Movies Reviews
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (Movie)
Percy Jackson and the lightning thief is a movie derived from the book of the same name. I have been a fan of Rick Rodian’s Percy Jackson series ever since I knew of its exsistance and so when I heard the movie was out I was really excited to …
Bee Movie
Cute movie, very out there, but the children love it. I would say it would be a great movie to add to ur collection especially if you have children. I can’t say I think Jerry Seinfeld’s voice matched the bee. I would like to see more of a younger …
Taken, movie
Liam Neeson comes onto the screen as an action star, but, unlike some of his other roles, he is sans light saber and no longer wearing that great kilt from “Rob Roy.” Instead of a more iconic role, we get Neeson as a retired CIA agent who worked in …
Resident Evil 3: Extinction
Ok. Why does it some like most movies nowadays focus on destroying the world? Well, Resident Evil Extinction presents a barren wasteland of a world, taking place mostly in the desert and Las Vegas. Alice does mildly explain the bare bones …
Nightbreed (1990)
Nightbreed, directed by Clive Barker is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date of the movie was February 16, 1990 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Fantasy/Horror and stars Craig Sheffer as Aaron Boone aka Cabal, Anne Bobby …
Date Movie
This movie is hilarious. Starring Allison Hannigan, this movie is like the Scary Movie series in that it makes fun of other movies but this time it’s parodies mostly revolve around romantic comedies and some others. These include Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Hitch, Wedding Planner, …
Surrogates movie
The movie “Surrogates” has an interesting plot and premise with nearly everyone on the planet having a station that they connect to, which allows them to control an identical looking robot of them. The movie begins with action to keep the viewer interested and sets up a plot in …
Eat, Pray, Love Movie (2010)
I must admit that I was pretty enthusiastic about purchasing tickets for the latest Julia Roberts flick, “Eat, Pray, Love”. A girlfriend of mine had started reading the best-selling book upon which the movie was based. She praised it highly and promised to loan it to me …
Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
Neuro is a demon from Hell. Having an appetite for mysteries, and having eaten pretty much all there is in the underworld, he sets his hungry sights on Earth where he has heard that there are many mysteries around. Enlisting a young High School girl named Yako, Neuro searches …
“Funny games” movie
Shocking, but very real movie - saturated with brutality so well known to us from many other images. This time, however, it is presented in a unique way. The director wanted not only to make another movie like his predecessors, but also realize some important things to us …
Idyllic …
Christmas Vacation 2 movie
In one of the odder sequels, we see Christmas Vacation 2, a made for TV movie that came out a couple of years ago. Although the original Vacation, part of the Vacation series had other movies follow it (such as the lamentable Vegas Vacation), this movie does not …
Iron Man Movie
I generally enjoy the superhero movies, but this one has something extra. It’s more realistic for those who just can’t get into the far-fetched fantasy scenarios of X-Men or Spider-Man. It doen’t try to be overly serious, nor does lack depth. It’s a perfect combination of sweet action, …
Dead Like Me: Rites of Passage
Barbara Barrie shows up as Joy’s mom, Phyllis, in Dead Like Me: Rites of Passage. Joy has asked her for money to repair the roof on the house, so she comes to check it out for herself. We learn quickly that it’s not an easy relationship, and …
Kasal Kasali Kasalo
I am just at home for the weekend and a few hours before my day is over today, I’d like to talk about the movie I watched last Friday night in Channel 2 (abs-cbn). The movie is about a young couple’s struggle to get through the troubles of being …
Take the Lead (2006)
This movie is about a classical dance instructor you witnesses the destruction on a school principals car, comes to school the following day to report on the matter, offers his services to take over the detention of the students in order to better educate them in the ways of …
Enemy (psychological thriller movie)
I remember wanting to see the movie “Enemy” after I had seen the trailer some time ago. It gave me the impression that it could be one of those thrillers that would keep me in suspense all the way through till it ended. However, after I got to watch the …
Case of the Split Ticket
I am reviewing The Case of the Split Ticket, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie Howard, …
The Toll Collector (2003) Animation
‘The Toll Collector’ is an animation short, really short actually at only 5 minutes. But it is 5 minutes of haunting, poignant beauty and it has stayed on my mind since I watched it. This is a visually dark claymation, with the pallid, ill-looking white faces of …
A Series of Unfortunate Events (The Movie)
Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ is a movie that documents the first three books of the series of the same name. The movie, like with most movies adapted from books, was a rather aggravating contrast from the real book. Unlike other movies however the real contrast came …
Desperado movie
“Desperado” is the funny action movie that made the actors, Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek very famous in Hollywood. Hayek was hardly known in Hollywood before this movie. It seems that the director, Quentin Tarantino so much liked this movie that he personally asked to be given a small …
Airheads
I love any type of movies starring Brendan Fraser! He rocks truly, and Airheads is one of those movies that made me butt-crack laughing with bit of tears in my eyes.
