Movies Reviews
Movie Family Stone
I watched this movie on cable about a week ago. I wanted to see it when it first came out and I totally forgot all about it. So when it was on the other night I watched it. It started out really good but toward the middle and the …
Arthur and the Invisibles, Luc Besson Movie
Arthur decided to move from the UK accompanies his grandmother in the United States. The grandmother now lives alone after the grandfather disappeared somewhere to go. However, a strange occurrence befall Arthur, suddenly he to pull in the world to a new organism contains a mini-creature. The name of …
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
‘Shaun of the Dead’ is right up my street, being a big fan of the spoof zombie film ‘Return of the Living Dead’ rather than any of the serious ones. I also love ‘American Werewolf in London’ (werewolves, not zombies) so I guess the horror/comedy combination works for …
Upright Citizens Brigade The Complete First Season DVD
Between 1998 and 2000 the Upright Citizens Brigade were one of the funniest sketch shows on TV. In fact the only sketch show that comes to mind that could match (and often times beat) the UCB for creativity or humor was HBO’s Mr. Show with Bob and David.
Unfortunately …
Seven Pounds movie
Seven Pounds is about a man who is about to commit suicide and he falls in love. Will Smith is the main character of this movie. He does an amazing job in my opinion. In the beginning of the movie it is confusing but interesting, in the middle of …
Hocus Pocus movie
“Hocus Pocus” was possibly one of the most popular and well made Disney original movies I ever remember watching from when I was a child to now that I’m an adult. One might recognize a few famous faces in it too such as Sarah Jessica Parker the actress who …
A zed and two noughts movie
After his masterpiece The draughtsman’s contract back in the early 1980s, the expectations on Peter Greenaway where enormous on my account. He created some very impressive pieces of work through the remaining 80s that included the puzzling Drowning by numbers and the macabre The cook, the thief, his wife …
When Time Ran Out (1980) movie
Starring: Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, James Franciscus, Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Burgess Meredith, Valentina Cortese, Veronica Hamel, Pat Morita, Edward Albert, and Barbara Carrera.
Directed by: Irwin Allen.
Although this was made in 1980, when you hear somebody mention that ‘volcano movie’ from the 70s, they are referring to …
Uncle Buck Movie
I got home from work yesterday and my wife had just started watching the movie Uncle Buck. I didn’t intend on watching it. But, I had to wait for the dishwasher to get done before I could start dinner (my frying pan was in it) so I sat down …
Cake Eaters movie
Ever since I’ve watched Twilight I’ve been a Kristen Stewart fan. So I decided to find some of her movies and I found this movie Cake Eaters.
The movie is set on a small town wherein the characters are loosely intertwined and how they’re confronting their past up to …
Due Date Movie (2010)
I watched this movie during the weekend, and I was excited to see Sonny the French Bulldog and along one of my favorite actors Robert Downey Junior. This movie is a comedy and the plot is all about an excited expectant father Peter Highman (Robert Downey Junior) being accidentally …
American Beauty movie
This is a 1999 dark humor film starring Kevin Spacey, as Lester, he is in the middle of a mid life crisis, he can’t stand his wife and his daughter thinks he’s creepy, along with all of this there is an odd neighbor who spies on his daughter with …
Ice Age 2
I’ll start out by saying Ice Age 2 is a good family movie and is certainly enjoyable.
However, after watching it this weekend, I felt very unsatisfied.
The first Ice Age was a unique and funny movie. The second one was poorly scripted and didn’t seem to have as much …
Strays
The movie Strays is an interesting look into a young man’s life and how his past still haunts him. Rick, played by Vin Diesel, is overcoming his past without knowing that he has to do so in order to move on and truly come of age. Rick is your …
The Age of Adaline, movie
We all wish we could live to the age of 100, for Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively), this becomes a reality as she enters her 107th year of being alive. Director, Lee Toland Krieger does a remarkable job in projecting the never ending life of Adaline Bowman. In this epic romantic …
Spice And Wolf Episode 1 (Anime)
Spice and Wolf Episode 1 begins with a wolf deity talking about how the village that worshipped her no longer needs her. A traveling merchant named Craft Lawrence arrives at a village that is holding a festival for the goddess Holo the Wise Wolf. He wants to speak …
Je t’aime, je t’aime movie
A french artsy science fiction film in the same style as La Jetee, this time by Alain Resnais. It is about a man who tried to attempt suicide but survived. He gets involved in an experiment with time travel. The rest is for each viewer’s own interpretation.
