Edgar Burroughs is one of the most filmed authors of all time; what is unique about that in general is the fact that it is due to only one of his books - “Tarzan”, while always is adapted the first book and never the more fantastic and wacky adventures …

I was fairly young when I first picked up the book “A Wrinkle in Time” — but to his day, very few novels (with the ultimate exception of the Harry Potter series) have managed to match it.
The book is one of high adventure and heavy imagination — and, as …

In all honestly, I believe this is the worst film for Catherine Zeta Jones and it is not entirley here fault! I decided to watch “No Reservations” after I liked its trailer, however, in the end, it failed to impress me. This film transmits a lot of sadness to …

This is the story of a family divided that must work through the hard times and find their way back to each other for strength and support as only a good family can offer. This movie revolves around many different characters and the struggles that they are faced with …

Just when you thought Shrek couldn\’t get any funnier, they add Puss in Boots and mutant babies. Shrek remains as ogre-ish as ever, Fiona the classic, or not so classic, princess, and Donkey is just as hilariously annoying as in the first movie.
An invitation to the kingdom of Far …

I held off watching the movie We Are Marshall until I could see it for free on a movie channel. The reason for this is I expected it to be yet another sports movie filled with plenty of clichés and not much else.
I was right on the first part. …

One of my very favorite made-for-TV movies is called City Beneath the Sea from 1971. It’s not a great movie in the scheme of Emmy winners, but it is a star-studded affair that has drama, romance, and mystery. I love it and find it to be a …

There are not many movies out there that give you something to intellectually pause over. The Bucket List is an exception to that general rule. Typically when we go to the movies, we are lookig for something happy and uplifting to take us away from the real …

OK, prior to having a daughter, I didn’t even know Strawberry Shortcake had a cartoon series; let along episodes on DVD. However, I will admit Adventures on Ice Cream Island is a decent DVD to rent if you want your daughter to be occupied for about 45 minutes.
The DVD …

I am reviewing The Case of the Neurotic Detective, 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, …

After I watched the first movie about Thor - the superhero who comes from another world, wields a hammer as his weapon and is basically almost immortal it was somewhat interesting to me as a concept. When I watched that movie I was sure …

I was finally able to watch Enchanted on cable on HBO a couple of weeks ago and I just absolutely love it. I was so used to seeing Disney movies create cartoons and yes, I like it. But this time, they were able to incorporate a magical story with …

Mission Impossible, directed by Brian De Palma is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some intense action violence. The original release date was May 22, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Thriller and stars Tom Cruise as Ethan Hunt, …

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, directed by Curtis Hanson is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was January 10, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Thriller and stars Annabella Sciorra as Claire Bartel, Rebecca DeMornay …

“Trust The Man” had to be all about the actress, Julianne Moore because, at the time, she was the one mostly known in Hollywood. Apart from this, the director and scriptwriter of this movie is Moore’s husband, Bart Freundlich. I must admit that the actor that truly steals the …

The Masters of Horror series is like a crap shoot. You never know what kind of mess (or jewel) you’re going to get. John Carpenter, the director behind this film did a fairly good job of creating suspense and horror. The film focuses on a 15 …

Lolita is a film about a young girl and the man who loves her. Humbert is an older man who needs a place to stay for the summer. He is looking at rooms for rent and comes across one in a lady’s house. Humbert does not want to rent …

While heading the design credit for ‘Vacancy’, director Nimród Antal debut in the United States, it will remind Thriller classic Alfred Hitchkock in 1960, ‘Psycho’. Moreover, with music accompanied by a score likewise, the plus location with the ‘incident’ by remote motel run by men psychopathic, it would certainly …

This is a buddy film on steroids. Four middle-aged men with various problems on the home front, try to lose themselves by climbing aboard their motorcycles and tooling about. But when problems increase, Woody Stevens (John Travolta) suggests a road trip, a ride to California, to blow off steam, …

I rented and watched the sisterhoods of traveling pants 2 today. I’ve never seen the first one but I understood most of it. It was kind of boring at parts, and I felt like something was missing in it. It is a teen movie so maybe that is why …

I’m as accustomed to Western cinema as the next person; the majority of films I watch are either American or English-language international productions, which means that I’m used to certain styles of storytelling, not to mention cultural codes and stereotypes. Therefore, for me to enjoy a film made outside …

I Will Always Love You is the typical movie about boy meets girl and things are supposed to work out but they do not work out at all. The boy is Justin and the girl is Cecille, who are the main characters of I Will Always Love You. I …

Dragonfly, stars the talented Kevin Costner as a widower and doctor. He lost his wife in a terrible accident, but the details of her death has always eluded him. He embarks on a journey to find out what series of events occurred before and leading up to her death …

The movie Knowing was a pleasant surprise for me. I did not see any advertisements for it when it hit the theaters and I knew nothing about it when I rented it except that it was a horror movie and it had Nick Cage in it. …

