Movies Reviews
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age may be an animation, but even adults dig it. The cute graphic, funny plot, witty conversations do not just attract kids but their parents, older brothers and sisters as well.
Yes, the story may be silly, but really, who needs brains when watching animation? We all know …
Exam (movie)
After watching the movie Exam last night, I can’t help thinking that it was one of the best psychological thrillers that I watched in a long while. This was despite the barely above average rating that it had received on its IMDB page. I think that the rating was …
I’m Not There movie
This movie, for those of you out of the loop, is about Bob Dylan. The name is taken from an obscure Bob Dylan song that the director, Todd Haynes, went on an epic journey to find a studio recording of, only to find one in Neil Young’s basement.
It stars …
Horton Hears A Who
I love all sorts of family and children movies and television shows, and Horton Hears A Who is right up at the top of my list of favorites. Horton Hears A Who is a cartoon movie about Horton, an elephant who hears voices coming from a dust ball. What …
An American Haunting Movie
I don’t if anyone has seen the movie the An American Haunting but, if you have then either A. you were confused as I was or B. fell a sleep! I did both these options not because I wanted to only for the reason the movie seemed to just …
Avatar
I am not a huge sci-fi fan and Avatar was not the movie I wanted to see. I was however out numbered by my thirteen year old daughter and husband. I can not even start to explain just how spectacular the experience of wathcing this movie was. I was …
Life as House
The very first time I saw the actor Hayden Christensen was in the movie “Life as House” where he portrayed a disturbed and out of control teen named Sam. I watched the movie a total of five times after that as I fell in love with everything from …
Gran Torino
This review may contain spoilers. In this film written and directed and starring Clint Eastwood. Walt (played by Eastwood) is in the midst of many changes in his life, his wife just died, his family are spoiled brats, and his neighbors are mostly Hmong immigrants. One of his neighbors …
Mission Impossible 3 (movie)
My boyfriend and I are serious movie freaks…we own a serious amount of DVD’s and go to see new movies all the time. So naturally, we went to see M:I 3 on it’s opening weekend. Theatres were packed. Line ups and waits were ridiculous. And as always, you had …
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
OK, maybe it’s because I’m a guy, but I just can’t understand the attraction of a movie about four girls who form a club based on a pair of blue jeans that happen to fit all of them.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is the definition of “Chick Flick.” …
Inside Out, 2015 Animation, Comedy Movie
I had no desires from this movie before its release. I thought it was like the other childish movies in the market. When it got such astonishing ratings from critics, I couldn’t help myself from not watching it. However, subsequent to watching it, I would say I wasn’t right about …
The Princess Bride movie
The Princess Bride is a wonderful movie for people of all ages that appeals to all movie-goers. It has romance, fighting, comedy, suspense, drama, miracles, and pretty much anything you can want in a great movie! It is based on the book, The Princess Bride, by William Goldman and …
Animation Runner Kuromi Movie
An anime film about people creating anime (!). A woman named Mikiko starts working for an anime studio, but the situation there isn’t quite what she had expected. The boss is not kind, and she gets a lot more work than she would have wanted. Still, she is keen …
Three Amigos (1986)
Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short team up to form the Three Amigos in this slap stick spaghetti western that they play the heroes on a TV program. After they are fired, they get news of possible employment all the way in Santo Poco, so they steal their …
Whisky Galore! movie
Based on a true story of a shipwreck outside the coast of Scotland in 1941, a ship filled with 250 000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could until the authorities stopped them. Still today bottles are found very now and then, both in …
Showgirls movie
Showgirls is one of the most idiotic, lame and stupid movies I’ve ever has the non-pleasure of watching. Elizabeth Berkley attempts to pull off her pitiful character, Nomi, and fails miserably. I never thought much of Elizabeth Berkley and her acting anyway, and Showgirls was the straw that broke …
Lord of War (2005)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Bridget Moynahan, Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, Eamonn Walker, Ian Holm, Sammi Rotibi, and Yevgeni Lazarev.
