Merely a fifteen year-old, Xiu Xiu, the “sent-down girl”, grows mentally and emotionally within a short period of 6 months. Through this film, we see a girl’s transition from dutiful soldier to pitiful victim.
Xiu Xiu, in the name of national defence, volunteered to join the army. However, she was …

We recently rented the movie “Alvin And the Chipmunks,” and so far the four-year-old in my house has watched it 5 times! She loves it, and so does her 11-year-old brother! In fact, even I, who never particularly liked the cartoon version when I was a kid, am in …

I had heard a lot of talk about the movie The Ugly Truth. Mainly, Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl were said to have a lot of on-screen chemistry. Still, it was supposed to be a chick flick, with a bit of an edge, and I would say that the …

One of my favorite animated Disney movies is The Lion King. It is about all the animals in Africa, concentrating on the lion cub, Simba, who grows into a full-grown lion during the movie. The story is very cute and touching. Beware though; you may need …

I am reviewing the Case of the Diamond Tooth, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie Howard, …

I have always loved Jet Li ever since Kiss of the Dragon and Cradle to the Grave, however this is a much different setting than the earlier movies mentioned that still remain as my old-time favorites, this has a certain twist in a way that it is both gruesome, …

September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 flying from Newark Airport to San Francisco. Meanwhile, the FAA and the airport control tower in New York to detect any three commercial aircraft hijack which are in a situation. True and not long two planes hit twin towers, the World Trade …

I found a certain similarity between the movies “The Object of My Affection” and the movie released in 2000 “The Next Best Thing”. Both of these movies tackle the issue of gay people involved in bringing up children and, unfortunately both of them, are not impressive movies.
What was lacking …

Hitch is a movie that stars Will Smith as Alex Hitchens, a man who secretly helps other men land the women that they love.
While at a bar one night, he stumbles upon poor Sara (Eva Mendes). She is being hit on relentlessly by a man that she clearly wasn’t …

When the movie The Ant Bully first came out on DVD, I kind of resisted watching it because I didn’t think it was going to be any good. However, my daughter recently had a family movie night at her school (which was actually a seminar about bullying but they …

The 2009 film starring Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle and Chris Evans called, “Push” is a film I thought I would really not enjoy. It seemed like so many other action movies out there, where the characters dodge bullets in slow motion and everyone looks like the world on the …

The horror…the utter horror.
Not!!
This is a classic case of a mind at waste. How could they even consider making this movie and worse expect viewers to want to watch it. Well. as dumb as it is, I stood the torture and i watched it; and horrified I was. You …

I found this DVD, THE CAVE, to be entertaining, but, actually, rather strange. It has to do with: first, a group of soldiers, during WW11 finding a cave full of historical treasures, in Europe. Something happens to this group of soldiers, then, there is a flash to the present …

Shanghai, 1910. When the arena is in a competition held duel between Huo Yijian with four fighters from other countries. Now, the last turn fighter, Tanaka who came from Japan.
Stories and scroll to thirty years ago, when the new Yijian teens years stealthy start martial arts taken, in …

This is without doubt one of the most horrible movies I’ve ever seen! It is truly awful and as I watched it, it grew worst and worst.
The way they filmed it is just ghastly. There are many scenes in this movie where odd colored bands cover part of …

The movie She’s the Man is the funniest movie you will ever watch. This movie is abouta girl named Viola Hastings lives to play soccer, but her high school has cut the girls’ program. What’s more, her supposed boyfriend, fellow soccer player Justin, displays how much a jerk he …

Within the beginning segments of Snitch, it’s noted that it was inspired by real life happenings. This is somewhat true. A person was incorrectly labeled as selling illegal substances after a supposed mate set him up and because of this, the individual was given ten year compulsory imprisonment for …

When a record store owner’s girlfriend leaves him, he tries to find reason behind it and looks for closure. He starts this task by searching out his previous girlfriends to figure out what happened in their relationship and why it ended. He and his last ex finds themselves in …

I was expecting The Invention of Lying to be a romantic comedy, and only a decent one, because while I love Ricky Gervais, I do not enjoy the movies which Jennifer Garner does. I figured Gervais’ wonderful, sarcastic, dry, British humour would carry this movie. While Gervais was great, …

Director Courtney Solomon’s direction in the film “An American Haunting” was well done in some aspects. I believe that he used the elements of atmosphere to his advantage and played with it to draw the audience into the dark winter of 1818. Unfortunately, like with most of …

Philadelphia is a movie about a man who discovers that he has AIDS. Tom Hanks plays Andrew, a high powered attorney who gets fired when he reveals that he is sick. That is the first part of the movie and it stinks that this happened to Andrew. That is …

Mostly famous because an unknown Steve McQeeen plays the leading part. A some sort of monster movie, with a red blob taking over a whole city as it grows. I thought this was a comedy at first, because the dialogue was so corny. Poor Stevie struggles with silly lines …

My wife and I absolutely loved the 2001 movie Joy Ride. So, when we saw there was a sequel, we wanted to see it. However, when we rented it, we figured it probably would turn out not to be any good.
While the movie didn’t live up to the original, …

I just finished watching this movie and I have to say I was impressed. It bills itself as a thriller and all you know about it from the previews and the poster is three kids get stuck on a chairlift and have to get back alive. …

I was one of those people who actually thought that the movie Horrible Bosses was funny. Therefore, when I heard that there was going to be a sequel, was looking forward to seeing what they would do with it. However watching it was a different story. While it had a …

