Movies Reviews
The Movie Prince of Egypt
I remember when I first heard about Prince of Egypt the movie. It was made by DreamWorks, who at the time were kind of the new guys on the producing block. It was a new version of animated Biblical stories that actually really piqued my curiosity. …
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 movie - American version)
Relative newcomer Rooney Mara perfectly inhabits the role of Lisabeth Salander, the namesake character in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” David Fincher’s adaptation of the wildly popular novel and 2009 Swedish movie is a wonderfully-cast atmospheric crime drama that will make even the bold squeamish.
I’m very glad Fincher …
Year One Movie (2009)
I was so bored the other day I looked at my backed up movies and saw that I still haven’t watched the movie Year One. Year One (2009) is a movie that stars Jack Black and Micheal Cera. This movie was one of those comedy movies that I may …
“Crash” Motion Picture
I rented Crash the film because it was on the top 100 list of netflix films and I had never seen it. I knew it was about car crashes but I so did not see this movie coming. It is mostly about race relations, anger …
Cross Creek movie
“Cross Creek” proves that Hollywood movie makers don’t always have to spend millions of dollars to make good films. This movie is based on an autobiographical book by novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, who is best known for writing “The Yearling.” I don’t usually like Mary Steenburgen, but …
The Hanged Man movie
Steve Forrest wasn’t a favorite actor of mine, but he did do several movies and TV shows that I liked, which balanced all the performances I didn’t like of his. This movie, The Hanged Man from 1974, is somewhat in the middle.
If you didn’t know it, the film …
A Beautiful Life Truly Beautiful
If anything, “Life is Beautiful” was the first movie that made me cry. I had watched “Schindler’s List” and other such movies about the Holocaust before, but I never had had the experience of watching such a heartwrenching movie, ever. The undying love of a father for his young …
Hotel for Dogs Movie
Being a dog lover, my brother bought and gave me this dvd as a present and while I am already in my mid-twenties, I still do enjoy watching movies that are sometimes suitable just for kids, like this movie, and Hotel for Dogs is actually for kids and not …
The Other Boleyn Girl (PG-13, 2008) movie
I was surprised that I actually liked this movie. Based on the crazy family of Henry VIII, this film follows the two women who vied for his heart. One woman is full of vigor and zest. The other woman is more tame. The tensions …
Something to Talk About (starring Julia Roberts)
No woman would like it when she finds out her husband has been having an affair. That’s what happens to Julia Roberts, character, Grace in the movie Something to Talk About. Her husband in this movie is acted by Dennis Quaid and be prepared for a tissue box …
American Pie (1999)
American Pie, directed by paul Weitz is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong sexuality, crude sexual dialogue, language and drinking, all involving teens. The original release date for this movie was July 9, 1999 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre …
Donnie Brasco
1997 movie directed by Mike Newell. Movie based on the real life story of FBI special agent Joseph Pistone who infiltrates the Mob. Story is based in NYC
The cast includes:
Johnny Depp as Donnie Brasco, special agent Joe Pistone
Al Pacino as Lefty
Michael Madsen as Sonny Black
Bruno Kirby as Nicky
Robert Miano …
Transformers Animated Series - Black Arachnia Action Figure
Black Arachnia is one of the Decepticons in the Transformers Animated Series toy line. She is unusual in that she is one of the few female Transformers. One must wonder what gender would even mean in terms of robots, but I digress. She is a neat …
Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine movie
Eleven years after the Columbo series left the year, Peter Falk returned to his legendary role in what would be a new resurrection for the character. No longer a part of the Mystery Movie weekly rotation or any regular appearance schedule, this began a string of made for …
Up in the Air movie
This movie stars George Clooney. It’s about a man who prefers to live alone, stay away from family, and enjoy his work because it involves a lot of traveling that allows him to maintain his living along life style. In this movie, Clooney’s job is to fire and lay …
The Last King of Scotland (movie)
The Last King of Scotland was possibly the first movie that I had seen the Scottish actor James McAvoy in where I began to take him seriously. I remember that when I first watched it, I didn’t have a clue what it was going to be about and so …
