Category: Features
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Dreamers: John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre & The Misfits
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Read more: Dreamers: John Huston’s The Treasure of the Sierra Madre & The MisfitsSpeaking of cowboys, Isabelle Steers (Thelma Ritter) says to aging cowboy Gay Langland (Clark Gable), “I love every miserable one of you, though you’re all good for nothing, as you well know,” to which he replies, “That may be, but it’s better than wages.” That motto (“it’s better than wages”) is referred to several times…
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Still Mad About Game of Thrones? Here’s What You Can Do About It
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Read more: Still Mad About Game of Thrones? Here’s What You Can Do About ItEven if you’re the world’s biggest Game of Thrones fan, you probably weren’t thrilled about the final season. Many optimistic and casual fans expressed positive sentiments about the eighth and final season last year, but still preferred the show’s earlier seasons. Other, more engrossed fans, were utterly dismayed at their perception of the show’s bad…
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Netflix and Social Distancing?
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Read more: Netflix and Social Distancing?Drastic times call for drastic measures. As a result around 20 percent of the global population is in a government-imposed coronavirus lockdown. It’s safe to say that now is not the time to slide into your matches’ DMs and see who’s up for Netflix and chill. But being stuck in a social distancing Groundhog Day…
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Inherent Vice
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Read more: Inherent ViceThe following review of Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice will be much like the movie; A dizzying melange of scrambled thoughts and points that wrap up quite nicely depending on whom you ask. Has there ever been such a poorly marketed movie? I’m not talking about trailers making movies look fantastic when they end up…
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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
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Read more: Star Trek V: The Final FrontierWhere no one should ever go again. As I noted in my review of Picard, my son has become quite the Star Trek fan. He has most of the actors’ names memorized by role and is borderline obsessed with the Klingons. “Dad, are there Klingons in this one?” “Dad, are there Klingons in this one?”…
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The Truth Of The Matter
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Read more: The Truth Of The MatterKeeper of the Flame (1942) Directed by George Cukor. With Spencer Tracy and Kathrine Hepburn. 36 Hours (1965) Directed by George Seaton. With James Gardner, Eva Marie Saint, and Rod Taylor The “truth of the matter” can be an elusive concept. What is real? This is the persistent theme in the works of Philip K.…
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Colossal (2016)
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Read more: Colossal (2016)1 hr 49 minutes, R for profanity Fair Value of Colossal: $1.00. It’s a light, weird and unique comedy that’s watchable due to a talented cast. Toxic Relationships through the lens of Kaiju: Gloria (Anne Hathaway) is a day drinking Manhattan party girl who is abruptly dumped by her boyfriend Tim (Dan Stevens) and…
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Third Encounters Of A Close Kind -or- Standing On A Corner In Muncie, Indiana
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Read more: Third Encounters Of A Close Kind -or- Standing On A Corner In Muncie, IndianaRuthless Reviews presents: I Love a Mystery! Follow our tireless critics of the A-1 Detective Agency as Jack, Doc and Reggie ferret out the best, and worst in movies. Sponsored by Pee Clean, “never fear the pee police again, use, Pee Clean and have clean pee!” Your host: So fellas, tonight we have a blast…
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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)
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Read more: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)It’s a shame Star Wars had to come out in 1977. Two great films were left in the shadows of its colossal reign at the international box office. The first was William Friedkin’s Sorcerer. The second was Steven Spielberg’s under looked gem; Close Encounters of the Third Kind. When I call Close Encounters underrated, I…
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Coming to Trump’s America
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Read more: Coming to Trump’s AmericaWithin three weeks of our arrival to the US, Robert Kraft was busted having a masseuse play tug with his shaft, R. Kelly was made to face the music for real this time, and New Zealand had its infamous mosque shooting.