Movies Reviews
Shakespeare in Love,1998 movie
This movie is typical Hollywood fluff, with overdone “passion” and sexing. The storyline is okay; it could have been a decent movie if it was done right. Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes, is struggling with a writing crisis, he thinks he has lost his gift and searches for a …
Bambi movie
This is a Disney movie made back in 1942. It’s about a fawn who experiences life in all its goodness and sadness. The fawn’s name is Bambi.
I have to admit that I never watched this movie up until I had my son. I landed upon it accidentally, when I …
Wall-E
I took my entire family to see the Pixar movie Wall-E in June, 2008. Wall-E is a spectacular motion picture that is probably the most “adult” of any movie Pixar has released thus far. I say “adult” not because of any inappropriate content - the little robots …
Death Note Movie
Death Note (2006) is one of the best foreign movies I’ve ever seen. Based on the popular Manga of the same name, and directed by Shusuke Kaneko, Death Note hails from Japan and tells a complex, interesting story about the faults of mankind.
Despite some pretty bad “heart attack” …
Hide and Seek (2005 movie)
I don’t really get the gist of this movie, it’s one of those films that just doesn’t make any sense. From the beginning, things just didn’t add-up, people were dying…claimed to be killed by the little girl’s imaginary friend. One would not begin the believe that the killer was …
“Battle of the Bulbs” (2010 Film)
While I am a fan of holiday films, I am sorry to say that the 2010 Hallmark channel film, “Battle of the Bulbs” was not one that I would wish to watch again. The film lacked a decent plot I believe, and didn’t really appeal to me and get …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 12
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood episode 12 begins when Ed and Al arrive in Dublith to visit their teacher Izumi Curtis. Ed has a dream about his father Van Hohenheim. They go to Izumi and Sig Curtis’ shot “Happy Meat” where they’re greeted by Sig, because they committed the …
Quantum of Solace
I been a James Bond fan since the arrival of Daniel Craig as the new icon of James Bond, a serious contention in the Bond series, I actually feel he has a really no nonsense look, intelligent and really gritty in my opinion.
Daniel Craig is in his second James …
Phone Booth Movie
Honesty and having the option to tell peole the complete truth is always taken for granted. The act of lying is being done way more than it should and things need to be changed. That is the main theme Joel Schumacher was trying to create while directing the movie …
Jarhead
Jarhead is rated ‘R’ by the motion picture association of america with good reason.
Jarhead follows a young recruit named Swoff, played by Jake Gyllenhall. The movie first takes you through Swoffs time at bootcamp which is both a little too real and disturbing. Swoff is chosen to become a …
National Lampoon’s European Vacation movie
I have seen all of the National Lampoon Vacation movies. Christmas vacation is easily the worst of the four but I think European Vacation is one of those movies that isn’t as good as the first “Family Vacation” or the last, “Vegas Vacation.”
That’s not to say it is a …
Avatar (2009 film)
Any film with many disparate (though often impressive) elements and a lot of hype and money behind it is bound to create both ardent fans and ardent critics, and James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar” (which was also released in both 2 and 3D) is a prime example. There’s …
My Louisiana Sky movie
A film set in the 1950s America about a young girl who is raised by her grandmother because both her parents have severe diseases. When the grandmother dies the girl gets to live with her aunt instead, but she lives many miles away from her parents, and there is …
Breaking the waves movie
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 …
The Artist’s Circle
The Artist’s Circle is a small, artsy independent film that stars Michael Shanks, most known for his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1. In this short drama from 2000, Shanks plays ‘the artist’. He’s promised his critics a masterpiece that they won’t forget. Among the …
Eastern Promises (2007)
Eastern Promises, directed by David Cronenberg is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity. The original release date for this movie was September 21, 2007 for United Sattes audiences. This movie falls in the genre …
Monster’s Ball (2001)
A stirring movie based on the intricacies of people and the way the view the world according to their own life experiences. On one side of the spectrum, you have a family that is filled with racial hate and it has stemmed for generations. Be that as it may, …
Going my way
I have watched the movie ‘Going my way’. The main actor is Bing Crosby. The movie is not so interesting. Crosby plays the role of Father O’Malley. Now this priest has been given an order by the Bishop to go to a particular church to replace the priest over …
Legally Blonde
In “Legally Blonde” played by Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon), the dumb blonde stereotype is exposed and explored, while the film always try to dismantle some blonde misperceptions.
Elle is a California girl, that is blonde, beautiful, and popular, being rich too. She’s the Homecoming Queen and President of her sorority. …
Taxi
This DVD movie, Taxi is totally a feel good one with many laughs along the way for me.
I think I watched it on movie and also on DVD again. Queen Latifah, Jimmy Fallon and Gisele Bundchen starred in this movie and I was having a fun time …
Blade Trinity movie
Just when you think they could not do better than the original and the sequel…they came out with Trinity…BAD IDEA. It’s nice that they wanted to bring the first, the original vampire into the mix of things, but, they did a real terrible job with his portayal. Dracula (Drake) …
Prison Break Season 2 Episode 12- Disconnect
Prison Break is really great show even its worst episode are better than other shows. But it helps to be that this new with a little bit disappointing. The problem was that nothing much was really happening in it. It was just a lot of emotional …
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Planet of the Apes, directed by Tim Burton is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some sequences of action/violence. The original release date was August 1, 2001 for Jamaican audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Drama/Science Fiction and stars Mark Wahlberg as Captain …
Movie 61
We saw a baseball movie the other night about Roger Maris and the immortal Mickey Mantle who took on Babe’s Ruths homerun record.
