Movies Reviews
Final Fantasy The Spirits Within Movie
From Squaresoft, the creators of the hit video game series Final Fantasy bring to the big screen, a spectacular visual treat. Four years in the making.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within veers off from the video game (FF7, FF8 and FF9). None of the characters in this film has supernatural …
Eyes without a face movie
A saw the Criterion Collection dvd of this visually breathtaking film a while ago. It was directed by Georges Franju, a french filmmaker working indepently from the new wave directors in the sixties. Eyes without a face is a horror-filled story about a plastic surgeon who kidnaps young girls, …
Awakenings ( 1991 Movie )
This is a film that was shown in 1990. It was nominated for best picture that year in the Academy Awards. The movie was set in 1969 based on the memoirs of Oliver Sacks. The movie’s lead roles were portrayed by Robin Williams and Robert De Niro. I just recently …
This strange passion movie
This strange passion - or “El”, as it is better known - is one my of favorite films by Luis Bunuel. It is about a middle aged man who suffers from paranoia. This disease (as I would call it) is masterfully portraited by Buñuel here, using his own surrealist …
All the President’s Men Movie
About the two investigating journalists who discovered the remarkable and shocking Watergate scandal in the early 1970s, something that came on the news in the whole world afterwards.
Even though I think the story here is interesting and that both Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford are great as the two …
Pan’s Labyrinth Movie
Once upon a time , in the Underworld lived a princess . She longed much for the upper world, she wanted to have a glimpse of the sun more than anything else in the world . So one day she escaped from her guardians and secretly climbed the stairs …
Movie Catch Me If You Can
I have always enjoyed Tom Hanks as an actor and I also Like Leonardo De Caprio as an actor. A few years ago my son and I went to see the movie, Cathc me if YOu Can. This was a movie that was based on a real …
The Breakup Artist (2009 Film)
The romance comedy that was first on TV in the year 2009 called “The Breakup Artist” may not be considered one to go down in history, it is a very cute and adorably funny film that can really be entertaining. With the great group of actors and actresses that …
Movie Curse of the Devil 1972
Why would you make a werewolf movie with a title that evokes an Exorcist rip-off?
More Waldemar the Werewolf fun has Paul Naschy once again donning the furry costume to bring mayhem on the villagers. Only this time, it is a pretty tired exercise that misses the fun and wacky …
Andaz Apna Apna (AAA)
AAA is one of the most entertaining comedy in the history of bollywod. It is a total laugh riot right from the word go. The story is about two men, who want to trap a rich woman, so that they can get all her money, and the whole plot …
The Princess Bride movie
The Princess Bride is a wonderful movie for people of all ages that appeals to all movie-goers. It has romance, fighting, comedy, suspense, drama, miracles, and pretty much anything you can want in a great movie! It is based on the book, The Princess Bride, by William Goldman and …
Flight Plan,Movie
Jodie Foster pulls it off with this mile high thriller. Kyle Pratt (Foster) wakes up from a nap to find her daughter gone. They were traveling from Berlin to New York to take the body of her husband to be buried. She was an engineer for the plane, so …
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004 movie)
For a movie that generated so much attention…it sure is boring. I tried to watch the movie straight tp the end, but it was hopeless. I couldn’t keep up with this movie as it didn’t have that staying power that a viewer looks for. It was long and drawn …
Sky High (2005)
This movie is a story about a boy who has super heroes for parents, his mother has the power of flight and his father has the power of super strength, but at fourteen, he is yet to have any powers of his own. His friends all have their powers, …
Abandoned The Movie
This was one of the last movies of Brittany Murphy who played Mary Walsh as the abandoned girl friend who tried to search for her boyfriend Dean Cain who happens to be playing games on her as she struggle to fight with people who wanted to take advantage of …
The Damned movie
A story that focuses on rich german people during the World War II and how naive they were. Director Luchino Visconti is known for his long epic-style films, and this one is not an exception. The narrative is slow but yet very engaging. Visconti gives his audience a lot …
Maybe I’ll Come Home in the Spring movie
Maybe I’ll Come Home in the Spring from 1971 is another one of those movies that aired in prime time once and then became both a late afternoon and then a late night movie, popping up on the air quite often. It’s been several years since I’ve seen …
The Switch: The Movie
The Switch stars Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman in a romantic comedy. Jennifer Aniston plays Kassie Larson, a successful woman approaching forty who hears her biological clock ticking away and wants to have a baby even through artificial insemination. She confides in her slightly neurotic friend, Wally Mars (Jason …
Movie Dead Birds
My cousin brought this movie by for me to watch the other day because she has been borrowing a lot of mine. I just watched it a couple of hours ago. It was a pretty good movie all around. I think it could have been better but overall it …
Momma Mia
The other day I went and saw Momma Mia in the theatre with one of my friends. It was a fun time. There were several actors in the play with whom I was already familiar, but their roles were very unexpected.
