I make it a point to watch as many of the Oscar contenders as possible before the awards are handed out in February, so that my enjoyment of the ceremony itself can be magnified by my rooting for this or that actor, director or writer. This year I wasn’t …

Recently I watched a Japanese animation cartoon director by Hayao Miyazaki called “Howl’s Moving Castle”. My younger brother is into these sorts of films and I have to admit that they are very intriguing and entertaining to watch as well, and Hayao Miyazaki is also an excellent director who …

This movie came as part of a set which included the movie Madagascar. The Penguins’ Whacked-Out Holiday DVD features the penguins from the Madagascar movie. I especially liked the penguins, so it was nice that they got their own little movie, which is basically a short cartoon.
The penguins are …

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a hidden gem of a movie. Jim Carey, in my opinion, gives the best performance of his career and funny enough, this isn’t a comedic role. Some of the movie has comedic relief, but this is in no way a …

Absolutely superb…undoubtedly some of the best special fx seen on screen lately.The movie delivers what the title promises.It held my attention from the word go.Of course I had been given a gist of the storyline by my 10 yr old son who watches the animated version on …

When I saw the trailer of this film, it looked entertaining during the first scenes of the trailer until it showed Ted ( the talking teddy bear ) humping on top of the counter of a store. I was stunned, thus I watched the entire movie to really …

One of my favorite actors, Zach Braff (from the movie Garden State, and the popular tv show Scrubs), stars in a movie from 2006 called The Last Kiss. The movie is rate R for sexuality, nudity, and language. It’s only 103 minutes, so the movie isn’t stretched out. I …

Legendary filmmaker Roberto Rossellini, one of the leading men of the neorealist movement in post-war Italy, completed around 40-50 films during his career. Sadly, only few of these are available to a modern audience, most have been lost or badly damaged during the years. Germany Year Zero is probably …

My cousin loved this movie when she saw it in the theaters. So when it came out on dvd she bought it and gave it to me to let me borrow and watch it. I thought it was really good. The only thing I didn’t like it in was …

This is the story of a group of children whose families face home foreclosure who stumble across a map that allegedly leads to treasure that might be able to save their way of life, that in turns turned into them uncovering a criminal family plot, that in turns take …

I have always loved The Undefeated. It’s a superb western starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson. The time is the end of the Civil War. Wayne plays John Henry Thomas, a colonel who takes the few remaining men who had enlisted with him to fight for …

I have been an avid follower of the Oscars’ race since 2013, when I was rooting for Gravity (then my favorite film of the year) to win the Best Picture (which would have been the first for a sci-fi film). And since then, I followed and watched all the films …

We’ve been trying for a month to rent Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer, but, it is always out. So, we finally bought one for our grandsons to watch, as they spent the night. It is truly adorable, with Whoopie Goldberg’s voice being the wicked witch, Stormella, and with the …

The Bells of St. Mary’s is the sequel to Going My Way and stars Bing Crosby as Father O’Malley out to save another part of the Church. This time, it’s not a parish that needs him, but a school which is in crisis. His skeptical foe this …

This movie is full of funny scenes. It starts with Hugh Grant’s character being late for a wedding he is attending. Worse yet, he is the best man, and he has forgotten the rings. The bride and groom end up getting married using junk jewelery that his friend was …

Boyz n the Hood, directed by John Singleton is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 12, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama and stars Laurence Fishburne as Jason Styles aka Furious, Cuba Gooding …

Eddie Murphy is vampire who goes to Brooklyn to look for a woman to keep his family tree intact. In the meantime he takes a couple of extra victims just to pass his time. The film was directed by Wes Craven, a sometimes very controvercial horror filmmaker. Personally I …

I actually saw the movie Highlander after watching the television series first. And, I’ll admit, it ended up being a bit confusing the first time around. But, after watching it a second and third time, it turned out to be a halfway decent movie.
The film, of course, is what …

We were watching some of our movie channels last night and came across The House Bunny.
This is the second time I’ve watched this movie in about a year now and I have to say it is still a cute and clever concept.
Well, to be honest, the only thing clever …

The first part in Kobayashi’s gigantic trilogy on World War II. Tatsuya Nakadai does one of the cinematic history’s most impressive acting in all of the three films as Kaji, a man who goes through huge personality change. He begins as a promising young military officer in charge of …

With the current and ever-rising mainstream popularity of mixed martial arts, I am not at all surprised to see movies using MMA in their plot lines.
I only wish they would do a better job of it! Maybe use better actors instead of relying on “pretty”.
Never Back Down focuses …

The lead star of this movie is Milla Jovivich. This movie is the second part of the trilogy, Resident Evil. This part 2 of the trilogy is entitled, Apocalypse.
With truly amazing special effects, even breath-taking movie that can really make the viewers shout and feel the suspense. I think …

This is one of the best newer movies to come out of Disney in the recent future.
Set around a basketball player and the class brain trying out for the school’s musical and landing the lead roles, the movie has a fun plot to follow and some great music.
I’ve seen …

