Category: Features
-
Prohibition Loses Again with Repeal of PASPA
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: Prohibition Loses Again with Repeal of PASPASports betting fans in the US have a lot to be thankful for right now. For over two decades, they’ve been unconstitutionally robbed of a simple right that many hundreds of millions of people enjoy the world over. Thanks to the repeal of PASPA we’ll finally be able to enjoy the dual pleasures of watching…
-
NFL Week 16: Why Is This Man Not Laughing Edition
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: NFL Week 16: Why Is This Man Not Laughing EditionI have a legitimate theory that sounds sort of crackpot-adjacent, but everything lines up upon close examination, and I am going to share it with you now: Miley Cyrus ended the U.S. occupation of Syria. No no no wait wait wait it’s a really good theory, for real. It all makes sense and checks…
-
Bumblebee
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: BumblebeeAre we sure this is a Transformers movie? As Bumblebee unfolded before our eyes, I had to keep asking myself if my son and I were really watching a Transformers movie. There were no racist versions of transformers. The movie was not exploding every twelve seconds. There were no robots or dogs trying to hump…
-
Aquaman
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: AquamanSpoon-feeding with a comically oversized ladle. I did not think Warner Brothers and DC Films could make a worse movie than Green Lantern, but Aquaman is that movie. The point at which Aquaman stepped on my last shred of hope was when the octopus played the drums. I am not making that up. You do…
-
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001)In her relatively small, but pivotal, role as Birdy Abundus (what a name!) in The Man Who Wasn’t There, she not only beguiled Billy Bob Thortons cuckolded, confused, and revengeful barber Ed Crane, but a much younger yours truly. It was a mature, impressive performance which hinted at the star she would become. It is…
-
Widows
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: WidowsI swear this movie could have been better. I could swear director Steve McQueen has a longer filmography. I could swear that he has done a whole slew of movies similar to Widows. If we are counting the more than twenty short films he has directed, we get to that slew, but I have definitely…
-
NFL Week 15: Rocking Round the Xmas Tree Edition
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: NFL Week 15: Rocking Round the Xmas Tree EditionNFL Week 15: Rocking Round the Xmas Tree Edition Welp, who dares wins, right? Breathe. Again. Relax. Were still at 500, and if you let Lamar Jackson’s told-em-so start cancel out the Chargers crossing the ten-win threshold, even the props roll back to zero. No excuses, of course, we don’t do that here. It is…
-
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) was, thankfully, one of the least whimsical of the Coen Brothers films; a story of ellipses and evasions, chronicling not the expected rise and fall of a folk musician, but simply a moment in time now lost to history. More a character adrift than one with an ultimate destination. Unlike the…
-
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseThe best animated feature of the year? I was not planning on going to see Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. I assumed it was going to be a throw-away film aimed specifically at comic book nerds to make an easy buck. Then, my wife asked if I was taking our six-year old son and, before I…
-
Mountain (2017)
Tag(s):
Author:
Read more: Mountain (2017)Mountain (2017) Before I wind up the 2018 Ruthless Christmas Reviews, I’m taking a brief break. This review continues our reviews about mountains and humans that try to climb them. In his recent review, Kevin continued the Ruthless disdain for mountain climbers, rock climbers and other dare-devils that foolishly fuck with Mother Nature with Free…