Movies Reviews
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
One of my favorite family movies growing up was Mrs. Doubtfire. It’s one of Robin Williams’ best movies, I think. In it, he plays the father of three children that he hardly gets to see because of his divorce. So, he disguises himself as a senior-age …
Bad News Bears (2005 movie)
Remake of a classic…this movie lives up to the reputation that The Bad News Bears have been known for. It does not disappoint the original stories that it’s being based on. But it’s time for a reality check…this movie was never a good one to start off with. It …
Fat Albert (2004)
Anyone who knows themselves to the best of their knowledge is supposed to know the TV series called fat Albert. This series has been on the TV for so many years it is hard to not know it even if you did not want to. The only sad thing …
Limitless Movie (2011)
I am going to tell you right from the start that I have watched Limitless movie (starring Robert De Niro and Bradley Cooper) about a dozen times now. So it is pretty obvious I loved it very much.
There is something about the movie that makes you want to either …
Orphange (movie)
Last week we went and saw the Orphanage, which is currently nominated for foreign film awards. It was in Spanish, however after sitting there awhile you didn’t even need the subtitles to follow the story line.
The film started showing an old orphanage in Spain, there were a …
Things We Lost in the Fire (R, 2007) movie
I was expecting a little bit of over-acting from Halle Berry, and perhaps even a bit too much gratuitous skin. There was indeed a lot of skin in this movie. But most of the skin shown was on the face–close-ups of the actors for long periods of …
Big Fish movie
“Big Fish” is a very unique film starring Ewan McGregor. When I say unique, I really mean unique. It is a very hard film to describe without spoiling the plot.
Pros: Tim Burton certainly used all of his creative juices in directing this film. The film includes …
Scott Turow’s The Burden of Proof - Part 1 movie
Scott Turow’s The Burden of Proof - Part 1 held some interest for me here and there, though it’s not something I would normally watch. Hector Elizondo stars as attorney Sandy Stern. Fresh off a victory, he goes home and finds his wife of many years dead, …
Kingpin (1996)
Kingpin, directed by Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for crude sex-related humor and a drug scene. The original release date was July 26, 1996 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Sport and stars Woody …
No Country for Old Men (2007)
From the beginning scene of the aftermath of a violent drug scene gone bad through the end this movie features a series of violent scenes. All the men seem bent on men trying to cowboy up and deal with the problem in true Texas fashion: with more violence. Don’t …
The Norwood Builder
I am reviewing The Norwood Builder, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was produced by Granada television in 1983. This episode finds a young man in need of Holmes’ help, as he woke up the very morning to find himself …
The Notebook movie
The Notebook movie is real horrible and I never could quite get why people liked it so much. The book was ok but the movie was horrid. First off the actress they got to play the main role was awesome and she played the character well but the main …
Ocean’s Eleven
Based on the 1960 film of the same title and directed by acclaimed director of such films as Traffic and Erin Brockovich, Steven Soderbergh, Ocean’s Eleven is a cool hi-tech comedy. Starring some of Hollywood’s most popular actors, it’s the story of Danny Ocean (George Clooney), a newly released …
Little Black Book movie
I watched “Little Black Book” because I read the story of the film and thought that it was a good movie, however it ended up not to deliver what was expected. The script could have been improved much more in order to let the actresses, Brittany Murphy and Holly …
The Movie “Tangled” from Disney Studios
I would like to review the film Tangled. I saw this movie in very recently.
First I want to comment on the characters. First comes the girl, a very charming one. Each and every scene of her made me to jump - especially her face expressions. The way she …
Unknown (2011 Movie)
The combination of Liam Neeson and so many comparisons to 2008’s “Taken,” I was more excited about 2011’s “Unknown” than I should have been based on the preview. Although I wasn’t really excited about the movie’s premise, I was still hopeful. It was a really big letdown.
