The reader is an Oscar winning movie. It released a bit late in my country and when it was released, I decided to see it on the very first day itself.
This film is unique in terms of showing the side of a German who was directly involved in the …

I really get the wrong idea when I first watch Bug. I thought it is some kind of a horror movie or something, but when in the end I realized that this story is something like the genre of ‘art movie’, displaying about life, people and their characters, …

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 Legend Of 1900 is a movie about this man who lives on a ship. Tim Roth, one of my favorite character actors, plays 1900, the person who the story was written about. The Legend Of 1900 is so beautiful that the movie just made me get all weepy …

Hideous Kinky is about a young, English woman who takes her two daughters to Morocco in search of learning to live life anew. Kate Winslet plays Kinky, the mother. Kinky and her two girls live all over and the girls endure their mother’s relationships, poverty and sometimes poor decisions. …

As I mentioned in another review, my wife and I finally had some time without the kids last night and decided to spend some time watching some, well, movies that would be classified as steamy romance.
We were flipping through potential movies and decided to watch a film called Crush; …

This sequel to the block buster original simply called ‘Dirty Dancing’ is basically the same movie but instead of it being staged in the United States of America, it was staged in Cuba. A young girl from a well off family goes to a retreat and falls for the …

I watched this film recently on DVD, mainly because it’s British and I love British film, but also because it stars Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scott Thomas, both brilliant actors. Rowan Atkinson plays a vicar (again) and is very believable in the part, showing no Mr Bean style goofiness …

In this rather depressing portrayal of the future, America appears to have lost all its freedoms and turned into a totalitarian society. One of the cruel, government-run entertainments is “The Running Man” show, where convicted criminals are given a chance to run for freedom - but they will be …

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 …

Burn after reading is a 2008 movie of the Coen brothers. I had great expectations but I must say, right here at the beginning, and I got disappointed. First of all when I saw the list of actors; George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt and the rest …

“Sixteen Candles” obviously stands for sixteen candles on a birthday cake, but Samantha (Molly Ringwald) doesn’t get one. Her sister is getting married, so the family, preoccupied with the coming wedding, forgets about Samatha’s birthday. Being a typical teen, Samantha feels like the whole world has turned black. In …

Little Miss Sunshine is a road movie with a difference. A dysfunctional family from suburbia on their way to child’s talent contest seemed about as attractive to me as watching paint dry ! But I must say I was pleasantly surprised. A nice mix of humour and pathos and …

“Europa Europa” (1990) is the true story of Salomon Perel (beautifully played by Marco Hofschneider), a young German Jew who tries to survive World War II and the Holocaust. Perel moves first to Poland, leaves when war breaks out, is brought to a Russian orphanage, then taken in …

V for vendetta is an action thriller film released in 2006. The movie is based in 2038, England. The country is controlled by a totalitarian government led by high chancellor Adam Sutler (yes, this is the source of my pen name).
The main character of the film is V, a …

This movie tells the true-life story of international gun-runner, people who are paid highly to distribute all manner of weapons across the world. They sell weapons to anyone with enough money to buy them, no questions asked. In Lord of War, it focuses mainly on one of these international …

Cecilia (Mia Farrow), a lonely, unhappily married woman, seeks escape in movies. One particular film, “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” becomes her favorite. She comes to see it so often that one of the characters in the movie, Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), notices her and, driven by curiosity, leaves …

There Will Bo Blood is a film based in the early 1900’s (I think) about a man who loses his wife, and takes his son (who is probably 8 or 9) with him from place to place to cheat people out of buying their land if they had oil …

The sequel to the first movie and a continuing saga, this movie tells the story of the continued struggle of co-existence between humans and mutant kind. Similar to the happenings of the comic book and the TV series, this movie jumps from scene to scene in an attempt to …

I enjoyed this movie so much because it was a great learning experience for me. Muhammad Ali was always a name I was familiar with but did not know alot about. I decided to watch this film because I am a fan of Will Smith and was curious about …

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 …

How to Be a Player, directed by Lionel C. Martin is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong sexual content and language. The original release date was August 6, 1997 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy and stars Bill …

I was a little apprehensive about this film. It looks low-budget from the Netflix description. And none of the other reviews gave it a riveting description. But I must admit that I liked the premise. And as the story went along, I was …

A young High School girl named Bianca has a big problem; a certain rule within her family forbids her to date boys as long as her older sister doesn’t have a relationship. The problem is that her sister hates all boys, and the only solution to the problem as …

The Lord of The Rings trilogy was probably the greatest story ever told that managed to reach the grand stage of the movie theater. I just love the way this movie was put together, from the scenery all the way to how perfectly the roles were assigned to just …

As a child, I remember watching The Fabulous Dorseys, a 1947 motion picture, all the time. It was constantly on late night, and as a night owl, it was something I saw quite frequently. With the advent of cable, I haven’t seen it even once.
The Fabulous Dorseys …

