Movies Reviews
Ratatouille
I hate rats so I wasn’t so keen on watching the animated movie Ratatouille. But constant prodding by my bestfriend to see the movie made me give in. Plus the fact that alot of people say it’s a nice movie. Indeed it is. From Pixar Animation Studios and Walt …
Movie : Rumour Has It
Starring: Jennifer Anniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo
I keep waiting for Jennifer Anniston to wow me and star in a movie where she doesn’t act in the exact same way as her character from “Friends”, Rachel Green. “Rumour Has It” is not the movie to change my perception …
The Roommate (2011 Movie)
I knew The Roommate wasn’t going to be a spectacular film or even an original horror from the trailer, but the trailers made it look like a fun horror movie to go see with friends. Although the dialogue is terrible and the movie is extremely predictable if you’ve ever …
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus
This movie story has an R rating, and it stars Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr and some other actors/actresses that I do not really know much about. This story is about Diane Arbus, Nicole Kidman, who is so called a woman of privilege, and loves playing with her …
The Dark Knight
After the 90s came and went and the Batman movie series continued its steady decline at the dismay of true fans, I figured I might as well forget seeing a better Batman than Michael Keaton, a better villain than Jack Nicolson as the Joker, or a better director than …
Moulin Rouge
Erm, I was not thinking that this was the best movie of all time. It has Nicole Kidman, who I love, and Ewan McGregor, and I own the movie, but it just wasn’t my favorite. I think the ideas presented in the movie were great fun … but it …
Faster (2010) Movie
Faster is a movie starring Dwayne Johnson (also known as “The Rock) and Tommy Lee Jones. Wayne Johnson plays “Driver” a man who has just been let out of jail after a ten year sentence. He was sentenced for being the driver of a getaway car in an armed …
Heavyweights movie
Heavyweights is a hilarious comedy about a group of young teenagers who attend a fat camp. Many of the kids return year after year because they love the camp. But the camp has been taken over by a eccentric exercise freak. It’s taken over by Tony Perkins who is …
Phone Booth (starring Colin Farrell)
Have you ever heard the saying one phone call is all it takes to make a difference? Well, I watched Phone Booth before and this pretty much sums up what I just said. Watching this movie before, after the show had ended, I thought that it is pretty …
Film Titanic
One of the best movies I have ever seen is the movie Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio. This movie is a great depiction of the maritime catastrophe that occured on April 15, 1912. I felt that the movie took me back to that event.
I thought …
Best In Show DVD
Take a documentary about a dog show, and add as much comedy as you can think of…then you will have Best In Show. Best in Show is a wonderful documentary style movie about an annual dog show and the people who enter it.
It is a hytarically funny movie, …
Half Baked movie
Half Baked is a 1999 comedy film starring Dave Chappelle, the movie is about a group of stoner friends who sell medical marijuana to raise money to bail their friend Kenny out of jail, who was arrested for killing an officer of the law after feeding a police horse …
The Scarlet Letter (1995)
The Scarlet Letter, directed by Roland Joffe is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence and sexuality. The original releae date was October 13, 1995 for United States audience. Thismovie falls in the genre of Drama/Romance and stars Demi Moore as Hester Prynne, Gary Oldman …
Bangkok Dangerous (2008), crime thriller film
How could a film that was made in 1999 already get a remake? The Pang Brothers felt it was a perfect opportunity to remake their hit 1999 debut film, Bangkok Dangerous, for its American release. Was this a smart move from the Pang Brothers or is the original film …
Disney’s Tarzan (1999)
Another telling of the story of the legendary ape man Tarzan as seen through the eyes of Disney artists. A family shipwrecked on a deserted island comes to terms with the reality that they may be on the island for a very long time, they build a home and …
Bleak House (2005)
Bleak House is one of those movies I can watch over and over again. I am speaking of the newer, 2005 version, although the older one, that of 1985, is also well done (it had been one of my favorite movies until the new one came out). This movie, …
Irreversible Movie
My friend has been hounding me to watch Irreversible, starring Monica Belluci. She said that it was the most horrific rape scene she had watched and even said that people walked out during it�s showing in disgust. So I was finally able to buy the DVD and watched it …
Beck Mongolian Chop Squad
“Beck Mongolian Chop Squad” is a very unique and intruiging anime series. It portrays the story of a group of Japanese teenagers pursuing their dreams of becoming rock band musicians, as well as the hard ships and drama of adolesence. While the story is extremely unique, and breaks the …
The Natural movie
A young, brave man named Roy wishes nothing than to become the best baseball player in the world. To achieve this he gives everything he has on the training each and everyday, and no matter how many injuries and other hardships he faces, he will get to the top.
