Posted by James Brown on Saturday, July 16, 2016,
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Ghostbusters
Directed By: Paul Feig
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Charles Dance, Michael Kenneth Williams, and Chris Hemsworth
There's been one tragedy after another as of late. It seems that there is a terrorist attack, a mass shooting, or police killings on an all too frequent basis these days. Orlando. Istanbul. Nice. Baton Rouge. Dallas. The Twin Cities. The list sadly goes on and on and on. All our prayers at STMR are certainly with those de...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Monday, February 15, 2016,
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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies SoberFilmChick
Directed by: Burr Steers
Starring: Lily James, Sam Riley, Charles Dance, Lena Headey, and Suki Waterhouse
A week ago, I was forced to review Fifty Shades of Black. Right on the heels of viewing that debacle, I was assigned to review Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I assumed that I was being punished by the movie gods for some unknown sin. Perhaps I was too lenient on Magic Mike XXL? Or maybe this was penance because I haven’t seen Bridge of S...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, April 19, 2015,
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Woman in Gold
Directed By: Simon Curtis
Starring: Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Brühl, Katie Holmes, Tatiana Maslany, Max Irons, Charles Dance, Elizabeth McGovern, and Jonathan Pryce
A couple of years ago, I fumed in a series of reviews about having had enough of WWII-themed movies. As much as I hate to admit it, I might have been wrong. There are many facets to the Second Great War, and there might just be a few of them left untold on the big screen. In the last couple of years, filmm... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, December 14, 2014,
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The Imitation Game
Directed By: Morten Tyldum
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, and Rory Kinnear
"Sometimes it is the people no one imagines anything of who do the things that no one can imagine." -Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley)
Some of the best movies are the ones in which moviegoers learn something new about how someone did something amazing that changed the world. I know that sounds like a cliché, but that's... Continue reading ...