Movies Reviews
Hotel for Dogs movie
I took my 5 and 3 year old to see Hotel for Dogs today. Both kids sat through it and loved it! The movie was very kid friendly and rated appropriately.
As an adult watching the movie, I also loved it. The movie was funny, …
“Easy A” (2010 Film)
The 2010 comedy, “Easy A” was a teenage centered comedy that reflected some of the problems seen in the “Scarlet Letter”. While some of the problems faced by the chatacters in this film are very exagerated, the principle and message behind them are none the less impacting.
Emma Stone (from …
Last Holiday (2006)
Popular casts: Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Gérard Depardieu.
“What will you do if you find out that you will be died in three weeks?”
-The answer is : Live Life to the Fullest-
Georgia Byrd is a cookware salesperson with a boring life and secretly fall in love to a man …
Billa 2007
Billa 2007 is a Tamil film which is a remake of the Rajinikanth starred old Tamil film Billa. In this film Ajith played the role of Billa, an international smuggler. The other cast of the movie are Prabhu, Nayanthara, Namitha, Rehman, Santhanam, etc. Vishnuwardhan was directed …
That Girl - Season Three DVD set
That Girl’s Season Three DVD set is the least packed of the first three sets in terms of bonus material. Shout Factory has kept the same packaging theme and style as the others. It’s colorful and features the famous silhouette of Marlo Thomas as That Girl that …
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) movie
Today (30/08/13) I had went to watch The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones with my best-friend at Hoyts Cinema, NZ. And boy was I glad I had paid $17 of my allowance to watch it! :D
The Movie in my opinion was a great watch. The characters they had to …
Till the Clouds Roll By movie
Till the Clouds Roll By is a highly fictionalized account of the life and career of composer Jerome Kern. The sad part of this is that Kern was apparently willing to provide information for this movie, but he died before it even went into production. Thus, because …
Passengers 2016 Film (PG-13)
Passengers is a 2016 film by Sony that stars Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. Depending on the preview I saw before it was released, it either came across as a sci-fi adventure or a love story that happened to be set in space. My wife and I recently saw the …
Fantastic Four Movie
We recently rented and watched Fantastic Four. I hated Spider Man and then loved Spider Man 2 and 3, so I figured I would give comic book movies another chance. Fantastic Four was a decent movie. It had good flow, a nice and friendly end, and of course a …
Zoolander movie
Zoolander is a funny yet a nice movie to learn a lesson.I like the film very much,its really funny and every scene is full humorous actions and speech.Ben stiller was great in playing Derek Zoolander,he really did make the character alive and believable.He’s acting as the silly and clumsy …
Wall-E
When I saw all the ads to Wall-E, I thought that it was going to be a boring movie with a lot of silence, but I was wrong. It was one of the best animations that Disney has made yet, both graphically as well as in the story line …
Men In Black
The original Men In Black was an excellent comedic action movie and a welcome twist on the all to common genre of alien movies. The comedy throughout this movie was real comedy, not the non-stop attempts at slapstick or idiotic humor that have begun to plague comedies as of …
The Unexplained: Hauntings (NR, 1997) DVD
I will confess that I was expecting something a little bit longer. Showing for only 50 minutes, I was looking for a bit more depth. This History Channel program dives into the supernatural, and spends a few minutes with different people who have had experience …
Lawrence of Arabia Movie
“Lawrence of Arabia,” filmed in 1962, is based on a true story of Thomas Edward Lawrence, a British officer who had attempted to unite wild Arabic tribes into a nation. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole) is sent to spy on King Feisal (Alec Guiness), one of the many Arabic rulers. His …
War of the Worlds: Movie
War of the Worlds is one of my favourite alien invasion films; I thought it was really well made.
Besides having all the ingredients to make a got alien picture, such as the budget, the actors and the CGI; they also managed to capture what I find to be rather …
Iron Man 3 Movie
“Iron Man 3″ is directed by Shane Black and stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley.
Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist who isn’t as happy as he should be. Ever since the traumatizing …
Blazing Saddles 30th Anniversary Edition DVD
I have seen a lot of westerns in my time. Not that I am a big fan of westerns or anything, it just so happens that I have happened to view more than my fair share of them, especially the older ones (John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Stewart …
Twilight
When I first heard about the movie, Twilight based on the Book by Stephanie Meyer, I really did not know much about it. After it came out on DVD I decided to watch it. At first I loved the movie but found it a bit cheesy. After reading the …
Film Terminator Salvation
More than anything, the trailers for this movie ruined it for me since they gave so much away. You knew going in that Marcus was a Terminator and you knew that he was a good guy who was never a threat to John Connor. But, the spoilers weren’t fatal …
A Walk To Remember
When my friends and I talked about the movie A Walk To Remember each time, we would always remember the truly sad ending to this story. I am a hopeless romantic and I find myself knowing what’s going to be the ending to this really sad and romantic movie …
American Gangster (2007)
I loved this film. At first sight I was put off because I assumed it was probably just another boring action film, the kind that leave me a bit cold, but actually this film is based on a very interesting true story and although it was long, I …
Greystone Inscription
I am reviewing The Case of the Greystone Inscription, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie Howard, …
Inception Movie
Inception has climbed to charts as #3 on imbd top 250 movies of all time. According to the majority vote, Inception is more popular then the amazing, and mind blowing “The Godfather Part II”. Now why is this film so good?
First off, I’d like to point out that …
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
I got around to finally watching the remake of the 1981 movie “My Bloody Valentine.”
