Movies Reviews
Seinfeld Seasons 1-9 DVD
Hailed as one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, Seinfeld finally arrives on DVD in a collection that comprises of all nine seasons, as well as hours and hours of supplemental material including interviews with the cast and creative forces behind the show, deleted scenes, outtakes, animated versions …
Lord of War (2005 film)
I have always admired propaganda films for the boldness of their script and their natural rebellious nature. Perhaps the most sucker punching film of the highest production values is Lord of War.
Yuri Orlov (Nicholas Cage) has a talent for smuggling weapons, a talent that …
Stepmom (1998)
The focus of this movie is about a recently divorced couple and the heart aching task they go through in order to keep their children happy in the face of the terrible period in their lives. This is not made easier by the fact that the husband Luke, played …
Gwoemul
Well, we all know that disposing of toxic chemicals into major water supplies is bad, right kiddies? Not so in this story, which leads to some largely predictable consequences.
When an employee in a top-secret military facility dumps a load of formaldehyde and other chemical nasties down the drain, a …
Corpse Bride movie
Tim Burton, who directed the cult hit The Nightmare Before Christmas also directed Corpse Bride in 2005. He used a similar style in both movies. Each movie uses puppet animation, and both movies are musicals. The two pictures are very similar in tone and style, with a dark …
All the Kind Strangers movie
All the Kind Strangers from 1974 is one of those really weird movies that just doesn’t have much value in my opinion. If, and that is a big if, there is a message, it’s something about helping children who have no one in the world to guide them. …
Casablanca movie
Of all the black and white films, this one is the best. In fact, many people consider Casablanca the best film of all time, and for a good reason. I myself can agree to this. The dialogue alone is so crisp, and no doubt about it, …
F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘The Last of the Belles’ movie
F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘The Last of the Belles’ from 1974 was a bore to me. I’ve never really been into the Fitzgerald world. The Great Gatsby didn’t thrill me either, and I saw it in the theater, back when screens were huge. I also like …
The Postman movie
The Postman with Kevin Costner and Will Patton.
What a great story told by a great actor Imagine that the world’s governments crumbled and all communication non existent between the surviving clans. This description does not generate the level of interest that this exciting …
Monsters Inc
Monsters Inc from Pixar is a delightful movie about an alternate universe where monsters are the citizens. What are monsters? Basically a race of colorful creatures, all unique and different, which inhabit a world very similar to our own. The main characters of the story are Sully (a large …
The Constant Gardener movie
The Constant Gardener is a beautifully filmed movie about a couple who moves to Africa. The man, Justin, is a professor and loves to garden. He meets Tessa during a meeting, and they fall in love and get married. Tessa is all about activism and helping the people of …
The 10th Kingdom miniseries/movie
Maybe I’m a little late in reviewing “The 10th Kingdom” miniseries, but seeing as it’s the ten year anniversary of when it aired on NBC, I figured I’d share my thoughts. I recently watched the DVD of “The 10th Kingdom”, and it’s the first time I’ve seen the movie …
Bangkok Dangerous (2008), crime thriller film
How could a film that was made in 1999 already get a remake? The Pang Brothers felt it was a perfect opportunity to remake their hit 1999 debut film, Bangkok Dangerous, for its American release. Was this a smart move from the Pang Brothers or is the original film …
George of the Jungle movie
This is one of Brendan Fraser’s best comedies and is a great film for the family to watch.
Basically a spoof of Tarzan, Fraser plays George, a young child abandoned in the jungle and raised by apes. He’s not too bright and is very clumbsy but has a good heart …
The movie Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch
I loved the first Lilo and Stitch movie. It really is one of my favorite movies and one that I could not wait to own. However, I could have been more excited when I saw that there was to be a sequel Lilo and Stitch 2: Stitch Has A …
Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (2002 Films)
The 2002 film “Star Wars: Attack of the Clones” was yet again another great addition to the Star Wars movies. It has so many unique aspects that have set this movie apart from others around it’s time such as the graphics, the plot, the acting, and the pure suspense …
Dorothy Mills movie
I am a big fan of horror movies, but not gore. Most movies with tons of gore seem to use it as a substitute for plot or character development. When I find a movie that is genuinely creepy without resorting to gore or cheap scares, I take notice.
