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…
It was only a matter of time before I infringed upon Mindless Action Mondays, right? This only leaves Single Malt Movies and Strange Bacon that I haven’t done, so I’m thinking maybe later I’ll watch a Canadian movie and base a mixed drink on it. It’ll be a blast. Anyway, Drew won’t care, since he’s…
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,…
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…
Hey, gang! James here, writing to tell you that this blog is a year old, and finally ready to play with those sorting shape toys. Time flies, they grow up so fast, etc. But seriously, I’m super proud of how far this thing has come. In that year we’ve gotten seven new writers and over…
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