Rookerville Podcast Episode 1: AntiHero
So we finally did it. We sat down for our first episode of the Rookerville podcast. As a small site we’ve tried to uphold the quality of our content to that of a much bigger site with a lot larger budget. That somewhat explains why we had a link for podcasts for 5 months with no podcasts. We appreciate the patience. For this first episode Russ Stevens (an Editor and writer for Rookerville), Matt Giordano (Rookerville...
Playland Motel: My Final Summer Destination
It’s August. August is the Sunday of months. It’s the month where the endless possibilities have started to crystallize into not-quite distant memories. You either did all the things you wanted, or you have weeks of regrets that have piled up. The good news is that even though you can smell Fall in the air (if you wake up early enough), it is not too late to cross a few things off your Summer Bucket List. I have one...
Community and Parks and Recreation Are Shedding Castmembers
Community and Parks and Recreation are both critical darlings that draw a fraction of the eyeballs of dreck like The Big Bang Theory or 2 Broke Girls on CBS. They both started around the same time as each other. They both endured a few creative shakeups in their time, only to earn season renewals at the last possible second each year. Both are the only shows on NBC worth watching. Both are losing pretty significant actors during...
The State of The Challenge Rivals II: Week Three Recap
There’s a saying: You fight for the guy who’s standing next to you. I don’t know if it’s a saying, but it’s a line Mark Wahlberg utters in every commercial for 2 Guns ( in theaters this Friday). I hate saying things like “The Challenge is really starting to heat up,” but the fact of the matter is that it is. This week we saw emotions run high before the Challenge itself when Knight made a...
The State of The Challenge: Week Two
This week we finally got some drama. CT vs. Frank, CT vs. Trishelle, and CT vs. Anastasia. Sensing any theme? CT is playing a dangerous this season and it’s only making the show that much more interesting. The challenges themselves have been fairly interesting, and the elimination challenge of hanging upside down, sawing rope with a tiny saw, was one of the more fun eliminations yet. We are still not quite at the...
Only God Forgives: Film Review
When Only God Forgives was formally green-lit I was excited. I was just coming down from the high that was Drive, so I was eager to see what the combination of Ryan Gosling and Nicolas Winding Refn would deliver a second time. The trailer was released earlier this year, and it was awesome. It looked pulpy, dark, violent, and poetic. In other words, it looked like a spiritual sequel to Drive. Then it premiered at Cannes to a sea of...