Movies Reviews
Contagion ( 2011 Movie )
How do you fit 3 Oscar Best Actress in a movie? The movie Contagion is the answer to that. It is difficult to find Academy Award Winners in the same movie. Gwyneth Paltrow ( Best Actress for Shakespeare in Love in 1998 ), Marion Cotillard ( La Vie En Rose …
Paprika (Animated Film)
Fucking with our minds (pardon my french) is one of the best things that Satoshi Kon is known for. He has brought us numerous mindfuck animated movies such as Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers, and now here is bringing us yet again another mindfucking movie: madhouse presents …
Documentary: Battles Poison Cloud
I recently watched a documentary called Battle’s Poison Cloud. It was a powerful documentary but different than I had expected. The documentary is about Vietnam and the use of agent orange a powerful chemical. This chemical, also called dioxin, was sprayed along with other chemicals during …
Happy feet movie
Happy feet is an animated movie about the penguins and their life and their problems. In the movie there is a penguin whose name is mumble who can not sing properly like all other penguins but he can dance very nicely but no any other penguin appretiate his dancing …
Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo movie
Columbo: Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo was a real shocker when it came out in 1991. I remember reading the buzz about it. Would they really kill off Columbo’s unseen but much loved wife? The made for TV movie actually starts with Mrs. Columbo’s funeral. …
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
“Pirates” is simply one of those movies that will not be off the current younger generation’s top films list. For me (and many others, I suspect), it was gateway into now-legendary actor Johnny Depp’s career. The guy’s performance in this movie, while not a magnum opus, no doubt reveals …
Family Guy - Blue Harvest
Star Wars adding to Family Guy. All I could think was when I first heard about this combination was it was going to be interesting how they could make it funny. Yes, other people have parody Star Wars before never line …
The Family Man (2000)
Nicholas Cage plays Jack Campbell, a Wall Street Investment banker who is wealthy and alone in his life, one morning as he opens his eyes; he finds that his world has been completely turned upside down when he notices that he has a wife and children. He is given …
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Michael Douglas plays Steven Taylor, a wealthy hedge fund manager, Gwyneth Paltrow plays the seemingly loving and supportive wife Emily, Viggo Mortensen plays the role of the other man, killer and con man, together these three individuals bite off more than they can chew in this thriller about love …
Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School
My daughter, who is four, has discovered Scooby Doo and absolutely loves the show and movies.
The other day, we bought her a copy of the 1988 film “Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School.” And, as is the case with most movies she loves, she has watched the film 2-3 …
Gladiator
Alright, you probably now about the movie Gladiator by now. You’ve heard the stories about its gore and fighting. Well honestly, you have too see this movie. It is superb. Russell Crowe is at his finest moment of acting in this movie. HE plays the main character so well …
The Wiz–film
The wiz was aoriginally a broadway playversion of the wizard of oz in 1975.it featured an all african american cast,in 1978,the wiz was made into a featue film satarring diana ross as dorthy.The wiz has the same basic story as the original wizard of oz but with a twist.Diana …
Shadow In The Sky Movie
Burt (Ralph Meeker), is an ex-soldier who, after the war horrors of South Pacific, has been kept in a mental hospital. Years have passed, and Burt seems to be doing well; he only can’t handle rain which still frightens him, taking him back to the rain-soaked jungles of the …
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire movie is based on a book by J.K. Rowling. It is the fourth of the series of Harry Potter books. Harry, Ron, and Hermione are about fourteen in this movie and growing into young adults as life becomes more complicated. The movie …
Batman Forever 1995 Movie
This version of Batman was correctly named. Batman Forever. It should have been forgotten Forever. Because this was the worst of all the current Batman movies to come out in the last 20 to 30 years. It was released in 1995 and never should have left the drawing board. …
Unlimited movie rental
I signed up for Blockbuster Total Access 3 months ago. I was very surprised that it worked the way Blockbuster says on TV. If you sign up at the store or online you have to pay a monthly fee. I signed up for the unlimited movies …
The Night Listener movie
When I first popped this DVD in, I was a little apprehensive about watching Robin Williams portray another homosexual character in a film. It wasn’t until I did a little research, and realized that this film was based on a novel, which in turn was based on …
Monster in Law
“Monster in Law” marks Jane Fonda’s return on the big screen after 15 years absent from the movie industry, and may I add what a return. Fonda interprets the role of a mother obsessed in breaking up her son’s relationship with his present girlfriend, Charlie.
