Category: Features
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Rush Limbaugh Is Dying: Good Riddance
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Read more: Rush Limbaugh Is Dying: Good RiddanceEDITOR’S NOTE: Rush Limbaugh, a hate-spewing gasbag who was somehow honored by our racist imbecile Idiot-In-Chief with The Presidential Medal Of Freedom…has terminal lung cancer, and will die soon. Scratch that, he will, and in his own hateful words, “Assume Room Temperature”. There will be no sympathy from me, or from anyone at Ruthless at…
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Fargo
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Read more: FargoTHIS IS A TRUE STORY. The events depicted in this film took place in Minnesota in 1987. At the request of the survivors, the names have been changed. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it “occurred.” With these words Joel and Ethan Coen open their unassailable masterpiece (one…
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The Doorman
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Read more: The Doorman“The Doorman” – A poor man’s, poor man’s Die Hard. As we continue to go without any major movie releases (with the exception of Tenet), there is still a small trickle of low-budget films being released to video on-demand (VOD). Typically, these movies tend to fall into the category of really shitty sequels to films…
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Read more: O Brother, Where Art Thou?“O Brother, Where Art Thou?” – The second best Odyssey ever. My editor tasked us with reviewing the Coen Brothers’ films and, since I’d rather read Twilight novels than sit through almost their entire filmography, I volunteered to re-watch O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the one film of theirs worth watching more than once. Yeah,…
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4 Misconceptions People Have About Landlords
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Read more: 4 Misconceptions People Have About LandlordsLandlords are often vilified by the general public. They’re treated as evil, greedy people with dollar signs in their eyes. To hear some people talk, they’re basically “subhuman.” But here’s the deal with stereotypes: They’re often wrong, misguided, and exaggerated. One stereotype that is true is that everyone is looking for affordable housing. And if…
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The Departed
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Read more: The DepartedMartin Scorsese has never been one to flirt with respectability for too long, and with The Departed, hes back in the sewer with old friends and familiar faces.
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Famous After His Time: Vincent Van Gogh
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Read more: Famous After His Time: Vincent Van GoghVincent van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime. He titled it The Red Vineyards at Arles, and for his efforts, he received 400 francs, roughly the equivalent of $2000 today. The fact that he only sold one painting (he had traded others among fellow artists) stands in stark contrast to the fact that…
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True Grit
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Read more: True Grit1 Hour 50 Minutes, PG-13 for maiming and violence. Fair Value of True Grit: $15.00. Because you can’t watch Sergio Leone all the time, this tale of Prairie Justice is one of the better of modern westerns. In many ways it is the perfect balance of the comedic and the dark aspects of Coen Brother’s…
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The Bridge On The River Kwai
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Read more: The Bridge On The River KwaiThere are war movies and there are more war movies, but I do not hesitate to state that The Bridge on the River Kwai is as unique as it is excellent. Within the huge category of war movies, we have many about prisoners of war, and the inevitable nightmares and madness of horrific situations brought…
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Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)
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Read more: Lawrence Of Arabia (1962)Lawrence Of Arabia is David Lean’s 1962 epic that won 7 Oscars, but of course, not the one that counted for the always overlooked Peter O’Toole. Lean’s resume includes Doctor Zhivago, Bridge On The River Kwai, and other classics. His masterpiece, of course, is Lawrence Of Arabia, an almost 4 hour long bum-numbing epic without…