I was promted to buy this movie after writing a memorial poem for those that were on the plane that crashed on 9-11. The movie was so close to the actual event that I found myself wishing that the outcome was different than what we all know. …

Rick (Brad Pitt) is a young man born with a very rare and serious skin condition that makes exposure to sun, or any kind of light, dangerous for him. So Rick lives in the dark, with all the windows shut tight, and does not venture out unless he wears …

I came across a cute and girly series anime recently, called “Lucky Star.” The story follows the lives of several girls attending a Japanese high school, with a sense of humor. The main character is Konata Izumi,a.k.a Kona -chan; she’s lazy due to her love of anime and video …

I need to start off by saying that I never saw the original Nightmare on Elm Street, so I have nothing to compare the 2010 remake to. I can’t say which version is better. I approached the Night on Elm Street remake as I would any …

I generally like watching Justice League movies, so when I heard of the Flashpoint Paradox, I couldn’t wait to find the time to actually sit down and watch it. I didn’t even read up on the plot of it either, I just decided to leave everything to surprise this …

It is really hard not to like a movie with Samuel L. Jackson in it. At least for me it is. And I love almost everything he does. I’m not a huge Colin Farrell fan after movies like Phone Booth and that weird Jesse James western thing he did, …

I spent some time thinking about how to describe how good the movie Over the Hedge was. The best way I can think of is, it was so good, my 2-year-old actually sat quietly throughout the whole movie.
Centering around a bunch of wild animals having to cope with a …

Another revival of “A Christmas Carol”, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is another foray into the classic Dickens tale. Matthew McConaughey plays Connor Mead is the successful playboy photographer who reluctantly returns to his childhood home for his younger brother’s wedding. He loves his brother but thinks marriage …

I am reviewing the Disney movie, Homeward Bound. I am a huge fan of dogs, and so this movie was perfect for me. I love it. Homeward Bound is about a family of three kids, Peter, Hope, and Jaime. Each kid has a pet. Peter has a Golden …

The second installation into the Best of the Best saga, this movie picks up where the original ended, after their competition in South Korea, they United States team members return home, of the team, three of the members came together and started their own martial arts studio. When Travis …

Note: This review contains spoilers!
“Brothers”, starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Natalie Portman is a movie that suffers from bad marketing. When I saw the trailer for it, I was expecting a psychological thriller, and instead found the movie to be more of a run of the mill drama. …

Prior to bagging the best picture trophy, this was not one of my favorites. I was rooting for The Blind Side or Precious for the Best Picture in this year’s Academy Awards.
The story revolves around the lives of William James who heads the US Army Explosive Disposal …

I first saw “The Fabulous Baker Boys” about twenty years ago, but I still catch parts of it now when it shows up on one of the cable channels. The movie is a straightforward drama about brothers Frank and Jack Baker, portrayed by real-life brothers Beau and Jeff Bridges. …

I am a fan of international movies, so when I saw this movie called The Raid Redemption, I immediately looked it up in Youtube to look at the trailer. I liked it, and then proceeded to watch the movie. This movie stars Indonesian actors and was written and produced …

You have to be at least my age to be able to remember Elvira hosting B-rated horror movies on television back in the 80s. However, kids can gain an understanding of her character by renting her classic movie, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
Overall, it’s kind of a dumb movie. …

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is one of the best of J.k. Rowling’s seven series. The last series answers all of the un-answered question from the previous series. The movie is no doubt one of history’s best movie. I was whoo and whoa by it and it was …

I always enjoyed The Sons of Katie Elder, primarily because it has such a strange but intriguing cast. The story is about, appropriately, the four sons of a woman named Katie Elder. The four are reunited when Katie dies. They quickly learn a lot more about …

Disturbia is a movie about a teenage boy who is a rebel filled with anger. Kale, the main character, is still grieving over the death of his father and pretty much anything to do with the subject gets Kale fired up. Because of an altercation at school, Kale is …

The Professional, directed by Luc Besson is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was November 18, 1994 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Jean Reno as Leon, Gary Oldman as Stansfield, Natalie Portman as …

This DVD is one of the most unforgettable movies in my entire human life. believe it or not. I really don’t want to see this movie before, because i was thinking it would be some cheesy-no-story type of movie. I was very very wrong. And i hate myself for …

The Soviets and Americans are back at it once again as an adaptation to the TV series of the 1960s, also titled “The Man from U.N.C.L.E”. Directed by Guy Ritchie, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E” features a chase to crackdown an organization that is on the verge of launching a nuclear …

Deep Impact, directed by Mimi Leder is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for intense disaster related elements and brief language. The original release date was May 8, 1998 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Robert Duvall …

The first big live-action movie musical for Disney Studios was a film called “The Happiest Millionaire”. As a young girl, I’d heard about this movie, and I was dying to see it. When it opened in town, it was only at the drive-in, and my parents didn’t …

Drillbit Taylor (2008) is a film by Steven Brill that’s a comedy and rated PG-13 for crude sexual references throughout , strong bullying, language, drug references and partial nudity.
Drillbit Taylor is the story of three nerds who on the first day of high school, find themselves the targets of …

Cyborg, directed by Albert Pyun is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was April 7, 1989 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Science Fiction and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Gibson Rickenbacker, Deborah Richter as Nady Simmons, …

