Category: Features
-
The ABC’s of Redneck Culture
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: The ABC’s of Redneck CultureAfter most wars, the vanquished get it, but not so in The South. What should be banners of shame and defeat are currently flown and worn with pride. Instead of a White Flag, the Stars and Bars are emblematic of this failed and decaying culture.
-
Get Out (2017): From the Ruthless Archives
Category (ies):
Featured Posts, Features, From the Ruthless Archives, Horror Movies, Movies, ReviewsTag(s):
Author:
Read more: Get Out (2017): From the Ruthless ArchivesGet Out is a master work of impossibility made into a wonderful horror movie. It is a first-time effort by writer and director Jordan Peele who is a comedy writer
-
Old Fuckers
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: Old FuckersAt the beginning of Rocky IV, Rocky and Apollo dance around the ring throwing mock insults but essentially admiring each other’s physiques. It’s one of moviedom’s gayest starts, especially with lines like “I’m gonna whip your butt” and “You really look good for an older guy.” To be honest, it’s a bit of a surprise…
-
Newman, Old Brilliance
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: Newman, Old BrilliancePaul Newman’s glorious cinematic career was brought to an end by a machine gun-toting Tom Hanks. “I’m glad it’s you,” he says to his imminent murderer during the rain-soaked finale of Road to Perdition. Of course, this sort of far-fetched rubbish (patiently waiting to be gunned down before paying a compliment to your assassin) can…
-
The ABC’s of BBQ: Smoking the Meat Edition
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: The ABC’s of BBQ: Smoking the Meat EditionSalivations 1:1 Verily,verily I say unto thee, an open flame shall not touch thy cooking flesh or thine days will be numbered before you are cast into the lake of ire. Goatesians 1:2-4 The only way to the BBQ is with the meat. It is blasphemous and very naughty in my wholly site for thou…
-
The ABC’s of Sales
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: The ABC’s of SalesFear-Fear is the very essence of sales. Everyone is afraid of someone and those individuals are also afraid of someone else.
-
The Hateful Eight (2015): From the Ruthless Archives
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: The Hateful Eight (2015): From the Ruthless ArchivesThe Hateful Eight gave you the illusion of a big, sprawling Western, replete with the beautiful and hauntingly appropriate score from the great Ennio Morricone. The movie’s setting and dark tone was reminiscent of The Great Silence.
-
Devilish Dwarves
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: Devilish DwarvesThere’s a famous old Peter Cook and Dudley Moore sketch in which a one-legged actor auditions for Tarzan. The casting agent can’t believe what he’s being confronted with (“I’ve got nothing against your right leg. The trouble is, neither have you”) while the disabled actor remains oblivious to his chances of snagging the athletic role.…
-
King Rat (1965)
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: King Rat (1965)In wartime, it is not always the highest ranked individuals that run the show.
-
My Own Personal Jesus-The Eureka Springs Experience
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: My Own Personal Jesus-The Eureka Springs ExperienceBy turns a direct link to a finely tuned spirituality and a transfer of theme park values to the most sacred of relations, it is…