Category: Features
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What Happens at a Timeshare Presentation?: Look Into the Mouth of Hell
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Read more: What Happens at a Timeshare Presentation?: Look Into the Mouth of HellWe were engulfed in a lake of slime and filth so vile that it would tarnish every amenity promised to us.
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Madison Rising: Music Review
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Read more: Madison Rising: Music ReviewIt’s Metal…For your Mom. Back in the day, the only day that ever really mattered, the 1980s, heavy metal music was about the only way, absent an errant missile strike by the Soviet Union, for young people to watch their oppressors suffer, be they parent, teacher, Congressman, or cop. While their pursed lips, crooked fingers,…
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2001: A Space Odyssey Review and Redux
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Read more: 2001: A Space Odyssey Review and ReduxI bought a motorcycle helmet at a garage sale, and I don’t own a motorcycle. One man’s safety device is another man’s pretend space helmet.
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The Wet House
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Read more: The Wet HouseThe Wet House -A Documentary by Penny Woolcock (2002) This is an incredibly hard to watch hour-long documentary on housing formerly homeless Drunks. I don’t use the word Drunks flippantly or judgmentally, that’s exactly what these people are. There is not the slightest hint of rehab here and no pretense at all about these down-and-out…
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The Thin Red Line
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Read more: The Thin Red LineThe Thin Red Line is a war movie colossus based on the autobiographical novel by James Jones. The film was universally lauded by critics and nominated for 7 Academy Awards. It also runs for 2 hours and 50 minutes and is loaded with just about every male star you can imagine. This movie is beautifully…
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The Terminator (1984)
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Read more: The Terminator (1984)In 1982 James Cameron had a dream while lying in a sick-bed. His vision turned into what would become one of the most magnificent sci-fi action movies ever created. The Terminator (1984) is the movie that launched Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career as the greatest bad-ass ever to hit the screen. This masterpiece was as unique as…
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Hacksaw Ridge
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Read more: Hacksaw RidgeThe mind-frame of Mr. Gibson is that of the medieval Catholic church, and the ordeal of the saint is his oeuvre. Hacksaw Ridge is the latest riff on that theme, now adorned in the uniform of an American soldier.
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Casey Nocket: Wanted Dead or Alive (Preferably the former)
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Read more: Casey Nocket: Wanted Dead or Alive (Preferably the former)Miranda July, you’re off the hook.
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Radio
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Read more: RadioAnd a drooling fuckwit shall lead them.
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The ABCs of Basketball
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Read more: The ABCs of BasketballBasketball is one of the most-watched sports globally, with almost 7.5 million viewers watching the latest NBA finals. The game is simple enough for anyone to enjoy, but it is a sport with a lot of jargon, hence this ABC guide to basketball. Alley Oop – An alley oop is one of the most exciting…