Movies Reviews
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Spy Comedy Movie)
Before I was able to watch the 2015 movie The Man from U.N.C.L.E. I admit that I didn’t have much of an idea what it was going to be about. The only thing I knew about it was that it was supposed to be based on a spy series that …
As Good As It Gets film
“As Good As It Gets” is a 1997 film with Academy Award-winning performances by Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt. It is more of a character study than a plot-driven film, so be aware of that before buying or renting it. Not much happens in the movie. The …
The Professional: Movie
The Professional is an absolutely fantastic film. Normally, the crime genre isn’t really for me. But this story is beautifully told about an assassin and how his life changes when he reluctantly takes on the responsibility of a 12-year-old girl.
First of all, the acting is excellent. The assassin Leon …
The Marine
Typically, when you get a movie that stars a professional wrestler, you can expect something that is going to go out of its way to show off his muscles, put him in plenty of fight scenes and fill in the background with as many explosions as possible.
The movie, …
Spiderman 3
I saw Spiderman 3 at a matinee the weekend after it opened. There had already been a ton of reviews stating just how horrible it was and that Sam Raimi is just a huge dissapointment with this one.
NEVER listen to critics. Always make your own decision when …
Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)
This is the second movie of Rowan Atksinson as Mr. Bean, after the very funny and attracting ” Bean ” while, for me, this second movie is better than the first one because besides there are classical jokes from Mr. Bean, we can also see the beautiful view of …
Sword in the Stone
I am reviewing the Disney film, Sword in the Stone. Young Arthur works in a place where he is not welcome, nor wanted. He is treated like dirt, and is completely misunderstood. He wants to be a squire more than anything, but he’s got a lot of …
Terror Tract
I watched the very beginning of this movie yesterday. I didn’t even finish watching it because it was so boring. It was suppose to be about these haunted houses but it wasn’t really. It was just about these people that were having an affair and the woman’s husband came …
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Gil Gerad returns! Yes, after 25 years since the original series went off the air it survived as a huge hit in syndication and on its Sci Fi Channel run. This was a classic adventure series will cool, campy overtones in the first season and then it …
Gangster Squad (movie)
One of the last movies that I went to watch in the theatres was “Gangster Squad”. Ever since I first saw the trailer last year, it looked so promising that I made up my mind that I was not going to miss it. The movie didn’t disappoint at all …
DNANgel Episode 3 (Anime)
DNAngel episode 3 has Daisuke trying to rescue Riku after she mysteriously disappears.
This is a good episode, although it’s quite strange because of who the culprit is behind the kidnappings but I won’t spoil it for you. You’ll have to see it for yourself. The plot is …
Movie: How to Train Your Dragon
Since last night was New Years Eve and we didn’t have any plans to go out (we couldn’t find a sitter) we decided to stay home and watch a movie with our oldest daughter. Fortunately for us, we had the film How to Train Your Dragon.
This is a movie …
Fun With Dick & Jane
I didn’t know what to think when I rented Fun With Dick & Jane. I usually like Jim Carrey movies but I wasn’t sure if this one would be very good or not. What I found was, while it was a funny movie, it was one I could relate …
Hidalgo (2004)
I tried to watch this movie so many times before and it just didn’t appeal to me in any way, shape or form, but that was until I had nothing else to watch on cable one night and it was on, so I decided to give it a try …
Movie: City Slickers
Synopsis: Three middle-aged friends decide to go on a wild west vacation and participate in a real-life cattle drive.
