In a nutshell the film “August Rush” is about fate and dreams. What is fantastic about this great movie is that the young actor, Freddie Highmore acting abilities are simply wonderful. Before “August Rush”, Highmore also appeared in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Finding Neverland”.
The story of “August …

The thief and the cobbler is a 1993 animated fantasy film set in an Arabian like land..Even though it was released in 1993,the film was in production for about 30 years because of the difficulty of the director to fund the movie.In the beginning of the film,the three golden …

I am a huge “The Chronicles of Narnia” fan. I remember it as being the first book series I ever read.
I had the privilege to attend a charity screening event attended by Skandar Keynes, and Georgie Henley (the main actors in the film). It was an event I’ll …

The Way We Were is a classic motion picture. It’s a love story with a questionable ending. It’s romantic and tragic. It’s wonderful. The movie stars Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, and boy do they sizzle together. It’s not an easy relationship, but the …

The Hunger Games is a novel based in post apocolyptic America where whats left of the country is divided into 12 districts controlled by the powerful Capitol. Each district creates a different product for the Capitol. Our main character Katniss Everdeem lives in district 12 where …

Norbit was advertised as a “family film”. At least that’s what i got from the commercials. Right from the beginning, the movie throws completely crude one liners. While I found them absolutely hillarious as an adult, i found it a little inappropriate for the children in …

I love classic movies that features corsets and castles and horses, and knowing this was a truly inspired story made me watch this, I was excited to see Natalie Portman portray the infamous Anne Boleyn and Scarlett Johansson as her sister. In this movie, Eric Bana as the King, …

A must for every collection is what is quickly becoming a classic movie in the poker world; Rounders is a gripping story about two men, a law student and an ex-con that try to make it big playing poker. It?s got a star cast including Matt Damon, Edward Norton …

“Nicholas Nickleby” starring Charlie Hunnam is a fairly decent adaptation of Charles Dickens’s novel, although a lot has been left out due to time constraints. Mini-series work much better to translate Dickens’s 800-900 pages long masterpieces to the screen.
Charlie Hunnam plays the 18 year old Nicholas, a young man …

This is one of the best suspense and thriller movies I have ever watched, this movie is all about Teddy (Leonardo Di Caprio) investigating a murder/lost disappearance case within the isolated and remote Shutter Island, which is an asylum for the mentally insane. Teddy goes with his partner Chuck …

This movie centers around a Jewish boy in the days where Germany started their campaign against Poland and the Soviet Union, he and his family get separated when them flee from the home and tried to get to safety. The boy named Solek, finds his way to an orphanage …

My wife got invited to see Paranormal Activity 2 with a friend today. And, since neither one of us had seen the first movie, we decided to sit down and watch it on Netflix Instant Watch.
When this movie came out, people told us it was the most terrifying thing …

King’s Speech is exactly the kind of movie I enjoy most. Very touching, perfectly acted, and a beautiful rendering of a historical event or personality. This is a film that has garnered much recognition this Awards Season and that is rightly so, because it is certainly my favorite of …

I watched Beethoven the movie last night. This movie is pretty flawed but a decent time overall, if you are into dog comedies. It stars Charles Grodin and is produced by comedy legend Ivan Reitman. It came out in 1991.
I think overall it is most notable for a few …

The original Men In Black was an excellent comedic action movie and a welcome twist on the all to common genre of alien movies. The comedy throughout this movie was real comedy, not the non-stop attempts at slapstick or idiotic humor that have begun to plague comedies as of …

It’s hard to say who was more excited about this movie when the news first hit the floor. All the sugar charged ten-year-old boys who really just wanted to see some big robots blow stuff up, or the generations of baby boomers who remember it from when they …

This movie was alright.It had Sara Jessica Parker in it as on of the member’s girlfriend’s.Everyone in the family came to visit there parents for the Chrismas hoilidays . Everyone seemed to come and go all through this movie.One of my favorite parts was when Sara …

The Children of the Huang Shi, a true story about a group of Chinese children left with no families to care for them because of the Second World War event. They faced a drastic change when a British journalist was brought to them; they resisted, made fun of him, …

I recently watched “Transformers”, the new live action and computer animated flick based on the cartoon from the mid 1980’s. Wow.
Having been a fan of ‘Transformers’ as a child, I had really high expectations for the film. Every single expectation I had was met and exceeded! Right down …

Underworld is the best vampire movie, hands down.
The ancient war between the Lycans(werewolves) and Vampires has spilled over into present day, and Deathdealer and vampire Selene is and a human named Michael are caught in the middle. The story is filled with deceit, lies and amazing action.
Filmed in Budapest …

As I mentioned in another review, I had a chance to watch a couple movies yesterday evening (it was raining out and there wasn’t anything good on TV). One of the films I re-watched for the first time in a couple years was the movie What happens in Vegas.
This …

My Cousin Vinny, directed by Jonathan Lynn is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language. The original release date was March 13, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Crime and stars Joe Pesci as Vincent Gambini aka Vinny, Ralph …

A disc jockey has a very popular radio show in the Vietnam War. Popular because he doesn’t care about the rules, he just performs his own show the way he wants it. The film is said to be based on real events, although Robin Williams improvises very much as …

A delightful, side popping, laugh till you can’t breathe type movie. It’s original and did I mention that it’s funny as funny can get? You need to watch Kung Fu Hustle. There is no other film like it. And if you find that you like this movie, then you …

