Movies Reviews
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape 1993 movie
I did not like this movie; I found it very depressing. I heard a lot about it, and yes, Leonardo DiCaprio does an excellent portrayal of a retarded teenager, Arnie; you feel sorry for him, but even more so for those who must live with him and take care …
Iron Man 2 (2010 Film)
After watching the first “Iron Man”, I knew that I would have to watch the second one, which came out in 2010. “Iron Man 2” was not only as well acted and plotted out as the first one, but delivered an even more powerful character conflict and a very …
“Juno” film
Thanks to TBS I was able to watch “Juno” for the first time. I’m happy this movie finally made it to cable television.
“Juno” (2007, PG-13) is a story about a smart and witty girl’s struggle through teenage pregnancy. After having sex with her best friend, Paulie Bleeker (played by …
Return from Witch Mountain movie
Return from Witch Mountain was the first follow up to the Disney favorite, Escape to Witch Mountain. It’s the only one which included the original —˜kids’, Tia and Tony. Now teenagers, both Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann returned as the brother and sister from another world who …
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 …
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000 Film)
Dr. Seuss’s cherished book “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” is a story that many people know and love for the holiday season. It was turned into a 2000 motion picture staring Jim Carrey as the Grinch. Not only was there a new twist of comedy to this beloved tale, …
We All Scream for Ice Cream Movie
We All Scream for Ice Cream is easily one of the oddest movies in the Masters of Horror series. This one stars William Forsythe as a clown who drives an ice cream truck. If you think that he is the one who is torturing people, you’d only be partly …
Henry & June (movie)
Henry & June is about writer Henry Miller and his wife June. Following the path of other artists before and after, Henry Miller must have been quite a handful. Henry and June meet up with writer Anais Nin while in Paris and they both fall in love with her. …
Dark Harvest
Well, when I rented the film Dark Harvest, I thought it would turn out to be something scary. Instead, it turned out to be yet another terrible horror film that lacked both scares and believable plot.
You have a guy who is adopted and seeks to learn more about his …
All-American Co-Ed movie
All-American Co-Ed, a 1941 release starred Frances Langford as Virginia Collinge, one of the college gals attending Mar Brynn College. Her roommate, however, isn’t exactly who, or what, she, er, he, seems. It is all based on a crazy premise about rival schools getting their jollies at …
The Tomb (2007)
Starring: Victoria Ullmann (Tara Griffen), Christian Behm (Billy), Gerald Griesbaum (Richard Morris)
It’s a bewildering movie I even watched till the end, and I still don’t understand the story.
Tara and Billy were imprisoned in a dark place called the Witch House; a mysterious voice (mechanically distorted) challenging …
Disney’s Hercules
Despite the fact that this animated feature was terribly inaccurate to the Greek myth of Hercules, I liked it. Actually, I think I may have liked it even more than my kids did.
James Woods is absolutely hilarious as Hades, and all of the characters are fun and interesting. …
Batman: Under the Red Hood
Batman: Under the Red Hood is a Direct-to-DVD movie from DC Comics as a part of their DCUniverse movie titles. It tells the story of Batman and the death of the second Robin, Jason Todd at the hands of the Joker. Years later, a mysterious vigilante calling …
The Blair Witch Project (movie)
The Blair Witch Project is a cool, underground film about a group of students who go into the New England forests to make a documentary film about the Blair Witch. Now, I have to confess that the first time I saw The Blair Witch Project, I believe that the …
ZA: Zombies Anonymous
OK, I’m a fan of Zombie movies, that’s no secret. So, I decided to give ZA: Zombies Anonymous a try just for the heck of it.
