Movies Reviews
An American Werewolf in London movie
American Werewolf in London is one of my all time favorite films for many reasons. First of all, it is a glossy horror flick that is actually set in recognizable areas of London, although the scenes supposedly on the Yorkshire moors in the beginning were actually filmed in …
Clueless
Clueless, a hit movie about teenagers more than a decade ago, was one of my favorite movies as a teenager. This movie was shown at a perfect timing for me as a teenager myself during the 90’s. Its main character, Cher, played by Alicia Siverstone, could be a good …
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2, directed by Adam Shankman is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for some crude humor and mild language. The original release date for this movie was December 21, 2005 for United States audiences. This mobie falls in the genre of Adventure/Comedy/Family …
Brief Crossing (NR, 2001) film
Director Catherine Breillat is one of the most underrated directors of all time. Her films will appeal to women because of their intimate nature. But men will love her movies because they are filled with beautiful women and some pretty intense romantic situations. In this movie, …
Barbie in the 12 Dancing princesses
‘Barbie in the12 Dancing Princesses’ is the cartoon I like best in series about Barbie. All Barbie cartoons are gently, peaceful and suitable for girls. They are like fairy tales with magnificient context. But the appearance of princes, pricesses, farm girls and poor people in Barbie stories isn’t like …
Departures - (in Japanese)
I watched Departures the other day with my circle of friends and I was moved to tears. This movie storyline is so touching that it just makes you wonder what you would do and how you would react when someone in your circle of family or friends and relatives …
License to Kill movie
To begin with, this film may have the best theme song of a Bond movie ever, and that doesn’t say a little. I think Timothy Dalton gives another convincing performance here, but yet he only received harsh criticism for this. I know what the problem is, and Dalton’s got …
Movie: Charade
Charade is one of my favorite movies ever and has two of the best actors ever: Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. I mean with the two of them, how can you go wrong? The movie is fantastic and of course the acting is great! The movie centers around Audrey …
Feature Film “The Collector”
This movie had made me be more careful about the movies I check out with netflix. I did not know too much about this film before I watched it. I had only seen the trailer and it did not look too bad. To make sure I …
54 movie
54 is a movie all about Studio 54, the New York nightclub that was a smash hit in the 1970s. 54 is not a documentary and is more fantastic than real so don’t watch this movie if you are expecting to find out what really happened behind the doors …
The Majestic
This movie has turned out to be un unexpected treat for me. I had never heard of it before when I picked up a DVD with it in our local library. I looked at the actors and saw Jim Carrey is in the movie; I thought he’d be making …
The Outer Limits : “Essence of Life” episode
As I skimmed through the episodes of The Outer Limits on DVD, I ran across one that was only slightly less nauseating than some of the others. In “Essence of Life”, a mysterious vial of liquid possesses the ability to “reincarnate” the image of the deceased, if sniffed …
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Whenever you try to remake a popular cartoon of the 80s or 90s into a live-action film, you run quite a few risks. And, just as often as not, many attempts at this wind up being complete disasters.
Fortunately, Alvin and the Chipmunks was not one of those films.
We’ve been …
The Triangle - Part 1 movie
I’ve always been interested in the Bermuda Triangle so any time there is a decent production relating to it, I like to watch. I make the qualification about being ‘decent’ because there are a lot of very weird shows that are sub-par, so I try to weed those …
Avengers: Age of Ultron - Superhero Movie (2015)
Being a big Marvel fan, and having loved ‘The Avengers’ movie of 2012, I had high expectations for its sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron. While the movie was watchable, I was let down by a seemingly weak story line and lost acting. I wasn’t satisfied with the movie and I …
Into The Woods (Movie)
I was waiting for this movie for so long not only because Disney produced it but also because my favorite actors are there: Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, and Anna Kendrick.
At first I was so happy to know that it is a musical movie but I was a …
Film Exodus
In 1960, a very dramatic and long film named Exodus was released. It’s intense and poignant as it tells the story of the founding of Israel. At the center is the Ben Canaan family. Lee J. Cobb is the elder Ben Canaan, a man who believes …
Happy Feet
I am quite a fan of all this animation movies, they always entertain me and my girlfriend, they are funny, technically splendid, they usually have a good plot, and they are almost never superficial or boring.
