I feel like I ought to begin this article with a full disclaimer. Listen. I saw Snow White and the Huntsman when it came out in 2012 and found it perfectly adequate, if entirely forgettable entertainment. Did it need a sequel? It did not. And yet, somehow, a sequel was made, and four years later…
Last year I struggled to make a top ten list because I had a hard time picking ten movies I actually liked. With the exception of a few irreplaceable gems, 2014 sucked. I had difficulty yet again compiling such a list, but this time because too many good movies came out in 2015. 2015 was…
Yeah, I’m doing a second opinion article. For the record, SciFridays is a great column, and this is the first time, I think, that I have ever strongly disagreed with anything Sarah has ever said in the last three years of writing it. But gee whiz do I ever disagree this time. Crimson Peak (2015)…
This has never happened before. It may never happen again. This could shock you. I don’t know. Do you have a high shock tolerance? You have my apologies if this shocks you. Ladies and gentlemen (I know I have some readers in both categories, although ladies do, predominantly, love Second Breakfast), I have an announcement…
Baddie: Nature v. Nurture Lesson: Have a long engagement. NOTE: Chris, of Second Breakfast, has written a rebuttal post to my critique of Crimson Peak. Read it here. In the time that has passed since I watched Crimson Peak, it’s been very difficult to pin down exactly how I felt about it. I love Guillermo del…
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…
Poor Oscar Isaac. “What do you mean, Second Breakfast Guy? Oscar Isaac has a great career just kicking off. He’s worked with some amazingly talented people like Nicholas Winding Refn and the Coen Brothers, and he has a starring role in the upcoming Star Wars movie. What do you mean, ‘Poor Oscar Isaac’?” A lot…
Rooster Illusion 