What I liked about this movie: When this film first came out, I was still in high school and, while I found it a bit funny, I really had no understanding …
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Movie (2010)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010) movie is a pleasant collaboration between Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who has been on creative fire since his “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies. I think that he’s given the family company just a slightly edgy, darker appeal without getting too violent, goth or …
Good Luck Chuck (2007)
When Chuck was a teenager and at a party at one of his friends house, he went into the closet to play the ’seven minutes of heaven’ game with a girl that really likes him but he refuses to have an sexual contact with her and she ends up …
Marley and Me movie
Marley and Me is a beautiful film showing the relationship between human and pet. I think its based on the novel with the same name. I have not read that novel though but the film is just amazing. It’s a real heart touching one. Owen Wilson and Jennifer …
“All Night Long” adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello
The 1962 movie “All Night Long” is one of the best adaptations of a Shakespeare play to a modern setting. Based on “Othello” Basil Dearen stages the play at a London flat where Rod (Roderigo), played by Richard Attenborourgh, hosts a party to celebrate the one year anniversary between …
Monsters Inc. Movie
The animation company Pixar did this film before the incredibly successful Shrek series. The story is that of a parallell world to the one humans live in. The other world is made of cute little monsters that sees it as their life missions to scare humans.
The story of this …
Dishonored Lady movie
I’m really not sure if I’ve ever seen Hedy Lamarr in a movie. I’ve grown up knowing about her and having heard some tales of the legendary Hollywood actress, but I honestly can’t recall seeing her in the movies. Thus, I was intrigued to see what she …
Fast & Furious 6 (movie)
With some great action, street racing, lightning fast cars and insane racers the previous Fast and Furious movies had delivered exceptionally well. The latest movie that released in this series was Fast and Furious 6 that claimed to have the same adventure and action of street racing like the …
Dave Chappelle: Killin’ Them Softly
Comedian Dave Chappelle performs his stand up routine in his hometown of Washington D.C. Most people know Chappelle from his popular television show called “Chappelle’s Show.” This DVD is an one full hour of pure gold. His stand up routine is the funniest that I have ever seen.
His stand …
Walt Disney Presents: Beyond Witch Mountain movie
Beyond Witch Mountain was actually an hour long pilot movie for a potential TV series. It was made for TV in 1982 and at the time was the third Witch Mountain production. Two more followed it as time passed.
What was interesting to me about this is that …
The Scret Window (movie)
I love Johnny Depp and I think that he is just a re3ally versitile actor. He can play all sorts of rolls and keep you involved with the movie. I also like Stephen King as an autor and the combination of a Stephen King novel and a …
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. …
Seabiscuit (2003)
Have you ever been to the horse races? Have you ever had to sit there and wait until they get the horses ready for the race, wait until they are all lined up in their stocks, wait for the release and then the actually race itself? Even had to …
Turistas, John Stockwell Movie
A group of tourists from various countries do not intentionally form groups since they ride the bus accident and they find a beautiful isolated beach. They are Alex (Josh Duhamel), from the United States will be reluctant traveler, but should accompany the sister Bea (Olivia Wilde) and her friend …
Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 Film)
While the cast of the 2005 film “Yours, Mine & Ours” is respectable and some of my favorite actors are involved in it, the film itself did not do their skills much justice and was a flop. I found the film to be a re-make almost of other films …
Moonstruck (1987)
Moonstruck is a great romantic comedy starring Cher as an Italian American woman, named Loretta Castorini, who falls in love with her fiance’s brother, played by Nicolas Cage. I have never cared much for Cher’s music or singing voice, but I think she’s an excellent actress and I wish …
Houseboat movie
Cary Grant starred in another winner in 1958 with a movie called Houseboat. The premise in this one is that Grant, as Tom Winters, is a widower, struggling to raise three young children. He really can’t do much to please them until he gets some unsolicited help …
Robin Hood movie
If a movie were intended to totally turn someone off of the old time legend of Robin Hood, Maid Marion, and the Merry Men, this 2010 version of Robin Hood would do it. The opening was depressing and vulgar, and it was anything from the bright and usually …
Star Trek movie (2009)
I never really watched “Star Trek” when it was a series, because I didn’t understand it, and when I did try to take the time to I realised I wouldn’t understand it since it had been going on for years. Therefore, I didn’t like Star Trek because of those …
Earthquake (1974)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Genevieve Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, and Victoria Principal.