Director Courtney Solomon’s direction in the film “An American Haunting” was well done in some aspects. I believe that he used the elements of atmosphere to his advantage and played with it to draw the audience into the dark winter of 1818. Unfortunately, like with most of …

This 1972 comedy only gets funnier as it ages. Ryan O’Neal plays Dr. Howard Bannister, a musicologist who comes to San Francisco to attend the annual convention where he hopes to win a scholarship for his studies of the musical potential of the igneous rocks (yes, that’s right - …

Even though I was burned out on Christmas movies, I did spend a great deal of time Christmas Eve watching them with my family. One of those movies was the film Prancer. And, after seeing that movie I definitely was ready to turn them off.
Prancer is an OK film. …

I bought this on DVD today, for around $15 at Target. It stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure that Robert Downey Jr. could pull off the character of Tony Stark/Iron Man believably. Don’t get me wrong, he …

I’m actually old enough to remember Roddy Piper in his prime as a pro wrestler and when he left the industry to pursue a movie career. As the movie They Live proves, he should have stuck to wrestling.
Overall, it’s not a terrible movie. Piper plays a homeless man who …

Pearl Harbor is a great war movie with Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin, and Josh Hartnett playing the pivotal roles. The movie is based on the attack on Pearl Harbor and is very well directed. Though the movie is very long in duration, it doesn’t seem an obstacle for a …

I think that one of the most interesting movies that I watched this year was one named “The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio”. I had actually seen the movie name on display on my cable guide a number of times before, but I never actually worked up the interest …

I saw Raising Waylon for the first time recently and was surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did. I say that because I’m not really a fan of the movie’s stars, Tom Gibson and Poppy Montgomery, and because it’s pretty predictable from start to finish. …

The Hunger Games is a novel based in post apocolyptic America where whats left of the country is divided into 12 districts controlled by the powerful Capitol. Each district creates a different product for the Capitol. Our main character Katniss Everdeem lives in district 12 where …

It has been five years since the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York. For most, the wounds are still raw. I wasn’t sure if people would really be interested or prepared for a film about any of the events that took place that day. I know …

When I watch a movie I really try to give it a fair chance and will sit through a lot before giving up. I approached the movie “Magnolia” excitedly. It featured William H. Macy, an actor I respect very much, and Julianne Moore who was excellent in “The Shipping …

Little miss sunshine is a really family oriented movie. If it did not have so much profanity, it probably would have been really successful as a mainstream movie. A dysfunctional family is coming together going on a road trip because the little girl wants to be in a little …

Note: This review of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix contains spoilers.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is my 2nd favorite Potter film out of the first five, but just like with Prisoner of Azkaban it took some time for me to get adjust.
Here’s what …

It! The Terror From Beyond Space is one of several science fiction movies made in the Fifties that have become archetypes of future SF blockbusters, most notably Alien.
Produced in 1958, the movie takes place in the future, 1973 to be precise! The first manned trip to Mars …

This is a film that was shown in 1990. It was nominated for best picture that year in the Academy Awards. The movie was set in 1969 based on the memoirs of Oliver Sacks. The movie’s lead roles were portrayed by Robin Williams and Robert De Niro. I just recently …

At first I was a bit skeptical about this movie. The trailer seems funny and exciting, but most boring movies do. So when I went to the cinema with my sister to watch something (Hancock excluded because she wanted to watch it with her bf) I have no other …

The Karate Kid, directed by John G. Avildsen is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was June 22, 1984 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Family/Sport and stars Ralph Macchio as Daniel Larusso, Pat Morita as Mr. …

The Sketeton Key, directed by Iain Softley is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America and stars Kate Hudson as Caroline Ellis, Gena Rowlands as Violet Devereaux, John Hurt as Ben Devereaux and Peter Sarsgaard as Luke Marshell.
Do you believe in voodoo? That is the question that …

This is an excellent movie. The timeframe of the story is early 19 century; the place is Flanders (part of Belgium). Nello, a young orphan, lives with his grandfather. They are poor, but they are happy together. Nello likes to draw, and he is very good at it; it …

Aladdin is a film made by Disney in 1992.It was based on the original Arabian Aladdin tale..The plot is about a poor young man who falls in love with an Arabian princess named Jasmine and is granted three wishes by a Genie played by Robin Williams..Aladdin comes across …

This was a cute little made for tv movie. It is intended for a younger audience if I had to guess. I would say it is appropriate for the ages 8 and up. It has little inappropriate humor, no bad language and only a …

Ah the classic, “I love you, just not like that,” or “We’re just friends” lines. Who hasn’t said, or heard, one of those? We’ve all been the victims of unrequited love. This movie takes this natural occurance to a new and hilarious level.
Ryan Reynolds, as usual, plays an absolutely …

Love & Death on Long Island is a very funny DVD movie that I don’t recommend at all. And when I said funny, it is not that feel-good funny types. Instead, it is more like the worst off funny kind that made my stomach churned while watching. …

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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This is a really fun movie. Players are Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham and some others. Steve Carell is as funny as he can be. Morgan Freeman show up occasionally, not a very big role. Lauren Graham is cute. It is a story …