Nominated for several academy awards, Blood Diamond tells the story of a diamond smuggler, Leonardo Dicaprio, who teams up with a refugee, Djimon Hounsou, to find a 100 karat diamond that could change both of their lives forever, but in totally separate ways. The story takes place in …

Another installment in the “8 Films to Die For” lineup, “The Gravedancers” is a film about three high school friends reunited by a funeral and facing off in a traditional haunted house fright fest. This is the type of film that reminds me of how a simple story, when …

Coming off of two moderately successful films, the third Fast and Furious film drops the likes of Pual Walker and Vin Diesel and takes a turn back to driving roots. There is no drug plot, no criminal investigation, this movie is about driving fast and the art of drifting.
Set …

I guess the problem with this movie is that it cannot decide what it is: a horror or comedy. It is not scary enough to for the former and not funny enough for the latter. Eddie Murphy is playing the main character (and Eddie is not exactly vampire material, …

Mel plays a man named Nick Marshall and he has the power to read womens minds. He can hear everything that they are thinking. But he uses his power for the wrong. (The same way any guy would use such powers). It is romantic, funny, and …

The Discovery Channel has presented a program called “A Haunting,” in which real people present their real-life ghost stories. These stories are very intriguing, and fairly scary - that is, if you believe in that sort of thing. I happen to believe in many elements …

I was looking high and low for the DVD movie for, Better Off Dead acted by John Cusack.
That’s because I heard rave reviews coming from my friend and even my neurotic boyfriend loves it too. And at last I found it. The movie is fantastic and …

Erin Brockovich is a movie which mainly depicts the secret of women power and how to utilize that to win over the struggle against the general issues of single motherhood in our male dominated society. Julia Roberts as “Erin Brockovich” was simply superb and mind blowing.
Erin Brockovich, a …

The movie She’s the Man is the funniest movie you will ever watch. This movie is abouta girl named Viola Hastings lives to play soccer, but her high school has cut the girls’ program. What’s more, her supposed boyfriend, fellow soccer player Justin, displays how much a jerk he …

I love the Pixar movie Cars, as does my almost three year old daughter. Cars is my second favorite movie in the Pixar lineup, behind only the Incredibles. I’m still trying to figure out where to put Wall-E in the list.
What’s there not to love about Cars? …

I was watching youtube at one time because I got curious about the fact some people mentioned the name Terry Tate and it sounded laughter to me. So purposely looked for him over youtube and I got their point. Terry Tate is another fictional character (played by Mighty …

This is one of Hiroshi Teshigahara’s earliest works and my favorite of his films that I’ve seen so far. A man and his little boy is walking together by a lake when someone comes out of the bushes and shoots the man. We are not explained to why this …

A bewitching story of self acceptance.
Sally (Sandra Bullock) and Gillian (Nicole Kidman) are two sisters who come from a long line of witches who find love and heartbreak as they grow up trying to come to terms with how different they are from their neighbors and the futile struggle …

The script for Superman II was written at the same time as the first movie. Even the filming was done nearly at the same time. The director of Superman, The Movie had completed seventy-five percent of the sequel, but tension between Richard Donner and the producers of both films …

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 …

I actually came across the movie “Hollow Reed” by accident before I had never even heard of it and when I saw it starting it seemed that nothing else worth watching was being aired on cable television at the time. To make things even better, the movie was a …

“The Departed” is a Martin Scorsese movie and it confirms that the more time passes by, the more Scorsese gives us great movies. “The Departed” alone won 4 Oscars and also won another 47 awards.
This crime movie narrates the story of two police officials who choose to move along …

Our family went to see Open Season today and were pleasantly surprised. The cast of animated characters all had fun personalities and meshed well together. We found it charming, funny and thought it gave a satisfying ending.
Debra Messing, Martin Lawrence, Billy Connolly and Ashton Kutcher supplied some of the …

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 …

Carebears 2 the new generation is a 1986 kids drama film.It is the sequal to the 1985 care bears movie.It starts off with a purple horse and a yellow bear looking after small baby animals.These animals are called the Care Bears and the Care bear cousins.Later they …

I watched this movie not to long ago. Tom Hanks, Amy Adams, Julia Roberts all played in Charlie Wilson’s War. It was about the cold war, Afghanistan and Russia. It was entertaining and kept me interested the whole movie. I think it probably could have ended better. I felt …

This second installation in the Superman saga focuses on the accidental release of the Kryptonian criminals from the Phantom Zone imprisonment for trying to establish a dictatorship on the planet Krypton. Their release from the Phantom Zone was caused when Superman threw an elevator into the upper atmosphere that …

I used to hear my friends in high school talking about the movie Juanna Mann a lot and how hilarious it was, but I didn’t know what they were talking about until it premiered on comedy central one Saturday. I was so used to my frieneds telling me how …

This movie is quite disappointing. It really leads human thinking to nowhere. It’s simple as this, if you’re not for heaven, you go to hell. There are only two destinations. But this movie gives an exception to one man. There is no such thing …

Written by David Franzoni, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and directed Antoine Fuqua, King Arthur is the epic tale of King Arthur and his knights of the round table. Franzoni creates a different and more realistic story in comparison to the well known fairytale. He bases this legend on more …

Man in the iron mask is a classic movie tell about French history. It’s starred by Leonardo Dicaprio, he act in double character in a same time. This movie is based on the history when the Louis, King of France have a great prosperous of his country, but, it’s …

The Unknown Girl (French: La Fille inconnue) is a 2016 Belgian-French drama film directed by the Dardenne brothers. Starring Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, and Louka Minnella.
I actually think this film is more like a slice-of-life or documentary than drama, because it’s pretty mellow.

