Movies Reviews
Juno film
“Juno” is a 2007 film directed by Jason Reitman, and starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman. This is a really good movie about a mouthy but obviously smart teenager who becomes pregnant and has to navigate through all the possible courses of action she …
Babel movie
Late in the 20th century, mankind was introduced to the concept of globalization, although the changes this term refers to can be seen taking place since the dawn of 20th century. As more people are getting aware of this concept and more of its effects are visible, the question …
American Pie 2 movie
I got bored Friday night and ended up watching American Pie 2 on one of our movie channels. I haven’t seen the movie in a while and couldn’t remember much of it. It turns out there’s a reason why it wasn’t that memorable.
The first American Pie movie is a …
Movie The Guardian
The Guardian, Directed by Andew Davis and is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The movie stars Kevin Costner as Ben Randall and Ashton Kutcher as Jake Fischer.
This story is about the training of coast guard rescue swimmers from recruit stage to graduation and into their …
The Quantum of Solace
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 …
Deja Vu (2006)
Denzel Washington stars as a special investigator. In the beginning of this movie, a terrible crime was committed by a psychotic so-called patriot…he blew up a ferry with lots of people on it (Men, women, children). After the explosion and the days following, Denzel and his team go through …
Feature Film “The Collector”
This movie had made me be more careful about the movies I check out with netflix. I did not know too much about this film before I watched it. I had only seen the trailer and it did not look too bad. To make sure I …
Men In Black 2 (movie 2002)
The Men In Black are back with another mission to save the world from yet another alien who wants to destroy, again, why do aliens love to destroy…why??!! This time, Will Smith as Agent J has to find and restore the memory of his brain-washed former partner Tommy Lee …
One missed call movie
I am a horror genre fan,and since this movie fell into the same category,I wanted to see it.But was disappointed from the horror point of view.
The story is about how a person dies after receiving a missed call on their cellphone.It begins from a girl drowning in her swimming …
Third Harry Potter Movie
As a huge Harry Potter fan, I was very impatient for this movie, especially because Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite book. I had heard there would be a new director so I was worried that it would not live up to my expectations. It …
Little Miss Sunshine
Typically I wait until after the Oscars have passed to start diving into the nominated (and winning) films. Little Miss Sunshine is a movie packed with an inviting cast and some pretty hilarious dialogue. Following a family on their quest to enter their daughter in the …
Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003 Drama Movie)
I heard of the movie Girl with a Pearl Earring long before I watched it, but I just figured that it would be one of those overblown movies that would only be popular because it had a Hollywood sex symbol playing one of the main roles. However, after forcing myself …
The Other Sister movie
I have just finished watching this movie. I never heard of it before and therefore did not know what to expect. Well, it turned out to be surprisingly good! Touching and funny at the same time, a comedy and at the same a drama. I was afraid that it …
Did You Hear About the Morgans Movie (2010)
I had loved Sarah Jessica Parker in the Sex and the City series, tv and movie, so when I saw her in another movie Did You Hear About the Morgans, along with Hugh Grant, I thought this would be a fun movie since the two of them are really …
Perfect Blue (Psychological thriller-horror Anime)
I can’t believe it, the best psychological thriller-horror film I watched this year actually comes from an anime. I have never thought anime could be this good and thrilling, but Perfect Blue just proved me wrong.
