Movies Reviews
“Shutter Island” movie
Another movie from under the hand has the duo Martin Scorsese - Leonardo DiCaprio is a screen adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel a great “Island of the condemned.” To a hospital for mentally ill offenders located on an island cut off from the world comes two policemen (one of …
Planet of the Apes (1968)
The original and still the best, this movie tells the story of a group of astronauts who, while deep in the hibernation state, crash landed on a strange planet. After waking up to find one of the crew members dead, they disembark their space craft and continued to survey …
Desperate Hours Original (1955) Starring Humphrey Bogart
The 1955 version of “Desperate Hours” features a 112 minute adaptation of Joseph Hayes’ novel and play of the same name. The movie is a film noir classic at a time when color movies were beginning to gain more popularity and the noir audience was eroding. Television was becoming …
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead is a British romantic comedy/horror film featuring Simon Pegg as the bumbling slacker Shaun who is forced to save his family and friends from a town full of bloodthirsty zombies. While this movie sports lots of zombie gore, it is almost cartoonish or Monty …
Perfect Stranger (2007)
Perfect Stranger, directed by James Foley is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual content, nudity, some disturbing violent images and language. The original release date was April 13, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller and stars Halle …
The Mummy Returns (2001)
This sequel starts of with the telling of the Scorpion King and how he came to power, the struggle that he had to endure before becoming the Scorpion King, the deal he made and the price that he paid all in the name of the Scorpion King Title. His …
Juno film
“Juno” is a 2007 film directed by Jason Reitman, and starring Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman. This is a really good movie about a mouthy but obviously smart teenager who becomes pregnant and has to navigate through all the possible courses of action she …
King Arthur- Poor Film
“King Arthur” is about the life and adventures of Arthur, half Britian and half Roman, and his band of Samatian soldiers. The story takes place when Rome is pulling out of Britian, as they don’t have the resources to keep control.
There are some groups waiting to take over Britian …
Number 23
Although Jim Carrey is known for his comedy movies, he did an amazing job in this movie. I was a little reluctant because I didn’t know how good he would be in this type of movie and the previews looked good I was a little worried about him being …
Speak movie
I am reviewing the movie entitled SPEAK, which was based off of the award winning novel by Laurie Anderson. This is a movie you cannot miss. Kristen Stewart plays the role of Melinda, who has been deemed a social outcast after she called the police at a school …
Faeries movie
I watched the movie “Faeries” a very long time ago in about the year 2001 when I had just gotten cable television. I think the first time I saw the movie too was one Saturday on the cable television channel SciFi. I thought it was different from many …
Miami Vice (2006)
Miami Vice, directed by Micahel Mann is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong violence, language and some sexual content. The original release date was Juky 28, 2006. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Colin Farrell as Sonny Crockett, Jamie Foxx …
The Princess Diaries Movie
I am not really a fan of “chick-flicks”, but, this movie is entertaining and likable. A teenager finds out that she is the heir to the throne of a non so known country. She embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she tries to embrace her new found kingdom. …
Road Trip
When the movie Road Trip first came out, I will confess I wasn’t overly impressed by it. For the most part, it seemed to be pretty much every other college movie I’ve ever seen.
Then, after watching it for about the third time, I think I might have finally realized …
Critters (1986)
This show is another program from the same people from Stag that tries to bust cheating partners by spying on them, doing extended surveillance and then when they have collected enough data, show it to the other party involved. Usually the duration of the show doesn’t last very …
Little Red Riding Hood (1997)
One night, a few years back, I had a case of insomnia. I turned the TV on to the Sundance Channel only to find the short films playing. I was channel surfing and noticed Christina Ricci’s face in black and white. I knew it had to have been older …
Movie: Clash of the Titans (2010)
Synopsis: Demi-God Persius must go on a quest to figure out how to kill the Kraken before it is unleashed on Argos after the city’s citizens declare war on the Gods.
What I liked about this movie: I loved the original film that came out in the 80s and this …
He’s Just Not That Into You
My husband and I saw this movie last weekend. We went to a Sunday matinee and the theatre was PACKED! The theatre was full of mostly girls, but my husband didn’t mind too much. This is definitely a chick flick.
The cast was great. I especially loved Ginnifer Goodwin and …
Dawson’s Creek
When Dawson’s Creek was on the air in primetime, my daughter was a teenager. She used to bug me to watch it and we began “letting” her take over the TV to watch it each week. At first, her Dad and I would go sit outside or do …
The Comebacks
I don’t ever remember seeing the movie “The Comebacks” advertising to be released in theatres. In fact, thinking about it now I realized I must have, but at the time I probably thought that it was just one of the many sports movie dramas which were being released at …
Idiocracy
Idiocracy is one of my favorite movies. It’s the story about an average ‘joe’ who gets chosen to participate in a military experiment. He was supposed to be cryogenically frozen for 1 year, but something goes wrong and he wakes up 500 years later. To his suprise society hasn’t …
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic is your typical feel-good romantic movie and it stars Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood, a financial journalist for Successful Savings, a New York finance magazine. She maintains a column as The Girl in the Green Scarf and gives financial advice to people and has …
Film The Bank Job
The Bank Job is a retread of the tried and tested, ‘caper film with likable London criminals’ formula, in the same vain as the Italian Job, but with more banking, and no Michael Caine.
Now, although it has no new ideas there are good things about this film, not the …
Office Space
Office Space, directed by Mike Judge, the same guy that brought you Bevis and Butthead, shows in a comical way (but yet so close to reality) what it is like to be an engineer working in a cubucle and how certaiin behaviours might effect their professional life.
