By General Disdain on Mar 31, 2008 in Comedy | 7 Comments
Somewhere along this rocky road we call life, I’ve taken on the cause for the older generation who refuse to relinquish their youth. My qualifications for this post? I faithfully watch Saturday morning cartoons (even though they’re nothing like those from the old days), I act like a buffoon at the most inopportune [...]
By Phntmbanana on Mar 29, 2008 in Drama | 7 Comments
Alright … well there isn’t much to say about 21 because it really just made me so angry to the point that I screamed out “FUCK this movie” about a half hour in. Now you may be asking me why I would get so angry at such an obviously mediocre film. Simple, it was [...]
By LaRae on Mar 28, 2008 in Crime, Drama | 6 Comments
Given the choice between watching this movie again or have sandpaper repeatedly drug through my anal cavity, I’d gladly bend over.
By General Disdain on Mar 23, 2008 in Comedy, Family | 11 Comments
How high can one set their expectations when all the trailers for a movie are about a domesticated pig doing backflips? I suppose you can set them high if the movie was Charlotte’s Web, but surely not about a movie like College Road Trip which is about a girl and her father bonding as [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 22, 2008 in Action/Adventure, Animated, Family | 12 Comments
Horton Hears a Who! is number three of Dr. Seuss books brought to the big screen by Hollywood looking for a new avenue to draw cash from. This movie is slightly different from The Cat in the Hat and How the Grinch Stole Christmas though. Whereas those two films were really just vehicles [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 16, 2008 in Comedy, Crime, Drama | 8 Comments
Wow. That one word is all that is truly needed to complete a movie review of In Bruges, the movie from novice writer and director Martin McDonagh (his short film Six Shooter discounted). The reason for the high praise is simple, he’s taken his cues from Quentin Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction) [...]
By Phntmbanana on Mar 15, 2008 in Action/Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction | 5 Comments
Let me preface this by saying that Doomsday is, by no stretch of the imagination a good movie, but it is a shit load of fun and a hell of a ride. It’s messy, its inconsistent, and full of major plot holes but it does one thing many movies fail to do, and that is [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 10, 2008 in Action/Adventure, Drama | 12 Comments
No doubt writers Harald Kloser and Roland Emmerich (who also directed) had grand plans for 10,000 B.C.. Spectacular visuals supporting a tall tale set in the ancient world point to a movie with epic aspirations along the lines of Apocalypto and Gladiator. Unfortunately, they didn’t do their “homework”, as the movie is littered [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 7, 2008 in Comedy | 3 Comments
Larry the Cable Guy is at his best, a marginally funny stand-up comedian. He is not is any way, shape or form a person with an ounce of acting ability. Witless Protection proves this point conclusively (although this should have been clearly evident when he was cast in Delta Farce).
In this latest mess masquerading [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 4, 2008 in Thriller | 5 Comments
If you want a heist movie with class, you cast George Clooney and Brad Pitt and make a film along the lines of Ocean’s Thirteen (or any of the preceding ones). When you want a gritty, seedy heist movie, you hire the new action kid on the block, Jason Statham and end up with [...]
By General Disdain on Mar 2, 2008 in Comedy, Sporting | 6 Comments
I feel I’ve seen this movie several times already. Come to think of it, my reviews of Blades of Glory and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby literally capture the same highs and lows as I saw in Semi-Pro. The only differences are a slight adjustment to the cast of supporting actors [...]
By Nashtradomus on Mar 1, 2008 in Drama, Thriller | 4 Comments
Eight strangers, eight points of view and each one holds a piece of the puzzle. I saw the trailer for Vantage Point, and thought it had some neatly packed scenes that deserved my attention (even though I’m not a fan of gimmick movies). So I walked into the theater to surrender myself to the joys [...]