Movies Reviews
The Wicker Man (Original)
I watched the original Wicker Man and I enjoyed it so much more than I thought I would. I’m not a fan of horror and although this was labelled as a horror film it really wasn’t. The ending was quite horrorific but the rest of the film was not. …
I Was a Male War Bride movie
Howard Hawks directed with great success this 1949 war comedy, I Was a Male War Bride. This is a twist on the war film that hadn’t been done before that I know of, and it was a real winner.
The movie opens with two people meeting and …
Annabelle (2014) - Spin-off of ‘The Conjuring’
For me, most horror movies that have been produced in the last decade have merely used rehashed cliches and the same formulas to create what often turns out to be a subpar movie. The story doesn’t flow often and cheap tactics are used to incite fear. ‘Annabelle’ is another one …
A Walk to Remember movie
Some movies, you just can’t get out of your head. They leave such a permanent impression in your mind and constantly make you think about the way life is, the way it could be, and the way it may end up. The movie “A Walk to Remember” did …
The Penguins’ Whacked-Out Holiday DVD
This movie came as part of a set which included the movie Madagascar. The Penguins’ Whacked-Out Holiday DVD features the penguins from the Madagascar movie. I especially liked the penguins, so it was nice that they got their own little movie, which is basically a short cartoon.
The penguins are …
High Crimes
I bought this movie after seeing it at goodwill for 25 cents. It was a VHS tape but since I had never seen it before, and I still have a VCR I figured for 25 cents I could watch it.
Yesterday I was kind of bored after doing all …
Park (R, 2006) movie
I rented this unwittingly believing that this would be a quirky and fun little film. What surprised me more than anything was the movie’s ability to bore me to pieces within the first few minutes. I should have known that if Ricki Lake was in …
Kissing A Fool
Kissing A Fool with David Schwimmer, Jason Lee, and Bonnie Hunt.
This film theme had potential, but the horrible cast selection never gave it a chance. Schwimmer used his experience from Friends and tried to make it work as a major character in a motion picture. …
P.S I Love You
I recently went and saw the movie P.S I Love You. It turned out a lot better than I’d thought. I was at first hesitant to see it becaue it did not have good reviews with the critics. However, I turned out to be pleasantly surprised. It was definitely …
Defiance
I don’t usually like war movies, but sometimes I watch them mostly because my mother likes them. That was how I watched the movie Defiance. At first, I thought it was going to be very boring too like many of the other war films I’ve seen with the graphic …
Babys Day Out (movie)
One of the movies that I can remember watching in the nineties when I was still a child was “Baby’s Day Out”. I remember that after I had seen it in theatres back then, I found it so interesting that I was talking about it for a very long …
Monsters Inc.
I recently loaded the movie Monsters Inc on our netflix player for my daughter to watch. She hasn’t seen this movie before. I have and I think it is a great animated film.
The thing I like about this movie is the unique plot. You have a bunch of monsters …
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002 Films)
The 2002 film “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” was yet again another great addition to the Star Wars movies. It has so many unique aspects that have set this movie apart from others around it’s time such as the graphics, the plot, the acting, and the pure suspense …
Sansho the Bailiff movie
Kenji Mizoguchi is, together with Kurosawa, Kobayashi and a few others, one of the most talked about japanese filmmakers from the last century. Here he tells the life story of Bailiff Sansho, who lives a very tough and poor life in Japan several hundred years ago. With a poetic …
Little Buddha movie
A film by Bernardo Bertolucci who is mostly known for his giant epic Novecento. This is one of his latest films and tells the story of Siddaharta who goes through a spiritual journey to finally become Buddha. It seems to me Bertolucci isn’t any longer the talented filmmaker he …
Black Sheep 2008 Movie
I recently saw the movie Black Sheep and I don’t mean the Chris Farley and David Spade movie from the 1990s, though I’m sure someone will see this one and get confused. This movie is actually yet another horror movie spoof, though this one was better received than a …
Motion Picture “Trick or Treat”
The movie Trick or Treat is different than most horror movies I have seen. Usually there is one killer or perhaps a pair of killers going around killing people in a movie. This movie has several plots going at once and you are waiting to see how they …
Joker of the Dark Knight
For superhero lover, Joker isn’t a newbie. He’s arrogant, scary yet frightening. And he’s brilliant though. There are several actor who had played this role in the movie. But comparing all of those actors, the best one for me is the last Joker in Batman’s movie, The Dark Knight, …
The Rocky Horror Picture Show movie
Rocky Horror Picture Show is another cult classic movie that everyone loves to watch and everyone loves to dance and sing to! It used to be that movie theaters around the country would show the Rocky Horror Picture Show and the audience would shout out the characters lines …
Se7en (1995 Classic Thriller Film)
When everyone else is busy watching the seemingly endless mediocre movies put out by today’s filmmakers who happens to only entertain, I’m here digging up classics which I thought would be medicine to my ever needing needs for great films.
