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 SoberFilmChick on Monday, July 6, 2015,
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Magic Mike XXL SoberFilmChick
Directed by: Gregory Jacobs
Starring: Channing Tatum, Joe Manganiello, Jada Pinkett Smith, Matt Bomer, Adam Rodriguez, Kevin Nash, Amber Heard, Stephen Boss
A few years ago, I reviewed Magic Mike. It is difficult to capture the experience of seeing that film on opening weekend—the lines of women, the excited whispers, the cheers and the jeers. It is an event. I knew that I had to take my Magic Mike XXL experience up a notch. So I went to see the sequel with f... Continue reading ...
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 ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, August 9, 2014,
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Step Up All In
Directed By: Trish Sie
Starring: Ryan Guzman, Briana Evigan, Misha Gabriel, Adam Sevani, Alyson Stoner, Mari Koda, Christopher Scott, and Luis Rosado
The life of a dancer is not easy. I know this because the Step Up series has beaten this message over moviegoers' heads four times before. That's why this weekend's Step Up All In is simply déjà vu. We've seen it all before, again and again and again. Strangely enough, this latest installment puts me in the mindset of the wizar... Continue reading ...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Sunday, July 29, 2012,
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Step Up Revolution SoberFilmChick
Directed By: Scott Speer
Starring: Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Adam G. Sevani, and Peter Gallagher
Despite Soberfilmcritic’s blistering reviews of the Step Up series, we here at STMR love dance movies. Correction-I love dance movies. How could I not? As a child of the 1980’s, I grew up in the Flashdance, Footloose, Staying Alive, Dirty Dancing era. Cheesy dance movies are my forte. So I gladly volunteered to see Step Up Revolution and save my fellow ... Continue reading ...
