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Les Misérables In Concert: The 25th Anniversary Edition
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Read more: Les Misérables In Concert: The 25th Anniversary EditionIf you are a reader and fan of Ruthless, you know why you are here and what we do. We love our movies, especially classics, and of course the low-brow favorites in our 80’s Action and Horror Movies. We have also been known to mock and rant with impunity, with no sacred cows anywhere in…
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If Chins Could Kill – Bruce Campbell
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Read more: If Chins Could Kill – Bruce CampbellIt’s not quite sex with giantess, Indian prostitutes, but it is an amusing read.
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The Caine Mutiny: A Novel & Two Movies
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Read more: The Caine Mutiny: A Novel & Two MoviesThe Caine Mutiny, a 1952 novel by Herman Wouk The Caine Mutiny, a 1954 movie, directed by Edward Dmytryk The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 2023 ,directed by William Friedkin It is worth noting the original 1954 Broadway production was directed by Charles Laughton Cast: Henry Fonda as Barney Greenwald, John Hodiak as Steve Maryk, Lloyd Nolan…
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Red Dragon
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Read more: Red DragonI read a book once called, Four Screenplays: Studies in the American Screenplay. Essentially the author takes four blockbuster movies and analyzes the scripts, explaining along the way why they were such moneymakers and cultural phenomenon. Alongside Terminator 2, Dances With Wolves and Thelma and Louise is a section dealing with The Silence of the…
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Hollywood Novels
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Read more: Hollywood NovelsIt is a sad truth in life that you can’t watch movies all the time. Believe me, I know, I’ve tried. So, is there an alternative? I’ve tried to maintain my dedication to the ideal of ”Cinema is my religion and the theater is my church” (a line I borrowed from Victor Hugo. He was…
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Dangerous Friends, A Memoir by Peter Viertel
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Read more: Dangerous Friends, A Memoir by Peter ViertelWhite Hunter, Black Heart, a novel by Peter Viertel Decision Before Dawn, a film directed by Anatol Litvak White Hunter, Black Heart, a film directed by Clint Eastwood Peter Viertel was the kind writer Hollywood enjoyed in the 1930s and 1940s. Expats, mostly Jews, who had fled Hitler and were welcomed in Tinsel Town and…
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LGBTQ Fiction Books We Wish Would Be Made Into Films
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Read more: LGBTQ Fiction Books We Wish Would Be Made Into FilmsAdaptations are popular right now, and we have some books for Hollywood to consider. Do you choose the cast for the movie while you read the book? Then you probably have a list of books you’d like to see adapted into films as soon as possible. Some books seem to be made for the big…
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Bronson’s Loose! — The Making of the Death Wish Films
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Read more: Bronson’s Loose! — The Making of the Death Wish FilmsIf the universe is ever going to start making sense, Paul Talbot, author of Bronson’s Loose! – The Making of the Death Wish Films, will not only receive the Pulitzer that is his due, but also the undying adoration of thousands of fans, all of whom have worshipped at Chuck’s blood-soaked altar for decades. Released…
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The Bible: A Book Review
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Read more: The Bible: A Book ReviewThe Bible is a collection of books that is viewed as some sort of masterpiece by its subscribers because of their fear and confirmation bias. What the Bible really is, is a collection of books that loosely chronicle the history of some primitive and very violent people who by their own coronation, somehow were the…
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Guidelines for Writing up for College Literature Society
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Read more: Guidelines for Writing up for College Literature SocietyIf you are studying in a college or university, you must know the struggle of working with academic papers. These are obligatory tasks for students. One way or another, you cannot avoid working with writing assignments, so it’s better to get prepared for the tasks. Furthermore, you cannot show your proficiency and knowledge of the…