Yeah, not with a fizzle. Well, we’ll see about that. This is my final post as Second Breakfast, a blog I’ve been writing since October 2012. I’ve published every Sunday since then (I even once published from JFK airport). I think, having done that, I have achieved what I wanted to when I started. Without…
The final is now upon us! It’s an R-rated sci-fi thriller vs. an R-rated sci-fi thriller. Mad Max: Fury Road faces off against Ex Machina. I’m very pleased to see it come down to this. Two of the year’s best movies competing for what I’m sure is a highly coveted title, Rooster Illusion’s Best Film…
Well, perhaps unsurprisingly, Mad Max: Fury Road is the first movie to make it into our March Madness final this year. Will it face It Follows or Ex Machina? Only you can decide. You, and other potential voters. Need a recap on either film? Click the links and read our full reviews, but don’t forget…
Well, that’s what we’d call a decisive victory. Ex Machina stormed ahead to the semifinal, defeating Kingsman: The Secret Service with a whopping 93% of the vote. Hot damn. Before it faces It Follows in a few days, we have our first semifinal: Mad Max: Fury Road vs. The Martian. This is where the voting…
Well, it was really close, but The Martian managed to win out over Straight Outta Compton, which means it will have the dubious pleasure of facing off against Mad Max: Fury Road in our first semifinal. But first, we’ve got one more quarterfinal: Ex Machina vs. Kingsman: The Secret Service. Whoever wins will go up…
Well, that was pleasantly unexpected. In a surprising turn of events, Ex Machina knocked out Star Wars: The Force Awakens to secure its spot in the quarterfinals against Kingsman: The Secret Service. More on that later, but first we must turn our attention towards the first and most difficult pairing of the quarterfinal rounds, the…
With Straight Outta Compton‘s decisive victory over Ant-Man, Marvel is officially out of the running, but that doesn’t mean Disney is yet. Inside Out has progressed to the final eight, but how will Star Wars: The Force Awakens perform against the stunning sci-fi thriller Ex Machina. Need a refresher on either film? Click the links…
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