Movies Reviews
The Dead Zone
King adaptations are hit or miss. You have classics like “The Shining” or “Misery” and you have stinkers like “The Sleepwalkers” or “Tommyknockers”. There are also movies that fall between and all across the cinematic quality spectrum.
“The Dead Zone” is one of the better ones. David …
Limitless (movie)
One of the best movies that I’ve watched so far this year is a movie called “Limitless”. Even though I saw it advertising and read a multitude of good reviews on the movie, I didn’t watch it until a family member of mine finally persuaded me to. Even just …
Soul Plane (2004)
Bad times fall on an unsuspecting victim and in addition to his humility, he also loses his dog when it got sucked out of the plane and through the plane engine death instantly. He sues the airline and is awarded a grand amount of money. This he took and …
Mr & Mrs Smith DVD
Brad Pitt and Anjolina Jolie no doubt make an attractive couple. With that said let’s get to the much anticipated movie that has just been released on DVD.
This movie was highly marketed. With two of the biggest hollywood stars, this movie was sure to be a hit.
The movie …
The Canterville Ghost (movie)
I’ve always been fairly fascinated with the actress Neve Campbell, especially after I saw her in movies such as the “Scream” franchise and “The Craft”. She seemed to be a familiar face in the late nineties to the early 2000s, and I know believe some of that had to …
Drowning Mona
Drowning Mona is a very funny movie inspite of the fact that a lady dies in the very opening scene. The woman is Mona and Bette Midler played the character in a very convincing and powerful way. She dies in the very first scene when her car falls in …
Orphan Movie
“Orphan” is a thriller about a young orphan named Esther. As the movie progress the plot takes a turn which not only surprised me but probably surprised a lot of other people who went to see it.
The movie begins with a dream sequence which is where we’re introduced to …
Life of Pi (movie)
A couple years ago, I had to read the book “Life of Pi” for a literature class. I had heard one or two other students say that it was a very good book, but whenever I had gotten to read it for myself, I wasn’t anywhere near as impressed …
Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
Based on a short story by horror fiction writer Stephen King, “Hearts of Atlantis” is an interesting, sensitive movie. Produced by Castlerock Entertainment, the 2001, color movie lasts for 101 minutes. It’s interesting how some of the short stories of Stephen King make charming, innocent stories. I’m not a …
The Sum of All Fears
The Sum of All Fears
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 2hr 4min
Starring: Ben Affleck, Morgan Freeman, Bridget Moynahan, Liev Schreiber, Alan Bates
A neo-Nazi organization, which put their hands on a nuclear bomb dating back to the Yom Kippur War, began to use it to start a war between the United States …
Man in the Iron Mask
In the late ninteen nineties the young actor Leonardo DiCaprio was one of the most popular actors in Hollywood. This was because not only was his acting good, but his movies were usually very interesting and he was a very handsome young man. Thus when the movie “Man in …
Mrs. Doubtfire
A lovable, but irresponsible father of three finds himself torn away from his three kids after a messy divorce. Desperate to see them more the occasional Saturday granted by the judge, Daniel (Robin Williams) goes to extreme lengths, donning the convincing disguise of an elderly Scottish woman, getting the …
Pay it Forward (movie)
A movie that I can remember impacted the way I felt about life for years was called “Pay it Forward”. I’m not exactly sure when it was released, but I remember that the first time I watched it was when I was in high school and I had seen …
Triangle Movie
My wife and I were looking for a movie to watch Friday night and ended up picking out a film we hadn’t heard of before; Triangle.
