Movies Reviews
Amusement (R, 2008) movie
“Amusement” is one of those horror films that you have to watch with few expectations. I went into the movie with an open mind. I liked the fact that the film was broken up into parts, sections that would ultimately culminate into something that I could fuse …
Hellraiser (1987)
Hellraiser, directed by Clive Barker is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was September 18, 1987 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Fantasy/Horror and stars Andrew Robinson as Larry Cotton, Clare Higgins as Julia Cotton, Ashley Laurence …
The Old Curiosity Shop Movie
The Old Curiosity Shop, 1995, mini-series, is a good adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens. Peter Ustinov plays Grandfather, a poor old man who is raising his beloved granddaughter Nell and trying to make her fortune by gambling. Peter Ustinov may be a little too heavy for the …
Gridiron Gang, Phil Joanou Movie
Sean Porter and assistants, Malcolm Moore, working as educators for a group of teenage prisoners in a prison for teenagers. Most teenagers do it because of criminal offenses related gang, robbery, theft, and drugs. No wonder the situations faced by the youth that make them lose confidence, yet again …
The Alphabet Killer
I came across an Eliza Dushku movie “The Alphabet Killer” on our Netflix Instant watch list last night and, because I have yet to see her in a movie I didn’t like, figured it would be worth watching last night. It also helped that it had Cary Elwes in …
Shall We Dance movie
Shall We Dance is a very nice movie. I watched it in DVD when my cousins rented it when we were visiting their place last Christmas.
Shall We Dance is directed by Peter Chelsom and was written by Masayuki Suo and Audrey Wells. It was released in US …
The Dark Knight
Just having watched the movie “The Dark Knight”, I’d say Heath Ledger is a wonderful actor! He did a great job pulling of the character of Joker in the movie. He is brilliant, and I always knew he is a good one when I saw his previous movies, but …
Seeker:The Dark Is Rising
I went to see this movie this afternoon and was told it was a five star movie. At first, the movie started out kind of confusing to me. The boy, who is the “hero”, was with a family that I wasn’t even sure was his own. Plus, were they …
Movie: Shrek 4
Synopsis: Shrek returns in this final movie of the series and tries to get his life back in order after being tricked into never being born and put in a position where he needs to make Fiona fall in love with him again in one day or will cease …
The Departed movie
“The Departed” is a Martin Scorsese movie and it confirms that the more time passes by, the more Scorsese gives us great movies. “The Departed” alone won 4 Oscars and also won another 47 awards.
This crime movie narrates the story of two police officials who choose to move along …
The Warriors (1979 film)
The Warriors, a 1979 film directed by Walter Hill, is an action film that depicts gang warfare in New York City. This timeless film, set in an alternate world where flamboyantly dressed gangs run rampant throughout the city, artfully balances between gritty realism and surreal fantasy. The …
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 …
Step Up Movie
This is actually a pretty old movie and the first movie that I had ever seen Channing Tatum in. Now, he is more popular than ever, but when this movie came out, I don’t think he was all that popular. Anyway, this is probably the movie that picked up …
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
OK, maybe it’s because I’ve never read the comic book but this is probably the tenth time I’ve tried to watch the movie League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and, try as I might, I just can’t seem to get through the entire movie.
I’m sure the concept of a crime fighting …
Crank 2 Movie
OK well Crank 2 is not like a super good movie. But I can say it had lots of energy and action in it. Crank 2 really brings the violence the sex, the craziness. This movie overall seems to be very crazy and just a wild ride with not much …
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
I am a sucker for a good romantic comedy, and there are so many great ones to choose from nowadays. But one of the classics that I watch over and over again is “When Harry Met Sally,” directed by the great Rob Reiner and stars Billy Crystal and Meg …
King’s Ransom (2005)
A wealthy, self absorbed, obnoxious, cruel business man is about to get a taste of his own medicine when he stages his own kidnapping that went terribly wrong. He planned the kidnapping in order to get out of paying off his soon to be divorced wife, but in trying …
Breaking the waves movie
The danish director Lars von Trier has been hailed as a master of cinema and won many prizes on the Cannes film festival the last 15 years. To me he is a very overrated filmmaker who never really managed to develop his own cinematic expression that couldn’t be mistaken …
Snow Angels
I don’t really even know where to begin with this movie. I don’t know what to say about it. Overall it was an alright movie, I liked some part of it and I didn’t like some part of it. I think for the most part I didn’t like the …
Bubble Boy (2001 comedy movie)
The 2001 movie “Bubble Boy” might not have gotten a very good rating in a number of places, but it’s one of those movies that I’ve found I can watch multiple times and never get bored of. It might be silly all around, but I still think that it’s funny …
Hairspray (2007)
Hairspray, directed by Adam Shankman is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking. The original release date was July 20, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Musical/Romance and stars John Travolta as …
Life in the Artic Zone documentary
My youngest son is a big fan of non-fictional films; as a result, I get “suckered” into watching them with him.
“Life in the Artic Zone” is a narrative documentary that covers the Artic region of Northern Canada. You get to spend on hour watching life as it happens in …
RomeoXJuliet Episode 14
RomeoXJuliet Episode 14 has William smuggling Juliet and her Capulet loyalists out of Neo Verona to Mantua. Romeo is banished from Neo Verona and set to the Gradisca Mines and told not to come back until he doubles the mines’ production efficiency.
