Movies Reviews
The A-Team movie
The word of the day was skeptical. That’s how I felt about the 2010 theatrical film, The A-Team. Based on the TV series that starred the late George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, and Mr. T, I was certain I’d hate this movie. It’s not that …
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Assault on Precinct 13, directed by Jean-Francios Richet is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong violence and language throughout, and for some drug content. The original release date was January 19, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller …
Sophie’s Choice, film
Sophie’s Choice is a drama film about love, friendship, and family starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Peter Macnicol. Alan J. Pakula directed Sophie’s Choice where he brought together a great ensemble of actors and artistic cinematographers to produce a classic drama film. The strongest aspects of this film …
Disney movie: Planes
I went to watch this movie with a 5 year old boy who absolutely LOVES Cars, Disney’s previous movie set in the same universe where humans and animals don’t exist, and are actually replaced by cars, trucks and planes.
First of all I have to say the animation was flawless, …
Alice In Wonderland (2010)
When I heard Tim Burton had done Alice in Wonderland with Disney and Johhny Depp was the Mad Hatter, I could hardly wait to get to the theater. This film have so many of my favorite stars and they all did their usual brilliant jobs. Depp, of course, was …
The flight of the phoenix movie
When a plane crashes in the middle of the Sahara desert, the people on board are seemingly left beyond rescue, but it appears one of the passengers is an airplane constructor and is able to rebuild the plane they where travelling in.
This is definitely not one of Robert Aldrich’s …
The Harvey Girls Movie
I have always been a fan of old movies. You never hve to worry about there being bad language or explicit content, so they are always easy and fun to watch. Some of my very favorites are the musical ones like the Wizard of Oz, and now, The Harvey …
9 To 5
At the heart of this movie is a sexist jerk of a boss, played by Dabney Coleman. The soul of the story is divided into three: Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton (her first film), and Jane Fonda. Lily is the office manager, Dolly the creepy boss’ secretary, and Jane is …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 9
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 9 starts with a recap and then Ed being reprimanded by Maria Ross for rushing into Lab 5 without them. After the lecture Ed calls Winry in Risembool and asks her to come service his automail after she discovers she forgot to put a …
Prince of Persia (2010 Film)
My boyfriend and I went on a date one night to the movies to watch Prince of Persia. At first, I did not think that I would find the film interesting at all, since I knew that it was based on a video game. That was my first mistake. …
Ghostrider
Nicholas Cage seems to make like ten movies a year. Okay, maybe not that many, but he definitely puts out like two per year. Three years ago he came out with Lord of War and The Weatherman back to back. I liked Lord of War but not so much …
Roja Tamil Movie
Roja was a trend set movie in Tamil Cinema. This movie was released in 1993. The movie directed by Maniratnam and produced by Kavithalaya Pictures. This movie was set a new dimension to Tamil cinema in all categories Music, Camera, Script, etc. Maniratnam came up …
Movie The Ruins (2008)
The Ruins (2008) is a horror film directed by Carter Smith that rated R for strong violence and gruesome images, language, some sexuality and nudity.
The Ruins is the story of 4 20-something year old Americans who are on a vacation in the Yacatan Peninsula. They meet a …
Save the Green Planet, South Korean film
Movies branching off into numerous genres tend to fail in the dumpster. If the director can manage to pull things off right then you have a pretty good movie on your hands. Save the Green Planet combines so many different kinds of movie genres that you will loose track …
The Killer (movie) July, 2006
This is really one stupid movie that I have ever watched. The movie titled The Killer is a complete out and out copy of Collateral. It released on 21st July, 2006. I expected it to be some kind of a better movie as it is a Mahesh Bhatt production. …
Eragon movie
I had seen this movie once when it was being featured on the television. I thought initially the movie to be about and for children. But I was very much mistaken. Though I sat down to watch this movie just to pass my time but I was hooked to …
Baccano! Anime TV Series
Baccano! Is a Japanese anime that tells the story about a group of individuals riding on a commuter train, the Flying Pussyfoot. It’s a train traveling from Chicago to New York in 1932. The story is about a huge gang war that is brewing between the …
Ehit
Ehit is a online site that allows you to rent movies through the mail just like netflix and blockbuster does. They have a free trial that you can try out the service. They send you two movies in one envelope. I think the cheapest price that they offer is …
Interview with a Vampire (Movie)
Interview with a vampire is my favorite vampire movie of all time. It shows a kind of vampire that I feel has been pushed to the wayside in this generation. I think this is mainly because vampires are either made to be really disgusting monsters (like in Dracula or …
Movie Legend
I am reviewing the movie called Legend. It stars Tom Cruise(Jack), Mia Sara(Lilly), and Tim Curry as the Lord of Darkness.