We figured the movie would end up being a bad re-make of the movie Ghost Ship and, for some time, we thought we were …
Roxanne 1987 movie
What a pathetic movie. The story is stolen from Cyrano de Bergerac, modernized and stupidified. Steve Martin plays a big-nosed guy, smart and good-hearted but unattractive. Then comes Roxanne, a beautiful scientist. A handsome but brainless fellow likes her, however he is so scared to show his stupidity that …
50 First Dates
I’m not a big fan of Adam Sandler but I like Drew Barrymore that’s why I saw the movie 50 First Dates. I didn’t expect that I would like the movie because I never liked Adam Sandler’s style of comedy. I think he’s corny. But surprisingly I liked it …
Shoot them up Film
Shoot them up is being directed by Michael Devis its star Clive own and Monica Bellucci in lead and called giamittai as villain. This is basically as action movie. It doesn�t really have any thing more then action. The story is about oven trying to save a child …
Swordfish
Swordfish is one of the cooler action movies of the last decade despite a couple setbacks. One of it’s producers worked on the Matrix, so it’s got a similar kind of wild, high-tech, fast-paced feel. Now it’s definitely not on the same scale, but it isn’t a rip-off either. …
Driving Miss Daisy movie
Driving Miss Daisy is a sweet, nostalgic feeling film that focuses upon the relationship between a lady and her driver. Daisy is played by Jessica Tandy and her driver is Hoke, played by Morgan Freeman. Now Jessica Tandy and Morgan Freeman are two of my all-time favorite actors and …
Birth ( 2004) movie
In 2004, there was quite a controversy surrounding this film starring Nicole Kidman. The premise is simple: Nicole Kidman’s character “Anna” loses her husband. And ten years later, a little boy shows up on her doorstop claiming to be her deceased husband Sean. What …
Death of a Ghost Hunter
One of the movies we ended up watching this past weekend was one called “Death of a Ghost Hunter.” My wife and I like the television series “Ghost Hunters” and I figured this movie would be close to that in terms of plot and would be halfway interesting.
I was …
The Accidental Spy (movie)
This is another Jackie Chan movie that I had watched some time recently, and possibly might have seen one time before. Even though I had heard about it, I had never really paid it much attention until very recently. It is one of his late movies too that was …
Wake Up Ron Burgundy
You’ll find “Wake Up Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie” as a special feature in a double disk edition of the popular film “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.” The film tries to pass itself off as a sequel to the film, although as the film itself admits it …
Die Hard movie
It took me a very long time to watch the movie “Die Hard” since after seeing it advertise on cable television, and hearing people, including of of my friends in particular talk about it, I thought it would be another one of those action movies with lots of action …
Get Shorty Movie
A hit man for the mafia named Chili goes to Hollywood to claim some money one of his clients have requested. While there he meets a producer of second rate horror flicks that wants to hire him for his new movie. I had a lot of fun watching this …
Inkheart (the movie)
I just watched Inkheart and totally loved it! Based on the book Inkheart by Cornelia Funke–which by the way, I didn’t read– although, now after seeing the movie I want to read the book.
The whole premise of the movie is about this man and his daughter who both …
Transformers (2007)
Michael Bay does it again with Transformers. With his known use of 100% authentic special effects, who wouldn’t love his movies? He further proves it with this installment of Transformers, taken from the toys, games and old TV series. Starring Shia Labeouf and Megan Fox, Transformers takes you through …
Rang De Basanti
Rang De Basanti is a revolutionary film made recently, and was India�s Official Entry to the Oscars. Its one of the few movies, which was both artistic and also did well commercially. In fact it was one of the biggest commercial hits of the year. The story was …
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Hotel Rwanda, directed by Terry George is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America on appeal for violence, disturbing images and brief strong language. The original release date was February 4, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/History/Thriller/War and stars Don …
The River Wild
Most movies that star Kevin Bacon have him as a lovable person. The River Wild is one of those movies that’s a bit different because it turns the guy who usually plays a hero into the villain and the contrast works.
The thing I like about The River Wild is …
Meet the Fockers (2004)
Meet the Fockers, directed by Jay Roach is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for crude and sexual humor, language and a brief drug reference. The original release date was December 22, 2004 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Romance and …
Movie : Pridae And Glory (2008)
Pride And Glory is the title of of movie that stars Edward Norton and Collin Farrel as two cops on either side of a police corruption case. As the search for who killed four policemen in a drug bust gone wrong widens, Norton’s character slowly begins to discover the …
“Salt” 2010 action film by Phillip Noyce
Who is Salt? Apparently the female answer to James Bond, fortunately with a twist.
