Movies Reviews
Hannah Free Movie 2009
I try to keep up with the latest releases of gay and lesbian films so I ordered a movie called Hannah Free from Netflix last week. It stars Sharon Gless as an elderly butch lesbian who is in the same nursing home as her long time lover, who …
Chak De India
Chak De India, a Hindi movie starring Shah Rukh Khan is about Indian Women’s Hockey Team based on the real life story of Mr. Negi an Indian Hockey player and coach. It was released last month in India. Before I went to see the movie I had few …
Leap Frog - Letter Factory (2003) - DVD
My husband and I both agree that this DVD is simply amazing!
We bought it for our 3 year old daughter and we are amazed with the results. After watching the cartoon every day for one week, my daughter basically learned the whole alphabet. I wouldn’t have believed it if …
Movie: The Break Up
This movie was one that I saw as part of an all female outing with the husbands left at home. The people who saw it were all women in their 30s, to give the review context. It stars Vince Vaughan and Jennifer Aniston as the lead characters, and as …
The Book of Eli
As the movie started, my roommates joked that this was “Fallout: The Movie”. Given that it takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where the country is a vast wasteland, comparisons are inevitable, but some of the set pieces were also very reminiscent of the game. Given that …
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for scenes of contemporary violence and some sensuality. The original release date was November 1, 1996 for United States audience. This movie fallsin the genre of Crime/Drama/Romance and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as …
Waitress (2007)
A small town woman living a small town life, dreams of leaving her current surrounds in hopes of launching her own bakery and serving up her famous and delectable pies that are dreamed up with kindness and baked with love. Sounds like a very delicious movie huh, but on …
Hancock
I saw this movie last week. Hancock is a breath of fresh air in a genre that is dominated by brooding, serious superheroes with little or no sense of humour. It features Will smith, Charlize theron and Jason Bateman. The story is about John Hancock (Will smith), a reckless …
Million Dollar Baby
I watched the movie Million Dollar Baby for the second time last night and, even though the movie supposedly got a lot of good reviews, I really just can’t see what people see in it.
Hillary Swank plays a female boxer who is trained by Clint Eastwood. And, while the …
The Lost Boys movie
A horror film by Joel Schumacher about a company of young vampires on motorcycles who attack a young man and his brother. It has reached cult reputation by some people who grew up in the 1980s when it came it, but personally I just found it a very long …
The Next Karate Kid: A Film
After the trilogy series, Karate Kid from 1984-1989, The Next Karate Kid (1994) takes on a different path, using a female protagonist, who went out to an adventurous story of a stubborn-turned-docile young adult. Julie Pierce (Hillary Swank), who was already orphaned, lives with her grandmother, whom she had …
Event Horizon (1997)
Event Horizon (1997) is a science-fiction film from director Paul W.S. Anderson and is rated R by the MPAA for strong violence and gore, language and some nudity.
Event Horizon follows an astrophysicist (Sam Neill), who is haunted by the memory of his wife’s suicide years earlier, and joins a …
The Bunny Guards vs The Wicked Forces of Evil movie
This is some kind of parody on fantasy movies and video games. Some computer nerds enter a most complex world that seem to have mixed Lord of the Rings and tons of other fantasy material together. These nerds start governing the whole system with their new powers and appear …
Valkyrie: Movie
I thought that Valkyrie was a decent, very-well executed movie made better for me by the fact that it was based on true, historical events.
I think that the story is a very powerful one to tell, as not much is remembered of the Germans who hated Hitler as much …
Haunted Honeymoon
Featuring the comedic talents of Gene Wilder, Dom DeLuise, and Gilda Radner, this isn’t a film you want to have missed, if you like funny. This is an older film, made around 20 years ago or so, in 1986. But, it’s still worth looking for, and/or watching …
Re-Animator movie
The cult favorite among many people is a very gore-filled comedy about a young medicine student who gets involved in the most horrific way of making dead bodies come back to life. The film is very bizarre and the violence just seem to pop out of nowhere, just like …
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. …
Indian Jones The Last crusade
Harrison Ford is a very good actor and he portrayed one of my favorite all time charachters Indiana Jones. I watched Indiana Jones the Last Crusade last night. In this movie Sean Connery played Indiana’s father and as always these movies are fast moving comical and interesting.
In …
Judgement Day movie
I am reviewing the movie, Judgement Day, starring John Nettles and Daniel Casey as the policemen duo of DCI Tom Barnaby and DS Gavin Troy. This film was made in 2000, was produced by Brian-True-May, and was based off the novel written by author Caroline Graham.
In Judgement Day, …
Movie Swan Princess
I decided to sit down and watch a movie with my daughter yesterday before she took her nap. After some discussion (I really did not want to watch another Scooby Doo movie), we ended up watching The Swan Princess. I didn’t know what to expect at first, but it …
Shark Tale (2004)
The main character Oscar, played by Will Smith is the center of attraction, he comes across a shark that was killed by an anchor and he takes the glory for killing the shark all to himself. When word of his shark slaying heroisms reach home, the welcome him with …
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003 movie)
In continuation from Desperado, El Mariachi (Antonio Bandaras) has once again lost his love as Carolina (Selma Hayek) is killed. This time the gun fight action is lame and played out as the director has lost his flare and direction. The movie is laced with crappy acting, crappy staging, …
Step Up 2 Movie
I didn’t like this movie as much as I liked the first one. This is the sequel to Step Up and I think one of the main reasons I liked that movie was because of Channing Tatum. In this sequel, Channing Tatum is only in the movie for like …
Sucker Punch (2011) Movie
It is odd that I read the synopsis of a movie, get interested in it and then watch it, only to be disappointed in the end. The synopsis for the movie on Netflix calls it a “mind warping action thriller”. Then on top of that very attractive statement it …
Spawn Series
I don’t usually like cartoons. But a friend introduced me to the Spawn animated series. I saw the movie years ago, and didn’t like it. But at the time, I didn’t really have an appreciation for comic book culture. In any case, …
Movie: Blessed
My wife and I were trying to get our youngest to sleep Saturday night and, after finding nothing on TV, decided to watch a movie we had recorded on the DVR a few months ago; Blessed.