The trio, or rather called Airheads were really funny and they gave a loud and seemingly clever …
Movie Push
I recently watched the movie Push, since I am a fan of Chris Evans, so I decided to give the movie a shot since the trailer was a bit impressive. Although a lot of critics said it wasn’t a good movie, I had to see it for myself to …
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
This sequel to the block buster original simply called ‘Dirty Dancing’ is basically the same movie but instead of it being staged in the United States of America, it was staged in Cuba. A young girl from a well off family goes to a retreat and falls for the …
Underworld: Evolution, Len Wiseman Movie
England, 1202 AD. At that time, Viktor and Mark are two noblemen Vampire hunt William’s parent Lycan hiding in a village. In fact, all the villagers have changed the complexion become Lycan, so there is no other way for Viktor and Marcus to spend them all, including William. But, …
Up In The Air Movie
I was interested in watching this movie basically because I was curious of the title, but I was not able to watch it until it got released on cable TV and I was lucky to click on the right channel as it was about to start. It turned out …
The Woman in Black (Movie)
The Woman in Black is a movie adaptation of the bestselling book of the same name by Susan Hill. As Daniel Radcliffe’s first major cinema outing since the Harry Potter series, this movie received a great deal of hype and publicity prior to release in February 2012. Having read …
Avatar 3D (2009, James Cameron)
I love this film.
I had heard a few grumbles about the ‘lack of plot’ and that watching 3D was tiring and made some people feel sick, and that the effects ruled the film and became too much.
Stuff and nonsense.
First of all, yes - the 3D glasses are not …
Princess Jellyfish Anime Series
Recently, I have been doing an anime marathon. I typically prefer either supernatural/mystery animes, or cute/funny animes. I go one way or the other. And Princess Jellyfish must be the funniest and cutest anime that I have ever seen. It makes me earnestly long for a second season, but …
The Big Bang Teory (Comedy)
This was the funniest American serial comedy of all time for me. It is simply funny and not that typical funny, but a smart one. I am a big fan of this serial, The Big Bang Theory. Until now, it has reached season two and over 20 episodes of …
Damien: Omen II movie (1978)
Damien: Omen II is the second of the three installments of the Omen horror franchise. Set seven years after the events in the first film, it shows the Anti-Christ, Damien (played by Jonathan Scott-Taylor), moving up on the social and professional ladder. It is also the film where Damien …
Movie The Terminal
The Terminal with Tom Hanks.
This is without a doubt one of Tom Hanks best movies. Though the storyline is unique and interesting, its success rests solely on this fine actor’s shoulders.
The story is simple. It is neither dramatic nor does …
Monty Python’s Meaning of Life Movie
Nearly everyone in the Western world knows about the comedy team of Monty Python. This British comedy troupe, featuring John Cleese and others, if famous for its unusual and offbeat humor. Monty Python came out with the movie Meaning of Life a number of years ago. Like …
Notes on a Scandal
I didn’t quite know what to expect with this one. Cate Blanchett is one of my favorite actresses, capable of assuming all sorts of roles. Her role as a pedophile (essentially), teacher having an affair with one of her students was rather shocking. But …
Movie The Dinosaur Hunter
The Dinosaur Hunter with Simon McCorkindale.
