Movies Reviews
A Greater Yes: The Story of Amy Newhouse
I had seen A Greater Yes advertised and really wanted to see it. It was produced by Pure Flix, a production company I really like, and is Dove Family approved. So I was hopeful about this movie. When I read the cover, I was a bit …
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 movie
One scene in the movie of Bonnie and Clyde shows a scared Bonnie running away from Clyde. She runs through a field and Clyde runs after her. They run in shadow. Naturally since it is the 60s, the technology is not in place that would cause …
Hell Comes to Frogtown
So I just saw this little gem for the first time. For those not in the know, Hell Comes to Frogtown is a 1987 post-apocalyptic sci-fi flick starring none other than Rowdy Roddy Piper.
Piper plays the titular character, Sam Hell. He’s one of the last potent men …
Tower Heist (2011 movie)
This a 2011 movie but I watched it with my friends just recently this year. It went for approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes. Originally I wanted to watch MI4, but after watching Tower Heist I know that I made the right decision to watch it.
Although it wasn’t …
Escape to Witch Mountain (remake) movie
In 1995, a remake of Escape to Witch Mountain was made, but it didn’t just follow the same story. It what is frequently referred to as a re-think. Basically, we have two babies who appear in a purple light and then get separated for many years. …
Akeelah and the Bee (2006)
Akeelah and the Bee, written and directed by Doug Atchison is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for some language. The original release date was April 28, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Family and stars Keke Palmer as Akeelah, …
Love & Death on Long Island
Love & Death on Long Island is a very funny DVD movie that I don’t recommend at all. And when I said funny, it is not that feel-good funny types. Instead, it is more like the worst off funny kind that made my stomach churned while watching. …
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
It is hard to believe that A New Hope is the first Star Wars film ever, although when it comes to chronological sequencing, it is actually the middle of the whole six-film lineup. I can still remember when this film was first shown, I think everyone in the …
Around the World in Eighty Days movie
The classic story by Jules Verne about a an english adventurer who takes a bet of him travelling around all the world in as little as 80 days (which was very, very little once). This version of the story has been hailed as the best one, but I can’t …
Juice (1992)
Juice, directed by Ernest R. Dickerson is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was January 17, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Omar Epps as Q, th late Tupac Shakur as Bishop, Jermaine …
Movie: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
My wife decided to have a night out with her friends Friday night and, since I was left home with the kids, I decided to take advantage of it and spend some quality time with my two girls.
My youngest was in bed shortly after my wife left (she gets …
Goosebumps (2015)-Adventure Movie
Spirits, vampires, werewolves, demons and devils are all part of the Halloween tradition but this year Goosebumps are also going to be one of those.The reason behind it is the movie “Goosebumps” which just got released to make your Halloween the best ever.Out of the famous Goosebumps book series written …
Midnight Run movie
Robert De Niro plays in this movie and he is a bounty hunter, he tries to get this guy and turn him in, to get $100,000. I really enjoyed this movie overall and I would watch it again. I saw it on Starz channel lately and I hope it …
TRON: Legacy Movie
TRON: Legacy has gotten much criticism for its messy plot, yet I had a hard time discerning what exactly some critics found so confusing. Having been a fan of the 1982 original, I found this film to be a fairly successful sequel, and a unique story on its own. …
Billy Madison (1995)
Billy Madison is one of my favorite Adam Sandler movies. It is incredibly funny to watch, and it has you laughing the entire time. The movie was made for people who laugh at corny jokes. If you are not one of those people, you will not like the movie.
Billy …
Music and Lyrics
I went to this movie because I usually like Drew Barrymore movies and I also have liked Hugh Grant in other movies. I actually quite enjoyed this movie, wherein Hugh Grant plays a washed up 80s boyband singer and Drew Barrymore plays, well, I’m not certain what her job …
Yes Man Movie
This is one of the many movies I have seen in the theaters, which is the best place to watch really good inspirational movies. That’s what this movie did for me- it inspired me. After watching this movie, I realized all the things I’ve never done and all the …
Taxi
This DVD movie, Taxi is totally a feel good one with many laughs along the way for me.
