Ugh. The semester. It has started up again. Sigh. Well, it’s my last one. Alright, to prep myself for the impending semester I’ve been watching quite a few uplifting movies so far this year. I saw Walter Mitty and I re-watched Frozen. Also The Hunt, but… yeah, whatever. I’ve got another uplifting movie for y’all:…
While legitimate film critics are busy with their “Best Of” and “Oscar Prediction” lists, Rooster Illusion is looking inward, digging deep to find the source of his power. These are the films that speak to Rooster Illusion on a deep, spiritual level, infusing his blood with stardust and driving him to reach new creative heights.…
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,…
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…
Another year has passed. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve watched a bunch of movies. We have written about those movies with the passion of a thousand typewriting monkeys. We’re older, wiser, cooler, harder, better, faster, and, yes, stronger. And it’s all thanks to you, the reader. Well, not all of it. Most of it is…
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…
