The movie “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” was the first Dr. Seuss live action film I have ever seen. It starred the actor Jim Carrey and it came out when I was still a teenager in high school. I can remember that the movie was so popular that there …

Big Hero 6 is one of the best animated movies I’ve seen in recent times. It’s actually a movie based on the superhero team ‘Big Hero 6′ from a Marvel Comic. From start to finish this movie is hilarious; the simple humour employed is effective. Often the background scenes such …

Double Jeopardy, directed by Bruce Beresford is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language, a scene of sexuality and some violence. The original release date was September 24, 1999 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller and stars Tommy Lee …

As you may have noticed, the next movie in the Twilight Saga, New Moon, was just released November 20, 2009. I went to the 9:30am showing at my local AMC Theater. I have read all the books for the series. Let me start the reivew by saying, …

My wife and I were in the mood for a good movie the other day but didn’t want to watch a new release just yet (we were both tired out). So, I ended up watching the movie Eight Legged Freaks instead.
When I started watching this movie, I thought it …

I have heard of the movie The Green Berets and have seen bits and pieces of the film in the past. But, this past weekend was the first time I had an opportunity to watch the entire movie. And, for the most part, it wasn’t terrible.
My dad is a …

All good things must eventually end and such is the case for the much beloved, Lieutenant Columbo. After decades of solving murders, the very last movie was aired in 2003. Columbo Likes the Nightlife is the swan song for the rumpled raincoat-clad detective. It’s the last …

I had heard of the Tom Cruise film “Legend,” but I never got around to watching it until last night. While, overall, it wasn’t a bad movie, I’m not sure if I was overly impressed by it either.
Cruise plays a hermit who is called on to face the Prince …

Vampires and werewolves have always made great movies. Other than Gone With The Wind, i think the original Dracula movie is among the most popular of all time. One thing vampire movies have never lacked is a smoking hot girl in them gracing the screen. Usually, the girls end …

The Phantom of the Opera is one of my most favorite musicals. I love the songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber (I think he’s a genius). I especially love ‘The Music of the Night’. That’s why when I heard that it was going to be made into a movie, I …

The Masters of Horror series is like a crap shoot. You never know what kind of mess (or jewel) you’re going to get. John Carpenter, the director behind this film did a fairly good job of creating suspense and horror. The film focuses on a 15 …

The Pursuit of Happyness, directed by Gabriele Muccino is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some language. The original release date was December 15, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Biography/Drama and stars Will Smith as Chris Gardner, Jaden …

Small Soldiers, directed by Joe Dante is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some menacing action/violence and brief drug references. The original release date was July 10, 1998 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Comedy/Family/Science Fiction and stars david Cross …

The stupids is a film based on a bunch of children’s books about a stupid and clueless family.The dad is a guy named Stanley Stupid with a wife named Joan and thier two children who are a boy and a girl.
The film based off of these book stars the …

Master thieves at their best trying to pull off another famous hiest. They run into local trouble and are force to make drastic decisions of face alot of years in prison. One would believe that this is the basic plot of a relatively good movie. Not the case, this …

Seven (1995) is a drama film from director David Fincher and is rated R by the MPAA for grisly afterviews of horrific and bizarre killings, and for strong language.
Seven is a film that follows a man named Somerset (Morgan Freeman), a retiring police detective, as he experiences his final …

It is odd that I read the synopsis of a movie, get interested in it and then watch it, only to be disappointed in the end. The synopsis for the movie on Netflix calls it a “mind warping action thriller”. Then on top of that very attractive statement it …

From 1936, Gene Autry stars in a double role in The Big Show. As the country singer and actor often did, his ‘nice’ guy role uses his real name of Gene Autry. In this case, he’s a stuntman who sings. His other part is that of …

I have to say I really enjoyed the Stephen King movie Cat’s Eye. This movie was very intense and actually had me feeling scared. I thought that Quitter’s INC was a very scary episode in the film. You see Cat’s Eye is made up of 3 short movies and it …

Critical Condition is a 1987 comedy/drama starring the comedian richard Pryor.Pryor stars as a man,Kevin Lenehan who gets involved in a jewel thief and gets blamed.He is sent to court because of this.Hoping to get out of going to prison,he attempts to fake insanity.The judge ends up sending him …

I have always been a fan of supernatural movies so when I came across Rose Red by Stephen King I had high hopes. The movie (made from the miniseries) was not as great as I expected but still became one of my favorites.
The plot tells of a teacher …

I loaded another Looney Tunes Cartoon on our Netflix Player the other day for our daughter “Daffy Duck’s Quack Busters.” It was an OK movie but not as good as I expected.
When I loaded it, I figured it would be a cute spoof of the show Ghost Busters, or at …

The beginning of Memento did little to impress me. It was confusing and I was concerned from the start that it just wasn’t going to be my kind of movie. The film stars Guy Pearce as Leonard, who is suffering from short-term memory loss and is after …

I have just watched the movie UNKNOWN starring Liam Neeson, as it is just showing here in the Philippines this week. As for the title, I don’t know, at first I thought it’s going to be some kind of alien stuff or some unknown territory like Mars or …