On paper, the movie doesn’t seem very good …
MR. & MRS. SMITH MOVIE
You are going to LOVE this movie! Of course, having Angelina Jolie and Bad Pitt in the movie doesn’t hurt it at all! This is really a well done movie and I think any adult will enjoy it!
Movie starts with both our heros in the therapists’ office. Time for …
Film “I love you Beth Cooper”
This movie is about a common theme in teen films. It is the end of high school and a nerd decides to tell the popular girl he loves that he loves her. He is the valedictorian and decides to do so in his commencement speech where …
Last Night film
Director Don McKellar brings us a thought provoking, powerful and at times, humorous vision of the last day on earth.
It’s an unusual take on the apocalypse, opting instead to show the very real human tragedy behind the impending disaster. Some sit alone with their own thoughts, others band together …
Blame It On Rio movie (1984)
Anyone who wants to sit back and forget their problems for a couple of hours should rent “Blame It On Rio.” It is one of those romantic comedies that is so much fun, I want to see it practically every time it airs on TV. It centers around Matthew …
The Perfect Stranger Movie
This movie has a very low rating on imdb.com but I say so otherwise and I think this is a great suspense and thriller movie. It had me thinking until the very end and there’s a twisted ending that’s nice too and although I had always been thinking that …
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
Ferris decides to take a day off from school, but it would not be any fun without the help of his best friend Cameron, who is home sick, and his girlfriend Sloane, who is at school. So what does Ferris do? He convinces Cameron to get his lazy butt …
The Crooked Man
I am reviewing The Crooked Man, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, produced by Granada television in 1983. This episode finds Sherlock Holmes involved with a case at Watson’s request. It involved the military, a group of people Holmes would …
Never Been Kissed
“Never Been Kissed” is the first movie where the actress Drew Barrymore has a main role and, at the same time, is involved in the production of the same film. Barrymore found this experience very positive and decided to be involved in producing her on movies from her onwards. …
My Name Is Bruce
“My Name Is Bruce” is Bruce Cambell’s latest attempt at a film. Just like his others this film falls in the it’s so bad it’s good category. Basically the film revolves around a town and a young man who lives in it. Ultimatley this …
The Fog
I’ve said this before but, when it comes to Horror films, they are either very scary or very dull. Unfortunately for the Fog, it was the latter.
