A good year is a nice romantic comedy starring Russell Crowe in the lead role. Max is the name of the character played by Russell Crowe. In his childhood he comes to spend his holidays with his uncle at his vineyard. When he grows up he becomes an aggressive …

I’ve been eying this movie since it was released in the U.S. last December. So, when it’s finally showed here in our area I did not hesitate to watch. Well, the trailer itself would give you some curiosity what is the movie all about. Actually, I haven’t read the …

Torn Apart stars Tia Carrere and several nobodies.
I love Tia Carrere in action movies. I thought that this movie would only support my feelings, but I was wrong. Though she has not aged well, she does continue to be sexy wearing the black tank …

A french artsy science fiction film in the same style as La Jetee, this time by Alain Resnais. It is about a man who tried to attempt suicide but survived. He gets involved in an experiment with time travel. The rest is for each viewer’s own interpretation.
Even if I …

I have heard this film is one of Audrey Hepburn’s acclaimed performances. I personally believe it’s also the most critically-absorbing film in the entire Audrey Hepburn —˜genre’. The austere screenplay was very consistent to the point that it almost felt like watching an art film. The …

With all the campaigns on the internet and coverage from the press, it was impossible to escape the urge to watch the film. It’s awards season and anyone ignorant not to know what “Black Swan” is must be living in a different planet. I didn’t think this …

Harry Potter has been meaningful for youth, but the threat of danger from Lord Voldemort continues following. Harry had threatened to remove from Hogwarts turbulence in the magic world of Muggles, but it Dumbledore prosper from the defense to make Harry can escape from the punishment. Meanwhile at Hogwarts …

I got bored the other night and picked a random DVD from my collection, by closing my eyes, opening up a page from my booklet, and pointed. The end result was the Night of the Living Dead, the 90s version. When I first saw this movie back in junior …

“12 Years A Slave” is a 2013 Biography, drama and history movie directed by Steve McQueen. I found the title of this movie to be very attractive making me imagine about some kind of slavery story. I didn’t recognized any of the main actors in the movie except Brad …

WHen I was in high school I used to hear some adults as well as English teachers talking about the time when the book “The Glass Menagerie” used to be a literature book which students had to read in order to pass one of their exams. Out of curiosity, …

Requiem for a Dream (2000) is a drama film by director Darren Aronofsky and is rated R by the MPAA
Requiem for a Dream is about Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto) and Marion Silver (Jennifer Connelly), who are lovers in Brooklyn with dreams of starting up a small business and spending …

I have a lot of respect for 1955’s Guys and Dolls because it pulled off the surprise sensation of the year, musically. I recently reviewed Chicago and commented there how surprised I was at the performances of non-singers and dancers Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Renee Zellweger. …

This is a tough one. Bright cast, and comedy done in the style of Mel Brooks’ comedy, prevalent during the 70s, this film showed great promise. But for me, while quaint, this film did not deliver on it’s character expectations.
The story centers around Segerson Holmes, jealous older brother of …

I am reviewing the movie, Bad Tidings, starring John Nettles and John Hopkins as Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Dan Scott. This movie was made in 2003, was produced by Brian-True-May, and was based off the novels written by author Caroline Graham.
In this movie, Bad Tidings, viewers …

I was a huge fan of the Karate Kid released in 1984 so when I first heard of a movie remake I was thrilled to the bone. Upon knowing that Jackie Chan would take the place of the late Mr. Noriyuki “Pat” Morita, the thing that first hit me, …

The 2007 children’s animation movie “Ratatouille” is a fun family film that kept me entertained and laughing as I watched a rat long to be a chef, and work with a man in France to not only further the humans career, but be able to cook delicious foods that …

“Georgia Rule” is the film where we get to see the actress, Lindsey Lohan interpret the role of a bad girl with the name of Rachel Wilcox. With the reputation that Lohan has gained lately I don’t think she had a particular difficulty to fit in her role.
“Georgia Rule” deals …

I’m sure that most of you out there have already seen “Indecent Proposal,” considering all of the hype surrounding it. But for those of you who have never seen the film, I will offer you my personal opinions on it. I remember being anxious to see this movie before …

A League of Their Own, directed by Penny Marshall is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for language. The original release date for this movie was July 1, 1992 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama/Sport and stars Tom Hanks as …

Next of Kin was the movie Patrick Swayze did after Road House. He played a hillbilly cop, living in Chicago, where the movie was filmed. Helen Hunt was cast as his wife, and his two brothers were played by Liam Neeson and Bill Paxton. The crux …

Salman khan is one of the most popular actor of hindi film industry he enjoys a very big fan following from youths and girls. He has got a very good physics and his started trend of body building with in bollywood actors. He is a son of a very …

Ray Alexander: A Taste for Justice is a movie that stars Louis Gossett Jr. in the title role. He’s hired by attorney Jeffrey Winslow (James Coburn) to help save his client from a murder rap. The client is Patricia Radcliff (Rosalind Allen) and the victim is …

The second full feature film of spanish poetic filmmaker Julio Medem tells the story of a man and a woman meeting each by blind chance and ending up a couple as the woman lost her memory right before their meeting. They go on a camping trip together, and the …

I love classic movies that features corsets and castles and horses, and knowing this was a truly inspired story made me watch this, I was excited to see Natalie Portman portray the infamous Anne Boleyn and Scarlett Johansson as her sister. In this movie, Eric Bana as the King, …