This movie actually angered me. It gave us an alluring title, but then lied to the viewer. It was not about hunting dinosaurs and had so little action that I found myself playing solitaire while watching it.
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Scent of a Woman
This is one of Hollywood’s classic movies which tackles a very difficult argument about living life to the full and suicides. What I really like about this movie is Al Pacino excellent performance of the role Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade. It is no doubt that he won the Oscar …
The Social Network (2010 film)
This is a David Fincher film so I was completely aware that I was going to watch something clever, well-acted, and well directed and convincingly acted and I turned out to be right.
Mark Zuckerberg (Jessie Eisenberg) is a genius, who over a night …
Sixteen Candles
What is interesting about teen movies is the fact that every time period is associated to a film. Now a days is “High School Musical” period, but in the 80’s they had “Sixteen Candles” which was a smashing hit at the time.
This movie definitely marked the beginning of …
Movie Sunshine (2007)
Sunshine (2007) is in the Science Fiction genre and is rated R for violent content and language.
Sunshine tells the story of a crew of astronauts abord the space ship, Icarus 2. Their mission is to travel to the dying Sun and reignite it with an atomic bomb attached …
The Nutty Proffessor-movie
The nutty professor is essentially a remake of the 1963 film of the same name starring the comedion Eddie Murphy who plays the role of the central character,the proffesoor.The original film starred the famous comedian Jerry Lewis
If you are nto familiar with the premise of either nutty proffessor movies,it …
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Episode 1.2: Gnothi Seauton
Well, to my discovery, it seems that this TV show follows an alternate timeline after “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” and has nothing to do with “Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines” (even though “Terminator: Salvation” does). That’s good and bad in my opinion, but that’s a whole other story …
“The Craft” (1996 Film)
The 1996 film “The Craft” is a mystical and yet disturbing film about four girls who start their own Covent in hopes of becoming witches. When the fourth and last member of their circle move to town and begin attending school with the other three girls, she seems to …
Hitman movie
I was not at all impressed with this movie. I wasn’t even planning on renting it because of the uneventful trailers that I saw on television. However, when my boyfriend brought it home to watch because some friends of ours wanted to see it, I took one for the …
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011 film)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol is the 4th installment of the famous spy action series with Tom Cruise starring as Ethan Hunt.
The beginning of the story finds the IMF top agent Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) in a prison in Moscow and a couple of other IMF agents are in …
Columbo: No Time to Die movie
There were a string of these Columbo movies that really just didn’t quite cut the mustard for me, and this was one of them. I’m not sure what the problem was. Perhaps it’s the lack of star power, that really charismatic murderer that grabbed your attention and …
The Happiest Millionaire
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 …
War of the Worlds 2 Movie
I knew exactly what I was getting into when I rented War of the Worlds 2, but I rented it anyway. The movie isn’t exactly a sequel to the Tom Cruise movie, but more a sequel to the book. They do try to replicate some of the alien creatures …
Road to Utopia movie
Road to Utopia was the fourth movie in the Road picture series. Released in 1946 (but filmed in ‘44), Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour starred in the film. This time a couple of different things happened, beginning with a narrator (Robert Benchley) being used to …
Heath Ledger’s A Knights Tale
Heath Ledger was best at his old-fashioned roles I think. He could play the gentleman, the rogue, even the villain, but his most touching films are ones that he is dawning an old-fashioned tunic, and this is one of those. This was the first movie of his that I …
Weird Science (1985)
Two teenagers wake up to find their dream come to life when they created a sexy woman through the concept of science. With this new female in their lives, they are now the talk of the school they attend and also the community and town where they live. Fame …
Movie Chicago
I admit to being surprised at the caliber of the musical performances of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, and Richard Gere and it made for a stunning production of Chicago, but at the same time, I honestly believe that the theater production I saw of it in Los Angeles …
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