I’m going to give this movie some points for originality. Most zombies in movies like this are mindless beings who only want to kill …
Dolores Claiborne
It’s a shame that this film, based upon the book by Stephen King, doesn’t get as much notice as some of his bigger hits. While the likes of Misery and The Shining are certainly worthy of the praise heaped upon them, and plenty of others are certainly worthy of …
Father of the Bride 2
Father of the bride 2 is the sequel to the movie Father of the bride. It is a good movie and is very entertaining one. Though it is not as good as the first movie it is good nevertheless. It has some good performances by Steve Martin and Diane …
House of Wax movie
Not the one to come out earlier this year, but the original 1950s movie with Vincent Price. I believe it was the first film shot in 3D tecnique, but of course that loses its effect if you don’t watch it with 3D-glasses at the theatre, which I didn’t do.
The …
Sweeney Todd
I just put Sweeney Todd into my DVD player again. I absolutely love this movie; there is something about Johnny Depp singing operatically while slitting someone’s throat that is just captivating. I think Tim Burton did brilliantly with this movie. Across the front of the DVD …
Star Trek Voyager season 3 episode 13
Star Trek Voyager season 3 episode 13 is about what they call a fair trade. This episode starts out with Neelix inquiring about helping out in engineering or a security detail on Voyager. I believe Neelix feels his usefulness to Captain Janeway has come to an end because they …
Tell No One - (starring Kristin Scott Thomas)
How would one feel when the wife of a few years dead in a high-profile murder case suddenly sends a message indicating her existence? That’s more or less the plot of Tell No One, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Francois Cluzet.
Margot is the name of the wife …
Dragon Wars DVD
Dragon Wars is a movie that will be a hit with the pre teen, teen set and the parents who still love fantasy. It is rated PG 13 and definitely not for the younger viewers. The dragons get very nasty, as dragons will. It will be released …
National Security movie
I actually watched the movie “National Security” when I was in a bad mood and wanted to put a smile on my face and it did work out! Martin Lawrence and Steve Zahn acting abilities together with the plot of this movie full of interesting twist, made …
To Kill A King
To Kill A King with Tim Roth and Dougray Scott.
This story is a historic narration of the rise to power of Oliver Cromwell. Tim Roth plays the part of the complex character in such a way that we can see into his soul. …
The Ugly Truth movie
The Ugly Truth is another one of those date movies. It stars Katherine Heigl of Grey’s Anatomy fame as the heroine Abby, a control freak working in one of those high-pressure, high-profile movie networks. The casting gets better, wow, the lead actor is Gerard Butler who ably …
Iron Man
Iron Man is based on a Marvel comic book character named Tony Stark who is being played by the very talented Robert Downey Jr. He is a weapons inventor of a multimillion dollar company. After being kidnapped by terriorists he escapes his kidnappers by using make shift body armor …
The Tuxedo movie starred by Jackie Chan
The tuxedo movie is an action comedy starred by Jackie chan. It is a story of a chauffeur guy who learned the power of the tuxedo which is own by his boss when his boss had an accident. He used this tuxedo to locate the culprit or …
A child’s cry for help
I just watched this movie on Lifetime Movie Network a few hours ago. I really liked it a lot. Overall it was a very good movie. It is about a young boy who is sick and in the hospital that her mother takes him to, the doctor there blames …
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (PG13, 2009)
I only rented this movie because I wanted to see a really intriguing suspense film with Michael Douglas. He tends to be in films that have lots of steamy action and great cinematic tension. This film was about a D.A. who was running for office. …
March of the Penguins, Luc Jacquet Movie
Every year starting from March, groups of emperor penguins in Antarctica to travel in order to meet with their partner and the birth of their children. Travel groups penguin is facing various obstacles ranging from weather to the sweeping of the animals that eat them ready, especially children penguin …
Pointman movie
Jack Scalia stars in Pointman, a TV movie that led to a TV series of the same name. Scalia portrays Constantine ‘Connie’ Harper, a man who goes to jail for allegedly stealing money from an HMO. He’s innocent, of course, and he knows his corporate employers are …
Elle (2016 Foreign Film)
I am actually surprised at my film choices this year. I am now definitely heading to the real “film buff” road. Last night I choose to watch yet another foreign film that premiered this year called “Elle”. I wouldn’t have dared to watch this film had been there no buzz …
In Bruges movie
Film festival bring out both the best and the worst of man’s creativity. It can bring out movies that everyone knows and loves, but sometimes, there are movies that aren’t that well known, at least outside of certain countries. Such was the fate of “In Bruges” a classic black …
I Know Where I’m Going!1945 movie
The story takes place in the WWII England / Scotland. Ever since she was a little girl, Joan Webster (Wendy Hiller) knew what she wanted: all the best and the finest things life had to offer. However, her middle-class family couldn’t afford the luxury she wanted, so Joan grew …
Transformers Movie
I am sure that many of you ,as I, have watched in their childhood the Transformers on CN.I eagerly watched the movie a few days ago,and at the end I must say that I was very disappointed.Although the cartoon series was always “light-headed”,being meant for the children up course,i …
Fiesta movie
Fiesta is a small musical film from 1941 that features Ann Ayars as Cholita and Jorge ‘George’ Negrete as José. The opening song is inviting and very upbeat; I enjoyed it greatly.
