Movies Reviews
Billie film
From 1965, Billie is a lighthearted family film about a tomboy’s transformation to a young girl. Along the way, the athletic teenager ends up on the high school track team, much to the chagrin of many.
Patty Duke stars as Billie. With her hair cut short and died …
The Butter Cream Gang movie
The Butter Cream Gang is about a group of teenage boys who have a club. Pete is leaving to go live with his aunt in Chicago. Pete begins getting into trouble when he gets mixed up with a real gang so his aunt sends him back to his grandpa’s …
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
The Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is another comic coming to the big screen that I sort of anticipated. One of my friends is working in a cinema as a ticket seller, and she managed to give me 2 sneak preview tickets for this show for …
The Sentinel movie
“The Sentinel” is a thriller movie by Clark Johnson starring Michael Douglas, Keifer Sutherland, Eva Longoria and Kim Basinger. The film is based on the novel written by ex-Secret Service Agent Gerald Petievich. The movie is about a highly experienced Secret Service agent Pete Garisson(Michael Douglas) who has a …
Wedding Crashers
The movie “Wedding Crashers” is the film that made the actors, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn very much famous. It is thanks to this extraordinary movie that both actors moved on in working on more demanding and challenging roles.
What I really liked about “Wedding Crashers” is the out of …
The movie Next Friday
This movie was so lame and the first Friday movie was definitely so much better. Basically the main character Craig moves with his cousin for one day in the suburbs. Again the whole movie takes place on Friday and this movie is horrible. I found that there were no …
Day of the Dead (2008)
This not quite-a-remake of George Romero’s classic zombie film is an odd creature. While it tries its hardest to be its own entity, any daring strides toward individuality are often done away with as the film pulls back for the odd, hollow reference back to the original it’s based …
Movie I’m Not There
Bob Dylan is hard to explain in a few words, consequently why not have six unlike people portray him in the movie “I’m Not There”. This is what writer director Todd Haynes made. You might recognize his movie Far From Heaven starring Julianne Moore. The characters played through the …
The Glass House Movie
This movie has a really nice title but it’s hype and mystery isn’t at all what it seems to be. This movie features 2 young orphans who are taken in by their guardians who were really close friends of their parents and of their family as well; at first …
The Christmas Wish (2003 DVD)
I have a family member who happens to love Christmas movies. Personally, I find them pretty repeditive and lame. I’ve seen so many of them that I’m frankly a little sick of the typical Christmas movie.
Recently we saw that our local library had a Christmas movie that …
Pan’s Labyrinth
The other night I watched a very unique movie called Pan’s Labyrinth, or El Laberinto del fauno. I really enjoyed this movie. Pan’s Labyrinth was out in 2006. The movie is set in the time of the Spanish civil war. Pan’s Labyrinth primarily follows the …
Garfield (2004)
Garfield, directed by Peter Hewitt is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for brief mild language. The original release date was June 11, 2004 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Animation/Comedy/Family and stars Breckin Meyer as Jon, Jennifer Love Hewitt as …
Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix
Since I don’t have time to sit down and read the books, my only knowledge of Harry Potter is through the movies. And, I have to say the movies aren’t getting better as the series progresses.
I had high hopes for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix because …
What a Way to Go!
This comedy is a real hoot! The cast of What a Way to Go! is first rate, a truly phenomenal group of actors who all surround the female star, Shirley MacLaine. Shirley plays Louisa May Foster, a girl from a humble family who really only wants to …
Hide and Seek (2005) movie
Been watching alot of old scary movies lately and this was the last one I got to watch. I figured Dakota Fanning and Robert Deniro can’t go wrong here. Alright lets jump right into this one.
So the story is pretty strange from the start. A dad find his …
Columbo: No Time to Die movie
There were a string of these Columbo movies that really just didn’t quite cut the mustard for me, and this was one of them. I’m not sure what the problem was. Perhaps it’s the lack of star power, that really charismatic murderer that grabbed your attention and …
Film Gladiator
Here is the story of a man who is at the top, falls and then rises to the top again. This is a great movie.
