Posted by SoberFilmChick on Sunday, August 24, 2014 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForSoberFilmChick
Directed by: Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Willis, Eva Green, Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Jeremy Piven, Ray Liotta, Stacy Keach, and Jamie Chung
After seeing the misogynistic train wreck that was Machete Kills, I was not clamoring for another star-studded sequel from Robert Rodriguez. While the original Sin City was creative and slick... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, August 24, 2014 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
If I StayDirected By: R. J. Cutler
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Joshua Leonard, Stacy Keach, and Jamie Blackley
“Here's the secret baby. If you live, if you die, it's all up to you. So whatever fight you got in you, you gotta pull it out now.”
-Surgeon (Uncredited)
I was able to dodge The Fault In Our Stars earlier this year. I have no interest whatsoever in depressing, melodramatic YA adaptations like this. The sole intention of a film of this nature is to tug at the hea... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, August 23, 2014 In : 0.03% Wine Coolers
Frank
Directed By: Lenny Abrahamson
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, and Michael Fassbender
This isn't the first time I've said this, but 2014 has been a tame year at the movies. It's not just the fact that we've had fewer high quality movies, but we just haven't had the same level of weird inventiveness. We don't have filmmakers this year going for it all regardless of how strangely their final product may appear to moviegoers. We haven't had the next Seven Psych... Continue reading...
Posted by Sylvia Boyd (Infographic World) on Saturday, August 23, 2014
The world lost both a comedic legend and a great human being with the death of Robin Williams recently.
We look back on his life and his accomplishments in The Life and Times of Robin Williams infographic. Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Friday, August 22, 2014 In : 0.09% Cocktails
When the Game Stands Tall
Directed By: Thomas Carter
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Laura Dern, Michael Chiklis, Alexander Ludwig, and Clancy Brown
These August movies are really starting to get to me. Good movies are just hard to find in this climate. With Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reigning supreme for the last two weeks at the box office, it's a moviegoer's worst nightmare come true. As I make my way to the next wave of torturously bad flicks, I begin with a high school football film, this week... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, August 16, 2014 In : 0.09% Cocktails
About AlexDirected By: Jesse Zwick
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Max Greenfield, Maggie Grace, Jason Ritter, Jane Levy, Nate Parker, and Max Minghella
My fellow Millennials have been making quite a few movies about what it's like to make that full adjustment into adulthood. To some extent, the wild party movie Neighbors serves up some satirical commentary on the transition from a carefree twentysomething to married life with children. The recent romantic comedy What If humorously explores the chall... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, August 16, 2014 In : 0.09% Cocktails
The Expendables 3
Directed By: Patrick Hughes
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey Grammer, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Glen Powell, Victor Ortiz, Robert Davi, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, and Arnold Schwarzenegger
There comes a time when retirement is no longer a luxury but a duty, particularly when one's line of work demands a certain physicality. Professional wrestling, a young man's game, has so... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Friday, August 15, 2014 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
Let's Be Cops
Directed By: Luke Greenfield
Starring: Jake Johnson, Damon Wayans, Jr., Rob Riggle, Nina Dobrev, James D'Arcy, and Andy Garcia
Parleying success on the small screen into success on the big screen can be a daunting task. There's a big difference between holding viewers' attention for 30 or 60 minutes with commercial breaks and holding it for two hours straight. Sure, there are plenty of examples to the contrary including the likes of Jamie Foxx, Martin Lawrence, and Will Smith. St... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 In : 0.03% Wine Coolers
The GiverDirected By: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgård, Odeya Rush, Katie Holmes, Taylor Swift, Cameron Monaghan, Jordan Nicholas Smal, and Saige Fernandes
Though the Chief Elder is preparing to thank the members of the Community for their childhood when The Giver arrives in theaters later this week, I want to take a moment to thank a special someone for my childhood. I will forever remember that I was at a screening of The Giver when I... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Monday, August 11, 2014 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
Calvary
Directed By: John Michael McDonagh
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, and Dylan Moran
"Do not despair; one of the thieves was saved.
Do not presume; one of the thieves was damned.”
-St. Augustine
The Catholic Church has had a serious scandal on its hands for more than a decade now. The atrocities done to innocent children over the years will haunt the victims for the remainder of their lives and the church until the end of its days. That being said, the... Continue reading...