There’s no …
Rush Hour 3, Brett Ratner Movie
Still remember the detective inspector Lee and detective James Carter? Now, they return. Han told Consul has become the China ambassadorial to the United States and Lee became bodyguard. Meanwhile, Carter often make the problem has become a traffic cop punished by supervisors. However, an incident that Han had …
Movie: “The House Bunny”
“The House Bunny” came from the same writers that created “Legally Blonde”; while “Bunny” is definitely not the instant classic that “Legally Blonde” was, it’s a cute movie of its own right.
Anna Faris plays Shelley, a Playboy bunny who gets kicked out of the Playboy Mansion at the ripe …
Dream House Movie (2011)
Needless to say that every person walking into the movie theater with me last night to see Dream House had real great expectations from it. And there was no reason not to have them, after all it seemed the movie had all the right ingredients. It had reliable and …
The Italian Job, movie (1969)
Chances are, you know who Michael Caine is. The Prestige, Inception and the recent trio of Batman films are only a few of the films to showcase his talents. Yet, there was a period where no one outside of England knew who he was. Thanks to …
The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
The Long Kiss Goodnight, directed by Renny Harlin is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for a substantial amount of strong bloody violence, and strong language. The original release date was October 11, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Thriller …
Netflix
Renting movies used to be such a hassle. You had to go to the store, hope they had what you were looking for, pay like 5 bucks a movie, and then get fees for being late or not rewinding the tape (there’s an antiquated reference if ever there …
Strigoi, movie (2009)
Its safe to say that vampires aren’t what they used to be. The dark forces of evil that they are in books, like Bram Stoker’s Dracula and films like The Lost Boys, have been brushed aside for more romanticized versions in True Blood and Twilight. Fortunately, there …
Farewell to Harry DVD
Starring Joe Flanigan and William Hall, Jr., Farewell to Harry is presented on DVD for the enjoyment of DVD shoppers. The picture also stars Lysette Anthony in a supporting role.
The movie itself is intriguing and focuses on the relationship of a writer and the owner of a hat …
Panic Room (2002)
Panic Room, directed by David Fincher is rated R bythe Motioon Picture Association of America for violence and language. The original release date was March 29, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Mystery/Thriller and stars Jodie Foster as Meg Altman, Kristen Stewart as …
Hollow Reed movie
I actually came across the movie “Hollow Reed” by accident before I had never even heard of it and when I saw it starting it seemed that nothing else worth watching was being aired on cable television at the time. To make things even better, the movie was a …
WarGames (1983) movie
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Dabney Coleman, John Wood, Ally Sheedy, Juanin Clay, Barry Corbin, Michael Ensign, Michael Madsen, Alan Blumenfeld, Maury Chaykin, Eddie Deezen, and Art LaFleur.
Directed by: John Badham.
David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) is a young teenage hacker who unknowingly finds a back door into NORAD’s central military computer, ‘WOPR’, …
Nature vs. Nurture
Originality is not one of the strong suits of the minds behind Tripping the Rift. The show is on the whole of it nothing more than a fairly uninspired riff on everything that has come to be considered part of science fiction over the last 100 or so …
Spider-man: Homecoming - (Movie 2017)
It almost seems every few years we have a new Spider-man franchise. While I’m definitely a fan of the days where Toby Maguire graced the screens as Peter Parker/Spider-man, Spider-man: Homecoming took me to a more refreshing look at Spider-man himself.
The Spider-man franchise starring Maguire and …
Superman 4 (1987)
This is where I believe the Superman saga got way too watered down and began feeling less like a superman movie and more like a superman flop. They have juiced it out to the point where they are now scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for some thing …
Blood Diamond movie
In 2006, a movie starring Leonardo Dicaprio titled “Blood Diamond” Was released in theaters. This movie mostly received decent reviews, around 3 out of 4 star ratings. It is the story of an African man who’s village is destroyed by a group of diamond diggers. His family escapes, and …
Nanny McPhee
Mary Poppins she ain’t. But Nanny McPhee does have a mysterious charm all her own. The story is familiar. Unruly children need a nanny to keep them in their place. But their dad, struggling at working for the undertaker while trying to raise all his kids, helped unfortunately by …
Movie : Couple’s Resort
Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. We went out the night before to celebrate but had some time yesterday morning before we had to pick up the kids so we decided to sit down and watch the DVD we’ve had a while, Couple’s Resort.
