My Sister’s Keeper is a novel by Jodi Piccoult and a movie recently released on DVD. I try to make a concentrated effort to read a book before watching it on film because it is never as good on film. I have to admit that while reading …

I saw previews for Employee of the Month a few months ago but never made an effort to rent it. It just didn’t look that good.
But, when it became available on Showtime, I decided to at least give it a chance. I wasn’t disappointed.
Like most movies that take place …

Shooting straight of the gate, this movie had very big shoes to fill when everyone expected it to live up to the expectations of the first film. Sadly, this movie fell short of it mark with critics and the public.
Bringing back Jeff Goldblum to play Ian Malcolm was one …

Peeping Tom is perhaps one of most influential films ever, but once you know the story behind the film it gets even more powerful. The director Michael Powell had charmed the world of cinema for decades with his visually groundbreaking epic films like A matter of life and death, …

Vacancy is a movie released in 2007 starring Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale. If you think that combination sounds a little odd, don’t worry because so did I! I actually saw this movie while it was playing in the theater and I liked it enough that I actually bought …

I am actually surprised at my film choices this year. I am now definitely heading to the real “film buff” road. Last night I choose to watch yet another foreign film that premiered this year called “Elle”. I wouldn’t have dared to watch this film had been there no buzz …

A science Fiction about the planet Krull. This place is visited by an evil creature and his army that plans to take over the planet. This is something that the two kings ruling the planet will not accept, and forms an alliance that will fight back against the evil …

I’m not a huge Billy Bob Thornton fan so, when his movie Bad Santa came out, I really avoided watching it. However, it was on one of our movie channels the other day and, since there was nothing better on, I figured I would give it a chance.
It wasn’t …

I always heard of the game “Clue”, but never actually got a chance to play it. However, I did get a chance to watch the 1985 movie a couple years ago when I was much younger and it was airing on a cable television channel. I feel in love …

Bloody, gruesome, vicious and emotional are the words to describe this movie. A great film directed by Stephen Spielberg. The battle on the beach brought tears to my eyes when you saw how the men were dying, being dismembered and the scene when one soldier turned back to pick …

I felt sad after watching this movie. I thought it had great promise considering it was dealing with a different kind of addiction. Unfortunately, the script and the beat made the theme unimportant and somewhat irrelevant. I found so many scenes quite slapstick-y and dumb, and I felt irritated …

Hailed as one of the best films of all time, The Third Man is a complex noir-like film about an american arriving in Germany and gets involved in mysterious events when his friend apparently has died. The film was directed by Carol Reed, and features Joseph Cotten and Orson …

“Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” is absolutely one of most clever and hilarious movies I have ever watched. It Stars Steve Martin as private detective Rigby Reardon, hired by Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward), the daughter of a cheesemaker , believed killed in an automobile crash. It’s clear right …

I want to review the movie when Harry met Sally because it is a long-time favourite of mine. It came out approximately 20 years ago, when I was still a teenager, and I still love it.
I love it so much because it is not a simple love story like …

When We Were Soldiers stars Mel Gibson in one of the best movies I’ve ever seen depicting the Vietnam War. The storyline is great, the scenes are even better. If you are looking for action packed movie then this will definitely not fail you. This must’ve been …

This is the story of a group of children whose families face home foreclosure who stumble across a map that allegedly leads to treasure that might be able to save their way of life, that in turns turned into them uncovering a criminal family plot, that in turns take …

I watched the movie awake yesterday. It kept me interested throughout the whole movie. I didn’t want to stop watching it for anything. The thought of “anesthetic awareness” to me is scary. To think that you are going into surgery and you are not fully asleep and can still …

Michael Mann’s depiction of the story Red Dragon with Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecter. This film was actually made before The Silent of the Lambs, the second film from the same novel series. Manhunter is made in a completely different style, very close to that colorful look of the …

In this animated movie, we are taken into the world of Asgard during the sleep cycle of Odin; this is the time period when Asgard is vulnerable to attacks and the only time where all the warriors are on guard to fight the armies sent to destroy Asgard. Knowing …

When I read the description of Denzel Washington’s movie, Dejavu, I thought it sounded interesting. And, after watching it, I have to say it was even better than expected.
Washington plays an investigator for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms who is brought in to investigate the explosion of …

In the 16th chapter of Hetalia’s animated version we finally get to know China, and he will tell the story about how he met Japan and how Japanese adopted some of the Chinese’s customs and their writting too.
Even if explained like this, it might sound a little boring, it’s …

Team America: World Police is a movie by the creators of the animated tv show South Park in which the whole movie is done by Puppets. The main character is as an actor who is recruited into Team America a group of people who try and fight terrorism around …

Remember the all so catchy, “I like to move it, move it?” Made me cry and laugh most of the time and whenever I manage to watch re-runs of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa on DVD.
This animated Madagascar has never failed to amaze me. First it was …

The movie Friday is a freaking hilarious movie and made me laugh so hard. The beginning of the movie is kind of boring though and the first 20 minutes of the movie sucks to be honest but after that it starts to become real funny. From the beginning of …

