Movies Reviews
“The ugly truth” movie
War of male-male amusing. Yes, you can briefly describe the new film makers cult comedy “Legally Blonde.” The ugly truth is another charming, banal story of love that every woman dreams of. On the other hand, this hilarious comedy is not as ephemeral as the others. It can not …
Prison Song -film
Prison Song is a 2001 drama movie starring the rap artist Qtip.Prison Song follows the life of an African American youth named Elijah who gets sent to prison throughout his life.He is first sent to prison as a 10 year old boy when he and his friend were …
Puncture (movie)
“Puncture” was a movie that I just didn’t care to see after I had read a lot of bad reviews on it. Even the trailer did little to stimulate my interest in it, even though later I came to realise that it had a very interesting plot. How I …
Escape Plan movie
In its desire to entertain the cinema methodically presents a series of jobs, making viewers experts without even requiring them to leave their comfortable armchairs.
When resources are depleting, writers create new professional backgrounds in the hope that the audience will treat their whims indulgently and will follow them enthusiastically in …
Borat, Larry Charles Movie
Borat Sagdiyev, a TV reporter origin of Kazakhstan, a mission assigned by the minister of culture of Kazakhstan to make a documentary about the culture of the United States that should be imitated in Kazakhstan. So, along with assistant Azamat and the cameraman, they then go to New York, …
Blast from the Past
Today was the first time in a couple of years that I’ve seen the movie Blast from the Past. And, you know what, it still is kind of a cute film.
Brendan Fraser is extremely funny in this movie. He plays a man who is born in the 1960s in …
Stuck (R, 2007) movie
I can recall the actual events surrounding this little film. Quite frankly, I was surprised to even see something like this on Netflix. But since Hollywood will make a movie out of anything, I shouldn’t be that surprised. The true story centers around a young African-American …
Splice (2010) movie
Well I have to say that after watching this movie I may never be the same again. It was literally that creepy but I am not going to ruin it for whoever has not seen it but if you have you know exactly what I’m talking about.
The movie …
The Muppets (2011 film)
I wasn’t setting the bar too high for “The Muppets,” this year’s reboot of the eponymous franchise. I basically walked in with the mere hope that Jason Segel (of “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” fame) and his collaborators weren’t going to run it even further into the ground (1999’s “Muppets from …
Shrek Forever After (2010)
This latest sequel to the Shrek movies proves once and for all that multiple sequels are a bad idea. The movie is not as entertaining as it’s predecessors, and it becomes downright boring in many parts. While watching the movie Shrek Forever After, I get the sense …
Inception Movie
A day before watching the movie “Inception” by Christopher Nolan (the director of the Dark Knight trilogy) something happened to me very strange - I dreamed that I dream about dreaming. The next night I barely slept. I say all this because normally I have troubles sleeping and this …
Stargate: Atlantis 501 “Search and Rescue”
Stargate Atlantis season 5 premiere was one of the things I was really waiting for. With all the spoilers out there, I couldn’t imagine how they will make it work. And oh boy, was it worth it.
The episode is an immediate continuation of the season 4 finale. The building …
Queen Latifah
My earliest memories of Queen Latifah were in the early nineties when she was still a rapper. I can’t remember how I even knew her either since I did not know the lyrics of tune to any of her songs. However, I did know her face, and just recently …
The Wedding Singer
In this 1998 film staring Adam Sandler and Drew Berrymore, set in 1985, Sandler plays Robbie, A Wedding Singer, who is the best at what he does, he’s having some problems with his love life though, he really wants to find a girl and get married, he meets a …
Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
Pan’s Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo del Toro is rated R by the Potion Picture Association of America for graphic violence and some language. The original release date for this movie was October 11, 2006 for Spain audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Fantasy/Thriller and stars Ivana Baguero …
Wives and Daughters (1999)
This is a wonderful BBC miniseries, and I recommend it highly. It’s based on a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, a Victorian writer, contemporary with Charles Dickens.
