Jon Favreau, the director of Elf, couldn’t have outdone himself; Elf was simply too adorable. That siad, Zathura, his most recent children’s story, was much better than I anticipated. The special effects were a little chessy, particularly the malfunctioning robot and the entrance of the stranded astronaut. The child …

From 1951, Home Town Story is another movie from Metro Goldwyn Mayer that gets right to the point. It has to because it’s just over an hour an length, which wasn’t uncommon for films before the sixties.
When I first put this on, I was taken aback somewhat by …

I have seen John Ritter quite a few times on television but never took the time to watch one of his movies. That changed this past weekend when I watched his film Real Men. And, I have to say, I was very impressed.
First off, I want to say that, …

If you have seen ‘Diary of a Mad Black Woman’, ‘Why Did I get Married’ and ‘Madea’s Family Reunion’ then you are full aware of the character known as Madea played by Tyler Perry. In this movie, she shares the stage with a troubled female. Let us focus on …

I will admit that I was a little apprehensive about seeing this movie. At first I didn’t realize that Nelson George developed this film which was based on his sister’s battle with being diagnosed as HIV-positive. Starring Queen Latifah in the lead role, I …

Somewhere in Time is a magical, awesome movie about pure love, faith, and the desire to overcome insurmountable obstacles, including time itself.
Richard Collier is a young playwright just starting out with his first success when an old woman approaches him and begs him to “Come back to me.” …

This movie should not be confused with any of the movies in the Blade trilogy. In fact, that is how I actually watched it since I made the mistake of thinking that “Blade of the Vampire” was actually one of them. However, after watching it I was very disappointed …

“Charlie Wilson’s War” opened in my local theatre this weekend. I went to a matinee and enjoyed it very much. The movie tells the story of Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson and his efforts to finance covert operations in Afghanistan to help defeat the Soviets who had invaded. The movie …

Starring: Mark Wahlberg
Convinced that a series of events - coincidal - involving a doormen hold some secret to life’s largest riddles, Albert Markovski seeks the help of a dedective agency unlike any other. He consult Bernard and Vivian Jaffe, aka the existential dedectives, a pair of metaphysicians who fearlessly …

1408 a great horror movie.
Based on Stephen King’s novel ‘1408′ is a disturbing and really terrifying horror, which besides sheer thrills might give you the reason to stop for a while and think about what’s really important in your life. The number in the tittle refers to …

Prophecy is a Japanese movie based on a manga series by Tetsuya Tsutsui, starring Toda Erika and Ikuta Toma.

A man who wore a mask made of newspaper (known as Shinbunshi) had been making prophecies of his own crimes online. The prophecies are usually about how he plans to punish someone …

Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire movie is based on a book by J.K. Rowling. It is the fourth of the series of Harry Potter books. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are about fourteen in this movie and growing into young adults as life becomes more complicated. The movie …

It’s been a few years since Mulder and Scully apparently called case closed on their last X-File, but you can’t keep a pair like that down for long.
Finally, after nine hit and miss years of the popular sci-fi drama; the franchise resumes with this latest big screen offering, …

A new movie was released on Monday called “Eight Below”. This is an awesome movie, especially for dog lovers.
The film stars Paul Walker and takes place mainly in Antarctica. When a major storm hits and there is not enough room in the plane to transport the scientists, guides and …

Overall this was an alright movie, I thought that it could have been a lot better. It kind of dragged out some during the beginning of the movie. There was also too much sex in the movie, I thought anyway. It’s about this accountant who meets this guy and …

Foxfire is a loose, modernized adaptation of the novel “Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang” by Joyce Carol Oates. This 1996 hardcore features one of the earliest performances by Angelina Jolie, and also features the talents of Hedy Burress, model Jenny Shimizu, and Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley fame.
Foxfire …

Vampire Knight was created by Matsuri Hino and this anime is derived from her best-selling manga series of the same name. Volume 2 of Vampire Knight was released on September 28, 2010 and runs for around 98 minutes. It contains four episodes, and picks up immediately where …

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a comedy movie starring Woody Allen and Helen Hunt. The movie was directed by Woody Allen. I always liked Woody Allen’s movies and I believe that he is one of the finest directors of Hollywood. He has directed many great movies but …

Miss Congeniality 2 is a must watch! It stars Sandra Bullock and you don’t really have to watch the first part to be able to watch Miss Congeniality 2. In fact, you wouldn’t feel ‘lost’ at all, trust me. However, I’ve watched both and here is my …

I thought, by now, I would be reviewing the new Sherlock Holmes movie starring Robert Downey Jr. But, I haven’t seen it yet. Instead, I’m talking about another version of Sherlock Holmes that came out recently on DVD.
This cheap ripoff, sometimes billed Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, isn’t …

I wasn’t too sure what to expect when I checked this movie out of the library, but to my delight it was a truly engrossing movie. It’s about the power struggle between two men on a train during the Great Depression. One man works on the train and he …

Se7en, directed by David Fincher is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings, and for strong language. The original release date was September 22, 1995 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Mystery/Thriller and stars …

A film about the author Jacqueline Susann and the way she went from one of the most hated to one of the most beloved. The key was how her books were marketed in different ways, and how they finally did this came to change the book industry for ever.
Of …