Directed by: Andrew Niccol.
Lord of War is a highly entertaining and smart political crime thriller. This was made in 2005? Wow, that’s hard to believe amidst 99.9% of the garbage that is …
Moulan Rouge movie
Moulan Rouge is the kind of movie that people either really love or really hate. It is a musical but contains no original music. Normally I would think this was a weakness, but the theme of the movie is a nightclub that caters to a generation of young people …
Children of Men, Alfonso Cuaron Movie
London, the year 2027, a group of humans who survive after the war between terrorists and the disruption that the world gathered in this city. Other major cities have collapsed, to London where only one shelter and the resistance for mankind. At the time people can not have delivered …
Disney’s Pinocchio
Disney’s Pinocchio is an animation master piece. Now a lot of people like this new Pixar stuff like Finding Nemo. And they seem to like it because it’s 3D and high tech. But before when animation was done the old fashioned way I thought movies were much better. I really …
Movie Ruby
Ruby is a very spooky and very demonic movie. If you get scared easily, then it’s better that you don’t watch Ruby. Ruby is about spirit mediums and demon possesion. It’s a very dark and sinister type of film. Another thing about it, is that it’s a very old movie …
Disturbia
My personal opinion about this movie, Disturbia is that Shia LaBeouf acted really well and he had given such a good performance in all. Disturbia is quite a disturbing movie, but in a positive way.
It has helped to churn out scary feelings and thoughts out of my …
Over the Hedge movie
My family and I went to see Over The Hedge and we found it to be a good movie. It does seem like this year that all the movies in the theaters for kids have been about animals, Chicken Little, Madagascar, The Wild, and now Over The Hedge. I …
What Happens in Vegas
It seems that the couple, Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher really works because thousands of people went to the cinema to watch “What Happens in Vegas” during the first weeks when thi movie was released.
What is so great about “What Happens in Vegas” that made it such a huge …
Eight Below
An expedition in the Antartica may sound exciting, however things may not go exactly as planned and that is when the excitement stops and the trouble beings! This is the storyline of “Eight Below”, a Walt Disney Production featuring 8 cute sled dogs who all animal lovers will adore …
Chronicles of Narnia Movie
I am a huge Chronicles of Narnia fan and have read all of the books in the series. So when I heard that a movie was coming out, and that Disney was doing it, I was way excited and had high hopes and expectations. Disney did not let me …
Serendipity the Movie
SERENDIPITY is a 90 minutes story of comedy, romance and a pinch of fantasy starring John Cusack who plays Jonathan Trager and Kate Beckinsale, who plays Sara Thomas. It is directed by Peter Chelsom and written by Marc Klein. This movie was released and was …
Night and the City Movie
I had some free time this weekend while hanging out with my youngest daughter (it was raining out or I would have taken her outside instead). While taking care of her, I ended up watching a movie from the 1950s, Night and the City.
I had heard of this movie …
Reign Over Me
When I saw the previews for this movie I automatically wanted to see it. I was a little skeptical as to how good it would have been with Adam Sandler playing a serious role, I have only ever seen him do comedy roles. He did an amazing job though. …
The Bridge to Terabithia
I watched the movie “The Bridge to Terabethia” with my family this afternoon. I have to say I was not very impressed with the film.
The girl Leslie, played by AnnaSophia Robb and Jesse create a magical world to escape from bullies. There was not much fantasy in …
Jumanji (movie)
When I was much younger, I had a sleepover with one of my aunts and she rented a video of a movie that she thought I would like to see. It was a few years after Jumanji was released and I never heard of the movie before that night, …
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a crazy musical that is raunchy and often inappropriate for the mainstream and yet is funny and delightful to watch. The language is way too much for my tastes, but I choose to grit my way through this movie because I …
Juno (R, 2007) movie
Wow, I really really loved this movie. I knew that any movie starring Ellen Page would be a really good film. The first movie that I saw her in was Hard Candy, a really brutal film about a child molester who meets up with this …
Just Friends movie
I am reviewing the 2006 movie, Just Friends, starring Amy Smart and Ryan Reynolds.
