Posted by James Brown on Saturday, March 2, 2013 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
The Last Exorcism Part II
Directed By: Ed Gass-Donnelly
Starring: Ashley Bell, Julia Garner, Spencer Treat Clark, Muse Watson, and Louis Herthum
When it comes to horror movies nowadays, I'm at my wit's end. They all just suck. Dark Skies, Texas Chainsaw, and Paranormal Activity 4 are all potent examples of the genre's decline in recent years. The good news is that we've had fewer horror movies in recent months. The bad news is the downward spiral of this genre continues. This weekend's The L... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, March 2, 2013 In : 0.09% Cocktails
21 & Over
Directed By: Jon Lucas and Scott Moore
Starring: Justin Chon, Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, Francois Chau, and Sarah Wright
The first weekend in March seems to be the party movie weekend. Exactly one year ago, we had Thomas Mann and Oliver Cooper trying to live like legends in Project X. We all saw what happened with that movie, nothing but pointless juvenile antics. With that in mind, Hollywood has decided to fast forward a few years and tackle the big 2-1, the last frontier before r... Continue reading...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Saturday, March 2, 2013 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
Jack The Giant Slayer 3D SoberFilmChick
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Bill Nighy, and Ian McShane
"Fee Fye Foe Fumm. Ask not whence the thunder comes. For between Heaven and Earth it's a perilous place. Home to a fearsome giant race." –King Brahmwell (Ian McShane)
Jack the Giant Slayer is the latest movie to update a traditional fairy tale into an action adventure film. Because X-Men and Usual Suspects director Bryan Si...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Sunday, February 24, 2013 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Snitch SoberFilmChick
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Michael Kenneth Williams, Benjamin Bratt, Jon Bernthal, Rafi Gavron
I am a huge fan of Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson. He is an amazingly charismatic wrestler and he has parlayed that into an impressive movie career (i.e. The Rundown, Fast Five). Thus, I was enthusiastic about his new movie Snitch. I anticipated a butt-kicking father out for justice for his son. I thought it had the potential to be a ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, February 23, 2013 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Dark Skies
Directed By: Scott Stewart
Starring: Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, and Dakota Goyo
It's Oscar weekend. I'm happy to say that we're at the end of another lengthy awards season. While it means that awards shows are thankfully at an end, it also means that we're almost through the worst part of the year for moviegoers. The key word there is almost. Unfortunately, snoozers are still crowding movie theaters. This weekend, the new snoozer at the box office goes by the name of Dark Skies... Continue reading...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
The ABC’s Of Death SoberFilmChick
Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo, Marcel Sarmiento, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Simon Barrett, Angela Bettis, Xavier Gens, etc.
Starring: Fraser Corbett, Dallas Malloy, Darenzia, Lee Hardcastle, and Hiroko Yashiki
The ABC’s of Death is a compilation of 26 different horror stories directed by 26 different directors. Inspired by children’s storybooks, producers Ant Timpson and Tim League assigned a different letter of the alphabet to different ...
Happy belated Valentine’s Day movie-lovers! On cue, an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks’ novel has hit theaters for those looking for a romantic date movie. Sparks has brought us such films as The Notebook, Message In A Bottle, Dear John, etc. Except for The Notebook, which was a phenomenal film, he is generally renowned for somewhat sappy...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, February 16, 2013 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Beautiful Creatures
Directed By: Richard LaGravanese
Starring: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum, Thomas Mann, and Emma Thompson
It's Valentine's Day weekend, so there's plenty of love to be found at the box office. Sappy moviegoers (and their unfortunate boyfriends or husbands) are making the obvious choice and going to see Safe Haven. Action junkies can strangely find John McClane offering a healthy dose of fatherly love in A Good Day to Die Hard. Final... Continue reading...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Saturday, February 16, 2013 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
The Sorcerer And The White Snake SoberFilmChick
Directed by: Ching Siu-tung
Starring: Jet Li, Eva Huang, Raymond Lam, Charlene Choi, Zhang Wen
The Sorcerer and the White Snake is a 2011 Chinese film that was not released to U.S. theaters until 2013. As a Jet Li fan, I was enthused to see the film—although all I really knew about the movie was that Jet Li was a sorcerer fighting a thousand year old demon. While that sounds ridiculous on its face, Li has successfully dabbled in the fantasy ...
Posted by James Brown on Friday, February 15, 2013 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
A Good Day to Die Hard
Directed By: John Moore
Starring: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Radivoje Bukvic, Cole Hauser, and Yuliya Snigir
I can't believe it's been 25 years since the original Die Hard came out. Arguably the most influential action movie of all time, this beloved film has reached its silver anniversary and is now legitimately a classic. This year marks a time to celebrate and honor John McClane for what he's done for action movies. With that in mind, Bruce Willis...