Movies Reviews
The Devil and a Guy Named Webster
The premise of this episode is pretty much laid out in the title: The Devil and a Guy Named Webster. It is a fusion of the classic tale: The Devil and Daniel Webster, but instead of the famous American orator we get Emmanuel Lewis (best known as star …
Heathers (movie)
I might not see her in many movies now, especially after her shoplifting stunt a couple of years ago but once upon a time, Winona Ryder was one of my favourite actors. I especially liked a couple of her films from the eighties, some of which I could watch …
Bottoms Up
I came across the movie Bottoms Up on one of my movie channels last night and didn’t know what to think of it. I did discover the film was better than I thought it would be but still wasn’t the greatest comedy ever either.
The movie, which stars Paris Hilton …
Movie: “Bruce Almighty” (2003)
The always brilliant Jim Carrey plays Bruce Nolan, a TV reporter who always gets stuck with “silly” stories. He wants to report real news and even dreams of being an anchor. His girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston) tries to encourage him, but he’s frustrated with his life. Meanwhile, his snide …
X Change movie
Science Fiction about a company offering the service of teleportation for business people with little extra time on their hands. Somehow a terrorist hijacks this tecnique and threatens to manipulate it all which will cause the death of hundreds of people.
A second rate action film that is quite is …
Roman Holiday
How can you not love Roman Holiday? I love everything about this movie. The fact that she’s a princess who just needs a day off … and she meets a handsome man on the day off that she finally gets … what girl can’t relate to a princess who …
The Horror Within
When I decided to watch the movie The Horror Within the other night, it was with the expectation it would be a low-budget, cheesy horror flick.
I was partially right. It was low budget and cheesy but it was more of a comedy than a horror movie.
Let’s face it, whenever …
Leon movie
Jean Reno starrs as the assassin Leon in this popular film from the early 90s. What is most memorable about the cast is the energetic Natalie Portman as the little girl who comes to live with Leon when her parents are killed by the psychopath played by the always …
School of Rock
I don’t normally like the actor Jack Black in movies, and I don’t normally like his movies either. In fact, one of the few which I remember liking was “Saving Silverman”. This is why I found it so difficult to watch the movie “School of Rock” after it was …
Slumdog Millionaire
There is certainly no reason for you guys not to watch Slumdog Millionaire. It is a real good movie and I love it so much. The Directing is perfect and superb cast too. Seriously, I came to watch with my group of friends and I was very, …
The Alamo movie
The battle of the Alamo in Texas is one of the most well known events in American history. However, the facts of the battle are often portrayed differently. Though other accounts may be more factual, my favorite movie or TV version of the historical tale is The …
Horton Hears a Who
Ok, after seeing other Dr. Seuss books turned into movies with mixed results, I had my doubts about Horton Hears a Who. But, after watching it last night, I have to say I was very impressed.
I had expected the movie, which is about an elephant who discovers and protects …
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
The great and quite long series of books&movies which has been around for more than a decade is about to come to an end.
Being a loyal Harry Potter fan, I read all the books in the series, watched the movies and even played the computer games..
Usually I wasn’t very …
Lean on Me movie
I am reviewing the movie, Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman. This movie is based upon actual events. Morgan Freeman plays a free spirited, gifted, dedicated teacher, who tries his best to teach his kids whatever he can. When he loses his job, he moves on …
American Gigolo (1980)
Richard Gere takes on the role of a male hooker in this film, he is a man who is very into himself and his appearance and the work that he does is both to maintain his way of life and also to make the women in his professional life …
Phone Booth Movie
Honesty and having the option to tell peole the complete truth is always taken for granted. The act of lying is being done way more than it should and things need to be changed. That is the main theme Joel Schumacher was trying to create while directing the movie …
Porky’s movie
About a couple of teenagers in the 1950s USA who try to live their way as strippers on the club called Porky’s. The teenagers aren’t appreciated by the owner of this club and are thrown out. Together they plan the most clever revenge for the treachery.
I actually believe this …
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
It was an exhausting movie, with action everywhere, and debris flying all over the place. I am not a big transformers fan (probably because I am a girl), although I appreciated the effects of this Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. I grew up watching my brothers fight over …
Hanging up movie
Hanging up is a very normal movie which has nothing unique about it. The only saving grace of the movie is Meg Ryan’s impeccable performance. She single handedly did everything and the whole movie rests on her shoulders and she did a great job in doing that job perfectly. …
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
Nowadays, the marriage issue centers upon gay marriages, with Supreme Court cases hearing issues from state cases on the legality of same sex marriages. Back in 1967, when Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner was released, the marriage issue had been centered upon interracial relationships. It was not by accident. …
Big Fish (movie)
One of my favourite movies up to a certain point in my life was the movie called “Big Fish”. The whole idea of it being my favourite was a little odd too, since I don’t think that I was able to watch it more than about three times whether …
The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Since I have just reviewed the new movie “The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” I thought it would be a good idea to review its first part, “The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” released in 2003. The first movie is much better …
Iron man
Although I have always likes movies about superheroes in last few years I haven’t seen many good ones so I wasn’t expecting anything specially from Iron man either.