In this film, Ryan Reynolds plays Chris Brandert, a dorky overweight teenager turned superstar. In high school, he was enormously overweight and in love with his best friend Jamie, who only saw them as friends, …
Pride and Prejudice movie
Just yesterday I watched the new “Pride and Prejudice” on the CD, the movie didn’t live up to my expectations it was not all that good. The book gives sharp description of each character. Elizabeth is described as a beautiful intelligent girl but kiera knightly looked more like Joe …
The Good Dinosaur (2015 Film)
I have a really weird fascination for Pixar films. In the country where I live, Pixar films tend to show late compared to their release dates stateside. That is why I had to wait for a month or two to catch them in cinemas rather than watch a downloaded a …
Strike Commando, movie (1987)
Italian films of the early 70’s to late 80’s had a reputation of knocking off American hit films. Despite the low budgets, the films had a charming quality about them. Director Bruno Mattei was one of a number of directors to make a career of delivering the …
A very special love movie
Last june 2008, star cinema intr0duced to all filipino movie lovers the best romantic movie of the year. It is entitled “a very special love”. It was starred by sarah geronimo, one of the finest singer actress of the philippines and j0hn ll0yd cruz, a pr0minent act0r. The story …
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 …
Pursuit of happiness
Pursuit of Happiness starring Will Smith is the best movie I had ever seen in terms of potraying the real life situation. The struggle to existence and the survival of the fittest theory has been explained beautifully in the movie. Will smith acts as a ordinary sales person although …
The Fox and the Hound 2 movie
I only just watched The Fox and the Hound 2 last night, and I was so delighted with it. I’ve been wanting to see it since I heard that my favorite actor, Patrick Swayze, was one of the voices. I’m not sure why it took me so …
Death in Disguise movie
I am reviewing the murder mystery movie, Death in Disguise, starring John Nettles and Daniel Casey as Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Troy. This movie was made in 1999, was produced by Brian-True May and Betty Wilingale, and is based off of the novels written by Caroline …
Fool’s Gold (2008) movie
In the early parts of this movie, I found it hard to stay tuned as the dialog was dull and boring and there was not much to hold on to that would keep me interested in watching this movie, but I waited patiently with hopes that it would pick …
Final Destination, movie
Death is alive and well in this film about teenagers dealing with a recent tragedy and trying to survive a fate that was written in stone. “Final Destination” is more than just a film with some creative killings; it’s a movie where death is personified without being a physical …
Movie: “Hostel II”
Although it takes a little while to get going, “Hostel II” was a horrifying and satisfying sequel to the first movie.
The plot is similar: three American college girls are lured to a small Slovakian village by a European woman. She’s beautiful and cultured, and seems trustworthy; but, of course, …
The Copper Beaches
I am reviewing The Copper Beaches, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, produced in 1983 by Granada television. In this episode, Holmes is employed by a red headed governess, who has landed a position with a couple with one small boy. She …
Leatherheads
“Leatherheads” represent one of the first attemps for the actor George Clooney to be involved in a movie, not just as an actor, but also as a director. I say that after seeing Clooney being involved in a lot of dramatic movies, “Leatherheads” comes across as a surprise since …
Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy [Garth Jennings, 2005]
Please don’t watch this film. Listen to the radio series, read the books, or watch the BBC television series as a far more worthy introduction to Douglas Adams. Alternatively, watch paint dry.
There are a few good things about the film. The visioning of things like the Heart of Gold …
Fried Green Tomatoes (starring Kathy Bates)
Fried Green Tomatoes is a powerful, sweeping movie starring Kathy Bates, Mary Louise Parker, Mary Stuart and Jessica Tandy. I call this movie my “Girl Power” movie. Watch it with your sisters and mom. A very good content story and if this is made into a book, …
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