Movies Reviews
Ghost Hunters
I have been watching Ghost Hunters since it stated in 2004 and still enjoy it. Two ordinary men, their real jobs are as plumbers, hunt ghosts by night. It is on the SciFi Wednesdays at 9:00 PM There is nothing fictional about it, it is …
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 …
Gone Baby Gone
Wow. Where to begin with this film. I admit I was a bit nervous about Ben Affleck’s directorial debut, but all of those trepidations were washed away within the first ten minutes of the movie. The story opens with the kidnapping of a little girl and the …
Purple Rain (1984)
Starring the musician Prince in his acting debut, this movie centers around a young musician played by Prince who tries his very best not to follow in the footsteps of his abusive father. Prince, while trying to hold down a relationship with his girlfriend, holding his musical band together …
Wise Girls
I watched Wise Girls the other day and I was surprised that this is a pretty good story with a rather interesting plot. Mira Sorvino stars as Meg and with 2 other actresses, they play the role of a waitress and it’s quite scary to think of it because …
Goodfellas Movie
Scorsese’s depiction of the mafia society is regarded as a classic by many, and tells the life story of a man growing up with these mobsters and rising to the top very quickly. Scorsese uses a voice-over (a narrator) in a way here that has been influential on later …
Soul Survivors Movie
Soul Survivors is one of the most confusing movies ever made. Yet I still find myself watching it every few years. When I do re-watch it, I still find myself wondering what exactly happened, and feeling highly confused by the plot. Then a few months pass, and I end …
Throw Mama from the Train (1987)
One of my favorite VHS tapes (yes, I am over 50 and therefore behind the times) is “Throw Mama from the Train”. Despite the horrid title, this really is a good adult movie. In fact, I might even go out and buy it on DVD, since tapes …
Funny People movie
Judd Apatow promised the world with Funny People and delivered an atlas. Not even a good atlas but a boring one without any pictures. If you saw the previews and advance publicity for this movie and were expecting a comedy, or even a few laughs, like myself you will …
The Last Samurai film
“Nations like men sometimes have their own destiny”. Each tradition owns a unique beauty and in Edward Zwick’s best epic film the main emotional strings sing under the aerie tranquility of the spirit of Japan.
Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is hired to take out the forces of …
Metallica: Some kind of monster
This is a documentary feature by the same couple who made the much talked about films about the “West Memphis Three” and how they where innocently convicted for murder and put on death row. Those two films features music by heavy metal band Metallica and now the filmmakers made …
Pitch Black movie
A space ship with humans is travelling through space. It crashes on an unknown planet, and the passengers starts exploring the environment. The planet is already inhabited by another species, a most unfriendly one who don’t like aliens.
I have always been very fascinated by this subject. Other space, other …
Madea’s Family Reunion
Incorporating the talents of such legends as Dr. Maya Angelou and Cicely Tyson along with the inspirational storyline, Tyler Perry has done it again. If you are not familiar with the extremely popular Tyler Perry plays and movies, you are missing out on what many believe to be classics …
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
I watched Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen the other day with my whole bunch of friends and it was a very good movie. I love everything about this movie, even though it’s a guy type of movie. The action sequences are not bad, there are lots of humor …
Superman Returns (2006)
Why oh why of why!!! Why is it that whenever a remake of a Superman Movie is done, the only character that they seem to pair as his nemesis is always Lex Luthor. Look at the extremely large list of enemies that Superman has, choose a different character to …
She’s All That
In 1984, teens used to relate a lot with the romantic movie “Sixteen Candles”. “She’s All That” is a 1999 teen generation movie similar to “Sixteen Candles” but only much better. Thanks to this movie the three main actors Freddie Prize Jr., Rachael Lee Cooke and Jodi …
The Pink Panther movie
The genius comedian Peter Sellers here appears in his probably most beloved role as the police inspector Clouseau, who has a very funny accent and naive approach to everything. His mission is to find to evil Phantom, a jewelry thief. Certain traces lead Clouseau to Switzerland and a wealthy …
Star Wars: Episode 4: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope is about a farmboy on the planet of Tatooine named Luke Skywalker. After his Uncle Owen buys a pair of droids he discovers a message from Rebel Alliance member Princess Leia and sets out to find Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi who …
Movie War of the Worlds (2005)
Even though War of the Worlds is a great movie and I enjoyed watching it very much, I was not happy with the fact that Tom Cruise played the leading role. I did not think the character of Ray Ferrier was portrayed as believable and may have been better …
Everest movie
It was a really fascinating and breathtaking experience watching the movie Everest on Imax. I watched it a few days back with a couple of old school friends, and two of us got teary eyed on some scenes of the movie. This is a very moving, inspiring …
Alligator (1980)
I have yet to see a ‘killer croc’ film that I could imagine myself watching again. Why are there so many b-movies that involve galled gators munching on mortified men and women? The market is saturated. I had forgotten that there is one flick worth watching …
The Benchwarmers
What do you get when there are combination acting by Jon Heder, Rob Schneider and David Spade? You get total hilarious and out of this world type of laughs.
