Movies Reviews
Face/Off (1997)
A man plays with his son on a merry-go-round…another lays calmly in the distance sipping liquid through a straw, he takes aim and shots the man and son; man lives, boy dies.
Six years later…
John Travolta is CIA Agent Sean Archer whose son was brutally murdered at the savage hands …
Ocean’s Eleven
I am a huge fan of all of the Ocean’s movies, Ocean’s eleven probably being my favorite of the three so far. What I love about this movie is that the makers never forget that this movie if made up of STARS and every single characters gets to …
Psycho 1998
Starring: Anne Heche (Marion Crane), Vince Vaughn (Norman Bates), Viggo Mortensen (Sam), Julianne Moore (Lila), William H. Macy (PI)
Marion Crane was unable to marry her lover due to his money problems with his former wife. When her employer gave her $400,000 to deposit in the bank, she …
High School Musical 2 movie
With the enormous success of High School Musical, Disney quickly made a sequel called appropriately enough High School Musical 2. Not messing with success, it’s basically the same cast, led by teen almost-sensations, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. The movie starts as summer break is about to …
Zorro,movie
Action-packed and fast-paced. If that’s what you are looking for, you wouldn’t be disapppointed. The movies moves at a breathless pace through a rather convoluted plot about some ancient secret society wanting to destroy the fledging United States of America. The plot hinges on transporting some explosives to the …
Lucy by Luc Besson (2014 movie)
I was looking for some action and heart-stopping entertainment to fill my idle hours. After watching the catchy trailer, I flung myself to the movies to see this science fiction flick called “Lucy.” Luc Besson directs and writes the movie, which stars Scarlett Johansson, and it comes …
What’s New Scooby Doo Monstrous Tails
My daughter loves the newer Scooby Doo episodes. So, when she wanted to rent a movie last weekend, we ended up picking up a movie that featured several episodes “Monstrous Tails.”
And, after watching it with her probably about three dozen times over the past week, I have to say …
Balls of Fury
I normally enjoy Christopher Walken movies but the film Balls of Fury was a bit too stupid for my tastes.
I’ve always thought table tennis as a competitive sport was a bit too much. It’s a game that should be played at home and that’s it. So, when you make …
Real Genius (1985 movie)
Brilliant teenagers struggle to make the grade and live up to their potential while working on a laser as an assignment. Unknowing to them what the end result of the project will lead to, they realise that it’s going to be used as a weapon. Using their unique brain …
Hairspray
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 …
Battle L.A. Movie
I had not heard much about Battle L.A., which is surprising because it is the current big blockbuster alien movie and that usually means millions of dollars in advertising. The only advertising I have seen for this film is some posters in subway stations. The posters explain the basic …
I Spit on Your Grave 2, Movie 2013
I spit on your grave 2 is directed by Steven R. Monroe, based on the original 1978 film where a woman is repeatedly raped and tortured and then escapes and gains revenge. This film has been thought out to every last detail and although some of the scenes …
Sleepover
At first, I was wondering what this Sleepover DVD movie is all about. But after watching it, I started to join in the ‘fun’ that the characters in the story and this is a very laugh out loud type of movie that will be entertaining for you and your …
Revolutionary Road (2008 Film)
The 2008 film “Revolutionary Road” reunited the two main characters of “Titanic”, Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. I had thought that this film was going to be a rekindle of the flame that I saw in “Titanic” and something that would leave my heart melting. However, I had an …
Ninjas Vs. Zombies, movie (2008)
Sorely missing his recently deceased brother Eric, Randall (played with tortured guilt by Dan Guy) resurrects him through sorcery. Unfortunately, Eric (PJ Megaw) comes back as a soul-sucking demon who turns people into flesh-eating zombies. Eric is already dangerous, but once he finds out his girlfriend, Lily …
Pride and Prejudice
It is amazing how many times one movie can be remade. Pride and Prejudice happens to be one of those movies. In essence the movie is about different classes of people, pride of Elizabeth Bennett, and Mr. Darcy, also the prejudice between the classes of people and between …
Going My Way movie
Going My Way is absolutely wonderful. With Bing Crosby in the lead, you know it’s going to be somewhat laid back, and it is. It’s a subtle work that touches the heart and spurs on our emotions. Crosby is Father O’Malley, and he’s been sent to …
Pineapple Express
This is yet another comedy from the Happy Madison production line and is much typical with the plot line we come to expect from these films! Definitely not for the younger viewers and contains 100% adult material!! The movie stars Seth Rogan and James Franco who do an average …
Film Gladiator
Here is the story of a man who is at the top, falls and then rises to the top again. This is a great movie.
