Movies Reviews
Traitor
The Traitor actually holds your attention throughout the almost two hours of the movie. From the previews and adverts on Tv, it seems like Don Cheadle is a “bad-ass” with some “superhuman skills” that he can turn on at anytime. Well let’s just say that that image was hyped …
The movie Pearl Harbor (2001)
I love Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale. I usually do my best to see any movie in which they star because they are usually very good movies with superior acting. It is under this thought that I went to see Pearl Harbor. I thought that since it had …
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
While the sequel to the Raiders of the Lost Ark was obviously made because of the success of the first film, the Temple of Doom is my least favorite of the Indiana Jones Trilogy.
The first movie was full of action and suspense. There was a bit of humor, but …
The Ice Harvest
“The Ice Harvest” is a black comedy with the actor, John Cusack in top form. What I found interesting about this movie is that it is based during the Christmas season but there is not a lot of Christmas spirit, unless one is referring to alcohol.
The story of this …
The Invisible Woman (2013)
After reading the details of the film I was impressed, especially because it was a Ralph Fiennes film. Being quite a movie buff and a huge Ralph Fiennes fan, I decided to watch it online. Ralph Fiennes’ performance in The Reader had already inspired me in a number of …
The Dilemma (Movie)
The Dilemma is newly out of cinemas (Depends where you live) here in South Africa. The trailer was very ammusing, and i thought the movie would be hilarious.
I rented the movie on Box Office (Exclusive to Dstv, a south african TV company) for a fairly cheap price. I eagerly …
Captivity Movie
Captivity is an odd movie that I picked up in the video store because of the After Dark advertising on the front of the box. I assumed that the movie was part of the Horror Fest series, but it was actually an independent movie released by the same company. …
Doll Face movie
From 1945, Doll Face is a fairly fun motion picture about the entertainment industry, including Burleycue, better known as burlesque. Vivian Blaine plays Doll Face Carroll, who is trying to get out of burlesque and into the legitimate theater and such, but no one will give her the …
Movie Recycle
This is a crazy movie; some people would say that it is weird and that they didn’t understand it. Honestly I think that this is the type of movie where you either like it or you don’t. I just thought it was overall crazy and honestly I don’t even …
The Princess & The Warrior (R, 2000) movie
“The Princess and the Warrior” is truly a film that you will not mind reading the subtitles on. As a matter of fact, you may find that you’ve forgotten that this film is in German. Franka Potente stars in this film as a psychiatric nurse …
FengShui Movie
This is yet another great movie (a horror movie) that is 100% Filipino made. I love this movie because it sent me chills to my bones and I think even though this movie is quite old already, many people still haven’t forgotten about it because it is really one …
The Cult of the Suicide Bomber by Robert Baer
Robert Baer is a former CIA agent who worked in the Middle East. In 2005 he produced the DVD “The Cult of the Suicide Bomber.” The DVD is distributed by the Disinformation Company Ltd. from New York.
Baer presents a history of the suicide bomber cult as he calls …
Superintelligence, movie (2020)
Mid-life soft comedies are a brand that Melissa McCarthy shaped and maintains to this day. At McCarthy’s instigation, as well as that of director Ben Falcone (who, by the way, is Melissa McCarthy’s husband), such films as “Big Boss” and “The Soul of the Company” appeared.
Mid-life soft …
Shrek 3
I, having loved the first two Shrek films, was eagerly awaiting the third installment. All the trailers were extremely funny and enticing. And on opening weekend I was there, with my little Shrek and Puss I got from McDonalds and I was also wearing my green “I …
Independence day
Well, what an intriguing mystery on how the aliens (if there are) may look like was given a hypothetical description in this movie. Yes, it is possible that our technology here on earth may be a little rusty but perhaps those aliens could have done something about their …
House of a Thousand Corpses
This is a movie (produced and shown in 2003) that I regret having watched. I only wasted money.
I am not going to watch anymore movie directed by Rob Zombie if this is an example. This contains scenes that only psychos like the ones in the movie …
Movie: The hand that Rocks the Cradle
Synopsis: A family hires a seemingly perfect nanny only to discover she is secretly seeking revenge against them.
