Black Snake Moan

if you've been looking for a film where an out of control nympho gets chained to a radiator by an extremely religious southern man then look no further than paramount vantage's latest release 'black snake moan'. not exactly looking for what i just described you say? well then, you best get ya wits 'bout yaself and mosey on down to your local theater and still see it as samuel l. jackson's character lazarus would say. as long as you're open minded and don't take everything seriously there's no reason you won't leave the theater glad you saw it. in the third offering from director craig brewer... read more

paramount raped the marketing of this movie so bad, you'd think they were miramax. if, like me, you thought this was some 'women in chains' blaxploitation-type grindhouse flick, then you were fooled by the same disappointing cash-grab marketing campaign i was. i still remember seeing those images of a young mostly-naked white trash christina ricci plastered all over the trailers and print ads and thinking i felt very conflicted about seeing the film. on one hand, i had it bad for ms. ricci and thought i'd never seen anything hotter. on the other hand, it seemed crassly exploitative of both... read more