Movies Reviews
500 Days of Summer movie
First of all, an admission. I had not heard anything about this film and would normally not see a romcom at the cinema. I only went because there was a free preview showing through Guardian Soulmates (strangely apt to see a romcom about failed relationships as a dating event). …
District 9 (2009), Neill Blomkamp
I caught a few trailers for this, but otherwise managed to miss the hype - and so was not entirely sure what to expect.
I was very pleasantly surprised, because it was so utterly unexpected.
The first few minutes were quite surreal. In a documentary style, we are told that the …
Save the Last Dance (2001)
Save the Last Dance, directed by Thomas Carter is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, sexual content, language and brief drug references. The original release date was January 12, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Music/Romance and stars …
Murder by Numbers (2002)
I rented this movie mostly because of Sandra Bullock, she is always good. She was good here as well, although the character she plays, a homicide detective Cassie Mayweather, is somewhat unlikable. Cassie’s personality appears to have been permanently damaged by a brutal attack in the past, one that …
The Barnyard animated film
The Barnyard is a good animated film, quite entertaining. I watched it just recently and I found it pretty funny. The main character is Odus, an adopted son of a cow. His father is the leader of the barn, keeping things in order, protecting the barn from hyenas, etc …
Sin City (2005)
The 2005 film, Sin City, is based on the graphic novels of Frank Miller who also co-directed along with Robert Rodriguez. I can imagine that anyone who is a fan of such graphic novels will appreciate this film a lot more than I did, although I did find …
13 Going on 30
One of my favorite movies is 13 Going on 30. This is such a cute, enjoyable, and romantic movie. It starts off with the character Jenna as a 13 year old, wishing that she was 30 years old, so she wouldn’t have to be made fun of …
Final Destination 1 movie
This movie doesn’t really make much effort in building on the original, save for making the death sequences even more gruesome than its predecessor.
We open up on a new bunch of protagonists, this time lead by precognitive Kimberly who halts a stream of traffic after having a vision of …
Just Like Heaven
This DVD movie, Just Like Heaven is awesome!! I love modern ghost stories like this, but in a twisted romantic comedy sort of way. Want to know why? There are already enough depressions in this world, so watching a romantic comedy gets thumbs-up first from me anytime …
Do Not Disturb movie
Doris Day stars with Rod Taylor in Do Not Disturb. It’s not a big favorite of mine, and it’s not as fun or entertaining as her movies with Rock Hudson and James Garner were. While Taylor’s other outing with Day, The Glass Bottom Boat, was a winner …
Children of the Night movie
Children of the Night is based on the true experience of Lois Lee, as played by the magnificent Kathleen Quinlan. Lee is a sociology student writing a dissertation so for research she contacts prostitutes, giving them her card and telling them to call her if they ever need …
Final Cut (PG-13, 2004) movie
Robin Williams has been starring in some really interesting films lately. First there was “One Hour Photo” in which he played a lonely psychopathic photo developer. That movie was jarring because you never think that a person who serves others in the community on a regular …
Movie: The Devil’s Brigade
This weekend was the first time I have seen the movie The Devil’s Brigade; though I had heard of it and it has been on TV a few times in the past year or so.
Overall, it was an OK movie with plenty of action.
The film is about a group …
Megamind animated movie
It’s true that lately I have not seen any comedy or animated films, at least not as I would have liked.
Animation films offer yet unexplored possibilities, mixed genres, the revolution of the main characters, change scenery.
So even if we fundamentally look at about the same kinds of movies, some …
Billy Madison
Adam Sandler wrote and starred in this 1995 comedy about a millionaire’s spoiled son Billy, a man in his late 20’s who does nothing all day except live it up by getting wasted, chasing invisible penguins, and looking at pornography on “Nudy magazine Day”. Billy’s father is fed …
Paul - Unrated (2011) - Movie
Oh, how I wanted to like this movie! It’s got an impressive cast, including Simon Pegg, Kristin Wiig, Jane Lynch, Jeffrey Tambor, Jason Bateman, even a cameo by Steven Spielberg! Casting Seth Rogen as the wise-cracking alien wasn’t my problem though. I felt that this was …
Movie: Stan Helsing
I ended up watching the movie Stan Helsing Friday night because I was in the mood for a comedy and figured this would be one of those films that was so terrible, it couldn’t help but be funny.
