Movies Reviews
Valkyrie movie
Before I rented “Valkyrie” last night, I decided that it might be good, despite my dislike of Tom Cruise, because it has two things going for it that I like: it is based on a true story, and it is set during WW2, and I am a big fan …
Bee Movie
Cute movie, very out there, but the children love it. I would say it would be a great movie to add to ur collection especially if you have children. I can’t say I think Jerry Seinfeld’s voice matched the bee. I would like to see more of a younger …
Grapes on a Vine movie
Since we do not have cable at our apartment we often rely on renting a movie for some kind of entertainment. I saw this movie called Grapes on a Vine. It is about a man who hires someone to kill his wife in order to get rid of her …
Save the last dance movie
I admit at the moment I am watching a bit of old teen movies mixed with the more recent ones. I can’t help but compare “Save the last dance 1″ with the more recent movie “Step Up 1″. I personally enjoyed watching more “Save the last dance” than “Step …
Our Man in Havana movie
Jim Wormold works as an agent for the Secret Service on Cuba, but as there is nothing to report there he makes everything up and tells his superiors he is recruiting new agents. One day everything collapses for him and his world turns into chaos.
An absolutely brilliant comedy where …
A Late Quartet, Drama
During the twenty-fifth year of their tenure, a renowned string quartet is the recipient of some adverse news. It is found the cellist of the quartet, Peter, has received a diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. The news slows down the musical group’s momentum substantially. Interestingly enough, the news …
Avatar (2009 film)
Making the highest grossing film of all times is James Cameron’s trademark ability in the moviemaking industry. Avatar indeed delivers visual greatness of unseen scope just like Titanic did in 1997. Truth remains that the visuals are not enough to make a movie Number 1 at the box office. …
The Big Short (2015 Film)
As the days become smaller until the Oscars ceremony this coming February 28, I have become so anxious to watch every movie that is nominated.
The Big Short is currently one of the frontrunners of the race, and it is very hard to miss a frontrunner, otherwise you would blame yourself …
Mad Money movie
We went out this evening and caught the movie Mad Money. What an adoprable farse. This movie was cute beyond words. It centers around these three women who work at a federal reserve bank that destroys worn out currency.
Well Diane Keaton, is working as a janitor …
Coraline movie
My husband and I watched Coraline as a part of our Valentines Day date! I know it is not your romantic kinda movie but I will tell you, we both enjoyed it. It is being played in 3D that made it even more fun and interesting! It is the …
Movie Alice in wonderland
It’s not just Pandora that is beautiful in 3D. Tim Burton’s twisted fairy tale universe flash magic of both horror and beauty.
Alice has been 19 years. She remains steadfast and willful, and when a anemisk aristocrat proposes to her, put her off from it all - and almost …
The Messengers (2007)
The Messengers, directed by Oxide Pang Chun and Danny Pang is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America and stars Kristen Stewart as Jess, Dylan McDermott as Roy, Penelope Ann Miller as Denise and John Corbett as Burwell.
A family of three relocates from their town lives to …
Sex and the City The Movie
When my husband took me to ‘Sex and the City- The Movie’ I was not very sure whether I would like it or not because I don’t usually prefer any prolongation movie and this was a continuation of the runaway hit from HBO series. But anyway when the movie …
Valkyrie (2008)
I enjoyed Valkyrie more than most war movies. It’s a story quite different from most WWII films. I expected to turn it off halfway though, but got a surprise when the movie pull me in! It’s got good substance and a story to tell that few of …
The Devil Wears Prada
The Devil Wears Prada is not only very entertaining, both for those that are interested in the fashion industry and for those who are not, but it is also an eye opening and touching movie that does force one to take a look at his/her own life and the …
Fast and Furious movie
Being one of Paul Walker’s fan, I don’t miss any of his movies. I was excited when this was shown finally. I rushed to Ayala Cinemas here in Cebu, Philippines.
The story according to what I’ve read is an interquel from the second and third movie.
