Movies Reviews
Superbad (2007)
The movie Superbad was before it came out, and even soon after it came out, an extremely hyped up movie; everyone was talking about it. Now almost nobody even cares about the movie.
Superbad is a comedy that is based on how high school kids want to always fit in …
Rambo, First Blood
They attempted a couple of sequels for the movie Rambo, First Blood, but they have never managed to copy what became a classic film and one I absolutely love.
The great thing about this movie, which features a Vietnam War Veteran who holds a town hostage after a run in …
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army, is a great summertime “popcorn” movie bursting at the seams with nonstop action and bizare, creative characters.
Ron Perlman was better in this sequel than he was in the original movie. Perlman brings a real level of humanity …
Eastern Promises
Eastern Promises is a drama directed by David Cronenberg, and starring Viggo Mortensen as the main character. It also features Naomi Watts as the leading lady. Other notable actors in the movie are Josef Altin, Mina E. Mina, and Aleksandar Mikic.
Viggo plays Nikolai, an undercover agent working inside …
The Queen by Stephen Frears
I was very lucky today to see a matinee of “The Queen” staring Helen Mirren. Although I knew the movie was about Queen Elizabeth II, I had no idea it was about the period following Princess Diana’s death.
I found the movie was not only engaging but engrossing. It was …
The Mist (movie)
We went to the movies last night and watched the film entitled the Mist, based on a novel by Stephen King. I love a good mystery and I really enjoy Stephen Kings books, and usually enjoy the film adaptations.
This movie was really a good story, enough computer …
Quarantine
A few years ago, The Blair Witch Project used one camera to add realism to a horror film and was so successful at doing it, other movies have tried to copy the method. Unfortunately, those movies often fail.
This was pretty much the case with the movie Quarantine. On one …
Accepted (2006)
Justin Long, better known for his performance to me in Jeepers Creepers makes am entrance as a comedian in this classic tale of a boy and his dreams of going to college. When e finds out that all his applications to every college that he had applied to was …
Lakeview Terrace movie
Lakeview Terrace is a 2008 movie about a cop named Abel (Samuel L. Jackson) and his neighbor, Chris and Lisa Mattison (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington), a couple who just moved in the community. The Mattisons (the couple) and Abel (Jackson) starts it off being warm with each other. …
Liar Liar
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve seen the Jim Carey film Liar Liar and, whene it was on one of our movies channels today, I decided to watch it again.
Somehow, it’s not quite as funny as I remember it being.
The movie does have an interesting premise, Carey plays …
Bolt animated film
The latest CG animated film from Disney Studios features John Travolta as the voice of Bolt, an adorable dog that thinks he has super powers. Bolt is the star of a television show with his owner Penny, whom he protects at all costs, using his abilities to thwart the nefarious …
He is just not that into you
I must say that although I am a girl I don’t like romantic movie, I prefer Transformers to Titanic, and I’ll rather watch Matrix ten times in a row than to watch a Jennifer Lopez Cinderella story movies. But I really liked He is just not that into you. …
Black Swan Movie
The funny thing about Black Swan is that I should really have no reason to want to watch it. True, it’s a film by Darren Aranofsky, who’s acclaimed film “Requiem for a Dream” is one of my favorite movies, and who also gave us “The Wrestler”, but none of …
I Dreamed of Africa
I Dreamed of Africa is about a woman named Kuki Gallman who lives in Italy and wants to move to the wild Africa with her husband and son. When she moves to Africa she is expecting a dreamland where everything is perfect and free, but she soon finds out …
Ice Princess
Some people do have talent but they don’t have the means. Others do have the means but they simply don’t have talent. This is the main storyline of “The Ice Princess” featuring the actress, Michelle Trachtenberg of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame in her on screen main role as …
Movie: “Stephen King’s It” (1990)
Having read the book multiple times, I was horribly disappointed with the two-part miniseries “It”, aired in 1990 on ABC. There was so much left out; I can’t believe Mr. King even allowed it to be produced.
