Movies Reviews
Netflix
I have been a Netflix customer for over two years now. As an avid movie junkie, I have an entire database of movies to watch at my disposal. With a variety of payment plans and delivery options, Netflix has really been amazing to me. I started out by receiving …
Frantic
Harrison Ford plays Doctor Richard Walker who is frantically searching for clues about his wife Sondra’s dissappearance in Paris France. What starts out as a mistake at the airport where his wife grabs the wrong suit case turns into a deadly three way circus. After getting the run around …
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two
I went to the theater this weekend to see the 3D version of the latest Harry Potter movie: Deathly Hallows Part Two. Since it is the final movie in the series, I was very excited. I’d wanted to see a 3D Harry Potter movie for a long …
The Omen (2006)
Starring: Lieve Schreiber, Julia Stiles, David Thewlis, Mia Farrow, Pete Postlethwaite, , Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick.
Richard Thorn (Lieve Schreiber) was devastated to learn that his son was stillborn. On the advice of a priest, he took the newborn child of a woman who had died in childbirth, without telling his …
Network movie
Network was an intriguing motion picture that really tests just how far the media will go for ratings. The scary part is I feel like we’ve seen just how far they’d go, only this was back before the craziness really became rampant.
Faye Dunaway makes a big impression in …
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic is your typical feel-good romantic movie and it stars Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood, a financial journalist for Successful Savings, a New York finance magazine. She maintains a column as The Girl in the Green Scarf and gives financial advice to people and has …
Reaching for the Moon movie
Reaching for the Moon from 1930 starred Douglas Fairbanks as Larry Day, Bebe Daniels as Vivien Benton, and Edward Everett Horton as Roger, the Valet. Even so, one of the best parts of the movie was a small segment that included Bing Crosby.
Crosby played himself and only sang one …
National Treasure (2004 movie)
Stemming for a long line of treasure hunters, Nicholas Cage (Ben Gates) tries to save and discover at that same time, a treasure that has been long sought after by many. The treasure, claiming to have been about since the Knights Templars where around, has been transfered from one …
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, directed by Kevin Reynolds is Rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America, and stars Kevin Costner as Robin of Locksley, Morgan Freeman as Azeem, Mary Elizabeth Masterantonio as Marian Dubois, Christian Slater as Will Scarlett and Alan Rickman as The Sheriff of …
The Imitation Game (historical thriller)
After seeing it nominated for so many awards, I just knew that I had to see the movie “The Imitation Game”. While the reviews I had read about it on the internet seemed to be mixed, I found myself agreeing with those people who claimed that it was one of …
D3: The Mighty Ducks
Back with a blast is the third and final installment of the Mighty Ducks trilogy. It is an amazing family movie. I liked it just as much as the other Mighty Ducks movies. The Mighty Ducks team have been invited to play high school hockey on scholarship at Eden …
Cars movie
I finally got around to watching Cars on DVD this past weekend and I’m glad to say, I didn’t waste my money seeing it at the theater.
Cars is a good movie and one that the entire family could enjoy, especially if you’re a bunch of race fanatics. How ever, …
Aelita-Queen of Mars
A russian silent film made aside from the artistic works of the montage industry. The director of this film was a man named Yakov Protazanov, and the story of it is a lot more conventional than other russian films of the time, and doesn’t demand all that much of …
Movie Horton Hears a Who
I am reviewing the movie, Horton Hears a Who. So, this is a Dr. Seuss story. It’s about this big, fat elephant named Horton. He’s generally liked by the others in the jungle. One day, he hears a cry for help. It happens to be coming from a tiny …
Bunshinsaba 3 (2013 Horror Movie)
Bunshinsaba 3 is a 2013 horror movie directed by Korean director Ann Byung Ki.
The story follows Lina, mental patient after she is released from the institute. The first thing she did after her release is to look for her daughter, Xiao Ai.
