Posted by James Brown on Friday, May 27, 2016,
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X-Men: Apocalypse
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, and Alexandra Shipp
I'm starting to think that the final installment in X-Men trilogies is cursed because the third time is apparently not the charm for Fox's prequel trilogy. Some ten years ago on Memorial Day weekend, I saw X-Men: The Last Stand. At the time, I t...
Posted by James Brown on Monday, December 21, 2015,
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Macbeth
Directed By: Justin Kurzel
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Paddy Considine, Sean Harris, Jack Reynor, Elizabeth Debicki, and David Thewlis
Here we are again with yet another Shakespearean adaptation at the box office. The fun thing about reviewing these films is that the narrative hardly ever factors into my review. It's all about the execution and the overarching creative vision driving each big screen take on the famed playwright’s theatrical works (if he wrote them)...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, October 17, 2015,
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Steve Jobs
Directed By: Danny Boyle
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels
The adaptations keep on coming. I obsess over the unusually large wave of films based on books, public figures, and other source materials as this fall movie season rolls onward. As I look at the slate of films on hand this weekend, I've come to realize that there's a smaller trend in recent years as well, one focused on technology. Recognizing the role technology plays in our lives, H...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, August 23, 2014,
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Frank
Directed By: Lenny Abrahamson
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, and Michael Fassbender
This isn't the first time I've said this, but 2014 has been a tame year at the movies. It's not just the fact that we've had fewer high quality movies, but we just haven't had the same level of weird inventiveness. We don't have filmmakers this year going for it all regardless of how strangely their final product may appear to moviegoers. We haven't had the next Seven Psych... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, May 24, 2014,
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
Directed By: Bryan Singer
Starring: Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Halle Berry, Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, Nicholas Hoult, Peter Dinklage, Ian McKellen, and Patrick Stewart
"So many battles waged over the years... and yet, none like this. Are we destined to destroy each other, or can we change each other and unite? Is the future truly set?" -Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart)
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 Saturday, October 19, 2013,
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12 Years a Slave
Directed By: Steve McQueen
Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Alfre Woodard, Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, and Adepero Oduye
In a review two months ago, I wrote about how filmmakers are taking us to school this year. With films like Fruitvale Station, Lee Daniels' The Butler, and even 42, we've gotten a healthy dose of black history from Hollywood. We've arrived at our fi... Continue reading ...
Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron
It's been 33 years since Ridley Scott took us to LV-426. After all this time, he's come back to the Alien universe to tell another epic sci-fi story. Now, he takes us to LV-223 in his latest film Prometheus. We've all seen the awesome marketing campaign for the film. We've all been waiting for it and wondering what he'll bring to the table this ti... Continue reading ...
Posted by Mary Dieng, Esq. on Saturday, January 21, 2012,
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Haywire Mary Dieng
Directed By: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Michael Angarano, Antonio Banderas, and Michael Douglas
Maybe my expectations were just a little too high. Maybe, I’m a dreamer. I was excited to seeHaywire. And why not? A film directed by Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, theOceans series,Contagion) with a cast that includes new “it” actor Michael Fassbender, Antonio Banderas, Michael Douglas and Ewan McGregor is de... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, December 18, 2011,
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A Dangerous Method
Directed By: David Cronenberg
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, and Vincent Cassel
Michael Fassbender has a bit of a penchant for making movies about sex. This year alone he's madeShame and A Dangerous Method. WhileShame portrays a sex addict at his worst,A Dangerous Methoddeals with sex in a more intellectual manner. David Cronenberg's latest film tackles the importance of sex with regard to psychology and whether it should have been the c... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, December 3, 2011,
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Shame
Directed By: Steve McQueen
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Carey Mulligan, Nicole Beharie, and James Badge Dale
I will never ever forget that I saw Steve McQueen'sShame on this night. Given the well-deserved NC-17 rating for the film, there's a lot of material with which I can play here on Sobriety Test. It's like Steve McQueen went into this film thinking about all the different ways and positions in which his star Michael Fassbender could have sex or jerk off. When looking at the menu ... Continue reading ...