The story centers on Molly Gibson, a young girl living in England in the 1830’s. Molly is the only child of a local …
Alien 1979 Movie
I’m not a fan of horror films. I get scared far too easily. So, when I was a child, I liked scary movies even less. Movies likes Jaws, Friday the 13th, and Nightmare on Elms Street were at the top of my list of movies that flipped me out. …
The Time Machine by HG Wells
Bam! This story starts as a tragedy quickly becomes a classic science fiction thriller with an epic ending. In the 1800’s Professor Simon Newcomb was living a perfect life until his wife was shot by a mugger. Then he threw himself into his work on fourth dimension geometry and …
Miracle on 34th Street (TV remake)
In 1973, television remade the marvelous Christmas classic, Miracle on 34th Street. For the TV version, Jane Alexander played Karen Walker, the Macy’s worker who organized and ran the annual parade; David Hartman starred as Bill Schaffner, the lawyer who falls for Karen and her daughter; and Suzanne …
Robots Movie
Clever, original, funny and it has a decent plot. It’s very easy to like this movie whether you are young or young at heart. A classic for future generations. The first time i saw this movie was as an inflight movie on British Airways…maybe I was tired, because I …
The Kings of Mykonos (2010 film)
This is an Australian production filmed in the famous Mykonos island, in Greece. As long as you do not form high expectations about it in advance you might have some fun with it.
The plot itself is not a big deal. An Aussie of Greek origin inherits a big deal …
Feature Film “Chloe” (2009)
This movie is about a middle aged woman who does not feel attractive or sexual anymore. Her husband is still very attractive and women are always fawning over him. Because of her insecurity she hires a prostitute to see if her husband is really cheating on her.
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Spoorloos movie
This is a film in which the plot has to remain a secret to have any power to it. All I can say is that the film tells the story of a dutch couple on a vacation together. That’s how the film begins anyway, then there’s a twist and …
Terminator Salvation
The fourth film in the popular Terminator franchise takes place in the future that was only alluded to in the first three films. Christian Bale plays John Connor, the now adult leader of the human resistance fighting to take down Skynet and their army of Terminators.
The plot, while …
Movie: A Christmas Carol (2009)
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009) is a 3-D animation retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel [Rated PG for scary sequences and images].
At the outset I will admit that I have never been a Jim Carrey fan, and my favorite version of Christmas Carol will forever be the …
The movie Why Did I Get Married
I like Tyler Perry’s plays and his movies. This one was no different. THis movie is about what can happen to a relationship when it is not built on the right things. IT shows what can happen when couples start to take each other for granite and start to …
Good Against Evil movie
Good Against Evil, a 1977 movie, was apparently a pilot for a TV series which didn’t sell. I’m not surprised, to be honest. Unfortunately, this also means that there is no ending really to the picture. That’s because the catalyst for the action had to be …
The Pagemaster
This movie is so much fun! It was made in 1994 and stars Christopher Lloyd and Macaulay Culkin, with other well known actors lending their voices and talents to the film, including Whoopi Goldberg.