Well i didn’t enjoy this one at all.
The impression i had is this:
They did …
Are You Here (2013 Film)
Are You Here, is a comedy movie I had the opportunity to view one evening. I hadn’t heard much about the film, until browsing the internet movie data base. I was curious about the movie after viewing the cast list of actors who started in the movie. Normally, I …
Airplane movie
I usually keep away from watching comedies from the nineteen seventies and early eighties since I’ve found out over the years that most of them tend to bore me. So when I first got access to cable television and would see this movie going on, I didn’t even pay …
Halloween (1978 movie)
I love horror movies, and the original “Halloween” from 1978 is the one that started it all for me. I was too young to see it when it was first shown in theaters, so I actually didn’t get the opportunity to watch it until I reached my twenties. And …
88 minutes movie
This was a really good movie overall. Al Pacino plays in it and he plays a forensic psychiatrist. He gets a phone call and tells him that he only has 88 minutes to live. I really enjoyed watching this movie. It was entertaining, and kept my interests throughout the …
The Deserter
The Deserter which has been dubbed a “Revolutionary Comedy” is about a British drummer stationed in America during the time of the American Revolution (1775-1784).
The film is shot in the style of a silent comedy and follows the misadventures of an unlucky drummer who finds himself at the …
The Wedding Planner movie
This movie depicts many woman’s ideal job. It would be fun, in my opinion, to plan the perfect wedding, nailing down every detail, including the perfect best man’s speech.
In this movie, JLo’s character is the best wedding planner at one of the top wedding planning companies. She is thought …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 43
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 43 begins with the attack on Fort Briggs by Drachma’s soldiers, they are wiped out by the soldiers at Briggs after being deceived by Kimblee. Later we see Al and May together, and she’s trying to teach him the basics of Alkahestry but he …
Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown movie
Columbo: Uneasy Lies the Crown has quite a few well known names in it, including several famous folks who play themselves. It’s a unique setup for the murder of the movie where the guilty party uses a poker game as part of his alibi, not that it works. …
Movie: The Wolfman
I wanted to see the remake of the film The Wolfman when it came out at the theater. But, as is often the case lately, I didn’t have the money and had to wait for it on DVD.
In hindsight, I’m glad I didn’t fork out the money.
This movie was …
The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power, Movie
I missed the second Scorpion King movie and I have no idea how I came to watch the third - but suffice to say I didn’t go into this film with my expectations held high. The only reason I decided to give this a go was because I’d seen that …
The Night Listener, Patrick Stettner Movie
‘The Night Listener’ is the umpteenth time from the movie Robin Williams is illicit nuances. Efforts in genres varying from the usual role he (comedy) sometimes successfully, but sometimes also appear with no convincing. For me, including The Night Listener, which is quite successful.
Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams) is …
Hustle and Flow (2005 movie)
In this movie, it shows a down on his luck pimp DJay (Terrence Howard), trying the rap game. He’s a hustler trying to make that money, trying to make it big, trying to have a taste of the rich life by switching it up. After putting his voice on …
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
I hadn’t been to the movie theater in a long time since the big screen seems dominated by typical hollywood trash. But Michael Jackson’s This Is It was truly an exception because it’s an original movie that stands out in a culture full of one cheesy remake after …
Meet the Robinsons
Lately, when I’ve seen a Disney cartoon, I’ve been very disappointed in it. It seems Disney makes an effort to make a children’s cartoon but, in the interest of attracting an older crowd, always tries to make the cartoon more adult. The end result is nobody really enjoys it.