I think I watched it on movie and also on DVD again. Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon and Gisele Bundchen starred in this movie and I was having a fun time …
Ant-Man (Superhero Movie)
Ant-Man was possibly the only Marvel movie that caught me off-guard because I didn’t remember hearing of the superhero until after I saw the movie trailer, and because I wasn’t sure how seriously I could take one that had shrinking to the size of an ant as a superpower. However, …
Star Wars: The Clone Wars 2008 Movie
Do you know what it feels like to wake up early in the morning and find out that a good thing that you expect is coming right? If so, then you understand how I felt when this morning I finally managed to watch the animated movie “Clone Wars” - …
Sweeney Todd
My wife dragged me to see this one. I didn’t know what to expect other than few of my favourite actors namely Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen and Alan Rickman. Also it is directed by Tim Burton and I quite like the collaboration between Tim Burton …
The Girl Next Door
The Girl Next Door (2004) is a comedy directed by Luke Greenfield and is rated R by the MPAA
The Girl Next Door is about a high school senior named Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) thats been a good student and straight-laced so long that he feels like hes never really …
Munich (2005)
Munich (2005) is a drama from director Steven Spielberg and is rated R by the MPAA for strong graphic violence, some sexual content, nudity and language.
Munich explores the aftermath of the horrible terrorist attack on the Israeli athletic team at that German city’s 1972 Olympic games. Avner (Eric …
Hereafter (movie)
Unlike a lot of people I knew, I really wanted to see the movie Hereafter when I saw I advertising since two of my close family members died only a little before it came out, and my mind had been filled with questions about the afterlife, if there is …
The Horror Within
When I decided to watch the movie The Horror Within the other night, it was with the expectation it would be a low-budget, cheesy horror flick.
I was partially right. It was low budget and cheesy but it was more of a comedy than a horror movie.
Let’s face it, whenever …
Unleashed movie
This movie is about a man named Danny(played by Jet Li) who was taken in and trained as a dog. His “master,” the man who murdered his mother and then took him in, uses his talent for his personal business. Once Danny’s collar is removed, he is …
A River Runs Through It (1992)
A dramatic movie in every sense of the word drama, this movie tells the story of two brothers who continuously live their lives in the shadow for the minister father, even though they have matured and move on with their lives, it is the grounded principles that last and …
All About Steve film
I like the fact that Sandra Bullock in many of her films, usually plays a feisty but vulnerable sort of character, a real fighter, someone we can all relate to. “All About Steve” continues in this time honored tradition, rather like, “Miss Congeniality”. I was pleasantly surprised to find …
Ocean’s Eleven
Based on the 1960 film of the same title and directed by acclaimed director of such films as Traffic and Erin Brockovich, Steven Soderbergh, Ocean’s Eleven is a cool hi-tech comedy. Starring some of Hollywood’s most popular actors, it’s the story of Danny Ocean (George Clooney), a newly released …
Shrek the third
I’ve heard some very mixed emotions about Shrek the Third for weeks before I made up my mind to go and see it myself. It took me this long, mainly because I did not want to be disapointed. See, I am a very big Shrek fan. …
Two Mules For Sister Sara movie
Two Mules For Sister Sara is about a woman and a man on the wild, west frontier, fighting the good fight. Hogan is the man, played by none other than the fantastic Clint Eastwood and Sara is the supposed nun, played by Shirley MacLaine. Hogan finds Sara in a …
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Director Tim Burton has produced a funny, quirky abdication to writer Roald Dahl’s famous story Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. This movie has only just come out in cinemas in Australia, in time for the school holidays.
The story is about a young, generous boy named Charlie Bucket. He lived …
Eddie and the Cruisers
I watched the DVd “Eddie and the Cruisers” last evening.
This musical movie was made back in the 1980’s.
