Dazzling, sadistic, moving and creepy, there are far more adjectives to describe Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory than there are golden tickets for Charlie (the character that the original story by Roald Dahl was named for) to find while devouring chocolate bars.
Poor Charlie, while being poor economically …

I had an opportunity to watch the movie The Family Man last night. I have seen it before but it was the first time in a long while and I couldn’t remember much about the movie.
I now know why that was. It really isn’t a very memorable film.
Basically, the …

When I took the time to watch the movie Frozen River this past weekend, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I heard good things about it. But, at the same time, I thought it would be difficult for me to side with characters who help illegal immigrants enter the …

Dishonorable brokerage firms is the main topic of this dramatic movie, it shows the lives of those people who, on a daily basis try to convince the naive and innocent investor that they must give up their hard earned money to these shady dealers. They were raking in the …

The Howling, directed by Joe Dante is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date for this movie was April 10, 1981 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Fantasy/Horror/Mystery/Thriller and stars Dee Wallace as Karen White, Patrick Macnee as …

I think that Push the movie is not that bad but not that great either. Honestly speaking, it has some good and bad moments. Child actress Dakota Fanning is charming as always but I find that her role could have been better.
Maybe because this is kind …

I can’t remember the last time so much hype surrounded a movie. With many convenient stores around America dressed in “Kwik-E-Mart” colors, a year’s worth of trailers and even a giant Homer Simpson next to the Cerne Abbas giant (both visible from space), it wasn’t surprising that many critics …

Hell Boy with Ron Perlman and John Hurt.
This is another of those movies that brings life to a comic book personality, but it is more of an adventure than a satire. I did like this movie because it had a beginning, a middle, and …

If you are looking for a film that is slightly off the beaten path, you should watch “Feed.” But don’t expect riveting acting or plot direction. For there is none. This isn’t a terrible film. In fact, in a lot of ways it is quite …

Team America: World Police is a movie by the creators of the animated tv show South Park in which the whole movie is done by Puppets. The main character is as an actor who is recruited into Team America a group of people who try and fight terrorism around …

When I saw Inception, I was really thinking about the actor who played Arthur. I really thought so hard until I remembered that he was Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the guy who was in the movie, 500 Days of Summer.
I saw 500 Days of Summer (2009) at home when I was …

13 Ghosts is a movie about 13 Ghosts in a special house, trapped away until…yeah, that’s the clencher…until someone and something comes along to provoke a very special event. 13 Ghosts was really hard for me to watch because it moved so quickly and the ghostly visions were here …

Its a classic. Its amazing. I cant think of anything better than watching Patrick Swayze wiggle his hips and balance on a log.
I have seen this film thousands of times, I know the script off by heart and I know the soundtrack inside out.
This movie is the best chick …

Me and my eleven year old daughter watched this film together recently on DVD. My daughter had already read all the books in the series and had mixed feelings about the film. It’s always the same though, I told her, when you’ve read a book and loved it then …

Russian filmmaker Elem Klimov, who is most famous for is incredibly well crafted anti-war statement “Come and See!”, has in Agonia chosen to depict some russian history. The film takes place in the 19th century and involves how the Emperor of Russia is being decieved by the greedy Rasputin. …

Based on a true story of a shipwreck outside the coast of Scotland in 1941, a ship filled with 250 000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could until the authorities stopped them. Still today bottles are found very now and then, both in …

Coming Soon is a Thai movie that was released in Thailand in 2008 but is only now being released in the Philippines. It is directed by Sopon Sakdapisit and stars Worrakarn “Punch” Rotjanawatchra and Chantawit Tanasaewee.
I watched it last weekend with my dad and my boyfriend and we …

Many movies are made in the comedy section each year. Most of them are the same type of comedy and recycle old jokes. When you find that one movie, that made you cry of laughter… you want to tell people and spread the word about it. For me, the …

Teeth is a movie written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein and stars Jess Weixler. It premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
I’ll admit, this movie wasn’t what I expected. I first rented it because I …

Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich is rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was May 30, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family and stars the voices of Albert Brooks as Marlin, Ellen …

If you’re looking for a fun, entertaining way to spend an hour and a half, check out Bolt. It is one of the Disney delights that has everything you could want from an animated feature such as a clever story, lovable characters and a different kind of artistry. I …

“Proof” is a 2005 color movie in English lasting 99 minutes. Location work was filmed in Chicago. In someways “Proof” is a knockoff of “A Beautiful Mind” featuring Russell Crowe. “Proof” is not as well done as “A Beautiful Mind,” but still a good movie. In this movie Gwyneth …

The self-taught director Nicholas Roeg made the incredible beautiful and mysterious film called Walkabout in the early 1970s, and followed it up with this horrific film with diabolic undertones. It is the story of an english couple played by Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland who’s daughter dies for mysterious …

When I heard that Takashi Miike was making an episode I had a lot of mixed feelings. Miike is responsible for a Japanese film any fan of horror movies will know the name of, Audition. That movie was masterfully made with detailed characterization, a quiet uneasiness and …

