Movies Reviews
The Day the Earth Stood Still movie
Some time ago, I re-watched the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still and thought it was one of the most boring alien invasion movies ever made. Despite that, I decided to give the 2008 Keanu Reeves remake a try this past weekend.
Unfortunately, while better, it wasn’t overly great …
The Devil’s Diary (movie)
The “Devil’s Diary” is a made for television movie that I caught on Lifetime Halloween weekend. The movie is about a dairy created by the devil which ends up in the hands of teenagers at a local high school.
The movie begins with high school friends Dominique (Alexz Johnson) and …
My Bloody Valentine (2009)
I got around to finally watching the remake of the 1981 movie “My Bloody Valentine.”
I normally like slasher flicks and, because of the nature of the movie, give them a little more in terms of consideration when it comes to the plot. But, this movie wasn’t very good.
You have …
The Associate (1996)
Whoopi Goldberg plays multiple characters in this wise cracking tale of ‘if you can do it, so can I’. firstly she plays the character of Laurel Ayres, a career driven, smart woman who is trying to make a name for herself as a successful Wall Street broker. When she …
Son of the Mask (Movie 2005)
Just when you thought that it was safe to back into the water, dun dun…dun dun…dun dun…the had to go ahead and spoil a perectly good original movie with the crappy “Son of the Mask”. Tell me, why did they feel the need to create a sequel, was it …
Devil in the Flesh
I have heard of the movie Devil in the Flesh before. But, I didn’t get a chance to watch it until yesterday, when it was on one of our movie channels.
It was an OK movie but I have to admit, I was expecting it to be better.
Rose McGowan does …
The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness (”happyness” intentionally misspelled) is unusually good, in fact I would say it is one of the best movies I’ve recently watched. Will Smith plays Chris, a poor man trying hard to provide for his family but not succeeding, for a long time. His wife is …
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 …
Stepford Wives (2004)
I find this 2004 remake of The Stepford Wives movie a somewhat interesting but very average attempt with one big gaping plot hole. In the original 1975 version, a young couple arrives to the town of Stepford where all the wives are amazingly beautiful and domestic; then it turns …
Stalker movie
Tarkovsky’s great masterpiece about three men going on a journey through “the zone”, which is a restricted area where the deepest wish of every man becomes reality.
Tarkovsky’s imagery is completely breathtaking and holds no resemblance to anything else. He’s totally unique in his artistry and is perhaps the closest …
Loser movie
A boy named Paul is what most people would call a “hill-Billy”, a goofy figure from the country who doesn’t really fit in with the city slickers. He’s attending college, but most of the time his room mates just make fun of him. Pretty much everything in Paul’s life …
The Break-Up Movie Rental
The Break-Up should’ve broken up before ever hitting the movies. After renting this movie, I really wanted to ask for my money back. It was not at all like anything that I expected. The ending was absolutely horrible. When I read the cover before renting …
The Libertine Movie
The Libertine was a movie that came out last year starring Johnny Depp. The movie takes place during the 17th century and Johnny Depp
plays a poet whom the movie is built around. It seems as if there is no point to the movie as it just follows Johnny Depp’s …
Odd Girl Out movie
I had often wondered what happened to the actress Alex Vega after the Spy Kids trilogy, as it seemed that she had just disappeared for a while. However, last night when watching the Lifetime television station, I saw her in a movie called “Odd Girl Out”. It was that …
Legend of Zorro
Whether he is doing comedy or drama or action adventure, Antonio Banderas is always on the mark. He was born to play Zorro, and his choice to play him dramatically with just a layer of comedy is the right choice. Catherine Zeta Jones does well as his wife– ex-wife …
You don’t mess with the Zohan
I watched this movie a couple of weeks ago and all I can say is its a little less funnier than previous Adam Sandler movies. Yes it has its funny moments but there are also a lot of boring and corny parts. The main story is about …
The Stepford Wives (2004)
The Stepford Wives, directed by Frank Oz is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual content, thematic material and language. The original release date was June 11, 2004 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Nicole Kidman …
Pursuit of Happyness
How lucky is Will Smith to be able to act with his real life son Jaden? What a fine performance the two of them put in to make Pursuit of Happyness such a joy to see. It is the story of hope, tenacity, desperation, all the things humans in …
Movie Graveyard painfully predictable
Now that I have digital cable with plenty of movie channels to choose from, my nightly ritual is finding a good movie to watch before bed.