Perhaps there are people thinking that this is a dumb movie but I really love this when it was …
Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy movie
The old version from the early 1980s, taken from the classic novel by Douglas Adams about Arthur Dent and his dear friend Ford Prefect who go together on a cosmic journey through the galaxy and meets the most curious species. I have also seen the new version that came …
Pathfinder (2007)
Pathfinder, directed by Marcus Nispel is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong brutal violence throughout. The original rlease date for this movie was April 13, 2007 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Drama/History/Thriller/War and stars Karl Urban as ghost, …
The Howling (1981)
Starring: Dee Wallace-Stone, Patrick Macnee, Dennis Dugan, Christopher Stone, Belinda Balaski, Kevin McCarthy, John Carradine, Slim Pickens, Elisabeth Brooks, Robert Picardo, Noble Willingham, James Murtaugh, Jim McKrell, Kenneth Tobey, Dick Miller, and Meshach Taylor.
Directed by: Joe Dante.
Based on the same-titled novel by Gary Brandner, “The Howling” is the first movie …
Trespass (movie)
I was completely clueless that the movie “Trespass” even existed until someone made me watch it very recently. After watching it, I liked it so much that I couldn’t help but recommend it to people who are looking for a good suspense and thriller movie to watch. This was …
Taken the movie
I was first attracted to watch the movie “Taken” when I learned that Liam Neeson was heading the cast: I’ve always had a high regard for his acting ability and innate charm. Adding to the attraction for me was the fact that Luc Besson, the French film director, was …
Romeo Must Die (2000)
Romeo Must Die, directed by Andrzej Barthowiak is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, some language and brief nudity. The original date was March 22, 2000 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Romance/Thriller and stars Jet Li as Han …
The Young Poisoner’s Handbook movie
A mentally unstable man named Graham get tired of the people around him and gets the crazy idea of poisoning them all. The film is said to be based on true events, and was quite controversial when it came out. It think it is thrilling mostly because the head …
Four Brothers
“Four Brothers” is an interesting movie with a good story to tell however I feel that the script lacks that extra something to make it gripping. This is one of Mark Wahlberg’s movie were although his interpretation was good, it failed to be as great as other interesting roles …
Untraceable (R, 2009)
I must say that I love Diane Lane. She tends to have this quiet sex appeal that translates very well on screen whether she’s playing a seductive role or not. In any rate, I’m not used to seeing her in thrillers. But this particular movie was …
Prescription: Murder movie
Prescription: Murder was the movie that spawned the iconic Columbo TV series. The movie starred the dapper Gene Barry in the murderer’s role. That was one thing that was special about the Columbo series. It was always a game of cat and mouse. The mystery …
A Goofy Movie
I am reviewing the Disney movie, A Goofy Movie. Goofy has a son named Max, a teenager who is in love with a girl named Roxanne. Max is growing farther and farther apart from his father, who treats him like a little boy. When Max gets into trouble …
Land of the Lost
I’m not a huge Will Ferrell fan so I kind of figured I wouldn’t like his movie Land of the Lost.