This movie wascalled 61, and the two yankee players Mickey Mantle the new favorite of the yankee fans and the new comer on the field the …
Mona Lisa Smile movie
Can one woman change a class of student´s lives during one school year? Is it possible to open other people’s eyes and look beyond the image?
Katherine Watson an art history teacher comes to the most prestigious collage were women was train to become good wives and bring up good …
Lawrence of Arabia Movie
“Lawrence of Arabia,” filmed in 1962, is based on a true story of Thomas Edward Lawrence, a British officer who had attempted to unite wild Arabic tribes into a nation. Lawrence (Peter O’Toole) is sent to spy on King Feisal (Alec Guiness), one of the many Arabic rulers. His …
The Four 2 (Chinese-Hong Kong Wuxia Movie)
The Four 2 is a 2013 Chinese-Hong Kong Wuxia film directed by Gordon Chan and Janet Chun. It is the sequel to 2012’s The Four.
After watching The Four, I decided to watch its sequels as well (there are 2 sequels to it). I wasn’t expecting much from this sequel though, …
Dead Like Me: Nighthawks
Dead Like Me: Nighthawks is a flashback show, and that confuses me. It’s really too early for a flashback show, but maybe Showtime was trying to get people up to speed on what was happening in the story. Usually, a clip show like this one is an …
The Bourne Legacy movie
My husband and I finally watched “The Bourne Legacy” last night. I was so excited to watch this movie, as I am huge fan of the other “Bourne” movies. I am also a fan of Jeremy Renner and Edward Norton, so I had high hopes as we sat …
The Cat Returns Movie
Anime movie about a teenage girl who saves the life of a cat that starts talking to her, something that changes her life completely.
The film was produced by the famous studio Ghibli where Hayao Miyazaki is producing his films. However, this is not near the same class his his …
Half Nelson Movie
Half Nelson is one of those movie that you absolutely have to watch more than once just because you can never get all the details and all the meaning from the first time. There is not a single false movie in the movie, there isn’t a single acting moment …
Winter Sonata movie
I can say that I really love this Winter Sonata, Korean Drama. The story itself was a romantic love story. But since it is a long drama story, you can not really guess easily what is the plot of the movie. You really need to follow each step or …
D-x wrestling faction
D-Generation X was a professional wrestling faction bought in by the World Wrestling Federation to rival the New World Order which was running rampant on the WWF’s Rival, World Championship Wrestling.
One thing that made the original D-X so unique and popular was their lack of respect for anything …
Cassanova movie
I’ve always heard of people referring to womanizers as “Cassanovas” but I never knew where that reference originated. I always wondered if there was actually a man in history who was named Cassanova and used to be a smooth talking womanizer but I had never actually taken the time …
Holy Man -movie
Holy Man is a 1998 movie starring Eddie Murphy.The plot of the movie is about a man named Ricky and a woman named Kate who work at a home shopping network.Kate was bought to the network by Ricky’s boss to help him because Ricky is a substandard …
The Others movie
A mother and her two small children live in a large mansion, waiting for their husband and father to return from WWII. We soon learn that he is probably dead, but Grace, the mother (Nicole Kidman) refuses to accept this and keeps waiting. Meanwhile, strange things are taking place …
Bruno
I can still recall sitting in a packed cinema in 2006. Laughing uncontrollably at the hilarious antics of actor Sacha Baron Cohen’s infamous character Borat. So naturally I had hopes for Cohen’s new movie centred on gay Austrian model Bruno.
The opening scenes of Bruno shocked me. Yes, …
The Ramen Girl movie
I wasn’t expecting much from the movie The Ramen Girl simply because I’m not a huge Brittany Murphy fan. But, I will admit, it turned out to be better than expected.
Murphy is convincing as a woman who travels to Japan to be with her boyfriend and, after getting dumped …
Non-Stop (movie)
I was looking forward to seeing the movie “Non-Stop” since February when it was in theatres since it had Liam Neeson, one of my favourite actors as a main character in it, and because the trailer that I had seen for it made the movie look interesting. I ended …
DVD: This Old Cub
Ron Santo is my favorite baseball Broadcaster by far and one of my favorite baseball players ever. For those who don’t know him “This Old Cub” tells the story of Ron Santo, first as an all-star third baseman for the Chicago Cubs; then as a longtime broadcaster for WGN …
Blockbuster Online
I love ordering videos from Blockbuster Online. The service is great. For less than 20 dollars a month, we can order as many videos as we like and keep them as long as we like! You can have 3 out at any time. As soon as you send one …
A Christmas Story (movie)
What strikes me as the main appeal of a Christmas story isn’t that it is a Christmas movie. It’s a story of youth, family and friends, with extra helpings of nostalgia (try eating that, Randy!).
The 40’s is captured brilliantly-the products surround the parkers, Higbee’s department store, the time of …
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002) is a drama from director Steven Spielberg that is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some sexual content and brief language.
Catch Me If You Can follows a young man, Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), who worked as a doctor, a lawyer …
A Storm in Summer,2000 movie
This movie is a real gem. Peter Falk plays Abel Shaddick, an angry old man who seems to hate everyone and everything. However, Falk manages to make his character interesting rather than totally unlikable: we want to know the reason of his anger, and as we suspect that the …
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 …
A Roman Holiday (1953)
Just lately, I’ve been wondering why in my history of watching old films, I never sighted an Audrey Hepburn film in TCM, a channel repository for classic movies. Crouched in front of a grainy black and white TV screen, I like to pass the time as a nocturne …
12 Years A Slave (Movie 2013)
“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 …
The 5th Wave (2016 Science Fiction Thriller Movie)
I spent a long time wondering what happened to the actor Tobey Maguire since I didn’t see him in any movies or TV series in a long time. Therefore, when I heard that he was producing a movie The 5th Wave I was eager to see it. I became even …
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