Dorothy …
Bugsy Malone movie
A sort of family style gangster movie satire where all the gangsters are at most 15 years old (is it the true age of every gangster in the real world perhaps?) and the violence and sex have been substituted for other things. Bugsy Malone is the main character of …
Chloe Movie (2009)
Chloe is brilliant and enticing erotic thriller that reminds me a little bit of the movies in the 90’s, though is has more daring scenes and dialogue than the 90’s movies were ever allowed to have. The storyline is completely and deliciously unpredictable. It is full of …
Gremlins
A movie that children and adults alike will enjoy is Gremlins. Gremlins are these little creatures that are fierce and scary and evolve, magically, from Mogwai. You see, the Mogwai are fine and lovable and rather like little teddy bears, unless they have water. Once the water gets on …
Cold Mountain Movie
This was the movie that had won Nicole Kidman an oscar and it’s a very nice movie. The cast is Nicole Kidman as Ada Monroe, Jude Law as Inman, Renee Zellweger as Ruby Thewes, Natalie Portman as Sara, Cillian Murphy as Bardolph, and Giovanni Ribisi as Junior.
The movie is …
Death Race
Death Race is a 2008 movie starring Jason Statham as a man wrongly convicted of murdering his wife. In reality, he was set up by a crazy warden of a private prison because he is a great driver, and she needs someone to compete in her Death Race. …
Inglourious Basterds
I am a fan of Quentin Tarantino, with a caveat-I enjoy the action and dialogue of his movies, but I sometimes find that some of the violence is so gratuitous, that it doesn’t seem reasonable, and therefore, my enjoyment of the movie is less. I am not opposed to …
A Goofy Movie
If you have read my review of An Extremely Goofy Movie then you already know that I liked this movie. I realize that its a bit sad but the characters are just so endearing that its impossible not to love them.
In this movie Max discovers the wonderful world …
Men in Black 3 (movie)
One of the movies that I watched this summer was “Men in Black 3”, starring the first movie’s original actors, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. I have to admit that before I saw it, I was somewhat eager to watch the movie being that the plot sounded very …
Shell Game movie
There have been a few projects out of Hollywood by the title of Shell Game. This particular one is a movie that starred John Davidson and aired in 1975. The program was actually a pilot that didn’t sell.
Davidson had all the requirements for this character of Max …
The Pink Panther 2
This movie begins with sequences of various international treasures being stolen by a thief leaving behind cards naming himself “The Tornado”. The Shroud of Turin, Japan’s Imperial Sword, Britain’s Magna Carter, and France’s treasured Pink Panther diamond are among the casualties. Inspector Jacques Clouseau is asked to …
The Interview, movie
The Interview stars Seth Rogen and James Franco and was directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. James Franco plays a celebrity journalist who is good at his job. He even has Kim Jong Un as a fan, which is how he lands an interview with the …
Vampire in Brooklyn Movie
When I saw that it was an Eddie Murphy movie, I expected good comedy, perhaps something like Mel Brooks’ “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” with Leslie Nielsen, a funny twist of a classic. Well, I was wrong. Apparently, the creators of “Vampire in Brooklyn” meant it to be for …
She’s The Man (2006)
I always love the movie about a woman who disquises as a man with a special purpose and this movie really gives me what I expect.
It is about Viola, a girl who wants to prove to her boyfriend that woman can beat man in football game and that’s why, …
The Nut Job (Movie)
The Nut Job is an 2014 adventure, comedy and animation movie, co-written and directed by “Peter Lepeniotis” who has transformed his short animation movie released in 2005 “The Surly Squirrel” to a full animation feature film titled “The Nut Job”, he previously had worked as an animator in …
Eva Nera (1976) movie
One of my friends likes watching old movies, like some of those from the seventies for example, and recently I decided to watch a few of them. The movie Eva Nera was one of them. I first thought it was going to be an action movie named Black Cobra, …
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The Incredible Hulk (2008) is an action film by Louis Leterrier and is rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi images, and brief suggestive content.
