Category: From the Ruthless Archives
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Happy People: A Year in the Tiaga (2010)
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Read more: Happy People: A Year in the Tiaga (2010)This film was originally a 4-hour documentary by Russian director Dmitry Vasyukov, but Werner Herzog worked his magic to whittle it down to a very watchable and highly informative and enjoyable 90 minutes.
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Sicario (2015): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Sicario (2015): From the Ruthless ArchivesShady interagency task force prosecutes the War On Drugs
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Agora (2009): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Agora (2009): From the Ruthless ArchivesOne of the best films of the year, even though Agora seems almost perversely designed to avoid a larger audience.
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Shutter Island (2010): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Shutter Island (2010): From the Ruthless ArchivesThe big twist? Scorsese actually made this movie.
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Terminator: Genisys (2015): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Terminator: Genisys (2015): From the Ruthless ArchivesOne of the greatest moments in the Terminator series occurs shortly into the first film. The naked T-800, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, walks towards several street punks to ask for their clothes.
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The Lost Weekend (1945)
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Read more: The Lost Weekend (1945)The Wet House provides a judgment-free atmosphere for drunks, but there was no such thing in the world of this ground-breaking movie that was made in 1945.
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The 6th Day (2000): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: The 6th Day (2000): From the Ruthless ArchivesIn the future, cloning is a big issue. “They” tried to clone a human and the results were bad in someway which is never discussed.
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Children of Men (2006): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Children of Men (2006): From the Ruthless ArchivesAlfonso Cuaron’s Children of Men is one of the few post-apocalyptic nightmares I can believe in. Its dystopian vision of a future world not so far away
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Cocktail (1988): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Cocktail (1988): From the Ruthless ArchivesCruise and his elderly mentor Bryan Brown are such cash-chasing, monumental twats in this massive box-office hit that it’s nigh on impossible to look away.
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Bull Durham (1988): From the Ruthless Archives
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Read more: Bull Durham (1988): From the Ruthless ArchivesBull Durham may very well be the best of the best, just because of the sizzling performances of Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner.