Posted by James Brown on Friday, February 10, 2012 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
Safe House
Directed By: Daniel Espinosa
Starring: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, and Sam Shepard
These last several months have been an interesting time for movies with big actors. Time and time again, we've all been asking whether great acting is enough to make a movie great. Well, the results have been mixed thus far. In J. Edgar, Leonardo DiCaprio gives a powerhouse performance. The problem is that the movie absolutely sucks. In The Iron Lady, Meryl Stre... Continue reading...
Posted by Mary Dieng on Saturday, February 4, 2012 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
Perfect Sense Mary Dieng
Directed By: David Mackenzie
Starring: Eva Green and Ewan McGregor
The mark of a solid independent film is whether it leaves you thinking long after you have seen it. You know what I’m talking about—the films where you’re not sure what you just saw after the lights go up and you walk out of the theater; the films that leave you conversing with a friend, questioning what the purpose was and what it all means; the films that make you want to go back to a college comp... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, February 4, 2012 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
The Woman in Black
Directed By: James Watkins
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Ciarán Hinds, Janet McTeer, Sophie Stuckey, Liz White, and Alisa Khasanova
Most scary movies these days just don't get the job done. Ghost stories and old school thrillers have gone out of fashion. We're left with remakes of 80s slasher flicks likeA Nightmare on Elm Street andFriday the 13ththat can never quite live up to the originals. Alternatively, we get unnecessarily gory films that are tantamount to torture po... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, February 4, 2012 In : 0.03% Wine Coolers
Chronicle
Directed By: Josh Trank
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Dane DeHaan, Michael Kelly, and Alex Russell
It's hard to go to the movies and find something fresh and new. Hollywood is not a place where there's a great deal of innovation anymore. There's still some hope though. Some filmmakers have dared to turn traditional filmmaking on its head by making mockumentaries. These documentary-like flicks are the next big thing in cinema. Just think about movies likeParanormal Activityand Dis... Continue reading...
Posted by Mary Dieng on Sunday, January 29, 2012 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Loosies Mary Dieng
Directed By: Michael Corrente
Starring: Peter Facinelli, Jaimie Alexander, Michael Madsen, Joe Pantoliano, and Vincent Gallo
Criminals, they’re just like the rest of us! They work their nine to five jobs with little financial reward and the “man” on their backs. They take care of their moms, and they don’t make the best decisions when it comes to love. Who knew?
Bobby (Peter Facinelli) is a thirty-something year old pickpocket who works the streets of New York. Bobb... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, January 29, 2012 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
Albert Nobbs
Directed By: Rodrigo García
Starring: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Brendan Gleeson, and Maria Doyle Kennedy
January is the worst time of year for movies. We as moviegoers get the short end of the stick in so many ways. For mainstream films, we get all the crap that studios can't put out any other time of the year when there's real competition. For indie films, we're stuck with the flicks we've already seen in the fall. They've ... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, January 28, 2012 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
One for the Money
Directed By: Julie Anne Robinson
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, and Debbie Reynolds
2010 marked the beginning of the end for Katherine Heigl. When studio execs decided to give her a gun in the romantic comedyKillers, we all knew that she could only go downhill from there. As expected, the film was awful and bombed at the box office. Heigl hasn't had a hit since that disastrous film. For some strange reason, some st... Continue reading...
Posted by Mary Dieng on Saturday, January 28, 2012 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Albatross Mary Dieng
Directed By: Niall MacCormick
Starring: Jessica Brown-Findlay, Sebastian Koch, Julia Ormond, and Felicity Jones
I guess it is unfair to compare this British coming of age dramedy toAmerican Beauty. But it’s not a big leap. Bored middle-aged dad? Check. “Shrew-like” mom? Check. Relatively nondescript teenage daughter? Check. Sexy free-spirited best friend of said teenage daughter? Check. Dysfunctional family? Check, Check, Check, Check.
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, January 28, 2012 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Man on a Ledge
Directed By: Asger Leth
Starring: Ed Harris, Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Anthony Mackie, Jamie Bell, and Génesis Rodriguez
In any heist flick, there's a certain amount of crap that filmmakers pull that will just never be believable, but we as moviegoers let it slide. We suspend our disbelief. InFast Five, did you really think Toretto and O'Conner were able to swap vaults with their team members while they were all driving at 80 to 90 miles per hour? In theOcean'sflick... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Friday, January 27, 2012 In : 0.06% Beer or Wine
The Grey
Directed By: Joe Carnahan
Starring: Liam Neeson, Frank Grillo, Dermot Mulroney, Dallas Roberts, Joe Anderson, Nonso Anozie, and James Badge Dale
Attention everyone! It's that time of year for a kick-ass Liam Neeson B-movie, and no actor in the world wanted to go toe-to-toe with the famed Irish actor this time around. Liam Neeson has beaten the hell out of every human badass on camera and is now relegated to fighting wolves. Writer/director Joe Carnahan took a stab at bringing a wolf ... Continue reading...