I really like this movie, which is based on the disappearance of Eddie Wilson, the lead singer of Eddie and the Cruisers. Maggie,
played very well by Ellen Barkin, is a reporter …
Aamir Khan
Amir khan is the most popular and the most successful actors of recent times he has given the most successful percentage of hits in his carrier then any other person in bollywood hi does a few films per year but al of his films are bit hits. He enjoys …
The Myth movie
This is one of my favorite Jackie Chan’s movie and in Chinese. This movie consisted of combination of ancient and modern China. The story is about Jacko (Jackie Chan) as an archeologist who get confused with his inner memories. He kept dreaming that he used to be a warrior …
Cherry Juice manga by Haruka Fukushima
Cherry Juice is a manga by Haruka Fukushima that is both funny and romantic. It also has drama. It’s about Otome and Minami, two stepsiblings and their relationship with each other. Otome is in love with Amane, Minami’s friend, and it ends up Amane likes her back and they …
Sweet November
“Sweet November” is definitely not the best movie for Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron; however the magic that they make in this movie is simply incredible. I simply love it, even though it has a different conclusion from what I would have liked and most importantly, even though they …
Lion king 2
This was an alright movie. I liked the first one a lot better than the second one. It was still alright though. I enjoyed seeing all of the characters again in the movie. It was a lot shorter than the first one but I am kind of glad it …
She’s Out of My League (2010) movie
I meant to go see this movie in theaters but never got around to it so I was excited that I finally got in on my netflix ready to go. So I jumped right on into this one hoping for the best.
So the premise of this movie is …
The Fighting Sullivans
A couple days ago I first saw the film ‘The Fighting Sullivans’, and I have to say that I REALLY enjoyed it. It was released in 1944, and was based on the true story of the Sullivan brothers, all of whom fought in World War II (don’t want to …
Greenberg (2010 movie)
This is a movie that I really got roped into seeing. My friend was very interested in seeing it, and he basically insisted that I had to see it with him. I had never even heard of it, so I had absolutely no idea what it was about. So …
Divorce His - Divorce Hers Part 2 movie
The second part of Divorce His - Divorce Hers is focused on the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor, who appeared in this TV movie with her husband at the time, Richard Burton. This was their last on screen movie together, which makes it a bit sorrowful when you consider the …
Christmas with the Kranks
I just finished Christmas with the Kranks and it is a cute holiday movie. It stars Tim Allen and Jamie Lee Curtis and has other big stars in it like Caroline Rhea, Dan Akroyd, Felicity Huffman and Cheech Marin. The premise of the movie is that the Krank’s daughter …
Flight Movie
I already knew that Denzel Washington was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for this film before I watched it. Thus, I was expecting this film to be somehow good. I thought it was some aviation disaster film or a terrorist-inspired aviation film. However, the movie was …
13 Going on 30 (2004 movie)
A little girl, not very happy with her life, makes a wish on her 13th birthday to be 30 and flirty and thriving. She falls asleep in the closet and when she wakes, she finds herself in a strange house and that she is 30 years old. Finding her …
Windchill (R, 2007) movie
Please, please, please…if you want to see a horrible horror movie, rent Wind Chill. I really thought, based on the reviews I saw on the Netflix website, that this film would be a little different than the typical “Scares in the Wildnerness” movies. I was right. …
Bad Teacher 2011 movie
I was waiting for Bad Teacher to premiere so badly. First of all, I see pictures of Bad Teacher everywhere: on billboards, on bus stops, etc. It keeps on getting in my head everyday. Secondly, the commercials look awesome. It looks absolutely hilarious. Last but not least, I love …
“I Love You Man” (2009 Film)
The 2009 film “I Love You Man” starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segal was absolutely hilarious and actually had some meaning behind it. I would definitely recommend this film to those who are looking for a dose of comedy on movie night.
Peter, (Paul Rudd), is about to get married …
Hairspray (movie)
I watched the movie Hairspray, the new movie and not the original, for kicks and grins. Was I disappointed! I suppose that I should have taken my own cues that I was not too impressed with the first version of Hairspray! Anyway, if you want to listen to pop …
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