Well, …
Guess Who
I must admit that I really enjoy watching Ashton Kutcher’s movies, even though he seem to always present the same type of guy on screen. However the true success of “Guess Who” is entirely to the actor Bernie Mac excellent interpretation of the character Percy Jones.
“Guess who’ is a …
T2 Horror Movie
About 2 months ago, Star Cinema made available for public viewing in cinemas millions of Filipinos had most looked forward to : T2, a Filipino-based horror movie directed by the very popular Chito Rono. Its trailer had been running in big Tv networks for weeks and the people can’t …
RomeoXJuliet Episode 10
RomeoXJuliet Episode 10 begins with Juliet escaping with Tybalt after the failed uprising. They go into hiding in a seedy part of Neo Verona and Juliet has a nervous breakdown for her rash decision. Meanwhile, Romeo tries to see if the nobility will pardon the Capulet family …
Monsters Vs. Aliens
Monsters versus aliens is a DVD that I recently purchased and watched with my kids one day. I know that for many of us that have kids we are probably sick of watching kids movies all the time, but Monsters versus aliens is a movie that I could watch …
Movie 2001 Maniacs
I thought this movie was so weird, so gross, and so disturbing. And yet, I couldn’t stop watching it.
In the beginning it’s just creepy. I mean, the town is so weird, anf the people are freakishly happy to see these kids. You pretty much get a bad feeling about …
Alone in The Wilderness
One night when I was channel surfing for something interesting to watch, I stumbled onto a PBS special called Alone in The Wilderness. It is a movie based on a book written by Dick Proenneke. It was about his life and how he went to Alaska to live a …
Forever Mine movie
I remember that I watched the movie Forever Mine starring Joseph Fiennes, Gretchen Mol and Ray Liotta in the lead roles an year ago on cable. Forever mine is a drama and has some gripping moments which are really interesting to watch. It is a good movie, though …
Cloverfield
I love monster movies. Even if the special effects aren’t the greatest and the plot is weak, the fact I can see some giant monster destroying a city is usually enough to make up for it.
Unfortunately, Cloverfield turned out to be the worst monster movie I’ve ever seen.
The problem …
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (2001) is a horror film and the directorial debut of Richard Kelly and is rated R for language, some drug use and violence.
Donnie Darko is the story of a teenager (Jake Gyllenhall) who after a freak occurence that could have possibly killed him, begins to explore what …
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises is easily one of the best movies I have ever seen. It is about a Russian gang in London and how the Russian mafia deals with things. It has wonderful cinematography, that is the way the movie is filmed is fantastic. It is sickeningly violent at times, …
Bordertown (R, 2007) movie
I don’t usually like J. Lo in films. But where this movie is concerned, I could easily overlook her mediocre acting skills. This movie follows the political red tape surrounding the investigations of hundreds of Mexican women near the U.S. Border. According to the …
“Drag Me To Hell” (2009 Film)
If you are in the mood for a scary movie to give you goose bumps and make you want to shut your eyes, then the 2009 film “Drag Me to Hell” is not for you. While the movie was a little creepy, it was also fairly pointless, leaving me …
Underworld: Evolution (2006)
In this the second installation in the Underworld franchise, they kindly take the opportunity to bring a lot of things to light, things that kind of confused us, or left us wondering. In this episode, we are introduced to the fact of the brothers bitten by the Bat and …
The Fault in Our Stars (teen romance movie)
I’ve been a fan of the young actress Shailene Woodley ever since I saw her performance in Divergent. It was clear to me that she had matured as an actress and taken on more mature roles. Therefore, even though I’m certainly no fan of romance movies, I was definitely curious …
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 …
Death Race (2008 version)
Fast, furious and deadly these are the best words that describe the movie “Death Race” with Jason Statham in a very different role when compared to “Transporter” movies. This film is a remake of the 1975 movie “Death Race 2000″ which had the actors, David Carradine and …
Big Eyes (biographical drama movie)
The movie “Big Eyes” was something that I’d been looking forward to seeing for a very long time, partly because it was done by one of my favourite directors, Tim Burton. I also became interested in seeing it because of the brief synopsis I’d heard about the plot. After watching …
The Invention of Lying
I was expecting The Invention of Lying to be a romantic comedy, and only a decent one, because while I love Ricky Gervais, I do not enjoy the movies which Jennifer Garner does. I figured Gervais’ wonderful, sarcastic, dry, British humour would carry this movie. While Gervais was great, …
The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb
I picked up The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb because it was cheap ($6.44) and because it looked somewhat interesting, if a bit derivative. Derivative is right, this two-part mini-series steals liberally from both the Indiana Jones franchise as well as the Mummy series.
