Category: Features
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NFL Week 12: The Iron Bowl Is More Important Edition
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Read more: NFL Week 12: The Iron Bowl Is More Important EditionThanksgiving is upon us! A time for gathering with friends and loved ones and telling tacky jokes about putting up with distant relatives with deplorable political views. Granted, that is the unfortunate reality for some people, though I figure the average Ruthless reader has enough intelligence and self-assurance to just avoid spending time with douchebags…
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Christmas Evil (1980)
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Read more: Christmas Evil (1980)Christmas Evil (1980) was originally titled “You Better Watch Out”. [You can watch it on YouTube] If you are ever in the mood for a really depressingly wonderful Christmas Movie, look no further than Christmas Evil. This movie was originally billed as a routine Christmas Horror/Slasher flick. Somewhere along the way, it altered course into…
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Justice League
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Read more: Justice LeagueBaby steps (or, I see you, Joss Whedon) You know how when President Trump gives a speech that doesn’t contain racism, attacks, lies, or ads for his properties, certain people gush over how good or presidential he suddenly is? What’s that – too political? Okay; a different analogy. You know how when your dog doesn’t…
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NFL Week 11: Osweiler’s Agent Edition
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Read more: NFL Week 11: Osweiler’s Agent EditionNFL Week 11: Osweiler’s Agent Edition It is 11:08 p.m. on Sunday night. I am soberer than I would prefer, having outdone myself on a steak-and-potato nacho bake that starched up my stomach. This created a temporary but legitimate real estate scarcity, and beer now finds itself the victim of gentrification. At this point the…
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Jack Frost (1998)
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Read more: Jack Frost (1998)Jack Frost (1998) Michael Keaton is one of my favorite actors and I consider him to be in an elite class of Hollywood actors that have performed in the past few decades. His accomplishments range from a dazzling performance in Beetlejuice, to one that won multiple Oscars in Birdman. I think he should have gotten…
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Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
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Read more: Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)Santa Claus: The Movie (1985) You would think that the mash-up of Superman and the Santa Claus mythos would, at the very least, be interesting. You would be wrong. The Christopher Reeves starring Superman was such a hit that the producers decided to ape the origin story arc and apply it to Santa Claus. Interesting…
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Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
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Read more: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988) O.K., I know what you are thinking and I don’t blame you. This Christmas Review stuff has gone too far. On another, more rational day, I might agree with you. Today is not one of those days as I present Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988). As I sieved through what…
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A Guide To Sports Betting On The New NBA Season
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Read more: A Guide To Sports Betting On The New NBA SeasonA Guide To Sports Betting On The New NBA Season The new NBA season has just begun, and you can feel the excitement everywhere you go. The audience for the new season completely varies, from those casually interested in the basketball sport, to those who are die-hard fans watching every single game like a hawk.…
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Murder on the Orient Express: Another Look
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Read more: Murder on the Orient Express: Another LookMurder on the Orient Express: Another Look The seventies were the Golden Ages for Agatha Christie novels being translated into movies for the big screen. Sure, one can argue that there were many versions of her novels or stories already, like 10 Little Indians, which had already been done many times, and with different titles.…
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Tree Man (2016)
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Read more: Tree Man (2016)Tree Man (2016) Christmas is without a doubt the most celebrated, written about and confusing holiday that we celebrate in The United States. This has all been covered before in earlier rants, so I won’t write an essay about how it is a hijacked holiday. It is needless to say that the same people who…