The General’s Daughter, directed by Simon West is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for graphic images relating to sexual violence including a strong rape scene, some perverse sexuality, nudity and language. The original release date was June 18, 1999 for United States audience. This movie …

This show was made back in the 1990’s when these “stupid” comedies making fun of other shows were very popular. Yet today it still hold very funny. It was mainly making fun of Top Gun as well as other popular movies back then yet those movies have died and retired …

Flushed Away is one great movie for me. I like Kate Winslet as an actress and in this cartoon movie she dubbed the voice of the female rat named Sid. I like the movie because I like to learn English more and here in this movie they were using …

When an 81 year old millionaire man wishes to be young again, he is in an accident that made that wish become reality, it would appear that he has switched bodies with his 18 year old grandson who is now in a coma in his stead, while he is …

I love horror movies like Resident Evil where zombies are created because of viral infection, so I decided to buy Carriers which looks promising in it cover picture full of blood and flu mask, I expect something some gore and serious viral infestation where people will mutate and grow …

The experimental japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara came out with this interesting study of human sacrifice in the year of 1965. It is about a man who’s face has been entirely burnt off in an accident. People treat him like some sort of monster and can’t really see what’s behind …

I cannot even begin to explain how utterly disappointed I was with this film. Film is not even a word that can describe the atrocity of this HorrorFest movie. I saw that it featured Gabrielle Anwar. And I suppose that because I saw her …

I saw this movie a few days back on History channel. This is the old version of the movie. We also had a new remake a few years back, but this was an old one. It has two parts that were screened one after the other. This is a …

I’ve always been interested in the Bermuda Triangle so any time there is a decent production relating to it, I like to watch. I make the qualification about being ‘decent’ because there are a lot of very weird shows that are sub-par, so I try to weed those …

It Could Happen to You, directed by Andrew Bergman is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 29, 1994 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama/Romance and stars Nicolas Cage as Charlie Lang, Bridget Fonda as …

A french crime comedy with Belmondo, David Niven and Eli Wallach.
Two small time crooks plan to make a big hit against a money transport, but their plans are put in jeopardy when they find out the well-known masterthief called “The Brain” is planning the same thing.
A delightful little film …

Lage raho Munnabhai is sequel of super successful film Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.. The story is about a local Don who in order to impress his girl friend try to imitate the Foot step of Mahatma Gandhi and Accidentally start ting ghost of let Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi ji Teaches him …

Get Hard is a comedy movie starring Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell. Despite all the negative reviews I’d heard about the movie I decided to watch it. While I wasn’t impressed with the plot of the movie, I found myself not taking the movie seriously and laughing at the jokes …

Murder in Swingtime is a movie short that features Les Hite and His Orchestra along with vocalist, June Richmond.
The interesting thing is that as you go along, you are led to believe that there is going to be a murder. There is a lot of hype about this. …

I don’t watch movies often but when I do, I prefer it to be a good experience. In all my years of stay here in Botswana I have been a few times to the movie house. I must say I am impressed with the system here. It’s probably better …

When I first saw the movie “Inkheart” advertising to be released in theatres I somehow assumed that it was supposed to be a fantasy film which starred the actor Brendan Fraiser. Therefore at one point I was even planning on saving some money to watch it while it was …

Starring Kim Basinger (Maggie O’Connor), Jimmy Smits (John Tavis), Holliston Coleman (Cody), Rufus Sewell (Eric Stark), Angela Bettis (Jenna)
A horror show with a difference in the never-ending war between good and evil, this time the good triumphed. This is a wholesome horror movie …

Regal Natomas Marketplace 16 is the only theater near my house. Its located right on the boarder of a bad neighborhood. I would never go to this theater at night by myself. There is a rough crowd that hangs around it a night. The theaters always smell really bad, …

The Corpse Bride is one of my favorite animated films ever. This movie really makes you feel the power and emotion in it. And with Johnny Dep playing the main character you know you are in for one wild ride. It was very cool to see some of Johnny Dep’s …

NYPD’s Lt. John McClane (Bruce Willis) is teamed up with Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson) to try and take down the military minded madness simply known as Simon (Jeremy Irons). Simon enters the scene when news of bomb threats are announced, a decoy that he uses to throw focus …

My wife and I got a chance to watch some movies this past weekend (mostly because the kids were in bed early for a change). One of the films we ended up watching was one we hadn’t heard of before; The Girl Next Door.
Well, actually, I had heard of …

Delta Force 2 : The Colombian Connection with Chuck Norris, Billy Drago, and Richard Jaeckel.
Since I enjoyed the original Delta Force, I looked forward to another action packed Chuck Norris film. Sadly, Mr. Norris appeared to be sleep walking through this work and obviously put …

Columbo: Murder, a Self Portrait opens at the basset hound club. I’m laughing and having a good time already. They showed a lot of the different competitions during the opening credits. The dress up category had prisoner bassets, Sherlock Holmes bassets, and flamingo bassets. What a …

I recently watched a really poor christmas movie that was made around 1964.It is called santa claus conquers the martians.THe film looks like a mix of sci fi and family christmas films.The main plot has do with martians capturing santa claus from the north pole so they can jhave …

Cloverfield takes place in New York City. The story is that a video camera was found at a “ground zero” site, somewhere near Central Park. On the camera, you begin to see a movie as you would watching a home video. Eventually, after an introduction to the movie to …

“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 …