The movie was …
Shutter Island movie 2010
Shutter Island is a film that deserves much more attention than it has gotten. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a tarnished detective who is sent to find an escaped prisoner on an island and lands in a huge conspiracy with many twists and turns. The acting from the entire cast …
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
My wife and I ended up watching some Christmas movies the other day, including National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation; a movie that apparently has been out for 20 years now (making me feel old considering I remember it being at the theater).
Of the other Lampoon’s Vacation movies, this one is …
Just Like Heaven, Mark Waters Movie
Elizabeth Masterson is a surgeon who is workaholic. It feels life is more expendable in the hospital where he worked than socializing with other people. But, until now is reasonable, if Elizabeth is still single. Until a traffic accident when a change lives. Elizabeth now can only lay coma, …
Apocalypto
Great pains were taken by Mel Gibson & Co. to get the historical accuracies down, and this TLC shows in this fascinating tale of survival and separation. When a tribe of Indians are attacked and enslaved, Jaguar Paw vows to return to rescue his son and pregnant wife, who …
Pan’s Labyrinth
I recently watched Pan’s Labyrinth. First I must say that I rarely enjoy movies that I have to read the subtitles. If I wanted to read something it would be a book or a magazine or even a website. There I can go at my own pace and read …
Men In Black
The original Men In Black was an excellent comedic action movie and a welcome twist on the all to common genre of alien movies. The comedy throughout this movie was real comedy, not the non-stop attempts at slapstick or idiotic humor that have begun to plague comedies as of …
Shortbus (movie)
One of my friends had been nagging me to watch the movie “Shortbus” for several weeks, but I kept putting it off mostly because I did not have the time to actually sit and watch a movie. However, some time ago, we had both managed to watch the movie …
Babel movie
Babel had a lot to say and used intertwined stories to tell it. The movie was capable at discussing the narratives, often giving voice to those that aren’t often portrayed in movies. The Mexican housekeeper’s story is portrayed by her not being able to tell it. The Japanese teenager …
There Will Be Blood, epic drama film
Directed and written by Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood is one of my favorite films of all times. The movie comes in two formats for the DVD, the single disc and the two disc special edition. Both offer the film in its entirety, but the one is …
P.S. I love you movie
This was a really good movie. Although it made me cry a lot during the movie. Some of the previews made it look like a funny movie and although it had a couple funny parts in it, it was more sad than anything. I cried almost throughout the whole …
The Village (2004 Movie)
M. Night Shyamalan has another best selling thriller and decides to make it into a movie…bad idea, very bad idea as you do a very good job taking the life from the book. maybe he should stick to writing the books and leave to directing to those who seem …
She’s Out of My League Movie
I finally watched She’s Out of My League last night. I’ve seen the movie trailer and behind the scenes stuff at HBO a couple of months ago and I liked it. It’s one of the romantic comedy movies that you see, have a few laughs and then totally …
Serenity movie
Serenity is a great movie but most of the people who have seen it either love it or hate it. Serenity is my favorite movie and was made as a follow up to the series Firefly by Joss Whedon that I love. Firefly was only shown for a few …
The movie the Iron Giant
The Iron Giant was one of those movies that I was very skeptical about. It seemed like it might be decent but it also seemed like it might have been crap. I leaned more toward the theory of it being crap
and decided to wait until it became available …
Movie Glory Road
It is that time of year again when college basketball seems to be the buzz around town. You start to watch the games on TV and strat picking your choices for the Amrch Madness that is coming up. It is also the time that you see movies …
The Babadook (horror movie)
I’m a sucker for horror movies. Therefore it was a given that I had to check out the movie “The Babadook” once I read about it in an article online. The writer claimed it was one of the most frightening and talked about movies of the year and I was …
The King Is Back Movie
After almost 60 years, the king has returned to his position as the monumental gorilla. Set in the same time period, the depression era, the 1930’s in New York City.
