Movies Reviews
Up movie
We ended up having our family movie night Friday and watched the film Up.
I didn’t think it would be a movie I would enjoy because the plot seemed a bit too simple. But, it ended up being a very funny movie.
The first few minutes of the film are somewhat …
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lesson movie
This edition of the Perry Mason TV movies introduces the character of Ken Malansky to the show. For the first set of movies, Barbara Hale’s son, William Katt, had played private eye Paul Drake Jr. Katt, however, was given the starring role in a drama, Top of …
Arachnophobia (1990 Movie)
Man dies in South America, Killer spider comes along for the ride to the US of A, doctor relocates to small town, patients start dying, spiders are the main suspect…but this is realized too late as the killer spiders have mutiplied a thousand fold and are wreaking havok. The …
Trick R Treat
Finally released direct to DVD after sitting on the studio shelf for over a year, this is one Halloween movie you dont want to miss. The story takes place in a fictional little town on Halloween night and tells four interconnected but unrelated stories that incorporate almost every popular …
Desperado
“Desperado” was one of those films which I had put off seeing for a very long time. Even though I did not know what it was about, I somehow felt that it might resemble too much of one of those Stephen Segal flicks I hated watching. I also was …
Flashdance
“Flashdance” was a popular movie released in the early eighties. I think of it as a classic since even now from time to time people still make pop culture references to the movie and some of the most famous scenes in it. Another one of the things that made …
27 Dresses
27 Dresses was a chick flick starring Katherine Heigel and James Marsden. I never saw it when it was playing in the theaters, but I did see it was it was released and I thought it was really cute. Heigel plays a woman who takes the idea of “always …
Astro Boy Movie
Astro Boy is a TV cartoon series, back when I was still very young, which made its debut in the movies. This is actually one of my favorite cartoon characters of all time. The story is about a scientist who created a robot with the emotions and …
Then she found me movie
I watched this movie recently and I liked it a lot better than I thought I would. Helen Hunt plays in it, and if I am not mistaken I think she wrote it as well. She plays a teacher who gets a divorce and starts seeing one of her …
Shutter : Hollywood Version
I love Asian movies ever since I watched some of the Chinese comedy and the Korean horrors! I guess you can never really say that only Hollywood makes the best movies in the world. Shutter is one of the horror films I love. Believe me as I say that …
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 …
What’s New Scooby Doo Monstrous Tails
My daughter loves the newer Scooby Doo episodes. So, when she wanted to rent a movie last weekend, we ended up picking up a movie that featured several episodes “Monstrous Tails.”
And, after watching it with her probably about three dozen times over the past week, I have to say …
The Uninvited - Suspense thriller
Expectations were a lot from ‘The Uninvited’ but it was all gone after seeing the movie. The trailers shown on TV were too promising. You cannot say that it is a horror movie except for some creepy scenes when Anna, played by Emily Browning, is been visited by the …
Rent (the movie)
I loved this musical. It was modern, fun, dramatic, realist, sad, and humerous all at once. I cried at certain parts but even the sad parts were incredible. The actors did an amazing job in recreating the play that usually shows on Broadway. Their voice …
Movie “Going the Distance” (2010)
I am not a big fan of romantic comedies. I do watch a handful per year but they are not my favorite genre. I picked this one up from netflix mostly because I had sen every thing else in new releases. I was pleasantly surprised at …
Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton is a great actor that I admire a lot. He has done very well in many of his movies. He did a great job of acting in the movie Batman. He played the role of Bruce Wayne and Batman. His acting skills were really good on this movie. …
Candy movie
Candy is an Australian production featuring some of this country’s finest, yet underrated actors. We are being told the story of a happy, fulfilled couple who goes through hell due to its addiction to heroin. Candy represents the character wonderfully played by Abbie Cornish and the drug with the …
Mr H is late Movie
A dead body is supposed to be in church for the remembrance service, but the undertakers are running out of time and needs to take some shortcuts to make it. This is a comedy in the same fashion as a Buster Keaton film, although not close to the same …
Bratz Babyz movie
I’ve always said, if it keeps my daughter occupied, it’s a great movie. And, Bratz Babyz is one of those movies.
Overall, it’s kind of a dumb plot. A bunch of toddler girls are able to wander a mall unsupervised without anyone noticing while trying to rescue their kidnapped dog. …
The Parent Trap (remake)
I am very skeptical about remakes, and since the original The Parent Trap was one of my all time favorite family films, when I saw the remake arriving on the scene in 1998, I was concerned, big time. Happily, though, I found the remake to be delightful. It’s …
Pearl Harbor Movie
This is my favorite movie of all time, it’s just a very classic movie that in my opinion, is second to the box-office hit Titanic, but I think the production is almost the same and it should be given much credit just like Titanic. Michael Bay did such a …
Jaws (1975)
Are you the type of person who takes joy in basking in the sunlight at your local beach? If you are then this movie is just the thing you need to watch that will scare the dickens out of you each time you go to that favorite beach of …
“Away from Her” a Story About Alzheimer’s
The 2007 movie “Away from Her” is the story of a married couple in their senior years. Gordon Pinsent plays Grant, a retired professor of Icelandic literature. Julie Christie plays Fiona, his wife of more than forty years. The movie has been nominated for and received almost every Canadian …
Home of the Giants (2007 Film)
The 2007 film starring Haley Joel Osment and Ryan Merrimen called “Home of the Giants” is a movie that really shows the bonds of friendship and kept me hooked from the moment of watching it. The acting was very believable and the plot of the story was also something …
Overboard movie
Overboard is one of my favorite movies. No, it’s not an Oscar winner, but it’s just a fun love story that lets romance win out over all else. It stars the real life couple of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. Russell is a widower with four …
Dr. Seuss on the Loose
We were watching Dr. Seuss movies and I got to see one I didn’t even know existed; Dr. Seuss on the Loose. It was a film that ended up being better than I thought it would.