The Dark Night lives up to all of the hype surrounding its release and deserves the overwhelming amount of money it earned. The open sequence is a perfect introduction to the main villain of the movie, the Joker. A bank heist …

“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 …

Made in the 1980’s, After Hours tells the story of one man’s nightmarish trip into the Soho area.
This is a film by Martin Scorsese that Roger Ebert deemed so intense that he considered leaving the theater and coming back later after he had pulled himself together. It seems that …

I really have always liked James Garner as an actor and he starred in a really nice little film called The Notebook. This love story also stareed Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands and James Garner. The story starts with James garner visiting with his ladylove (Rowlands) in a …

I think Directors should definitely make more movies with plots that go around in the movie of Shallow Hal. This is a movie about looking at someone’s personal and inner beauty rather than someone that looks good just on the outer layer or physical skin beauty.
Hal is …

Blind Date, directed by Blake Edwards is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was March 27, 1987 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Romance and stars Kim Basinger as Nadia Gates, Bruce Willis as Walter Davis, John …

The 1983 classic gets a barebones DVD release courtesy of MGM.
Silkwood is the biopic of Karen Silkwood, the Kerr-Magee Union activist who died under mysterious circumstances at a tme period where she was in the process of exposing a variety
of health and safety violations at the nuclear plant where …

As I mentioned in another review, my daughter convinced my wife to get movies from one of those movie kiosks this past weekend (they just don’t seem to understand we have Netflix for a reason). Since she got two movies for the price of one, my wife decided to …

Haunted Highway is a very strange movie and I have to say that I didn’t like it at all. The movie is about a man who has an affair with a model he’s been photographing for his job. Her love leads him to kill his wife and stuff her …

I bought a complete DVD of this 3 part film by Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis (with the help of other producers) with it’s first installment shown in 1985. I never regret buying this stuff because of the entertainment that I get everytime I watch this, time and …

I don’t go to the cinema all that often - not only is it quite expensive, but also I prefer to be able to pause, rewind, have a snack without disturbing fellow viewers and, most of all, I like to talk during a movie. Therefore, I tend to watch …

Attitude is everything, and in To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, there is plenty of attitude. When I first heard that Patrick Swayze was going to be in this movie, I was surprised, but there’s a reason for everything Patrick does, and when I learned it …

Evan Almighty, directed by Tom Shadyac is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for mild rude humor and some peril. The original release date was June 22, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Fantasy and stars Steve Carell as Evan …

Home Alone is a movie about an 8 year old kid, Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) left alone at home during the Christmas Holidays. His huge family, in their rush to leave for the airport seemingly forget about Kevin. At first Kevin enjoys the free time by himself, but when two …

The main reason why I decided to watch this movie was because this movie concluded my entire fetish in it. I love everything about Ninja things (I love everything about Japan things, and Ninja was originally from Japan, am I right?) and Assassins are also one of my favorite …

There was a point in my life where I stayed clear of a lot of 3D animated movies because of two reasons. The first was that I stupidly thought that traditional 2D animation seemed to be becoming obsolete, as well as I just plain didn’t like a lot of …

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, …

There’s rarely a sequel to a Hollywood blockbuster that lives up the original in any way. I have to agree with this when it comes to the second installment of the Jason Bourne series, The Bourne Supremacy. Though it’s still good, I can’t say that it holds a candle …

Although it is, in my opinion, a chick-flick, “My Life in Ruins” is a great, light-hearted movie, and if you enjoyed “My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” then you will be sure to enjoy this movie. The writing and acting will not be recognized at the Oscars next year, but …

The movie Taal is one of my all time favorite movies. I loved the way the love story of the Mansi and Manav was portrayed in the film. This movie released on August 13th 1999. It was directed by Subhash Ghai, one of the best directors of India. …

Hide And Seek was shown on my local TV channel and if it’s acting by Robert De Niro, I always make it a point to watch. This movie also sees the little kid, Dakota Fanning (think she had acted with Tom Cruise as well), I give this story 10 …

This greek film by a director named Theo Angelopoulos tells the story of a greek filmmaker who travels back to his home country after a long exile in America. He goes through the balkan countries and encounters things that will change his life. He sees the the ruins after …

Alice in Wonderland was my favorite cartoon movie before, and I would always dream and wished I was Alice so I could eat the cookies and drink the potion that would make me smaller or bigger than my average size. I wanted to be Alice when I was a …

This review does not have a summary. This movie was one of the best holocaust movies I have seen in a long time. When I saw this movie, it was all in Italian, which is for the most part the only downside to it. Although, the script in …

Any movies that receive Academy Award nominations tend to increase my expectations on what to expect when I finally do see them (I usually wait until they come out on DVD, rather than go to a theatre). So Crazy Heart was right up there with the other Best Picture …

I was eagerly looking forward to X-Men Origins: Wolverine. After watching it, I have mixed feelings. Oh, it was exciting, and visually spectacular, and the characters were all really interesting. It was nice to see so many new mutants with so many new powers. I liked that …