The story follows a doctor, Jenny …

Taken is a mini series by Steven Spielberg made in 2002 about the abduction of aliens. Taken is a science fiction genre show which focuses on several generations of humans who were abducted by aliens, which then had children.
Four generations are shown in Taken of three different families over …

One thing I’ve always had a soft spot for is post appocalyptic films, and the 1964 version of the movie “Last Man on Earth” is just that. In fact, the first thing it reminded me of was the most recent version of the movie “I am Legend” starring the …

I am reviewing The Resident Patient, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was produced by Granada television in 1983. This episode finds Holmes hired by a very young physician, recently hired by a man to look after his personal health. …

I am guilty of being a bit prejudiced about films and although Lost in Translation has Bill Murray as one of the leads and he was so funny in Ghostbusters etc, I assumed maybe he had gone down the same ‘comedian, once funny, now does sentimental stuff’ route, along …

Anger Management is a movie with Adam Sander and Jack Nicholson as Dave and Dr. Rydell, respectively. You might wonder how these two actors play off each other, and I felt they did very well in Anger Management. I like Adam Sandler but really adore Jack Nicholson. Adam Sandler …

The Iron Giant tells the tale of a boy who befriends a giant robot. The robot is actually a war machine but it does not remember its programming (it got a dent on the head..lol). This movie shows how vindictive some people can be when they can’t have things …

If you think there is always a second chance in life, you may reconsider your optimism after watching this movie. I definitely did. Second chance seems to be a privilege granted not to every society, and losing the right to it before even turning eighteen seems to be unjustified …

I am a really big fan of the books by Meg Cabot, Princess Diaries, so I watched this movie and I just loved it! Anne Hathaway plays Mia, a girl from San Francisco who is considered a geek and is in love with jock, Josh. She has a …

I saw the movie Tank Girl a while back but honestly couldn’t remember much about it. After seeing it again last night, I still have to admit it’s a better movie than you would expect it to be.
Apparently based off a comic book I haven’t read, the movie takes …

Devilishly funny and a new classic is the movie click. It has Adam Sandler in it and he is an awesome comedian. Click is about how this guy wants one remote to control his life and make it easier on him so he goes to a bed, bath, and …

A screenwriter’s dream, this movie is often used as a model for budding screenwriters, to show them how a story should be structured. It is tightly structured in its three acts, and well played out.
Lukas Haas is the witness, Samuel Lapp. He witnesses a murder. What makes him a …

“The Good Soldier” is a 1981 production for British television by Granada. The two hour movie lasts 120 minutes and is based on the book by the same name written by English author, Ford Madox Ford. Ford is not as well remembered as he should be because he made …

Dragonheart, directed by Rob Cohen is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for action/violence. The original release date was May 31, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Drama/Fantasy and stars Dennis Quaid as Bowen, David Thewlis as King Einon, Pete …

Getting another free movie pass enables me to watch Dragonball Evolution. Anticipating the movie to surpass every expectation that I have and wishing for it to be good. And this is what I have to say. Goku, the hero that we all love is a mediocre. …

It’s like a mystery/suspense/thriller type movie with the mob theme thrown in. I honestly did not expect the movie to be as great as I though it was. The first 15 minutes or so, it will look like a cheap, predictable cliche mob flick, but it gets a lot …

Let’s cut to the chase. If you are planning on renting “The Unborn,” do yourselves a huge favor and save your dollars for a rainy day. You’ll be better off nailing your eyeballs shut than watching this misleading sorry waste of time. This film is poorly written and poorly …

I typically like Anne Hathaway’s movies but the Devil Wears Prada just didn’t do anything for me.
Hathaway plays an up and coming journalism student who takes an internship at a fashion magazine and finds herself going from social outcast to the favorite of her boss (played by Meryl Streep). …

I saw the latest Bond flick over the weekend with a few of my friends. I am not a huge Bond fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I’ve seen most of Bond movies, especially the ones released in the past 15 years, so I have at least …

This film start john Sena who is a very famous wrestler. The story is about his wife being kidnapped by robbers and john Sena trying to save her. This movie is meant to be an action movie but it doesn’t have any thrilling elements. The stunts are quite ordinary …

I’ve taken the time to review Netflix before and still remain as big of a fan of the company as I was months ago.
But, I recently purchased a new computer and because of that, I was able to unlock the full potential of the Netflix site. If I was …

Dead Like Me: Rest in Peace is the final show of the first season of this episode. It really can be summed up with George getting her job back. Actually, there’s a big scene at George’s grave. It’s the anniversary of her death. It’s like …

This past weekend, we rented three movies. We were disappointed by 2. We absolutely loved the third one; Mr. Bean’s Holiday.
I’m actually a bit saddened by the fact this is going to be the last Mr. Bean movie. I say this because I have never laughed so hard at …