Cast: Jamie Foxx (Curtis Taylor Jr.), Beyonce Knowles (Deena Jones), Eddie Murphy (James 'Thunder' Early), Danny Glover (Marty Madison)
For complete information, see IMDb's Dreamgirls page.
I was excited about the Dreamgirls movie being made, since I'd never seen the musical, but knew many of the songs well. When I heard about the initial casting (Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Anika Noni Rose, ...), I thought they were doing a great job. Then, they mentioned Eddie Murphy (who I normally avoid as much as possible) and I thought they'd ruined the movie. Fortunately, Eddie Murphy plays a character that you're meant to hate, so it works out okay. He's also got a decent singing voice and (for the most part) doesn't do too many of the things I associate with Eddie Murphy on film.
Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Anika Noni Rose, Keith Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Sharon Leal, Danny Glover, and the rest of the cast are amazing. The costumes and wigs are perfect! I can't compare this to the original show, but from what I've heard of it, they did a great job.
It's nice to see some movie musicals doing really well (the theatre we were in was PACKED). I hope this trend continues, since it's a way for the whole country to enjoy a show even if they can't get to Broadway and shows rarely tour in their city.
If you like musicals, go see this! If not, you might want to wait for it to come out on DVD, but you'll still enjoy the show.
Grade: B+
Labels: 2006, Beyonce Knowles, dancing, drama, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson, movie, musical
Reviewed by Kat at the 3:50 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Colin Farrell (Detective James 'Sonny' Crockett), Jamie Foxx (Detective Ricardo Tubbs), Li Gong (Isabella), Naomie Harris (Trudy Joplin)
For complete info, see IMDb's Miami Vice page.
I enjoyed Miami Vice more than anyone else in the group I went with to see it and I think that may be because I was the only fan of the original show out of the four of us. I didn't expect the story to be amazing. The stories of the episodes of the TV show were normally pretty thin, so why would I expect great things of the movie? Sure, it had an amazing cast. I'll see almost anything Jamie Foxx or Colin Farrell do. But, I still expected it to be mostly like the original Miami Vice.
In my opinion, they did a great job of updating Miami Vice, while still paying homage to the original show that I loved at the time. The movie was more interesting than the TV show and quite a bit more exciting (largely due to the significant increase in budget), in spite of the holes in the plot and the continuity errors.
If you were a big fan of the TV show (in spite of the scary tan of Don Johnson, which thankfully they didn't duplicate in the movie), you should definitely see Miami Vice in theatres. If not, it's probably more of a rental, since there's nothing spectacular about it other than the ties to the TV show.
Grade: B-
Labels: 2006, action, Colin Farrell, crime, drama, Jamie Foxx, movie
Reviewed by Kat at the 10:10 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Jamie Foxx (Ray Charles), Kerry Washington (Della Bea Robinson), Regina King (Margie Hendricks)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's Ray page.
An amazing cast and a very well done story. Jamie Foxx did such a great job playing Ray Charles! The music, of course, is wonderful, too! I found it very interesting even though I've heard a lot was left out. It seems that they did a very good job of choosing what to include in the movie Ray.
Grade: B+
Labels: 2004, drama, Jamie Foxx, movie, musical
Reviewed by Kat at the 7:30 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Tom Cruise (Vincent), Jamie Foxx (Max), Jada Pinkett Smith (Annie), Mark Ruffalo (Fanning)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's Collateral page.
What a movie! The previews didn't tell you as much of the plot as it seemed, which is always a good thing! This movie really surprised me at times and was very well done. Of course, from the cast that signed on, this is not surprising.
This was the first time I really saw Jamie Foxx show what he can do and stretch himself in a roll and I was very impressed!
Some of the lines in Collateral are so impressive! The one that was in all the previews about the bullet and the fall (not Vincent) killing the guy cracks me up every time.
I highly recommend this movie!
Grade: B+
Labels: 2004, crime, drama, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jamie Foxx, Mark Ruffalo, movie, thriller, Tom Cruise
Reviewed by Kat at the 7:50 PM show | 0 screams
Cast: Uma Thurman (Noelle), Janeane Garofalo (Abby), Ben Chaplin (Brian), Jamie Foxx (Ed)
For complete cast info, see IMDb's The Truth About Cats & Dogs page.
I think this is a very cute update of Cyrano de Bergerac with women instead of men. Abby is a very successful veterinarian with a radio show who chickens out when an attractive man wants to meet her in person. It's not the most intelligent version of Cyrano that's ever been done, but it is a very sweet story with a great cast that carries the same message from Cyrano about judging people based on what's inside.
Grade: B
Labels: 1996, comedy, Jamie Foxx, movie, romance, Uma Thurman
Reviewed by Kat at the 2:25 PM show | 0 screams