Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, William Hope, and Paul Reiser
The 1979 classic Alien was such a landmark film in the sci-fi genre that many imitators and copycats followed. It took seven years for an official sequel to be released. By then, 20th Century Fox had hired a new director, future king of the world James Cameron, to direct the movie. After the success of the 1984 The Terminator, Cameron decided to take a diffe... Continue reading...
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Men in Black II SoberFilmChick
Directed By: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson, Tony Shalhoub, Patrick Warburton, and Rip Torn
In part 2 of our retro review series on the Men in Black franchise, we turn to Men in Black II. The original Men in Black film is a creative, smart science fiction comedy. However, as I watched Men in Black II, all that came to mind was a line from the movie Lean on Me. There is a scene in the film... Continue reading...
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Alien
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto
The 2012 summer movie season has shown us one thing. People love some alien movies. Aliens are part of most of the big blockbusters kicking off the summer. Just think of flicks like The Avengers, Battleship, and Men in Black 3. Badass extraterrestrials are in style. There's one more alien flick coming out in June as well. It goes by the na... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Thursday, May 17, 2012 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Death Becomes Her
Directed By: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn, and Bruce Willis
Hollywood has always been obsessed with beauty, whether it's real or not. That's why Los Angeles is the home of many, many plastic surgeons. Though these surgeons are well paid, I would imagine they have to march to the tunes of their often-wealthy clientele. Until I saw Robert Zemeckis' Death Becomes Her, I never thought about how nerve-wrecking that could be at times.
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, May 13, 2012 In : 0.00% Water
The Dark Knight
Directed By: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman
"You'll hunt me. You'll condemn me, set the dogs on me. Because that's what needs to happen. Because sometimes... the truth isn't good enough. Sometimes people deserve more. Sometimes people deserve to have their faith rewarded." -Batman (Christian Bale)
Once in a long while there comes a movie that changes the way you look a... Continue reading...
Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Morgan Freeman, Tom Wilkinson, and Ken Watanabe
"If you make yourself more than just a man, if you devote yourself to an ideal and if they can't stop you, you become something else entirely – a legend, Mister Wayne." -Henri Ducard (Liam Neeson)
With summer 2012 heralding the reboot of the Spider-Man franchise, I feel like déjà vu. All I hear is that five... Continue reading...
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Catwoman
Directed By: Pitof
Starring: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, and Alex Borstein
After Michelle Pfeiffer's seductive and fiery performance as Catwoman in Batman Returns, there was talk of a spinoff film about the feisty feline starring Pfeiffer and directed by Batman Returns director Tim Burton. With Batman Forever taking a lighter turn and Joel Schumacher taking Burton's place in the director's chair, the chances of the spinoff happening with B... Continue reading...
Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Pam Grier, Bryan Cranston, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw
He's starred opposite a volleyball named Wilson in a riveting survival drama. He's played a gay lawyer afflicted with AIDS who struggles to find justice on his death bed. He's even portrayed a mentally challenged yet charming Southerner who runs across America from one adventure to another. Tom Hanks is undoubtedly the most likable gu... Continue reading...
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, George Clooney, Chris O'Donnell, Uma Thurman, Alicia Silverstone, Pat Hingle, and Michael Gough
The on-screen role of Batman was cursed back in the 90s. Batman was like the Defense against the Dark Arts post at Hogwarts. Each live action Batman film was headlined by a different guy, and this became increasingly to the detriment of the series. Michael Keaton reprised his role as the Caped Crusader in the spectacular B... Continue reading...
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Men in Black SoberFilmChick
Directed By: Barry Sonnenfeld
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rip Torn, and Tony Shalhoub
In light of Men in Black III’s upcoming release, STMR is doing a retro review series on the MIB trilogy. We begin with the original 1997 film, Men in Black. I must confess that I am a long time Will Smith fan. I grew up watching The Fresh Prince of Bel Air and listening to “Summertime”. His transition from a teenage rapper to... Continue reading...
