Movies Reviews
The New Adventures of Heidi movie
It’s hard for me to find a Heidi tale that I don’t like. Over the years, I’ve seen a lot of them and most of them have their own unique quality that makes it work. That’s the case with The New Adventures of Heidi from 1978. …
Reign of Fire (2002)
Reign of Fire, directed by Rob Bowman is rated PG-13 bythe Motion Picture Association of America for intense action violence. The original release date was July 12, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Fantasy/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Christian Bale as Quinn, Matthew McConaughey …
Kung Fu Panda
I am not a big fan of animated films. I watch them every now and then, but I am not so keen on seeing them. But when I saw the trailer of Kung Fu Panda, I instantly want to watch it. The trailer was cool, the story and also …
All That Jazz movie
All That Jazz is the story of the great choreographer, Bob Fosse. There is absolutely no doubt about just how talented Fosse was, but his personal life was full of trauma and personal problems. That’s how it often is for really great talents. Like Fosse, though, …
Stargate
Stargate was released in 1994 and it launched a franchise. Kurt Russell starred as Colonel Jonathan ‘Jack’ O’Neil. I have to make sure that’s spelled correctly. This is the single ‘L’ O’Neil, versus the TV series Jack O’Neill, which has two ‘L’s’ and was played by …
The Exorcist (1973)
This movie is about a young girl who became possessed by a demon of old, coming to aid the child is the archeologist and priest, Merrin, who battled the demon many years ago and left it for dead underground. In this movie, the demon Pazuzu returns and has possessed …
Julie & Julia film
While watching this film, I was thinking that someone really interested in cooking could probably enjoy it more than me, since the film it’s mostly about good food, cooking as a hobby, or cooking as a passion. It might make you want to cook, or try the recipes. However, …
Men In Black
I am totally fascinated about this movie. That may be because prior to watching, I never had any idea what this was all about. And that turned out to be everything I have never imagined that I would be seeing in this movie. I may …
A Night To Remember movie
A Night To Remember focuses on the night the Titanic went down. I have seen both versions, and I prefer the old one, and am reviewing that movie here. Even though it is black and white, I think that A Night To Remember, made in 1957, is the best …
Spider-man (2002)
One of the few comic book remakes into a like action movie that was good to me. Spider-man played by Tobey Maguire, is so believable and so imaginative, it is amazing. This movie shows how he gained his spider powers, although, in the comic, he gained his powers in …
Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
I recently rented Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bohnam Carter. I have never seen the play or had even actually heard of it outside of the Jersey Girl movie so I went in with a fresh mind.
I already knew …
Sprung (1997)
Sprung, directed by Rusty Cundieff is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for some strong sexuality and language. The original release date was May 14, 1997 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy and stars Tisha Campbell as Brandy, Rusty Cundieff …
Blood Will Out movie
I am reviewing the movie, Blood Will Out, starring John Nettles and Daniel Casey as Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy. This movie was made in 1999, was produced by Brian True May, and was based off of the novels written by author Caroline Graham.
In this …
Roman Polanski’s “Oliver Twist,” 2005
I went to see Roman Polanski’s 2005 release of “Oliver Twist” a couple of days ago. I was not disappointed, but I wasn’t very impressed, either. One of the good points is that the story is not in any way “Hollywoodized,” it is told in a straight, true-to-the-source way. …
Notorious (Movie)
There are four reasons I love Notorious. First, because it’s an Alfred Hitchcock film. I think he was the best classic movie director. The next three reasons are the stars of the movie, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, and Claude Rains. Rains was the supporting actor, …
Odd Couple movie
I am reviewing the movie, The Odd Couple, starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. There are two movies in this series, and this is the first one. The second one is, naturally, called The Odd Couple 2. In The Odd Couple, we are first introduced to …
Children of Men
I am just gonna come right out and say this. This is one of the BEST movies I have ever seen. You can really review this movie on two planes. One, the technical aspect of it, and another, the movie itself. I’ll start with the …
Brotherhood of the Wolf-(Le Pacte Des Loups)- (2001)
Usually I don’t enjoy watching foreign films with characters I am unfamiliar with. However, I decided to give this one a try. The plot seemed very interesting. There is a beast terrorizing the countryside and killing innocent villagers. Two unlikely heroes show up to investigate and solve the mystery …
Dead Like Me: Vacation
This episode of Dead Like Me, called Vacation, dealt with the Lass Family’s annual vacation to a lakeside cabin. George (Ellen Muth) realizes what time of year it is, and she’s eager to go up there herself. Unfortunately, Rube (Mandy Patinkin) has other plans for his set …
Jesse Stone: Night Passage movie
From 2006, Tom Selleck returned to TV with Jesse Stone: Night Passage, a movie I’d just as soon as have not seen. I’ve now seen two of these movies, and they have to be among the most depressing productions known to mankind. What possible thrill did Selleck …
Timeline (2003)
Timeline (2003)
Director: Richard Donner. Featuring: Gerard Butler, Paul Walker, Billy Connolly, Michael Sheen and David Thewlis .
