Currently Browsing: "Lions for Lambs"

Welcome to FSR’s newest weekly feature in which I break down the good, the bad, and the ugly of what Hollywood has to offer.

Brian Gibson loves to buy DVDs. Come with him on his weekly journey into the depths of credit card debt as he tells you what to buy, rent and avoid.

2007 has been filled with movies that the studios whore out to critics in order to get awards. The worst ones are the films that take themselves too seriously or cover the “meaningful” issues. Occasionally, these films actually win awards, so each year we are guaranteed a steady stream of this crap in the late-fall and winter.

Well, Christmas didn’t come early after all at the Reject Report. Guess what Santa left under the tree this weekend for Tom Cruise and for Fred Claus? That’s right– nothing.

One way to make things more tolerable is to knock back a few while watching the movie. Who knows… maybe after a few beers, Robert Redford’s sermons might make more sense.

Like its predecessors, this film fails more out of boredom than message. Actually, a more appropriate title for Lions for Lambs could be Lamenting for Liberals.

This is Robert Redford’s seventh film as a director. Lions For Lambs is not his worst, but it is certainly not his best.

A very special welcome to all of you members of the Writers Guild of America, East and West, who are looking in on this web site in between the picketing.

It is coming. Oscar bait season is almost upon us. This year’s hot topics seem to be gang violence and the war on terror. The latest in the latter category is LIONS FOR LAMBS, which stars Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The film is one of those parallel storyline flicks, similar to 2005’s CRASH, whereas it tells three separate stories that ultimately intertwine.