Downton Abbey? James, do you even know what a movie critic is? Ha ha, disembodied voice. Ha. Ha. For those of you wondering what I’m doing reviewing a TV show, some exposition: I work at a video store frequented by well-off white people. As such, Downton Abbey rents like crack, if crack were a thing…
Django Unchained (2012): The Plot: Set two years before the Civil War, Django tells the story of the slave Django (Jamie Foxx), who is given his freedom by the charming and quirky bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz and his amazing beard). Together, they kill Bad White Dudes and eventually set off to rescue…
Well, with Christmas done and 2013 rapidly approaching, it’s time to shift gears from family love and joy to drunken parties, empty resolutions, and bad decisions. As we prepare for the onset of the New Year, let us not forget what this season is really about: last minute Oscar entries. How could we forget about…
Jiminy Christmas it’s December 23! The semester is over (huzzah). Finally, I can stop being so ornery all the time, and what better way to cure the scrooges than with some great Christmas movies? Every year I try to watch at least a few to help get into the spirit of things. So grab your…
“America’s not a country. It’s just a business.” –Brad Pitt earns his Junior Cynic badge Killing Them Softly (2012): The Plot: When two dumb criminals (Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn) rob a mob-run card game, hit man Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) gets called in to clean things up. Also, it’s 2008, and organized crime is…
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls put your hands together for… Oscar Season! Oh yeah, it’s good stuff. Rooster Illusion is reviewing Lincoln and Argo; Tuesday Zone’s got its eye on Silver Linings Playbook and Amour; Zero Dark Thirty, The Hobbit, Django Unchained and Les Mis have not yet come out. Well, I’ll be damned…
Well, it’s December, a.k.a. Christmas month. Are we doing an Octoberween kind of deal for December? Christembermas? I dunno, nobody tells me nothin’. I was totally going to get seasonal, too, but maybe I’ll put that off a while and just review a mediocre movie that came out eleven years ago. Gosford Park (2001) The…
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