Category: Features
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Fuck Brexit: A Rant From Scotland
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Read more: Fuck Brexit: A Rant From ScotlandIf the universe was a sawdust joint full of rednecks, with a jukebox filled with Toby Keith records and a door leading to a two stall bathroom, which contained a broken toilet (which people had kept on using anyway), then somewhere in amongst all that country, Good Old Boy, diarrhea shit would be the small…
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Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
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Read more: Bullets Over Broadway (1994)In the spirit of full disclosure I must confess I am a Woody Allen fan. I was a fan of his stand-up comedy, and was delighted when he moved into making motion pictures. His brand of humor was stamped on Take the Money and Run, and Bananas. Love and Death was a satire on bleak…
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NFL Week 2: It’s All About the Ace And Not The Trouble Edition
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Read more: NFL Week 2: It’s All About the Ace And Not The Trouble EditionFor many years, Antonio Brown’s sole claim to relevancy was limited to being one of the best wide receivers in the world. He grew up in Liberty City, Florida, much like the kids shown on the criminally underrated Friday Night Tykes, became a standout two-sport athlete, and did three years at Central Michigan University, perhaps…
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It: Chapter Two
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Read more: It: Chapter TwoFair Value of It Chapter Two: $.50. I wouldn’t turn it off if it was an airplane movie. Is It Scary? Aw fuck no. I’ll put it this way: I was never scared by haunted houses because I know that people are going to try to scare me. On the other hand, deep woods and…
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Another Look: War of the Worlds (2005)
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Read more: Another Look: War of the Worlds (2005)When I was young, a science fiction fan had to find his fix of quality SF in magazines like Galaxy, If and Analogue, or paperbacks from Ace. The screen was largely a desert for science fiction. Oh, you had things like The Thing, The Day the Earth Stood Still, and Forbidden Planet. 2001. Some of…
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NFL Football: Week One Edition
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Read more: NFL Football: Week One EditionHey do you see that up there? Right up there, next to my name? See how it says September 5, 2019? You know what that means, don’t you? That’s right gang. It’s That Time of Year! Whoops! How did that get there? I was going for Andy Williams. SweetJesus, one would think it would be…
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American Sniper: Another look at some unrealistic aspects of this movie
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Read more: American Sniper: Another look at some unrealistic aspects of this movieBased on a true story. This is a disclaimer of sorts that you’ll see before certain films featuring tales of real-life individuals and events. Such is the case of the Clint Eastwood film, American Sniper. Kyle himself co-authored the book that the film is based on, but did not have a hand in the screenplay.…
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Another look at Quinten Tarantino, and The Hateful Eight
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Read more: Another look at Quinten Tarantino, and The Hateful EightI saw The Hateful Eight upon its release a few years ago, despite the fact it was a Quinten Tarantino film. I am not a fan of his, but it was advertised as a Western and I am a huge fan of Westerns. However, considering Ruthless’ own Goat seems to like it, I allowed it…
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Ruthless Preseason 3: Out of Luck Edition
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Read more: Ruthless Preseason 3: Out of Luck EditionThis will only be my third season of writing at Ruthless. I am hardly an institution around here, not some grizzled veteran beat-writer type. Respectable, yes. Consistent, absolutely. Lust-inducing, sure, I get that all the time. But I’m not part of the furniture, nor some mythical Bob Considine supplemented with a chiseled physique and a…
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Don’t Let Go
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Read more: Don’t Let GoOr, you DIE, DIe, Die, die… I went into Don’t Let Go knowing nothing more than the title, a very brief plot summary on IMDb – “After a man’s family dies in what appears to be a murder, he gets a phone call from one of the dead, his niece. He’s not sure if she’s…