Movies Reviews
Mangal Pandey -Rising
Aamir Khan again at his best as always. He beautifully depicts the character. Many times u forget that u are watching a movie and reach upto that era, wishing u were a part of it. The friendship between Mangal and the british companion is beautifully shown. The title song …
Birth (2004)
If you believe in movies about reincarnation and stuff like that, you would love to watch Birth (2004). This movie features Nicole Kidman, and she plays a very depressed and sad wife who still mourns for her husband after 10 years after his demise. Her family persuaded …
Inception movie
Oh. My. God. If only I could write this review in caps, I would have wholeheartedly done so just to stress how freaking amazing this movie is.
From someone who watched the likes of Rashomon to My Favorite Martian on a daily rotating basis, I sadly found myself living …
Monsieur Hire, 1989 movie
The movie Monsieur Hire is a tragic type of movie. It is mainly about two separate persons who have no similar attributes except both are extremely lonesome. The subplot is about murder. In example, the initial scene of the movie shows that of a corpse. …
Movie Basic
The movie Basic is a military movie about a bunch of Army Rangers that get killed in a training accident or do they? This movie stars Samuel Jackson and John Travolta. Samuel Jackson plays the Sergeant in charge of training all of the Army Rangers. He takes a group …
Shooting Dogs movie
A couple days ago, I watched the docudrama “Shooting Dogs” on the cable television channel, Showtime. It is a British film about a BBC reporter’s experience of being trapped in the African country, Rwanda, during the nineteen ninety four genocide of the Tutsis by the Hutu tribe.
Many people, …
The Ruins
Man! I bet Scott Smith is one disappointed writer! ‘The Ruins’, published by Vintage books and called “The best horror novel of the new century” by Stephen King was only Scott Smith’s second novel and BAM! It shot up on the New York Times Best Seller list and was …
Mighty Ducks
I was watching movies last night on TV (the baby had a late night) and came across Mighty Ducks. God, I hate that movie and regret not being able to get the remote to change the channel.
When it first came out, I was in college near Minnesota and can …
Mary, Queen of Scots movie
Mary, Queen of Scots is a great movie about the Queen who held her ground and took on England and anyone else who dared defy her. Vanessa Redgrave plays Mary, and she is super in this role. I had to watch this movie in one of my history classes …
Despicable Me (2010) movie
Well I decided to go see this movie with the girl day after opening day and the theater was packed with excitement and I can not lie I was ready and in the mood for a good laugh and this movie did not fail or that at all.
The …
Bedazzled (2000)
Be careful what you wish for this is the story line behind this movie as a young man craving love and attention from a beautiful woman strikes a deal with the devil in human form. Every wish that he makes comes to reality but with a dark twist and …
Perfect Husband: The Laci Peterson Story (PG13, 2004)
I am a huge fan of true crime stories. Back in 2002, I followed this particular story fairly closely, and thought that something just wasn’t quite right about Scott Peterson and his lack of emotion. This movie, which I think featured on regular television, was …
The Blind Side movie
Let me start by saying I had no idea The Blind Side was based on a true story. I watched the entire movie without this knowledge, and honestly I’m not sure my opinion of it would’ve changed much having known. There was a lot of hype about the movie, …
Shirley Valentine (1989)
“Shirley Valentine” is a 1989 color movie in English. It was filmed in locations in England and Mykonos, Greece. It is the story of a Liverpudlian woman’s midlife crisis who decides to do something about her life despite the fact that “no one thought she had the courage. The …
The Road (John Hillcoat, 2010) movie
This is one of those movies that I would rate pretty highly, but can’t actually recommend. You would recommend a film by saying something like “Yeh, it’s great - go see it.” or ‘Yeh, it’s really funny” or “Yeh, it’s really romantic and sweet” etc etc.
For The Road I …
Sagara Sangamam, a Telugu movie
Sagara Sangamam is a masterpiece created by K.Viswanath. The main idea of the movie is to show the society, the importance of Indian classical dances. The story is about a classical dancer(Balu) who works hard to become a great dancer and wants to create a new classical dance …
Wedding Crashers movie
I’ve been getting a little burnt out on Owen Wilson comedies so I didn’t know what to think when I finally watched Wedding Crashers for the first time. It was hillarious.
