Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): The Plot: A folk musician (Oscar Isaac) in 60s New York City couch surfs through life in the wake of his former partner’s suicide, lashing out at friends and strangers as his career goes nowhere. There is also a cat, a drug-addicted jazz musician (John Goodman), and an affair with Carey…
Daydreaming! Isn’t it awesome? I’m an avid daydreamer myself, and always have been, ever since, as the kids say, I was a “wee little sprog.” There are countless pros to daydreaming. If your life is dull, you zone out and go on an adventure or something like that. It helps spice up life a bit,…
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013): The Plot: Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a total scumbag. His main goal in life is to get rich, and wouldn’t ya know it, that’s a goal you can accomplish by working on Wall Street and being a total scumbag. The film briefly follows Belfort’s rise from greedy kid…
Happy 2014, y’all! You may have seen Rooster Illusion’s New Year’s Resolutions, promising lots of awesome changes, including merchandise, decent author bios, and maybe (just maybe) ten times the posts. Well, we don’t like to dillydally, so we’re getting started ASAP. I know this article isn’t getting posted until January 5th, which may not seem…
Well, Christmas has come and gone and 2014 is rapidly approaching, and with it Oscar season. Hooray. Like the summer with its myriad blockbusters, this time of year kind of dictates what movies we are and are not going to write about. That can be nice, by the way, not having to think really hard…
Ah, Christmas is looming, you know, as it does. I won’t be saying anything new by telling y’all how much I love this time of year, nor will I be breaking into new territory by recommending some Christmas movies for you to watch this week. You’re on top of that. You’ve got Rudolph the Red…
The snow has fallen, the air is chilled, the earth is… frozen, there’s cheer in the faces of those you pass by unless they’re students, and radio stations are bursting with horrible pop covers of Christmas carols. Christembermas has arrived. Merbl, that one doesn’t work as well as Octoberween. Oh well, I tried. The point…
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