Does the Curse of King …
Movie : Pridae And Glory (2008)
Pride And Glory is the title of of movie that stars Edward Norton and Collin Farrel as two cops on either side of a police corruption case. As the search for who killed four policemen in a drug bust gone wrong widens, Norton’s character slowly begins to discover the …
The Pursuit of Happiness
I had put off watching the movie “The Pursuit of Happiness” for a very long while as I thought that it was going to be a tragedy. I do not like movies with sad ending as even though they do not make me cry, they tend to disturb me …
Meet the Fockers
I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed watching ‘Meet the Fockers’ when it came out on DVD. I personally feel it was much better than the prequel, ‘Meet the Parents.’ It was nice to see Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman play …
The Day the Earth Stopped movie
OK, I don’t know a whole lot about copyright laws but how can a company produce a film that looks a heck of a lot like a popular movie and avoid a lawsuit simply by changing a few things, including the title.
This movie was nothing more than a rip …
Spiderman 3
Spiderman 3 is the third in a series of films based around our friendly neighbourhood web-swinger; part of a vastly growing movie franchise: the comic book adaptation, many examples of which are due for release this summer.
As a comic book fan I often find that these films are like …
House of Wax
House of Wax is a horror movie that most people hated right away, but I liked it. I wouldn’t say that I loved the movie, but I didn’t think it was nearly as bad as everyone said. I’ve never seen the original movie and all I know of it …
Problem Child (1990)
Problem Child, taken from the pages of a comic book and tv series and tossed unto the silver screen with hopes of getting a hugh payday. This movie was a disaster from the very first time time it was even considered as being put into production for a feature …
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016 Film)
The most awaited new addition to the X-men movies finally came out, the X-men Apocalypse. It was released in the US last May 27, 2016. The movie was directed by the famous director, Bryan Singer. He also directed the previous X-men movies like the X-men: First Class and X-men: Days …
Sherlock Holmes The Soultry Cyclists
I am not a Shelock Holms fan., but I was quite curious to watch his movie(s), as I have heard a lot abt him and Sir Author Conan Doyle, the creator of SH. Yesterday, I got a chance to watch one of his films named ‘Sherlock Holmes -The Soultry …
Hard candy, movie
Hard Candy is a psychological thriller written by David Slade and Directed by Brian Nelson and stars Patrick Wilson and Ellen Page.
The film begins with a 14 year old girl talking to a man who she met over the internet, they agree to meet and Jeff Kohlver (Patrick …
Adventures in Babysitting
Adventures in Babysitting was a fun little movie directed by Chris Columbus that came out in the eighties. Elizabeth Shue plays the perfect combination of girl-next-door and blonde bombshell who every guy wants to call his girlfriend. Starring in the title role, Shue hams it up nicely as …
Pan’s Labyrinth
I recently caught this Spanish movie Pan’s Labyrinth. A “fairy tale” set in the backdrop of WW2, in the mountains of Spain where the Facist regime was trying to stamp out the rebellion and the Allies were waging war against the Nazis in Europe.
The fairy tale line is about …
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