The fourth film in the popular Terminator franchise takes place in the future that was only alluded to in the first three films. Christian Bale plays John Connor, the now adult leader of the human resistance fighting to take down Skynet and their army of Terminators.
The plot, while …

My kids were raised reading comic books, and since my husband likes them I have come to appreciate Marvel movies. My husband’s favotire character is Captain American and we have seen nearly every movie that has come out. The most recent movie that we watched (or rather rented) was …

The movie Stranger Than Fiction had an awesome trailor at the movie theater and seemed so diffrent from most any other movie I had seen. So I rented it on demand yesterday. It was a huge disappointment! The movie is very slow paced and nothing exciting really happens it …

This is the fourth film in George A Romero’s zombie film series (supposed to be a trilogy, but..). It follows the films Night of the living Dead (1968), Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985). My own personal favorite is the first film, mostly because …

I have to say this is one of my all-time favorite Ben Stiller movies. I’m not really a Stiller fan; the only movie he’s really “acted” in was the hilarious Zoolander; otherwise, he always plays the same character: neurotic, a little nerdy, uncommitted, but with a good soul. He …

When I come to think of it, there was such a long wait involved before I finally achieved closure on the Star Wars story. Just imagine waiting for a decade before I finally found out what was going on. Maybe if I read some books about the …

On Thursday’s I usually ride with my husband to get his check. Then I run around town to pay bills and buy groceries. With the price of gas so high I have begun hanging out in town and just killing time until he gets off to save money. It …

It’s been fourteen years since “Jurassic Park 3″ made its debut in theaters, and at the time of its release, interest in the franchise seemed to be waning. Perhaps by then, the “wow” factor had been starting to wear off as the 1993 hit “Jurassic Park” stunned movie critics and …

Looking for an action packed film that entices its viewers with magical spells and a stroyline never to be forgotten? The Sorcerers Apprentice matches that categpry exceptionally well. Adapted from a 1797 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ballad, director Jon Turteltaub has produced a magically enchanting film with everything a …

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 …

It was rather disappointing to watch 30 Days of Night on theaters before. I think this movie was a couple of years back and I watched it with my ex boyfriend during that time.
The movie is about vampires or something and the movie effects throughout was rather …

Being a long time fan of Mr. Bean, I have been anxiously awaiting the release of this movie, “Mr. Bean’s Holiday.” My husband and I went to see it yesterday, on the first day it came out, and we were not disappointed!! Mr. Bean is as hilarious as ever, …

Quigley Down Under, directed by Simon Wincer is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was October 19, 1990 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Drama/Western and stars Tom Selleck as Matthew Quigley, Laura San Giacomo as Crazy …

I am reviewing The Case of the Belligerent Ghost, 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, …

This was an interesting experiment in marketing. One third comic book, one third cartoon, and one third audiobook. This takes the iconic graphic novel and converts it into a sort of flash animation.
You get all the dialogue and narration, the boxes even pop up, which is surprising …

The Girl Next Door story begins when a porn star named Danielle (Elisha Cuthbert) moves to the house next to a high school student Matthew (Emile Hirsch). They started an affair but ends when he found out she was a porn star.
As we watch the movie we feel like …

Daisy’s fitness is a fitness movie helping you to lose weight, obviously. It starts out by little session getting you started, then it goes into a cardio workout, with eight different new steps to learn. You learn each step slowly, then you do the step with tempo, then you …

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 38 begins with Riza Hawkeye arriving home after her confrontation with Pride and getting a call from Colonel Mustang. Meanwhile, Ed, Al and Winry ditch their military escorts to search for Scar while Olivier’s search team tries to get back to Fort Briggs. …

Sad, Heartwarming and Hopeful
Before the credits start Holly (Hillary Swank) and Gerry (Gerard Butler) are having an argument that almost anyone who has ever been in a relationship would recognize. She is passionate about the subject and he hasn’t a clue as to what they are fighting about. …

Brilliant teenagers struggle to make the grade and live up to their potential while working on a laser as an assignment. Unknowing to them what the end result of the project will lead to, they realise that it’s going to be used as a weapon. Using their unique brain …

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 …

Timothy Olyphant plays the character of a “Hitman” who goes by the name “Agent 47″. Ok, here is the thing about this movie/game made into a movie…for people who like a good action, adventure, mystery, suspense, drama/romance thrown in here and there or even an on the edge of …

Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson play New York City bachelors in this comedy about responsibility. These three men, happy with their bachelor lifestyle soon have their lives and worlds turn upside down when a baby appears on the step of the loft with a note attached. The …

The first time I watched Napoleon Dynamite I thought it was brilliant, the second time I watched Napoleon Dynamite I thought it was hysterical, the third time I watched Napoleon Dynamite I thought it was the best movie ever and the fourth time I watched it i knew I …

Viewed by many as a gender switched redo of John Hughes and Howard Deutch previous collaboration Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful is so much more than this and it is a kind of unfair label.
The stories and characters are much different. Whereas, Pretty in Pink focused on …

A woman played by Ingrid Bergman visits a town in New York and tells everyone she is Anastasia, the only survivor of the Romanov family in Russia that were executed during the revolution. Is she telling the truth or just having a delusion?
There is a lot of feeling in …