Movies Reviews
Shiver (NR, 2008) film
Those who like horror films that have a creepy subtlety will absolutely love this film. Yes, it’s a foreign film with subtitles. But that doesn’t make any of the action in this movie less frightening. The story centers on a boy who moves to …
Only God Forgives, movie (2013)
Drive marked the successful collaboration between director Nicolas Winding Refn and actor Ryan Gosling. It was hailed as one of the best films of 2011. When I heard that the pair were working together again, I was very intrigued by what they could create together next. …
Pirates Of The Caribbean III: At World’s End
Pirates Of The Caribbean III: At World’s End continues the story of Jack Sparrow, William Turner, Elizabeth Swan, and Captain Barbosa as the plot centers around the conflict between pirates and The East India Trading Company who is trying to destroy piracy, with the aid of Davy Jones. I …
Strike Commando, movie (1987)
Italian films of the early 70’s to late 80’s had a reputation of knocking off American hit films. Despite the low budgets, the films had a charming quality about them. Director Bruno Mattei was one of a number of directors to make a career of delivering the …
Norbit movie
Norbit was advertised as a “family film”. At least that’s what i got from the commercials. Right from the beginning, the movie throws completely crude one liners. While I found them absolutely hillarious as an adult, i found it a little inappropriate for the children in …
A History of Violence Movie
David Cronenberg (SCANNERS, THE FLY) makes a long awaited return to the director’s chair with a fantastic feature film version of the God-awful comic book of the same name.
A man’s past comes back to haunt him after his face is plastered all over the news after he shoots two …
Dances with Wolves
I am reviewing the movie, Dances with Wolves, starring Kevin Costner. Kevin Costner plays John Dunbar, a decorated soldier who wants to see the American Frontier. When Dunbar is assigned to an abondoned fort, he soon realizes he is not alone. He comes to realize that he shares …
Head Trauma movie
I like watching indie movies, and so I was excited to see this one even though at the time I wasn’t completely sure what it would be about. Thus, I sat up one night to watch it after hearing a lot of good things about the movie, which I …
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 Remains of the Day
I am so glad I have found this treasure of a movie. A forgotten treasure, unfortunately; I have never heard of it before, neither have I heard other people mention it. I hope this review will help to draw much deserved attention to this thoughtful, well-acted, well-paced production. I …
Tropic Thunder (R, 2008) movie
I was a little surprised by how much I actually liked this film. I really thought that Robert Downey, Jr. in “black-face” would cause some issues for the director, producer, and actors. But it seems that perhaps people are seeing about this film what I …
The Clinic 2010 movie
As far as a horror movie goes this is every women’s nightmare. I didn’t find this film either jumpy neither scary but i found it utterly disturbing. The thought that some of those things can happen in real life, that places like this existed was disturbing enough without having …
The Deserter
The Deserter which has been dubbed a “Revolutionary Comedy” is about a British drummer stationed in America during the time of the American Revolution (1775-1784).
The film is shot in the style of a silent comedy and follows the misadventures of an unlucky drummer who finds himself at the …
Blow-Up Movie
Antonioni’s trip to England where he showed the would he was a very flexible filmmaker. It is the story of an eccentric photographer in London who discovers a most strange crime in one of his photographs and decides to investigate it further. Blow-Up is a very visual film, and …
Interview with a Vampire (Movie)
Interview with a vampire is my favorite vampire movie of all time. It shows a kind of vampire that I feel has been pushed to the wayside in this generation. I think this is mainly because vampires are either made to be really disgusting monsters (like in Dracula or …
Shutter movie
When we rented the film Shutter this weekend I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I knew it was a remake of another film made in Asia somewhere and, while some movies (like The Ring) translate out to be terrifying. Others (like the Grudge) aren’t nearly as good.
