Movies Reviews
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
I finally discovered the beef my daughter has with Cinderella over Snow White. I can see her point to a degree. Here is Snow White, much loved by all and Walt’s first major cartoon star, and what do they do? They give Cinderella a huge castle, make it the …
The Three Musketeers in 3D, 2011 Movie
I think that hardly there are many books with more screen adaptations of “The Three Musketeers”, but in spite of all that I think that the new version directed by Paul Anderson (Mortal Kombat, Alien vs Predator) has something new to offer to viewers , at least with the …
X Change movie
Science Fiction about a company offering the service of teleportation for business people with little extra time on their hands. Somehow a terrorist hijacks this tecnique and threatens to manipulate it all which will cause the death of hundreds of people.
A second rate action film that is quite is …
Ocean’s Eleven
Based on the 1960 film of the same title and directed by acclaimed director of such films as Traffic and Erin Brockovich, Steven Soderbergh, Ocean’s Eleven is a cool hi-tech comedy. Starring some of Hollywood’s most popular actors, it’s the story of Danny Ocean (George Clooney), a newly released …
Finding Nemo (2003)
Finding Nemo, directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich is rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was May 30, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family and stars the voices of Albert Brooks as Marlin, Ellen …
The Last King of Scotland (R, 2006) movie
Forrest Whitaker is a genius in this movie. I knew just from seeing the trailer that this film was going to be terrific. The previews didn’t lie. In fact, the film was better than I expected. The story of Idi Amin is interesting, …
Scream 4 ( 2011 Movie )
I decided to unwind last night and watched this movie on DVD. Scream 4 is another sequel to the 1996 hit Scream which raked more than 170 million in the box office.
The plot starts with an anniversary killings in the fictional place of Woodsboro. Just on the fifteenth …
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs movie
I ended up picking up the movie Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs for my daughter. When I did, I figured I would have to suffer through the movie with her and then would put her to bed and find something better to watch later.
It turns out it was …
Walk Don’t Run movie
One of the movies I always enjoy watching is Cary Grant’s last film, Walk Don’t Run, from 1966. Grant was such a wonderful talent. I really regret that he felt like his fans wouldn’t want to see him as a non-romantic lead in a movie. I …
A walk to Remember
I’d watched this movie when I was in college together with my college friends.
A very touching and heartwarming story.And I could watch it over and over again. I have to admit I shed tears watching this sad,sweet story of Landon and Jamie..My best movie of all time..
This is …
Dostana
The promos of dostana generated controversies about some sizzling scenes. The songs that came out before the movie also very really good. I wanted to watch the movie. So went to watch the movie because afterall it was a youthful movie about friends as per the previews and also …
The Father of the Bride movie
Very often, the old original movie is better than a modernized remake; however, in this case I must say that it is not so. I had watched “The Father of the Bride” with Steve Martin first, for many years having no idea that it was a remake. Then I …
Bruce Almighty (movie)
Bruce Almighty (played by Jim Carrey) is about a man who wants to prove to the world that he is the best ever. Bruce wants to be an anchorman on a television station, but is passed up by someone else. Bruce’s girlfriend is supportive and totally in love with …
Blood: The Last Vampire Anime Movie
Blood: The Lat Vampire is an anime movie from Japan about a girl named Saya who battles evil vampires who hunt people at night on the American Yokota Air Base in Pre-Vietnam War Japan. She goes undercover as a high school student to search for vampires and ends …
Premonition
OK, I’ll admit it, when I rented the movie Premonition, I didn’t think it was going to be anything special. I mean, it looked creepy enough, but most movies do in the previews and then suck.
