Movies Reviews
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010 Film)
The 2010 film “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” was one in which I was leery about. Recently Nicholas Cage’s films have been sort of a letdown, but not this one. His co-star Jay Baruchel has a quirky sort of scholarly charm that makes him the perfect hero of our film. We …
Fast & Furious (4)
Since I’ve watched all the previous installments of Fast And Furious, I knew what to expect from the fourth part. And I was not disappointed. The best thing about this part is Vin Diesel and Paul Walker back together. This could easily be the follow up for the …
Soul Eater Episode 1
Soul Eater is an anime where the Grimm Reaper has started a Death Weapon Meister Academy to prevent evil souls who become Keeshan Eggs from destroying the world. The first episode involves Weapon Meister Maka Albarn has collected evil souls and is trying to collect the soul of …
SiCKO
As a liberal democrat, I enjoy Michael Moore’s films. While they are obviously biased, they are backed up with facts. But the bias is what the republicans mock. In this film, Michael Moore questions why Americans as a whole seem to have this deep-rooted fear of a universal health …
The Final movie 2010
The Final was a film I rented from Netflix and I chose it because someone had recommended it to me. When I read the description I was not terribly impressed and I did not expect it to be anything original or unique. Films in the genre tend …
The Golden Bowl
Prince Amerigo, an impoverished Italian aristocrat, is in love with Charlotte, a smart and beautiful but also poor young woman. When Amerigo chooses to marry Maggie, a wealthy heiress of an American billionaire currently living in London, Charlotte begs him not to, but Amerigo is determined. He tells Charlotte …
84 Charing Cross Road
This gem of a movie is unfairly little known. Made in 1987, it stars Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft who tell a touching story of a 20-year-long friendship of two people who actually haven’t seen each other face to face.
Helene Hanff (Bancroft) is a struggling writer in New York …
Slither (2006)
Slither, directed by James Gunn is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong horror violence and gore, and language. The original release date was March 31, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Horror/Science Fiction and stars Nathan Fillion as …
Secret Window (2004)
Secret Window (2004) is another one of Stephen King’s stories to be made into a movie. The movie is taken from the Stephen King novella (a novella is a work that is longer than a short story but shorter than an actual novel) Secret Window, Secret Garden, which …
Illegal Tender (R, 2007) movie
I really really wanted to like this movie. When I heard that John Singleton was making another movie, I thought that it was really going to be good. The film is based on a Latin couple living in the Bronx in 1985. The husband is …
Beverly Hills Chihuahua movie
I have been dying to watch this movie ever since I saw its trailer in the movie house a few weeks ago. The movie was about a Chihuahua and I saw some of the “casts” as well like some pugs and other kind of dogs so I got interested …
How I Live Now (2013 Drama Movie)
Even though the movie itself never really became massively popular, I actually remember when the trailer for “How I Love Now” was released. I remember thinking that there were two main reasons why I wanted to see it. The first was because the actress Saoirse Ronan played the protagonist and …
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera was the best musical that I have ever watched. The music was beautiful, tantalizing, mesmerizing, and magical. The costumes were perfectly fit in for the theatre at that time, and the sets were expertly built and designed.
I loved this movie. I have watched it …
Mister Roberts Movie
Set on an american warship in the pacific, this film is about a someone who tries by all means to get away from the war which the ship is about to take part in, but the captain is not about to let this happen. Unusual as this was directed …
Gulliver’s Travels (2010 Film)
Jack Black is one of those actors who I can’t seem to not laugh at. He is just funny to me, his facial expressions, his voice changes, his general presence in films and responses to other elements and actors in films leaves me breathless with laughter. And while I …
Paul Blart - Mall Cop
A friend had come over the other night and he had brought ‘Paul Blart - Mall Cop’ with him because I had wanted to see it for some time now but never had the opportunity to go see it when it came out in theaters. Overall, I am glad that …
CUT BACK: facing ageism - Documentary by Patricia Sahertian
I just finished watching Cut Back and I have to say I was impressed. The documentary basically deals with the real life issues people face when they are downsized and need to look for a job at 50. There were a couple of really good stories in …
The Unknown Girl (2016)
The Unknown Girl (French: La Fille inconnue) is a 2016 Belgian-French drama film directed by the Dardenne brothers. Starring Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, and Louka Minnella.