This one was basically a re-telling of three Dr. Seuss books; the Zax, the …
The Exorcist 3
I am reviewing the movie, The Exorcist 3, starring George C. Scott and Jason Miller. It is a sequel to The Exorcist and The Exorcist 2. The Exorcist was excellent, but the second one was ridiculous. With this in mind, I didn’t expect much from the third …
Black Cat Episode 1
Black Cat is a Japanese anime about a sweeper named Sven Volfied, who is a broke bounty hunter who’s looking for a reward for a gangster named Lib Tyrant. In his attempt to capture Lib Tyrant, he witnesses the man’s assassination by the assassin code named “Black Cat”.
I’d …
The Toll Collector (2003) Animation
‘The Toll Collector’ is an animation short, really short actually at only 5 minutes. But it is 5 minutes of haunting, poignant beauty and it has stayed on my mind since I watched it. This is a visually dark claymation, with the pallid, ill-looking white faces of …
Crime Wave movie
This film was directed by Sam Raimi who did Evil Dead, and written by him and the Coen brothers. The story is about a couple of professional killers who goes on an insane hunt for some people who might frame their employer for several murders committed.
The film is supposed …
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, …
Avatar, movie (2009)
Like nearly everyone else at the time Avatar came out, I entered the theater with high expectations that were blown up by well-done trailers and shining reviews. The artistry within the CGI seemed so phenomenal, and the teases for the story seemed interesting. So perhaps my disappointment with …
The Fall of the Roman Empire movie
A classic epic by the underrated filmmaker Anthony Mann. It depicts the whole last period of the Roman Empire in detail and gives one possible theory of what caused its fall (which historians aren’t quite sure of). Great actors like Alec Guinness and Omar Sharif makes this film even …
Watchmen: The complete motion comic
This was an interesting experiment in marketing. One third comic book, one third cartoon, and one third audiobook. This takes the iconic graphic novel and converts it into a sort of flash animation.
You get all the dialogue and narration, the boxes even pop up, which is surprising …
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Movie
Note: This review of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban contains spoilers.
I first watched Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on ABC Family in March 2008. Even though it took a little getting used to because it looked so different from the first two films, it has …
Three Kings movie
“Three Kings” movie has a brilliant story woven between tension, terror, emotions and drama. This movie represents George Clooney in his early stages of his carrier on the big screen and definitely a very promising start. This is the first out of two movies were Clooney and the actor, …
Mandy Moore in A Walk To Remember
‘A Walk To Remember’ was a film released in 2002, was one unforgettable and must-see movie. The drama made me cry even if I watched it so many times. It’s timelessly and beautifully romantic.
The characters are alive, so true. Among the stars is Mandy Moore, teenager back then. …
A Good Year, Ridley Scott Movie
Since the age of 11 years after becoming an orphan, Max Skinner care by the uncle, Henry, in France, where the uncle has a beautiful vineyard. Relations uncle and nephew is familiar enough, but become adult, the relationship is more faded, even now after Max has a successful career …
G.I.Joe: The rise of Cobra
I really didn’t know what to expect of this movie. I had never seen a trailer about it so I was expecting something between war and politics, but like it actually happens, like we see it on TV every day. Here everything was about money, like it usually is, …
The Bucket List
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman are spectacular in this movie about two dying men who go on an adventure to fulfill their life-long ambitions. The previews for this movie were a bit misleading. I though that this would be full of laughs, but the serious aspects were a …
Feast, 2006 Horror Film
This is one of those few horror movies that come out and are not only freaky and disgusting, but hilarious. I think it’s obvious that the director wanted it to be both. Basically you have a bar full of goofy misfits (I swear if you’ve ever been in …
E.T., The Extraterrestrial
Disney proved that boy-and-his-dog movies were always popular, as did Lassie. But could boy-and-his-alien work the same way? I believe only if told by the right person. Steven Spielberg was that right person. Continuing in his aliens-are-our-friends vein, he brought us E.T., The Extraterrestrial. This was on of only …
Final Destination, movie
Death is alive and well in this film about teenagers dealing with a recent tragedy and trying to survive a fate that was written in stone. “Final Destination” is more than just a film with some creative killings; it’s a movie where death is personified without being a physical …
Erin Brockovich Movie
I am a true movie fanatic and although I can’t say that I absolutely loved this film, I did really enjoy watching it. It’s staring Julia Roberts who is one of my favorite actresses, and is based on a true story which is something else that makes this …
Napoleon Dynamite (2008)
There is a good reason why this movie has turned into success- no doubt about it, it is one funny movie. A word of caution must be brought though- it is the classical example to the kind of movies that you are not supposed to watch by yourself. The …
Canvas movie
Canvas is a 2006 debut movie by director Joseph Greco. The film is supposedly based partially on the events of the director itself. The film portrays the childhood of a 10-year old boy named Chris i a Florida locality. His mother suffers from a mental illness and hears voices …
Bridesmaids comedy
Bridesmaids is a film that has been out for a while now, and I have been dying to see it. This weekend, I finally got around to it, and I must say that it caused me to laugh harder and more often than any other film in recent memory. …
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