Movies Reviews
Movie: Lean on Me
Synopsis: A newly hired principal must improve the performance of his high school in time for the basic skills exam or the district will lose control of the school to the state.
What I liked about this movie: This film, which is based on real events, is one of those …
The Unsinkable Molly Brown movie
As movie musicals go, The Unsinkable Molly Brown is unsinkable. It’s a marvelously well done movie with Debbie Reynolds and Harve Presnell in the leads. As for being biographical on the real Molly Brown, many liberties were taken. We get a wonderful happy ending here, but …
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is a very nice animated film. I really liked the whole setting in the jungle. I think that the plot is also very interesting. It’s one of the best movies I have seen in my life. I think that this movie really shows us what life is …
Species II (1998)
Species, directed by Peter Medak is rated R by the Motion Picture Asociation of America for strong sexuality, science fiction violence/gore and language. The original release date was April 10, 1998 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Horror/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Michael Madsen as …
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Animated Movie)
The Girl who Leapt Through Time is a movie that tells of Makoto Konno, a teenage girl who discovers one day that she has the power to go back in time. I completely fell in love with this movie for various reasons. The first was the plot - especially …
Wise Girls
I watched Wise Girls the other day and I was surprised that this is a pretty good story with a rather interesting plot. Mira Sorvino stars as Meg and with 2 other actresses, they play the role of a waitress and it’s quite scary to think of it because …
Sawaariya
Sawaariya is the latest bollywood movie of one of the best director of the bollywood Sanjay leela Bhansani…After giving the four hit movies in requal, sanjays this movie is not so great…Its basically a love story about a guy who loves one girl very deeply…But the girl is waiting …
Film Misery
When writer Paul Sheldon (James Caan) is saved from death during a violent snow storm by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates), he doesn’t suspect that his life is still very much in danger and he will subsequently be forced into a cat and mouse game with …
Missing movie
From 1982, Missing tells a true story that isn’t always easy to watch. It’s an intense drama that can challenge one’s emotions. It’s a well written production, however, and does tell a story. I hate to term it entertaining, considering the subject matter, but the truth …
Never Street (Loren D. Estleman’s Amos Walker)
“Never Street” is my favorite Amos Walker novel yet. I love film noir and every hard-boiled detective owes his roots to film noir. There are no more hard-boiled detectives than Loren D. Estlman’s Amos Walker. With “Never Street” Loren D. Estleman combines the two. “Never Street” is a hard-boiled …
Movie Cold Case
Though there are no stars, Cold Case has an effective chemistry in its cast selection. Out of the multitude of cop shows, this show is unique in its absence of angry detectives that seem to be prevalent. Also, the use of flashbacks is well practiced and keeps …
Let’s Go Collegiate movie
Let’s Go Collegiate was a movie released in 1941 that is basically a lot of college age nonsense. I tried, but I couldn’t get all that into the fun of this picture. It was okay, but I just didn’t really take to the story and none of …
Cocoon (1985)
A variation of the fabled story told throughout the ages, this movie is about the lost sunken city of Atlantis and the underwater dwellers that used to inhabit the once utopia below the seas. As the movie goes, most of the inhabitants of the sunken city left to return …
Wicker Man (2006 movie)
Nicholas Cage stars in this mystery/drama/horror type movie. He finds himself on a remote island populated mostly by women. His task is to find a missing child who might also be his daughter.