I actually think this film is more like a slice-of-life or documentary than drama, because it’s pretty mellow.
The story follows a doctor, Jenny …
Gigli
Gigli is a good movie to watch for a weekend afternoon. The film starring Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck in the lead roles has all the elements needed for a good movie. It has action, it has romance, it has humour and above all it has some fine emotional …
Who Is the Black Dahlia? movie
There’s been a lot of speculation about the lady in black known as the Black Dahlia over the years. No one really knows who killed her, but someone did, cutting up her body in the process. The gruesome and very real story has fascinated crime buffs for …
Movie : My Cousin Vinny
Synopsis: Joe Pesci plays a Brooklyn personal injury attorney who travels to Alabama to defend his cousin and his cousin’s friend from a bogus murder charge. He not only has to overcome a massive pile of evidence against the two defendants, he must also overcome the fact he doesn’t …
Little Lord Fauntleroy, 1980
The movie is based on a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Cedric (Rick Schroder), a nice, kind-hearted 7 year old boy, lives in the depression-era New York with his mother. They are poor but happy, trying to make the best of the hand life has dealt them. Cedric’s father, …
I am legend
I think “I am legend” is one of the quiet movies, because along the first hour, i just saw a will smith as the center of this movie. It seems that he is the only actor in this movie. In the scene, he shows his self centered. The script …
Jumper (movie)
My fiance and I just got back from this movie. It was awful. Do not waste your time! The action scenes were dull, what ones there were. Annette Benning, I believe that’s her name, only has like two minutes in the film, which is disappointing because she’s such a …
Yeh Raaste Hai Pyar Ke (movie)
The movie Yeh Raaste Hai Pyar Ke released few years back. The film was directed by Deepak Shivdasani. I watched this film on television. I did not like the movie much except for few of its songs. The leading roles of this film have been played Ajay Devgan, Madhuri …
The Wedding Crashers movie
I must have been the only person on the planet who had not yet seen The Wedding Crashers until last week. I just didn’t think that I would enjoy what I perceived to be, from the trailers and from what people told me, a silly, guy romp movie where …
Executive Decision (1996)
The US president along with his aircraft Air Force One is hijacked by terrorists and the first family is in grave danger, coming to their rescue is none other than the great Steven Seagal, but as the plot would have it, and surprising to me with most other people …
POLAR EXPRESS DVD
Do YOU believe in Santa? I mean, do you REALLY believe? You know, you cannot hear the bells of Christmas, if you don\’t really believe, according to the DVD, The Polar Express! This is a wonderful family movie that is just so delightful to watch with the entire family. …
The House of Wax (Movie)
I was excited to see this movie because it showed famous stars featuring Chad Michael Murray, Elisha Cuthbert, Brian Van Holt, but unfortunately Paris Hilton is in here too, which she later on regrets that she did this movie as she was terrible!
The movie is all about six friends …
The Hannah Montana Movie
My daughter loves Hannah Montana (even though she rarely watches the show) so we ended up renting Hannah Montana: The Movie for her. Turns out she barely even sat through the beginning but at least my wife and I ended up loving it.
I actually kind of like the show …
Valkyrie: Movie
I thought that Valkyrie was a decent, very-well executed movie made better for me by the fact that it was based on true, historical events.
I think that the story is a very powerful one to tell, as not much is remembered of the Germans who hated Hitler as much …
Catwoman (2004 movie)
An simple, shy, female employee at a major pharmaceutical company overhears something she should not have, and it rventually leads to her being killed. She is brought back to life by a cat and the woman in turn acquires the trait of the feline. She then decides to use …
Wall-E
Pixar’s always done great work. Even with their already high bar, they raised it with Wall-E. Not only did they raise it, they did it with only half a script.
