Month: February 2024
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The Phantom of the Opera: (2011) Royal Albert Hall
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Read more: The Phantom of the Opera: (2011) Royal Albert HallThere have been scores of Broadway Musicals, but there are just two of them that I cannot imagine a world without. One, of course, is Les Misérables, and the other is The Phantom of the Opera. The latter is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on a 1910 French novel written by Gaston LeRoux.…
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Quigley Down Under: Classic Western
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Read more: Quigley Down Under: Classic WesternA real American hero with an Old West version of a sniper rifle takes on the great grandfather of Hans Gruber and becomes the white savior of the Australian aboriginal, all while…
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High Plains Drifter
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Read more: High Plains DrifterYou want a woman, you rape her, and she likes it, only becoming angry when you “don’t go back for more.”
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20th Century Duvall: Part 7 -Other Stuff
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Read more: 20th Century Duvall: Part 7 -Other StuffOther stuff: The Greatest (1977), Phenomenon (1995) & The Apostle (1997) Given the arse-licking title and its gag-inducing theme song, you’d expect The Greatest to be nothing more than ninety-minutes of Muhammad Ali cuddling himself. And for the most part (especially during his anti-Vietnam stance) it does its best to depict him as The Most…
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Colonoscopy: It’s About the Prep
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Read more: Colonoscopy: It’s About the PrepIf you survive the prep, you will probably be just fine
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20th Century Duvall: Part 6-War
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Read more: 20th Century Duvall: Part 6-WarWar: M*A*S*H (1970) & The Eagle Has Landed (1976) I guess I’m no different to you in that there are some movies I don’t get. M*A*S*H is the perfect example, a flick that was a big box-office hit, garnered five Oscar nods and spawned a long-running TV show. It centers on the frat boy hijinks…
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20th Century Duvall: Part 5-Cops
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Read more: 20th Century Duvall: Part 5-CopsCops: The Rain People (1969), Badge 373 (1973), True Confessions (1981), Colors (1988) & Falling Down (1993) Duvall has played a lot of law enforcement officers, kicking things off with a homophobic head-buster in The Detective before popping up as an obnoxious, daughter-abusing motorcycle cop in the vaguely feminist Rain People. He’s introduced with half…
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Drive Away Dolls
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Read more: Drive Away DollsRated: I for Immature The Coen brothers (Ethan and Joel) are known for their quirky, darkly comedic movies. Perhaps more than that, they are known for making movies as a pair. While they don’t make blockbuster type films, you have probably seen at least one of their films and remember something specific about that film.…
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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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20th Century Duvall: Part 4-Westerns
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Read more: 20th Century Duvall: Part 4-WesternsThe Westerns: True Grit (1969), Lawman (1971), The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid (1972), Joe Kidd (1972) & Geronimo: An American Legend (1995) I don’t know too much about John Wayne, except he always seemed to play a similar character: tough, gruff and self-reliant. A man’s man. Didn’t dress in pink much, you know? In the…