Movies Reviews
Obsessed
I watched Obsessed at the cinema with my boyfriend the other day. This movie stars Idris Elba, Beyonce and Ali Larter. It is such a great and amazing movie and it has a thriller genre. The movie plot is pretty simple and predictable though, but I feel …
Movie Freedomland
One of my favorite movies. It kept me interested and entertained. I wasn’t bored throughout any of it. The ending was really good and surprised me, I didn’t expect the ending of it and I think that is one reason I liked it so much, because it was a …
Just Friends
Another movie that I just watched recently along with Mall Cop with Kevin James was the movie ‘Just Friends’ starring Ryan Reynolds, who plays a chubby teenager with braces and a desperate crush on his best friend who he has known since the sixth grade. Humiliated beyond repair at a …
The Gingerdead Man movie
First off, the fact that the star of this movie is Gary Busey should tip you off as to what kind of a movie it’s going to be. If that doesn’t, then the fact that he plays a talking homicidal cookie should. After being executed for a murder spree/ …
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
Well, first off, Evangelion 1.0: You Are Not Alone is part of the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. It is part of a 4 movie project to reboot the series, shaping the storyline to be easier understood by mainstream audience, as well as adding new characters and the …
The Others Nicol Kidman Movie
The Others, enjoys the wonderful play of Nicole Kidman. The nice fact about this movie is, you should watch the film until the last second to know what has really happened. Nicol Kidman’s acting is really, admirable, as ever. Beside her natural beauty, her mastery in acting attracts you …
Friends With Money Movie
I enjoyed this movie a lot. The concept is unique–what happens when one person in a group of friends is in a drastically different socioeconomic status than the rest of them? The characters were both believable and interesting at the same time. I liked how Jennifer …
Dead Mary Movie
Dead Mary is yet another straight to DVD release where a group of twenty-something kids get stranded in the woods when they go for a weekend party. One of the characters decides to invoke the ghost of Dead Mary, a local witch who was killed. The ghost gets loose …
Twilight
Well the movie Twilight was…”ok”. The acting was decent and the story was intersting, however, not everyone will like it. I enjoyed watching it, but thought some parts were rather silly. It is very much a romance movie and a chick flick. Though it does have a few action …
Old School (starring Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell)
Bear with me, because I have to type these 3 names because they are amazing. I watched Old School (starring Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell) the other day and it was super hilarious. There can never be a movie close to it, except for movies starring …
White Noise movie
White Noise is yet another scary movie that wasn’t so scary. The movie is about people who try to contact ghosts using EVP. I mean some small parts of the movie were actually scary. But I thought most, of the movie was not scary at all. So as I was …
Dead Ringers (1988)
Twin doctors are the at the center of this horror movie, they are both in the same line of work but with their own individual minds and mentalities, one uses his aggressive demeanor to seduce his female patients and after he has had his way with them he sends …
Miami Blues (1990)
Alec Baldwin stars as a crazed serial psychopath in this movie surrounded by lots of high risk robbery scenes. Through the entire movie, Alec’s character goes around mugging people and stealing their personal belongings without regret. He happens to mug a police officer and steal his fire arm, badge …
When Harry Met Sally
Yes, I know, I know: for some reason, many folks have agreed that this movie is great. Wonderful. Almost a classic… Beats me why. I watched it a couple of days ago and found it very average.
Sally and Harry meet for the first time as college students, then life …
Movie Memoir of a Geisha
Memoir of a Geisha is a movie about a Geisha that have a very tough time growing up and she had come from a very poor background. She was treated very badly since childhood and one day she met a wealthy man that really loves her and try to …
Death of a Salesman (1985)
“Death of a Salesman” is actually a filmed play, one of the best known plays by Arthur Miller. This production has won 7 awards, including Emmy and Golden Globe. Both the play and this movie have been widely discussed - the premise, the drama, the acting. What impressed me …
The Bucket List (movie)
During the Christmas season we went and saw the Bucket List with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. The Bucket List is a movie about what you want to do before you kick the bucket and die. These two men meet in a hospital room, both are suffering …
DVD SILKWOOD
The 1983 classic gets a barebones DVD release courtesy of MGM.
