Posted by James Brown on Saturday, November 15, 2014,
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Dumb and Dumber To
Directed By: Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly
Starring: Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Laurie Holden, and Kathleen Turner
I'm amazed at how moviegoers need to learn the same lesson over and over again year after year. Some movies should just be left alone. In most cases, there's absolutely no need for a sequel. I was never a huge fan of the original Dumb and Dumber film or the hackneyed attempts at sequels over the years. Some twenty years later, I'm still opposed to the prosp... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, August 17, 2013,
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Kick-Ass 2
Directed By: Jeff Wadlow Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloƫ Grace Moretz, Jim Carrey, and Morris Chestnut
Many good movies don't need sequels. The Wolfpack never needed to hit the Strip (or any other place of debauchery for that matter) after their wild outing in The Hangover. Badass spy Bryan Mills had no need to go beat the hell out of Albanian baddies after the brutal hunt for his daughter throughout Paris in Taken. Cindy and Brenda certainly didn't... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, March 16, 2013,
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
Directed By: Don Scardino Starring: Steve Carell, Steve Buscemi, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, James Gandolfini, and Jim Carrey
American culture today is bereft of any real values or meaningful qualities. Sadly, this is the product of my generation, the Millennials. The plague of reality television and an ever-growing, ever-popular online library of senseless YouTube videos are symptomatic of these problems. I'm not going to go on a full rant about everything that'... Continue reading ...