The original Creepshow movie by Stephen King is probably one of my favorite horror movies ever. I really liked this serious of mini movies. I really like the intro about the kid who get revenge on his enemies with a voodoo doll. I thought that intro clip was just …

I watched Bridge to Terabithia ready to get bored and be repulsed with the little knowledge I have about the film. Thanks to false advertising (equivalent to the preview showing the CGI effects), my impression on the film beforehand was that it was going to be another-kiddy-fantasy knock-off.
Still, I …

While this is not an excellent horror movie, it can stand on it’s own two feet. The best time to watch this movie or any horror movie in fact is in the nighttime…all by yourself, no one else around to distract you and take away from the terror it …

Few movies that are noncartoon can entertain my two three years old. However, last night HBO was playing their new hit, Duma. From what I have come to understand, this is one of Walt Disney’s new classic movies about the life of a leopard and his relationship …

A movie that I surprisingly didn’t mind was “House at the End of the Street”. It was one of those movies that was released slightly after she had become the next big thing in Hollywood. However, I was almost sure that it was going to be very unsuccessful due to …

I am reviewing the 2007 movie, Spartans, starring a variety of different actors. This is one of those spoof movies, like the Scary Movie saga. The Scary Movie saga makes fun of a variety of different scary movies through the years, whereas Spartans focuses on making fun of the …

Catch Me If You Can (2002) is a drama from director Steven Spielberg that is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some sexual content and brief language.
Catch Me If You Can follows a young man, Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), who worked as a doctor, a lawyer …

Point Break was the movie Patrick Swayze did right after Ghost. He wanted something totally different from the leading man persona he’d been in that film, and boy did he get it. In Point Break, Swayze stars as Bodhi, a surfer guru, who comes in contact with …

The wiz was aoriginally a broadway playversion of the wizard of oz in 1975.it featured an all african american cast,in 1978,the wiz was made into a featue film satarring diana ross as dorthy.The wiz has the same basic story as the original wizard of oz but with a twist.Diana …

When Harry Met Sally was one of Meg Ryan’s old movie. I like her so much as an actress that’s why I bought a DVD of this movie. At first I was skeptical if it was a good movie. I was able to watch it so my verdict is …

The opinions concerning Michelangelo Antonioni are very divided. Some think he’s the greatest master of cinema ever, while others think he’s too pretentious and never really learned how to make a film properly. Personally I am somewhere between those two. I think his earlier work such as The Cry, …

I saw Hitch weeks ago for the first time and I loved it! Will Smith, Kevin James and Eva Mendez were great together. It was a different role for Will Smith, but he pulled it off! I have rented that movie 2 more times since seeing it the first …

Scorsese’s depiction of the mafia society is regarded as a classic by many, and tells the life story of a man growing up with these mobsters and rising to the top very quickly. Scorsese uses a voice-over (a narrator) in a way here that has been influential on later …

What would you do if you were a film director and wanted to find a good actor to interpret a street vendor? You choose an ex-black market salesman and ask him to act in a movie. If this is not the answer you would have said, at least this …

Dead Mary is yet another straight to DVD release where a group of twenty-something kids get stranded in the woods when they go for a weekend party. One of the characters decides to invoke the ghost of Dead Mary, a local witch who was killed. The ghost gets loose …

A werewolf movie from the 1980s that has been very popular among horror fans. The story is about some people getting killed in a small american town for mysterious reasons. A reported goes there to investigate, and ends up facing the whole population - all as blood-thirsty werewolfs. This …

An expedition in the Antartica may sound exciting, however things may not go exactly as planned and that is when the excitement stops and the trouble beings! This is the storyline of “Eight Below”, a Walt Disney Production featuring 8 cute sled dogs who all animal lovers will adore …

Casino Royale, a James Bond movie, directed by Martin Campbell is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Assosciation of America for intense sequences of violent action, a scene of torture, sexual content and nudity. The original release date was November 17, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls …

After the disasters are worked out that brought the second portion of this 3-part outing to a conclusion, The Triangle - Part 3 has the four individuals who were brought together to solve the answer to the Bermuda Triangle join up together again. The writer among them, Howard …

An alien space ship lands in Washington to everyones’ amazement. The military assumes the aliens provide a threat and fires on the creature coming out unprovoked. The alien (who is coming from Mars) manages to flee the military and tries to convince people he is coming in peace and …

When a hard rock guitarist is voted off his band by his fellow members, and with no other form of income with a growing rent debt, he is forced to get his lazy ass out and find himself a real job in order to pay for his way through …

In my opinion the movie Jurassic Park based on the novel from Michael Crichton is one of the great set of movies based upon his books. The animation and idea behind the movie is cutting edge for the time it was created in 1993. The plot for the movie …

I’ve always remembered Columbo: Murder, Smoke and Shadows, not because of the actors but because of the story and that it makes use of Universal Studios. In fact, the opening has the soon-to-be murder victim on the tram, riding around seeing the attractions, like Jaws and the burning …

Children of Men: The world has stopped procreating due to some unknown inferility plaguing the world. One woman is pregnant and she must be safely transported to the “Human Project.” What this project is, the movie never explains. Why humans are infertile or why she is able to have …

A space adventure in which a family travels to outer space to explore new worlds. What they don’t know is that they brought an insane doctor with them who has his very own plans for the mission.
I like the them of space exploring in films, and this film begins …