Well, here we are. The first week of January is almost over, many schools are back in session, and soon people will stop bothering you about your New Year’s resolutions. Won’t that be sweet? I myself try not to get too bogged down with resolutions. I guess I want to watch about the same number…
Well, with Christmas done and 2013 rapidly approaching, it’s time to shift gears from family love and joy to drunken parties, empty resolutions, and bad decisions. As we prepare for the onset of the New Year, let us not forget what this season is really about: last minute Oscar entries. How could we forget about…
Jiminy Christmas it’s December 23! The semester is over (huzzah). Finally, I can stop being so ornery all the time, and what better way to cure the scrooges than with some great Christmas movies? Every year I try to watch at least a few to help get into the spirit of things. So grab your…
In 2003, the third and final installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy came out. I was… [pause for math]… eleven years old. My parents took my brothers and me out of school (the last day before Christmas vacation) and drove us to the nearest city to see the movie on a massive screen…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls put your hands together for… Oscar Season! Oh yeah, it’s good stuff. Rooster Illusion is reviewing Lincoln and Argo; Tuesday Zone’s got its eye on Silver Linings Playbook and Amour; Zero Dark Thirty, The Hobbit, Django Unchained and Les Mis have not yet come out. Well, I’ll be damned…
Well, it’s December, a.k.a. Christmas month. Are we doing an Octoberween kind of deal for December? Christembermas? I dunno, nobody tells me nothin’. I was totally going to get seasonal, too, but maybe I’ll put that off a while and just review a mediocre movie that came out eleven years ago. Gosford Park (2001) The…
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Verdict: Better than Predator 2 The Plot: Andrea Sachs (Anne Hathaway) is a smart, idealistic, young New Yorker hoping to kick-start a successful career in journalism. Acknowledging that one can’t get anywhere in life without connections, she first gets a job as an assistant to the most prestigious and feared…
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