She was reunited with her daughter after an accident …
License to Wed
For a while, comedian Robin Williams pretty much just slipped off the face of the Earth. Whenever he did have a good movie, it was more of a drama than an actual comedy. But, recently, he seems to have found himself again. First, there was RV, which turned out …
Planet of the Apes movie
A film that relies a lot on that the audience must not be aware of how the film ends, actually the whole point is put in the open in the last scene. Charlton Heston plays an astronaut who, after a long sleep in space, crashes on an unknown planet …
The Iron Man 2 Movie
I was really looking forward to the sequel of the first Iron Man movie. I’m an avid fan of Marvel comics. I grew up with this stuff and seeing the characters come to life it just amazing!
The first Iron Man movie was perfect. I had my doubts about Robert …
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is irresistibly funny, warm, cute, entertaining, and romantic. In Toula’s family, women have three purposes in life: to marry Greek boys, produce Greek babies, and cook up a Greek feast to feed everyone. Toula’s family is loud, boisterous, obnoxious, eccentric, and insanely Greek. She’s …
Shop Around the Corner (1940)
In 1940 Loew’s, a production company that ceased operation in the mid 1950s released the black and white feature “Shop Around the Corner” in English lasting 99 minutes. For some strange reason the movie was set in Budapest that somehow doesn’t quite work with Jimmy Stewards folksy, mid-western accent. …
Aeon Flux (2005)
Aeon Flux, directed by Karyn Kusama is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of violence and sexual content. The original release date was December 2, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Charlize Theron as …
Mean Girls
I was a Lindsay Lohan fan before all the controversy about her surfaced. I think she’s really pretty and talented. I especially like her in Freaky Friday. But when she started acting up and many negative things about her came out, I stopped watching her movies all together. But …
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
I had been waiting for The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 to come out in DVD, because I love any movie that Denzel Washington does, and I had heard that this remake was excellent and spell-binding. I had also heard that John Travolta played a complicated, evil character, …
The Men Who Stare at Goats movie
I just watched this movie recently, and from the looks of it, I do not think I will ever watch it again. Honestly, I thought it was a bankable film because it starred George Clooney and so far, I have been quite satisfied with his films, until I …
The Changling
When I rented the movie “The Changeling”, I did so because it was directed by Clint Eastwood, and I really enjoy the movies he directs. The subject matter, a mother whose young son disappears, is gut-wrenching, so I didn’t expect a light or enjoyable experience. It was based on …
Bourne Ultimatum
The third part of Robert Ludlum’s highly acclaimed Jason Bourne films, Bourne Ultimatum is entertainment at its best. Directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, and David Strathairn, the movie picks up where it left off with Bourne still desperate to find out who …
Modern Living Neurotica series
The ‘Modern Living/Neurotica series’ is exquisitely well put together.
You can find it online here: http://www.lowmorale.co.uk/creep/flash/lm_creep_(FLASH).swf.
This is a flash operation that grants you the option of viewing up to 99 vignettes that are playable through the player of the Modern Living Neurotica series. While some of them are a little …
The Interrogation movie
Swedish thriller about the decorated officer Carl Hamilton who is called in to the headquarters to be questioned about his political views. Apparantly his superiors have reason to think he’s somehow connected with communism, which does not suit the swedish government. Hamilton denies this, but the interrogrators will not …
Nabari No Ou Episode 1
Nabari No Ou is a Japanese anime about a boy named Miharu Rokujo, an average, apathetic boy who doesn’t really want to do anything. At school he is asked by Kouichi Aizawa to join his martial arts club. He declines and goes home. He is followed …
Night of the Living Dead (1990 Remake)
Gore maestro Tom Savani takes over directorial duties in this remake of Romero’s classic zombie movie.
There’s no monumental changes with this new version. It’s shot in colour, the gores a bit more impressive (but surprisingly much more played down considering Savani’s involvement) but there’s some tinkering about with …
Cromartie High School, Anime series
Cromartie High School is no ordinary school. It’s a school for delinquents. The most important subject is “fighting” and their biggest concern is “who the biggest badass is?” Everything they talk about is completely random and has nothing to do with school. You could say this anime is pointless, …
Clifford the Big Red Dog Doggie Detectives
I went to our local Movie Gallery last night in search of a movie for my 4-year-old daughter. She has been watching a lot of Scooby Doo movies lately and, because she’s a bit too young to be watching without getting scared, has been having nightmares. So, I wanted …
Sweet November movie
In this remake of the 60s film by the same name, ‘Sweet November’ features a heart warming story of acceptance, tenderness, and love on many different levels of being.
