Posted by James Brown on Sunday, June 15, 2014 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Daredevil
Directed By: Mark Steven JohnsonStarring: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Joe Pantoliano, Jon Favreau, and David Keith
We've got a lot of big superhero movies in 2014 and 2015, including the likes of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Still, moviegoers seem to have their eyes fixated on the Zack Snyder's Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, which is still two years away. ... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, May 3, 2014 In : 0.00% Water
Super 8
Directed By: J. J. Abrams
Starring: Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, and Ron Eldard
The Internet is abuzz with talk about the casting for J.J. Abrams's Star Wars: Episode VII. Expectedly, some Trekkies are still discontent with the fact that Abrams turned to the dark side by ditching the Star Trek franchise and are once again ranting on the web to make their voices heard. In between Abrams's jobs of living long and prospering and letting the force ... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, May 3, 2014 In : 0.03% Wine Coolers
Serpico
Directed By: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe, Biff McGuire, Barbara Eda-Young, Cornelia Sharpe, and Tony Roberts
"The reality is that we do not wash our own laundry - it just gets dirtier."
-Frank Serpico (Al Pacino)
Since Al Pacino turned 74 recently, I’ve been reflecting on all the cinematic memories this storied veteran of the screen and stage has given us. Whether telling Fredo to never take sides against the family, telling the crooks of Miami to say hel... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, February 23, 2014 In : 0.00% Water
The Insider
Directed By: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Russell Crowe, Christopher Plummer, Diane Venora, Phillip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Debi Mazar, Gina Gershon, and Michael Gambon
"You pay me to go get guys like Wigand, to draw him out. To get him to trust us, to get him to go on television. I do. I deliver him. He sits. He talks. He violates his own fucking confidentiality agreement. And he's only the key witness in the biggest public health reform issue, maybe the biggest, mos... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, February 16, 2014 In : 0.00% Water
HeatDirected By: Michael Mann
Starring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Jon Voight, Val Kilmer, and Natalie Portman
"A guy told me one time, 'Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.' Now, if you're on me and you gotta move when I move, how do you expect to keep a... a marriage?"
-Neil McCauley (Robert De N... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, February 15, 2014 In : 0.12% Hard Liquor
RoboCop 3
Directed By: Fred Dekker
Starring: Robert John Burke, Nancy Allen, Rip Torn, John Castle, Jill Hennessy, Mako, and C. C. H. Pounder
If I thought RoboCop 2 was outdated when it arrived in theaters, you can probably guess what I think about Murphy's third outing in Detroit. By the time RoboCop 3 arrived in theaters, the science fiction genre had changed forever. All I need to make my case is that the Tyrannosaurus Rex had already roared on the big screen and elevated our expectations f... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, February 9, 2014 In : 0.09% Cocktails
RoboCop 2Directed By: Irvin Kershner
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan, and Gabriel Damon
As I revisit the RoboCop series, I have mixed feelings. I loved the original movie, but I have no love whatsoever for its two sequels. In the case of RoboCop, Hollywood butchered yet another blockbuster series with these sequels. The proof is in the pudding. Just look at the second RoboCop movie. Lacking consistency, coherence, and creativity, RoboCop 2 is a... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Saturday, January 25, 2014 In : 0.03% Wine Coolers
RoboCopDirected By: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, and Miguel Ferrer
Machines are synonymous with science fiction movies. Where would John Connor be without The Terminator? What would the Star Wars saga be like without our beloved droids C-3PO and R2-D2? Who would send chills down our spines in Alien if not the slippery android Ash? I could go on and on. This is just a small slice of the role machines play in sci-fi. Despite t... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Monday, December 23, 2013 In : 0.09% Cocktails
Out of AfricaDirected By: Sydney Pollack
Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, and Klaus Maria Brandauer
Don't take too much stock in which film wins the Academy Award for Best Picture. The Oscars are political, and the winners often reflect this rather than a more qualitative assessment of the films released each year. Given this, the cinematic popularity contest often gets it wrong. How else could you make the case that Slumdog Millionaire topped The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (and ... Continue reading...
Posted by James Brown on Sunday, December 15, 2013 In : 0.00% Water
The Sound of MusicDirected By: Robert Wise
Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Eleanor Parker, Charmian Carr, Nicholas Hammond, Heather Menzies, Duane Chase, Angela Cartwright, Debbie Turner, and Kym Karath
My title is a dead giveaway. I love The Sound of Music. With unforgettable tunes like "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favorite Things", this undoubtedly stands as one of the great musicals of all time. With Julie Andrews of Mary Poppins lore headlining the film, di... Continue reading...
