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My Dream Superbowl
I stopped being a sucker for bread and circuses a few years ago. My irritation with the NFL had been growing for years before that. Free agency destroyed team loyalty among players and coaches, and...
View ArticleRazorfist Rants on a 1980s Action Classic
We’ve only recently discovered Razorfist AKA the Rageaholic. Not only are his epic rants impressive simply for lung capacity and linguistic aplomb, but a whole lot of his observations are savvy, too. I...
View ArticleSpeed Week Plus: Vanishing Point (1971) – a Review
In this low budget counter-culture extravaganza from the Vietnam era, a former race driver Kowalski, whose current job is delivering new cars, makes a bet Friday night that he can deliver the new...
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Speed Week Plus: Ronin
Welcome to Speed Week Plus! You’re in the middle of a series of blog posts dedicated to a specific selection of action adventure, featuring blazing horsepower, shattered speed limits and melting tire...
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Speed Week Plus: Bullitt – a Review
I mentioned this chase scene recently in my post about Cobra. Despite swinging ’60s soundtrack and the advance of both special effects and automotive technology since this cop flick was made, this is...
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A Rock & Roll Pioneer Dies
I am interrupting Speed Week Plus because I just found out that Chuck Berry died Saturday. Elvis is still called the king of rock & roll but aside from vocal talent, Chuck had him beat in almost...
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Speed Week Plus: A Classic Gearhead Novel, Reviewed
I first read this book even before the speed bug bit me, and enjoyed it then. As I did become obsessed with horsepower, my affection and appreciation only grew. Larry Cook is, superficially speaking,...
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Speed Week Plus: The Road Warrior
Mad Max cannonballs through the wasteland in a world devolving back to the Iron Age. You think you’ve seen road rage before? Let’s cruise on over to post-apocalyptic Australia for a high octane...
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Speed Week Plus: Mad Max – a Review
Motorized Mayhem Down Under! Time to take Speed Week Plus south of the Equator, to a continent comprised entirely of one country–and into the future, where civilization is on the verge of complete...
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Speed Week Plus: American Graffiti – a Review
This installment of Speed Week Plus is a little different. There are no chase scenes and there’s only one all-out street race (not the one in the clip at the bottom of this post, which was cut short by...
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Speed Week Plus: “Gearhead Porn”
One reviewer called Fast Cars and Rock & Roll “gearhead porn,” and I guess it is. Unfortunately, gearheads are an endangered species and an even smaller niche than I thought.* But anyway… below is...
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Broken Trail – a (Red Pill) Review
This western was probably made before there even was a “manosphere,” but those of a neomasculine perspective should find it well worth watching. The plot premise: A rancher and his nephew strike a deal...
View ArticleDefining Pulp Fiction–a Guest Post by Len Levinson
Anyone who has visited either Virtual Pulp, or my old Two-Fisted Blog very much, knows that I’ve been a fan of Len Levinson’s work going way back. I’m honored to have him as a guest blogger today. -...
View ArticleSpeed Week Plus: Vanishing Point (1971) – a Review
In this low budget counter-culture extravaganza from the Vietnam era, a former race driver Kowalski, whose current job is delivering new cars, makes a bet Friday night that he can deliver the new...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes at Sun Records
At great sacrifice, this transcript of a backroom creative meeting was obtained. In a smoke-free zone in the bowels of Homowood, Commiefornia, a diverse gathering of creative consultants discusses a...
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NASCAR Needs to Allow Speedometers
NASCAR stands for “National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing” and, believe it or not, the drivers once raced cars that were factory-stock. That means, present-day race fans, that the cars driven...
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Decoding the Divergent Series
Hollywood directors have been sneaking messages into movies for a long time. Two of the most talented ever were John Ford and Alfred Hitchcock. The former was obsessed with the taming of the wilderness...
View ArticleInstitutional Election Fraud: the Unmasking
There most certainly has been tampering in our national elections. But it was not just in 2016 and it was not perpetrated by the Russians. One point he can’t resist making is that there is a threat to...
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What the $%#&@*!! is This “Alt-Left” Stuff?
There is no “alt-left.” There is just the same old left wing we’ve had for over a century. There is no need for an alternative left because Marxists/cultural Marxists, Democrats, “liberals,”...
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The Founder – an Analysis
This movie is “based on a true story.” The way it played out certainly seems plausible–probably even likely–but I don’t know much about the history of MacDonalds, so I can’t vouch for its accuracy....
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