I kid you not, the first half of this film is practically dialogue free. When I heard …
The Day After Tomorrow
After watching The Day After Tomorrow, I have come to believe in goodness again. This movie has a great storyline, telling us how man is corrupt and only long for their self-interest and that is why the earth must die. I am not going to ruin the movie for …
Spongebob Squarepants Seascape Capers DVD
This DVD has quite an assortment of Spongebob episodes to choose from. Including classic episodes like the Bubble Stand and Squid’s Day off. It’s a good way to unwind after a long day at work.
My favorite episode on this DVD is “Spongebob Meets the Strangler, where Spongebob turns in …
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the best horror movies ever, but personally i prefer the older version and not the recent. The older version had so much more power to it, it expressed fear in a much more direct way, the blood was much more realistic and splattered …
Movie The Terminal
I love Tom Hanks as an actor and he does such a good job in all the characthers that he plays. In the move the Terminal he plays this Eastern European man named of Viktor Navorski, Tom Hanks. While on a trip to New York his country …
Cabin in The Woods movie
Since Halloween is just around the corner, I decided it was time to start watching (and reviewing) some horror films! A recent, and extremely well-reviewed “horror film” that I missed in theaters so decided to rent was “Cabin in the Woods”. A family member of mine recommended it, and …
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane movie
The finnish director Renny Harlin is known to many as an action Hollywood director with an uneven career. This is one of his first films in Hollywood about the slight crazy private detective Ford Fairlane who is hired to find a so called groupie, and by that is drawn …
The Fog movie
An underrated piece from John Carpenter, made between Halloween and Escape from New York. The story, that involves a fog attacking people in a small coast town in America, may be a little bit mundane, but the way Carpenter creates moods and scare his audience here is simply top …
Repo: The Genetic Opera
This movie was…interesting. Imagine a Tim Burton movie on crack, that’s what this is. When they say opera, they mean it as a vast majority of it is sung. This works for the most part, but a few of the early “songs” are basically just dialogue …
Casino Royale
I was very skeptical about watching Casino Royale for I was never interested in any of the previous James Bond movies. I figured they are very predictable, where the hero beats everyone up, always winning and ends up with the beautiful girl. I’m so glad I gave Casino Royale …
Turbulence movie
I completely forgot about the movie “Turbulence” until very recently when I saw it being broadcast on a cable televison channel again. Since the name sounded familiar I decided to even watch half of it in order to refresh my memory on the movie. The result was that I …
Movie : 3000 Miles to Graceland
3000 Miles to Graceland is a comedic action movie starring Courteney Cox, Kurt Russell, and Kevin Costner. It is a mindless shoot I’m a movie with some genuinely funny moments. The best part of the movie was that it didn’t take itself too seriously —“ there was a serious …
Ouija Board Movie
So the basic over view of this movie is supposed to be about a girl named Debbie who finds a ouija board in her house, and decides to play with it. She wakes up evil spirits in her house, who then end up murdering her. Her bestfriend, Laine, can’t …
Godzilla vs. Mothra
Godzilla vs. Mothra is a definite improvement over King Kong vs. Godzilla, although it is still not necessarily on my top ten list of favorite Godzilla movies. I find the Godzilla suit to be a definite improvement over the Godzilla suit from the previous suit because this Godzilla looks …
Shooting Gallery (2005)
Shooting Gallery, directed by Keoni Waxman is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, some strong sexuality, nudity, language and drug use. The original release date for this movie was December 27, 2005 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Thriller …
Wall-E
I took my family to see Wall-E. We all loved it the robots are so likable and cute. My 5 year old daughter squeals every time she hears the name Wall-E. I had to laugh when I saw the predicted future and I really think it will be like …
Alfie
Alfie was a movie I had seen being aired on various cable television channels for some time. However, I didn’t pay it much attention until about a year or two after I had first seen it as it appeared as if it would be boring to me since …
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