Movies Reviews
Spirited Away animation
“Spirited Away” presents remarkable detail in the way of animation. The creator of the animation is Hiyao Miyazaki. The storyline itself is highly imaginative. Suffice it to say: much goes into proper animation of a movie. During the process sometimes there is a tendency …
Sense and Sensibility Movie
Sense and Sensibility, 1995, starring Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson is a very good adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic. When their father dies, the Dashwood family is left with very little means to live on. The house and everything in it is inherited by Mr. Dashwood’s son John from …
Scy Fy’s “Stonehenge Apocalypse” made-for-tv movie
The made-for-TV, Scy-fy produced film in question is much like the title suggests: campy, amusing and predictable. The plot is predictable enough and involves a conspiracy theorist, an attractive female scientist who becomes convinced by his vision in a pairing popular since Mulder and Scully, and ancient civilizations as …
Veggie Tales: Wonderful Wizard of Ha’s
If there’s any question about the Veggie Tales movie “Wonderful Wizard of Ha’s” and how good it is, I want you to keep this in mind. We picked it up for my daughter through Netflix three weeks ago. She has watched it 2-3 times each day since that date …
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
With the next movie franchise coming out soon, I decided to update myself on the Harry Potter series. Sadly though, I was not as fascinated as I should be with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I loved the book, mind you, but I hated the movie. First …
The New World (2005 Film)
The 2005 film “The New World” starring Collin Ferrell, Christian Bale and Q’orianka Kilcher is a beautifully romantic tale that captures the rough and heart breaking story of Pocahontas. Not only was this story a version of Pocahontas that perhaps many are not familiar with, but shows in depth …
American Beauty (drama movie)
I was reading a book about writing screenplays and at one point it referred to the movie “American Beauty” as an example of a good fairly modern screenplay. However when I watched it for myself, I realised that it wasn’t just the screenplay that was good, but the entire movie.
The …
Movie: The Ruins
When I think of The Ruins the words for decription that come to mind is unexpected surprise. Although I’m a huge fan of horror films, creature features are not the ones I enjoy the most. I don’t even remember why I put this on my netflix queue …
The Happening (2008 Film)
The 2008 film, “The Happening”, staring Mark Wahlberg, Zoe Deschanel and John Leguizamo was a film that while as unrealistic as it could be, was strangely entertaining and a little bit frightening. This film portrayed the world as it would be if chaos struck, and when I mean chaos …
Transformers (2007)
Michael Bay does it again with Transformers. With his known use of 100% authentic special effects, who wouldn’t love his movies? He further proves it with this installment of Transformers, taken from the toys, games and old TV series. Starring Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox, Transformers takes you through …
Apocalypto
Apocalypto is one of the best jungle chase movies I have ever seen. It has humor, suspense, and non-stop action. It is one of my favorite movies. I have seen it at least ten times. The movie starts with a group of natives hunting a taper. A taper is …
Where God Left his Shoes movie
I am a big fan of small movies, and I just watched another great one on DVD, called “Where God Left his Shoes.” The actors in it are relative unknowns, at least to me, and this movie received very little attention. The plot is quite a heart-wrenching story of …
Titanic (1997 movie)
One of the longest movies that I have ever watched. It’s a love story on a doom Ocean Liner. The movie Titanic, based on history as the largest ship ever built…it sank, and it killed alot of people, very very sad. That is not the focus of this…the focus …
The Reader movie
The movie was an adaptation from the novel “Der Vorleser” , which was written by German law professor Bernhard Schlink.
The movie garnered nominations in the recently concluded Academy Awards and won the best actress trophy to Kate Winslet for Best Actress. After watching the Oscars, I was really …
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back(1980) directed by Irvin Kershner and produced by George Lucas is an example of one of the finest science fiction films made in the 1980s and of any era. Due to the fact that the other films were released, they all did something which was quite …
The Hunger Games movie
Hello people and let’s talk about “The Hunger Games.” . Now, before I start giving my opinion on this movie and any other following movies, you should know that I do not read books, not one bit; I just don’t find them entertaining enough. Moving on, the movie wasn’t …
Grease 2 movie
I like to watch “Grease 2″ I actually like this movie better than the original Grease.