Directed by: Mark Robson.
“Earthquake” followed the wave of the huge disaster film craze back in the 1970s. It actually competed with the megahit, “The Towering Inferno”, in the …
The Lost Boys Movie
Every few months I get the urge to watch The Lost Boys again, and considering the sheer amount of movies I have, that’s saying a lot. I was only a kid when the movie first came out, and I didn’t have the chance to see it until I was …
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, movie
I was really blown away by how good the first movie was. It was very funny, sweet, and had a lot of heart. I was looking forward to seeing what the sequel would deliver. While this movie gets praised, I’m sorry to say that I was …
Highlander
I actually saw the movie Highlander after watching the television series first. And, I’ll admit, it ended up being a bit confusing the first time around. But, after watching it a second and third time, it turned out to be a halfway decent movie.
The film, of course, is what …
Just Married
Just Married s a nice romantic comedy movie starring Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy. Though I can say that it is not a great movie, one can watch it without getting bored and have few hearty laughs throughout the movie. The opening scenes of the movie itself are very …
Paradise Lost
This is the tragic story about three children getting brutally murderded in West Memphis about ten years ago. It’s a documentary style film that follows up the conviction of three teenagers suspected for the murders. The creators of the documentary gives their own view of what happened, and how …
Mr Arkadin movie
What could have been a major masterpiece by Orson Welles was severely cut down by the production company as they thought it was “too boring” and to mr Welles’ devastation he found yet another of his works butchered and lost forever. It was the exactly same thing with The …
Dallas Buyers Club (movie)
It’s that time of year again when awards ceremonies such as the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes honour spectacular achievement in films released over the past year. As someone who considers myself as an artistic person and a film buff who desires to go into the business someday, …
Good Luck Chuck
It starts off really good and funny and then the middle is still funny but not as funny as in the middle. It kept me interested the whole movie. The funny parts in the movie were really hilarious and made me laugh. I even re winded a few parts …
The 33 or The Thirty Three - Movie (Biography, Drama)
I have a fascination of watching movies especially that are based on real that is the foremost reason that I ended up watching this film. This film is based on the 2010 San Jose Chile mining accident when a gold and copper mine collapsed and trapped 33 miners underground for …
Baabul movie
Baabul is a good family picture. It is a Hindi film starring Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Malini, Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, John Abraham, Parmeet Sethi, Om Puri, Aman Verma, Rajpal Yadav, Smita Jaykar, Avtar Gill, Gargi Patel. The playback singers for this film are Amitabh Bachchan, Salman …
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 …
Psycho 1998
Starring: Anne Heche (Marion Crane), Vince Vaughn (Norman Bates), Viggo Mortensen (Sam), Julianne Moore (Lila), William H. Macy (PI)
Marion Crane was unable to marry her lover due to his money problems with his former wife. When her employer gave her $400,000 to deposit in the bank, she …
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, directed by Kevin Reynolds is Rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America, and stars Kevin Costner as Robin of Locksley, Morgan Freeman as Azeem, Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio as Marian Dubois, Christian Slater as Will Scarlett and Alan Rickman as The Sheriff of …
Due South: Free Willie
Due South: Free Willie reminded me of a series I watched a lot called McCloud. In that show, Dennis Weaver played a United States Marshal from Taos, New Mexico who was temporarily assigned to duty in New York City. He was a fish out of water, but …
Bebe’s Kids movie
Bebe’s Kids is an animated/cartoon film based on the standup routine of a portly comedion robin harris who died shortly before the movie was released.It was released in 1992 and featured a primarily african american voice cast and characters.The first part of the film shows a life action comedy …
Slumdog Millionaire
Directed by Danny Boyle, this is a story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the most memorable day of his life. With the whole nation watching him on television, he is just a question away from winning a …
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