We went to the movies last night and watched the film entitled the Mist, based on a novel by Stephen King. I love a good mystery and I really enjoy Stephen Kings books, and usually enjoy the film adaptations.
This movie was really a good story, enough computer …

I watched the movie Million Dollar Baby for the second time last night and, even though the movie supposedly got a lot of good reviews, I really just can’t see what people see in it.
Hillary Swank plays a female boxer who is trained by Clint Eastwood. And, while the …

Just as the title states, this young boy launches a campaign in order to free a whale being held in captivity. That is the whole story that the directors have managed to stretch of a two hour period. Throwing the troubles of the boy and his family drama into …

The story of a father and daughter con duo that go around scamming people all in the name of getting enough money for them to eat and possibly find shelter for the night, when they plan to scam a female lawyer, the scam went bad and she actually hit …

I had watched this movie when I was in my fourth standard. It has fascinated me ever since. It was the movie that introduced me to dinosaurs. Jurassic Park is a movie by Stephen Spielberg. He in this movie has implemented what Micheal Crichton had envisaged in his book …

The much acclaimed american screenwriter Charlie Kaufman here works together with the former music video director Spike Jonze for the second time. It’s a very complicated story in the centre of which Kaufman himself appears (and his evil twin brother!), played brilliantly by Nicholas Cage. He tries to write …

Saw this really later than it came out in theaters but I have to said it was alot better than I had expected. I had never seen the tv show before so yes I know that my view was not based on the original tv show so everyone will …

Barbara Covett, is a senior teacher who briefly again retire. In the past fathers, Barbara prefers to live alone and only by Portia, pet cat. In addition, Barbara is closed and not very sociable. Until one day, a teacher appears in a new place to teach school, called Sheba …

I really enjoy watching Mark Wahlberg’s movies because he manages to come up with a different and exciting project every time. I must also admit that —˜Max Payne’ failed to impress me because it is not the kind of project one can link with this actor. It seems that …

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 …

Action-packed and fast-paced. If that’s what you are looking for, you wouldn’t be disapppointed. The movies moves at a breathless pace through a rather convoluted plot about some ancient secret society wanting to destroy the fledging United States of America. The plot hinges on transporting some explosives to the …

In Cowboy Bebop, episode 2, cool dog’s strut is a marvelous excuse of a waste of time. Keeping up with Cowboy Bebop’s unparalleled style, the entire episode seems to be an excuse to write in Rin. Who is our new lovable bioengineered welsh carrier, that seems to hog …

Of the Mel Gibson movies I’ve seen, I wouldn’t put The Patriot toward the top of the list. But, it is still a good historical fiction film to consider on a weekend when you want to feel a bit more patriotic.
The thing I like about this movie is it …

Valiant, a dove this young want to become a postal carrier pigeon message for the military. Until a day ideals, is likely to be realized. Valiant now successfully recruited by the military. But he was acquainted with the candidates, such as carrier pigeon Bugsy, Gutsy, and Tailfeather. Valiant had …

I actually didn’t pick out the movie “The Insatiable.” My daughter did. She didn’t watch it or anything. She was at the movie store with me and my wife told her to pick out a movie for us and it happened to be one on a shelf she could …

I watched the DVd “Eddie and the Cruisers” last evening.
This musical movie was made back in the 1980’s.
I really like this movie, which is based on the disappearance of Eddie Wilson, the lead singer of Eddie and the Cruisers. Maggie,
played very well by Ellen Barkin, is a reporter …

When I first saw the trailer for Lucy, I just knew that I had to see it. It seemed to have a similar premise to the movie Limitless, and not to mention I’ve been a fan of the actress Scarlett Johansson for the longest while. However, as it got closer …

“The Runaway Bride” is a romantic comedy, light, witty, and well-made, although perhaps with a bit unrealistic premise. Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts) is a small town woman who has become a local celebrity of sorts for leaving several fiances at the altar and running away - just like that, …

I had not seen the previous part of this movie series, so I was hoping that I would not miss out on some related scenes. Thankfully this movie does not have much relevance to the previous movie. A person can watch this without having to watch the earlier part.
The …

Lethal Weapon, directed by Richard Donner is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was March 6, 1987 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Thriller and stars Mel Gibsona s Sergearnt Martin Riggs, Danny Glover as Sergeant Roger …

Adam Sandler wrote and starred in this 1995 comedy about a millionaire’s spoiled son Billy, a man in his late 20’s who does nothing all day except live it up by getting wasted, chasing invisible penguins, and looking at pornography on “Nudy magazine Day”. Billy’s father is fed …

The Fox and the Hound 2 is one of my favorite movies. It’s a super story, with great music, and my favorite, Patrick Swayze, voicing one of the main characters. I fell in love with the animated film when I saw it, and I’m so glad that …

Quite honestly, I have yet to see any of the Batman movies, though I’ve seen lots of clips and stories on filming them throughout the years. I remember back in the era when this Batman & Robin movie was filmed. There were a number of media segments …

Formula 51, directed by Ronny Yu is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong violence, language, drug content and some sexuality. The original release date was October 18, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Comedy/Crime/Thriller and stars Samuel L. …