Movies Reviews
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Another revival of “A Christmas Carol”, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is another foray into the classic Dickens tale. Matthew McConaughey plays Connor Mead is the successful playboy photographer who reluctantly returns to his childhood home for his younger brother’s wedding. He loves his brother but thinks marriage …
Life of Pi Movie
“Life of Pi” is an enormously successful tale; and very visually appealing I think. The film is based on the global best-selling book of how a teenager drifts over the Pacific Ocean with a tiger. The two become captive in the lifeboat after the film’s vivid beginning. …
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
Based on a short story by horror fiction writer Stephen King, “Hearts of Atlantis” is an interesting, sensitive movie. Produced by Castlerock Entertainment, the 2001, color movie lasts for 101 minutes. It’s interesting how some of the short stories of Stephen King make charming, innocent stories. I’m not a …
Days of Darkness
Watching Days of Darkness totally scared the hell out of me. I find the storyline very scary and in fact, if I were to be one of the characters, I would faint several times already. The cover of this DVD movie is also very scary and don’t let …
Beautiful and Twisted (thriller movie)
I’ve been a fan of the actor Rob Lowe for some time, and so when I saw that he was playing the main role in the movie “Beautiful and Twisted” I was interested to see what it would be all about. I was lucky enough to catch the movie from …
F/X, 1986 movie
F/X, 1986, starring, Bryan Brown, Brian Dennehy. Very suspensful movie here. From way back in 1986, this thriller is still great to watch. Special effects master, played by Bryan Brown (also starred in cocktail), is hired by the feds to help fake the assassination of a mob godfather. …
Ice Age: Continental Drift movie
To be perfectly honest, I was not expecting the fourth Ice Age movie to be any good at all. The movie actually pleasantly surprised me by exceeding my expectations. Needless to say, Manny, Sid, Diego, and Scrat are just as funny as they were the first three times.
The …
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
“Notes on a Scandal” (2006) is a BBC Films movie, filmed on locations throughout England in English. The color movie lasts 92 minutes and is based on the novel by Zoe Heller. A tagline for the movie is “One Woman’s Mistake is Another’s Opportunity.” Another tagline is “loneliness can …
Movie Review: David Copperfield, 1999
I bought this movie on DVD from Amazon.com. It is great for family watching since the story will interest children as well as adults, and there is no nudity or profanity. It will make a good introduction to the works of Charles Dickens.
David Copperfield (Daniel Radcliffe) is born 6 …
She’s The Man
Amanda Bynes stars in this awesome movie about proving girls can do anything guys can do and even better.
Viola (Bynes) is the lead of her girls soccer team at her high school but when the girls soccer program is cut, Viola asks to try out for the boys’ …
Affair in Monte Carlo movie
I was very surprised by my reaction to Affair in Monte Carlo, which I found to be a very compelling movie. In spite of the soap opera type of theme, I was hooked for the greater portion of the movie. There were, however, a few slow moments, …
Fever Pitch movie
Fever Pitch, starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon, has been out on video for a few months now, but if you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend it.
This is a great date night movie. Guys - it has baseball! What more can you ask for? …
Contempt: A Film by Jean-luc Godard (1963)
I began binging on Art films after watching a lot of Godard’s works. I was able to gather a short preview of the film, courtesy of nytimes’ feature called the —˜critics picks’ —“ just like most of the Godard movies I’ve seen which were usually favored by critics. …
Green Room (2016 horror film)
After watching The Witch last month, my anticipation in watching horror films grew more and more, not because I thought The Witch was a good film but because I realized, not all horrors are scary anyway. The Witch was very lackluster in providing the thrills, “relying on just the visuals …
Movie Don’t Look Now
I love suspense and horror, and I adore Julie Christie. What a gorgeous actress she was! If you also enjoy this combination, you must watch Don’t Look Now. Don’t Look Now is an older film, from the 1970s, but it will not disappoint you. Julie Christie plays Laura, and …
Movie Into the Wild
Upon prompting from a friend, I finally rented “Into the Wild” which was directed by Sean Penn. While I felt the film was meant to induce feelings of empathy for the main character, Christopher McCandless, I could not help but feel more sorrow for this boy’s family as they …
The Sweetest Thing
“The Sweetest Thing” was a Romance and Comedy flick which was released in 2002. It is also what some people might call a “Chick Flick” as it revolves around the lives of several young female friends and one of them who is trying to track down a guy she …
Pathology film
“Pathology” is directed Marc Schoelermann and is written by the man who wrote “Crank” but please don’t let that scare you off. As much as I hated “Crank” and anyone of those “Leave you brain at the door” films but I took a chance …
Superbad movie
Every year there is one movie that the adults who like to laugh at childish acts love. This is that movie. The main two characters are hilarious, from the moment the movie starts. And McLovin! His interactions with the police make the movie. The relationship that they build is …
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a very hilarious movie that I love watching.
