A spectacular film starring Russell Crowe as Maximus the General and a slave gladiator. The action in this film is not great but it is OK, not too gruesome, not too bloody. The plot is on point and it delivers the goods. Joaquin Phoenix plays a great bad guy …

Rob Marshall turned a New York Times’ Bestseller into a Hollywood box office hit. I have to admit though, it’s not a film I would want to watch over and over again. It’s brilliant. Emotional. Deep. That said, it’s kind of depressing despite the ending. The entire film has …

A masterful love story about ones passion, this movie is not only about love for another person, it is also about the love that a person has for what that person is doing and in this case, it is all about dancing. Yes, just as the title says, this …

Fracture is a movie starring Anthony Hopkins. It is directed by Gregory Hoblit. In the first few minutes of the movie, we see Ted Crawford (an older man played by Anthony Hopkins) shoot his adulterous wife and causes her to fall into a coma. It turns out …

I am reviewing the movie, Numb, starring Matthew Perry. So there’s this guy. He has a lot of problems. He has depersonalization. This means that everything around him is in a dream state. He doesn’t know whether things are real. They all seem like they’re holograms and unreal. In …

The story adheres strictly to the clichés of the genre , and this potentially poses a risk for the viewer to be bored. The story revolves around two undercover agents, who under the circumstances must join forces to survive and succeed . It sounds familiar, and I do not …

Dallas Buyers Club is one of those movies that is a career builder. Specifically, it is a career builder for the two main actors in the film - Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto. Both of these actors each get in the film a lifetime opportunity that any actors would kill …

This movie was utterly depressing. I think many couples would be quite stricken after watching this. It may be focused on married couples, but I think that the theme encompasses all relationships anywhere in the world because it tackles a very important yet often overlooked issue: communication.
The Wheelers …

I saw this movie going on some time ago on a certain channel although I cannot remember exactly which one. I hesitated to watch it at the time too since I realised that the movie was actually a movie from the seventies and I tend not to like most …

Dead Silence, directed by James Wan is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for horror violence and images. The original release date was March 16, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Horror/Mystery/Thriller and stars Ryan Kwanten as Jamie Ashen, Amber …

I loved the first two Shrek movies, this third one was such a dissappointment to me. I mean I really thought I’d enjoy it. Usually the first movies is good, then the sequel bombs, and everything else follows.. but in this case Shrek 1 & 2 were …

“Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” 1975, is one ridiculous movie, a treat for a lover of absurdities and slapstick humor. King Arthur and some of his knights are searching for the holy grail. For some reason they ride imaginary horses - yes, that’s right: throughout the movie …

Spice and Wolf Episode 2 begins with Holo and Lawrence travelling and staying at church. There, Lawrence meets a man named Zeelen, who offers them a business deal.
This episode is very good, although it is very dialogue heavy and not a lot happens. Still, the dialogue …

In a small town, lived a very unusual girl (Belle) and her father (Maurice), Maurice was an inventor but everyone in town thought he was crazy. After completing on of his inventions, Maurice ventured of to showcase his work in a far away town. Taking a wrong turn in …

The movie is based on several different works of Isaac Asimov. Thanks to Dr. Lanning the man who had established three major laws of robotics, robots have become a common household item working as servants/helpers. When Dr. Lanning is found dead, everyone thinks it’s a suicide - except for …

Generally speaking, I don’t much go for the obvious chick flicks. There are some that I like, but it doesn’t happen to be a genre that I’m in the mood for a lot. And, how much more “chick flick” can you get than a movie that puts …

When I first loaded the movie Bachelor Party Vegas on our netflix player, I wasn’t sure what to expect. i figured it was either a comedy or a soft core porn film. So, I waited until the kids were spending the night at their grandparents’ before my wife and …

Directed by Paul Greengrass and based on the Robert Ludlum novel, Bourne Ultimatum will be recognized as the best movie in the series. Action packed and a lot of loose ends are tied up.
Bourne is once again on the run, finding about his past and saving his skin. …

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, directed by Chris Columbus is rated PG by the Motion Picture Assocaition of America for some scary moments and mild language. The original release date was November 16, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Family/Fantasy and stars …

A world class figure skater with a lot of talent, but who is spoilt beyond measure by her wealthy father has made it very difficult for others to work with her is she is to become an international doubles skater. A professional hockey player with a lot of skill …

The first feature film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet who created the lovely Amelie from Montmartre a couple of years ago and A very long engagement most recently. Delicatessen is a story about the people in an apartment building, who seem to be some sort of cannibals. Some visitors are made …

Having grown up on comic books I was a excited about seeing the avengers. While I am no longer a comic book reader I like seeing the movies that mirror the comics that I read as a kid. I was really excited about The Avengers because this …

If nothing else, this remake of the 1988 musical is worth watching for John Travolta playing the main character’s mother - yes, *mother*. She is fat, and she dances. Travolta is unrecognizable under layers of latex and a fat suit, when I first saw a photo of him in …

I was torn into two pieces by this movie. I didn’t want to see it at first because I thought it would be extremely stupid. And I believed this due to Sacha Baron Cohen’s appearances on television shows as “Bruno.” The character himself was not funny at all, to …

