Posted by James Brown on Monday, March 30, 2015,
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Danny Collins
Directed By: Dan Fogelman
Starring: Al Pacino, Annette Bening, Jennifer Garner, Bobby Cannavale, Christopher Plummer, Melissa Benoist, and Josh Peck
A couple of years ago, I heard of this challenge for film aficionados called Mount Rushmore. It essentially entails naming one's four favorite actors who would be on their cinematic Rushmore, figuratively speaking. Without a shadow of a doubt, the one person who has a guaranteed spot on mine is the iconic Al Pacino. In my humble opi... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, July 20, 2013,
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Girl Most Likely
Directed By: Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Annette Bening, Matt Dillon, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Darren Criss
It's been a little more than two years since Bridesmaids took the box office by storm. By now, I would've imagined that Kristen Wiig would have had a long, long list of comedies to which she were attached as the lead. As fate would have it, Wiig is finding greater success in animated films and television programming. She's Lucy in... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, March 24, 2013,
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Ginger & Rosa
Directed By: Sally Potter
Starring: Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Alessandro Nivola, Annette Bening, Timothy Spall, Oliver Platt, and Christina Hendricks
There have been a lot of period pieces this month. We've been taken back to post-WWII Germany and Japan in Lore and Emperor. We've been taken to Chile back in the 1980s in No. This weekend, we're being taken back to 1960s London during the height of the Cold War with the United States and the Soviet Union embroiled in a tense fe... Continue reading ...
Posted by James Brown on Thursday, July 26, 2012,
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Ruby Sparks
Directed By: Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Starring: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould, and Chris Messina
With The Dark Knight Rises rocking the mainstream box office right now, I've been waiting to see what indie cinema would provide as counter-programming to the year's most anticipated summer blockbuster. It seems they've decided upon Ruby Sparks this week. As opposed to a dark superhero tale full of pain and struggles, we hav... Continue reading ...