Set in San Francisco, California, Nelson Moss is a workaholic. So busy in fact, that he barely remembers his girlfriend …
Last Holiday
The movie “Last Holiday” (2006) helped me to see Queen Latifah in a new way. It is a good story, and she fits right into it, delivering a funny and at the same time touching performance. She plays Georgia, a middle class woman who has a list of things …
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 …
City Beneath the Sea movie
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 …
Texas Cowgirl
I am reviewing The Case of the Texas Cowgirl, 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, …
Surf’s Up
I brought my little cousin less than 4 years old to watch Surf Up the other night, and she really enjoyed the penguin sightings. She really thought that penguins could sing, talk and dance, and she wanted to go to the zoo to talk to the penguins. …
Land of the Dead, movie (2005)
When zombies made their return to the forefront of horror film, there were almost as many good ones as bad ones. For every good one like 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead, there were bad ones like the remakes for Dawn of the Dead and Day …
A Home Of Our Own (movie)
A Home Of Our Own is the story of a family who moves from their life in the city to a bleak and desolate countryside. Kathy Bates is the mom (Frances) of the children and she plays this part so well. Frances is pretty tough and she has the …
Rendition
“Rendition” is a great movie about terrorism and justice. This is a movie that touches your heart and makes you cry, but most importantly makes you think about the world we are living in. I truly hope that this movie receives several awards because it truly deserves it.
In a …
For Richer or Poorer movie
For Richer or Poorer is about a couple Brad and Carolina Sexton who are living high off the hog one day and sleeping in a cow pasture the next. As it turns out their accountant rips them off and leaves them holding the bag owing the IRS three million …
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Fantasy/ Animation
Running Time: 76 minutes
Directed by: Henry Selick
Written by: Tim Burton, Michael McDowell
Music by: Danny Elfman
It is evident that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a project close to Tim Burton’s heart. Burton, who was trained as an animator before becoming a director, has created an imaginary world …
Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy [Garth Jennings, 2005]
Please don’t watch this film. Listen to the radio series, read the books, or watch the BBC television series as a far more worthy introduction to Douglas Adams. Alternatively, watch paint dry.
There are a few good things about the film. The visioning of things like the Heart of Gold …
Hope Floats movie
When I first heard the title for this movie I thought it was going to be all about religion. That couldn’t have been further from the truth. What the movie is actually about is this.
Hope Floats stars one of my favorite actresses Sandra Bullock. She plays …
Just My Luck movie
Lindsey Lohan isn’t exactly a star that draws me to a movie, so when we got Just My Luck from Netflix I was a bit skeptical about it.
Overall though, it was a pretty good movie.
Lohan plays a woman who is extremely lucky but ends up giving an unlucky guy …
Mean Girls (2004)
Mean Girls, directed by Mark Waters is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual content, language and some teen partying. The original release date was April 30, 2004 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama and stars Lindsay Lohan as …
Rocky movie
What is the big deal about the movie Rocky? I don’t understand why anyone would want to watch people beat each other up. And, if you haven’t noticed, the acting is not great. So what is the point? I think Sylvester Stallone was pretty hot when he was younger …
Casino Royale (2006)
I’m only a moderate fan of James Bond movies, so perhaps you should take my review with a grain of salt. Still, I like most adventure movies, and love movies in general, so I decided to check out the newest James Bond.
Man, was I confused! I mean, I like …
Planet Terror
Planet Terror from Grindhouse is certanly a movie worth watching. personally i liked it much more than the romero version of zombies, even though you can’t really consider those creatures zombies in Planet Terror.
I personally found the ‘iraqi’ scientist, the same actor that plays that dude in ‘Lost’, …
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