Graveyard is not one of those films.
The 2006 movie takes place at an abandoned summer camp (of course) and focuses on a group of …
Strangler’s Wood movie
I am reviewing the murder mystery movie, Strangler’s Wood, starring John Nettles and Daniel Casey. This film was made in 1999, was produced by Brian True-May and Betty Willingale, and is based on the novels written by author Caroline Graham.
Strangler’s Wood is a movie that revolves around the mysterious …
“Two Thousand Maniacs” (1964 Film)
In the early ’60s, screenwriter and director Herschell Gordon Lewis created what became known as the “blood trilogy”- three overly-gory films that single-handedly created the “splatter” sub-genre of horror. 1964’s Two Thousand Maniacs succeeded Blood Feast as the second installment to this classic trilogy. In my opinion this is …
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
OK, maybe it’s because I’m a guy, but I just can’t understand the attraction of a movie about four girls who form a club based on a pair of blue jeans that happen to fit all of them.
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is the definition of “Chick Flick.” …
Talk to Me (2007)
Talk to Me, directed by Kasi Lemmons is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for pervasive language and some sexual content. The original release date was August 3, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Biography/Drama/History and stars Don Cheadle as …
The First Wives Club
This movie I found to be very funny. I especially liked the part at the end, although the scene where they end up in a window washing rig outside of a building is great, too.
This movie is about three friends who have reunited after a long absence. They are …
Sling Blade movie
A retarded man returns to society after spending 25 years in prison for the murder of his mother and her boyfriend. He is met by skepicism from the people he meets but shows no sign of aggressive behaviour. Instead, he’s quite the opposite; kind and caring. At least until …
Selena (1997 movie)
This movie tells the true-life story of one one the world favorite entertainers. From her childhood days into adulthood, the rise and ultimate fall of a great person who will be forever loved and missed. Jennifer Lopez did a great job of portaying the beautiful and talented goddess who …
Calendar Girl movie
I have always loved the genre of musical films. They tend to be more entertaining in my opinion, offering drama in the form of song and dance in addition to the spoken and visual story that we are presented with. What I like about an early musical …
Deja Vu Movie
Deja Vu is a new film produced Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Tony Scott, director of Enemy of the State, and features academy award winning actor Denzel Washington as the main character. Denzel plays ATF agent Doug Carlin who is investigating a terrotist attack in post Katrina New Orleans. Where …
Mad Max: Fury Road movie (2015)
George Miller’s post-apocalyptic film combines adventure and action with a message about the environment where a few years after the film is more relevant than ever.Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron,Nicholas Hoult,Zoë Kravitz,Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington -Whiteley etc.
The earth has become a vast desert struggle with few samples of civilization and …
War of the Worlds
Based on the novel by H. G. Wells, this remake directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto and Tim Robbins is a science-fiction/fantasy movie. It’s the story of one family fighting to survive the invasion of the Earth by aliens in the form of …
The Coffin
I think The Ring is more scarier than The Coffin. I can’t help to comment how disappointed I was at watching this movie and I guess I was so much hoping for it to be a real scary flick. But it turned out to be an emotional movie …
Finding Nemo
First I want to start off by saying that the hype of this movie was a big let down. I got my expectations set to high before I watched this movie I just expected more from it. It was still a very good movie that had a lot of …
The Patriot (movie)
Just week we heard the sad news that Heath Ledger passed away, it reminded me of one of the movies that he had starred in with Mel Gibson called the Patriot.