The beautiful blonde actress Anne Daryl (Naomi Watts), once played by actress Faye Wray. She beats the pavement to pursue …
The Thing (1982 movie)
This movie will now and forever be one of my favorite horror movies. It’s a true classic. This is based in Antarctica where a bunch of scientists are doing some experiments. They uncover a dark terror that seems to evade them at every turn. It first starts off with …
The Prince of Egypt (1998 movie)
Saved from being executed by his mother and set adrift on the river, Moses is rescued by the Egyption queen and is unknowingly raised as a prince of Egypt. After trailing an escaping prisoner, he learns the truth that he is really a Hebrew and he later finds out …
Dead Like Me: Death Defying
The main thrust of Dead Like Me: Death Defying is that virgin George finally has sex in her death life and then gets extremely angry because her lover doesn’t call her afterwards. She spends the entire show stomping around like a two-year-old. She’s a brat here, and …
Jungle Fever-film
Jungle Fever is a 1991 drama movie starring Wesley Snipes.It is essentially a film about interracial relationships.The interracial relationship explored is a black architect named Flipper having a relationship with an Italian woman Angela.he commits adultery from his wife with Angie.The movie also goes into some detail with Flipper’s …
Batman Forever
Batman forever is one of the worst movies ever made. It is the movie that ruined Batman. Since the movie the Batman movie series has gone downhill. The acting was just horrible. There were so many bad jokes in the movie that is was boring. Batman is supposed to …
Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 2 Movie
This unique movie adventure started ten years ago with the first movie about the little Harry Potter and ended finally and forever with the second film based on the novel ” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ” and eight for the entire series . For these 10 years …
Knight of Cups (2016 Film)
I had a really tough time getting through Terrence Malick’s well-known film The Tree of Life when it was released. The first time I watched it I didn’t lasted for 15 minutes. I immediately turned it off because I thought it was nothing but a pretentious show-off. I kept hearing …
Valley of the Wolves, Iraq
This Valley of the Wolves, Iraq is a movie of a different perspective. It is a foreign film, and has artistic elements to it. My friend brought me to watch this, and it lasts for about 2 hours and 2 minutes.
This movie is not about taking sides, …
Crimson Peak (2015 Gothic Horror Movie)
I love Gothic Horror movies, Guillermo Del Toro, Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston and so it was a given that I definitely had to see the movie Crimson Peak once it was released. I read both good and bad reviews about it, and so I wasn’t totally sure what to …
Avatar movie
I had no idea what this movie was going to be about before I saw it with my friends. I went to see it out of boredom. However, I was not bored long. Avatar is a 3D movie, which may cost a little more to see in theaters, but …
The Incredible Mr. Limpet movie
The final Warner Brothers’ animated movie of its era, The Incredible Mr. Limpet is an awesome piece of entertainment. The film features Don Knotts as Henry Limpet, who has always wanted to be a fish. Oh, if wishes could come true. Well, for Henry Limpet, it …
Movie The Pursuit of Happiness
When I first saw previews to the Pursuit of Happiness, I figured it was going to be a tear jerker but would ultimately be a boring film. I’m glad to say I was wrong.
Will Smith has attempted to do inspirational films before and has failed. He struck gold in …
Fahrenheit 451 Movie
“Fahrenheit 451″ filmed in 1966 and directed by François Truffaut is one bad, boring movie. I am really sorry to say this, but it is. I had read Ray Bradbury’s book titled “Fahrenheit 451″ and I remember enjoying it, so when I saw the movie at our library I …
Dumb and Dumber To, movie
Jim Carrey films were one of the most prominent features of my childhood so it was with some nostalgia that I approached this movie, even though the original Dumb and Dumber has never been one of my favourites. Carrey’s recent films have been relatively subdued in comparison to …
Red Dragon (2002)
Red Dragon, directed by Brett Ratner is rated R by the Mption Picture Association of America for violence, grisly images, language, some nudity and sexuality. The original release date was October 4, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Sir Anthony …
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