Chicken plot to escape the barn in this exciting and humourous adventure in still frame animation. Brainy chickens scheme to break out of the coop and off into the new world before they can be made into pies by their unsuspecting owners. A circus rooster falls from the sky …

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 13 begins with Izumi Curtis expelling the Elric Brothers as her students and Ed thanks her for teaching them. Once they leave Sig tells that Izumi sees them as equals and they go back to ask her for a lead on getting their bodies …

Is it me? Or are all the movies for 2008 a flop? Now automatically I assume, you put Brad Pitt and George Clooney together on screen, and there should be magic………….sweet sweet magic…Boy was I in for a treat…….a very bad tasting treat after watching Burn After Reading…..maybe …

Just by looking at the title, you can tell that this isn’t going to be a cinematic game changer. Dumb as it is, I can actually see the train of thought that led to this. What would happen to two kids who were terrorized by a witch …

I rent from the kiosk machine Redbox. It is conveniently located in a lot of grocery stores, gas stations, and some drug stores. I was previously renting from a movie rental store and would often get aggravated when I would turn in the movie a day late and would …

Seduction Cinema made a ton of softcore movies. Maybe they made too many of them. One of the production company’s most popular films is Lord of the G-Strings, a softcore take on the Lord of the Rings trilogy. All of Seduction Cinema’s top players were in this movie in …

‘The Ghost and The Darkness’ is based on an amazing true story. In 1896, an Irish engineer named John Patterson, played by Val Kilmer, was sent by the British government to build a railway in East Africa. Leaving behind his pregnant wife, Patterson came to Tsavo; East Africa determined …

If you like Hannibal Lechter, you will love this film. In a really in depth look at how Hannibal grew to become so vile, cunning, and deadly, this movie begins with his childhood. The film then follows him quickly through adolescence, and up to young adulthood. …

This is a truly awesome and frightening movie, the plot always moving at a great speed. I saw it for the first time recently on DVD and found myself totally engrossed by the storyline. This is a disaster picture, of course, and it’s set on a very large scale. …

Boogie Nights is a drama starring Julianne Moore, Heather Graham and Mark Wahlberg. The movie is set in 1970’s and 1980’s in California and the story revolves around pornography industry. The major plot is about a young man who works as dish washer at a night club and his …

After the trilogy series, Karate Kid from 1984-1989, The Next Karate Kid (1994) takes on a different path, using a female protagonist, who went out to an adventurous story of a stubborn-turned-docile young adult. Julie Pierce (Hillary Swank), who was already orphaned, lives with her grandmother, whom she had …

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is the second movie of the Narnia series. It is a fantasy movie which mostly attracts the kids and teenagers and even a lot of adults since the movie has many genres. The movie has comedy, romance, hatred, war, revenge, and talking animals. …

One of the most thrilling movies that I watched in the past couple of weeks was White House Down. At first, I ignored it mostly because I had read a lot of bad reviews from both movie critics and regular people. What’s worse is that it had a fairly …

Based on the popular Hasbro toy, G.I. Joe is an elite team of military operatives who take on different international crises around the world. This time, they are dealing with a dangerous arms dealer with warheads powered by nanotechnology capable of taking down a city in seconds. …

Let me just tell you everyone in my family loved this movie. I have 4 boys, and my husband. So as you can imagine, it can get very hard to please everyone! Happy feet tells a story of a penquin who doesn’t quite fit in with …

My son and I have a tradition, we go to the movies at least once a week, it is out time together aways from everyone else. This week he talked me into going to see the moview 30 days of Night. This movie was a twist on the …

28 Days Later is a zombie movie with a realistic and terrifying feel to it. Directed by Danny Boyle, it was shot on digital video which gives it a documentary feel to frightening effect. The —˜zombies’ here are not actually dead like in other zombie movies, but …

As Ward Kimball, on of Disney’s long-time animators and one of the Nine Old Men said about Dumbo, it ‘had great simplicity and cartoon heart.’ I think it is these two elements which talk to me whenever I see this movie. Before hearing Kimball’s comment, I never thought of …

My boyfriend wanted to see this film a few weeks ago, and so he asked me out and we watched it. Well, to tell you honestly, when I saw the trailer, I knew that it was going to suck! And no, I’m not basing my judgment on the director …

The Grudge is back. And for a while, after being thrilled by the first movie, I was looking forward to this one. But then, because of the trailer for the sequel seemed to give many scares away, I also feared that it would take the thrill out of …

I watched this movie a long time ago, not necessarily because I was actually interested in watching it but, I was waiting at a business place when it happened to be airing on television at the time, so I decied to watch it. The only thing I have to …

When I saw the preview to King Kong, I knew it was a must seen movie . I was right. I didn’t care to watch the old King Kong, because I don’t like older movies. However, the new one, even though created in modern times, shows the world …

I just finished watching the ‘unrated’ version of the DVD for this movie, and I must say, it’s totally hilarious. The building up of the movie about Charlie Logan (Dane Cook) being hex by the girl that he refused to make out with when they were young until him …