We pulled the Patriot out of our collection and re-watched it last night. The story is set …
Brigadoon MGM musical
Brigadoon is an MGM musical from 1954 that still delights to this day. It’s a quieter fare than most, but it has a genuine quality to it that lulls the viewer in. This movie is relevant to today, too, because we’re still in such a rat race, …
Movie: Swept Away
“Swept Away” is a 1974 Italian movie directed by Lina Wertmuller. The 116 minute movie from Medusa Produzione is in Italian with English subtitles. The movie carries an R rating for nudity and language.
The movie “Swept Away” tells the story of two people Gennarino Carunchio (Giancarlo Gianni) and …
The Crucible (1996)
The Crucible, directed by Nicholas Hytner is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was November 27, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in thegenre of Drama/History and stars Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, Paul Scofield …
Happy Feet
Penguins..,such lovely and adorable creatures aren’t they? So lovely that the producers at Hollywood made an animated film about them , Emperor Penguins to be exact,who find their true love/soul mate by singing one to another.Aaa yes,but the story isn’t about the ones that sing,it is about one that …
City Beneath the Sea movie
One of my very favorite made-for-TV movies is called City Beneath the Sea from 1971. It’s not a great movie in the scheme of Emmy winners, but it is a star-studded affair that has drama, romance, and mystery. I love it and find it to be a …
The movie Deadgirl
Deadgirl is a little known movie that was released in 2009. It tells a very dark and horrific story, but manages to do so without too much gore. Still, the movie would only be good for a mature audience. The plot revolves around two high school …
Persepolis the movie
I watched this movie just today with my mom. I was told by my friends it was nice and all that, but when I watched it, I wasn’t sure how to feel. The beginning was very interesting. I loved the way they made this movie just …
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
My son is a big fan of mummy series, and I had to watch the earlier two parts with him as well. This one is set in china, and the story goes that thousands of years ago, one Chinese king, wanted to rule the world, and was looking for …
A Very Special Love: Special it is
I am not very fond of Filipino or local movies ( I live in the Philippines and local movies are called “Tagalog Movies”) but then I have to say that I did enjoy watching one particular movie that I would also like to introduce to the readers of Reviewstream. …
Movie: Christmas with the Kranks
When I first saw the movie Christmas with the Kranks, I didn’t think it would be a film I would enjoy. I have seen plenty of Tim Allen movies and have liked maybe only one or two; and I don’t go out of my way to watch those on …
The Pink Panther Movie
This movie was over the top kookie. I don’t think it was as good as the original Pink Panther movie, because the clumsiness of the detective in this version (played by Steve Martin) was just a bit too obvious and not as offhand as in the original.
The curtain costumes …
Crash (2004)
Crash, directed by Paul Higgins is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language, sexual content and some violence. The original release date was May 6, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama and stars Sandra Bullock as Jean Cabot, …
The Tomb (2007)
Starring: Victoria Ullmann (Tara Griffen), Christian Behm (Billy), Gerald Griesbaum (Richard Morris)
It’s a bewildering movie I even watched till the end, and I still don’t understand the story.
Tara and Billy were imprisoned in a dark place called the Witch House; a mysterious voice (mechanically distorted) challenging …
Sin City
I’m not sure why exactly I liked Sin City, I just know I did.
Starring Bruce Willis and Jessica Alba, Sin City places you in the middle of a comic book in a fictional city full of mobsters, gun toting prostitutes and three heros who face all odds for the …
Death Note, Netflix movie
This movie, created by Netflix, is a live action take on the anime Death Note. I will say right now that the anime version is easily one of my favorite shows, and when I heard that Netflix was creating this I was excited but didn’t really expect much from it. …
The Forbiddent Kingdom Movie
The Forbidden Kingdom is 2008 block buster that sees the first time two mega stars staring in the movie together. They are Jackie Chan and Jet Li. In their entire careers, they both had filmed many movies , but never one together. This is thus the strongest drawing point …
500 Days of Summer (2009 Movie)
Okay, 500 Days of Summer was not exactly my choice of a movie. The trailers didn’t look that appealing…but at least they were honest.
The movie was watch-able. I suppose it’s possible to believe that it’s a relationship from a guys point of view, but I really don’t see guys …
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