Well, it turns out I was right about the movie being terrible. …
Monsters versus Aliens Movie (2009)
I thought this was a pretty good movie at first when I saw the preview on HBO, it’s a science fiction cartoon movie and I haven’t really caught this on the big screen so I was excited to watch this on my new tv set. This movie features Reese …
Final Destination 4 movie
Another installment to the Final Destination series, Final Destination 4 follows the aftermath of a young man’s premonition at a race track. Nick is spending the day with his girlfriend and two friends at a beat up race track. When he sees a prophetic vision of their …
Thank You for Smoking (2006)
Thank You for Smoking (2006) is a comedy directed by Jason Retiman and is rated R for language and some sexual content.
Thank You for Smoking takes place in Washington D.C. where Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) is the public spokesperson for big tobacoo. Naylor is a blonde, pretty boy …
You, Me & Dupree-Movie
Went to watch Pirates Of Carribean, but again I landed up in the theatre in odd time. I miss the movies many a times due to the start timings and wish to watch a movie from the start. This time I didnt want to go back home without watching …
Half Baked movie
Half Baked is a 1999 comedy film starring Dave Chappelle, the movie is about a group of stoner friends who sell medical marijuana to raise money to bail their friend Kenny out of jail, who was arrested for killing an officer of the law after feeding a police horse …
Nosferatu
Nosferatu is such a cool, classic movie. We are talking black and white, 1929, horror at its best. Nosteratu, if you don’t know, is a vampire. He’s a Dracula, but not Dracula. Nosferatu is a silent film and what is so very cool about it is the looks, the …
Winter’s Bone Movie
Winter’s Bone is the kind of movie that drags you down for hours after you finish watching it. Nothing particularly gory or traumatizing happens, however this slow, heavy clunker pulls you down like a boulder. I cannot figure out for the life of me why or how this film …
Road to Utopia movie
Road to Utopia was the fourth movie in the Road picture series. Released in 1946 (but filmed in ‘44), Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour starred in the film. This time a couple of different things happened, beginning with a narrator (Robert Benchley) being used to …
Transformers 1 Movie
Being a huge fan of Transformers, growing up watching the cartoons in 1985, I had high hopes for Transformers 1, but I also had some dread as well. I was afraid that they were going to take a wonderful show like this and tear it to pieces by making …
Above the Law (1988)
This movie is about a former CIA Agent who is now a Chicago police officer. When he and his partner decide to investigate a drug ring in the city, events unfold that neither of them were prepared to deal with. All the drug dealers that were arrested by the …
Quarantine movie
Quarantine must have been written during the writers strike or at least by a nephew of a producer. How a script like this is green lit makes even a hack like me think I could do better. I don’t know if this was …
Monster Squad
It has been a long while since I got to see the movie Monster Squad. So, when I was bored this weekend, I popped in the 20th anniversary addition I’ve owned but never opened and watched it again.
Overall, I still think it’s a good movie. But, I will confess …
Matilda
That’s a fantastic film for people who are fond of telekinesis powers and adventure. Matilda is a amazing girl and she possesses a special gift which can let her move objects with the power of mind (telekinesis). She discovers it when her dad starts to scream with her and …
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994)
Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, is one of the best Frankenstein movies that has ever been made. This movie is so powerful that it moved me in a way that no other movie ever has. It stars Robert De Niro, who is an incredibly talented actor, as …
The Addams Family (1991 movie)
Uncles Fester is missing, no one knows his where-abouts, it is believed that he disappeared somewhere in the Bermuda Traingle. With this in mind, a couple of con-artists plan to decieve the creepy family by using their son who looks very similar to Uncle Fester, to cash in on …
Movie: The Spy Next Door
Synopsis: Jackie Chan stars as Agent Ho, a Chinese operative who is on-loan to the United States CIA. He falls in love with his neighbor and offers to watch her kids when she has to go out of town; only to find his and their lives are in danger.