The Incredible Hulk picks up with Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) living in Brazil where he’s ran to hide out from General …
Yeh Hai Jalwa (movie), 2002
Yeh Hai Jalwa, a stupid movie indeed but nice to watch at home. This film released in 2002. I watched it at home on TV. The director of the film is David Dhawan. As it is David Dhawan film it has to be stupid but mindlessly entertaining too. The …
Live Flesh movie
Pedro Almodovar has been called the greatest spanish director since Luis Buñuel. In my opinion that title would go to Julio Medem, but I still think Almodovar is great and especially this enigmatic film about strange people. As always in the films of Almodovar, he is not afraid to …
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Ferris decides to take a day off from school, but it would not be any fun without the help of his best friend Cameron, who is home sick, and his girlfriend Sloane, who is at school. So what does Ferris do? He convinces Cameron to get his lazy butt …
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
I took some time to think whether to review The 40-Year-Old Virgin or not. It has been many years before that I’ve watched this but each time I’m thinking of whether to review this, I think again. Truth is, Steve Carell sizzles in this movie and is very …
Tokyo Majin Episode 3
Shortly after the five encounter the demons, Aoi Misato feels like she’s useless because she doesn’t have a lot of fighting ability. Meanwhile, groups of people are mysteriously attacked by flocks of crows in the middle of Tokyo and they have to investigate it.
This episode was pretty good, …
Movie Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror
At long last a DVD release for this Saturday afternoon television staple!
Well, TV staple in the USA. In Spain and the rest of Europe, this marked Paul Naschy’s first film of the Waldermar Danisky the Werewolf series under the title Mark of the Wolfman (Marca Del Hombre Lobo)
The history …
Cool World (1992)
Cool World, hmmm, what is ther that can be said about this movie that is any way, shape or form a good thing? This movie came to us as viewers with such high expectations and with a new thought of actually combining the human element with animation. I was …
My Best Friends Wedding (1997 Film)
This movie from the year 1997 called my best friends wedding quickly became a Julia Roberts classic and one of my all time favorites. This movie has so many qualities that movie goers love; romance, comedy, actors that really make the film something fresh and enjoyable, and something that …
Arthur and the Minimoys
When I was in a movie house, I was able to see the trailer of Arthur and the Minimoys. I found it and interesting story so I bought a copy of the movie. I like the movie so much since it is an adventure film. Though its a fiction …
Flying Daggers movie
The latest film by chinese visionary Zhang Yimou is an amazing visual journey to an ancient China. Filmed in the same style as Hero, Flying Daggers manages to thrill me with speechless action stunts and magical cinematgraphy. This is easily the most visually captivating film in a long time. …
Freaks movie
The cult declared film from the early 1930s by Tod Browning was before its time with the story it tells. A circus companionship with “freaks” travels around together. The so called freaks are people with strange looks, everything from midgets to people with small heads. These people were authentic, …
Boomerang (1992)
Boomerang, directed by Reginald Hudlin is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 1, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Romance and stars Eddie Murphy as Marcus Graham, Robin Givens as Jacqueline Broyer aka Jackie, …
Movie The Postman
I’m not a huge Kevin Costner fan and I’m just as likely to leave one of his movies on the shelf of our local video store rather than go out of my way to watch it.
But, as far as his movies go, his film The Postman is actually better …
Vehicle 19, movie
The movie Vehicle 19 is a fairly bland, perceptibly low budget movie that offers the usual fast and furious car chases. This time however, most of the activity takes place within a car.
Michael Woods, played by Paul Walker, is visiting Johannesburg, South Africa after being paroled in an …
Bubble Boy
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie Bubble Boy. But, after seeing it today, I can remember why I loved it so much.
What is better than a tale about a boy who is forced to live his life in a bubble because he doesn’t have an immune …
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