I love this story. When I initially saw it in the dollar discount movie theatre, I wasn’t sure what I …
Push movie
“Push” is a movie about people with powers. It’s set in a world where many people have powers that an secret agency has classified under terms like “pusher”, “reader,” “mover” and “eraser”. I was curious about this movie, even more so since it’s the first non-serious movie I’ve seen …
Autopsy: Postmortem with Dr. Michael Baden (UR, 2008)
I must really be a morbid individual because I find documentaries about serial killers, crime scenes, and autopsies incredibly fascinating. Upon renting this one on Netflix, I was immediately intrigued. The mention of high profile cases was of extreme interest to me. And I liked …
Faithful Unto Death
I am reviewing the murder mystery film, Faithful Unto Death, starring John Nettles and Daniel Casey. This film was produced by Brian True-May and Betty Willingale, and is based off of the novels of Caroline Graham. It was created in 1998.
In the movie Faithful Unto Death, the whole …
The Garden movie
As far as documentaries go, The Garden, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Film, has everything that I love in this genre of film. It is a film that depicts the battle for a 14 acre piece of land in south central Los Angeles following …
Weekend at Bernie’s movie
My wife and I have been wanting to watch the movie Weekend at Bernie’s for a while now. We both saw it when we were younger but neither of us could remember much of what happened in the film and were interested to see if it was as good …
Inglorious Basterds
Inglorious Basterds is the latest offering by Quentin Tarantino. The movie centers around a group of geurilla warfare style members of the Allied forces during WWII called “the basterds” by the German army.
Brad Pitt leads the team as they ambush Nazi forces and brutally kill them in hopes of …
The pursuit of happiness
‘The pursuit of happiness’ is a movie which is directed by Gabriele Muccino. The main actors are Will Smith, Thandie Newton and Christopher Smith. All these actors have performed well. There is no flaw in their performance.
The main character is Chris Gardener. He struggles to support his family by …
Sherlock Holmes Movie
When I heard they were making a Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, I was somewhat interested. But, then I saw the previews for it and thought it would be stupid so I avoided watching it at the theater. And, when I got my DVD …
Billy Elliot
I enjoyed watching Billy Elliot. This was a couple of years back but I watched it again recently, since my cousin has a copy of it. I came across it at her house the other day and thought of watching it again. A very moving, sweeping and …
Wall-E Movie (2008)
The movie “Wall-E” is a unique Disney-Pixar new classic that blends technology, charm and lessons about caring for our environment. The title character is a quirky little janitorial robot. He is supposed to clean up a planet Earth that has been abandoned by humanity due to an …
10 Things I Hate about You
If there’s anything that will bore me fast, it is a love story. This is especially true when the love story takes place between two high school kids. But, I will admit, the movie 10 Things I Hate About You isn�t too bad.
I�m not a big Julia Stiles fan. …
No Country For Old Men
This is the first movie, in my opinion, since the Lord of the Rings Trilogy that will remain a classic for decades to come. There are not enough superlatives to describe this movie. Everything, EVERYTHING, is flawless in my eyes. The acting in unreal. The …
Spoorloos movie
This is a film in which the plot has to remain a secret to have any power to it. All I can say is that the film tells the story of a dutch couple on a vacation together. That’s how the film begins anyway, then there’s a twist and …
Cellular (2004)
When a lady is kidnapped and taken to a remote location, her only means of escape is to make a call to a random number using a cellular phone and hope that the person on the other end one the call doesn’t think it’s a prank call and hang …
Cars movie
I finally got around to watching Cars on DVD this past weekend and I’m glad to say, I didn’t waste my money seeing it at the theater.