I normally like slasher flicks and, because of the nature of the movie, give them a little more in terms of consideration when it comes to the plot. But, this movie wasn’t very good.
You have …
Risky Business (1983)
Risky Business, directed by Paul Brickman is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was August 5, 1983 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy and stars Tom Cruise as Joel Goodsen, Rebecca DeMornay as Lana and Joe …
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
Director: John Herzfeld. Featuring: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne.
The movie didn’t get lots of good reviews, and I cannot say that it is a good movie, but I found it very fun to watch anyway. It is quite entertaining and there are really good actors in it. I think …
Two Weeks Notice (starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant)
I watched the DVD of Two Weeks Notice starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant the other day and there could not have been a better duo for their roles than them. It’s basically a movie story about serving your troublesome boss and after some time feeling that you have …
Iron Man Movie
Iron Man is a comic book based supero movie is the story of Tony Staerk played by Robert Downey Jr., and how he becomes the superhero Iron Man. Tony is accompanied to Afghanistan where Tony tests out the Jericho missiles. On the way back he is captured …
Half Light (R, 2006) movie
I had never heard of a romantic thriller starring Demi Moore. But because I am a semi-fan of hers, I was intrigued. The story takes places both in London and on a Scottish Isle (most of the drama is on the Isle.) Demi’s …
Sunless movie
This is one of the most famous films by inventive french filmmaker Chris Marker (name taken from the “Magic Marker” filt pen, at least that’s what I read somewhere). It´s somewhere between a documentary and a fictional film, as it shows these “sunless” images from different cultures around the …
Dallas Buyers Club (2013 - biographical drama movie)
Dallas Buyers Club is one of those movies that is a career builder. Specifically, it is a career builder for the two main actors in the film - Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto. Both of these actors each get in the film a lifetime opportunity that any actors would kill …
G (2002)
G, directed by Christopher Scott Cherot is rated R by the Motion Picture Assocaition of America for language, some sexuality and brief violence. The original release date was October 28, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Romance and stars Richard T. Jones as …
Notting Hill Movie
Notting Hill is a romantic comedy, with some drama in it. Hugh Grant is middle class book store owner, Julia Roberts is a Hollywood star. Both are looking for a life partner, Grant’s a divorcee, and Roberts have had a lot of bad experience in love relations. And …
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
The Exorcism of Emily Rose, directed by Scott Derrickson is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for thematic material, including intense/frightening sequences and disturbing images. The original release date was September 9, 2005 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Horror and …
Hell Gate - Funny Horror Movie
When I see the title and the poster of this movie, i knew it was scary. I always love watching horror movies and so as my fiance, so I always get a chance to watch horror movies in any kind.
In this movie, a girl was kidnapped by a …
The Marine movie
The Marine, starring WWE champion John Cena is an action film directed by John Bonito. John Triton(John Cena) is an ex-marine who is discharge from his service in Iraq. He tries to take up a job as a security guard but is fired. His wife Kate(Kelly Carlson) suggests a …
Paul Walker movie
I recently rented the movie Running Scared with Paul Walker from Blockbuster. I completely recommend this movie for almost everybody! The only people who might not like it are those who don’t like a little violence. IT is a great ‘mobster’ type of movie revolving around Paul …
Iron Man Movie
Action movies aren’t always the types of movies I like to watch. But if my boyfriend can get me to sit down and watch them, then I will. Iron Man is in all those comics that he reads, so I wasn’t really interested in the movies because I really …
Song of the Sea, animated film (2014)
Song of the Sea is an Irish animated film directed by Tomm Moore who previously directed the now famous Oscar nominated “The Secret of Kells”. And he’s got another winner with this film proving once again that he’s quickly becoming a big name in the animation industry.
Like his previous work, …
The Lobster (2015 Film)
Never in my life had I felt very weird and astonished at the same time after watching a film. A lot of times I felt very weird and strange though, one after watching Paolo Sorrentino’s 2015 film Youth, however, not feeling astonished at the same but rather awkward and looking …
Fright Night II (1988)
Once again the vampires have resurfaced and they are out for revenge, in this movie, the sister of the head vampire of the original movie has come to claim the lives of Charley and his friends. Prior to that knowledge, Charley has undergone therapy and is now of the …
Click movie
Adam Sandler has had both good movies and horrible movies. Fortunately for me, his latest movie Click was a great one.
Sandler plays a man who is so buried with work he doesn’t have time to spend with his family. After getting angry about not being able to find the …
The Break-Up (movie)
As much as I like Jennifer Aniston, I did not at all enjoy The Break-Up. I had read a bad review before seeing it in the theater, and I didn’t want to see it. The reason I did end up seeing it was that the movie I …
Secret Window
Secret Window is a great movie. Stephen King did a great job of writing the story for this film. I also think the music as also very well done, and I really did enjoy watching the movie a lot. I think this is one of the best films made …
Shrek: Forever After (2010 Film)
The series of Shrek films that have come out since the first film in 2001 have been a popularity for not only young children, but movie lovers of all ages. We have watched as an angry ogre named Shrek rescued the princess Fiona, saved her with true loves kiss, …
The Lake House movie
The Lake house is a movie starring Sandra Bullok and Keanu Reeves. This was an enjoyable fim a bit farfethced but enjoyable all the same.
It seems that Keanu Reeves lived in the house on the Lake, and through some mysterious way he starts to receive mail from …
Movie Leon
In Leon (The Professional), the movie, is the first time that I ever saw Natalie Portman in a movie, and she was pretty young back then. Being young did not seem to faze this great actress, however, as she played the part of Mathilda beautifully. Not only does …
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