Story: The Desert HamburgerAfter visiting the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam, we swung south to catch some of the historic Route 66 and the Mother Road museum in Kingman Arizona. Before we left we visited Mr. D’s, a famous retro Route 66 burger and soda joint. I ordered and ate their huge cheeseburger and fries, the cheeseburger was…
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
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Read more: A CHRISTMAS CAROLCelebrate or Die!
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Big Trouble In Little China (1986)
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Read more: Big Trouble In Little China (1986)Big Trouble In Little China Released:1986 Tagline: They told Jack Burton to go to hell…and that’s exactly where he’s going! Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In This Sentence: They need girl(s), and the truck. Fuck Chinese Magic! Homoeroticism: None. Oh, boy, we need to talk. O.K., there was a weak attempt at redemption…
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Blackadder’s Christmas Carol (1988)
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Read more: Blackadder’s Christmas Carol (1988)I was browsing through my 10th free trial of Netflix, looking for the 1974 version of Black Santa when I stumbled across this unbelievable find. When I looked at the title and the cast, I dropped everything, yes even the morning micturation would have to wait. Being unfamiliar with the BBC series Blackadder, I had…
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The Wet House
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Read more: The Wet HouseThe Wet House -A Documentary by Penny Woolcock (2002) This is an incredibly hard to watch hour-long documentary on housing formerly homeless Drunks. I don’t use the word Drunks flippantly or judgmentally, that’s exactly what these people are. There is not the slightest hint of rehab here and no pretense at all about these down-and-out…