This movie was supposed to be a horror film about a woman who is …
Beowulf Film
Robert Zemeckis, John Malkovich, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone. A pantheon of names builds this incredibly well recreated story of Beowulf based on the Norse legend of the same name. The movie grabbed me from the first moment at the sight of the decrepit and tired Hrothgar (Anthony …
Seinfeld Seasons 1-9 DVD
Hailed as one of the greatest sitcoms of all time, Seinfeld finally arrives on DVD in a collection that comprises of all nine seasons, as well as hours and hours of supplemental material including interviews with the cast and creative forces behind the show, deleted scenes, outtakes, animated versions …
Dead Like Me: The Escape Artist
What I liked most about Dead Like Me: The Escape Artist is one of the scenes at the end. Barbara Barrie appears again as Joy’s mother. The two don’t get along very well, but yet at the end, they share a calm moment. The really good …
X-Men 3: The Last Stand
X-Men 3: The Last Stand stars Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, and Kelsey Grammer.
I was so excited to see this movie after seeing the first two, that perhaps my standards were too high. After seeing sequels of this genre like Star Wars and The …
Little Manhattan Movie
Hands down, this is the sweetest movie ever. Not some sappy chick flick, but a simple romantic comedy.
Kudos to the one who came up with such a cute idea about making a movie about first love. I mean, there are tons of movies out there about first love, but …
Archipelago (movie)
I love watching independent films, especially ones from countries around the world. Therefore, what this means is that I sometimes go searching for new ones and get excited whenever I hear of one that’s really good. Well, recently I’d been hearing a lot about an independent film named …
“Thor: The Dark World” movie
Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues with the second “Thor” movie. Interestingly enough, while events from “The Avengers” are alluded to, this acts much more as a sequel to the first movie than the superhero ensemble flick.
I had high hopes for this one as it had …
Dungeons & Dragons (2000)
A fantasy movie about an evil wizard who is searching for a magical and powerful artifact that he is willing to use to control the Red Dragons that will in turn assist him in controlling his world. He has sent out his evil henchmen to scour the land to …
Animusic 2
Are you ready for ‘Fantsia’ for the new generation? Then you need to check out Animusic 2. It is a compilation of music set to computer animated ‘droids’ playing the ‘instruments’.
It is hard to come by the words for this cool film. It is perfect for any age. It …
Primeval
There was something missing with this film. I know that it followed lots of formulas about somet kind of big monster lurking in the exotic wilderness of a foreign land. As usual, there is the requisite bunch of diverse “scientists/explorers/writers” (pick one) with the ONE beautiful …
A.M.C. Theatres
A.M.C. is a theatre in Ontario - but it is not as famous as ‘famous players theatre’ because it is relatively new. If you go on weekdays, it is practically deserted. A lot of people even sneak in because they barely have any security on weekdays so I think …
Across the Universe
I first heard about this movie from Oprah when she featured it in her show and some of the cast members sang. It interested me because eventhough I’m not a big Beatles fan, I do love musicals. So I rented a DVD and watched it. Anyway Oprah said its …
Lifeforce (1985) movie
Starring: Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, Patrick Stewart, Aubrey Morris, Michael Gothard, and Nicholas Ball.
Directed by: Tobe Hooper.
Based on the novel “Space Vampires” by Colin Wilson, that pretty much spells out the plot and theme of “Lifeforce” - Hidden in the nucleus of Hailey’s Comet is …
The Number 23
I watched the DVD movie, The Number 23 before and this story is from the Director Joel Schumacher.
There are lots of mixed feelings and reviews about this movie from my friends and all but I would still go for a positive rating. The main actor in this …
HER, the movie (2013)
HER is one of the most interesting, innovative, and highly acclaimed films of 2013. Critics and audiences alike are passionate about this film. So what’s the reason? Initially, I thought it was solely because of the trendiness of this project, its sci-fi shell, and put the pretty picture.
But how …
Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
In the first installation of the Father of the Bride franchise, the focus was on George Banks who came face to face with the fact that his daughter was all grown up and was about to married. Now that the marriage is over, now enters a new situation in …
The Other Guys (2010)
To be frank, 2010 hasn’t been a great year for comedy. Most of the billed “comedy” movies have been stale and unfunny, and the ones that are occasionally funny are better characterized as dramas. While The Other Guys isn’t a cinematic masterpiece, it is the funniest movie of the …
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
The Incredible Hulk, directed by Louis Leterrier is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of intense action violence, some frightening sci-fi images, and brief suggestive content. The original release date was June 13, 2008 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre …
Godzilla, King of the Monsters DVD
At long last, an uncut, unedited version of 1954’s Godzilla, King of the Monsters has finally appeared on home video in an English subtitled version. When originally released, the film was hack edited and included the silly Rayond Burr footage in order to make the film more acceptable …
Terms Of Endearment (movie)
Terms of Endearment stars two of my favorite actors, Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. Debra Winger plays Emma, Shirley MacLaine’s character’s daughter. Shirley MacLaine is Aurora. Throw in Jack Nicholson as Aurora’s womanizing, astronaut neighbor, and you have the perfect movie. The opening scene shows Emma still at home, …
The movie Snow White
Probably one of the most famous films of all time Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was one of the most iconic films ever made. Now a true Disney classic , Snow White is a movie that has lived on in the hearts of women everywhere. I personally …
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