A film by the finnish director Aki Kaurismaki about a rock band called Leningrad Cowboys who have severe difficulties getting a contract from a record company.
The roomer says Kaurismaki himself is ashamed of this film which he did early in his career. I personally can’t appreciate those of his …

I don’t know what it is about Jennifer Aniston movies but they always seem to be extremely depressing; even when they are billed as comedies.
The movie “The Object of My Affection” probably was meant to be a drama. If it wasn’t, then they really screwed up if they thought …

I just came across this movie title in Rottentomatoes.com when I was surfing the web looking for good movies to watch. I saw this and it was a German Film. This film is based on the true story in 1936, when Germany’s best forger, Salomon Sorowitsch, was sent to …

The best way to describe this movie is a modern time Indiana Jones teen movie. This film is based on the famous book of Anthony Horowitz but there seems to be a bit of a difference between the book and the movie version.
What I found interesting in this movie …

A musical for all ages and a definite must have to any movie collector. I first saw this movie in childhood and to this day my family can still hear me using quotes from the film in addition to singing (offkey i might add) the ever popular tunes. Seven …

I admit I only watched this film because I couldn’t imagine the actor, Colin Firth in the role of a Roman Commander. I just couldn’t picture him on big screen after watching him in the role of the prim and proper Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy of “Pride and Prejudice” or …

There are people who love watching horror movies and there are others who just don’t bother. I’m the latter. I get scared easily so I don’t watch too many horror movies. But my sister insisted that we should watch The Ring because it had alot of good reviews. So …

This version of Batman was correctly named. Batman Forever. It should have been forgotten Forever. Because this was the worst of all the current Batman movies to come out in the last 20 to 30 years. It was released in 1995 and never should have left the drawing board. …

I went to watch Wall E with my nephew and niece. I had read awesome reviews about it in the Paper. Therefore, I decided to take them out, as I wanted to watch it myself as well.
The movie revolves around Wall E a computer science robot that collects waste …

My wife loaded the movie Candy Man on our Netflix player about a month ago because she remembered watching it as a kid and she wanted me to watch it with her. We ended up waiting until the kids were in bed this past weekend to watch it because …

I recently took my daughter to a preview of the Kit Kittredge Movie. It was the package deal offered by American Girl in Manhattan. For $44, we saw the movie and had dinner at the American Girl Cafe. Also included were, a tee shirt for my …

Confessions (Kokuhaku) is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on Kanae Minato’s 2008 debut mystery novel.

A friend of mine recommended the movie to me, she is very excited about it and is practically chanting “must watch” over and over again! Knowing that we’ve quite similar …

The movie Hoodlum was released in 1997. It has a strong cast consisting of Laurence Fishburne, Tim Roth, Andy Garcia, Vanessa Williams, and Cicely Tyson. The story is set in Harlem in the 1930’s during the depression. As we all know the depression was a hard time for families …

13 Going On 30 is one of the most idiotic movies I have ever seen. My family saw it and convinced me to sit down and watch with them. Well, I will give 13 Going On 30 credit for getting the family to sit through one more viewing because …

The self-biographical film by Cameron Crowe in which a young music journalist gets to travel around america with a rock band and experience the same thing they do. Almost Famous is a film about growing up, being an individual, but also a very touching portrait of the people associated …

Hardball is a wonderful film about a gambling man, Conor O’Neill, who throws away all of his money on basketball betting. To make some money to pay of the debts, he must coach a little league baseball team in the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago. This movie hits …

Species, directed by Peter Medak is rated R by the Motion Picture Asociation of America for strong sexuality, science fiction violence/gore and language. The original release date was April 10, 1998 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Horror/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Michael Madsen as …

“It’s a Boy Girl Thing” is an adorable and hilarious movie that offers insight into another person’s life.
Nell (Samaire Armstrong) is a smart girl from a wealthy family; her brains have made her a bit of a social outcast, but she’s secure in her intelligence. Woody (Kevin Zegers) is …

I promised my daughter I would watch an instant movie on Netflix with her last night and, to my joy and surprise, she ended up picking out an animated version of the classic book Treasure Island.
I had hoped it would be a great way for her to learn a …

“Dead Poets Society” is a brilliant 1997 drama starring Robin Williams as professor John Keating, who arrives to teach at a conservative college in the ultra-conservative 1950s. This is one of Williams’ best performances in his career.
Pros: The movie is wonderful. Williams is likeable and goofy while …

When Rob Zombie’s remake of the classic “Halloween” came out in August 2007, being a big fan of the original “Halloween” film by John Carpenter, I was really looking forward to seeing it. Thought it was an interesting spin on the story to show more of what Michael Myers …

I know Filipinos are a bit easy to please. Even with tv shows, it seems that a simple plot does not matter to them for as long as their favorite artist stars the show, or the movie. Well as for me, I think it is not about who plays …

Strictly Business, directed by Kevin Hooks is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was Novermber 8, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Romance and stars Tommy Davidson as Bobby, Josehp C. Phillips as Waymon, Anne Marie-Johnson …

I think Rowan Atkinson is an actor who would deny his audience nothing. Whatever the need may be even if the scene requires him to go naked (but he only would not allow himself into frontal nudity), he would do it. But despite that, his personality as …