This is a …
The Dark Knight
If you enjoy action and Batman movies, I suggest you watch this movie. Or if you liked Batman Begins… Or whatever the movie before it was… Btw, GREAT JOB CHRISTIAN BALE!
The Main Cast:
Christian Bale: Bruce Wayne/BatMan
Heath Ledger: The Joker
Aaron Eckhart: Harvey Dent/Two Face
Michael Caine: Alfred
Maggie Gyllenhaal: Rachel Dawes
Gary Oldman: …
The movie Snow White
Probably one of the most famous films of all time Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was one of the most iconic films ever made. Now a true Disney classic , Snow White is a movie that has lived on in the hearts of women everywhere. I personally …
Relic Movie
Relic is one of my favorite movies, though the book the film was based on is much better. The movie takes place entirely at a natural history museum in New York. One of the museum workers sends a relic that he found overseas back to the museum and it …
A Few Good Men
Another smashing performance from Jack Nicholson, whether he plays a good or bad character, he is always lovable. This courtroom drama is intense. Definitely a thinking persons movie. A drama worth the time and money spent. The staring roles with adequately placed and they pulled off a magnificent performance. …
Black Swan Movie
2010 has not been a great year for movies. When the pickings are slim, you immediately notice the movies that get gleaming reviews for outstanding performances and innovation. Black Swan has been such a movie. It is difficult to avoid seeing the various ads and reviews for this film. …
Movie Munich 2005
Munich the place where 1972 Olympics were held. And where eleven Israeli athletes were murdered, it was the Olympics of Black September (the terror outfit that carried out the brutal killings of innocent people).
The movie Munich tells us what happened after the terrorists were saline at the end of …
Half Baked movie
I used to love Cheech and Chong movies when I was younger, so when I saw this film, I thought it would be something that would pay tribute to what they accomplished.
What I found was another stoner movie that really wasn’t that great.
The acting in the movie was terrible …
Batman Begins
Batman Begins flu into theaters July 2005. The story is about a man named Bruce Wayne or Batman (Christian Bale). Alfred (Michael Caine) is Bruce’s life long butler and friend. Rachel Dawes (Katie Holms) is a life long friend of Bruce’s. Henri Ducard (Liem Neelson) trained Bruce in machel …
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Me and my eleven year old daughter watched this film together recently on DVD. My daughter had already read all the books in the series and had mixed feelings about the film. It’s always the same though, I told her, when you’ve read a book and loved it then …
Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood Movie
Iwo Jima, during World War II took place, in the United States troops there dead or live, fight against Japanese troops. However, this movie is not addressing the war. Sketch opened with a conversation between James, son of John Bradley, a soldier who wave the flag at Iwo Jima, …
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts is a lighthearted comedy that I always enjoy watching. Released in 1956, the movie stars Tom Ewell and Sheree North as a married couple who end up with their signals crossed. She ends up active in the military while he’s enduring a bad …
The Holiday movie
My wife and I watched a great film the other night. It was a film that is written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers and it had four very well known actors. The film was called the holiday and it starred Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jack …
Punisher: War Zone, comic book action film by Lexi Alexander
Marvel has a lot of memorable characters. One of those characters that everybody knows is the Punisher. It may seem like an easy task to make a movie based around this character, but two prier films have shown that this character is better on paper that on the big …
Pretty Woman
A beautiful hooker. A handsome millionaire. The situation just breeds romance.
Julia Roberts plays a fantastic breakout role as a romantic comedy actress. She never falters, always drawing you into her character and making you fall in love with her at every laugh, every tear, every mishap. Richard Gere does …
A History of Violence Movie
David Cronenberg (SCANNERS, THE FLY) makes a long awaited return to the director’s chair with a fantastic feature film version of the God-awful comic book of the same name.
A man’s past comes back to haunt him after his face is plastered all over the news after he shoots two …
Napolean Dynamite Movie
The first time I ever watched Napolean Dynamite, I thought it was prehaps the worst movie ever made. Since then however I have gotten an appreciation for this movie. For the most part its a bout a nerdy high school student and his expolits. After the second, or third …
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa explores the theme of friendship and kinship through using animations, specifically: cartoons. It talks about 4 good friends (all are animals in the Zoo at New York City), namely - Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo. The movie …
Transformers 2
Transformers 2 is full of action, adventure, and plenty of comedy.
After seeing the first of the two movies I was extemely impressed, and expected even better from the second. It was even better than expected.
The movie is about a young boy who has the knowledge needed for an evil …
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language, some sex and drug content. The original release date was August 18, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama and stars …
Movie: Night of the Comet
I ended up watching a movie last night that I haven’t seen in years; Night of the Comet.
While much cornier than I remember it being, it also ended up being somewhat entertaining and a great way to spend a couple hours on a rainy, stormy night (perfect weather for …
The Red Squirrel movie
The second full feature film of spanish poetic filmmaker Julio Medem tells the story of a man and a woman meeting each by blind chance and ending up a couple as the woman lost her memory right before their meeting. They go on a camping trip together, and the …
Philadelphia (movie)
Philadelphia is a movie about a man who discovers that he has AIDS. Tom Hanks plays Andrew, a high powered attorney who gets fired when he reveals that he is sick. That is the first part of the movie and it stinks that this happened to Andrew. That is …
What a Way to Go!
This comedy is a real hoot! The cast of What a Way to Go! is first rate, a truly phenomenal group of actors who all surround the female star, Shirley MacLaine. Shirley plays Louisa May Foster, a girl from a humble family who really only wants to …
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 …
There Will Be Blood movie
My wife and I picked out the movie “There Will Be Blood” because it looked and sounded like it would be a great action film.
They should have called the movie “There Will be Boredom.”
I won’t say it was a bad movie, because, from what I saw of it, it …
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