I caught this on DVD moments back and it’s basically about a guy trying to get over his ex-girlfriend but having problems with that when he decides to go on a vacation and sees her there with …
Disturbia
Drawing upon its Hitchcockian influences, Disturbia is Rear Window for a modern audience. Instead of being confined to his apartment with a broken leg, Kale Brecht (Shia LaBeouf) is confined to his house, under house arrest, for rattling the skull of one of his teachers. He has an ankle …
Shawn of the Dead
It took a long time for me to watch Shawn of the Dead, because I thought it would simply be one of those stupid satires on horror movies, similar to Scary Movie and its sequels, and I am not very fond of those films. But, a few years ago, …
Death Race (2008)
Death Race is an awesome action/racing movie, this movie contain a high level of blood and gore and tons of crazy explosions, and of course, intense races.
The plot sets in US, 2012 where the economy gone horribly down. Jensen Ames (Jason Stratham) a recently unemployed steel worker and …
Movie Sandlot
I am reviewing the movie, Sandlot. There’s this boy. He’s new in town. He doesn’t have any friends. Then one day he ventures out to the local baseball field and finds a group of boys. He can’t throw. When he tries to throw back a ball of theirs, …
Still Alice (drama movie)
I was a little hesitant to watch the movie “Still Alice” because I thought that a story about someone experiencing early onset Alzheimer’s Disease was bound to be too frightening and depressing for me. The idea of losing myself and my memory especially at a young age is one of …
Raiders of the Lost Ark
This is quite simply my favorite movie of all time, and that is saying a lot considering how many movies I have seen. This is one of the few films that I personally think is flawless. Indiana Jones is the best character to ever hit the big …
Quantum of Solace
I been a James Bond fan since the arrival of Daniel Craig as the new icon of James Bond, a serious contention in the Bond series, I actually feel he has a really no nonsense look, intelligent and really gritty in my opinion.
Daniel Craig is in his second James …
Romeo Must Die movie
This was one of those horrible experiments with the classic Shakespearean story that you just wish were never dreamed up. Yeah, Romeo can be a martial arts guy from China who falls in love with a black gang leader’s daughter. And stuff. And he’s got to …
Ninotchka
I am a major fan of classic movies and I actually have a big VHS and DVD movie collection. Among those I cherish most is “Ninotchka”, the first motion picture where Greta Garbo laughed. It may not sound extraordinary, but it was, because Garbo was largely known …
Dead Silence (R, 2007) movie
“Dead Silence” looks like it’s going to be corny and slow-moving. In some parts it certainly is. The plot revolves around the old legend of Mary Shaw, a ventriloquist who had her tongue cut out by townspeople. Of course her ghost comes back and takes revenge. …
The Shepard Border Patrol
I admit that I haven’t watched a lot of Jean Claude Van Damme’s movies. If I have to see a bunch of men jumping, kicking and screaming, I choose to see it through a comic aspect, so I go for a Jackie Chen movie. I broke my rule for …
Moving-film
Moving is a 1988 comedy film starring Richard Pryor.It is about a man,Arlo Pear,who gets fired from is job as an engineer.He ends up finding a new job but he has to move from New York to Idaho with his family.He must get his family adjusted to moving …
Haunted Honeymoon
Featuring the comedic talents of Gene Wilder, Dom DeLuise, and Gilda Radner, this isn’t a film you want to have missed, if you like funny. This is an older film, made around 20 years ago or so, in 1986. But, it’s still worth looking for, and/or watching …
Righteous Kill
I highly recommend this movie. Robert de Nero and Al Pacino play in it together. Both are great in the movie, they grab your attention and don’t let it go. You have to pay attention to the movie to really understand what was going on. The other actors in …
Blowup movie
Blowup is a strange British film about a London photographer who shoots some film in a park of a woman named Jane and another man. Jane, played by Vanessa Redgrave, desperately wants the film back, but the self-involved photographer isn’t very cooperative.