Robin Williams and Sally Field star in Mrs. Doubtfire. This movie is so comical it will keep you laughing for days. It is about a man and woman that get a divorce over the man always loosing his job and spoiling the kids. When Daniels ex-wife decides to hire …

The movie formula for Thirteen Ghosts works for me. I love the plot and though it’s a bit nonsensical to see these ghosts lurking with their weird designs and features, but it’s still a bonus to watch this.
I felt that this movie is like one of its …

What a deeply prophetic and darkly funny film this is. The performances from Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and William Holden are absolute perfection, and Sidney Lumet’s directing is brilliant as well, but the screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky is the true diamond of this movie. It is shockingly …

From the title you would think that this movie is Latino, or at least taking place south of the U.S. border. Here the idea of the matador is more of a metaphor, a symbol, that you’ll understand after watching the film. Pierce Brosnan is hilarious in this film. He …

With the Parent Trap III movie bringing in good ratings for the Walt Disney company, another movie was done the same year called Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon. With Susan now married to Jeffrey Wyatt, the family travels together to Hawaii for the honeymoon. Strange, odd even, but …

A parody of both Star Wars and Cops. On the desert planet of Tatooine, a team of stormtroopers is having a tough time keeping up law and order. It doesn’t sound like a great idea and it certainly doesn’t look like it either. Parodies tend to exaggerate too much …

I’m a big fan of horror movies. I love being scared and wondering what is going to happen next. So of course I had to rent the DVD “The Hills Have Eyes. The overall concept of the movie sounds scary, all american family get lost in …

The Long, Long Trailer was released in 1953 and starred the real life married couple of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. They were an intriguing and vibrant couple in their day. I remember watching this comedy as a child, but it’s been many, many years since I’d …

Remember Rick Morranis in Little Shop of Horrors? Well take a twisted theme, subtract the alien plant, and add a pyschodic barbor and you’ve got Tim Burton’s Todd Sweeny. The movie was a bit fruity with it being a complete musical, but the plot is there. Tim Burton must …

I was just browsing through the On Demand Section provided from my TV Provider, I came across the title “2 Guns” My first thought was it wasn’t going to be a very good movie, but hey never judge something by it’s cover right? So I read the description of …

There is no other movie like Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction.” It is definitely at the top of my favorites list. This movie is chocked full of best talent that Hollywood has to offer. With big names like Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Uma Thurman and …

This movie is based on a romance novel by Janette Oke. The story takes place in the 1800’s. A young couple, Marty and Aaron Claridge, are traveling West, hoping to find some good land. They come across a beautiful valley and decide to settle there. Before they can even …

I was really blown away by how good the first movie was. It was very funny, sweet, and had a lot of heart. I was looking forward to seeing what the sequel would deliver. While this movie gets praised, I’m sorry to say that I was …

It was an exhausting movie, with action everywhere, and debris flying all over the place. I am not a big transformers fan (probably because I am a girl), although I appreciated the effects of this Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. I grew up watching my brothers fight over …

Let me just tell you everyone in my family loved this movie. I have 4 boys, and my husband. So as you can imagine, it can get very hard to please everyone! Happy feet tells a story of a penquin who doesn’t quite fit in with …

My aunt treated me to the movies the other night, and we decided to watch Zodiac. It was just released in my country, and I have a great time watching this movie. Here is my review.
The movie is about a killing spree that sort of terrorized San …

The danish director Lars von Trier has been hailed as a master of cinema and won many prizes on the Cannes film festival the last 15 years. To me he is a very overrated filmmaker who never really managed to develop his own cinematic expression that couldn’t be mistaken …

We went to see the new animated “Christmas Carol” movie yesterday. Like all new Disney animations, it is done in 3D; we got the 3D glasses as we bought the tickets, and paid $3 more per ticket because of it. It was well worth it though: I felt like …

Field of Dreams is one terrific motion picture. It has that special magical quality that takes a film beyond being just good. Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan star as a happily wed couple who buy a farm in Iowa. As they proceed with making a successful …

“Project X” is one of the most exciting movies I’ve watched since the beginning of the summer. Funny enough, even though I’ve been more interested in action movies, this is more along the lines of teenage and college humour. In fact, the movie was actually one of those teen …

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer somehow manages to drain out the glamour and the pomposity - sometimes even the fantasy out of the Superhero World.
Rise of the Silver Surfer seems to suffer from sequel-itis - the narrative isn’t as exciting, the story isn’t impressive. There’s practically no …

I was able to see this movie right after I saw The Little Mermaid. Back at that time we were still watching with Beta max and not VHS. As a kid my brother and I watched it together and since we love cartoon movies and shows we enjoyed it …

It seems whenever an idea for a movie has some success, there are a bunch of other movies ready to copy that success by keeping roughly the same plot, just a few minor changes.
Fool’s Gold is a good example of this. While not a terrible movie, the idea of …

I began looking forward to seeing the next movie in the Captain America franchise shortly after Captain America: The Winter Soldier was released in 2014. After watching the movie Captain America: Civil War in the theatre recently I’m proud to report that I found it very entertaining.

Captain America: Civil …