Meet …
Bedazzled (2000)
Be careful what you wish for this is the story line behind this movie as a young man craving love and attention from a beautiful woman strikes a deal with the devil in human form. Every wish that he makes comes to reality but with a dark twist and …
Inside Out (R, 2005) movie
I am not a huge fan of Eriq LaSalle’s. But when I saw that he took a directorial turn in “Crazy as Hell”, I realized that he had some sort of depth. I mention this film because in it Eriq also stars as a crazy, and mysterious …
Ocean’s Eleven
Based on the 1960 film of the same title and directed by acclaimed director of such films as Traffic and Erin Brockovich, Steven Soderbergh, Ocean’s Eleven is a cool hi-tech comedy. Starring some of Hollywood’s most popular actors, it’s the story of Danny Ocean (George Clooney), a newly released …
The Big Short (2015 Film)
As the days become smaller until the Oscars ceremony this coming February 28, I have become so anxious to watch every movie that is nominated.
The Big Short is currently one of the frontrunners of the race, and it is very hard to miss a frontrunner, otherwise you would blame yourself …
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
I watched this the other day and it was awesome. Audrey Tautou’s performance is really thumbs-up and even though this movie is a long-ago one, I find it super awesome, get what I mean. If you don’t believe, watch it and you will understand what I am trying …
“9″ Movie
The movie “9″ is set after an apocalyptic war between human’s and machines. A doll, 9, awakens and finds a strange, unknown object in the room. He grabs the object and ventures outside. He soon finds a huge machine out to kill him. Another doll just like him, 2, …
Boogie Nights movie
Boogie Nights is a film about the adult entertainment industry and the making of pornographic movies in the last 1970s. Evidently at this time, all movies in this genre were made to be shown in theaters. What a concept! Anyway, one of Boogie Nights’ stars is Burt Reynolds, who …
Call Me by Your Name (2017 coming-of-age drama film)
Call me by your name is an adaptation of the homonymous book of 2007 that comes to open the minds of many. This story begins in northern Italy of 1983, where Elio (Timothee Chamalet), a 17-year-old boy, spends the summer with his parents. He spends the days waiting for the …
Lying to Be Perfect (movie)
Some time ago, the thought of watching a movie on Lifetime or a Lifetime Original movie was not appealing to me. However, these days I’ve found quite a few of them to be quite interesting and “Lying to Be Perfect” is one of those.
The movie is about a …
Mona Lisa Smile (2003 Film)
The 2003 film “Mona Lisa Smile” is an elegant masterpeice that portrays Julia Roberts in a role that was pretty much made for her. It brings woman’s rights and the power that they have to another new level, while also showing the contraversy of how woman were supposed to …
“It Must be Love” (2004 Lifetime Movie Network Film)
This 2004 Lifetime Movie Network film, “It Must be Love”, starring Ted Danson and real life wife Mary Steenburgen, was as adorable romance to say the very least. The simple plot that captures the attention of the viewer is hard to ignore. It was also very interesting to see …
Bedtime Stories movie
I recently bought the DVD for the movie and watched it together with my family. In my opinion, the story is quite similar to another movie by the name of Inkheart but this one is more suitable for children due to its story and approach.
The movie’s main character is …
Movie: “The Toy”
This Richard Pryor classic is as hysterical today as it was at its 1982 release. The laughs never stop; even the slapstick comedy is so well-done that it had me laughing out loud.
Master comedian Jackie Gleason plays a wealthy businessman who promises his spoiled son any toy he wants. …
The Pelican Brief thriller
I usually don’t like political thrillers, but I found the Pelican Brief to be a thought-invoking and fantastic film. It’s one I would watch over again.
Julia Roberts is better known for her romantic comedies but I think she’s actually better in dramas. She gives one of the best performances …
Up movie
We ended up having our family movie night Friday and watched the film Up.
I didn’t think it would be a movie I would enjoy because the plot seemed a bit too simple. But, it ended up being a very funny movie.
The first few minutes of the film are somewhat …
Sin City (2005 movie)
A great telling of the stories by Frank Miller. It’s dark, it’s mysterious, it’s dangerous, and as the tagline says…”Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything.” Of all the many stories that were told, the best one to me is the story …
Krull movie
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 …
Pan’s Labyrinth
Pan’s Labyrinth is a very, very interesting story set in a war-fare era. I can�t remember the era, but the story is in a foreign language, and it is a beautiful language of German, Spanish or French, I am not pretty sure.
I think that the Director of this …
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