This movie stars Michelle Pfieffer as Stephanie, who is the leader of the Pink Ladies and Maxwell Caulfield, who is the one trying to fit in to impress Stephanie.
In “Grease 2″ Didi Conn returns …
Broken Arrow : The fight for Nukes
I am a huge fan of John Travolta and Broken Arrow provided me the best of him and so the movie counts as one of my favourite movies. The movie is based on stolen Nuclear Bombs that are at a huge risk getting activated and hence blowing up a …
Once (2007 Musical Film)
I have seen plenty of musical films that take the generic route but not this one, the music is the real heart of this movie. The characters and the plot revolves around the idea of making good songs that will move the audiences without asking them.
I was moved watching this …
October Sky
Have you ever looked up at night and watched the stars and dreamed of doing something more with your life than the normal person? October Sky is a movie about a boy named Homer Heckman who is inspired to build a rocket after watching the Russian satelite Sputnik streak …
The Game Plan
I am definitely convinced that The Rock could really act in comedy movies. One of the proofs for that? The movie, The Game Plan. This is indeed a good feel movie story to watch, especially if you did catch it in the cinemas before with your whole …
Michael Clayton
We went to see the new George Clooney movie last night, Michael Clayton, and I really enjoy Clooney as an actor, but in my opinion, this movie did not bring out his best acting ability. The theme of the movie reminded me of the movie Erin Brockovitch, where the …
The Last Airbender Movie
I am the biggest Avatar fan in the world. I absolutely love the series and I remember it being an integral part of my childhood. And I have to admit, I still rewatch the series every now and then even though it is kind of a childish show. The …
Bandini Movie
Bandini - Movie Review : (meaning imprisioned) , release in 1953, was a story of a girl Kalyani, who falls in love with a social worker, who comes in her village. He promised to marry her, but never returns, later on finding out, that he was married to someone …
Where the Wild Things Are
As a child, I was fascinated with the children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, and years later, I enjoyed reading it to my own kids. I didn’t have an excuse to see the movie, and I had thought about asking one of my friends’ children to accompany me, …
Material Girls
“Material Girls” is the movie where we see Hilary Duff together with her sister, Haylie for the first time on big screen. I must admit that they make a cute duo as they try to put their heads together while their lives fall apart!
The story of “Material Girls” is …
Blood Diamond movie
You know, even though I take an interest in world politics, I have found I’m not a huge fan of movies about obscure problems in other countries.
That’s probably why, even though I tried to enjoy the film Blood Diamond, I found myself actually getting bored by it.
The plot wasn’t …
X-Men 3: The Last Stand
X-Men 3: The Last Stand stars Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, and Kelsey Grammer.
I was so excited to see this movie after seeing the first two, that perhaps my standards were too high. After seeing sequels of this genre like Star Wars and The …
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
The movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding stars Nia Vardalos and John Corbett. The movie was filmed in 2002 and is a charming adventure about Tula, a Greek woman who wants to marry but believes she is not pretty enough. Nia Vardalos plays Tula and she is wonderful in …
Movie Stop Loss
My son and I went to see the movie “Stop Loss” last evening and this is the first anti war movie that I have seen since the tragic events of 9/11. We saw this move at Arundel Mills Malls, in Hanover Maryland
This movie deals with a young soldier who …
Kill Bill Part 1 Starring Uma Thurman
I was bored today and so I decided to watch a DVD. I thought I should watch and action film. I’ve never seen Uma Thurman in an action film except in that Batman Movie Series. So, I finally decided to watch Kill Bill part 1.
I forgot the names of …
P2
When I came across the movie P2 on one of our movie channels last night, I confess I only decided to watch it because it was getting late and there really wasn’t much else on. When I put it on, I figured it wasn’t going to be a good …
Natural Killers DVD collection
We all know about the commercials on TV trying to sell us low quality products for a cheap $19.99 per month which gets charged straight to your credit card, and of course then we have to pay postage and handling. Then if you read the fine print you will …
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
I normally like murder mysteries, especially ones that don’t review who the killer is until the very end. However, in the case of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, I was very disappointed.