Even if I …
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Film (2009)
I grew up reading Harry Potter books in my formative years back in the 90’s. The time when the whole Harry Potter franchise was less frenzied and the books were just lurking somewhere to be discovered. My devotion to the books reached a fanatical stage that I …
John Tucker Must Die
I was a bit bored last night and found myself watching the movie John Tucker Must Die.
I had seen the movie before last night but couldn’t remember anything about it. Now I do. It is a terrible movie.
Basically, it is a bunch of girls who overreact when they find …
Pitch Perfect (movie)
One of the movies that I was privileged to watch as of recently was an unexpected gem called Pitch Perfect. I call this unexpected because when I first saw the trailer for this movie, I was much less than interested in seeing it. I was never much of a …
The Fugitive
This weekend I watched The Fugitive again and was reminded what a great movie it is. I was skeptical when it was being made. I love the TV series, which is television classic, and I was afraid the theatrical movie would detract from it or parody it …
MacArthur film
I can’t think of general Douglas MacArthur without thinking of Gregory Peck and the 1977 film MacArthur is the reason.
Peck plays the legendary World War II and Korea leader in this entertaining, yet somewhat biased film. And, overall, he does a pretty good job at it.
I liked this movie …
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a child psychologist, who after receiving an award from the mayor, is celebrating in his home with his wife by his side when they discover that they are not alone. A former patient of Dr. Crowe broke a window and entered the dwelling, …
Evolution (Movie 2001)
David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Julianne Moore, Seann William Scott and Dan Aykroyd star in this science-fiction film with non-stop laughter. Spawning from single celled organisms, comes and laugh out load, side splitting adventure to save the world. There are so many movies about the end of the world as …
Howard the Duck
This is a movie made by George Lucas. Truthfully, I didn’t know that George Lucas had made any other movies besides the Star Wars ones. The cover looked kind of strange, with this big duck on it and I was unsure what the movie was about. Anyway, I checked …
Friends with Money (R, 2006) movie
I don’t particularly like movies with Jennifer Aniston in them. But I will be the first to admit that more and more her films are growing on me. This is only because the three I’ve seen (Derailed, Friends w/ Money, and The Good Girl) provided me with …
School Of Rock
School of Rock is a hilarious movie starring rocker Jack Black. The premise of the movie is that Jack Black, a rock and roll musician gets a job in an elementry school and teaches the children how to be in a rock and roll band. the childrens band then …
The Fighter Movie
The Fighter is a gritty, brash drama based on the true life experiences of Micky Ward, a boxer that
rose from the squalor of a poor Lowell family to win the Boxing Championship of the World. The
major focus of the film is the relationship between Micky and his has-been boxer …
Movie: Shrek 4
Synopsis: Shrek returns in this final movie of the series and tries to get his life back in order after being tricked into never being born and put in a position where he needs to make Fiona fall in love with him again in one day or will cease …
The Harvey Girls movie
For a long time before actually watching The Harvey Girls, I really wasn’t sure what to expect, but then once I finally sat down and told myself to watch, I got it! The Harvey Girls tells of a group of women who moved west to, well, be glorified …
The Devil and a Guy Named Webster
The premise of this episode is pretty much laid out in the title: The Devil and a Guy Named Webster. It is a fusion of the classic tale: The Devil and Daniel Webster, but instead of the famous American orator we get Emmanuel Lewis (best known as star …
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
Ok my good people, I guess we asked for it and it was given to us as promised, this is where Hollywood meets police meets Hollywood get it? Me neither, but in essence, this movie is about two police detectives who are not getting enough payment from their regular …
The Last Bolshevik movie
This is a documentary style film by experimental french filmmaker Chris Marker. It tells the story of the forgotten soviet genius director Sergei Medvedkin, who made a whole bunch of visually stunning films in the silent era, which were all hidden away by the government as they apparently wasn’t …
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (PG-13, 2008)
This was absolutely one of the best films that I have ever seen. I now understand why there was such hype when the Oscar rolled around. In any case, I really feel that Brad Pitt has his finger on the pulse of quality acting. When I …