The plot of the mini-series only loosely follows the plot of the original …
Bangkok Dangerous
Oh brother, we come back. A professional assassin cruel years of his career, suddenly developed a conscience. He decides on the black child on the street, which has been supporting the naive and a little under his wings. Fully determined to put an end to his secret life of …
Shooter movie
I decided to watch “Shooter” because I knew that Mark Wahlberg had the leading role in this film. I really like his acting skills especially after watching him in films such as “The Perfect Storm”, “The Italian Job”, “The Kingdom” and in Martin Scorsese’s “The Departed”. I must admit …
Bhul Bhulaiya
Bhul Bhulaiya has been promoted as Indian’s first psychological thriller. Surprissngly, it has been made by Priyadarshan, who is know for making light hearted comedies. He has try to blend the thrill and comic factor in the movie., but has disappointed. The story is about a mental patient, played …
Did You Hear About the Morgans? movie
Did You Hear About the Morgans? isn’t much of a stretch for Hugh Grant. He just played himself, a man who cheated on his significant other. I wasn’t impressed with him at all. He talked at, not to, Sarah Jessica Parker much of the time. …
A Good Woman (2004) starring Helen Hunt
“A Good Woman” (2004) is a 93 minute color movie, in English based on Oscar Wilde’s comedy “Lady Windermere’s Fan.” It is a comedy of manners where one woman, Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt), sacrifices herself to save another Meg Windermere (Scarlett Johansson). In the movie Mrs. Erlynne is an …
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Reckless Romeo is notable because at the time of filming the main guest star, Tracy Nelson, was married to regular William R. Moses, who played Ken Malansky. They made a nice pair while they were married, and it was fun to see …
The Postman movie
The Postman with Kevin Costner and Will Patton.
What a great story told by a great actor Imagine that the world’s governments crumbled and all communication non existent between the surviving clans. This description does not generate the level of interest that this exciting …
Edmond (R, 2005)
Edmond is the type of movie that you watch when you really want to dive into something that will make you think. The premise of the film is quite simple. A married man with kids decides one day that he will leave his family behind. He …
Memoirs of a Geisha
Rob Marshall turned a New York Times’ Bestseller into a Hollywood box office hit. I have to admit though, it’s not a film I would want to watch over and over again. It’s brilliant. Emotional. Deep. That said, it’s kind of depressing despite the ending. The entire film has …
August Rush movie
My review is on the movie August Rush. Now I like movies as much as the next person, and I’m here to tell you that I loved this movie. It stars Kerri Russell and Robin Williams in it. It even has that little boy who plays from the …
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. …
The Ruins (UR, 2008) movie
Again we have the slasher thriller that isn’t quite a slasher. In this film we have the typical group of college students who decide that while on their trip to Mexico, they should explore some ancient ruins. They are not concerned with the fact that they …
My Name Is Bruce
“My Name Is Bruce” is Bruce Cambell’s latest attempt at a film. Just like his others this film falls in the it’s so bad it’s good category. Basically the film revolves around a town and a young man who lives in it. Ultimatley this …
A Tattered Web movie
From 1971, A Tattered Web is a film about accidental murder and a cover up. I think I may have watched this back when it first aired, but I’m not certain. The movie starred Lloyd Bridges as Sgt. Ed Stagg. I’ve never really been a fan …
Dark Ride (R, 2006)
Again, we have yet another slasher film that attempts to “defy” stereotypes that have existed in the past. Ok, well—perhaps the writers and directors weren’t really trying to defy anything. In fact, this type of movie has been done over and over and over and …
Disney’s Robin Hood
Anyone who knows me knows what a huge fan of the Robin Hood legend I am. Those same people know what a huge Disney fan I am also. I should be in hog heaven then, when, along comes the marriage of both into one feature animated film.
All I can …
The Happening - Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
The happening is one of the worst rated movies of M. Night Shyamalan however I actually enjoyed it though I cannot call it a favorite. The movie is basically about plants giving off a chemical that causes people to commit suicide.