Perfect Blue is a 1997 Japanese psychological thriller-horror anime film directed by Satoshi Kon and …
Fred Claus
We went to see the first of the holiday movies of the season on Sunday. We saw the movie Fred Claus with Vince Vaughn playing Fred, St Nick’s older brother. Sanat is played very well by Paul Giamatti who acutually does everything absouletely perfectly, after all he is …
Goosebumps (2015)-Adventure Movie
Spirits, vampires, werewolves, demons and devils are all part of the Halloween tradition but this year Goosebumps are also going to be one of those.The reason behind it is the movie “Goosebumps” which just got released to make your Halloween the best ever.Out of the famous Goosebumps book series written …
Talladega Nights : The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Last weekend I went to go see Talladega Nights : The Ballad of Ricky Bobby. I went to go see it on opening night and the theater was packed. My friends and I actually wanted to go to any early show but they were sold out so we had …
Sucker Punch (movie)
Sucker Punch was an action fantasy movie about a girl who struggles to get out of a mental institution after she is wrongfully put there by her stepfather after her mother’s death. At times I wondered if she really was going crazy when she would use her fantasies to …
Freaky Friday Movie (2003)
Think your parents don?t understand you? In the movie Freaky Friday a mother and daughter switch bodies for the day and find out what it?s really like to live the life of the other. This 2003 version starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsey Lohan was a remake of a …
Chak De India
Chak De India is inspired from a real life story of ABC,The disgraced Indian Hockey player who rose like a Phoenix and made a magical comeback as a Coach. The character of ABC has been played by Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan.
In the movie he is the disgraced captain of …
Twilight movie
Twilight is the first movie in a series based on the work of Stephenie Meyer.
The movie focuses on a teenager moving to Washington to live with her father who proceeds to fall in love with a mysterious vampire. This movie starred Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison. This movie is …
What about Bob?
I really liked the movie What about Bob?. I think Bill Murray was very funny as the character of Bob. Bob is a guy who has mental problems and has to go see a shrink. He also is very paranoid and scared of everything. I think it’s very funny when …
The Money Pit
This 1986 Tom Hanks flick is a light comedy about the trials of a young couple who goes into debt to buy a huge house, only to discover that the house is falling apart and needs to be practically re-built. When they first see the house, Walter and Anna …
Bourne Ultimatum, action spy thriller film
Directed by Paul Greengrass and based on the Robert Ludlum novel, Bourne Ultimatum will be recognized as the best movie in the series. Action packed and a lot of loose ends are tied up.
Bourne is once again on the run, finding about his past and saving his skin. …
Flintstones on the Rocks
I didn’t remember that this movie existed until recently when I found an old DVD of it at my cousin’s house and decided to watch it again so maybe I could write a review on it. It came out in my earlier years in high school which was about …
Goerge A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead (2008)
Goerge A. Romero’s Diary of the Dead (2008) is rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and pervasive language and is in the Horror genre.
The master and creator of zombie horror himself, George A. Romero, follows up the 2005’s Land of the Dead with the fifth installment of …
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (movie)
“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” came out back when I was still in high school. I heard the name mentioned a couple of times, but I never actually took the time out to either search for what it was about or even watch the trailer. I remember one or two …
Batman and Robin 1997 Movie
Out comes another colorful Batman, but at least Val Kilmer and Nicole Kidman did not return with the title. The title, Batman and Robin, was released in 1997 and was the ending to the sad existence that the Batman movie series had come to. It was not picked up …
BoogeyMan movie
BoogeyMan is an OK movie. I think the reason so many people watched it and liked it was because we all used to believe in the BoogeyMan at one time in our life. This is what made me think this movie was going to be scary. The preview also made …
SNL The Complete Second Season 1976-1977 DVD Set
The complete second season of Saturday night live DVD set is composed of eight discs that include the talents of several performers that went on to become famous actors. The cast of this season includes (the youthful) Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and John Belushi. The second season of SNL …
The movie Remember the Titans (2000)
As far as an actor goes I think that Denzel Washington is one of the best. It was with this in mind that I saw Remember the Titans.
This movie is based on the true story of a Virginia football team that is forced to integrate in 1971. Due to …
Rocky 5
Rocky 5 with Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, and Tommy Morrison.