Screwballs, comedy film
Before American Pie was known as a classic there was Screwballs. This movie shaped what we now know as the modern teenage flick, a group of guys making a pact together and trying to follow through during the rest of the movie. A simple movie idea that is full …
Flushed Away (2006)
Flushed Away, directed by david Bowers and Sam Fell is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for crude humor and some language. The original release date for this movie was November 3, 2006 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family and …
Candyman
This is a 1992 movie, and for some strange reason did really well, you could call it a cult classic. The plot is weak even for a science fiction film, it leaves huge holes in the story, like when there talking about the “Candyman” they talk about him like …
The Killer (1989)
Ah Jong (Chow Yun Fat) is a professional killer. On a mission of assassination, he accidentally injures a female singer. The blast from the gun blinded her and Ah Jong’s sense of remorse is great. He vows to assist the now blinded singer with all her medical expenses and …
Ghost World comedy
Great comedy staring the then-not-so-popular Scarlett Johansson. This movie also stared Thora Birch, and one of my favorite actors, Steve Buscemi. Ghost World is based off of the comic book title of the same name, it I promise you, this will be one of the best comedy-drama movies you’ll …
Columbo: A Bird in the Hand… movie
The story is average, a tale of a wealthy family with a black sheep who gets into gambling over his head. Then to get access to money to save his neck, the black sheep chops off the head of the family patriarch. This brings out Lieutenant Columbo …
Serving Sara (movie)
“Serving Sara” is the movie where Liz Hurley and Matthew Perry interpret crazy roles. It is a true pity that this movie failed to impress the critics and went straight to video! I must also add that this movie is also the worst movie for Perry who had successful …
The Babysitters (R, 2007)
I know that there are literally tons of movies out there in which a young, impressionable 9or not so impressionable) teen gets involved with a married husband and father. This movie puts a little spin on that typical story, with the young babysitter following through on her “talents” by …
The Eye (Movie)
This movie is the American version of the original Japanese version’s The Eye, and I honestly think it was poorly done. The effects were much scarier and of course, the original movie was different from this one as it had omitted parts that were much scarier than by watching …
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House movie
I have always gotten a kick out of this comedy starring Cary Grant. It’s called Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House and uses Grant’s comedic skills wisely. As the affable Jim Blandings, Grant is the common, everyday man who agrees with his wife that they have the …
Sixteen Candles (1984 Film)
Who cannot love a young Molly Ringwald as a fashion forward teenager who is trying to survive high school? I know that I can’t, and that is why it’s hard to not absolutely love the 1984 film “Sixteen Candles”. Not only is this movie funny, but it really does …
Charlton Heston
I always enjoyed watching Charlton Heston perform in movies. Several of his movies are among those I enjoy with regularity. Lucy Gallant and The Ten Commandments are probably my two most favorite of Heston’s films.
Heston was an outspoken man. He was especially vocal about his belief …
Movie Mrs Winterbourne
I was flipping through the cable channels last night and I ran across a movie that I had not seen in a long time. It was called Mrs Winterbourne and it starred Brandon Fraser, Ricki Lake.
Mrs Winterbourne was about a case of mistaken identiy that goes too …
Captivity (UR, 2003)
Fashion model Jennifer (played by Elisha Cuthbert) has been kidnapped after spending the evening at a nightclub. She awakens to find herself trapped in some sort of basement with a labyrinth of killer tricks and props. She realizes that someone is testing her, watching her every move. …
The Unfinished Dance movie
Little Margaret O’Brien stars in 1947’s The Unfinished Dance. She plays Meg Merlin, an aspiring ballet dancer. There are a bunch of other young kids in this movie who play other ballerina wannabes. The most notable is Elinor Donoahue, best known from Father Knows Best. …
Lady in the Water (PG-13, 2006) movie
This movie got a really bad rap. I think that M. Night Shyamalan makes some really great films. I knew that this movie would not be “scary” because of the things that were said before it was released. But what people have to understand about this …
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