Movies Reviews
A Little Princess movie
I am reviewing the movie, A Little Princess. This movie centers around Sarah, a little girl who is placed at a school while her father goes off to fight a war. She is placed under the direction of a strict head mistress, who has children servants and a …
Twilight: New Moon
I was disappointed after watching Twilight: New Moon, while before I had great hopes for it after having enjoyed the first Twilight. I usually like Kristen Stewart’s performance; she is especially talented in fulfilling darker and uniquely fascinating roles. In this movie however, I felt that her …
Saw-Movie
I just watched this movie on television last night. I had not seen it for a while and it was great. I have seen all the Saw movies right after they came out at the theater, but the first is my favorite. I had not idea what I was …
True Lies
I really liked the movie True Lies, I thought this film was very and it had a good storyline. I really liked the whole secret agent thing, and agents are always pretty exciting. I think the whole storyline about how the agent’s wife was cheating on him is not that …
Burn After Reading
Is it me? Or are all the movies for 2008 a flop? Now automatically I assume, you put Brad Pitt and George Clooney together on screen, and there should be magic………….sweet sweet magic…Boy was I in for a treat…….a very bad tasting treat after watching Burn After Reading…..maybe …
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The famous black-and-white 1951 British version of “A Christmas Carol” starring Alastair Sim is considered a classic and loved by many. Before I had watched it for the first time, I heard his movie praised so much that I thought I was going to love it as well. However, …
Poseidon (2006)
This movie is a remake of so many other movies of the same name or with similar titles, a group of passengers on an ocean liner must band together to see the light of day and emerge with their lives as the ship they are on is hit by …
Nana (anime)
The series manga/anime series “Nana” is an absolute blast. The story follows two 20-year old girls, both named “Nana” who meet coincidentally twice, and become room mates and best friends. One Nana, Nana Osaki is a punk singer who wants to debut with her band as soon as possible …
Movie Peter Pan
“Peter Pan” is the classic 1950s Disney animated movie about the boy who never grew up and his adventures in Never Land. As a child, I loved this movie. However, I recently watched it with my daughter and so I viewed through the eyes of an adult …
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? movie
Who Is Clark Rockefeller? is a 2010 TV movie that is based on a real life chameleon; that is, someone who is capable of taking on multiple identities over a course of time and is so good at it, that he can be everything from a doctor to a …
The Shining (movie)
I love stephen King books, and I really like when they turn them into movies. We watched the Shining on Saturaday the one with JAck Nicholson in it.
it was such a spooky movie, here is this family that you realize that they are having a hard time …
GHOST (1990)
I really do not like love stories with horror or something but the movie Ghost pass my taste for movies.The movie was created year 1990 but i just got the chance to watched it this year when My brother in law watched it in You tube. I am so …
Anime: Elfen Lied
If the audience does not mind gorey/violent scenes, then this anime is actually quite enjoyable. This anime features diclonius, a type of mutant human with two horns, living amongst human beings. They are constantly shunned because of the unusual appearance and abilities. They have invisible arms called ‘vectors’ that …
Harold and kumar go to white castle
One day I watched this movie because I was really bored and it was on television. It wasn’t that good at all. I think I might have laughed once or twice. Most of the time I like movies about this or that are like this. This movie though made …
National Treasure (2004 movie)
Stemming for a long line of treasure hunters, Nicholas Cage (Ben Gates) tries to save and discover at that same time, a treasure that has been long sought after by many. The treasure, claiming to have been about since the Knights Templars where around, has been transfered from one …
The Addams Family
The Addams Family is a show that nearly every one in the world has heard of. When they announced plans to turn it into a movie though, people were less than thrilled. Once it came out, there were a lot of converts as people were eager to see the …
The Closer you get movie
A team of unmarried men in a small irish village get tired of always being alone and puts an advertisement in the newspaper to make women come to their annual dance. Quite unexpectedly, women show up.