The story is about good and evil competing against each other: a classic. A movie about a young girl’s innocence.
I think of this as a childrens’ movie but …
Prozac Nation (movie)
“Prozac Nation” was one of those movies that I didn’t know about until very long after when I had seen it on cable television. The only reason why I even watched it at the time was because I was still fascinated with the actress Christina Ricci, and wanted to …
The Orphanage (R, 2007) movie
Belen Rueda stars as Laura in this weird, yet spooky little film. The synopsis on Netflix seemed a little more ominous than the actual film. Anyway, I was a bit confused at first as to what was going on. But once I realized …
The movie Remember the Titans (2000)
As far as an actor goes I think that Denzel Washington is one of the best. It was with this in mind that I saw Remember the Titans.
This movie is based on the true story of a Virginia football team that is forced to integrate in 1971. Due to …
Movie: A Knight’s Tale
A Knight’s Tale (2001)a 14th century action/comedy/romance (Rated PG-13 for action violence, some nudity and brief sex-related dialogue)
I got this movie as a gift, and I wasn’t too sure about it. My first response was, “Yet another version of Camelot”. The gift giver replied, “But Rufus Sewell is in …
Touching the Void movie
A documentary about a team of adventurers trying to climb a mountain together. The story is told by these three men themselves, showing fictional images of how their expedition might have looked like. Something goes terribly wrong before these guys reached the top of their mountain, and one gets …
Film “Ginger Snaps”
Ginger Snaps is one of the best older movies I’ve seen this month. Every October I watch a lot of horror movies in honor of halloween and this year for the first time I watched Ginger snaps because Netflix recommended it to me. The story follows two …
Prince of Persia (the movie)
I just watch the Prince of Persia movie with my friends in a cinema near my office. Expecting a great movie, especially because prince of persia already well known for the games and they also has a lot of commercial in the television. I feel so sure that this …
Movie War of the Worlds (2005)
Even though War of the Worlds is a great movie and I enjoyed watching it very much, I was not happy with the fact that Tom Cruise played the leading role. I did not think the character of Ray Ferrier was portrayed as believable and may have been better …
Blow-Up Movie
Antonioni’s trip to England where he showed the would he was a very flexible filmmaker. It is the story of an eccentric photographer in London who discovers a most strange crime in one of his photographs and decides to investigate it further. Blow-Up is a very visual film, and …
The Big Wheel movie
The Big Wheel is a movie I haven’t seen in a couple of decades, but I actually remember watching it off and on late night on TV when I was growing up. It’s a Mickey Rooney film, and it played often. Perhaps because it’s a movie …
Evolution movie
“Evolution” was a comedy film which was released in the year 2001. I can remember thinking when I saw it advertising to be released in theatres that it was the first in a long time that I had seen the X-FIles actor David Duchovny in a movie. I can …
Joe’s Apartment movie
I wonder what the creators of this movie were thinking. Apparently, they were not thinking at all. A college graduate moves from Iowa to New York and, being short on cash, looks for a cheap apartment. He finds one, and soon finds out why it’s so cheap: it is …
The Mark of Zorro Movie
When I was a kid, I was a huge Zorro fan. The reason for this was the old black and white movie The Mark of Zorro. I got a chance to watch this movie again today and, even after all these years and after seeing it quite a few …
The Day after Tomorrow Movie
The focus is weather phenomenons and the havoc it brings when things are not as they should be. A terrible thing indeed as naturally, all life is in grave danger. What would you do if you encountered such a fate? I’ll tell you…you will cower and die like everyone …
The Big Show movie
