In the years since the project was scrapped, Superman Lives has become the Jodorowsky’s Dune of the superhero set: a dauntingly ambitious film helmed by a distinctive director featuring the input of a truly diverse array of artists that ultimately bit the dust before cameras started rolling. Slated for release in 1998, Superman Lives was set to be directed by…
…and we’re back. Due in part to popular demand and in part to our own desperation for site traffic, we’ve decided to bring back Rooster Illusion March Madness. Last year, over the course of the month, anyone who wanted to was able to vote in our championship bracket to determine the best film of 2014,…
A Bigger Splash (2015) The Plot: Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton), a world-famous rock star, and her documentarian boyfriend Paul De Smedt (Matthias Schoenaerts) are enjoying a private vacation/medical recovery session after Marianne severely damages her vocal chords in concert. Their Mediterranean lovers’ retreat meets an early end when an old friend, Harry Hawkes (Ralph Fiennes),…
Baddie: Pride Lesson: Don’t…move to…the woods? I’ve been excited for The Witch since its successful premier at Sundance last year, receiving high accolades and earning Robert Eggers ‘Best Director:Dramatic’. Eggers is able to successfully present a film that it is able to examine and provide a nuanced criticism of Puritan values. Spoilers ahead, so please proceed with caution. To dismiss The Witch as…
A few years ago I wrote an incoherent, rambling filler article™ on the 2001 fashion-based comedy Zoolander. In 2013, I could hardly describe that article as timely or relevant, or even very good, but having just reread it I can say that I made one really solid point. Zoolander is, by genre, a stupid comedy.…
Though I appreciate and like most of Marvel’s Avenger’s related films, the only Marvel Universe film that I have been truly excited for is Deadpool. Unfortunately for me, I’ll have to wait several months before I can watch it because, living in Japan, it doesn’t come to theaters here until June. But in the spirit…
Truthfully, the notion that a Deadpool movie exists at all still feels like a minor miracle. It’s been 7 years since the Marvel’s fourth-wall shattering anti-hero and patron saint of the internet* made his infamously off-model film debut in the underwhelming X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and at the time, getting the character on screen in proper form –much…
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