Movies Reviews
Movie: Freedom Writers (2007)
“Freedom Writers” (2007) was released so early in 2007 that I forgot it was eligible for the upcoming Academy Awards. Apparently so did members of the Academy because it received no nominations. The 123 minute Paramount Pictures movie is in English, filmed in color, and takes place in Long …
Murder in Paradise movie
From 1990, Murder in Paradise stars Kevin Kilner as Charlie Raski, a homicide detective in New York who worked on a serial killer case. When he goes to Hawaii and killings start there, he is asked to help and actually ends up being a suspect. He’s not …
“American Pastime” Movie
I’m a big fan of jazz, baseball, and history so when I heard about the 2007 movie “American Pastime” that is based on a real story, deals with the internment of the West Coast Japanese during World War II, and deals with baseball and jazz, I was hooked. What …
Stargate SG-1 Cold Lazarus
The “Cold Lazarus” episode of Stargate SG-1 is one of my favorites because it gives us more insight into the character of the lead character, “Colonel Jack O’Neill” as played by Richard Dean Anderson. Here, we meet the colonel’s estranged wife, “Sara” who is elegantly acted by Harley …
The Messengers, Pang Brothers Movie
Solomon’s family decided to move to a small house on the outskirts of Chicago. Here, they try to rebuild their lives and their family harmony, which began faded. However, I realize that in their new home, there is strength and the Supernatural. Unfortunately, only five of the toddler, Ben, …
Chinatown Kid (1977 movie)
When compiling a list of great martial arts movie stars several names are almost always expected to top that list, Bruce Lee is always present, as is Jackie Chan, and the same can likely be said for Jet Li. But, one name that is almost always painfully overlooked is …
Legends Of The Fall movie
This movie tells the saga of the Ludlow family through the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.
Fierce Colonel William Ludlow has developed a heavy repulsion against government and war and decides to retire in the peace of the Rocky Mountains in Montana with his three sons, Alfred, Tristan and Samuel. …
House of Usher movie 2008
I rented this movie as a fan of the horror genre and also an interest in Edgar Allen Poe. It turned out that I did not read the description as carefully as perhaps I should have, but what took place was entertaining none the less. This movie …
Movie: “Evan Almighty” (2007)
This movie was a sequel to the 2003 comedy classic “Bruce Almighty”, but it did absolutely no justice to “Bruce”. “Evan Almighty” was sheer disappointment from start to finish.
The usually hilarious Steve Carell returns as Evan Baxter, his character from the first movie. In this film, he has just …
Dreamgirls (2006)
Dreamgirls, directed by Bill Condon is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for language, some sexuality and drug content. The original release date was December 25, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Musical and stars Jamie Foxx as Curtis Taylor …
Sahara movie
Great movie. Amazing cast starring Mathew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, and Penelope Cruz. The two treasure hunters (McConaughey and Zahn) meet Cruz’ character who is on a mission to find the source of an epidemic. They soon find out that their goals have a common factor and …
City of Joy film
Directed by Roland Joffe, City of Joy is a poignant film that touches the heart and even the very fabric of our souls. I’m not one who tends to enjoy a lot of in depth films that take place in other countries, but this tale of an American …
House:Fidelity
Last night was probably the third time I’ve watched the House episode Fidelity. But, I can’t help by still enjoy every moment of it.
The medical case in this episode actually isn’t anything overly impressive. A woman has all the symptoms of depression but doesn’t have that. And, her sleeping …
Movie Rock On
I watched this movie last Saturday and decided to share out with you. It’s a story about four friends and their own music band, MAGIC. And then how differences start arising between them after they win a music event and how they again reunite to create MAGIC.
