Starring: Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Elizabeth Olsen, Chace Crawford, Nat Wolff, Marissa O'Donnell, Kyle MacLachlan, and Rosanna Arquette
If you were a hippie back in the day, you're now officially old. The 60s were a long, long time ago, and the world has changed quite a bit. There's one thing that hasn't changed. People still love weed. That's why we need hippie grandmothers like Jane Fonda's Grace in Peace... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, June 9, 2012 In : 0.00% Water
The Intouchables
Directed By: Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano
Starring: François Cluzet and Omar Sy
It was voted the cultural event of the year in France last year. It's won countless awards. It has enamored millions of international moviegoers and conquered the box office overseas, raking in hundreds of millions of dollars in the process. The celebrated film The Intouchables has finally made it to the US. With the rather tepid reception here though, it's been a bit anticlimactic. A fil... Continue reading...
Starring: Felicity Jones, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Hugh Dancy, Jonathan Pryce, and Rupert Everett
Before we arrived at the medical and scientific knowledge we have today, many doctors were educated fools. You wouldn't believe what some of them thought back in the day. Many completely disregarded science and ignored life-changing discoveries from the research of a few. They didn't believe germs existed and fostered situations in which they hurt their patients far m... Continue reading...
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron
It's been 33 years since Ridley Scott took us to LV-426. After all this time, he's come back to the Alien universe to tell another epic sci-fi story. Now, he takes us to LV-223 in his latest film Prometheus. We've all seen the awesome marketing campaign for the film. We've all been waiting for it and wondering what he'll bring to the table this ti... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Thursday, June 7, 2012 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
For Greater Glory
Directed By: Dean Wright
Starring: Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Eduardo Verástegui, Peter O'Toole, Bruce Greenwood, Oscar Isaac, and Nestor Carbonell
Religious tolerance has been a major issue throughout all of human history. Nobody wants to be told by anyone else what to believe or what not to believe. People want religious freedom (at least for themselves). Nonetheless, what history remembers most often concerns those who are persecuted and denied the right to believe in wh... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, June 2, 2012 In : 0.00% Water
Moonrise Kingdom
Directed By: Wes Anderson
Starring: Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, and Harvey Keitel
It's been a few years since we've seen Wes Anderson at the box office, and we've definitely missed his signature filmmaking style. His eccentric visuals, his dry humor, and his caricatured characters are the things that make his films so special. They're why we love his movies so much. We ... Continue reading...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Saturday, June 2, 2012 In : 0.03% Wine Coolers
Snow White and the Huntsman SoberFilmChick
Directed By: Rupert Sanders
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, and Ian McShane
Finally! Something has come along to erase the memory of Julia Roberts’ lackluster Snow White tale Mirror, Mirror from earlier this year. If we had to ask the mirror on the wall which was the fairest film of all based on Snow White, The Huntsman would win by a landslide. With sweeping cinematography, interesting characters, and a heft... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, May 26, 2012 In : 0.00% Water
Polisse
Directed By: Maïwenn
Starring: Karin Viard, Joeystarr, Marina Foïs, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Karole Rocher, Emmanuelle Bercot, Frédéric Pierrot, Arnaud Henriet, Naidra Ayadi, Jérémie Elkaïm, and Maïwenn
Our society has a way of turning some of our more serious problems or struggles in life into entertainment. Reality TV is a prime example of this. It's turned love and relationships into a joke with shows like The Bachelor and Flavor of Love. It's turned family life into a gag with... Continue reading...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Saturday, May 26, 2012 In : 0.03% Wine Coolers
Men in Black 3 SoberFilmChick
Directed By: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Emma Thompson
I have a confession to make: I love Will Smith. Whether I’m watching him on reruns of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, watching him play a down on his luck homeless man in The Pursuit of Happyness, or seeing him backhand a rude reporter attempting to kiss him, I’m a fan. Thus his hiatus for the last few years has been disappointing... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Friday, May 25, 2012 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
Chernobyl Diaries
Directed By: Bradley Parker
Starring: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Nathan Phillips, Ingrid Bolso Berdal, and Dimitri Diatchenko
Last month, I gave The Cabin in the Woods a 0.06% rating. While the first half of the film was a little dry for my taste, the second half had me sitting on the edge of my seat. I didn't realize it then, but I think Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard might have raised my standard for the horror genre by just a few ... Continue reading...
