So, I spent this weekend in Berlin. It was grey and somber and kind of reminded me of upstate New York, but I had a good time nonetheless, mainly because of the company. I went with many of the other students in my abroad program, only we were broken up into little groups, and each…
Everywhere you go, you’ll find a great deal of people who totally abhor their hometown, to the point where they will go out of their way to avoid even talking about it, or going near in at any time. The usual explanation is a poor childhood experience, and Sometimes They Come Back; a film about…
Baddie – Love. Lesson – Someone is always going to hate on your parade. I don’t really have an opinion on Valentine’s Day, but I do love seasonally appropriate reviews. So curl up with a friend, or watch it in embittered silence, it’s up to you. It’s a hoorror moovie seht in Nohva Scohtia, doncha…
Because I just love you guys SO MUCH, one review of a zom-com doesn’t feel like enough of a Valentine’s Day present. I’m too lazy to write another full review, or even the list I was planning, but here’s Rooster Illusion’s version of a Valentine, brought to you by one of my favorite fictional couples:…
Hey, Valentine’s Day is tomorrow! If, like me, you’re a) single and b) older than twelve, then that probably doesn’t mean much to you. Still, I’m no Scrooge. I don’t hate romance, or even cheap candy. I don’t hate ghosts either, but I really, really don’t want to look at Valentine’s Days past. So, half…
This week…well well well. If last week was the calm before the storm, this was the storm that was as fierce as a complicated simile that went nowhere. I am at this weird limbo where I can’t tell if the writers are idiots writing themselves furiously in and out of corners, or if they’re geniuses.…
It happens, fairly frequently actually, that the various writers for this site all see the same movie. I know, imagine that. Professed film buffs all seeing the same movies. Insanity. Often, we have to negotiate who will review what movie, and the man at the top, the titular Rooster Illusion, tells us time and time…
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