TOP 20 FILMS OF THE DECADE PART 1
Best Ode to Mediocrity: Sideways There are more notable filmmakers working now than at any time before. It's just a matter of access. It is still harder to make a film now than to paint a picture in the 19th century, but there are a fuckton more people who are in a position to pursue a career in art. So I often wonder which films and filmmakers will be remembered during the impending dystopia, after the baby boomers finally collapse civilization under the weight of their greedy retirements. If I could take action on such things, I'd give you very short ...
2012
Could you find any faults with the science? One or two. But I think they did a nice job advancing an impossible story without lingering on details and trying to over-explain the unexplainable. Yeah, nutrinos don't work like that. This is why the initial reaction of scientists is, "that's impossible!" Then they quickly move on to the totally realistic approach a film like this is supposed to take. So it's pretty plausible? No, you jackass. It's a movie about the world ending in 2012 in accordance with the Mayan calendar. Nothing about the film is plausible, but ...
THE JEFF DUNHAM SHOW
One of the interesting things about America is that it can still have subcultural movements that become enormous without anybody else noticing until way after they generate more money per year than Central America. Sometimes this is a racial thing. My mom has no idea who Tyler Perry, the world's richest man, is. Maybe you remember when the movie, The Original Kings of Comedy came out, and every review began with something like, "apparently, the highest grossing comedy tour in history happened last year and it was headlined by such African American stars as Bernie The Entertainer. What makes ...
GREMLINS: SEXIST PROPAGANDA
Though sometimes accused of misogyny, we at Ruthless will happily march arm-in-arm with our sisters when the cause is just--whether it be for more nudity in JCVD films or against reactionary, sexist propaganda, such as Gremlins. We have always opposed criticism that over-thinks or politicizes films to meet the agenda of the reviewer. Yet, the patriarchal propaganda that is Gremlins is too transparent to ignore. With a little analysis, we can see that the message of Gremlins is that society cannot function without a rigid patriarchy that produces obedient women. Given free reign, female behavior will land somewhere between that ...
KNOCK OFF
Tagline: There is no substitute. Can the premise even be articulated? Oh my, yes. It's about a kickboxing fashion consultant trying to save the world from exploding jeans. JCVD is a cheap knock-off artist in Hong Kong who tries to go legit as a jean manufacturer and unwittingly partners up with an undercover CIA agent. There is a CIA agent undercover in the Hong Kong garment industry because Russians are planting "nano-bombs" in knock-off merchandise hoping to detonate them once they reach American consumers. The Russians' motivation for doing this is... They've chosen to distribute the bombs via knock-offs manufactured in Hong Kong ...
TOP 20 FILMS OF THE DECADE PART 1
Payne, Tarantino, a bunch of Asian guys you’ve never heard of… it’s the first half of Erich’s top 20 of the decade, arranged in no particular order.
RUTHLESS NFL PICK-OFF: WEEK TEN
Pats-Colts! Steelers-Bengals! 2 of our three handicappers falling farther and farther below .500! It’s the Ruthless NFL Pick-Off!
2012
Living in the End of Days is probably tied with having a three way with sisters for the most persistent fantasy of all time. Not only does it fulfill our secret belief that the world could not possibly manage to go on without us, it also means we had great timing. If there’s no future after us, then we didn’t miss anything. Plus, we get to witness the coolest thing imaginable: the Apocalypse.
RUTHLESS NFL PICK-OFF: WEEK NINE
Some actual good games on the slate this week, for a change.
THE JEFF DUNHAM SHOW
If I just saw the act without the audience reaction, I would actually feel horrible for the guy, imagining him to be bombing in historical fashion after putting so much work into making those puppets.
RUTHLESS NFL PICK-OFF: WEEK SEVEN
Week 7 of the NFL Season promises to derp a derp derp de derp