Silkwood is the biopic of Karen Silkwood, the Kerr-Magee Union activist who died under mysterious circumstances at a tme period where she was in the process of exposing a variety
of health and safety violations at the nuclear plant where …
Gladiator
Alright, you probably now about the movie Gladiator by now. You’ve heard the stories about its gore and fighting. Well honestly, you have too see this movie. It is superb. Russell Crowe is at his finest moment of acting in this movie. HE plays the main character so well …
The Fast and the Furious
I like action movie, including car racing. I always like the Fast and the Furious no matter it’s the first movie, the second, the third or the fourth one, I like them all.
The Fast and the Furious is the first movie before the sequel is made. I watch this …
The September Issue (2009)
‘The September Issue’ is a feature length, fly-on-the-wall documentary about the making of the September 2007 issue of Vogue Magazine. This would be of interest to anyone wanting to see what the real Anna Wintour is like - editor-in-chief of Vogue - rather than the bitch that Meryl …
The Christmas Wish movie
The Christmas Wish is a delightful holiday movie with a very nice cast that includes the marvelous Debbie Reynolds. In the movie, Reynolds’ husband has just died and her son comes home to help with the business. The son is played with care by Neil Patrick Harris.
Harris’ …
Wizard of Oz Movie
When I was born in 1968, Wizard of Oz had been showing annually on CBS for twelve years. My earliest memory of this perennial favorite was in early elementary school, when I joined the swelling ranks of people gathered to watch this huge, yearly event. It was as eagerly …
Wonderland movie
Michael Winterbottom is a british filmmaker who has a very extensive production on his resume the last 10 years. The critics have been very positive about all of these films that include 24 hour party people and Welcome to Sarajevo. He often uses a documentary-like style and focuses a …
Star Wars: Episode 4: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope is about a farmboy on the planet of Tatooine named Luke Skywalker. After his Uncle Owen buys a pair of droids he discovers a message from Rebel Alliance member Princess Leia and sets out to find Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi who …
Half Light (R, 2006) movie
I had never heard of a romantic thriller starring Demi Moore. But because I am a semi-fan of hers, I was intrigued. The story takes places both in London and on a Scottish Isle (most of the drama is on the Isle.) Demi’s …
Meet John Doe movie
Meet John Doe is one of the classics from the golden age of movie making. It has an impressive cast headlined by Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. It is the superb acting that truly contributes to making this a standard in the sense of being one of …
Kireedam Tamil Movie
Kireedam is the latest release of the ultimate star Ajit movie. This movie is produced by Balaji and directed by newcomer Vijay. For the second time Ajit paired up with Trisha in this movie. Rajkiran and Saranya are also casted in the movie; they played the …
Movie Beowulf (2007)
This movie surprised me a bit when I saw it for the first time, maybe the disturbing regular nudity of the hero more than anything… anyway..phallic fixations, parent-child problems and low passions, is the new adaptation of the epic poem. Being the third adaptation of the story of “Beowulf” …
The Devil’s Foot
I am reviewing The Devil’s Foot, a Sherlock HOlmes episode from the boxed set, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, which was produced in 1984 by Granada television. This episode finds Holmes in need of recooperation. He and Watson travel to a remote place with the intent on …
Netflix Online
It’s time to put Blockbuster behind us.
Here’s why:
Selection. It doesn’t matter whether you like horror, comedy, romance, or history movies– Netflix has it all.
The price is reasonable. You know how much it costs to rent a movie at your local store, it’s outrageous. If you watch more than four …
Blood Will Out movie
I am reviewing the movie, Blood Will Out, starring John Nettles and Daniel Casey as Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby and Detective Sergeant Gavin Troy. This movie was made in 1999, was produced by Brian True May, and was based off of the novels written by author Caroline Graham.