When I decided to have a look at this movie, I had read that …
Kill Theory movie
A friend of mine had the DVD for Kill Theory, and I decided to kill time while I was at their house and watch it, even though even the title seemed very corny to me, and I’m usually very wary of a lot of horror movies that seem to …
The Master Blackmailer
I am reviewing The Master Blackmailer, a Sherlock Holmes movie produced by Granada television in the 1990s. It stars Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. Watson. In this movie, Holmes pits his powers against a master blackmailer, who has been blackmailing people for fortunes …
Drive (2011 film)
Okay, recently there has been a difference of opinion about this film boiling away between various groups of my friends, so I have decided to write a little about it and explain what I like about it, and why I think you should too (And perhaps some stuff about …
True Grit movie
In 1969, John Wayne starred in True Grit, and it’s one awesome picture. I don’t like the violence, but even so, I went to the theater numerous times when it was first released. I love it. The movie co-stars Kim Darby and Glen Campbell. Along …
Taken movie
Taken can easily be classified as another run-of-the-mill spy action movie—”because it is. There are only few changes in the plot that can make it a memorable one. The first is that Bryan Mills’ daughter is kidnapped not for ransom but for trade in the sex industry. The second …
Shutter Island movie
“Shutter Island” by Dennis Lehane is a novel adapted to a movie called “Shutter Island”. I rented the DVD of Shutter Island from a local DVD store three days ago and decided to watch it yesterday. I had a lot of expectations from the …
Unbroken-2014, Biography, Drama Movie
I always watch films that are based on World War period. World War 2 was one of the greatest nightmares world has ever seen. Their are a lot of films based on it, and the greater part of them are truly intriguing. Moving further, I never knew anything about the …
Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked 2011 Movie
After the first two Chipmunk films, I was a little weary of the theme of the Chipmunks and the Chipettes being lost on a desert island. That was the theme for the Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked released in 2011. The theme of being lost of deserted island has …
Top Secret! movie
An american rock star is having a performance in Germany. What he doesn’t know is that the performance is really a cover-up for a political meeting.
This film features Val Kilmer in one of his early roles, strangely enough in a comedy as it is. The tone is that of …
Tamara movie
I ended up watching a movie I never heard of before last night. But, despite the fact it wasn’t well known, the film “Tamara” was actually an OK film.
The movie is a bit far fetched. Basically you have a girl who is picked on by her high school classmates …
28 Days Later
28 days later is your typical zombie movie even though what those things are can’t really be thought of as zombies.
Basically a virus spreads and turns everyone it came into contact with into bloodthirsty savages which kill on sight. Unlike zombies though they are faster and (at least in …
Hairspray (2007)
Hairspray, directed by Adam Shankman is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for language, some suggestive content and momentary teen smoking. The original release date was July 20, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Musical/Romance and stars John Travolta as …
Step Up movie
Step Up: yes please do. Step up the acting, step up the writing, step up the score. Above all, step up the dancing. There was absolutely nothing redeeming about this movie, and I like cheesy dance movies. The lighting was incredibly unflattering throughout the entire running, the acting was …
Movie: Stan Helsing
I ended up watching the movie Stan Helsing Friday night because I was in the mood for a comedy and figured this would be one of those films that was so terrible, it couldn’t help but be funny.
Well, it turns out I was right about the movie being terrible. …
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
“Star Trek: Generations” is, in my opinion, the best of the Star Trek movies. I love the way it blended the cast of the original series with that of Star Trek: The Next Generation, even though they were 78 years apart in time. The way they did this was …
Movie The uninvited
I watched the uninvited about a week ago and I really enjoyed it overall. I thought the movie was interesting, kept my attention, and had a good story behind the movie. My sister and my mother watched the movie as well, and they really enjoyed it. My sisters friend …
Ironman
Before renting Ironman, I expected it to be a cliché, super-hero, comic-book movie. Even though I love anything Robert Downey Jr. does, I didn’t expect this role to show off his brilliant acting ability. I was wrong about that, and I really enjoyed this action movie, because it actually …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium OVA DVD
Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium OVA DVD is a collection of shorts of Fullmetal Alchemist characters based off events during and after the first anime series and has nothing to do with the new Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood series.