What I liked about this movie: A lot of movies only hint at a person’s past and might give you a clue or two to figure it out for yourself. I personally …
Little Women: The Movie with Winona Ryder
Little Women, the Columbia picture with Winona Ryder, is a touching story women of all ages will treasure. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, the movie tells the story of four daughters, named Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, during the 1800s. The moral reflections Alcott included in …
Vertigo
Detective John ‘Scottie’ Ferguson (Jimmy Stewart) has a phobia, a debilitating fear of heights, which paralyzes him. He is hired by a friend to follow his wife, Madeleine Elster (Kim Novak), worried she is seeing someone on the sly. So he does. He follows her to a graveyard, to …
Mean Girls (2004 Film)
“Mean Girls” the movie that hit big screens in 2004, was and still is a movie that is referred to by not only teenagers and young adults, but by adults as well. In my high school math class, two years after this movie came out, the math teacher called …
The Last Legion (2007)
Staged in the era of the old Roman Empire, this movie tries to tell the story of a young boy who is destined to rule with the aid of an all powerful sword simple known as Excalibur. The telling of the tale of this magical sword has been told …
The Remains of the Day
I am so glad I have found this treasure of a movie. A forgotten treasure, unfortunately; I have never heard of it before, neither have I heard other people mention it. I hope this review will help to draw much deserved attention to this thoughtful, well-acted, well-paced production. I …
Eyes Wide Shut movie
Eyes Wide Shut is Stanley Kubrick’s last film as a director, and is a highly under appreciated study of sexually jealousy and paranoia. A young doctor (Tom Cruise) whose wife (Nicole Kidman) confesses a sex fantasy about another man to him, sending him off into an insecure rage. …
Lakeview Terrace movie
Lakeview Terrace is a 2008 movie about a cop named Abel (Samuel L. Jackson) and his neighbor, Chris and Lisa Mattison (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington), a couple who just moved in the community. The Mattisons (the couple) and Abel (Jackson) starts it off being warm with each other. …
Lost First Season
I really love watching the season, Lost. I think that it has a lot of educational things and keeps the mind going around thinking what will happen next, and who will be the next victim. This Complete First Season is a very important one for me, as …
Wreck it Ralph Movie
I had a chance to get this movie as a rental and enjoyed it very much. I originally got it for the kids, but it is one of those cartoon movies that ends up being a family favorite. So far we have watched it three times because the kids …
Transformers
Although it is essentially a live-action film, Transformers blows Ratatouille out of the water when it comes to computer animation; the CG sequences in Michael Bay’s latest film are simply incredible, pushing computer graphics to the verge of realism. The film as a whole is a wild ride, with …
Olive Oil Fine Quality Bath Soap (movie)
I have come across the neatest product and just have to share this with you! I had the lucky chance of finding Olive Oil Fine Quality Bath Soap. Yes, that it is the name of the product. Simple, isn’t it? The product is very straight forward, too. The soap …
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
The loveable, red-skinned hero is back to save the future of mankind. Action packed and absolutely hilarious, Hellboy 2 lives up to its prequel (Hellboy).
The scenario is unique, with sudden turns, heart-stopping moments and keeping me on my heels wanting more. The film is well budgeted with amazing …
Iron Man 2 Movie
I think this movie fell into the sophomore trap—”it wasn’t as good as its predecessor. There is a story though, which is good. Actually, there are many stories going on but they are not too heavy to get the viewer confused. Not much thinking required actually, which after all …
How To Train A Dragon 3D
How To Train A Dragon was a wonderful movie. I am 17 and even I enjoyed it. The 3D was amazing. There were plenty of eye popping images that grabbed my attention more and more. My girlfriend really like it too.
