Movies Reviews
Movie Jumper (2008)
Jumper (2008) is a science-ficiton film by director Doug Liman and is rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some language and brief sexuality.
Jumper is about a guy named David (Hayden Christiansen) who has inexplicable powers to teleport from place to place just by thinking about them. …
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Whenever you try to remake a popular cartoon of the 80s or 90s into a live-action film, you run quite a few risks. And, just as often as not, many attempts at this wind up being complete disasters.
Fortunately, Alvin and the Chipmunks was not one of those films.
We’ve been …
Longitude (2000)
This was a 2000 A&E television production, and is now available on DVD. The movie is an interweaving of two stories: the 18th century invention of the marine chronometer by John Harrison, and the 20th century restoration of the timepieces by Rupert Gould.
I’m going to give this movie sort …
Family Guy : Blue Harvest
Being a Star Wars fan and a Family Guy, after hearing that Blue Harvest came out, I immediately rushed to the store and bought it.
The DVD pack is excellent: you get a T-Shirt, the DVD with extra commentaries and a black and white version of the movie.
The movie parodies …
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 …
Lovewrecked movie
When this movie came out, I wasn’t really sure if I’m going to watch it or not. I am not a very big fan of teen-age movies as I am not a teen-ager anymore. But since I admire Amanda Bynes so much, I decided to give it a try.
Here, …
The Nanny Diaries
Annie has just graduated from college with a degree in business, but her first job interview at a bank turns out to be a disaster. Perhaps it is because business is not really her thing, Annie actually dreams to be an anthropologist � an idea her mother scoffs at. …
The Nightwatch movie
Nightwatch was produced by Timur Bekmambetov. It is a science fiction action movie with a very interesting main plot and a few different subplots, that interlink in the end of the movie, but still leave the ending to be somewhat mysterious. The film begins with a prologue, a picture …
Dragonballz Movie 1-The Dead Zone (US Version)
It starts and Piccolo is attacked from behind by three strange beings; Gohan is kidnapped with Chi Chi beaten and battered…all this for the dragonballs. Searching for his son, Goku borrows the dragon radar and heads of on his trusty Nimbus to find Gohan. With all seven dragonballs gathered …
Justice League: Doom
As a fan of superheroes, I was looking forward to finally checking out DC’s animated film, “Justice League: Doom”. The direct to video feature is a loose adaptation of the “Tower of Babel” arc, that reveals that Batman has designed elaborate plans to take down each of his …
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
This movie is the story of your average turtle who, while trekking through the green ooze, managed to gain life beyond that of your normal turtle. As they grew, they were taken in by the master, a giant rat named Splinter, and he trained them in the ways of …
Beowulf movie
I’ve never seen any movie like this before. It totally blew me away. I knew that Beowulf is an old English epic poem but I didn’t really know its story. So I saw it with much anticipation, plus the hype about the movie just increased my interest in it. …
The World is Not Enough Blu-ray
Pierce Brosnan’s third outing as James Bond is one of the weakest in the series, with another ‘out there’ villain, played by Robert Carlisle and a ridiculous plot that makes ‘The World is Not Enough’ simply unbearable to sit through. Let me be clear: I hate this movie. …
Terror Tract
I watched the very beginning of this movie yesterday. I didn’t even finish watching it because it was so boring. It was suppose to be about these haunted houses but it wasn’t really. It was just about these people that were having an affair and the woman’s husband came …
Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Dead Mans Chest
This had to be one of my favorite movies of all summer. I would have to say it was even better than the first one! Not only was this movie full of suspense and action, but it had a bunch of laughs, whether it be Jack Sparrow running in …
The Haunted Mansion (movie)
I remember when the movie The Haunted Mansion was released back in back in 2003 when I was in high school. I had no interest in seeing it then because it looked like it was going to be one of those silly children’s movies. These days, I’m a little …
Shrek Forever After in 3D Movie
My brother gave me passes for the premiere of Shrek Forever After, the final chapter in the ogre-starring computer-animated movie franchise. We managed to see the 3D version.
One thing I can say about the movie is that it is definitely better than Shrek 3. There are more funny moments …
Charade movie
From 1963, Charade is one of the best thrillers ever made, and to think it revolves around a simple stamp. The film is romantic, dramatic, and leaves you gasping more than once as the action unfolds. The mystery stays fresh and revitalizes itself several times throughout. …
Amazing Grace by Michael Apted
Amazing Grace by director Michael Apted is based on the true story about William Wilberforce and his quest to end slavery in Britain. Before watching this movie, I knew nothing about slavery beyond the United States. Heroes such as Wilberforce were unknown to me. This movie, with enthusiastic acting …
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
You can watch this movie over and over again and still not know which of the two are the dumbest of the lot. On one hand you have Lloyd; he is a limo driver who gets himself involved into a situation that does not concern him when he intercepts …
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 …
Them!
My daughter wanted to watch a movie with me yesterday but I was getting a bit sick of cartoons. I ended up making her a deal. I told her I would watch a movie with her but it had to be the black and white horror movie “Them!” She …
Dreamscape
I hadn’t seen Dreamscape in a while so, when given the opportunity to watch it last night, I made every effort. And, I have to say, the movie is as good as I remember it.
The great thing about Dreamscape is, even today, it’s a plot that hasn’t been re-done …
The One (2001 movie)
Jet Li stars as a multi-dimensional traveler who seeks ultimate power. In this movie, Jet Li, travels through different dimensions and kills himself (well, his doppelganger of that dimension) in order to gain the slain victims power. Having done this quite a few times before, he has killed all …
The Ugly Truth
I was really excited to see the Ugly Truth with Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler when I heard it was coming out. I had seen an interview with Katherine about it and she said it was raunchier than she had ever done so I assumed it would be …
Whats Your Number (2011 Romance Comedy Movie)
I initially ignored the movie “What’s Your Number” because I heard a few bad reviews about it, and I realised that it didn’t get a very good rating. This was even though I’ve always thought that the comedy actress Anna Faris was very funny.