Hailed as one of the best films of all time, The Third Man is a complex noir-like film about an american arriving in Germany and gets involved in mysterious events when his friend apparently has died. The film was directed by Carol Reed, and features Joseph Cotten and Orson …

To put into perspective, the duality of this Netflix Original greatly symbolizes the duality of the genre bending that it is standing for. “Narcos” is both a crime drama as much as a pseusdo-drama-based documentary. That might be a mouthful but it also makes sense why this show …

Message in a Bottle, directed by Luis Mandoki is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for a scene of sexuality. The original release date was February 12, 1999 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Romance and stars Kevin Costner as Garret …

Over-hyped, just like some of the Godard or Spielberg movies, this film too is rather carried off by the star-value of the director than the content itself. The very concept that the director has tried to work in the film (it was an experimental venture by his …

“Peter Pan” is the classic 1950s Disney animated movie about the boy who never grew up and his adventures in Never Land. As a child, I loved this movie. However, I recently watched it with my daughter and so I viewed through the eyes of an adult …

I, Robot is a movie based on the Issac Asimov short stories which are also titled I, Robot. It is about detective Del Spooner, played by Will Smith, who lives in a world where robots assist humans in there everyday life and become more humanlike everyday. The robots are …

Speaking of horror and haunting movies, this one title, House Of Voices sits in the list of mine as being pretty boring and bland. I’ve watched it with my friends and if I’m not mistaken, this movie was before 2005 or 2006.
The story is about this particular woman who …

There is only one word to describe this movie and that is weird. I have never seen a movie as strange as this one before. I had thought it was supposed to be a comedy but I found nothing funny in it at all. I fail to see the …

Just by looking at the title, you can tell that this isn’t going to be a cinematic game changer. Dumb as it is, I can actually see the train of thought that led to this. What would happen to two kids who were terrorized by a witch …

I’m not a big fan of Matt Damon (although I love him in Bourne Identity), but he was very good here in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Directed and written by Anthony Minghella and set in Italy amidst a
luxurious setting, The Talented Mr. Ripley is the story of Tom Ripley …

If ever that I could have a chance to say this to everyone in the world, find a book, do not watch.
Funny it is, ’cause the movie “Fog” was really trying hard to be classically sophisticated sci-fi. Well, no it isn’t. Though, the graphics was seemed great and modern …

Who ever knew that Sylvester Stallone could be a comedian, and a pretty good one at that. I have to commend the directors who put together this magnificent cast, they hit the jackpot. A mobster trying to go legit, with a comedic twist, you’ve got to love it. There …

The movie Stranger Than Fiction had an awesome trailor at the movie theater and seemed so diffrent from most any other movie I had seen. So I rented it on demand yesterday. It was a huge disappointment! The movie is very slow paced and nothing exciting really happens it …

When this thing came out in the late 1980’s, it was slammed so roundly by a mass group of film critics that I didn’t even bother to go see it. I did, however, decide to “treat” myself to a cable television presentation of it not long ago …

Strange events take place in the world, events that in courting to the bible hints that the apocalypse is close. For a woman named Abby Quinn it could also mean that her unborn child may be in danger.
This is a film that didn’t really serve it’s purpose in my …

I saw The Princess Diaries in the theater when it came out in 2001, and I have seen it a couple times since then. Anne Hathaway (the main character) is one of my favorite actresses (due, in part, to this movie). It is about a girl who …

This was a great movie for me. I used to work in retail. Most movies are based out of big city office complexes, and most of the average people working in shopping centers, restaurants, or some other ordinary job. So I really related to this movie. However the …

Underworld Evolution revisits the lady vampire that Kate Beckinsale plays in the film. Also, her half wereworlf, half vampire boyfriend who is like the superman of the dark underworld. This is one of the few sequels I’ve seen which I liked better than the original. I thought it was …

Johnny Mnemonic, directed by Robert Longo is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was May 26, 1995 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Keanu Reeves as Johnny Mnemonic, Dina Meyer as Jane and …

The classic 1967 American film with the story that is controversial still to this day. Ben (played by Dustin Hoffman) is the typical American youth, and we begin with him returning home from college for the summer. Unsure with the direction that his life should take after school, he …

A young High School girl named Bianca has a big problem; a certain rule within her family forbids her to date boys as long as her older sister doesn’t have a relationship. The problem is that her sister hates all boys, and the only solution to the problem as …

Crash is a film about the everyday life of a number of people in Los Angeles. They are all in some important turning point of their lives, a big decision is about to be made. I would call this something of a Magnolia light type of movie. It has …

Fiesta is a small musical film from 1941 that features Ann Ayars as Cholita and Jorge ‘George’ Negrete as José. The opening song is inviting and very upbeat; I enjoyed it greatly.
The spirited movie begins with a 3 day fiesta being held with the goal of honoring the return …

“Trust The Man” had to be all about the actress, Julianne Moore because, at the time, she was the one mostly known in Hollywood. Apart from this, the director and scriptwriter of this movie is Moore’s husband, Bart Freundlich. I must admit that the actor that truly steals the …

Get this movie a woman gets a restaurant that was passed on to her when her husband died. Without a stitch of cooking experience under her belt, she is caught between a rock and a hard place with no where to turn. When she goes to the market to …