By Caitlin Maggs on Feb 23, 2009 in Drama, Mystery | 8 Comments
Mirroring Angelina Jolie’s harrowing performance in Changeling and raising similar moral questions as in the Oscar winning movie The Reader, Doubt is another emotional adaptation (this from the play of the same name by John Patrick Shanley), which strikes at the insecurities of humanity and challenges the notion of how far one can and should [...]
By MovieGoddess on Feb 21, 2009 in Comedy, Crime, Drama | 11 Comments
Watching a Tyler Perry movie is like wandering around in a fog of cinematic confusion. Invariably the question arises, “Just what kind of movie am I watching?” A melodrama? A comedy? A morality tale? A message movie? A Sunday morning sermon? All five in one? Radical shifts in genre, tone and mood incline me to [...]
By General Disdain on Feb 18, 2009 in Drama, Horror, Thriller | 1 Comment
Am I crazy or is Elizabeth Banks the new hot commodity in Hollywood? From where I sit, it seems as if she’s starring in nearly every movie made! Usually, however, she can be seen in some form of a comedy. Not in the The Uninvited. She sets aside the granny panties she made famous in [...]
By General Disdain on Feb 16, 2009 in Horror | 7 Comments
There are several reasons I don’t venture out to the woods for week long drunken camping trips. One, sleeping on the ground is not comfortable. We invented the box spring mattress for a reason. Two, I have an extreme dislike to the thought of becoming grizzly bear food. Three, well the original Friday the 13th [...]
By General Disdain on Feb 14, 2009 in Comedy, Mystery | 6 Comments
Remember when Steve Martin was a comic genius? No? Me either, although technically I still categorize him as one. His last major foray onto the big screen was The Pink Panther in 2006 (last year’s cameo in Baby Mama doesn’t count) and before that it was in the ever forgettable Cheaper by the Dozen 2. [...]
By General Disdain on Feb 8, 2009 in Comedy, Drama, Romance | 6 Comments
With the rousing power Sex in the City is said to have brought to women (I wouldn’t know, I never saw the
By General Disdain on Feb 4, 2009 in Action/Adventure, Family | 9 Comments
I can’t claim to have seen any of the movies in the “Air Bud” series (Air Bud: World Pup, Air Bud: Spikes Back, Snow Buddies and 50 others) but if they’re anywhere near as bad as this latest installment, I’m glad I can’t make that claim. Here is a rundown of my viewing experience of [...]
By Caitlin Maggs on Feb 1, 2009 in Drama, Romance, Thriller, War | 8 Comments
Based on Bernhard Schlink’s 1995 Holocaust novel of the same name, The Reader balances brilliantly the dark, menacing undertones of war (and the ugly things one must do to survive) with the innocent purity of first love. This combination of opposites works incredibly well to produce a controversial film that challenges the very beliefs which [...]
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