I found the …
Longest Yard movie
Now, this is what i call a real cool movie.Un c this guy Adam Sandler in the first scene of teh movie and what strikes you immediately is that this movie must be a laugh riot coz that is what we usually expect from his movies.No, that isnt the …
Cold Mountain (2003)
Cold Mountain, directed by Anthony Minghella is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence and sexuality. The original release date was December 25, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Romance/War and stars Jude Law as Inman, Nicole Kidman as …
Shooter, conspiracy thriller film by Antoine Fuqua
When I first saw a trailer for the movie I thought it was a Bourne rip off, it showed non stop ass kicking from Mark Wahlberg. After I was finished with this movie I still want to say it is a Bourne rip off just not through the plot …
The Basketball Diaries
I have watched the movie “The Basketball Diaries” several times, but had not known the name of the film up until recently when I watched it again. It is not to be confused with another American film called “Love and Basketball” which has a completely different plot and setting. …
Days of Thunder (1990)
Days of Thunder, directed by Tony Scott is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was June 27, 1990 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Romance/Sport and stars Tom Cruise as Cole Trickle, Robert Duvall as Harry Hogge, …
Gamer, science fiction action thriller film
The name of the game is Gamer, a movie that will have you pounding one beer after another as you cheer every moment in the movie. I mean how can you go wrong with Gamer? The movie was directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the two men behind …
Hannah Montana 3D Movie
Before Christmas, my 6 year old daughter kept saying she wanted Hannah Montana tickets. Well, that was something that wasn’t going to happen, so I thought. There were no concerts coming to our area and even if there were, I heard tickets were almost impossible to get. …
Movie: Shutter Island
It has been a while since I actually watched a psycho thriller. Psycho thrillers are weird, crazy and scary, but I enjoy them a lot! Last week, I finally got my hands on a DVD copy of Shutter Island and I was oozing with curiosity with just what is …
The Mechanic movie
A professional killer named Arthur Bishop is perhaps the most feared man in the world for his remarkably vicious ways of killing people. One day he is put in a situation where he will teach a new upcoming hitman. This doesn’t really turn out as Bishop had hoped for.
The …
Black Swan Movie
Watching Black Swan makes me feel like I was trapped in a crazy world of ballet. I believe Natalie Portman’s portrayal of Nina Sayers brought a great deal to the success of this film. Not only that she played the role well, she managed to depict perfection and I …
The Parent Trap - Film 1961
The first time I ever watched this movie I did so rather tongue-in-cheek - simply because my mother had recommended it and my mother and I do not have the same taste in movies! So to say that I was pleasantly surprised is a bit of an understatement.
The story …
Suffering Man’s Charity/ Ghost Writer (2007)
I thought this was going to be a really good movie, I heard really good things about it, plus, the cast list was very impressive. At the beginning of the movie, when things seemed a little bit too eccentric for and to weird, I just said to myself …
The Dark Half,movie
The Dark Half, starring Timothy Hutton, was released in the early 1990’s. It is a very poor attempt at a suspense/horror movie. The action is very slow, and character development is lacking.
This movie is based on a fairly good novel by Stephen King. As with most movies made from …
Rambo, First Blood Part 2
Whenever there’s a classic film, it’s usually hard to come up with a sequel that’s actually better. Rambo, First Blood Part 2 is one of those exceptions.
Taking place several months after the original, the movie shows Rambo being sent into Vietnam to look for prisoners of war. Once again …
Movie Talk to Me
Talk to Me is a lovely movie and I recommend for all to go and watch it. If you are late, go and rent a DVD or whatever means, but you have to WATCH IT. I recommend it 100% because I love watching this movie pretty much. …
Eight Legged Freaks
Eight Legged Freaks with David Arquette, Kari Wuhrer, and Scarlett Johansson.
This science fiction movie featuring the attack of a small town by hungry giant spiders is not that bad. I think that I like it because it is a balanced mix of terror and comedy. …
Flight of the Phoenix
My wife is a huge Hugh Laurie fan so we ended up watching one of his movies the other day; Flight of the Phoenix. And, overall, I thought the movie was pretty good.