Well, I watched it this past weekend and it turns out I was right.
This movie just wasn’t that good. Ferrell is supposed to be some sort of genius scientist …
The Hangover movie
Though it contains crude humor at times, The Hangover is one of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. The only bad thing I have to say about this movie is that the storyline did not seem to flow very well at a couple points in …
Side Effects (movie)
Side Effects was one of those movies that I didn’t watch because of how if was apparently received by quite a number of people. It didn’t even get a great rating on it’s IMDB page and so I just left it or ignored it till I eventually forgot about it. …
The movie I am Legend
I am one of those people who love scary or mysterious movies. You know what I’m talking about the “what if this happened movies.” I love all kind of movies, but I was really wanting to see the “I am Legend” movie with Will Smith. I must mention that …
Rocky Horror Picture Show
I have seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show two times in my lifetime; last night was the second time. Each time I enjoyed the movie but I found myself leaving awfully confused.
Let me start out by saying that, if you haven’t seen this movie already, you may want to …
Bring It On Movie
I had idolized Kirsten Dunst ever since Jumanji and had always loved cheerleading and gymnastics altogether, I was a cheerleader and of course, it was only natural for me to watch this movie, I would just die if I didn’t get to watch this and I did really love …
The Lonely Guy Movie
Another addition to my collection of silly movies. Even Steve Martin can’t save it, and that tells you something. But, even such a good comedy actor as him cannot work wonders when the script truly sucks.
The story is about “lonely guys” - single men who for some reason cannot …
Thelma & Louise (1991)
Thelma & Louise, is a movie about two female criminals who happened to fall on their craft by accident. But no matter that, let’s get into the meat of the matter…no pun intended. This movie shows the level that people can sink to in times of desperation, never push …
The Cutting Edge (1992)
A world class figure skater with a lot of talent, but who is spoilt beyond measure by her wealthy father has made it very difficult for others to work with her is she is to become an international doubles skater. A professional hockey player with a lot of skill …
Movie: Wedding Slashers
My wife and I managed to get the kids in bed by 8 last night and, since today is Thanksgiving and I didn’t have to go to work, we ended up staying up for a change and watching a movie.
We weren’t sure what we wanted to watch so I …
Hollow Man
There’s something I don’t understand about this movie. Not with the story and plot but on how the character has of the young scientist Sebastian Caine (played by Kevin Bacon) has changed from a nice guy in the beginning of the movie into a cold blooded killer of …
Underworld(2004) - DVD
Underworld is the best vampire movie, hands down.
The ancient war between the Lycans(werewolves) and Vampires has spilled over into present day, and Deathdealer and vampire Selene is and a human named Michael are caught in the middle. The story is filled with deceit, lies and amazing action.
Filmed in Budapest …
Prince of Persia,The Sands of Time (2010)
I saw this movie 2 weeks after it came out, because there were a lot of people and the queue lines were long in the theaters!
I absolutely love the Prince of Persia games, and I have played almost all of them except for the latest one, Prince of …
The incredibles
I just recently had the chance to watch this movie on dvd. My friends were telling me about it and how different it is from all the other super hero staff around. It is indeed with a special kind of humour, not as dark as the hero comix we …
Mystery Men
There are times when you can take a cast of Hollywood stars and make a great film. And, there are times when you can do that and have a flop. The movie Mystery Men falls somewhere in between those two things.
This film, which is about a bunch of wannabe …
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 movie
I did not like this movie; I found it very depressing. I heard a lot about it, and yes, Leonardo DiCaprio does an excellent portrayal of a retarded teenager, Arnie; you feel sorry for him, but even more so for those who must live with him and take care …
Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets
The second installment, like its predecessor, was done in the style of a whodunit mystery. Unlike the first one, where I felt this was done as a sense of stand alone, in case the movie flopped, this movie was done in that style because, more and more, the Harry …
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