What …
The Skulls (Movie )
The Skulls is a movie I’ve seen a number of times over the years and I always have fond memories of it. When I saw it recently though, I couldn’t remember exactly why I liked it so much. I think the movie seems a little dated, even though it …
Bicentennial Man-film
Bicentennial Man is a 1999 film starring Robin Williams.It is about robot,who learns to become more human.The movie starts off with the robot being bought by a family in 2005 to perform housekeeping chores.He is nicknamed Andrew by the youngest member of the family, Amanda a …
Fifty Shades of Grey (erotic romance movie)
I remember when the book Fifty Shades of Grey became so popular that even people who I knew never bought a book in their lives began to devour it mostly for the sex scenes. Then of course when the movie came out, everyone claimed that I just had to see …
Guru movie
Guru movie review: - Guru has been directed by a legendary director Mani Ratnam, this movie is rumored to have been inspired by Dhirubhai Ambani, the story is about a common man Guru Kant Desai who starts with nothing and end up as a most successful business man in …
The Killer (movie) July, 2006
This is really one stupid movie that I have ever watched. The movie titled The Killer is a complete out and out copy of Collateral. It released on 21st July, 2006. I expected it to be some kind of a better movie as it is a Mahesh Bhatt production. …
Movie: BioDome
Synopsis: Two underachievers break into a bio dome and are locked in for one year.
What I liked about this movie: This is actually a pretty decent film about our environment. The two men don’t care a thing about protecting the environment and end up causing chaos wherever they are, …
The Restless by CJ Entertainment
A Korean movie, starred by Jeong Woo-Seong, Kim Tae-Hee, Heo Joon-Ho. A good romantic, fantasy, martial art movie with great and beautiful effects. They will take you to the set of the “Midheaven” or “Joongcheon”, a world between life and death, where the spirits supposed to wait …
Perfect Stranger (2007)
Perfect Stranger, directed by James Foley is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual content, nudity, some disturbing violent images and language. The original release date was April 13, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller and stars Halle …
Film A Good Year
A Good Year is a real feel good film, just like the title suggests. Russell Crow plays the lead and I actually like him in this film. He does a great English accent and plays a hard hearted, workaholic, money hungry city trader to perfection. His character doesn’t seem …
Big Momma’s House (2000)
Big Momma’s House, directed by Raja Gosnell is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for crude humor including sexual innuendo, and for language and some violence. The original release date was Hune 2, 2000 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Comedy/Crime …
Dead Presidents (1995)
A Vietnam war veteran returns home to the United States of America to find that re-adjusting to his life is no easy task. No measures have been put in place for war time survivors and it is even double more so as it relates to African American veterans. The …
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
What an amazing movie. At first glance, it seemed like it had the ability to be good and bad. I had heard of books before, but never really knew about what Pirates of the Caribbean was about, except for Pirates sailing in the Caribbean.
Let’s start with the concept of …
Blades of Glory, Will Speck & Josh Gordon Movie
In 2002, in a world championship skater exercises, the two rival that always hostile Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy make commotion and prohibited until finally they compete in the arena back to the single category of acrobatics. So, Jimmy and Chazz are frustrated trying to start a new …
The Prestige movie
This movie is a must see movie. Michael Caine, Hugh Jackman, and Christian Bale played excellent role in this movie. As you know this movie is about two magicians’ obsession with magics. Unfortunately, I can not tell you the juicy details about this wonderful movie; but I can tell …
Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Volume 1, directed by Quentin Tarantino is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content. The original release date was October 10, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars …
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