During an interview, Fonda …
Yell for the blue sky (Japanese Youth Drama movie)
Yell for the blue sky (also known as Aozora Yell) is a 2016 Japanese youth drama film directed by Takahiro Miki, written by Yukiko Mochiji and based on the manga series of the same name by Kazune Kawahara.
The story is basically about 2 high schoolers, Tsubasa Ono (Tao Tsuchiya) and …
Halloween 2 movie
Rob Zombie returns with the follow up to his remake of the seminal slasher film. Last time, he made a terrible job of the remake and this time round he makes an even crappier job with its sequel. Well, that isn’t really fair. The awful flashback sequences from the …
The Martian (Film 2015)
I just watched The Martian in theaters today and this Matt Damon led space thriller was absolutely phenomenal. It is one of those movies where you walk out and feel like you enjoyed a full meal and not cheated out of $10.50…and you get to see Childish Gambino in …
Good Luck Chuck
If you really love watching romance movies, than you must not miss out on watching “Good Luck Chuck”. This movie is one of my personal favourites together with “Sleepless in Seattle” and “While you were sleeping”. The difference in this movie from the latter is that the main characteres …
Liar Liar
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve seen the Jim Carey film Liar Liar and, whene it was on one of our movies channels today, I decided to watch it again.
Somehow, it’s not quite as funny as I remember it being.
The movie does have an interesting premise, Carey plays …
Past the Bleachers
Past the Bleachers is a poignant and wonderful 1995 TV movie that starred Richard Dean Anderson and Glynnis O’Connor as parents trying to move on with their lives after their son had died. It’s a trying time. The two are trying to have another baby, but Anderson’s …
Remember the titans
Usually I don’t like movies about football or any sport for that matter. I really liked this movie though. It has Denzel Washington in it. I think he did an amazing job in this movie, like he usually does. The movie was good because it had a very good …
Strange Wilderness (starring Steve Zahn)
I went to watch Strange Wilderness before with my best friend and we were just choosing it at random. The cast is pretty unknown to us except for Steve Zahn, which I couldn’t quite put a name to him. And if you are trying to find Bigfoot, you …
Patriot Games movie
I actually heard about the novel before I saw the movie some years ago since the novel was one of a number of books by the author Tom Clancy in my aunt’s bookcase. I can’t remember watching the movie Patriot Games when I did not have cable televisoion; but …
Fear Dot Com
Starring: Stephen Dorff (Mike Reilly), Natasha McElhone (Teri Houston) Stephen Rea (the Doctor)
Real-time torture broadcasted through the Internet terrifying if you have just accessed the website Fear.dot.com; and given a limited period to solve the problem or die! This movie should be exciting, given …
Buddy
This is truly a good movie for the whole family. It has quite a few animals in it and it is overall a good movie. The acting in it is good and the story is good. Overall I really liked this movie. I enjoy watching this with my sister …
The Ruins (Movie )
The Ruins was a complete waste of time, which was sad because I really wanted to see it. I kept seeing the movie advertised and telling my friends how good I thought it was. I’ve never read the book the film was based on, but now that I’ve seen …
The Heroin Busters, movie (1977)
Mike Hamilton of Interpol is looking to halt operations of an Italy-based international drug cartel. He teams up with an undercover cop named Fabio and they go against the enigmatic Gianni. Yet, its not going to be easy.
The film presents an exaggerated take on the seedy underbelly …
3:10 to Yuma
I am reviewing the 2007 movie, 3:10 to Yuma, starring Russel Crowe and Christian Bale. Crowe plays Arizona outlaw Benjamin Wade, a no nonsense, dangerous criminal. While dangerous, the man is also charming and likable. Then we meet Dan Evans, played by Christian Bale. He’s a family man, dedicated, …
Road to Morocco movie
The Road pictures continue with this third outing from 1942 called Road to Morocco. As with the first two films, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour starred. It was that same old formula, too, but that isn’t a bad thing in the case of this movie.