The film, titled simply with its protagonist’s surname, was directed by Phillip Noyce and has recently hit the cinemas. I decided to watch it looking for some simple, mindless entertainment: and while the film had a …
Caveman
When I was a really young kid, I was infatuated with dinosaurs. I guess every kid probably was. I lived right outside of D.C. so I had no problems with visiting the museum regularly. I remember some cartoons like the Flintstones which celebrated the union between man and reptillian …
Better Than Chocolate movie
Over the weekend I caught a really good movie on HBO. It is called “Better Than Chocolate.” The movie caught my attention because it is about lesbians. I haven’t seen vary many movies made from the other perspective so I decided …
Sin Nombre movie
I follow movies that receive attention at small film festivals like Sundance or Cannes with great interest, because I generally enjoy these movies so much more than big-budget Hollywood blockbusters. I read reviews about “Sin Nombre” after it won some international awards, and I finally saw it on DVD …
Faster (2010) Movie
Faster is a movie starring Dwayne Johnson (also known as “The Rock) and Tommy Lee Jones. Wayne Johnson plays “Driver” a man who has just been let out of jail after a ten year sentence. He was sentenced for being the driver of a getaway car in an armed …
Dodgeball movie
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. Here the losers finally win as Peter LeFluer and his Average Joe’s take on White Goodman and his Purple Cobras in an all out dodgeball competition in Las Vegas. LeFleur, played by Vince Vaughn, is armed with a team of morons, losers, and dorks, …
The Twilight Zone episode “Memphis” (2003)
I have always been a fan of television show “The Twilight Zone.” The series, which began decades ago was always successful in creeping me out. I was thrilled when producers decided to bring the series back, and cast popular actors in the episodes. The …
The Professional: Movie
The Professional is an absolutely fantastic film. Normally, the crime genre isn’t really for me. But this story is beautifully told about an assassin and how his life changes when he reluctantly takes on the responsibility of a 12-year-old girl.
First of all, the acting is excellent. The assassin Leon …
The Pink Panther movie
The genius comedian Peter Sellers here appears in his probably most beloved role as the police inspector Clouseau, who has a very funny accent and naive approach to everything. His mission is to find to evil Phantom, a jewelry thief. Certain traces lead Clouseau to Switzerland and a wealthy …
The Langoliers
Adapted from a short story by Stephen King, The Langoliers is yet another entry into the hit and miss catalogue of mini-series and movies based upon his works.
The story itself is both simple and unsettling; a small group of passengers awaken on a commercial plane midflight to find the …
Snowpiercer (science fiction movie)
On reading some of the reviews for the 2013 movie Snowpiercer, it was easy for me to assume that the movie would not have been any good since it was heavily criticised by a lot of people. However, after watching it for myself I strongly agree that while it did …
After the Sunset
I don’t hear much about this movie, so I assume it didn’t get much attention when it was released and not many people know about it. In fact, I can remember when I first saw it being aired on a cable television movie channel, I wondered how come I …
State of Play movie
I was expecting State of Play to follow a common story line for movies about political intrigue, but I was riveted to the screen for most of this movie. While some of the plot twists were predictable, the final one near the end was unexpected. I also dislike the …
Jezebel
I was at a friend’s house recently and saw the movie Jezebel on the Turner Classic Movie channel, a channel I don’t get, but would love to.
The movie was filmed in black & white and released in 1938, a year before “Gone with the Wind” which is a similar …
This Christmas movie
I really wish African American films would get better than this. This film was such a rip-off of “Soul Food” that it is not even funny. The sisters fighting the youngest one dating an “intelligent thug”, legal troubles, selling Big Mama/Ma’Dere’s property the list just …
Marked For death (1990)
Marked For Death, directed by Dwight H. Little is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was October 5, 1990 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Steven Seagal as John Hatcher, Basil Wallace as Screwface, …
Mean Girls
Ugh. I hate the title for this movie even more than I hate the movie itself. And what surprises me is the amount of parents that let their kids watch something with the title ‘Mean Girls’. It’s not such an awful movie; I guess. It’s your typical high school …
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