Movies Reviews
The Wild (movie)
To look at The Wild from a technical standpoint, the animation here was just fine. But from a story standpoint, it was hard for me to differentiate between The Wild, Lion King and Madagascar. All deal with the same issues roughly, especially The Wild and Lion King. Both deal …
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 …
Arachnaphobia film
If you are looking for a film that will be sure to give you a creepy crawly feeling, be sure to rent Arachnaphobia.
I am not afraid of spiders (nor anything else 1000th of my size) but this movie had me checking my blankets before crawling into bed.
Starring Jeff Daniels, …
The Descent (2005)
The Descent (2005) is a horror film by director Neil Marshall thats rated R by the MPAA
The Descent is the story of a group of girl-friends who, after a tragic accident one year ago, reunite to explore cave systems in the mountains. Once inside, a rock collapses and …
Snatch movie
Im was a huge fan of Lock Stock and Two Smokin barrels and when Snatch was released I was unsure of what to expect.
Surely it couldn’t be as gritty and now with that expectation and Benecio Del Toro, Brad Pitt and Dennis Farina I thought it would be too …
Night at the museum movie
I saw this in the theater with one of my friends when it came out and I totally forgot about it. I was watching television the other day and it was on. So I told my younger sister about it and she watched it. She enjoyed it. I watched …
Road House movie
Some movies achieve cult status, and that is exactly what has happened to Road House, the movie in which Patrick Swayze stars as the philosophical bar bouncer, Dalton. To be precise, Dalton is the cooler, the man in charge of the staff that keeps his bars safe for …
Insurgent Movie (2015)
Insurgent, based on the book of the same name by Veronica Roth, is the sequel to 2014’s Divergent. From the trailers shown, I had hopes that the film would be better than the first. However, it ultimately falls short of expectations and represents a step back for the franchise.
Insurgent starts …
No Greater Love movie
The first part in Kobayashi’s gigantic trilogy on World War II. Tatsuya Nakadai does one of the cinematic history’s most impressive acting in all of the three films as Kaji, a man who goes through huge personality change. He begins as a promising young military officer in charge of …
Sky Pirates movie
During World War II, a pilot is given a mission to transport secret cargo over the atlantic. In the middle of the flight something happens with the airplane, and this is believed to have some connection to the secret cargo. Does it also have something to do with the …
Happy feet movie
The movie is so awesome! It maybe cartoons but made with very decent graphics! I love the flow of the story; it’s about an outcast penguin in Antartica..Wait who wants to be an outcast anyways? But it happens everywhere. In this movie, they are flock of penguins and one …
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 …
Around the World in 80 Days
I can’t remember whether or not I was actually interested in this movie when it was advertising to be released in theatres. I remember thinking about it as “the new Jackie Chan movie” and expected that there would be a lot of action and martial arts involved. It didn’t …
Moulin Rouge (2001)
This movie is a musical based on the love shared between a writer and a cabaret actress. How quaint that most musicals encompass the same thing. This movie, while it did manage to grasp quite a few nominations for Oscars, only managed to scrape through with winning only two …
The Parent Trap (original)
The 1961 movie, The Parent Trap, is one of my very favorite motion pictures. I own the DVD and watch it frequently. It’s family, and it’s fun.
Hayley Mills played a set of twins who had been separated very early on when their parents divorced. The mother …
Clueless (1995)
Clueless (1995) is a comedy directed by Amy Heckerling and is rated PG-13 by the MPAA.
Clueless is the story of Cher (Alicia Silverstone), a privilaged, beautiful blonde who is used to talking people into whatever she wants. When a teacher won’t raise her grade, she gets him together …
Miss Congeniality 2,2005 movie
Miss Congeniality 2 is a decent sequel, perhaps not so good as the first movie but still a funny movie to watch. After going undercover to the Miss United States beauty pageant as one of the participants, agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) finds it difficult to continue her work …
Movie: “Stand By Me” (1986)
This movie is based on the novella “The Body” by Stephen King. I was very happy to see that, for once, the movie closely followed the original story; and actually did it justice.
It’s 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine; and a boy named Ray Brower has …
Blood Diamond movie
In 2006, a movie starring Leonardo Dicaprio titled “Blood Diamond” Was released in theaters. This movie mostly received decent reviews, around 3 out of 4 star ratings. It is the story of an African man who’s village is destroyed by a group of diamond diggers. His family escapes, and …
Nothing But the Truth: A Compelling Movie
I watched Nothing But the Truth starring Kate Beckinsale and Matt Dillon and I was really impressed with the story and the acting. It’s a story about a journalist who compromises the identity of a female CIA agent. Rachel Armstrong (Kate Beckinsale) was facing the full might of the …
Boogie-Woogie Dream movie short
The magic of Boogie-Woogie Dream, a 1944 movie short, comes in the form of newcomer, Lena Horne. She is the centerpiece and she’s worthy of the honor, too.
What I wish is that I had seen some of these films with Horne before now. When the singer and …
Love & Death on Long Island
Love & Death on Long Island is a very funny DVD movie that I don’t recommend at all. And when I said funny, it is not that feel-good funny types. Instead, it is more like the worst off funny kind that made my stomach churned while watching. …
Movie The Craving (1980)
Released as El Retorno del Hombre-Lobo in Spain, Paul Naschy opted to remake his greatest success, The Werewolf’s Shadow, to recoup the cash that he lost on his previous non-werewolf films. It didn’t work out. The film was a major failure and it bankrupted Naschy’s company.