It’s been my tradition to watch classic films now and then. …
Stepford Wives
I have seen almost all the movies of Nicole Kidman because she’s one of my favorite Hollywood actresses. So I was really excited to see Stepford Wives because aside from her, Bette Midler is also in the movie. Based on a book by Ira Levin and a remake of …
To Sir With Love
“To Sir with Love” is one of my all time favorite movies. I’ve seen it dozens of times and I still cry every time I see the movie. I think it is the ultimate teacher movie ever. The 1967 Columbia British Productions movie was filmed in color and lasts …
Film “The kids are all right” (2010)
I had heard so much about this film. It sounded great and I liked the story, it sounded different from all the same old movies I had seen. I heard an interview with a star on the radio and they played clips and it sounded really interested. …
Let’s Talk About Sex DVD Movie
The movie, Let’s Talk About Sex, rated R, is actually a movie that is full of bollocks. The title is very suggestive, but there’s no really formal education on that, for inspiring young women wanting to learn at least something about this over-rated topic.
The story is about an …
Titanic (1997 movie)
One of the longest movies that I have ever watched. It’s a love story on a doom Ocean Liner. The movie Titanic, based on history as the largest ship ever built…it sank, and it killed alot of people, very very sad. That is not the focus of this…the focus …
V for Vendetta
V for vendetta is an action thriller film released in 2006. The movie is based in 2038, England. The country is controlled by a totalitarian government led by high chancellor Adam Sutler (yes, this is the source of my pen name).
The main character of the film is V, a …
Reluctant Carpenter
I am reviewing the Case of the Reluctant Carpenter, 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, …
Lord of the Rings-The Return of the King (2003)
The climactic comclusion to the world renouned trilogy of The Lord of the Rings Saga, this is where Aragorn realises his true role and comes to face the reality that he and he alone can rule as king. As the battle rages on and lives and being lost all …
The Last Samurai Movie
I have never appreciated The Last Samurai until it was pointed out at one of the conventions I attended recently. One of the speakers at the convention pointed out that the values and tradition upheld by these ancient Japanese warriors are significant in the building of a person’s character.
After the …
The Persuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness is a movie that stars Will Smith as Chris Gardner. Chris sells bone density scanner machines and is struggling to sell enough to make ends meet for his family. He meets a stock broker and learns about an intern program that starts his journey …
Sydney White
I had heard of the movie Sydney White but never made an effort to watch it until yesterday. I have to admit it was a cute movie.
Amanda Bynes stars in the comedy, which is a modern day rendition of Snow White and the 7 dwarves. Only, it takes place …
Torn Apart
Torn Apart stars Tia Carrere and several nobodies.
I love Tia Carrere in action movies. I thought that this movie would only support my feelings, but I was wrong. Though she has not aged well, she does continue to be sexy wearing the black tank …
Twilight (2008 Film)
The 2008 “Twilight” movie is something that many people are familiar with I am sure. It hit the big screen after being a wonderful bestselling book, loved by many age groups. When it finally hit the big screen the theaters were packed by this romantic film about teenage love …
Hannibal Rising
When I heard they were making a movie about how Hannibal Lecter became a cannibal, I was both excited but skeptical. The plot in Hannibal Rising sounded promising but I didn’t think it was a Hannibal movie without Anthony Hopkins playing the starring role.