One of …
The Chronicles of Narnia- Lion, Witch, Wardrobe (PG, 2005)
I avoided the Chronicles of Narnia for a long time because I thought it was one of those really trippy kid flicks that would end up being either really boring or so far-fetched that I’d just grow disinterested. It turns out that this movie really is far fetched. …
Circus of Fear movie
The movie “Circus of Fear” is one of the actor Christopher Lee’s older movies. At first I got the impression from the title that it was going to be a horror film, but, instead it turned out to be more of a mystery/suspense film. Personally, even though the …
Spider-man 2 (2004)
The second installation of the Spider-man epic gives us another taste of the web slingers adventures. This time he battles a scientist going by the name Dr. Octopus (Doc Oc) a scientist who accidentally gets fused with his own creation while undergoing an experient. Dr. Otto Octavius played by …
Most Wanted (1997)
When a war time veteran is wrongfully accused of a crime he did not commit, he tries to clear his good name the only way he knows how, and that is by going after the people who framed him in the first place. With his vast knowledge in the …
Grown Ups Movie (2010)
I just recently saw the Grown Ups movie. This is a movie that stars and was produced by Adam Sandler and Happy Madison production. This movie stars Adam Sandler’s friends like Rob Schneider, David Spade, Chris Rock, Kevin James (Albert in Hitch!) and Salma Hayek. There are also the …
Save the Last Dance
I don’t see much interracial romantic movies so when this movie came out, I decided to watch it. Plus the fact that it stars Julia Stiles who I like so much because of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You (with Heath Ledger). Directed by Thomas Carter, Save …
Brothers (2009) movie
Brothers was an interesting film to say the least the three lead roles really made this movie for me, but overall I enjoyed it and it somewhat relates to real life.
The plot of the movie is pretty straight forward but there are lots of subtle entities that you …
Resident Evil 4: Afterlife
Resident Evil 4: Afterlife was a very wonderful surprise for a lover of the video series like myself. The movie promised to be better then Extinction, but I didn’t believe that. I thought it would be another long, drawn out movie …
Movie Quarantine
Starring: Jennifer Carpenter (Angela Vidal), Steve Harris (Scott Percival), Jay Hernandez (Jake), Jonathan Schaeh (George Flectcher)
It was believed to be good, a first person story seen through the lenses of a camera; it proved otherwise. Remakes, as usual, often do not measure up to the …
Blue Valentine Movie
One of this year’s Oscar contenders, Blue Valentine tells the story of Cindy and Dean, a couple on
the verge of a divorce after a short but beautiful courtship. Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams act
their hearts out in this tearjerker and really bring to life these characters along with their …
The Ballad of Andy Crocker movie
I remember well The Ballad of Andy Crocker from 1969, and the reason for that was the star, Lee Majors who played Andy Crocker. Crocker gets a medal as a heroic soldier in Vietnam and then heads home, uncertain of what he’ll find.
Early on, Crocker meets Karen (Jill …
Fool’s Gold movie
This movie has Matthew Mchonuaghey and Kate Hudson. They were once married in the movie and at the beginning of the movie they are getting a divorce. Matthew plays Fin and Kate plays Tess. Fin tries to find gold and runs into a lot of people that want to …
The Net movie
From 1995, The Net is a suspenseful, very well made drama. It’s identity theft to the nth degree, and it’s scary. Sandra Bullock plays Angela Bennett. She’s somewhat of a recluse, and she’s a computer nerd/geek. She’s a master programmer and hacker, and she knows …
Inside Man (2006)
Inside Man has rekindled my interest in Spike Lee movies (or —˜joints’ I should say) as it was thoroughly enjoyable, witty, with a great twist. Lee was doing quirky, witty hard-hitting movies before Tarantino came along. The film starts with Clive Owen, playing the part of Dalton …
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