But, after watching it, I’ll admit it; I was definitely a little bit spooked …
Cheers for Miss Bishop movie
Cheers for Miss Bishop is a classic film from 1941 which starred Martha Scott in the title role of Ella Bishop. My problem, and pretty much my only problem, is that while the makeup was good, it didn’t quite hook me. We see Scott transform from a …
Fast and Furious directed by Justin Lin
The fourth installment of the Fast and the Furious story-line takes us back to events prior to the events in part 3. Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew are ripping off tankers in the Dominican Republic when Dom gets a feeling the Feds are closing …
Snakes On A Plane Movie
Snakes On A Plane is a movie that I actually like. I missed out on all the hoopla surrounding the movie, and never visited any of the spoiler sites, or the blogs that followed the movie’s progress so I didn’t have any expectations going into the movie. All I …
Catch-22 movie
Based on a novel by Josef Heller, this is a film about an american pilot during World War II who’s desperate to get home. The only problem is that he seems to be stuck in a difficult situation in which it doesn’t matter what he says, he will given …
Mirrors movie
Personally, I like this movie. Although it is another English remake of a Japanese movie, which I have not seen, the movie was still pretty impressive. The story line was good, although some aspects of the story needed to be explained a little better, or just explained at all. …
Inception (2010 movie)
I saw the trailer for this movie in theaters before, and it did not pique my interest. It seemed like just an action movie with some plot that is intended to be epic, but not really so. However, I heard that it is a really intense and deep movie, …
Jackson Masters The Lovely Bones movie
I don’t think I’ve ever felt so uncomfortable and so gripped by a movie as I did in the first hour of Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones. Considering I pretty much knew what was going to happen, I’d say Mr. Jackson should get all the credit he deserves.
Truly a …
Memphis Belle movie
Memphis Belle is an airplane serving in war and its crew is one of the best of the whole fleet. Time and again have they completed missions behind enemy lines and only one is left before they can return home. This one however, doesn’t turn out as well as …
The Rundown (2003 movie)
Wanting out of the life of being a “Retreival Expert”, Beck (The Rock) agrees to do a final job for his boss in return for his release…Beck wants to be a chef. Unfortunate for Beck, he has to go to the Amazon to get the boss’ son Travis (Sean …
Bratz
When we rented the movie Bratz, we figured it would be something our daughter would enjoy since she collects the toys. Turns out, she didn’t even watch five minutes of this live-action film and my wife and I were left with the feeling we’ve seen it before.
The movie focuses …
Threads of Time (2012 Chinese Movie)
Thread of Time is a romance film with some documentary aspects that follows the life of a talented prostitute, Liu Ru Shi.
I don’t know what to make of this movie, it is the first of its kind that I’ve watched. It is atmospheric but awfully slow and mellow. The dialogues …
Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner is just a fabulous movie, rich in theme and substance. No matter how many times I watch this 1967 classic, it still touches my soul.
The performances just can’t be matched. Hepburn and Tracy, in their last coupling together on film, are dynamic, …
Forever Lulu movie
Forever Lulu is a 2000 movie that took forever to be released. In fact, the independent picture never did make a real theatrical run and was ultimately released on DVD. However, while foreign titles went under the film name of Forever Lulu, in the United States, the …
Valkyrie movie
The movie is a historical thriller about the assassination plot against Adolf Hitler. The movie started with Tom Cruise severely wounded in Tunisia and was brought home to Berlin for medical treatment. Wrought and dismayed with the outcome of the war, Tom Cruise who played Colonel Claus von Staunffenberg, …
Film Sherlock Holmes [2009]
Yea yea, another one of those Sherlock Holmes spinoffs. By now can you really expect anything good out of them by now? Fortunately, after countless mind numbingly awful “reimaginings” of the world of Sherlock Holmes over the past few years (decades even), a movie finally got lucky and didn’t …
Omkara
Omkara is the Indian adaptation of the play Othello, written by the legendary Shakespeare. The characters are same, only the settings of the play has been changed. Othello has become Omkara, Desdemona has become Dolly Mishra,Lago has become Langda Tyagi.This story is set in a village. A political leader …
Children of Men on DVD
I saw Children of Men twice in the movie theaters and I bough the DVD. This movie stars Clive Owen, Julianne Moore and Michael Caine. It takes place in the not too distant future where people have become sterile. Clive Owen gets caught up in a situation to save …
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 …
Scooby Doo and the Samurai Sword
I got home from work last night and my daughter had just started watching the movie Scooby Doo and the Samurai Sword. Since I had not seen that movie yet, I figured I would take the time to watch it with her (while feeding our other daughter).
