Hey, welcome to Rooster Illusion’s newest Rooster Recap, written by Rooster Illusion himself (that is me, James Melville. I am the Rooster Illusion.) I’ll be posting a recap of NBC’s Hannibal every Saturday. Except this recap, because it’s the first episode and it took me a while, and it’s not like I’m going to do…
Just in case you hadn’t seen Die Hard. Olympus Has Fallen (2013): The Plot: Mike Banning (Gerard Butler) is a really good Secret Service agent. Probably the best. Benjamin Asher (Aaron Eckhart) is the President of America. He’s probably not the best, but he’s white and fairly likeable, so he’s definitely up there. Mike Banning…
Black Books (2000-2004): The Premise: Bernard Black (Dylan Moran) is the alcoholic, misanthropic owner of a book shop in London. Probably his only friend is Fran (Tamsin Greig), the equally alcoholic but somewhat less misanthropic woman who owns the gift shop next door. When Bernard’s accountant goes on the run, he hires former accountant and…
Diva (1981): The Plot: Jules is a young Parisian postman (Frédéric Andréi) infatuated with a world-famous opera singer (Wilhelmina Fernandez). Though she has vowed never to have one of her performances recorded, Jules does just that, unwittingly attracting the attention of two underdeveloped Thai music pirates. Then, a dying prostitute sneaks a confession tape into…
The Warriors (1979): The Plot: In a vaguely “futuristic” New York, bathrobe-clad super-gangster Cyrus (Roger Hill) calls a summit to unite all of the city’s gangs in a war against the NYPD. He gets assassinated, probably because his vision was too beautiful for this world. The Warriors, a gang from Coney Island, get blamed for…
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…
Downton Abbey? James, do you even know what a movie critic is? Ha ha, disembodied voice. Ha. Ha. For those of you wondering what I’m doing reviewing a TV show, some exposition: I work at a video store frequented by well-off white people. As such, Downton Abbey rents like crack, if crack were a thing…
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