I decided to watch it recently …
BUTTERFLY EFFECT MOVIE
How many of us have ever wondered, if we had made a different choice over what seemed a tiny thing, spontaneous things just done; would life be different for ourselves and, also, for others? I know I have. THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT is ALL about how one man manages to …
Mr Magoo’s Christmas Carol
With Quincy Magoo, you either love him, or you hate him. I happen to love the old guy, voiced by Jim Backus, and his version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol stands to me as one of my all-time favorite holiday classics.
Set within a Broadway stage presentation, complete with …
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Rust Never Sleeps is a great, classic movie for all lovers of rock and roll. I adore Neil Young and consider him to be one of the greatest musicians ever. Neil Young’s guitar sound is like no other, as is his voice. Rust Never …
Doomsday
10,000BC is currently where I draw the line for horrible contemporary cinema and while the quality of Doomsday doesn’t fall quite so far, it’s perhaps in a similar ballpark. Personally I hate both parks and balls but I use this analogy with the intention of making it clear …
The Warriors
The Warriors with Michael Beck and James Remar.
This classic struggle for survival is one of my all time favorites. The action all occurs at night on the streets of New York City. I think that I enjoyed it so much because I could …
Shawn of the Dead
It took a long time for me to watch Shawn of the Dead, because I thought it would simply be one of those stupid satires on horror movies, similar to Scary Movie and its sequels, and I am not very fond of those films. But, a few years ago, …
The 6th Day (2000)
The 6th Day, directed by Roger Spottiswoode is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong action violence, brief strong language and some sensuality. The original release date was November 17, 2000 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Actin/Science Fiction/Thriller and …
Batman Forever, movie
Val Kilmer’s time out as Batman isn’t a bad turn at the helm, but it’s certainly not as strong as the original 89 movie with Michael Keaton in the role. Still this film had a great caste, but it made the same mistake that has killed so many other …
Warren Haynes DVD
I have been very lucky to find a DVD of an excellent benefit concert, recorded live at Warren Haynes 18th Annual Christmas Jam on December 16, 2006, at the Asheville Civic Center, North Carolina. DVD is recently released, on June 24, 2008.
Warren Haynes is a member of the …
The Secret Life of Bees
The movie had a power house cast. It includes Queen Latifah, Jennifer Hudson, Sophie Okonedo, Alicia Keys and Dakota Fanning. Set in the late 1964, the story recalls ethnical atrocities and family disorientation.
The story basically centers on the misery of Lily Owens ( Dakota Fanning ) who is …
Movie: Ponyo
Because I have kids, just about everyone who has seen the movie Ponyo has told me it is a film we should watch with the family. So, when it became available on Netflix Instant Watch, I did make an effort to add it to my list and, this past …
Unidentified Flying Oddball movie
Walt Disney Studios brought us Unidentified Flying Oddball in 1979. Since then, the movie has been re-released under the title of A Spaceman in King Arthur’s Court. The premise behind the movie is that an astronaut travels through time in his spacecraft and ends up back in …
K-9 (1989)
Similar to that of the movie Turner and Hooch, pairs the human element and the animal element into a movie to try to get a favorable response by the animal lover in most people. I have noticed that everything has its time in the spotlight and every genre is …
A Haunting in Connecticut- (Documentary, 2008)
This movie some confuse with the “fictional” film of the same name. This, in fact was a documentary regarding the Snedeker family. Only the family in this story has been renamed Parker (supposedly to keep identities a secret?) In any case, the family moves to Connecticut …
Mercury Rising (1998)
This is the movie about an autistic little boy who manages to crack a cryptographic code designed by the Federal Government. His life is now in danger, but based on his sickness, and age, there is nothing he can do to fend off the people who are now on …
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane movie
The finnish director Renny Harlin is known to many as an action Hollywood director with an uneven career. This is one of his first films in Hollywood about the slight crazy private detective Ford Fairlane who is hired to find a so called groupie, and by that is drawn …
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, which is a short story by legendary novelist Stephen King is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language and prison violence. The original release date was September 23, 1994 for United States audience. This movie falls in the …
Equilibrium (2002)
Feelings are outlawed as mankind’s greatest weakness in the futuristic action/adventure flick starring Christian Bale as Cleric John Preston. From the very first action scene, you could tell that this movie was going to be very exciting, and, it did not disappoint on that regard. Finding, fighting and eradicating …
Zubeida (movie), 2001
The movie Zubeida is directed by Shyam Benegal. Shyam Benegal is one of the best directors in India making realistic films and art films. Though Zubeida isn’t an art film but surely it is a realistic film. This movie releases in 2001. I watched this film at cinema hall …
Wallace and Gromit A Grand Day Out
I noticed that Wallace & Gromit had become a popular claymation phenomenon but I have only just watched them for the first time with this short ‘A Grand Day Out’. Nearly everyone else on the planet has watched this except me I guess. I am no particulara …
Crank (2006)
Crank, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, and stars Jason Statham as Chev Chelios.
Chev wakes up to find himself in a extremely unusual predicament, he is drugged and left for dead, the good thing is, he can stay …
Hot Rod
If you have never seen Hot Rod but love comedies, then you have to check this movie out! It has a few of the cast members of Saturday Night Live such as Andy Sandburg and veteran actress Sissy Spacek, who plays his mother, and a motley crew of some of …
Secret Window
Secret Window is a great movie. Stephen King did a great job of writing the story for this film. I also think the music as also very well done, and I really did enjoy watching the movie a lot. I think this is one of the best films made …
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