I love this story. When I initially saw it in the dollar discount movie theatre, I wasn’t sure what I …
V for Vendetta movie
When I first heard about “V for Vendetta” I was sceptical of whether or not the Wachowski brothers would be able to pull out a quality movie after their not so astounding Matrix Revolutions. As the movie release date approached I watched more and more movie trailers, as …
A Life Less Ordinary
“A Life Less Ordinary” represents the early stages of two great actors; Cameron Diaz and Ewan McGregor. This is a very funny romantic comedy were we can see the great talents of the then almost unknown actors. In this movie, they are both sporting a trendy spiky haircut. We …
Red Eye
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 …
The Mist
Frank Darabont had proven himself a skilled director when it came to adapting Stephen King’s works to film. He created a modern masterpiece with “The Shawshank Redemption” and “The Green Mile” was also very well done. For the first time, the director gets to tackle a horror …
V for Vendetta (2005)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Director: James McTeigue. Featuring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving and John Hurt.
In my eyes, the movie stands somewhere between greatness and boredom, all depends on how you like your movies. It is told in a non realistic, graphic novel style. The heroes are symbolic and …
Do Begha Zamin Film
Do Begha Zamin was a master paces by Bimal Roi The story was about a farmer who comes in big city in order to make money. So that he can buy out the leased land for the hands of Land Lord. The whole story has been narrated in the …
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, movie
I never knew that the story was based on a book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I got to know about this movie from a friend who was studying Mass Media. I always watch movies when I am alone so that I do not get distracted and because I …
Better Than Chocolate movie
Over the weekend I caught a really good movie on HBO. It is called “Better Than Chocolate.” The movie caught my attention because it is about lesbians. I haven’t seen vary many movies made from the other perspective so I decided …
Good Luck Chuck
From the previews and the description on the box, I thought the movie Good Luck Chuck would be an excellent love story. What my wife and I sadly discovered was the movie wasn’t much better than a soft-core porn flick.
The idea of a guy who has a curse that …
View from the Top (2003)
Director: Bruno Barreto. Featuring: Christina Applegate, Candice Bergen and Gwyneth Paltrow.
This is a cute little story enjoyable to watch and easy on the eyes. Yet if your time is really precious, save it for something else.
It tells the story of a young woman named Donns (Paltrow) from a …
Notorious movie
I remember only vaguely the so-called hip-hop wars between the East Coast and the West Coast rap artists in the 1980s and early 1990s, because I listened to only some of the music. I do remember the violence between the two groups, and the gang war that resulted in …
A Perfect Getaway
My husband and I watched A Perfect Getaway the other night. I thought it was going to be a nice little B-movie. I wasn’t expecting too much from this movie. Good thing or I would have been really disappointed! …
Movie: Aliens in the Attic
When the film Aliens in the Attic first came out, my wife and I gave serious consideration to seeing it in the theater with our oldest daughter. We decided against this because we figured it wouldn’t be as good as the previews.
