It’s Memorial Day Weekend! A time to forget why we have Monday off and go to the movies to watch Star Trek Into Darkness and Fast and the Furious 6. What does that opening imply? Perhaps that I’m looking back into cinematic history to honor our troops. Or maybe I’m just being obnoxious, and yes,…
To the disdain and often irritation of many professional filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino continues to produce numerous outstanding films within a short period of time; some of the latest of which have been his re-written history series. These professionals watch, ashamedly, as their hard works are passed in favor of Tarantino’s for awards, and Quentin continues…
The (sort of) much anticipated The Great Gatsby came out last Friday. This is Baz Luhrmann’s first feature-length film since Australia (2008), so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Luhrmann’s last three big films — Australia, Moulin Rouge!, and Romeo + Juliet — were all aesthetically pleasing and had some lovely music, so I went on to expect nothing…
Here at Rooster Illusion we try not be redundant. As such, we only run multiple reviews of the same movie if opinions vary drastically. For example, both the Tuesday Zone and I have critiqued Zero Dark Thirty, because we disagreed on a few major points. I had only once felt the inclination to re-review a…
Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Some people have a real problem watching adaptations without having first read the source material. By and large, this doesn’t bother me. I do, however, have difficulty watching movies based on Shakespeare if I haven’t read the play. It’s not so bad with his comedies, because…
It becomes necessary at times, with the speed and tenacity of modern day life, to simply sit back and listen to the music once in awhile. I find my generation’s music, from twangy country to meaningless, repetitive party tunes, to be just awful. No explanation can help me understand why kids don’t know that “Behind…
In a somewhat shorter marathon, I’ll be taking a significant interest into the films that transcend the typical boundaries of entertainment and cast a glimpse into the souls of the authors. Stories with a deeper message than “Good versus evil” have always been a particular favorite of mine, not simply because the writing is, on…