This DVD is something that any Fullmetal Alchemist fan should have in …
The Last King of Scotland, Kevin Macdonald Movie
Uganda, around the year 70, when the General Idi Amin, recently conducted successful codetta overthrow the power of the president Obote. Meanwhile, a young doctor arrive named Nicholas Harrigan to the country. Feeling want to search for new experiences, not long after graduating from medical college, he chose to …
The Movie 30 Days of Night
My sister is one of those people that adores scary vampire movies. I cannot necessarily say that I am in agreement with her, but every once in awhile I will go and see movies like this with her. This movie was one that she desperately wanted to see …
Brother Bear movie
An animated film about three brothers who fight against a great bear with an unfortunate outcome. The youngest of these brothers is put into a peculiar situation and needs to find a certain mountain to survive.
Extraordinary animated movie considering the mere visual area, but it really doesn’t have anything …
A Nightmare on Elm Street movie
I’m not sure exactly how I managed to live my life without seeing this particular film, but I have. Upon having seen it, I am glad I have. It was an enjoyable film, the scene when the first girl is killed is quite startling (in my opinion …
Dinosaur (Movie)
Last night my kids were at home with a movie in their hands that I would like to comment about because it is fun and very entertaining for them and for adults too.
DINOSAUR
A Disney movie that takes us back to prehistory, about 65 million years ago when dinosaurs lived …
Sucker Punch (2011 Film)
Sucker Punch is one of those movies that you have to watch with an open mindset. The jest of this movie, for the most part, isn’t going to come to you quickly. To the plain eye, it looks like a fantasy chick flick with vivid graphics. I can be honest …
Dracula (1931) Movie
Dracula from 1931 is based off the book Dracula by Bram Stoker and stars Béla Lugosi as Count Dracula. It recounts how he takes control of Reinfield and travels to England to drink blood and how he is stopped by Dr. Arthur Van Hellsing.
Even though this movie is …
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard, directed by John McTiernan is Rated R bythe Motion Picture Association of America, and stars Bruce Willis as Officer John McClane and Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber.
While on an invite to his wife’s compnay’s Christmas party, John gets wind of a potential crime in the vicinity. Terrorists …
Sorry Haters (NR, 2005) movie
I am a fan of Robin Wright-Penn and wish that she would appear in more films. When I saw this film on Netflix, I was immediately intrigued. I didn’t know what the movie was about, only that she played a woman with a grudge who befriends …
Unthinkable movie
I was extremely skeptical, at first, about watching this movie. I am definitely one of those people that if something on t.v. or at the theater doesn’t catch my attention in the first ten or so minutes, it usually doesn’t manage to keep my attention to the end. And …
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
I have to say that I loved Ace Ventura Pet Detective the first time I saw it. I must say this is probably one of the funniest movies I have ever seen in my life. Jim Carey was at his very best in this movie. This was back in the …
Mrs. Doubtfire movie
This past weekend, I was waiting for another movie to come on one of the movie channels and, while waiting, I ended up watching the film Mrs. Doubtfire; starring Robin Williams.
You know, when this movie came out, I thought it was a fantastic film. Now I’m not sure it …
Elektra (2005)
Another comic book story takes center stage for the silver screen, this time it is the character that was killed in the Daredevil movie, this is the story of Elektra the assassin who wants nothing more to do with killing people, and this time around she wants a clean …
Andaz Apna Apna (AAA)
AAA is one of the most entertaining comedy in the history of bollywod. It is a total laugh riot right from the word go. The story is about two men, who want to trap a rich woman, so that they can get all her money, and the whole plot …
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is a British romantic comedy/horror film featuring Simon Pegg as the bumbling slacker Shaun who is forced to save his family and friends from a town full of bloodthirsty zombies. While this movie sports lots of zombie gore, it is almost cartoonish or Monty …
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