The problem with the Fog is it was just like every other horror film. An evil fog engulfs a small town and ghosts …
Circus of Fear movie
The movie “Circus of Fear” is one of the actor Christopher Lee’s older movies. At first I got the impression from the title that it was going to be a horror film, but, instead it turned out to be more of a mystery/suspense film. Personally, even though the …
Reality Bites (movie)
Reality Bites reminded me quite a bit of The Blair Witch Project. Now that makes me smile because The Blair Witch Project hooked me from the start and made me think the movie was real. Reality Bites, on the other hand, did not make me think the same thing, …
Knowing movie
I just recently watched the movie “Knowing” with Nick Cadge and apart from the ending being a little far out I thought that it was pretty good. The story is that Nick Cadges Character receives a piece of paper with coded prophesies on it that tell the date and …
Rear Window
I am reviewing the movie, Rear Window, starring James Stewart. James Stewart plays a man who has broken his leg. He is keyed up in his apartment with nothing to do. He has a girlfriend who stops in on him from time to time, and she is gorgeous, …
Unstable movie
This movie premiered on Lifetime Movie Network last Sunday. It premiered after there little event went off called “the perfect sunday”. I enjoyed watching most of the movies that day but this one had to be my favorite that day. The actors, especially the main two actors were really …
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
One of my favorite family movies growing up was Mrs. Doubtfire. It’s one of Robin Williams’ best movies, I think. In it, he plays the father of three children that he hardly gets to see because of his divorce. So, he disguises himself as a senior-age …
Batman Forever, movie
Val Kilmer’s time out as Batman isn’t a bad turn at the helm, but it’s certainly not as strong as the original 89 movie with Michael Keaton in the role. Still this film had a great caste, but it made the same mistake that has killed so many other …
Annapolis movie
When I rented Annapolis on DVD this weekend, I was expecting another great military movie. What I got was a good boxing movie with a little bit of military in the background.
Centering around the life of a U.S. Naval Academy recruit, Annapolis gave me an idea of what new …
The Battle of Algiers (1967) - a militaristic movie
One readily used type of warfare, since the middle 40s has involved resistance fighters– not part of any particular governmental militaristic group. The resistance fighters attack standard armies; then seem to evaporate or blend back into the populous. Further, grenades have been thrown by individuals of civilian …
My Best friend’s Wedding
About the Movie:
Two very good friends, Julianne ( a food critique) and Michae ( a sports writer), made a promise that when they reach the age of twenty eight and they don’t find the right one for them, they will marry each other. Sadly, just before their …
Torture
Torture was directed by Nolan H. Lebovitz. It stars Cole Hauser, Laurence Fishburne, and James Cromwell. It came out on video in 2008. It is a crime and suspense movie.
The plot is about an undercover FBI agent (Cole Hauser) and what he is forced to do in the line …
Unknown, Simon Brand Movie
Five men awakened in a building with a different position, there is a severe injury, some bound, but the fifth person this certainly does not know either how to be in their place or who will bring them. Meanwhile, a woman who is believed to one of the wives …
Joshua Movie
Joshua, filmed in 2002, gives a rather non-traditional account of a (possible) second coming of Christ. A friendly and mysterious stranger comes to a small town and rents a barn to live and work in. Nobody knows who he is or where he is from, only that his name …
The Nun’s Story: A Film by Fred Zinnemann (1959)
I have heard this film is one of Audrey Hepburn’s acclaimed performances. I personally believe it’s also the most critically-absorbing film in the entire Audrey Hepburn —˜genre’. The austere screenplay was very consistent to the point that it almost felt like watching an art film. The …
Underworld: Awakening Movie (aka Underworld 4) (2012)
I watched the new Underworld: Awakening(Underworld 4) movie in 3D, and I must say that I was extremely impressed. I’ve watched the entire series and loved them all, except for the third one, which I found to be quite boring and unnecessary to the story line. I …
28 Days Later (2002)
28 Days Later is a zombie movie with a realistic and terrifying feel to it. Directed by Danny Boyle, it was shot on digital video which gives it a documentary feel to frightening effect. The —˜zombies’ here are not actually dead like in other zombie movies, but …
Adventureland (2009) movie
Adventureland is a movie about a kid who has just graduated from college and is getting ready for his big summer going to Europe. Yet when his dad gets a large pay cut he can’t afford to pay for him to go. He then has to find a job …
Harold and Maude movie
Harold and Maude is an odd film by Hal Ashby. Harold is a lonely young man who scares the hell out of his mother with practical jokes with the intention of making her believe he committed suicide. The mother is keen on finding a woman for Harold, but he …
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