Technically, it stars Dennis Quaid and I’m not normally a fan of his. But, even he did …
Batman Begins (Movie)
Everyone I knew told me to go see Batman Begins because they thought I would love it. I’m a fan of comic books, and I own nearly every comic book themed movie in the world. Still I could tell from the previews that it was a movie I just …
Lady In the Water, M. Night Shyamalan Movie
Director with full name Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan, who is known more M Night Shyamalan, the director is the one that consistently offers the world’s’ new ‘in each of his movies. A, The Sixth Sense (1999), the drama presents the world with a touch of Paranormal through a supernatural experience …
The West Point Story movie
James Cagney has center stage in this 1950 salute to America’s West Point Academy, where the Army’s finest are schooled and trained. In this movie, Cagney plays Elwin Bixby, a Broadway director, who helps the cadets put on a show. Of course, it’s not quite that simple. …
Gone Girl (psychological thriller movie)
Gone Girl certainly was not at the top of my list of movies to watch since I heard that the actors Tyler Perry and Ben Affleck would be playing a major role in it. For one it sounded like a terrible combination because I’ve always thought that Ben Affleck came …
The Truman Show (1998)
The Truman Show, directed by Peter Weir is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America and stars Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, Laura Linney as Meryl Burbank and Hannah Gill, Matascha McElhone as Laruen and Sylvia, and Ed Harris as Christof.
The creative mastermind Christof, is using poor …
The War Room documentary
Let us face it: Professional Managers with respect to Presidential campaigns have suffered from bad reputations: I think similar to “Buy Here —“ Pay Here” car lot salesmen; or even ambulance chasers. Their respective images were made worse by the book: “The Selling of the President …
Two Brothers movie
Two Brothers is a movie aimed at children that is also very good for adults. The plot is relatively simple — it follows the lives of two tiger cubs as they grow up in captivity. The two cubs are brothers, born of the same mother, who live …
Carnage (1984) movie
“My mind must be going”
Engaging in the sort of illegal trick that can get your license taken away a real estate agent disregards his fiduciary liability to tell recently married young couple Jonathan (Chiodos) and Marge (Den Dooven) Henderson that the furnished Victorian house he is selling them was …
Wanted Movie
I saw all of the previews and trailers for Wanted with Angelina Jolie as Fox and Morgan Freeman as Sloan, so I felt I had to go see this movie in the theatre and could not wait until it comes to DVD. I like the way the movie introduced …
Proof (2005)
“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 …
Kannathil Mutthamittal Tamil Movie
Kannathil Mutthamittal is a one of the best Movie in Indian cinema. The movie was Produced and Directed by Maniratnam. The movie cast includes R.Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, Keerthana, Prakashraj, Pasupathy, etc. The movie was about how Tamil people are affected in Srilanka. Maniratnam depicts …
Then She Found Me, Helen Hunt Movie
April Epner, feel that the age at which a number close to 4, so that many problems encountered. His wedding with Ben Green is cracked, other than it faced in the April issue that until now he has not also have children. At the time his marriage is shaky, …
Furious 7 - 2015 Movie
Furious 7 or Fast & Furious 7 is an action thriller starring “Vin diesel” “Jason Statham” “Paul Walker” and others.Directed by James Wan,written by Chris Morgan and Gary Scott Thompson.Movie set aftermath of what happened in Fast and Furious 6.Dominic(Vin diesel) and his crew after defeating terrorist Owen Shaw(Luke Evans),thought …
Movie: Open Graves
I don’t know why I bother taping “horror” films off of the SyFy channel. Yes, occasionally, they will have a decent one. But, more often than not, the movies are actually pretty darn terrible.
The film Open Graves is a good example of that.
I DVR’d this film back in February …
Take Shelter (2011 movie)
“Take Shelter” is a well crafted, interesting film that deals with quite a few hard-pressing issues (mental illness, nature gone wild, apocalyptic fears, financial strife). I wish I liked it more, but it left me somewhat disappointed - I found many separate things to like about it, but they …
1492: Conquest of Paradise movie
A film by the uneven filmmaker Ridley Scott about the explorer Chrisopher Columbus who discovered America. In my own humble opinion an extremely boring film with no sense of cinema what so ever. Ridley Scott proved his talent several times in his early career with brilliant visual films like …
Maid in Manhatten
This is another great movie to add to your movie night ! It has Jennifer Lopez and Ralph Fiennes as the main leads. I think it is a sweet story of a hard working woman who realizes that she wants and deserves more out of life and finally …
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