By General Disdain on Mar 28, 2007 in Drama, Mystery, Thriller | 2 Comments
This can’t be good, can it? Sandra Bullock is back in a movie that requires her to do something other than look pretty. Why, oh why does Hollywood make movies like this? Surely, they know that Mrs. Jesse James, isn’t a bankable commodity anymore. This is a woman who starred in [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 26, 2007 in Action/Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Fantasy | 2 Comments
Has it really been 14 years since the freaky, full-sized, mutant turtles graced us with the presence on the silver screen? Yeppers, the last time I saw them it was in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (I’m not counting television cartoons or straight-to-DVD titles). I’m obviously out of the loop since a great [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 23, 2007 in Drama, Romance | 1 Comment
Oh boy. A black man holding a chain that is wrapped tightly around a petite, white girl. That’s all I knew about Black Snake Moan going into the theater. Nothing about a plot, nothing about content — just a picture of Samuel L. Jackson with an enslaved Christina Ricci. Exploitation at [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 20, 2007 in Comedy, Horror, Thriller | 0 Comments
It’s been awhile since a zombie movie offered us something different. Usually, the movie will focus on a band of people trying like hell to survive an onslaught of flesh hungry living dead. While still the same premise Dawn of the Dead reinvigorated the genre with updated special effects and surprisingly mobile zombies. [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 16, 2007 in Action/Adventure, Crime | 4 Comments
To be perfectly honest, there was no rhyme or reason as to why I decided to watch this movie. It has little to no fanfare, no actors I particularly like and it’s British. The last British movie I enjoyed was the classic from 2004, Shaun of the Dead. Before that, I can’t [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 14, 2007 in Action/Adventure, Drama | 5 Comments
Where do I begin? After all the initial movie reviews and hype surrounding the opening of 300 what else is there to say?
Let me begin, by saying the movie definitely lives up to the fervor surrounding it. You want action? You got it. You want crazy, vivid battle scenes? You [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 11, 2007 in Crime, Drama, Thriller | 0 Comments
I remember almost like it was yesterday when the news flashed that a traitor to the United States, Robert Hanssen, was caught selling classified secrets to the USSR/Russia. I recall thinking, “why did it take so long to catch this scumbag” and “why would someone sell their country out?”. And what do you [...]
By Nashtradomus on Mar 6, 2007 in Crime, Thriller | 0 Comments
I was fortunate enough to get couple of tickets to go watch this movie on a saturday night. I saw the trailer of this movie a few months ago and was very excited to see this one because of the director and the cast. Well it seemed that all that build up was for nothing, I was [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 4, 2007 in Comedy | 0 Comments
How many of us have wanted to drop everything on our plates and head out into the sunset, into the unknown, without a care in the world? I for one have - hell I’ve actually done it (when I was much much younger) and recommend everyone give it a try. It definitely replenishes [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 4, 2007 in Drama, Family, Fantasy | 6 Comments
Preconceived notions are like mother nature - a bitch. Especially to someone who likens themselves to an unbiased critic. So with a heavy heart, I admit, I went into the theater to see Bridge to Terabithia thinking it was going to be a weak runner-up to The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the [...]