Posted by James Brown on Saturday, September 30, 2017,
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American Made
Directed By: Doug Liman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Sarah Wright, Domhnall Gleeson, Alejandro Edda, Mauicio Mejia, Jesse Plemons, Lola Kirke, and Caleb Landry Jones
Tom Cruise gets no love from moviegoers these days. This is abundantly clear to me. While I’ve been fairly excited about this weekend’s American Made, I can’t say the same for all the folks with whom I’ve discussed the crime film. I get it. I really do. Some see Tom Cruise as a man with Scientology baggage and to...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, October 3, 2015,
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Sicario
Directed By: Denis Villeneuve
Starring: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, and Jon Bernthal
There are lots of great movies out there, but there are few that I would characterize as beasts. There's a certain raw energy that marks these kinds of movies that's unmistakable. The Wolf of Wall Street had a beast-like ferocity. Whiplash raged. Mad Max: Fury Road roared into theaters earlier this summer. These are the kinds of great movies we don't get every day. Th...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, May 18, 2014,
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Palo Alto
Directed By: Gia Coppola Starring: Emma Roberts, James Franco, Val Kilmer, Nat Wolff, Christian Madsen, Keegan Allen, Chris Messina, Jack Kilmer, and Colleen Camp
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, April 26, 2014,
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Brick Mansions
Directed By: Camille Delamarre Starring: Paul Walker, David Belle, and RZA
RoboCop seems to be having a bit of a second life this year. There was the remake earlier this year with Joel Kinnaman, Michael Keaton, Gary Oldman, and Samuel L. Jackson. Now, the whole concept of Delta City, a revitalized utopia built on the ashes of the urban, underprivileged portion of the community, is being brought back to life. It's called Brick Mansions this time around. With the late Paul Walke... Continue reading ...
Posted by SoberFilmChick on Sunday, March 30, 2014,
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Sabotage SoberFilmChick
Directed by: David Ayer Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Olivia Williams, Terrence Howard, Joe Manganiello, Harold Perrineau, Martin Donovan, Max Martini, Josh Holloway, and Mireille Enos
Since his political career ended and his marital woes took center stage, Arnold Schwarzenegger has not been able to connect with American audiences. His most recent films, The Last Stand and Escape Plan were box office duds domestically, and his latest action thriller Sa... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, November 9, 2013,
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Dallas Buyers Club
Directed By: Jean-Marc Vailée
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Jared Leto
I recently discovered Breaking Bad. For the last three weeks, I've been inhaling the saga of Walter White day and night. I've been so addicted to the series that I actually completed it in its entirety as of two nights ago. The circumstances under which this high school chemistry teacher stricken with lung cancer becomes a drug kingpin are unbelievable. Walter "Heisenberg" White d... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, October 26, 2013,
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The Counselor
Directed By: Ridley Scott Starring: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt
Some movies seem like the perfect recipe for success on paper but unexpectedly turn out to be failures on the grandest of scales. Until today, the best example in recent memory was the 2007 thriller Lions for Lambs. The film starred Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, and Robert Redford. To top things off, Redford was playing multiple roles by sitting in the director's chair ... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Friday, August 2, 2013,
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2 Guns
Directed By: Baltasar Kormâkur
Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, James Marsden, Bill Paxton, Edward James Olmos, and Fred Ward
The summer movie season is starting to wind down. It's been an underwhelming summer to say the least. With bomb after bomb after bomb hitting the box office, we've been continuously disappointed. The duds have included films like After Earth, White House Down, The Lone Ranger, and R.I.P.D. Though there have certainly been standouts lik... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Thursday, July 18, 2013,
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Crystal Fairy & the Magical Cactus and 2012
Directed By: Sebastián Silva
Starring: Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, José Miguel Silva, and Agustín Silva
With all that's going on in America these days, it might be time for a little vacation. Regardless of your perspective on the array of events and issues of the day, I'm sure you can agree that it might be time to get some distance, perhaps in the form of international travel. While we all can't just hop on a plane and leave ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, June 9, 2012,
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
Directed By: Bruce Beresford
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 ...