Cars is a good movie and one that the entire family could enjoy, especially if you’re a bunch of race fanatics. How ever, …
Amazing grace movie
This is one of the greatest movies I have ever seen lately. It is inspired by a true story that happened in 18th century England where transatlantic slave trade was common practice and was used by the British government as a means to boost its economy.It shows how …
Shakespeare in Love
I watched Shakespeare in Love on a whim, after seeing the trailer I thought it was a very well convincing trailer and that I should give it a watch. Well it exceeded all my expectations; I thought it would either be campy and cheesy, or dry and emotionally heavy. …
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Whenever you try to remake a popular cartoon of the 80s or 90s into a live-action film, you run quite a few risks. And, just as often as not, many attempts at this wind up being complete disasters.
Fortunately, Alvin and the Chipmunks was not one of those films.
We’ve been …
Shutter Island Movie (2010)
This is one of the best suspense and thriller movies I have ever watched, this movie is all about Teddy (Leonardo Di Caprio) investigating a murder/lost disappearance case within the isolated and remote Shutter Island, which is an asylum for the mentally insane. Teddy goes with his partner Chuck …
eXistenZ (1999)
eXistenZ, directed by David Cronenberg is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong science fiction violence and gore, and for language. The original release date was April 23, 1999 for United States audience. This movie falls inthe genre of Crime/Drama/Horror/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Jennifer Jason …
Beast Wars: Transformers - The Complete Third Season Set
The complete third season of Beast Wars: Transformers on DVD is a letdown. It’s not the fault of the picture or sound quality on the DVD set, although the amount of “extras” is very disappointing, but it’s the episodes that are the real problem. Unlike season two, the scripts …
The Fan (1996)
The Fan, directed by Tony Scott is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong language throughout and some intense violence. The original release date for the movie was August 16, 1996 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Sport/Thriller and stars …
Leatherheads movie
George Clooney, Rennee Zellwegger play in this movie. It’s basically about football a long time ago. It was an entertaining movie. Other than that it was just a movie. If you are looking for a good story then I don’t recommend leatherheads. If you are just looking for a …
The 400 Blows (1959 Classic Film)
I have recently been introduced in world cinema with this Francois Truffaut film, and to my surprise, I seriously love this masterful class of work. At first, it seems like just a typical film that I keep on ignoring every time my television plays some black and white film, …
Kit Kittredge - American Girl Movie
I recently took my daughter to a preview of the Kit Kittredge Movie. It was the package deal offered by American Girl in Manhattan. For $44, we saw the movie and had dinner at the American Girl Cafe. Also included were, a tee shirt for my …
Of Mice and Men movie
The movie I am reviewing is based on a book by the author John Steinback published in the year 1937.The movie was made in 1992 starring Gary Sinese as George and John Malcolvich as Lenny.It is about two poor workers in the 1930s,George and Lenny.George is a quick …
Stephen King’s The Mist (Movie)
When it comes to most of Stephen King’s movies I know to almost always expect three things: horror, mentally ill people and jaw dropping endings. This movie gives all three. It is a psychological horror that basically tells a story about a group of people who hide out in …
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
This movie has been around for a few nears now but I only just watched it recently and all I knew about the Mothman was from Youtube videos which seemed really unbelievable and usually look fake. Before I watched the movie I read a bit on the real …
The Reader movie
The best way to describe the movie —˜The Reader’ is a very moving film which tackles emotions and sentiments in a unique way. It is no wonder that there were many actresses who wanted to interpret the main female role such as Nicole Kidman, Juliette Binoche, Marion Cotillard and …
GI Joe
We finally got around to watching the new GI Joe movie last night and I wasn’t really sure what to expect. The previews looked interesting but the movie looked like it would have way too much going on at once and would be confusing.
It turned out to be a …
Stepford Wives
I have seen almost all the movies of Nicole Kidman because she’s one of my favorite Hollywood actresses. So I was really excited to see Stepford Wives because aside from her, Bette Midler is also in the movie. Based on a book by Ira Levin and a remake of …
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