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn make a great team, pretending to be related to the wedding parties so they …
School of Rock movie
School of Rock is one the funniest if not the funniest movie I’ve ever watched. Directed by Richard Linklater, it’s the story of Dewey Finn (Jack Black), a down on his luck rock star who gets kicked out of his own band and about to get kicked out of …
We Are Marshall Movie
We Are Marshall starts out with the tragedy of Marshall’s football team in 1970 (for those of you who don’t know, the plan crashed killing all but four of the football team, as well as most of the coaches and football staff, some parents, and fans, a total of …
The Time Guardian Movie
Yet another “in the future the machines will take over the world and destroy all humans” kind of film, this time about a city trying to transport themselves with a time machine but fails. They then face the gruesome cyborgs (part machines, part human) who threaten to kill them …
Troy
Four years after the epic movie “Gladiator”, Brad Pitt attempts to make a success out of another epic movie “Troy”. The only two things in common that these two movies have are that they were both filmed in Malta. While “Gladiator” was a huge blockbuster, “Troy” failed …
Avatar (2009 film)
Any film with many disparate (though often impressive) elements and a lot of hype and money behind it is bound to create both ardent fans and ardent critics, and James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar” (which was also released in both 2 and 3D) is a prime example. There’s …
Red Dragon (2002)
Red Dragon, directed by Brett Ratner is rated R by the Mption Picture Association of America for violence, grisly images, language, some nudity and sexuality. The original release date was October 4, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Sir Anthony …
Movie: Shredder (2003)
Synopsis: Six college friends (and one stranger they pick up on the way) travel to an abandoned ski resort so they can do some snowboarding. They spend the night and, the next day, are attacked one-by-one by a masked assailant on skis who appears to be punishing them for …
“Phone” Movie 2004 from Tartan Asia Extreme
I rented this movie from Netflix because I had pretty much seen all the other horror ones on my list and had become bored waiting for new ones to come out. I had enjoyed foreign films in the past, and always found Asian horror to be different and interesting. Like …
The Death of Richie movie
Wow. I almost hated to watch this movie again because it’s a heartbreaker, and more than that, it’s a true story. That’s why it rips through me. I remember watching this in 1977. I remember reading about it. I believe it was Parade that did a …
Movie Three Can Play that game
Nearly seven years ago writer and director Mark Brown created a funny romantic comedy called “Two Can Play That Game.” While not doing huge number, the movie received a lot of acclaim as being a funny and romantic film. Rumors of a sequel have been alive for …
School of Rock-movie
School of Rock is a 2003 comedy film starring Jack Black who plays a man,Dewey Finn.It is about a man,Dewey Finn who is a rock guitar player.He has recently been kicked out of his band for doing too many foolish antics on stage like diving into crowds and …
Nightmare on Elm Street the remake (2010 Film)
While I never saw the original movie of Nightmare on Elm Street, I have to say that the remake was for the most part enjoyable in the realm of horror movies. This film also made me want to watch the original film so that I would have something to …
Hot Fuzz
From the guys that brought you Shaun of the Dead, Wright, Frost, and Pegg, Hot Fuzz is the next in the spoof movie genre. This action movie spoof follows cop Simon Pegg who is relocated to a remote town where a series of mysterious “accidents” start to happen. …
Fred Claus
I watched “Fred Claus” today with my family. It was an overall pretty good movie. I wouldn’t give it a ten or anything but it is worth watching, especially around the holidays and Christmas. It has Vince Vaughn, Paul Giamitti, Kevin Spacey, and Kathy Bates. You would think with …
Barbie as The Island Princess
Love this Barbie as The Island Princess very much. I might be old enough to be called someone’s girlfriend or wife or mother, but I still could not get enough dosage of Barbie.