When I think of The Ruins the words for decription that come to mind is unexpected surprise. Although I’m a huge fan of horror films, creature features are not the ones I enjoy the most. I don’t even remember why I put this on my netflix queue …

Heathers, directed by Michael Lehmann is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was March 31, 1989 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Crime/Drama/Mystery/Romance and stars Winona Ryder as Veronia Sawyer, Christian Slater as Jason Dean aka JD, …

Kung Fu Panda is one of the most wonderful attacks on the kung fu genre. Dreamworks did an excellent job in combining animation, kung fu and of course comedy.The whole movie made my jaw somewhat hurt from all that laughing not to mention the oohs and aahs during the …

From imitation and its popularity among film scholars and horror buffs, Psycho has no more surprises left —“ that’s a given. However, Sir Alfred Hitchcock foresaw this problem and infused Psycho (as well as his other pictures) with the more effective element: suspense. We know where, why, and when …

I recently watched The Pacifier starring Vin Diesel as Shane Wolf a Navy Seal whose latest mission is to protect 5 children from assassins trying to get a secret program from their home. Lauren Gram plays a principal and Brad Garret a laughable vice principal at …

BoogeyMan is an OK movie. I think the reason so many people watched it and liked it was because we all used to believe in the BoogeyMan at one time in our life. This is what made me think this movie was going to be scary. The preview also made …

When I first learned that Michael Shanks was going to star in The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon, I thought it was bound to be Daniel Jackson in the Grand Canyon. Daniel is the character Shanks played for ten years plus in Star Gate SG-1 and its …

Imagine if the population of the city that you stay changed what to do, such as a robot. All began from the aircraft fall back Saturday when Patriot will be landed to earth. Ruins of the aircraft were carrying alien entities that transmit a specific virus that can control …

I don’t know why I even bothered to watch this movie, but it was an utter waste of my time. The plot which was about a monster attacking New York City is nothing new. It was a bad mix of Godzilla and King Kong with the lizard-like creature (a …

“Evolution” was a comedy film which was released in the year 2001. I can remember thinking when I saw it advertising to be released in theatres that it was the first in a long time that I had seen the X-FIles actor David Duchovny in a movie. I can …

“The Boy from Mercury” is a touching Irish movie about an 8 year old boy who loses his father and finds himself emotionally estranged from the rest of the family. Nobody seems to understand Harry, no one cares enough to see that his quiet, withdrawn manner is caused by …

People used to tell me all about this movie, so I knew what to expect but my girlfriend still said I had to watch it cause the creepiness gets to everyone. I can’t lie this movie is very creepy and the ending is just great.
The story is all …

A 1980s mixture between horror and comedy in which a teenage boy suspects his neighbour is secretly a vampire who goes around the area to kill people at night. Of course he proves to be right and has to get help from friends and old vampire killers to survive …

“Grave Misconduct” is a made for tv movie I watched today.
In “Grave Misconduct” actress Crystal Bernard plays Julie London a mousey librarian who dreams of becoming a mystery writer herself.
Her friend lets her read a manuscript which the friend wrote. That evening the friend is murdered.
Julie decides to …

The second installment to the Chronicles of Narnia films, Prince Caspian has become my favorite of the three movies released so far. The world of Narnia has progressed almost a thousand years into the future since the Pevensie children have returned to England. Telmarines have conquered Narnia, …

What can I say I just loved the Spider Man man. I think this was the best out of all 3 movies made. This movie was really cool because it shows you how Spider Man becomes Spider Man. I really liked how they showed the whole story about he got …

When everyone else is busy watching the seemingly endless mediocre movies put out by today’s filmmakers who happens to only entertain, I’m here digging up classics which I thought would be medicine to my ever needing needs for great films.
It’s been my tradition to watch classic films now and then. …

I don’t usually watch much of the local television station Lifetime, but I’ve noticed that sometimes there are some interesting movies that are aired even though most of them don’t seem to be given much of a high rating by a lot of sources, including the internet movie database. …

This movie is based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling. Two British officers, played by Sean Connery and Michael Caine (named Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnehan, respectively), have served their duty in India and are now free to go back home to England. However, they do not relish …

MY hubby wants to watch Iron Man 2. We have watched the first one and now that the second one has been released, we decided to watch it too. We are a big fan of comic-turn movie genres.
In this movie, Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) has revealed that he …

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, directed by Peter Hewitt is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 19, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy/Science Fiction and stars Keanu Reeves as Ted Logan, Alex Winter …

Disney truly has outdone itself this time with “High School Musical 3.” It is a fitting finish to the entire franchise that spawned such fervor in the preteen/high-schooler-wannabe population, and I am very pleased with the ending. The theaters were packed with people of all ages to see the …

This movie was alright.It had Sara Jessica Parker in it as on of the member’s girlfriend’s.Everyone in the family came to visit there parents for the Chrismas hoilidays . Everyone seemed to come and go all through this movie.One of my favorite parts was when Sara …

This horror movie like most horror movies goes, does not start off like your regular horror movie or does it. LOL, from the beginning, this movie has introduced the viewing audience that there are creatures in this world since the dawn of time known as sleepwalkers, and the main …

There are few movies which can frazzle me. I typically can shrug off any gore or suspense thrown my way. I’m not easily affected. However, every so often, a movie comes along that picks me up, slaps me in the face, twirls me around and then …