When the movie begins and ends, it’s live action. But, for the …
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 …
“Color Me Blood Red” (1965 Film)
During the early to mid ’60s, renowned horror film writer/director Herschell Gordon Lewis created the “splatter” sub-genre of horror. The third installment to a set of three definitive splatter films, known as “The Blood Trilogy”, Color Me Blood Red kept the “blood” theme going strong. After viewing the film, …
Spanglish
I like Adam Sander movies for the very reason that it’s fun to watch and you’re sure to be entertained. There are some really popular Sandler movies like Click, which is one of my favorite, Anger Management, The Longest Yard and many more. But Spanglish seemed not to be …
Pixels (Science Fiction Comedy Movie)
When I first saw the trailer for the movie “Pixels” I didn’t have a lot of great expectations of it when taking into consideration the premise of the movie. However, I did assume that it was going to be one of those lighthearted movies that was both fun and funny. …
Guess Who (2005 movie)
I’m still wondering if this is a remake of the classic “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”, for it does not have the flair of the original (that’s of course, if it is a remake). Ashton Kutcher (Simon Green) co-stars with Bernie Mac (Percy Jones) in this family comedy that …
Man of Tai Chi (2013) - Movie
Keanu Reeves directed Man of Tai Chi and also starred as Donaka Mark, an evil underground fight club owner. Tiger Hu Chen played Chen Lin Hu, a Tai Chi student that goes by the name of Tiger. You can already see where this is going, right? Surprisingly, no teachers …
Big Hero 6 - animated movie (2014)
Big Hero 6 is one of the best animated movies I’ve seen in recent times. It’s actually a movie based on the superhero team ‘Big Hero 6′ from a Marvel Comic. From start to finish this movie is hilarious; the simple humour employed is effective. Often the background scenes such …
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
The other day I had nothing to do so I called a couple of my friends to go out and watch a movie. We got to the Famous Players at Metropolis and watched Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World; a movie I had been dying to see. The movie is …
Roots movie
This is a movie that changed my perspective on life forever! No movie has ever approached its impact on my psyche. This movie revealed my history in the very saddest and unflattering terms. This movie succeeded in erasing my innocent perspective od United States History and forever cast a …
Thunder Cats
“Thunder Cats” was one of the cartoons I can remember watching with my cousins when I was still a young child, as, although the show was released in the mid to late eighties, one of our local television channels would bring it on weekday afternoons in the nineteen nineties. …
Entrapment movie
As much as I thought I would enjoy the movie Entrapment, I will start out by saying it took me more than a month to actually watch it from beginning to end mostly because I couldn’t stand to be bored for more than a few minutes at a time.
Sean …
High School Musical 3: Epic Ending
Disney truly has outdone itself this time with “High School Musical 3.” It is a fitting finish to the entire franchise that spawned such fervor in the preteen/high-schooler-wannabe population, and I am very pleased with the ending. The theaters were packed with people of all ages to see the …
Event Horizon movie
Paul W.S. Anderson brings us one of his best cinematic efforts with Event Horizon, an original science fiction horror.
Sam Neill leads the cast as Dr. Weir, a scientist who in the not so distant future creates a revolutionary device which allows for swift interstellar travel. His creation; the ship …
Unstoppable ( 2010 Movie )
It was one of the box office hits following its release date. The movie stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. The movie is set in a rail yard in Pennsylvania. It started when a train used for transport was asked to make way for an incoming train full of school …
Taken movie
This is a movie starring Liam Neeson who plays Bryan, a divorced, retired government agent that used to work as a “Preventer”. That is, keeping bad things from happening. He retired to get closer to his 17 year old daughter Kim who lives with …
The Killer (1989)
Ah Jong (Chow Yun Fat) is a professional killer. On a mission of assassination, he accidentally injures a female singer. The blast from the gun blinded her and Ah Jong’s sense of remorse is great. He vows to assist the now blinded singer with all her medical expenses and …
L: Change the World
L: Change the World, directed by Hideo Nakata. It’s actually a sidetrack to the days of L. Right after he solves the mystery on how Kira was actually.
L wrote his note on the deathnote. He stated that he would die after 23 days. He spends the rest of …
The Happening (2008 Film)
The 2008 film, “The Happening”, staring Mark Wahlberg, Zoe Deschanel and John Leguizamo was a film that while as unrealistic as it could be, was strangely entertaining and a little bit frightening. This film portrayed the world as it would be if chaos struck, and when I mean chaos …
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013 Film)
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor is a film, directed and written by Tyler Perry. I had heard and read my fair share about the movie, and I was honestly conflicted at first to see it. I knew that there was a lot of hype following the movie, given …
Summer School
In the year 2000 we have “High School Musical” but in the 80’s they used to have “Summer School”. It seems really funny to compare these two movies with each other because they represent two different generations and two different ways of making teen movie.
In “High School Musical” we …
The Others Nicol Kidman Movie
The Others, enjoys the wonderful play of Nicole Kidman. The nice fact about this movie is, you should watch the film until the last second to know what has really happened. Nicol Kidman’s acting is really, admirable, as ever. Beside her natural beauty, her mastery in acting attracts you …
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