The spirited movie begins with a 3 day fiesta being held with the goal of honoring the return …
The Princess Diaries
“The Princess Diaries” was Anne Hathway passport to success and also opened her way to other interesting and challenging roles such as “The Devil’s Wears Prada” and “Brokeback Mountain”. What I find interesting about this actress in the fact that even though she didn’t work on a huge list of …
Movie Avatar
I entered the theaters filled with much anticipation for this movie. I heard it has earned millions of dollars because it is such a hit across the globe. I wanted to prove for myself that seeing Avatar will be so worth my money, especially that I opted to watch …
Brother Bear movie
An animated film about three brothers who fight against a great bear with an unfortunate outcome. The youngest of these brothers is put into a peculiar situation and needs to find a certain mountain to survive.
Extraordinary animated movie considering the mere visual area, but it really doesn’t have anything …
Unleashed (2005)
Unleashed, directed by Louis Leterrier is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong violent content, language and some sexuality/nudity. The original release date was May 13, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Romance/Thriller and stars Jet Li as Danny, …
Untraceable movie
The movie “Untraceable” has a plot that begins with a group of detectives from a cyber-crimes division in attempt to limit crimes committed and/or about to be committed with the use and aid of the internet. Diane Lane is the main character detective whose story we follow during the …
Clueless (1995) Movie
In 1995, a teen flick came out and I remembered watching it a lot of times with my girlfriends. It was when the movie Clueless came out.
Clueless stars Alicia Silverstone as Cher, Stacey Dash as Deeone, the late Brittany Murphy (Tai) and the stepbrother Paul Rudd as Josh.
This …
Brokeback Mountain Movie
Because I was not impressed with the movie, “Brokeback Mountain,” I have to rely on the line from Seinfeld whenever I discuss this allegedly “gay cowboy” movie. So, my first order of business is to clarify that I realize that gay cowboys exist and then I am compelled …
View from the Top (2003)
A dream to see the world becomes reality when a small town girl makes the move from that small town to attend a training session to become a flight attendant after reading a book from the ‘World’s Most Famous Flight Attendant’ Shelly Weston. While going through the course, she …
Film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Living in the shadow of its critically accalimed sibling Mary Poppins, Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks has often gotten a pretty unfair deal. Critics have been apt to compare it unfavorably to Mary Poppins, citing that it is unable to conjure the same magic even though it concerns an apprentice …
Happy Feet Movie
Happy Feet, Emperor Penguins find their way through life and themselves. It’s about the one penguin that just doesn’t belong, like many of us can relate to. This one penguin, Mumble and his friend, Gloria are destined to be together, but Gloria just can’t see that Mumble being different …
A Little Princess movie
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 …
Nemesis Movie
Set in the future, Nemesis is about a police officer who is not quite human but part machine. Actually, this is something very common, and until this police officer, named Alex, is injured in a fight with terrorists, he is just as anyone else. But after this he needs …
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