Now that the foundation has been laid for the plot of the movie, where did it go …
Top Gun (1986)
Top Gun, directed by Tony Scott is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was May 16, 1986 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Romance and stars Tom Cruise as Maverick, Kelly McGillis as Charlie, Val Kilmer as …
Gingerdead Man 2 - The Passion Of The Crust Movie
Contrary to a lot of reviews I read before watching this, I did not find this movie hilarious. To me it came off as more annoying and silly than many other B-movies and Horror Comedies; and thus, I found myself immersed in a nightmare which seemed to be a …
Lo Movie
Looking through my Netflix for something to watch on a rainy Saturday night, I came across a movie that seemed somewhat strange but also interesting and quirky. It was titled Lo, probably a film that most people have never heard of, it is a story of a young man …
Spirited Away (Movie 2001)
This movie is so breath-taking…animation, story, characters, direction…it’s a spectacular piece of work. A family is movie to a suburban area (Mother, Father, Daughter) where on their journey they mistakenly take a wrong turn and end up in a fantasy world. This is where the daughter’s adventures begin as …
Out movie
Out, aka: Deadly Drifter, from 1982 is, well, strange. I’m not even sure how to describe the plot, if there was a plot. This collection of scenes had a unique start in how the title was present, and I give it points for that. However, considering …
Alex and Emma
Alex and Emma is an average romantic comedy starring Luke Wilson and Kate Hudson in the lead roles. The movie has a nice story but the pace of the movie is a bit slow and it sometimes becomes boring to see some scenes. Alex is an upcoming writer who …
Mean Girls Movie (2004)
After Jawbreaker and Clueless, another girlie chick flick came out in the title of Mean Girls. This was released in 2004 and it stars Lindsay Lohan (Cady Heron), Rachel McAdams (Regina George), Amanda Seyfried (Karen Smith), Gretched Wieners (Lacey Chabert), Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan) and Damian (Daniel Franzese).
The movie …
The Reader Movie
I just watched the award-winning movie starring Kate Winslet “The Reader” and I enjoyed it very much because the whole movie was so in touch with the emotions. I have to admit, it made me cry a lot of times. Imagine being ashamed of yourself and trying to cover …
The Sound Of Music movie
Here is another favorite film of mine and of many others I know. Everyone must have seen the wild actics of this strange family and the new comer to the household. I even got me a whistle. “The hills are alive” hmmm, are they really, “with the sound of …
Inside Mecca DVD
“Inside Mecca” is a National Geographic television production (2003). It follows three Muslims engaging in hajj: a woman from Texas, a man and his wife from Malaysia, and a man from South Africa.
Pilgrimage is one of the five pillars of Islam (faith, prayer, alms giving, and fasting). In …
Happy Feet
The movie “Happy feet” was great. I brought it for my granddaughters to watch, but I really enjoyed watching it myself. I like the dancing peniguns and the characters portray in the story line. The
choregraphing for the movie was very creative, the music was enlightening. I like the movie …
Mr & Mrs Smith DVD
Brad Pitt and Anjolina Jolie no doubt make an attractive couple. With that said let’s get to the much anticipated movie that has just been released on DVD.
This movie was highly marketed. With two of the biggest hollywood stars, this movie was sure to be a hit.
The movie …
Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Animated Movie
Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a movie from 1937 and is about a princess named Snow White who works as a Scullery maid because of her jealous stepmother the Queen. One day she meets the Prince and they fall in love. The …
Perfect Strangers
The best way to describe “Perfect Strangers” is a disturbing and shocking thriller that will keep you glued till the end of the movie. The true assets of this movie are a great script, a great director and, very importantly, a great trio of actors Sam Neill, …
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
Kiss of the Dragon, directed by Chris Nahon is rated R by the Motin Picture Association of America for strong violence, language, some sexuality and drug content. The original release date was July 6, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars …
Movie: Chloe
Synopsis: A wife hires a prostitute to seduce her husband so she can prove he is unfaithful.
What I liked about this movie: A lot of movies like this have a bunch of actors and actresses that aren’t well known. This one actually had three very well known players; Liam …
Daddy’s Little Girls
OK, when my wife insisted on renting the movie Daddy�s Little Girls, I did the same thing any good husband would do; rolled my eyes. In fact, I told her she was more than welcome to watch it while I was at work.
Personally, I never have been a big …
Flags Of Our Fathers Movie
Flags of Our Father is a very strong, graphic and realistic war movie covering the battle of Iwo Jima. Having seen other movies such as Private Ryan, I had gone into this movie with the expectation to see lots of battle scenes and the brutality of war. …
Wrath of the Titans (2012 movie)
I just recently saw the movie Wrath of the Titans. It is the sequel to the previous Greek mythology-based movie about Perseus which was entitled Clash of the Titans. This movie still has the original cast, like Sam Worthington as Perseus, Liam Neeson as Zeus, Ralph Fiennes as Hades, …
The Internship (movie)
One of the movies that I watched very recently was a comedy named “The Internship” starring the popular comedy actors Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. While I didn’t think that it was the funniest movie that I had seen recently, I still thought that it was interesting and light-hearted …
Ghost Rider Movie
Ghost Rider is one of my favorite comic book movies of all time. I never read the comics, so I don’t know if it follows those very well or not, but I still like it. The movie has just the right amount of action and humor, mixed with only …
Movie: The Girl Next Door
My wife and I got a chance to watch some movies this past weekend (mostly because the kids were in bed early for a change). One of the films we ended up watching was one we hadn’t heard of before; The Girl Next Door.