What a shame as …
Point Break movie (1991)
(Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey)
Point Break was an action packed movie and a half. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, a director known for pushing the limits and never pulling any punches, Point Break starts at a gallop and never slows down. This was also one of the …
A Town Without Christmas,2001 movie
Chris, a young boy from the small town of Seacliff, Washington, writes a letter to Santa Claus where he says that his Christmas wish is to disappear from this world so that he stops being a burden to his parents who are getting divorced. The letter gets media attention, …
Along Came Polly (2004)
Along Came Polly, directed by John Hamburg is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual content, language, crude humor and some drug references. The original release date was January 16, 2004 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Romance and stars …
Prescription: Murder movie
Prescription: Murder was the movie that spawned the iconic Columbo TV series. The movie starred the dapper Gene Barry in the murderer’s role. That was one thing that was special about the Columbo series. It was always a game of cat and mouse. The mystery …
Roman Polanski’s The Tenant
‘The Tenant’ is a classic study of insanity. Made and released in 1976, directed by Roman Polanski, it tells the story of a young lonely man, named Trelkovsky an immigrant from Poland, who moves in to a new apartment in an old residential building. It turns out that the …
Over Her Dead Body
I decided to watch “Over Her Dead Body” because I read about the movie story and thought it was an interesting one. After watching it, I ended up disappointed because the movie fails to win over the audience. The comic moments in this romantic comedy are simply half baked!
“Over …
The Break-Up (2006)
The Break-Up, directed by Peyton Reed is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual content, some nudity and language. The original release date was June 2, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama/Romance and stars Vince Vaughn as Gary …
The Dead Girl movie
Saddened by the premature death of actress Brittany Murphy, I put a few of her better known films on my Netflix list. The best of these was one I had not seen before, and was surprised by the quality of it. The dead girl starts with a woman finding …
Candleshoe film
Candleshoe is a marvelous little film that stars the great Helen Hayes, the multi-talented Jodie Foster, and the always keen David Niven. Candleshoe is the large and very old manor house that Hayes, as Lady St. Edmund, owns. Niven is her butler, Priory, and Foster is a …
The Hills Have Eyes 2, Martin Weisz Movie
‘The Hills Have Eyes 2′ is a remake of a sequel. Although the original movie directed by Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) in the year 1977, also has sequel with the same title in 1985. However, the version of 2007 is not a remake of the 1985 …
Dark City, movie (1998)
David S. Goyer is a name films fans should recognize. From his humble beginnings with Charles Band’s Full Moon Entertainment to his recent success working with Christopher Nolan, he’s one of the biggest names in screenwriting. Sure, he also wrote Jumper and the TV movie, Nick Fury: …
Movie Sweet November
This movie is about two people that meet by chance, From the moment they meet is very clear that they have very little in common and have very different personalities. She is hippie like and so full of life but he is still taken with success and …
Employee of the Month
I saw previews for Employee of the Month a few months ago but never made an effort to rent it. It just didn’t look that good.
But, when it became available on Showtime, I decided to at least give it a chance. I wasn’t disappointed.
Like most movies that take place …
I Am Legend
I must admit, I have never been much of a Will Smith fan…until this movie. With so few human interaction scenes (for most of the movie, he is with a dog), he pulled off the lonely, depressed person very well. The storyline is amazing and, at the …
Cut Off movie
My wife and I picked up the movie Cut Off this past weekend and didn’t really know what to expect from it. It looked somewhat decent from the description on the back. But, as I told my wife, it also looked as though it could end up being some …
Forest Gump movie
Forest Gump is someone I would like to know. Of course this is a movie about a fictional character but I like to believe there are people like Forest in the world. Forest Gump is played by Tom Hanks who is absolutely super! Forest is mentally handicapped and his …
Big Momma’s House 2 (2006)
FBI Agent Malcolm Turner returns in the sequel, this time he is married to the woman of the first movie and they are expecting a little bundle of joy, so he is assigned a desk job that will keep him out of the field until the delivery is over …
The Devil’s Rejects (2005)
The Devil’s Rejects (2005) is a horror film by director Rob Zombie and is rated R by the MPAA for sadistic violence, strong sexual content, language, and drug use.
The Devil’s Rejects takes place soon after House of 1000 Corpses when the police have located the home of the Firefly …
Target movie
An early film with Matt Dillon who plays a young man very disappointed with his father who he regards as a weakling. One day his mother is kidnapped and the father quickly changes into a very brave man and decisionmaker. Perhaps his father isn’t the kind of person believed …
The Ugly Truth
I was really excited to see the Ugly Truth with Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler when I heard it was coming out. I had seen an interview with Katherine about it and she said it was raunchier than she had ever done so I assumed it would be …
Commando (1985)
Commando, directed by Mark L. Lester is rated R bythe Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was October 4, 1985 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Thriller and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as John Matrix and Rae Dawn Chong as Cindy, with …
Groundhog Day movie
Bill Murray stars in this crazy movie about a cynical and snobbish TV reporter whose life is turned upside down when he’s forced to cover the story of Groundhog Day in Pennsylvania. Phil, Murray’s character, believes the story is beneath him. He just wants to get the …
Sisterhood of the traveling pants 2
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 …
Last September
“Last September” (2000) takes place in the large country Irish estate of Sir Richard Naylor and Lady Myra Naylor (Maggie Smith) in the early 1920s. Although claiming to support the Irish cause of independence the ennobled Naylors live a life that is much more English than Irish.
The movie …
Confessions of a Shopaholic
I think I mentioned once before that I have a huge crush on actress Isla Fisher. In fact, she’s the only reason I took the time to watch the movie Confessions of a Shopaholic because I figured it would end up being a corny and boring chick flick.
However, the …
Billy Madison Movie
I just saw the movie Billy Madison again after the longest time. This is one of my Adam Sandler movie favorites because I like slapstick comedy and this has a nice storyline.
This movie is about Billy Madison (Adam Sandler) who is an heir to the big company that …
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