I can see why it has such horrible …
Roman Holiday,1953 movie
This beautiful black and white movie is set in Rome, somewhere in the early 1950s. Ann (Audrey Hepburn), a princess of an unspecified European country, has come to Rome as a part of her official tour of several Europe’s capitals. The young and beautiful princess is tired of her …
Where The Wild Things Are movie
Like many others, I grew up loving the book “Where The Wild Things Are”, and though I’m not a child anymore, when I found out a movie was coming out I was genuinely intrigued. How do you turn a 10-15 page children’s picture book into a full-length movie? Well, …
Sky of Love (Japanese Movie)
Sky of love was one of the few mobile phone love stories published on a book. It became really popular that the book sold for more than 11 million copies. I first came to know about the show in the cinemas, but did not actually managed to watched it …
Babel (2007 film)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is a director of real life, concentrating on characters and their usual, yet heartbreaking, devastating problems. He is an artist that paints with grief, melancholia and tragedy, wrapping it all in romance. Babel is his most exceptional human tale.
A Japanese father of a …
Sherlock Holmes Movie
I thought, by now, I would be reviewing the new Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey Jr. But, I haven’t seen it yet. Instead, I’m talking about another version of Sherlock Holmes that came out recently on DVD.
This cheap ripoff, sometimes billed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, isn’t …
Outsourced (2006)
Outsourced starring Josh Hamilton and Ayesha Dharker is a great movie with big heart that is definitely worth watching. The story tells of an American businessman (Hamilton) who loses his comfortable yet unsatisfying job in a call center when his company decides to outsource the service to India in …
Movie The Pursuit of Happiness
When I first saw previews to the Pursuit of Happiness, I figured it was going to be a tear jerker but would ultimately be a boring film. I’m glad to say I was wrong.
Will Smith has attempted to do inspirational films before and has failed. He struck gold in …
John Carpenter’s “The Thing” (the 1982 film)
Initially, I imagined John Carpenter’s 1982 classic “The Thing” to be an ordinary, old and spooky film. Yet, I found it intriguingly scary. I didn’t quite reach the thrill I had wanted but it was still a significant masterpiece.
I also enjoyed the characters and the setting. Both were respectable …
Spirit (movie)
Spirit is a cartoon movie about a wild stallion produced by Dream Works. It starts off when the stallion is first born and shows him growing up with the rest of the herd. From the time he was born this stallion had an attitude and a spirit that could …
Captain Planet cartoon
“Captain Planet” was a cartoon which would be aired sometimes on weekday afternoons when I was still a child. I did not necessarily love the show, but I appreciated it a little since it was better than watching the children’s show “Sesame Street” which I had outgrown before I …
Movie Red Eye
Although most of the setting of this movie takes place on a plane it was still interesting to watch. I enjoyed watching the whole movie. It’s about a stranger who comes up to this lady and threatens her about her father and wants her to kill someone. Basically if …
Ride the Wild Surf movie
From 1964, Ride the Wild Surf is one overly melodramatic movie that tried to capitalize on the beach picture craze. About the only thing it has going for it is a great cast, at least as far as bikini and surf pictures of the 60’s go. Fabian, …
Yoga Hosers, horror comedy
I’m a fan of Kevin Smith’s work. I enjoyed the “View Askewniverse” movies as well as “Red State”. I’ve also enjoyed his podcast “Fatman on Batman”. I have yet to see “Tusk” but I was able to check out it’s sequel/spin-off “Yoga Hosers”.
The fact that this follows …
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
Tough cop played by Sylvester Stallone is visited by his mother played by Estelle Getty and she does what all mothers do, she interferes with his life. She follows him around and gets in his way and even tries to help out when she thinks he needs help, but …
Straight Talk movie
Now Straight Talk is a movie with Dolly Parton that has some meat to it. It’s not quite the wonder that Nine to Five is, but Straight Talk is a good movie that has some real story to it.
Shirlee Kenyon (Parton) maneuvers her way into a radio job, …
Jurassic Park
Many years ago my son and I went to see Jurassic Park in the movie theaters. We were so impressed by the movie that we went back the following week to see it again. Then we purchased it to keep in our collection.
This movie is a …
Scream Movie (1996)
As I was looking through the TV channels one boring Sunday afternoon, I came across “Scream”. This movie was one of the best movies that came out in 1996. I remember that a lot of my friends back in High School were really too hyped up about this movie …
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