This is not a very successful adaptation of Michael Crichton’s books Timeline. In the movie, a group of archaeologists are working on the remains of the a 14th century castle in the valley …
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Movie)
I had heard and read a lot about The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus before I watched in on DVD yesterday. I have followed the director Terry Gilliam’s career from his Monty Python days, and have very much admired his somewhat strange and eccentric art and movies. I had also …
Mona Lisa Smile
It took me a very long time to watch the movie “Mona Lisa Smile” because I have always found it very hard to watch movies starring the actress Julia Roberts. This is because I’m used to her starring in a lot of romance films which I don’t like as …
The Messangers
The messangers is the scariest movie I have seen in a really long time its about a girl who gets in some trouble where shes use to live and gets in a car crash with her little 3 year old brother which cause the little brother to stop talking …
Hannibal Rising, Peter Webber Movie
Hannibal when kid living in the days of the world war two. Exactly 1941 years in a castle in Lithuania with both parents and her younger sister Mischa, where in invasion Hitler during the Soviet Union. It’s displaced to a small house in the forest family Lecter not escape …
Katha (Hindi Movie)
This is one of the better entertainers I have seen in Indian cinema. Katha, meaning ’story’, is directed by Sai Paranjpe, and she has done a fantastic job to narrate ‘Chawl’ (a big house where different people live together, and are allotted one room each - they have a …
The Queen, Stephen Frears Movie
The film opened with a moment when Tony Blair recently selected to become Prime Minister of Britain. Together with his wife, Cherie, Blair visited Buckingham palace to meet with the Queen. Stories then move on the tragedy which daughter Diana. From here we can see the attitude English royalty, …
Dude, Where’s My Car?
Remember when Dude, Where’s My Car? was first shown on the cinemas? I think there are just movies that truly “work” and some just don’t. And the actors play an active role as well. If you put non-funny actors in a funny comedy movie, it won’t work …
Vanessa Hudgens
Vanessa Hudgens is the rising young star of Disney. Thanks to High School Musical, she is now a nation wide start. She can act, sing, and dance. That’s a triple threat for you. Recently, I’ve noticed she has gotten more womanly. She has more curves now compared to the …
Devil in a Blue Dress
I had seen the movie “Devil in a Blue Dress” being shown on a few cable television movie channels for years, but never watched it at the time since I just didn’t think that I would have any interest in the movie. However, recently since I have begun to …
MacArthur film
I can’t think of general Douglas MacArthur without thinking of Gregory Peck and the 1977 film MacArthur is the reason.
Peck plays the legendary World War II and Korea leader in this entertaining, yet somewhat biased film. And, overall, he does a pretty good job at it.
I liked this movie …
Cromartie High School, Anime series
Cromartie High School is no ordinary school. It’s a school for delinquents. The most important subject is “fighting” and their biggest concern is “who the biggest badass is?” Everything they talk about is completely random and has nothing to do with school. You could say this anime is pointless, …
The Last King of Scotland (movie)
The Last King of Scotland was possibly the first movie that I had seen the Scottish actor James McAvoy in where I began to take him seriously. I remember that when I first watched it, I didn’t have a clue what it was going to be about and so …
Fullmetal Alcehmist Brotherhood Episode 10
Fullmetal alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 10 begins with a flashback to the Ishval War of Extermination; Roy Mustang reveals his ambition to become the Fuehrer. The Fuehrer King Bradley visits Ed in the hospital and the brothers decide to visit their teacher in Dublith, Winry wants to go to Rush …
Django Unchained Movie
Django Unchained is a movie that was released in 2012 and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The movie is about an ex slave named Django who goes on the hunt to find his wife, Broomhilda.