With Shutter, …
House of Wax
House of Wax is a horror movie that most people hated right away, but I liked it. I wouldn’t say that I loved the movie, but I didn’t think it was nearly as bad as everyone said. I’ve never seen the original movie and all I know of it …
Dead Leaves anime OVA
I’ve seen some terrible movies in my day. “Catwoman”, “Transformers 2″, “Turkish Star Wars” to name a few. I’ve seen movies so bad that I roll my eyes when people make fun of “Twilight”. Granted, I’ve only seen the first movie and it wasn’t particularly good …
Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
I enjoyed this movie since I was quite young. I was first introduced to these characters in the bok the movie was based upon, ‘By The Great Horn Spoon!’ The big disappointment to me was the great sequences on the ship were not but a blink of an eye …
Scorpion King 2
Scorpion King 2 is absolutely Thrilled Martial Arts and Black Magic Power illustration movie. Starring with Michael Copon and Karen David, A Young Black Scorpion Warrior Mathayus got tragic Memory from his father Death and wanted to give Revenge to the Evil and Cruel Warrior Sargon who became the …
Happy Feet Movie
We found a copy of the Happy Feet movie at a bookstore here and snapped it up. We bought it because we are animation movie fans especially movies made by Pixar. My hubby and I expected this movie to be good. It started out Okay. There was a penguin …
Queen Margot DVD
“Queen Margot” is a 1994 movie based on the a lesser known novel by Alexandre Dumas. “Queen Margot” tells the story of Marguerite de Valois (Margot), heir to the throne of her brother, the French King Charles IX. Margot was a daughter of Catherine Medici and inherited all …
War of the Buttons (movie)
One of my absolute favourite movies to watch as a child was “War of the Buttons”. Funny enough though, I never actually knew the name of the movie since it was something that I had only seen playing on local television. This was alldespite the fact that I searched …
Enough (2002)
Enough, directed by Michael Apted is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for intense scenes of domestic violence, some sensuality and language. The original release date was May 24, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Triller/Drama and stars Jennifer Lopez …
Never Been Kissed movie
Normally, when I see a movie that has Drew Barrymore in it, I enjoy it tremendously.
However, Never Been Kissed was a disappointment to me. I’m not sure if the whole concept of a reporter posing to be a high school student just didn’t seem believable enough or if there …
Dogma
Dogma was a great film. There are so many things I like about it, it would be impossible to list them all. But I will give you best parts.
Firstly the director is Kevin Smith who makes interesting films which are funny and have a fresh take on …
Justice League: War (2014 movie)
I’ve always been fascinated watching the Justice League series on television even though I’ve never been fortunate enough to own one of the comic books. Each time I hear that another movie has been released I’m always very eager to go and watch it too since I find that …
Just Friends
Another movie that I just watched recently along with Mall Cop with Kevin James was the movie ‘Just Friends’ starring Ryan Reynolds, who plays a chubby teenager with braces and a desperate crush on his best friend who he has known since the sixth grade. Humiliated beyond repair at a …
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous starring Sandra Bullock and Regina King is a fun comedy that is sure to entertain! This sequel to Miss Congeniality picks up right where to original left off. FBI agent Gracie Hart fresh from the publicity of the beauty pageant finds …
Cabin in the Sky-film
Cabin in the Sky is a 1943 all African American musical based on a Broadway musical production that premiered in 1940.The main plot concerns a young man Little Joe. He is killed over gambling debts .he is given 6 months by the general of heaven to redeem himself …
Down Periscope movie
When Down Periscope first came out, I thought Kelsey Grammar was a bad choice for the lead role. I was definitely wrong. This movie was great, I was laughing so hard throughout it hurt and I’ve never looked at the Navy the same way again.