I know the story of Iron man because I saw so many cartoons about it and I have always liked them so …
The January Man movie
The January Man from 1989 is a family melodrama focusing on a serial killer. The family is engaged in a soap opera of sorts because its two brothers, both cops, are at odds. This began two years earlier when one uses the other for the fall guy …
Days of Thunder (1990)
Days of Thunder, directed by Tony Scott is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was June 27, 1990 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Romance/Sport and stars Tom Cruise as Cole Trickle, Robert Duvall as Harry Hogge, …
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
Love Potion No. 9, directed by Dale launer is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was November 13, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Romance and stars Tate Donovan as Paul Matthews, Sandra Bullock as Dianne …
Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)
Mr. Bean goes on vacation after winning a raffle. That is the plot of the movie plain and simple and in a nutshell as anyone could have it. All this movie does is takes us on the road of adventure that Mr. Bean goes through from place to place. …
HBO miniseries Band of Brothers
This movie had me gripped from the first episode, “Currahee”, where the introduction of the characters of Easy Company takes place, during their basic recruitment training. I enjoy watching war movies and have to say, Band of Brothers, was more than I expected. I was browsing for movies one …
The Ring movie
I can remember when I watched the premiere of the movie “The Ring” on cable. I can’t remember which movie channel brought it, but what I do remember is that even though I did not expect it to be terrifying I still found it a little creepy. I had …
Pauly Shore is Dead Movie
Pauly Shore is Dead is Pauly Shore’s first movie since the lamentable Jury Duty. Meant to be a comedic satire and a lament about the state of Hollywood in destroying Pauly Shore’s career (Shore is unable to accept that it is own lack of talent that is the …
Misery (1990)
Misery, directed by Rob Reiner is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was November 30, 1990 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Horror/Thriller and stars James Caan as Paul Sheldon and Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes.
Paul Sheldon …
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 …
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire, the movie will always be in my heart. A special one, that is. It starts off with Robin Williams, being separated from his wife and they have children together.
He loves them so much and wanting to be close to them, disguises himself as a …
Hideous Kinky movie
Hideous Kinky is about a young, English woman who takes her two daughters to Morocco in search of learning to live life anew. Kate Winslet plays Kinky, the mother. Kinky and her two girls live all over and the girls endure their mother’s relationships, poverty and sometimes poor decisions. …
Night of the Living Dead (1990 Remake)
Gore maestro Tom Savani takes over directorial duties in this remake of Romero’s classic zombie movie.
There’s no monumental changes with this new version. It’s shot in colour, the gores a bit more impressive (but surprisingly much more played down considering Savani’s involvement) but there’s some tinkering about with …
“Passengers” movie
Colombian director Rodrigo Garcia is known for its versatility. He has directed such series as “Family Soprano” or “Six Feet Under.” He made the photos for “Four Rooms” and Quentin Tarantino’s biographical drama “GIA” with Angelina Jolie in the lead role. In his director’s filmography has several projects on the …
School of Rock (2003)
When a hard rock guitarist is voted off his band by his fellow members, and with no other form of income with a growing rent debt, he is forced to get his lazy ass out and find himself a real job in order to pay for his way through …
Tomcats (2001)
Tomcats, directed by Gregory Poirier is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong sexual content including dialogue, and for language. The original release date for this movie was March 30, 2001 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy and stars …
Film: American Gangster
American Gangster…..a good movie. Unfortunatley thats all it is, and all it ever will be. In the Pantheon of Great Gangster Films, this should have been its most recent entry. Instead it falls into the Pantheon of Films that Need A Little More Work. I was so let down …
The Parent Trap III movie
Since The Parent Trap II worked with viewers, Disney decided to try it again with The Parent Trap III. My argument up front is that to do so, they had to mess with Susan’s story. In PT II, she was happily married. Here, she’s single again. …
Evan Almighty
When we rented the movie Evan Almighty, I didn’t know what to expect. The orginal film, Bruce Almighty, was pretty good but sequels aren’t always as good as the original.
We found that, not only was it a great movie, it had a good message too. In fact, my …
Silverado (1985)
Silverado, directed by Lawrence Kasdan is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 10, 1985 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Western and stars Kevin Kilne as Paden, Scott Glenn as Emmett, Kevin Costner as Jake, …
Hocus Pocus movie
“Hocus Pocus” was possibly one of the most popular and well made Disney original movies I ever remember watching from when I was a child to now that I’m an adult. One might recognize a few famous faces in it too such as Sarah Jessica Parker the actress who …
I am Legend
Just seen *I am Legend*
starring Will Smith
Wonderful acting by this man AGAIN!!
After *Pursuit of Happiness* didnt think THIS MAN could top it but… he DOES 10 FOLD!!!
Its about a scientist ( Smith) that helps create a *cure* for cancer .. but then something goes wrong, much like the T-virus …
Animation Runner Kuromi Movie
An anime film about people creating anime (!). A woman named Mikiko starts working for an anime studio, but the situation there isn’t quite what she had expected. The boss is not kind, and she gets a lot more work than she would have wanted. Still, she is keen …
Kama Sutra movie
My wife and I are always looking for ways to keep the spark in our love life lit. This includes watching “instructional” videos and learning new techniques in the bedroom.
Since she went to bed early last night, I decided to check out one I could load on my netflix …
Something the Lord Made movie 2004
I rented “Something the Lord Made” from Netflix this past week. It initially caught my eye because it starred one of my favorite actors, Alan Rickman.
The film was made back in 2004, but I had not heard of it before. Apparently it is a made for TV …
Killjoy
When I let my daughter pick out the movie Killjoy for me and my wife (she’s four and picks movies based on the cover) I was a bit concerned it would be too scary for my pregnant spouse.
As it turns out, you can’t judge a DVD by its cover. …
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