In this …
The Golden Compass
I thought that the movie “The Golden Compass” had a wealth of potential. When I saw it advertising to be released in theatres, I thought it would have been something like “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe”, however, when I watched it I realized …
Over the Hedge
I spent some time thinking about how to describe how good the movie Over the Hedge was. The best way I can think of is, it was so good, my 2-year-old actually sat quietly throughout the whole movie.
Centering around a bunch of wild animals having to cope with a …
Son-in-Law
The funny thing about the movie Son-in-Law is the fact it’s funny the first time you see it but gets less and less funny every time you watch it.
Pauly Shore might have been yesterday’s Larry the Cable Guy but the reality is his movies really lack any real substance …
Saw IV
Saw IV was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, and this time wasn’t produced by James Wan, but by Mark Burg and Oren Koules. The film was released like the others, just one year after the last around Halloween in 2007. The film plot is based on Jigsaw leaving messages …
Fearless, Jet Li’s movie
“Fearless” is going to be the last movie for Jet Li. He and his family will be going back to China and retired. I have hears much about Jackie Chen’s action, but if someone have watched Jet Li in action he/she will see the differences between the two martial …
Closer (2004)
With an all star cast featuring the talents of Julia Roberts(Anna), Clive Owen(Larry), Jude Law(Dan) and Natalie Portman(Alice) as the main characters. This movie focuses on the relationships of these four individuals, the ups, the downs and everything in between.
Alice comes into contact with Dan at a crosswalk in …
Alexander Nevsky movie
The russian director Sergei Eisenstein is mostly remembered for his silent films, but as a matter of fact he made more sound films and Alexander Nevsky is one of his most famous ones. It tells the story about a russian warlord who gathers all of his people together to …
Stormbreaker the Movie
Alright, I heard from my friend that this wasn’t really that good of a movie. I’ve read the book and was amazed by Horrowitz talents at writing, so I decided to watch the movie, and the first thing I thought was “Woah, my friend is a big …
Veronika Voss, Drama 1982
During 1982, Rainer Werner Fassbinder introduced the Premiere of the film entitled Veronika Voss. The Premiere took place at the Berlin Film Festival. The movie was applauded as an achievement for Fassbinder; considered one of his best films. He at the time had created forty films. …
Caddyshack 2 Movie
While I am not one of the biggest fans of golf, I love Caddyshack 2. And believe me, it’s not for the golf. It’s for the comedy. While I have seen the first Caddyshack, I saw the second movie first and I always seem to rotate back to the …
Iron Man 2 (2010)
Iron Man blew the box office away in 2008. Now, two years later, Iron Man 2 has done it again with Robert Downey Jr.’s extravagant performance as Tony Stark aka Iron Man.
One of the thing I enjoyed most about the first Iron Man, was its ability to maintain …
Cinderella movie
Compared to the thousands of other Disney films that have come out since, Cinderella is far from the best animated film ever made. However, it’s still a real treat to watch whenever you have a family movie night.
Of the dozens of re-tellings of the Cinderella story, Disney’s version is …
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
I’m not usually a huge fan of romantic comedies. They’re OK but I get bored with them quickly because they usually have the same basic plot.
However, I have to say, after watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I did find myself entertained throughout.
The good thing about this movie is it offers …
Red Riding Hood (Movie)
I recently watched the movie Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried as the popular children’s story main character. I was very curious to watch the movie as I wanted to see how they would depict a well-known children’s story into a full fledged movie. The plot was …
Movie 21
This is one such movie that really gives an adrenaline rush to the spectators. Not only it proves to be a full-fledged entertainer but also teaches us that greed always leads to the downfall. The movie is about gambling and how one can get addicted to gambling and …
Used Cars
Set in the times of an economically resurgent America, in those glamorous days of John F. Kennedy, ‘Used Cars’ is a racy action packed duration of every minute hilarity. Kurt Russell is the show-stealer with his suave & explosive marketing of used cars.
He works for a used cars retailer …
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
Crocodile hunting is now illegal in Australia and as it is, Mick Dundee is now forced to subject himself to performing live crocodile wrestling show for the tourist that come to his neck of the woods. When news about a job opening falls in the lap of his wife …
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