Red Eye is a suspense thriller movie that is about a man, Jackson, who is on a path to kill a government official. Jackson wants Lisa to help him kill this person. That sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? The part about this movie that I did not get is …

After the extraordinary success of “Rocky” sports movies almost invariably follow the stereotypical formula, with slight variations, determined by the taste of the author. In “Rush” opportunities for freely creative imagination are relatively limited as it recreates real events related to real people .
The 70s. The phones have …

I’ve been making my way through the “Friday the 13th” film series. It is one of the iconic horror/slasher franchises out there and I hadn’t seen it yet. Since I’ve been on a bit of a horror kick lately, I figured that now was as good a …

Sister Act, directed by Emile Ardolino is rated PG by the Motion Picture Asociation of America. The original release date was may 29, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Crime/Music and stars Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris Van Cartier aka Sister Mary Clarence, Maggie …

Holy! mother of god! I’m so addicted to this.
If you want a unique kind of art, storyline and not the typical anime character better watch this one.
Its so nice to watch a different kind of anime especially with its graphic art, if I’m not mistaken its called nouveau art. …

The Rainmaker is a film based on the John Grisham novel also titled The Rainmaker. It is the tale of a lawyer fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor(Matt Damon) is desperate for a job. He is forced to join one which is more based on ambulance chasing rather …

If you have seen The Exorcism of Emily Rose, then you are probably familiar with the story of Annelise Michel, a young German woman who died of exhaustion (and malnutrition) after having several exorcisms. The controversy surrounding her involved her medical diagnosis of epilepsy. She …

One of my guilty pleasures is watching some of the more modern Lifetime movies, especially if I think that they have fairly interesting plots and fairly tolerable acting. These can be a little hard to find especially in a sea of low budget movies that Lifetime seems to bring. …

Not being a fan of either Rowan Atkinson (who plays Johnny English) nor a fan of James Bond, it often surprises me that this DVD version of the film is in my collection at all. Every so often when the mood is right it is taken out and …

Gladiator (2000) is an action film directed by Ridley Scott and is rated R by the MPAA.
Gladiator is the sotry of Maximus (Russel Crowe), a Roman General who leads the forces to conquering Germania for the empire. When a dying Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) tells Maximus that he …

1954’s Young at Heart is one of my favorite movies. Interestly, though, I’ve changed how I liked it from when I was a little girl to how I like it as an adult. I always enjoyed it, but as a child, I wanted the resolution to the …

If you like these MST3000’s You will love this one. This movie Boggy Creek II was sooooo lame that it had to be made fun of. And who better to do it but the beloved members of MST3000. This show made no since and they pointed out how senseless …

She’s The One stars Ed Burns, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Anniston, and John Mahoney. Here is an example of a simple story that cannot be classified neither good nor bad.
Two brothers, along with their father, face the challenges of love. So what! Aside from …

I watched this movie about few weeks ago, that’s not my first time I watch this movie, I already watch this movie for about four times, and I always enjoy watching this movie. I had special interest on Japanese custom, and this movie is about the last samurai in …

Ed Wood is a film by Tim Burton which stars Johnny Depp playing the title character of the film. For those of you who don’t know, Ed Wood was a Hollywood director who was voted as the worst director of all time from several polls and this is basically …

Synopsis: A group of American soldiers spend several days fighting communist soldiers in Vietnam.
What I liked about this movie: I have seen a lot of war movies that go out of their way to show the violence but have characters that have about as much emotion as a robot …

I don’t know what it is about Jennifer Aniston movies but they always seem to be extremely depressing; even when they are billed as comedies.
The movie “The Object of My Affection” probably was meant to be a drama. If it wasn’t, then they really screwed up if they thought …

Charlie’s Angels is a movie released in the year 2000 which was supposed to be based on a television series by the same name in the seventies starring the actress Farrah Fawcett. This movie starred the actresses Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore as the three Angels. Before …

I am going to review a film called black knight starring the black actor Martin Lawrence.He plays a character called jamal sky walker.It is about an african american theme park employee named Jamal Skywalker who finds himself in 14th century England after falling into a lake near the theme …

In this 1994 movie directed by the Farrelly brother and starring Jim Carey and Jeff Daniels Lloyd Christmas (played by Carrey) and Harry Dunne (played by Jeff Daniels) play two friends who are struggling to get by, Lloyd is a limo driver with his hopes set on starting a …

I was at a friend’s house when I first heard about this movie. He said to me “It’s called Grandma’s Boy”. I laughed, thinking it was about a little boy who was spoiled by his grandma and wanted to stay at her house all the time. This was not …

Reno911!: Miami (2007) is a comedy directed by Robert Ben Garant that’s rated R for sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language and drug use.
Comedy Central’s hit television show, Reno 911!, comes to the big screen in Reno 911!: Miami. The Reno P.D. heads down to Miami for the …

Transformers 2 is one of the best movies I’ve ever watched. The movie matches the intensity of the first Transformers movie but brings the action up a notch. Here is my opinion on the movie.
Plot: 9/10, the plot of the story is well formed and easy to understand. The …