Song of the Gringo movie
Song of the Gringo from 1936 is actually Tex Ritter’s first movie role. He does a decent job as he enters the rank of the singing cowboy, which ruled the era in many ways. Being his first picture, he doesn’t have a sidekick and poor White Flash, …
The Day The Earth Stood Still
Anyone who has seen the trailer for “The Day The Earth Stood Still”, will have marvelled at the scenes of destruction, the dizzying special effects that show The Meadowlands being ripped apart by an ashen dust swarm. What the trailer fails to show is the mind-numbingly dull 102 minutes …
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014 Film)
When someone says transformers, instantly what comes to mind is a league of cars that can transform themselves into robots that are called Autobots. I may not have grown up playing with the toys and video games, but I can appreciate the live action films. So to say, I was …
The Truth about Cats & Dogs
I must say that I don’t like much watching Uma Thurman movies. She chooses to bring to big screen such bizarre characters. “The Truth about Cats & Dogs” is the only movie where I truly like her interpretation because it fits so well with the script of this movie. …
Sister Helen movie
I just finished watching the DVD of the Film “Sister Helen.” I had never heard of the 2002 movie but saw it on the shelf at my local library. Since I could check it for free, I figured I had nothing to lose and checked it out.
I am very …
You, Me and Dupree, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Movie
Randy Dupree is not really lucky, just fired of the work; he now does not have a place to live. This situation is of course to make compassionate friend, Carl Peterson. Carl finally invites Dupree to stay in their homes. Nay, this was opposed by Carl’s wife, Molly, especially …
Sunshine Cleaning
I love the movie poster of Sunshine Cleaning. It is I believe the pictures of Emily Blunt and Amy Adams, with their cleaning utensils. Watched this with my girl mates and 5 of us went. 3 of us decided that the movie was quite a boring watch …
Cloverfield
I recently watched Cloverfield on DVD. Shh…my brother works at a video rental place and they get it a few days earlier than actual release!
At first I thought, Oh great Blair Witch 2008. But after several minutes, I realized this was not at all like Blair Witch! Whereas …
Dragonball Evolution cartoon movie
What are they thinking?! It’s already worse that some of the comic books were made to a movie. But Dragonball? The best cartoon when I was 13. I can’t accept the fact that they made this cartoon a movie. I’ve already seen the preview of the movie. They can’t …
Jump In movie
The Disney movie “Jump In” was released about a year ago. It is about a teenage boxer who discovers his love for jump roping. In the beginning, he only did it to help out his girl friend, but as he spent more time on the ropes and less in …
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
I am Greek and when we saw the movie advertized for the MY Big Fat Greek Wedding. I had to watch this movie. It was hilarious.
While watching this movie I could see so many things that some of the people that I know related to this movie. …
Ghostrider
Nicholas Cage seems to make like ten movies a year. Okay, maybe not that many, but he definitely puts out like two per year. Three years ago he came out with Lord of War and The Weatherman back to back. I liked Lord of War but not so much …
Oceans-movie (2010)
Last night, my best friend and I went to see the movie Oceans and I have to say that it was pretty good! I would totally recommend going to see it, especially if you like not only Hollywood, but also documentary type of movies. You will enjoy learning about …
Next (2007)
The Hollywood movie is starring Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore and Jessica Biel.
Cris Johnson, a.k.a. Frank Cadillac is a Las Vegas magician with a little secret- what he does are not tricks, but the real thing. Cris Johnson can predict his own future up to 2 minutes ahead. It is …
Funny People (2009) movie
I’m a huge fan of Judd Apatow films but I have to say this one missed the mark for me. It has a strong cast of comedy but the plot just never seemed to come together for me and it just seemed some what thrown together.
The main character Ida …
Tribes movie
From 1970, the movie Tribes is not a favorite. It took me three times to actually get through the movie, though I will say that once my frame of mind was preferred for the type of movie it was going to be, I got through it fairly easily.
Jan …
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