It’s November. It’s Oscar/Christmas blockbuster season. Let’s just get right to it, shall we? Interstellar (2014) The Plot: Environmental apocalypses: the best kind (?). As a terrible blight continues to wipe out crops across the world, scientists (mainly Michael Caine) realize that the earth is done for. That doesn’t necessarily mean that humanity has to…
The few, the proud, the “those with nothing better to do” among you probably know by now that I always begin my articles with a completely pointless introductory paragraph before I approach my obligatory plot summary. Not this time, folks. I’m reviewing The Lego Movie this week and I cannot postpone my excitement. I’m getting…
Interestingly, if you do a Google Images search of “Ben Affleck Is So Hot Right Now” the number one hit is a blurry close-up of Abe Lincoln’s face. How about that? Gone Baby Gone (2007) The Plot: When a four-year-old girl goes missing, the distraught family hires private investigators Patrick (Casey Affleck) and Angie (Michelle…
I will now give you a brief, concise history of my experience with magicians. When I was but a wee little sprog, I possessed an acute fondness for magic. Were I to trace this to an exact source, I would lay the blame with Merlin from The Sword in the Stone. I was never convinced…
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…
Rooster Illusion 