Ruthless regrets to inform you that recently-installed NFL pick columnist J.J. Duquesne (b. Jay Jay Duquesne, Pangaea, Me Decade) is no more, having gone into absolute, unmitigated shock this week when informed that we are now flirting with a nuclear war. This is in spite of repeatedly being told that North Korea would not be […]
The 2017-2018 NFL Preseason Notes: Gang Green and Radiation in Your Cheese Edition
August 17, 2017 by
The Road Warrior (1981)
August 17, 2017 by
Film Title
The Road Warrior (1981)Synopsis
In a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world, they don’t need the girl, and nothing escapes.
Director
George MillerCast
Mel Gibson
Bruce Spence
Vernon Wells
Max Phipps
Emil Minty
Michael Preston
Virginia Hey
William Zappa
Kjell Nillson
The Road Warrior (1981). I have no explanation as to why this movie is not in the Ruthless Reviews Movie Archive. Jonny or Matt probably reviewed it and it just somehow didn’t make it over in the 2006 reboot of the site. No matter, a movie of this importance I must review, and of course […]
Wind River
August 13, 2017 by
Film Title
Wind RiverSynopsis
A hunter and an FBI agent show tribal police how to solve murders.
Director
Taylor SheridanCast
Jeremy Renner
Elizabeth Olsen
Graham Greene
Gil Birmingham
Kelsey Asbille
Jon Bernthal
The Great White Hunter The last shot of the movie Wind River has a title card stating that no data is kept tracking the number of missing Native American girls. This is a strange way to end a movie that isn’t about missing girls, but is about solving the murder of a Native American girl. […]
Masters of the Universe (1987)
August 12, 2017 by
Film Title
Masters of the Universe (1987)Synopsis
He-Man Dolph battles Skeletor for control of the universe.
Director
Gary GoddardCast
Dolph Lungren
Frank Langella
Meg Foster
Billy Barty
Courtney Cox
Chelsea Field
James Tolkan
Masters of the Universe (1987) is not really considered an 80’s Action movie except for the overwhelming presence of one Dolph Lundgren. This puts things over the top and into perspective. Like Arnold, Dolph is Adonis, a God, and must be treated as such. The movie sucked at the time, but there were several great […]
THE DARK TOWER: Sorry Stephen King, you are just wrong.
August 8, 2017 by
Film Title
The Dark TowerSynopsis
This is The Dark Tower for Dummies
Director
Nikolaj ArcelCast
Jake Chambers-Tom Taylor
Roland Deschain-Idris Elba
Man In Black-Matthew McConaughey
Laurie Chambers-Katheryn Winnick
Dennis Haysbert-Steven Deschain
In regards to THE DARK TOWER, I think that Stephen King is becoming more deluded and less picky as he grows older. The author, who hated the film adaptation of THE SHINING, (he had some good points) has, incredibly, given the recent dim and dismal adaptation his blessing. This, from a man who called THE […]
The 2017-2018 NFL Pre-Season Notes-Baseball Sucks Edition
August 6, 2017 by
Ahoy-Hoy fellow Ruthless Review aficionados! I’m J.J., your provisional NFL pickery columnist for the upcoming 2017-18 season. This is given because the legendary Dick is now occupied over at some thingie called A Real Job. He did work for a place called Entertainment and Sports Programming Networks – whatever the hell that is? Plexico […]
The Dark Tower
August 6, 2017 by
Film Title
The Dark TowerSynopsis
A kinda, sorta, vague adaptation of bits and pieces of Stephen King’s Dark Tower series.
Director
Nikolaj ArcelCast
Idris Elba
Matthew McConaughey
Tom Taylor
Jackie Earle Haley
Abbey Lee Kershaw
Adapt at your own risk. Let’s just get this out of the way right now. If you are a fan of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, at the very least, you are probably going to be disappointed in the movie The Dark Tower. At the very most, you’re going to be pissed off for […]
THE ABC’s of TRAVELING -The Joys of Flying Edition
August 4, 2017 by
Apparently no Mamava Pod at this airport Atlanta – Everyone has heard the old adage, “Even if you are traveling to Hell, you have to go through Atlanta first”. If you are flying in the Eastern part of The United States, this is an accurate assessment. Worse still is if you ever have to actually […]
The Emoji Movie
August 4, 2017 by
Film Title
The Emoji MovieSynopsis
The best proof yet that our species is nothing more than a waste of a good meteor.
Director
Tony LeondisCast
T.J. Miller
Steven Wright
Beelzebub
The death of all hope
Patrick Stewart
Editor’s Note: Sometimes we request that our writers do horrible things. Sometimes they actually do them. The Emoji Movie is rated 1.5/10.0 at IMDB and has a score of 12/100 from Metacritic. Al actually watched and reviewed this awful movie. It’s around twenty minutes into the feature and I feel the panic begin to set […]
Atomic Blonde
July 27, 2017 by
Film Title
Atomic BlondeSynopsis
An MI6 agent is tasked with Ethan Hunt’s first mission while set to awful music.
Director
David LeitchCast
Charlize Theron
James McAvoy
John Goodman
Sofia Boutella
Eddie Marsan
Toby Jones
James Faulkner
Roland Miller
Confusion and breasts. It’s not often that I’m completely confused by my feelings for a movie, but Atomic Blonde is one of those instances. My immediate reaction at the end of the movie was “I think I liked it? Maybe?” It definitely had elements I liked and there weren’t any obvious (at least to me) […]