It’s nice to see Juliet …
South Park Bigger Longer And Uncut movie
This is a 1999 animated comedy film, basically it is a longer version of the 30 minute cartoon on comedy central. The movie is about how Sadam Hussein and Satan work together to try and rule the earth, one of the main differences from this movie and the TV …
Zombieland movie
I’ve never been one to be a fan of blood and gore zombie movies. Ever since I was a kid and channel surfed across a midnight showing of Day of the Dead on TV (of which up until that point, I had no clue how icky the human imagination …
Friends TV Sitcom DVD
I watched the TV show friends since my teens and until now; I did not get the jokes then but now that I understand them. I have not been bored of it.
Even though the critics criticized the sitcom, saying that it is a copy of Seinfeld. The show seemed …
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
MPAA Rating - Not Rated
Starring: David Emge, Ken Foree, Scott H. Reiniger, Gaylen Ross
Dawn of the Dead (1978) is George A. Romero’s sequel to his classic zombie film Night of the Living Dead (1968). Romero ups the ante in this sequel, which may in fact be better than …
Fatal Attraction (1987)
I am old enough to remember Fatal Attraction when it was first released in cinemas and it caused a big fuss at the time. It was a massive box office hit and when I saw in at a cinema in London I remember people were shouting at the …
The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
This movie is the remake of a classic TV series that used to air in the 70s, or it had like a 70s backdrop to it. The story is about two families that marry into each other, on one side of the family you have a father with three …
Forever Lulu movie
Forever Lulu is a 2000 movie that took forever to be released. In fact, the independent picture never did make a real theatrical run and was ultimately released on DVD. However, while foreign titles went under the film name of Forever Lulu, in the United States, the …
Little Black Book movie
Little Black Book is a romantic comedy movie with a little bit drama in it. The movie was not a successful movie but I found it a so-so movie. It is not a great movie but at the same time, it is not a bad movie either. The movie …
Running With Scissors
The movie “Running With Scissors” was originally a memoir penned by Augusten Burroughs. In both the book and the movie we are introduced to the pitiful members of Augusten’s family (both biological and adoptive). Augusten’s mother, Diedre, is a passionate poetic soul with a penchant for drama. Augsten’s father, …
Cat Ballou
Cat Ballou is a funny western starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin, as well as a host of others who bring this musical to its hysterical heights. Fonda plays the lead role, Cat being short for Catherine. Her father, played by John Marley, is murdered, and she …
Kung Fu Panda
I am really a big Fan of Animated movies so it was not a surprise that I convinced my sister to come to watch Kung Fu Panda with me. I loved the Ku Fu panda movie trailer I had seen. It really made me more excited to go and …
Shop Around the Corner (1940)
In 1940 Loew’s, a production company that ceased operation in the mid 1950s released the black and white feature “Shop Around the Corner” in English lasting 99 minutes. For some strange reason the movie was set in Budapest that somehow doesn’t quite work with Jimmy Stewards folksy, mid-western accent. …
Movie Delhi 6
Delhi 6 is an inspiring and interesting movie based on different shades of people’s life in Delhi city.The movie is directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. It represent some sensitive issues like Hindu and Muslim riots, democracy misuse, local security deficiencies, misconception, evil desire and its impact.
Though the movie is …
Ivan the Terrible movie
One of Sergei Eisenstein’s sound films, in which a historical epic about the ruthless emperor Ivan is told. It is a very powerful visual film, and Eisenstein puts all of his effort on effects, magnificent camerawork and a dynamic style of editing. All of this is a brilliant as …
“Day of the Dead” (2008) Film
“Day of the Dead” (2008) is something of a remake of the original film by the same name. It’s directed by Steve Miner, who has such credits under his directorial belt as 1999’s “Lake Placid.” That should have been my first hint, though I didn’t pay attention to the …
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Spy Comedy Movie)
Before I was able to watch the 2015 movie The Man from U.N.C.L.E. I admit that I didn’t have much of an idea what it was going to be about. The only thing I knew about it was that it was supposed to be based on a spy series that …
El Cantante (R, 2007) movie
It’s amazing how you can go into a movie expecting horrible acting, and a bad plot. But Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have really tapped into a very interesting story about Hector Lavoe. Many people have never heard of this famous salsa king from New York City …
Bond 007
Over the decades, there have been a total of six men who played this role on film. Honestly, I liked each actor in different ways.
They all have distinct portrayal of “Mr. Bond” with respect to their screen personality. But good thing, despite their individuality, they …
Before sunrise movie
I bought a copy of this CD from HMV store which I’ve got on sale and as I read the back label of the CD I thought this movie is something worthwhile to be watched because as it says it is quite romantic. Since I am a big …
Planet Terror
Planet Terror from Grindhouse is certanly a movie worth watching. personally i liked it much more than the romero version of zombies, even though you can’t really consider those creatures zombies in Planet Terror.
I personally found the ‘iraqi’ scientist, the same actor that plays that dude in ‘Lost’, …
Smokin’ Aces (2007)
This movie or set of movies rolled up into one feature length film showcases different segments that all tie into each other, giving the viewer different vantage points of where the various characters came from and how the ended up in the same location. Take example the team of …
Nora
I watched this film last night, never even having heard of it before. It was made in 1999 and stars a very young looking Ewen McGregor and Susan Lynch. The film tells the story of the stormy relationship between the Irish writer James Joyce and his wife Nora, who …
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)
In this the second installation of the Lara Croft saga, Lara is employed by the agents of MI6 to locate Pandora’s Box that is suggested to contain one of the world’s deadliest plagues, and she must do this before and evil scientist locates it and uses it for his …
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