Second Breakfast’s Top Ten Films of 2013

Alright. As with last year, I’m going to begin things with a brief disclaimer: This list is partially objective, but mostly subjective. I am not, in most cases, declaring these the best movies of 2013, just the ones that were the best to me. Diff’rent strokes for diff’rent folks, yo. The list is also potentially…

SciFridays: “The Legend of Hercules” (2014)

Baddie – Blind ambition? Lesson – Stop impulsively making Greek myth movies. Stahp. Well would you look at that – I’m actually reviewing a movie that’s -in- theaters! It’s my first (2014) movie! Oh…oh, The Legend of Hercules….where do we begin? This movie was such a mess. And I mean, really, even more of a mess…

Rooster Recap: 2014 Academy Award Nominations

Oscars! Does any word fill a film-blog frequenter with as much emotion? God, I hope so. If not, and you’re one of those unhappy few that lives and dies for the Academy (re: an actor), then you’re probably excited to know that this year’s nominations are out! Rather than painstakingly reviewing each and every nomination,…

Rooster Illusion: ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): The Plot: A folk musician (Oscar Isaac) in 60s New York City couch surfs through life in the wake of his former partner’s suicide, lashing out at friends and strangers as his career goes nowhere. There is also a cat, a drug-addicted jazz musician (John Goodman), and an affair with Carey…