I have been watching Ghost Hunters since it stated in 2004 and still enjoy it. Two ordinary men, their real jobs are as plumbers, hunt ghosts by night. It is on the SciFi Wednesdays at 9:00 PM There is nothing fictional about it, it is …

Kevin Bacon heads into new territory as a father in pain on the march for revenge. I thought that the film was close to the plot of the “Death Wish” films but was surprised that there were enough differences to make the film a decent movie. There is …

Guyver, directed by Screaming Mad George and Steve Wang is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence. The original release date was not specified for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Comedy/Science Fiction and stars Jack Armstrong as Sean Barker aka …

From Dusk Till Dawn, directed by Robert Rodriguez is rated R bythe Motion Picture Association of America for strong violence and gore, language and nudity. The origina release date was January 19, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Horror/Thriller and stars Harvey Keitel …

Viewed by many as a gender switched redo of John Hughes and Howard Deutch previous collaboration Pretty in Pink, Some Kind of Wonderful is so much more than this and it is a kind of unfair label.
The stories and characters are much different. Whereas, Pretty in Pink focused on …

A Russian sting operation goes terribly wrong and the man that they were trying to catch escapes and flees to the United States of America, but not before killing a lot of the Russian police officers and the partner of Russian Captain. Now the Captain has made this his …

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 …

The Soviets and Americans are back at it once again as an adaptation to the TV series of the 1960s, also titled “The Man from U.N.C.L.E”. Directed by Guy Ritchie, “The Man from U.N.C.L.E” features a chase to crackdown an organization that is on the verge of launching a nuclear …

Thumbelina was produced by Golden Films and released directly to video in 1993, as part of Golden Films’ second line of “animated classics” produced by Diane Eskenazi. The animated film follows the adventures of little Thumbelina in her quest to reach the prince of the little people and …

There were several movies that had a great emotional impact on me this year and one of them was the movie 50/50. I knew that it would either be a tearjerker or one of those movies that made you meditate on the direction in which your life was going …

Everyone I knew told me to go see Batman Begins because they thought I would love it. I’m a fan of comic books, and I own nearly every comic book themed movie in the world. Still I could tell from the previews that it was a movie I just …

Spiderman 3 was much better than I expected. Besides the great sound effects and graphics, the story-line was much better than the expected “hero saves the day”. It shows Peter Parker in a different light, how the “black suit” changes him, and the audience is introduced to a naughty …

I had Whiplash on my list of movies to watch from earlier on this year, but never actually took the time out to give it a chance. Recently though when it was airing on one of my cable television channels I decided to give it a try. I liked it. …

Relic is one of my favorite movies, though the book the film was based on is much better. The movie takes place entirely at a natural history museum in New York. One of the museum workers sends a relic that he found overseas back to the museum and it …

If you love movies of foreign languages, then you can try to watch this Korean movie titled, A Frozen Flower. I thought it’s a rather weird movie and at the same time, feels quite confused by it all. This movie is basically about royalty, about the “relationship” of …

Although at some point in our lives we may relate to this almost non-speaking wobbley man in this movie named Bean (played by Rowan Atkinson) shown in 1997 (directed by Mel Smith), because of stupidity we commit every now and then, no one would dare admit it openly. …

Return of the Rebels is a made-for-TV movie that I loved to watch back in the day. It was one of those fun films that was showed repeatedly during a pre-cable era. It stars Barbara Eden and Don Murray, and something about it just appealed to me …

The Runner with Ron Eldard, Courtney Cox, John Goodman, and Joe Mantegna.
What a sad movie! Why do movies that take place in Las Vegas usually bring me down? I always say that a movie should not be depressing and this movie was so ugly …

Alladin a street-rat is tricked into retrieving a magical lamp from the desert. Trapped and with no way to escape, he rubs the magic lamp and a genie appears. Wishing to be a prince to impress the woman he loves, he embarks on a romantic adventure of deceit and …

I’ve got something to say. I think this movie is the best comedy out so far! The movie is absolutely hilarious. The main character is Andy, (Steve Carell) who is questioning his sexual status of a virgin. Andy has gone through some sexual encounters previously, all of which had …

One of the most brilliantly executed films that I have ever seen has to be the movie Amadeus, starring F. Murry Abraham and Tom Hulce. I was only a child when it first came out, but even then, I was fascinated by the antics of a child-like Mozart who dazzled …

‘The Last Samurai’ is a story about an American soldier, Nathan Algren (played by Tom Cruise), joining the forces of last samurai Katsumoto (played by Ken Watanabe) and his men in their battle against the modernization of Japan. Algren, the main character, is hired by the Japanese government to …

Tom Hanks as an actor is one fantastic person, he can make you believe anything. He is that good. I enjoy his films immensley and will go out of my way to view one that he is starring in. Ron Howard , little Opie from the …

I am very skeptical about remakes, and since the original The Parent Trap was one of my all time favorite family films, when I saw the remake arriving on the scene in 1998, I was concerned, big time. Happily, though, I found the remake to be delightful. It’s …

I expected more from this movie. Yes, it was nice to see Johnny Depp as the funny Captain Jack Sparrow again, and Orlando Bloom as Will Turner with his sword fighting, and of course the beautiful Keira Knightley as Elizabeth. But the story was empty to me. From the …

My personal opinion about this movie, Disturbia is that Shia LaBeouf acted really well and he had given such a good performance in all. Disturbia is quite a disturbing movie, but in a positive way.
It has helped to churn out scary feelings and thoughts out of my …