From 1936, Gene Autry stars in a double role in The Big Show. As the country singer and actor often did, his ‘nice’ guy role uses his real name of Gene Autry. In this case, he’s a stuntman who sings. His other part is that of …
The Crow movie
The Dark Gothic film that claimed the life of Brandon Lee. One of my favorite movies of all time, as not everyday you see a corpse rising from the grave to right to wrongs done to him. Not a zombie type role either…but undead and kicking butt from corner …
Speed Racer (2008)
This movie is a live action movie that has been created off the cartoon TV series that is still being aired on the Boomerang channel and a newly revised series on the Nicktoons Networks. The movie is just abominable if that’s the right word to use for it. Terrible …
Money Talks (1997)
This is the story of a man who just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and winds up being caught up in happenings that could very well be to his detriment. After being charged with a crime and on his way to prison to …
Murderous Affair: Carolyn Warmus story
I watched this movie on Lifetime movie network a couple weeks ago. Overall I really like the movie. I thought it had very good actors in it, and I think that is what made the movie so good. I don’t remember much it in detail but overall I do …
The Artist (2011) Movie
I just saw the Oscar winner for Best Picture of 2011 which is the movie The Artist. This movie stars Jean Dujardin (which also won Best Actor at the Oscars), Berenice Bejo, John Goodman and James Cromwell. I was quite adamant to see this movie because it …
Love Don’t Cost a Thing (2003)
Love Don’t Cost a Thing, directed by Troy Beyer is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual content/humor. The original release date was December 12, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama/Romance and stars Nick Cannon as Alvin Johnson, …
LadyHawke film
LadyHawke is one of Matthew Broderick’s better films even though most people probably haven’t seen it.
The movie is full of medieval fantasy and magic as he tries to help a couple that is cursed. The woman is a hawk by day and the man a wolf by night, keeping …
Happily N’Ever After
We all are familiar with Cinderella right? Well this is another version but a little of the spoof version as I may say.
I grew up listening to the happy endings of Cinderella and was even watching its cartoon series on the television. When I saw this movie I wonder …
A Beginners Guide to Endings movie
I am reviewing the 2010 movie, A Beginners Guide to Endings, starring well known actors Scott Caan and Paulo Costanza. The movie is a comedy/drama and shows how people react in tight spots. Everything starts with an old man commiting suicide. He is ashamed of what he has done …
Identity - The Movie
This movie is a shocker/thriller story. It starred John Cusack played as Edward. Ray Liotta, a convict escaped and played a cop, Rebecca DeMornay a TV star, Amanda Peet a call girl in the movie.
The story is about a psycho-killer. He would kill without reason. He …
Movie The Mask
The Mask with Jim Carey and Cameron Diaz.
This bizarre film straddled the line between comedy and science fiction. As in life, I believe that you must choose one direction or style. I feel that this movie took a chance by flip flopping styles; but …
Movie Them (2007)
Them (2007)is a French horror movie that I still remember up till now. I rented this DVD movie and watched it during one of my off days and got really scared after watching. The plot goes this way. Clementine is a school teacher and she discovered one …
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera was the best musical that I have ever watched. The music was beautiful, tantalizing, mesmerizing, and magical. The costumes were perfectly fit in for the theatre at that time, and the sets were expertly built and designed.
I loved this movie. I have watched it …
Tattoed Life movie
This is one of Suzuki’s films that is most unlike the major part of his work. The narrative is of the same style as his other films, but here I think he goes much deeper into the personalities of his characters and gives a more moving portrait of human …
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