Whenever there are new DVD movies or mini movies out there featuring Barbie, or just …
BATMAN (NEW)
This is not your standard cartoon mind Batman movie! I am not sure how children will react to this DVD. The Newest Batman movie, the one that came out only yesterday, Oct 18, 2005, on DVD, is an adult film to me. That should be of high interest to …
Film “Session 9″ (2001)
This was a very slow movie that I did not enjoy. The film is about a crew of asbestos removal men who are hired to clean up an old insane asylum that was shut down around 15 years before. My major complaints about this film are that …
Hide and Seek (2005)
Dakota Fanning is one of the best young actors today, and I just fall in love with her over and over again when I watch her movies. One of the best ones I have seen her in is “Hide and Seek,” which also stars Robert De Niro. This film …
The Unbelievable Truth movie
This is one of my favorite Hal Hartley films. Brave, daring narrative and visual style, an engaging story focused on human dignity and about the coolest soundtrack ever makes this one of Hartley’s prime works, and also places him in the rare group of interesting american filmmakers the last …
Jerry Maguire
I watched the movie Jerry Maguire for about the third or fourth time last night and have to say, while a good movie, it could have been much better.
I liked the idea of a movie that focuses on the part of professional sports most films barely even mention; sports …
Movie Transformers
When I heard that the Transformers was going to be made into a movie, I was so looking forward to it. I was in grade school during the 80’s when the cartoons became so popular on TV. There were even toys sold everywhere for every character. I wondered how …
I Am Love: A film by Luca Guadagdino (2009)
I watched this film upon the recommendation of one of nytimes film critics. I rely heavily on movie reviews, as I prefer to see titles released under the radar. It was a long wait for this film to be released in DVD version, and I had …
Movie Runaway Jury
I like John Cusack as an actor and I always enjoy watching Dustin Hoffman. I also enjoy watching a good acotr like Gene Hackman. There is a movie called Runaway Jury that has all three of these men in it.
John Cusack plays a juror with a …
The Couple (Aryan Couple)
I found “The Couple” to be an engaging, entertaining movie. The October 2006 movie is just the latest in what has almost become a genre in filmmaking: the efforts to prevent Jews from going to a concentration camp and to rescue them from Nazi Germany.
I like the story of …
Movie The Promotion
This movie was a great character sketch of two guys going after the same promotion at a grocery store. The humor was fantastic; I love the kind of humor where a joke starts at the beginning of the movie and it plays throughout the movie in unexpected places. The …
Ridgmar Movie Tavern
While searching the internet one day to see if there were cheaper movie theatres in my city that I didn’t know about. I came upon Ridgmar Movie Tavern. I had seen this place and drove by it many times but had never went in.
I decided to give Ridgmar …
The Quick and The Dead
The Quick and the Dead stars Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, and Gary Sinise.
A must see western principally due to the nonstop action and great music. Over the years the quality that makes a western standout has always been memorable music and …
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
The latest release in DC’s original animated movie series has Superman set up by Lex Luthor who is now the President. A kryptonite meteor is heading to Earth and Lex takes advantage of the oppurtunity to strike at his mortal enemy once and for all.
It’s all just an …
The Mist (2008)
Stephen King has had many of his novels and short stories adapted into film versions, but perhaps none have been as disturbing and tragic as The Mist.
In the classic Stephen King novella, first released in the book Skeleton Crew, a town faces terrifying creatures that come out of a …
Sharknado 2: The Second One (movie)
I don’t remember seeing Sharknado 2 advertise, but when I saw the trailer for its prequel Sharknado for the very first time I was convinced the entire thing had to be a joke or one of those bad Syfy movies even with all the so-called rave reviews it had …
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman movie
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman was a very compelling story about a woman named Angelica Evans. She is a nightclub singer and she marries another singer, Ken Conway. As she is giving birth to their daughter, nicknamed Angel, Ken sings a romantic ballad instead of his …
Failure to Launch dvd
Failure to Launch stars Sarah Jessica Parker & Matthew McConaughey. I am not a big fan of SJP, but I do like Matthew McConaughey and I really enjoyed this movie. I think the whole street heard me laugh at the laughing lizard - it was …
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