David Hemmings stars, along with Sarah Miles …
The Trip to Bountiful (1985)
This movie is so unusual, so unlike your typical Hollywood. Despite that, it has won an Oscar. A well-deserved Oscar, I must say.
Hollywood worships youth, beauty, riches. “The Trip to Bountiful” has a poor old lady for the main character, and the story focuses on her, from the beginning …
Ironman
“Ironman” was one of my favorite movies for 2008. I had actually put off watching it for just the right time when I would be at home alone to watch it, as I had been very busy and broke when the movie was released in theatres. I was also …
One Hour Photo- Movie
One Hour Photo is a very suspenseful and disturbing movie starring Robin Williams in one of his rare non-comedic roles. Robin Williams plays a lonely and quiet clerk who works at a department store developing photographs from film customers drop off. This movie takes place before digital cameras were …
Rambo (2008) movie
There is nothing new in the story, once again Rambo is tired of killing enemies, he has given up everything and living a peaceful life of a hermit.
Once again some people come to him and beg him to help them get over the enemies and release innocent people, and …
Avatar
Avatar, Avatar, Avatar—¦. This movie has had an immeasurable amount of hype. The amount of hype backing this movie before release was absolutely insane. There were so many people excited for this movie and the trailers made it seem like this movie was going to blow our minds and …
Blue Hawaii movie
Blue Hawaii is one of my favorite Elvis Presley movies. Part of it is because of the beautiful scenery, part is due to the musical score, part is due to a decent plot, and part is due to Elvis himself.
I’ve been to Hawaii and to the hotel where …
Million Ways To Die In The West, movie
When I walked into the theater recently to watch the offering by the emperor of the Fox Animation Domination universe Seth MacFarlane’s into the world of the Wild West, I thought that I was going to be hit square between the eyes with a perfect combination of my two …
The Dark Knight
The newest movie in the batman franchise titled “The Dark Knight” is simply one of if not the best movie I have ever seen. From beginning to end it had me on the edge of my seat. In every scene that passed I only had one thought that …
Eden Lake - (starring Kelly Reilly)
Just one word to sum up Eden Lake that I’ve watched: gross. I don’t think that Eden Lake is a true story and if there are, who would in their right mind breed kids like those fanatic murderers and torturers in this movie story. I get disgusted by …
Grace Card (2011 Film)
The 2011 film “Grace Card” is a film geared to motivate people to set the way for a change and for a better place where everyone is equal. While there were many wonderful moments in the film (including the plot itself) there were also a few parts that seemed …
Hellboy 2 The Golden Army
Hellboy 2 The Golden Army is a good movie for a guy to take his girl to if he wants to get some good relationship points. This movie is great and will hold your attention from start to finish. I liked the special effects but I have to …
Race to Witch Mountain movie
This 2009 theatrical release reinvents the story told in Disney’s Escape to Witch Mountain that captivated a younger generation back in 1975. This is the 5th version of the movie which has a science fiction theme surrounding children and a mysterious mountain. There are some updated elements …
To Serve them all my Days
I am reviwing the mini series, To Serve them all my Days. The mini series follows David Powlett-Jones (John Dutine) who comes to teach at a bording school named Bamfylde. David has just barely survived the trenches of World War I, and is a nervous wreck. His hands …
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