Posted by James Brown on Friday, October 10, 2014 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
The Judge
Directed By: David Dobkin
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, and Billy Bob Thornton
Everyone to whom I've spoken seems excited about The Judge, except me. I've been cautiously optimistic about the film. With its high voltage of star power, this movie could be great or just decent. The Academy Award winners and nominees in the cast alone send the expectations through the roof for this presumed Oscar bait. Still, ... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Friday, October 10, 2014 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Directed By: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould, Dylan Minnette, and Kerris Dorsey
It's a three-day weekend. Granted, every weekend really should be. Working more hours on average per week than the vast majority of other nations around the globe, America is overworked. It's needless to say that I get ecstatic when I think of getting some extra time face down in my pillow on Monday morning. All that b... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, October 4, 2014 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
Annabelle
Directed By: John R. Leonetti
Starring: Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Tony Amendola, and Alfre Woodard
The last movie I saw about a doll was A Haunted House 2. Though the atrocious spoof was much earlier in the year, my bitterness lingers on today. With the notion of Marlon Wayans shamelessly sexing a doll named Abigail in the back of my mind, it's needless to say a horror movie about the doll on which Abigail is based is the last thing I want to see on the big screen. As it stands... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Friday, October 3, 2014 In : 0.00% Water
Gone Girl
Directed By: David Fincher
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, and Scoot McNairy
"What are you thinking? What are you feeling? What have we done to each other? What will we do?"
-Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck)
Awards season has begun on a rather wicked note. Oddly enough, I find myself in the peculiar position of kicking things off admitting just how wrong I was about a movie. That movie is David Fincher's Gone Girl. I haven't read the boo... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, September 28, 2014 In : 0.09% Cocktails
The BoxtrollsDirected By: Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi
Starring: Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade, and Tracy Morgan
Compared to last year, 2014 has been a relatively quiet year on the animated film front. How to Train Your Dragon 2 and Planes: Fire and Rescue were the only two titles to arrive at the box office this summer from the genre. As a single guy with no kids, I could personally care less, but... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, September 27, 2014 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Jimi: All Is By My SideDirected By: John Ridley
Starring: André Benjamin, Hayley Atwell, Burn Gorman, Imogen Poots, Andrew Buckley, and Ruth Negga
Jimi Hendrix is before my time, but I would be a fool not to recognize the profound impact his music has had on generations of musicians to follow him. With the influence his music and his creativity have had on rock and roll and the music landscape as a whole, it should come as no surprise that filmmakers are trying to bring his tragically short l... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, September 27, 2014 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Hector and the Search for HappinessDirected By: Peter Chelsom
Starring: Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, and Christopher Plummer
When I reflect on what happiness means to me, I think of the moments when I'm most serene. For a guy who used to live out of a suitcase like me, the answer surprisingly lies in the skyways and wherever they take me. It's about getting unplugged from the world around me and seeing the new beautiful places this world has to offe... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Friday, September 26, 2014 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
The EqualizerDirected By: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Bill Pullman, and Melissa Leo
Television and cinema are inextricably bound to one another. As such, there are numerous examples in which stories are brought to life across the two media. Some success on the big screen can foreshadow future success on the smaller one. Take the Marvel Cinematic Universe for instance. The success of The Avengers has created a home for its fol... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, September 21, 2014 In : 0.03% Wine Coolers
My Old Lady
Directed By: Israel Horovitz
Starring: Maggie Smith, Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Dominique Pinon
"If you do not love me, I shall not be loved."
-Samuel Beckett
This is going to sound completely nerdy, but I'm going to put these words out on the web anyway. I love to learn at the movies. Some of my most treasured cinematic memories are those where filmmakers have expanded my boundaries, exposed me to different cultures and ways of life, and enlightened me with new perspecti... Continue reading...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Sunday, September 21, 2014 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
The Maze RunnerSoberFilmChickDirected by: Wes Ball
Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Aml Ameen, Ki Hong Lee, Will Poulter, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Kaya Scodelario
After the success of The Hunger Games, the Twilight series, and Divergent, studios are constantly looking for the next big young adult film craze. The right YA book adaptation can be highly lucrative. James Dashner’s The Maze Runner is the latest young adult book brought to the big screen. While the success of The Maze Runner is sti... Continue reading...