This movie turned out to be better …
Last Night film
Director Don McKellar brings us a thought provoking, powerful and at times, humorous vision of the last day on earth.
It’s an unusual take on the apocalypse, opting instead to show the very real human tragedy behind the impending disaster. Some sit alone with their own thoughts, others band together …
Fullmetal Alcehmist Brotherhood Episode 6
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood episode 6 begins with a small recap of episode 5 and then goes straight to Ed boarding a train being seen off by Maes Hughes and accompanied by Alex Louis Armstrong. On their way back to Risembool, Armstrong spots a man he calls “Dr. Marcoh.” …
Dhoom 2 Movie
Dhoom 2 is the sequel of hit film dhoom. It has Hritik Roshan in lead role and Aishwarya Rai as lead actress. The movie is about a thief who likes to steel all kinds of masterpiece. He is follow by a cop played by Abhishek Bachchan. The film has …
Epic (2013 Movie)
Epic is a Blue Sky film that details an animated story of teenage girl who finds herself literally shrink into a world of tiny people that live in the forest surrounding her father’s house. Her father had been studying these people for many years with no success and no …
Head Trauma movie
I like watching indie movies, and so I was excited to see this one even though at the time I wasn’t completely sure what it would be about. Thus, I sat up one night to watch it after hearing a lot of good things about the movie, which I …
Twilight
OK, either I’m starting to get really old or the movie Twilight wasn’t anything that lived up to all the hype and the obsession the fans are giving it. I watched it last night and thought it was the longest, most boring vampire film I’ve ever seen. And, believe …
PumpkinHead
PumpkinHead is a pretty good scary movie. The movie is kind of old but still pretty creepy. The movie is about a demon named PumpkinHead. PumpkinHead is a demon that can be called up to get revenge on someone who did you wrong. But his power is very evil, and …
Uncle Buck Movie
I got home from work yesterday and my wife had just started watching the movie Uncle Buck. I didn’t intend on watching it. But, I had to wait for the dishwasher to get done before I could start dinner (my frying pan was in it) so I sat down …
Miracle on 34th Street movie
The classic and wonderful Miracle on 34th Street is a delight for all time. I don’t think any holiday movie about Santa Claus will ever be able to surpass it. It’s family entertainment at its best, with quality performances across the board. Little Natalie Wood is …
The Barretts of Wimpole Street movie
From 1934, The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a very nice movie, though I must admit I prefer one of the remakes better. Still, this was the one that started it all, and there are some fine moments to it.
I love that Flush, the dog, gets star billing …
American Gangster
One of the most anticipated movies this year. With a huge celebrity line up from Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe to Common. This movies deserves all its appreciation and glory. The movie is about New York Harlem F.B.I
squad which is supposed to crack down on drugs and harm to …
Signs (Movies)
I recently came to live in a new city for a few months, and part of my condominium lease included some great movie channels on cable. I have been re-watching a lot of movies that I saw a long time ago, and enjoying many of them. Last weekend, we …
Batman Returns 1992 Movie
With the return of Batman in 1992, I was glad to see Michael Keaton making a return as well. I enjoyed his Batman performance and after hearing rumors of Tom Hanks was going to be Batman, I think he saved the series. And with the return of Batman, two …
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 …
Rainman
Ra-ra-ra-rainman. If you’ve never seen the perfectly flawless perfomance of an autistic man and his brother’s developing relationship, then you’re missing out on one of the great films of the 1990s. It’s iconic. Hords of gamblers went looking for autistic family members to take to Vegas with them. Well, …
The Pianist (2002) Movie
The Pianist is a true spectacular, bona fide and triumphantly made movie which was based on the true-life story of a brilliant pianist and composer, Wladyslaw Spzilman, which was portrayed perfectly by Oscar winner, Adrian Brody.
I fell inlove with the movie the instant its first short part of black …
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