The crew of the Stingray …
“Friday the 13th part 6″ movie
I’ve been making my way through the “Friday the 13th” film series. It is one of the iconic horror/slasher franchises out there and I hadn’t seen it yet. Since I’ve been on a bit of a horror kick lately, I figured that now was as good a …
Men of Honor
Men of Honor was based on a true story according to the credits at the end. It deals with a man in the Navy that is discriminated against based on his color in part because he wants to be a diver. At one point our country was almost divided …
The Titanic (Movie)
This was a good movie that I love very much to watch when it first came out. I love the storyline between the two lovers, a poor American guy and his rich girlfriend, and how even though they only met for a short time in the ship, their love …
Afro Samurai: Reurrection Movie (Anime)
Afro Samurai Resurrection is an anime movie based off the anime series Afro Samurai. Afro has turned down challenges for the Number 1 headband but Shinno (voiced by Yuri Lowenthal) and his sister Sio (voiced by Lucy Liu) arrive and take the Number 1 headband from him and …
I Know Who Killed Me Movie
I have no problem admitting that I actually like Lindsay Lohan, or at least I like her as an actress even if I don’t care for her personality or partying. I actually like her as a singer too, which is why I think it’s a little sad to see …
Witness for the Prosecution
Witness for the Prosecution is absolutely wonderful. The plot takes so many unexpected twists and turns that it keeps the viewers head spinning. In fact, by the time you get to the end, it’s like — wow! Incredibly, at the end of this film, the producer …
Jump! movie
From 2007, Jump! stars Patrick Swayze as a Jewish lawyer in Austria who defends a young man accused of murdering his father. This was Swayze’s last real theatrical appearance in a starring role. He did film a television movie this same year and then did a cameo …
Journey to the End of the Night (2006)
Director: Eric Eason. Featuring : Brendan Fraser, Mos Def and Scott Glen.
I definitely understand the message behind the story- you cannot escape your destiny, no matter how hard you try. And probably the secondary one- that the evil and the plotting ones cannot win, it is the innocent who win …
The Coffin
I think The Ring is more scarier than The Coffin. I can’t help to comment how disappointed I was at watching this movie and I guess I was so much hoping for it to be a real scary flick. But it turned out to be an emotional movie …
Open Season (2006)
Open Season, directed by Roger Allers and Jill Culton is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for some rude humor, mild action and brief language. The original release date was September 29, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family and …
Black Hawk Down (2001)
The mission is to capture and extract a member of a terrorist group and fly him into the arms of the United States armed forces intelligence for interrogation. The extraction attempt went array when the helicopter was shot down by the terrorists using the aid of RPG’s. Now the …
3 Days to Kill (movie)
I was a little surprised that I didn’t hear anything about the movie “3 Days to Kill” until after it was released on Blu-ray some time later. I decided to take the movie home and watch it since it looked like it might have a fairly good plot, and …
The Toy-movie
The Toy is a 1982 comedy/drama film starring the comedian Richard Pryor.In this film Richard Pryor is a black man,Jack Brown who is down on his luck.His house is about to be mortgaged if he dosen’t make a payment on it.The problem is,he is an unemployed writer and he …
Double Indemnity (1944) starring Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck
“Double Indemnity” is one of my favorite film noir movies. The black and white classic was originally released in 1944 by Paramount. The 107 minute classic was filmed on sets and locations throughout the Los Angeles area. Taglines for movie are “It’s Love and Murder At First Sight” and …
Don Juan De Marco movie
I had thought I had seen all of Johnny Depp’s movies until I came across this one in Netflix. And, I was glad I found it.
This has to be one of Depp’s best roles (even though he didn’t get top billing for the movie; Marlon Brando did). He plays …
The Gravedancers
The title of this movie, The Gravedancers is very scary already. I screamed like a mad woman on some really scary scenes. I would warn viewers out there to bring all your sweater jackets, shawl, some warm drinks and good peanuts as the more this movie gets …
Everest (2015)- Biography, Drama Movie
I was sitting tight for this film ever since I saw its trailer. I was amped up for it because it is a true story and also because of its excellent star cast. In this way, when it was released I promptly hurried to the theater without worrying about its …
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