Southpaw (2015) The Plot: The obnoxiously-named Billy Hope (Jake Gyllenhaal) has just won the world heavy-weight boxing championship of the world boxing champion belt trophy prize, and is currently just living it up in his AWESOME MANSION with his HOT WIFE (Rachel McAdams) and PRECOCIOUS FEMALE CHILD (a child actress). But then his hot wife…
I know that it’s named after a dude (Sir George Everest), but have you ever actually looked at that word? Ever-est. The most ever. What a perfectly fitting name for the highest mountain on Earth. Over five thousand people have attempted to reach the summit, the top of the world. Why? The most interesting answer…
Ah, it’s that time again: Time for a somewhat obligatory Top 10 list. I know it’s late, posted mid-February and only a week before the Oscars, but I must confess, I nearly didn’t do a list this year. I know, shocking. What would you have done? Where would you have been? Without a Top 10…
This week I continue to punish myself with biopics. They’re a tricky business, and can be incredibly good, but I feel like the mentality pulsating through Hollywood these past few years and on to the coming few is something along the lines of, “Everyone should have a movie made about them. Why are we wasting…
So, about those Oscar nominations… We go through this every year, and mostly the Oscars fail to interest. This year is no different. Nothing all that interesting happens at the Oscars. Perhaps the biggest snubs were in the Best Leading Actor category, which was an admittedly tight race this year. The nominees are Michael Keaton…
The Golden Globe nominations came out today, and that was really the only surprising thing about them. Seriously, the nominations themselves are pretty much what you’d expect them to be, but did anyone know that the announcement was going to happen today? I didn’t. Let’s all be honest with each other. The only reason anyone…
Nightcrawler (2014) The Plot: Petty criminal Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) makes his living stealing manhole covers and chain-link fences, selling them as scrap metal to the most convenient buyer. He craves financial stability, however, and wants to straighten up and fly right. One night, a career path drops into his lap: nightcrawling. What does a…
Rooster Illusion 