The movie centers around Robert Downey Jr who plays an actor who impersonates a private eye and Val Kilmer, …
Movie The Hours
Although I like English literature and I usually like the literature from the beginning of the century, I didn’t like this movie a lot. It is actually a drama about 3 women who all lived in different decades of 1900’s, actually he last one lived in 2002 if I …
I am Legend
…become a good actor ever? Well, in ‘I am Legend’ (the tagline goes something like, ‘the last man on Earth is not alone’), Will Smith sure displays an enhanced acting routine. And that probably due to his constant exposure.
But then again, it’s not all his fault that this remake …
The Fugitive
This weekend I watched The Fugitive again and was reminded what a great movie it is. I was skeptical when it was being made. I love the TV series, which is television classic, and I was afraid the theatrical movie would detract from it or parody it …
The Next Karate Kid, movie
Hillary Swank replaces the character that was made famous in the first three films and a new sort of twist is added in. However, this film will surprise few people. With the exception that Daniel has been replaced by a female, there is the same underlying story of a …
Jumper Movie
I decided to reserve judgment against the movie Jumper until I had seen it for myself. Some of my friends saw the movie and loved it, while those who had the same taste as me in movies didn’t like it at all. I had a few chances to see …
Movie Labyrinth (1986)
In my opinion, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth is one of the best animated films of all time. David Bowie’s character of Jareth, the goblin king, is probably my most beloved of all movie characters. At the beginning of the movie, I found him frightening, but as it moved along, I …
Movie: The hand that Rocks the Cradle
Synopsis: A family hires a seemingly perfect nanny only to discover she is secretly seeking revenge against them.
What I liked about this movie: A lot of movies only hint at a person’s past and might give you a clue or two to figure it out for yourself. I personally …
Annabelle, horror movie (2014)
I was one of the many The Conjuring fans who had bought their Annabelle tickets a week before the show times. With a group of friends rushing to the theater where this supposedly horror-movie-of-the-year would be playing I was nothing less than thrilled. Needless to say the emotions …
Van Helsing (2004)
Van Helsing, directed by Stephen Sommers is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for nonstop creature action violence and frightening images, and for sensuality. The original release date was May 7, 2004 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Fantasy/Horror/Thriller and stars …
The Other Boleyn Girl Movie
I love classic movies that features corsets and castles and horses, and knowing this was a truly inspired story made me watch this, I was excited to see Natalie Portman portray the infamous Anne Boleyn and Scarlett Johansson as her sister. In this movie, Eric Bana as the King, …
Movie: Crush
As I mentioned in another review, my wife and I finally had some time without the kids last night and decided to spend some time watching some, well, movies that would be classified as steamy romance.
We were flipping through potential movies and decided to watch a film called Crush; …
Havoc (R, 2005) movie
Anne Hathaway stars as queen bee of her little crew in this film about white suburban kids in L.A. who are completely immersed in black culture. Films like “Black and White” capture this kind of phenomenon better. But Havoc shows the West Coast side of things. …
Movie Misty
Two orphaned children, Paul and Maureen, live with their Grandfather in Virginia. Near the farm where their Grandpa raises and sells horses, is an island of wild horses. Paul and Maureen fall in love with one called the Phantom. Their father before he had died had told them all …
The Movie Alice In Wonderland
As a child there were not many animated movies that I really did not like, however there were a few. At the top of the list is Alice In Wonderland. This movie really freaked me out!!! I have only seen it twice and will not watch it again.
The …
The Grudge 2
Starring: Amber Tamblyn (Aubrey), Jennifer Beals (Trish), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Karen), Arielle Kebbel (Allison), Matthew Knight (Jake), Edison Chen (Eason),
Okay, the cover on the DVD caught my eye the pasty white faced spook with the black eyes. I had expected this to be a good …
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