Well, actually, I had heard of …
RPG Metanoia The First 3d Animated Film in The Philippines
The first time I saw RPG Metanoia in YouTube.com as a movie trailer, I was amazed for those people who were involved in producing RPG Metanoia - the first 3d animated film ever made here in the Philippines. I said to myself that I would watch this movie even …
The Third Man film
Surely one of the most iconic films of the post-war cinema, —˜The Third Man’ is a triumph of black & white filming in the shattered capital of divided Austria where a black market thrives . Holly Martin (Joseph Cotton) writes cowboy books for a living. It is he …
We Own the Night movie
This movie, We Own the Night, is not one I would normally watch under any circumstances were it not for the fact that someone sent it to me. Never turn down a trusted freebie, as I always say. However, it’s crude from the get go, and that’s …
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (science fiction movie)
I haven’t really been a fan of “The Hunger Games” movies for a very long while. As a matter of fact, while I don’t think they are terrible I’m one of those people who would describe it as being “a tad bit overrated”. However, it was curiosity more than anything …
Not another teen movie
Can you imagine watching a lot of scenes from various films in just one movie? Sounds impossible, however the director Joe Gallen managed to do just this in his original movie with the title “Not another teen movie”.
The storyline of this film consists of a parody of bits and pieces …
Hairspray (2007)
This movie is absolutely amazing.
Firstly, the casting of the characters was simply perfect. There’s no denying the newly-discovered Nikki Blonsky IS Tracy Turnblad. She can act, and she can sing (BOYYY, can she sing!). John Travolta is hilarious as Edna Turnblad, and he can really move in that fat …
Movie Talk to Me
Talk to Me is a lovely movie and I recommend for all to go and watch it. If you are late, go and rent a DVD or whatever means, but you have to WATCH IT. I recommend it 100% because I love watching this movie pretty much. …
Fatal Secrets (movie)
Some time earlier on this year, I watched a movie named “Fatal Secrets” on the cable television channel called TMC. I was a bit hesitant to watch it at first, since it looked like just another awful low budget movie to me that would be both predictable and full …
The Baader-Meinhof Complex movie
I suppose watching The Baader-Meinhof Complex has totally alerted me to appreciate movie making of this genre very much. This is quite a deep movie and I have a certain analysis after watching it. In a world now where there are issues of terrorism and many more, watching …
Dragonballz Movie 1-The Dead Zone (US Version)
It starts and Piccolo is attacked from behind by three strange beings; Gohan is kidnapped with Chi Chi beaten and battered…all this for the dragonballs. Searching for his son, Goku borrows the dragon radar and heads of on his trusty Nimbus to find Gohan. With all seven dragonballs gathered …
Bounty Hunter Bountifully Boring
The movie stars Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, each other’s exes from their short lived marriage and preceding short lived dating relationship. He is an ex-cop and has taken on a job as a bounty hunter in order to make his living. It just so happens that …
Sunshine Cleaning movie
As much as I love Indie movies I rarely check them out in theaters. I tend to wait for them to be released on DVD in case it turns out to be really bad. I’ve heard of Sunshine Cleaning from friends and when it first came out on DVD …
Transformers
There Fight. Our World. Transformers was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid, and was ecstatic to learn that a live action movie was being made. That excitement dropped slightly when I learned who the director is, Michael Bay. Bay is a hit or miss …
Coraline movie
Have you ever wanted to leave your world and then go into another? A world that is happier. If so Coraline is the movie for you.
This movie is probably the most visually stunning movies I have seen all summer. Though I will admit the plot did take a while …
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