“The Seven Samurai” filmed by Akira Kurosawa in 1954 still remains one of the most popular movies of all times. Almost a three and a half hours long, the movie runs with subtitles, so be warned if you find having to read subtitles annoying.
The story takes place in 16 …

A most mysterious film by french experimental filmmaker Alain Resnais. It’s a film that deals with the human memory. What is the memory and why do we have it? Why do we remember some things and forget others. The narrative is very complex and leaves room for a million …

The second installation of the Spider-man epic gives us another taste of the web slingers adventures. This time he battles a scientist going by the name Dr. Octopus (Doc Oc) a scientist who accidentally gets fused with his own creation while undergoing an experient. Dr. Otto Octavius played by …

Moulan Rouge is the kind of movie that people either really love or really hate. It is a musical but contains no original music. Normally I would think this was a weakness, but the theme of the movie is a nightclub that caters to a generation of young people …

Django Unchained is a movie that was released in 2012 and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The movie is about an ex slave named Django who goes on the hunt to find his wife, Broomhilda.
The movie opens up with a group of slaves chained together walking through the mountains and …

I first saw the trailer for the movie “The Lone Ranger” some time earlier on this year, but there was something about it that did not make me interested in seeing the movie, despite the fact that the actor Johnny Depp was playing a main character. I figured out …

What a pathetic movie. The story is stolen from Cyrano de Bergerac, modernized and stupidified. Steve Martin plays a big-nosed guy, smart and good-hearted but unattractive. Then comes Roxanne, a beautiful scientist. A handsome but brainless fellow likes her, however he is so scared to show his stupidity that …

Tron Legacy is probably the best 3D movie I have ever seen. The graphics and the images were just awesome in this movie. But even in regular HD this movie truly does rock. If you are watching it on a home system I recommend watching it with huge speakers. You’re …

Addams Family Values is the sequel to the Addams Family movie, based on the television series of the same name. this one jumps right into the action unlike the first movie, which took some time to get going. After Morticia gives birth the family decides to find a nanny …

I really enjoyed watching this film. It is the usual silly movie where a guy goes after a woman out of his league, there are many of them in hollywood at any time, but this one was a little different. For starters, the layers of humor that …

The happening is one of the worst rated movies of M. Night Shyamalan however I actually enjoyed it though I cannot call it a favorite. The movie is basically about plants giving off a chemical that causes people to commit suicide.
I can see why it has such horrible …

I just love all that Disney has to offer and I wanted a DVD to remind me of each place I went to visit. After looking long and hard at each park, I could never find a resort DVD. Finally, I went on the internet and was able to …

American Gangster, directed by Ridley Scott is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, pervasive drug content and language, nudity and sexuality. The original released date was November 2, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Denzel …

We ended up picking up the second Madagascar movie “Escape 2 Africa” last night and wasn’t really sure what to expect. The first one was OK but not the best movie ever and we all know sequels usually don’t live up to the original.
As it turns out, the second …

We’ve been trying for a month to rent Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer, but, it is always out. So, we finally bought one for our grandsons to watch, as they spent the night. It is truly adorable, with Whoopie Goldberg’s voice being the wicked witch, Stormella, and with the …

From 2007, Jump! stars Patrick Swayze as a Jewish lawyer in Austria who defends a young man accused of murdering his father. This was Swayze’s last real theatrical appearance in a starring role. He did film a television movie this same year and then did a cameo …

OK, I finally got a chance to watch the movie James & the Giant Peach. Wow, what a dull piece of garbage.
Personally, if I would have been the star of this film, it would have been called something like Steve & the Giant Can of Raid. I’m sorry, but …

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, …

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 …

P2 is a little-known horror movie that I stumbled across while watching movies online on my Netflix service. It’s not a movie I knew about her would’ve picked up most likely in the video store. But I checked it out on Netflix and I’m glad I did. …

A film by Alfonso Cuaron about a young girl who experiences a most tragic series of events. First she is sent away from her beloved father to a school. Later her father dies and the girl is heartbroken of course, but nothing in the world can take away the …

I went to see this movie this afternoon and was told it was a five star movie. At first, the movie started out kind of confusing to me. The boy, who is the “hero”, was with a family that I wasn’t even sure was his own. Plus, were they …

I was really excited about seeing ‘Roll Bounce’ since I was a young teen in 1978 when the movie takes place.I wanted to relive the nostalgia of the era and get into the groove of the hot 70’s soundtrack, suffice to say, I wasn’t disappointed,I had a funky good …

This is one of the lifetime movies that I watched a couple of years ago. I have seen it twice if I remember correctly. Although it wasn’t one of my favorites from them it is definately worth watching. I really liked it overall, I thought that it was a …

“A Life Less Ordinary” represents the early stages of two great actors; Cameron Diaz and Ewan McGregor. This is a very funny romantic comedy were we can see the great talents of the then almost unknown actors. In this movie, they are both sporting a trendy spiky haircut. We …

Now that the Oscars is approaching, I suddenly felt the need to catch up on seeing some of the nominated titles I haven’t seen yet; I was merely checking out some of the academy’s picks, I’ve seen one or two previously, and “The Social Network” was next on my …