Overall though, after watching the film, …
Toy Story
I am reviewing the Disney movie, Toy Story. Toy Story is about a boy named Andy. Andy has toys. These toys come to life whenever he leaves the room. Andy has a favorite toy named Woody. Woody is a cowboy. Woody’s voice is played by Tom Hanks. There …
Movie Cold Mountain
This is a amazing movie. Every one did an amazing job acting. I don’t think that they could have done a better job acting or directing this movie. I loved it and if you haven’t seen it yet you should. Renee Zellweger plays in it and I liked her …
Movie: Youth Without Youth
Tons of praise can be showered upon Coppola for he is a legend of Hollywood, after a decade long wait for his fans and admirers Coppola hits back with “Youth without Youth”. In line with the recent trend of novel-adopted films YWY is based on Mircea Elaide’s novella - …
Movie: “Evan Almighty” (2007)
This movie was a sequel to the 2003 comedy classic “Bruce Almighty”, but it did absolutely no justice to “Bruce”. “Evan Almighty” was sheer disappointment from start to finish.
The usually hilarious Steve Carell returns as Evan Baxter, his character from the first movie. In this film, he has just …
The Hangover
I was expecting big things when I rented The Hangover on DVD; I expected, given the trailers and my friends’ views, that I would be laughing uproariously the entire time. However, although there were some funny and witty moments, I was disappointed. It had good moments, when I did …
Twilight
Well the movie Twilight was…”ok”. The acting was decent and the story was intersting, however, not everyone will like it. I enjoyed watching it, but thought some parts were rather silly. It is very much a romance movie and a chick flick. Though it does have a few action …
Gandhi (1982)
I really admired the movie Gandhi (1982) directed by Richard Attenborough. From the boring history books that I read from high school and from classroom discussions that did not give me as much information as I need, the personality that I had been curious about finally came to …
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service with George Lazenby, Diana Rigg, and Telly Savalas.
I had never seen this film, but I always wondered why this was Lazenby’s only movie as James Bond. Well I now know why. This rough looking big eared Scot was not …
Heathers (movie)
I might not see her in many movies now, especially after her shoplifting stunt a couple of years ago but once upon a time, Winona Ryder was one of my favourite actors. I especially liked a couple of her films from the eighties, some of which I could watch …
Requiem For A Dream movie
Requiem For A Dream is another weird film you watch late at night and then try to figure out what really happened later on. I really like this movie because it is so sorted and twisted. You just can’t l really understand what would drive people to be so …
The Grudge (2004 movie)
A remake of a classic Japanese horror called Ju-On, an american is working in Tokyo Japan as a nurse. Yeah, you already know the plot cause I bet you have all seen it, so lets get to the bashing of the movie. Let’s all agree that it started off …
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Planet of the Apes, directed by Tim Burton is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some sequences of action/violence. The original release date was August 1, 2001 for Jamaican audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Drama/Science Fiction and stars Mark Wahlberg as Captain …
The September Issue (2009)
‘The September Issue’ is a feature length, fly-on-the-wall documentary about the making of the September 2007 issue of Vogue Magazine. This would be of interest to anyone wanting to see what the real Anna Wintour is like - editor-in-chief of Vogue - rather than the bitch that Meryl …
Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)
Lethal Weapon 3, directed by Richard Donner is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The orginal release date was May 15, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Thriller and stars Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs, Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh, …
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 …
The Dead Zone
King adaptations are hit or miss. You have classics like “The Shining” or “Misery” and you have stinkers like “The Sleepwalkers” or “Tommyknockers”. There are also movies that fall between and all across the cinematic quality spectrum.
“The Dead Zone” is one of the better ones. David …
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