The colors were nice and vibrant. The …
The Secret (R, 2006) movie
You will probably recognize her as Juno’s hyper teenage BFF. But Olivia Thirlby proves otherwise in this 2006 thriller called “The Secret.” The DVD cover art may throw you off. You may think that this is some seedy Lolita movie in which the teen wraps …
Movie Titanic
‘Titanic’ is a superhit movie directed by James Cameron. The movie is full of adventure and romance. The movie has succeeded in captivating the hearts of the audiences. The outline of the story is nothing but a romantic tale of a rich girl and a poor boy who meet …
The Restless by CJ Entertainment
A Korean movie, starred by Jeong Woo-Seong, Kim Tae-Hee, Heo Joon-Ho. A good romantic, fantasy, martial art movie with great and beautiful effects. They will take you to the set of the “Midheaven” or “Joongcheon”, a world between life and death, where the spirits supposed to wait …
Cape Fear
I think Robert De Niro did a great job in the movie Cape Fear. I really like Cape Fear because it’s a different type of horror. This movie is not about ghosts or monsters, but it is instead about a prison inmate named Max that wants revenge. He was sent …
Blank Check movie
I completely forgot about this movie until some time recently when I was having a discussion with a few of my friends about children’s movies from the nineteen nineties. The name of the movie Blank Check came up and I decided to write about it. It was not my …
Christmas cartoons DVD
I received this 4 disc set of old TV Christmas cartoons as a gift - for Christmas, of course. Yes, all those familiar and beloved characters we used to watch on TV every Christmas season - Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, the Grinch - they are all here, neatly packed …
Generation Iron (2013) Movie
Life is not a piece of cake.It is hard and unpredictable.It can be disappointing,working so hard and perfect for achieving a goal can still result failure.These statements applies for every single living being in this universe.Even when it comes to Bodybuilders.People might think that they are just knuckleheads who pump …
Johnny English Movie
“Johnny English” is one hilarious movie about a British secret agent (Rowan Atkinson), a James Bond wannabe, who keeps getting in all kinds of trouble. His dream of being Number One quite unexpectedly comes true one day when all other secret agents are killed in an explosion. Johnny is …
The Negotiator movie
Samuel L. Jackson is the police negotiator who gets involved in what seems to be some kind of plot against him and his family. He is forced to take the role of those he always worked against, those who take hostages to achieve something. A second negotiator, played by …
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Animated Movie)
The Girl who Leapt Through Time is a movie that tells of Makoto Konno, a teenage girl who discovers one day that she has the power to go back in time. I completely fell in love with this movie for various reasons. The first was the plot - especially …
Taxi (2004 movie)
A bicycle delivery rider (Queen Latifah) moves on to bigger and better things as a NYC Taxicab Driver with a suped-up menace of a car. A ditsy cop tries to make a good impression and fails myserably. To two are paired up accidentally to solve a bank robbing crime …
City Beneath the Sea movie
One of my very favorite made-for-TV movies is called City Beneath the Sea from 1971. It’s not a great movie in the scheme of Emmy winners, but it is a star-studded affair that has drama, romance, and mystery. I love it and find it to be a …
The Wedding Planner
In the DVD movie I’ve watched, The Wedding Planner, it starred the unlikely duo; Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.
Jennifer’s character plays a pretty successful wedding planner and I really like her witty dialogs. Though you might be wondering that perhaps Jennifer and Matthew’s characters wouldn’t fit together …
Cranford dvd
‘Cranford’ by Elizabeth Gaskell has been made into a five part series, now available to buy on dvd.
It has been adapted by the BBC who seem to be masters of making period dramas for television. The story is set in a Cranford; a market town in the north west …
Dr No movie
The very first 007-film starrs Sean Connery as the spectacular hero and the stunningly beautiful Ursula Andress as his lover (who appears very late in the film). James Bond goes to Jamaica to investigate the insane Dr No and prevent him from destroying the world. Dr No isn’t the …
Ocean’s Eleven Movie
A new version of the 1960 version with Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack, which I honestly haven’t been able to find myself. The new version is directed by Steven Soderburgh, a praised director most known for his films Traffic and Erin Brockowich. Personally I think this director is …
Source Code 2011 Movie
I watched this movie only once, but it made a rather big impression on me nonetheless, and I would like to describe this impression below.
I started watching this film without having any idea of what the plot was going it be. I only knew that it was going to …
Barbarella (1968)
Starring: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Joan Greenwood, Milo O’Shea, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings, Claude Dauphin, and Ugo Tognazzi.
Directed by: Roger Vadim.
Erotic science fiction in the late 1960s? Who would have ever thought of it? Apparently, a comic artist named Jean-Claude Forest did when he created “Barbarella” and …
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