We finally did watch the movie this past …
Scary Movie
A hideous “comedy” that is supposed to make fun of old horror movie cliches with a focus on predictable storytelling and shock effects. However, all it does is show a very long and disturbing series of prejudice, poor taste and idiotic humour. The film is by the way is …
Psycho movie
From imitation and its popularity among film scholars and horror buffs, Psycho has no more surprises left —“ that’s a given. However, Sir Alfred Hitchcock foresaw this problem and infused Psycho (as well as his other pictures) with the more effective element: suspense. We know where, why, and when …
A Chinese Ghost Story Movie
A man comes to a new town and tries to find a place to sleep. The only one he finds is an old temple haunted by demons. He later falls in love with a woman, but finds out she is possessed by powerful spirits, and their love proves to …
Billa 2007
Billa 2007 is a Tamil film which is a remake of the Rajinikanth starred old Tamil film Billa. In this film Ajith played the role of Billa, an international smuggler. The other cast of the movie are Prabhu, Nayanthara, Namitha, Rehman, Santhanam, etc. Vishnuwardhan was directed …
Film Beetlejuice
Few films are as wildly inventive as Tim Burton’s manic masterpiece Beetlejuice.
Telling the tale of Adam and Barbara (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis), living in a small town and unable to have children, who are exiled after an unexpected death to live in their beautiful country home. It wouldn’t …
How To Rob A Bank Movie
When I bought this movie from the DVD store I didn’t expect a lot from it. I didn’t know the actors, never heard about the director and never heard about this movie in any reviews I have ever read before. I decided to make this a bed time movie, …
Silent Hill Movie
On Sunday, me and my boyfriend and our best friends James & Joan went to see Silent Hill. Both James and Alex had played Silent Hill the game (I didn’t even know it was a game) so they had high expectations for the movie.
At first the movie was slow …
Movie: Let The Right One In
Let The Right One In is a film I have been wanting to see for quite awhile. Horror fans have been making their lists of their favorite genre film and more and more often you see this one popping up. Since the list is long of films …
Mr. and Mrs Smith
“Mr and Mrs Smith” is the movie that made the actors; Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie meet together on screen. It seems that they were so great together that after this movie, Pitt left his wife, the actress Jennifer Aniston to start living with Jolie and have a family.
In …
Rod Zombie’s New Halloween Movie
I have an affinity for scary movies and am especially fond of the Halloween story. Having grown up watching this series, I was intrigued to learn that Rod Zombie had taken over where John Carpenter and Moustafa Akkad had left off. Being a huge fan of “The …
Cujo
If you are not afraid of dogs by now you will be after watching the movie Cujo. Stephen King is the master of horror and he really does make you fear dogs and never look at them in the same way ever again. The movie is about a a killer …
Flashbacks of a Fool
Flashbacks of a Fool is a film which tells an intimate human story of squandered chances, life changing mistakes and misplaced choices. Daniel Craig plays Joe Scot, a Hollywood actor living a life of excess who is losing his grip on the things that should matter in his life. …
Good Luck Chuck (2007)
When Chuck was a teenager and at a party at one of his friends house, he went into the closet to play the ’seven minutes of heaven’ game with a girl that really likes him but he refuses to have an sexual contact with her and she ends up …
The Nightmare Before Christmas
I was really disappointed watching this movie and I can say it was a waste of time for me. I thought that it was a nice movie since I saw a lot of collectible items for this movie. I thought that it has the same theme as that of …
Toy Story-movie
Toy Story is a 1995 cgi film about toys coming to life and having adventures.The toys only come to life when no humans are around.Otherwise,they remain seemingly lifeless objects. The movie is about a boy named Andy and his collection of toys.One toy woody is the leader of the …
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, movie
Just by looking at the title, you can tell that this isn’t going to be a cinematic game changer. Dumb as it is, I can actually see the train of thought that led to this. What would happen to two kids who were terrorized by a witch …
10000 B.C. Movie
This was one of the most awaited movies of the year. It was released last week and I watched it and was quite impressed by the movie . The story is a fantasy taking us back to 10000 B.C. with a fiction situation of a fantasy land where …
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