The movie opens up with a group of slaves chained together walking through the mountains and …
Movie: What Happens in Vegas
As I mentioned in another review, I had a chance to watch a couple movies yesterday evening (it was raining out and there wasn’t anything good on TV). One of the films I re-watched for the first time in a couple years was the movie What happens in Vegas.
This …
Sisters (movie)
Sisters is about two evil sisters, Danielle and Dominique. Danielle and Dominique are twins who are pretty weird. In fact, this entire movie is weird and full of gore and guts. It seems that Danielle and Dominique will not let anything stand in their way, and they stand up …
Three Kings (1999)
Three Kings, directed by David O. Russell is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for graphic war violence, language and some sexuality. The original release date was October 1, 1999 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Comedy/Drama/History/War and stars George Clooney …
Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid
“Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” is absolutely one of most clever and hilarious movies I have ever watched. It Stars Steve Martin as private detective Rigby Reardon, hired by Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward), the daughter of a cheesemaker , believed killed in an automobile crash. It’s clear right …
A Simple Formality Movie
A film by the italian director named Tornatore about a famous author being accused of murder. Did he commit it or not?
Tornatore is known by many as the director behind critically acclaimed Cinema Paradiso, a film which in my opinion is very overrated and relies only on sentimentality.
This is …
Die Hard 4.0
Few have probably not heard of the Die Hard series,let alone Bruce Willis.The main character remains the same,namely John McClane (now bald),a detective that seemingly has the “talent” to enforce any given situation.In the movie,years have past since the last encounter,and McClane is trying to make peace with his …
Miss Congeniality
The actress, Sandra Bullock is very much related to light hearted, feel good movies and “Miss Congeniality” is one of these movies. “Miss Congeniality” success is greatly based on Bullock’s acting abilities and a great script that includes action, adventure, humour and romance all mixed up together.
In this movie …
Imithaan movie
This is an Indian movie in Hindi. It stars Saif Ali Khan, Raveena Tandon, and Sunny Deol. It is about a woman who marries after the tragic loss of her first husband but does not tell her second about the first. Then all the misunderstandings and mysteries begin.
This …
The Perfect Storm
I did not remember that this movie existed until I saw it being aired on a cable television channel just recently. I can remember that at the time it was release in theatres, it was advertised as one of the bigger movies and now I doubt that many people …
Kick Ass Movie (2010)
I thought the Kick Ass was just an ordinary comedy action movie. It stars a new kid named Aaron Johnson (Dave Lizerwski) as a high school student who wanted to be a super hero. He is a kid with a high motivation in becoming a superhero to make a …
The Golden Compass
I thought that the movie “The Golden Compass” had a wealth of potential. When I saw it advertising to be released in theatres, I thought it would have been something like “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe”, however, when I watched it I realized …
Resident Evil 1: The Movie
When this movie first came out, I had no idea there was even a game called Resident Evil. I had not met my husband, who interduced me to the games, so the difference between the game and movie had not clicked with …
The Forbiddent Kingdom Movie
The Forbidden Kingdom is 2008 block buster that sees the first time two mega stars staring in the movie together. They are Jackie Chan and Jet Li. In their entire careers, they both had filmed many movies , but never one together. This is thus the strongest drawing point …
Across the Universe Movie
I’ve always been a Beatles fanatic. As such, seeing their songs come to life on the big screen is a real treat. Usually, I find such attempts sacrilegious, but this time, I have to say the actors pulled it off. I wouldn’t have patronized an album …
Ida (2013 Foreign Film)
Very rare of me to watch foreign films (films that are not in the English language) so when I do, I always make it sure that I’m going to have a good time with it. Today I choose to watch a 2013 Polish film called “Ida” because first, it won …
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