Many have called this the worst Rocky sequel. I would have to agree with this rating, but even the worst is not that bad in this case. The characters stay true to form …
World Trade Center, Oliver Stone Movie
New York, September 11, 2001. Today it is just a normal working day for Sergeant John McLoughlin, a police officer from the police division of the New York PA (Port Authority) Patrol. As usual John started the day with the task of dividing the assistants, among them there is …
The Artist’s Circle
The Artist’s Circle is a small, artsy independent film that stars Michael Shanks, most known for his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1. In this short drama from 2000, Shanks plays ‘the artist’. He’s promised his critics a masterpiece that they won’t forget. Among the …
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is a British romantic comedy/horror film featuring Simon Pegg as the bumbling slacker Shaun who is forced to save his family and friends from a town full of bloodthirsty zombies. While this movie sports lots of zombie gore, it is almost cartoonish or Monty …
The Messengers (2007)
The Messengers, directed by Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America and stars Kristen Stewart as Jess, Dylan McDermott as Roy, Penelope Ann Miller as Denise and John Corbett as Burwell.
A family of three relocates from their town lives to …
Every Secret Thing (2014 Crime Drama Movie)
Even though the movie “Every Secret Thing” seemed to gain a lot of bad and mediocre reviews on popular sites such as Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB, I have to admit that I still enjoyed it. It was by no means perfect, but I think that there were elements of the …
Days of Darkness
Watching Days of Darkness totally scared the hell out of me. I find the storyline very scary and in fact, if I were to be one of the characters, I would faint several times already. The cover of this DVD movie is also very scary and don’t let …
Mindhunters movie
A group of police officers are trapped in an island by a maniac and tricked for different reasons to kill each other. As these police officers think one of them is guilty everyone gets more and more paranoid which ultimately result in complete chaos and the real villain gets …
Bubble Boy movie
A young man lives inside a bubble to stay alive (those who have seen the episode of Seinfeld called The Bubble Boy know what this means). His mother is very worried aboutt he well being of her son and won’t let any harm come to him. She is over …
Welcome to the Dollhouse
Title: Welcome to the Dollhouse
Genre: Independent/Comdedy
Director: Todd Solondz (1995)
Heather Matarazzo (The Princess Diaries) stars as Dawn Wiener in her tweens, coping with the awkwardness of being a young girl turning into a young woman. An Ugly Duckling, Dawn is tormented at school by her peers who play mean …
Planet Earth documentary
I watched the documentary special series called “Planet Earth”.
The shows were about the different geographical bodies of our planet and the animals which live in them.
I really liked the series. I thought each episode had something interesting to offer. Some of the still shots and photography was stunning.
There …
Film “The Other Guys” (2010)
I consider myself to be a fan of Mark Walburg but not of Will Ferrell. I used to like Will but I have found his last several movies to all be similar. Mark can play a range of characters, but Will always seems to play a very …
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
I hadn’t been to the movie theater in a long time since the big screen seems dominated by typical hollywood trash. But Michael Jackson’s This Is It was truly an exception because it’s an original movie that stands out in a culture full of one cheesy remake after …
Idiocracy (R, 2006) movie
I had the opportunity to see this film and was at first turned off by its spoofiness. But then, by the time the main character advanced to the year 2505, I realized exactly what director Mike Judge was trying to say about our society. This politically …
Desperate Hours Original (1955) Starring Humphrey Bogart
The 1955 version of “Desperate Hours” features a 112 minute adaptation of Joseph Hayes’ novel and play of the same name. The movie is a film noir classic at a time when color movies were beginning to gain more popularity and the noir audience was eroding. Television was becoming …
Team America Animated Movie
Now this is one movie with the kind of difference that I really appreciate and love and it was no surprise really for me to discover that ‘Team America’ was developed by the same guys who brought us the controversially entertaining ‘South Park’ series.
It’s quite some food for thought …
Movie Deja Vu
I watched this a while back with my mother. Both of us really enjoyed the movie. It kept us entertained and interested during the whole film. Denzel Washington plays in it as one of the main characters. It’s a unique movie, I really enjoyed watching it. It was a …
Movie: King Arthur
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 …
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