It was an …
Cat’s Eye movie
This is an “anthology” film. It features three self contained stories. The closest thing to a link is a stray cat that wanders from location to location and sort of observes the events in the film.
The stories are all based on works by horror master Stephen King. …
King Arthur
This movie is based on historical facts behind the Arthurian legends (or at least so its creators claim). If you are into King Arthur, Excalibur, and the Knights of the Round Table, you will probably enjoy this attempt to create a historical portrait of Arthur. According to the movie, …
The Good Son
Starring: Macaulay Culkin (Henry Evans), Elijah Wood (Mark Evans), Wendy Crewson (Susan Evans), David Morse (Jack), Daniel Hugh Kelly (Wallace Evans), Quinn Culkin (Connie Evans)
I thought this show would be fun; it is not by far it is about a young boy with the makings of a …
Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho (1960 movie)
I grew up loving horror movies and so I have a special appreciation for the movie “Psycho” that was released in 1960. I feel that it is one of the best and most influential horror movies of all times, especially since I believe that it featured one of movies’ …
Movie The Godfather
A classic movie was the Godfather, it was made in the early 1970’s and still has a power over audiences even today. It is one of those movies that will stand the test of time
Marlon Brando played Vito Corleone the patriacrh and GOdfather of the COrleone crime family. …
VeerZaara Hindi movie
Starring: Sharukh Khan,PreetyZinta,Rani mukhershi,Manoj vajpey,Amitabbachhan,Hema malini.
Everybody knows that VeerZara has won many awards. In my opinion all credit goes to the writer who has written such a nice and different love story. The central idea of this film is ‘Love is nothing but a Sacrifice’. I liked the …
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
The best way to describe this movie is a cute teenager movie with a humoristic twist. ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’ is about 14 year old Georgia Nicholson (Georgia Groome) who simply isn’t happy with her life. She dreams of having a boyfriend and thinks that she found the …
Final Destination movie
First when I decided review this movie; I had no idea where to start and what to write because the stream of mixed feelings came to my mind about it. A few days ago, when I was with my friends, they asked me to join them; even though I …
The Sixth Man -1997 Movie
The film I am about to review is a comedy/drama film about the relationship between two african american brothers who are teammates on a college baskeball team at the university of washington.They are named Antione and Kenny.During one game,when Antione dunks,he starts to have probelms with his heart and …
Memoirs of a Geisha
Rob Marshall turned a New York Times’ Bestseller into a Hollywood box office hit. I have to admit though, it’s not a film I would want to watch over and over again. It’s brilliant. Emotional. Deep. That said, it’s kind of depressing despite the ending. The entire film has …
Hitman
I am not a fan of action movies, however I read a lot about how good the movie “Hitman” is that I definitly had to watch it and I assure I wasn’t disappointed at all! This movie is jambacked with actions and the storyline is so good that …
Men In Black Movie
What do you do if aliens attack the United States? You call the men in Black. Men in Black is a movie starring Will Smith, where Will Smith is one of the men in Black who is trying to save the world against the attack of aliens. The movie …
Movie: Stripes
Synopsis: Two men, who are fed up with their jobs and their lives, decide to enlist in the army. The only problem is, they really don’t seem to fit in there either.
What I liked about this movie: I have seen this film dozens of times and it never gets …
Pollyanna
I am reviewing the movie, Pollyanna, starring Haley Mills. Anyone who has a little girl will enjoy this movie. I think you’ll enjoy it anyway, even if you haven’t. Pollyanna is about a little girl who is sent to live with her very rich aunt Polly. A …
Transformers (2007)
Amazing! Right from the start this movie has you hooked. There is nothing that I can say “bad” about the “Transformers” movie.
For starters, they give you an idea of what happened on the home planet between the two battling factions. It is explained how and why the Transformers had …
The Lawnmower Man movie
A man with little intelligence is used by the people of his home city as a lawnmower. One day, a scientist who performs experiments on apes get the idea of using the lawnmower man as his new object. Something goes wrong and the lawnmower man becomes intelligent instead, and …
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