Movies Reviews
The Parent Trap (original)
The 1961 movie, The Parent Trap, is one of my very favorite motion pictures. I own the DVD and watch it frequently. It’s family, and it’s fun.
Hayley Mills played a set of twins who had been separated very early on when their parents divorced. The mother …
All Dogs Go to Heaven
I was looking for movies my daughter can watch during the afternoons between the time she gets home from school and when my wife and I want the TV. One of those movies was All Dogs Go to Heaven.
It had been a while since I saw the movie so …
The Lake House
The actors, Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves team up once again together to make this exception movie “The Lake House”, after 12 years from working together on the movie “Speed”.
We are used to seeing Sandra Bullock in romantic and sentimental movies and Keanu Reeves in futuristic movies. “The Lake …
The Postman movie
The Postman with Kevin Costner and Will Patton.
What a great story told by a great actor Imagine that the world’s governments crumbled and all communication non existent between the surviving clans. This description does not generate the level of interest that this exciting …
Walt Disney Presents: Beyond Witch Mountain movie
Beyond Witch Mountain was actually an hour long pilot movie for a potential TV series. It was made for TV in 1982 and at the time was the third Witch Mountain production. Two more followed it as time passed.
What was interesting to me about this is that …
28 Days Later
28 days later is your typical zombie movie even though what those things are can’t really be thought of as zombies.
Basically a virus spreads and turns everyone it came into contact with into bloodthirsty savages which kill on sight. Unlike zombies though they are faster and (at least in …
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 …
Good Against Evil movie
Good Against Evil, a 1977 movie, was apparently a pilot for a TV series which didn’t sell. I’m not surprised, to be honest. Unfortunately, this also means that there is no ending really to the picture. That’s because the catalyst for the action had to be …
Prom Night (2008), slasher film
There is nothing as scary as J.S. Cardone’s remake of the classic 1980 horror film, Prom Night. A modern scary film that advertised itself as one of the best remakes of our time is about as dull as your real prom. Can the unrated blu-ray version of this film …
Movie: MegaMind
Synopsis: Evil super villain MegaMind finally succeeds in destoying his archnemesis Metroman and, after conquering the city and discovering he just didn’t feel complete without having a good guy to fight, attempts to create one of his own; only to have his new creation turn evil.
What I liked about …
Sin City movie
Sin City (2005) is an action movie by Robert Rodriguez and is rated R for sustained strong stylized violence, nudity and sexual content including dialogue.
Sin City is an adaptation from the graphic novel by Frank Miller, who co-diredted with Rodriguez so everything looked true to the graphic novel. …
Down Periscope movie
When Down Periscope first came out, I thought Kelsey Grammar was a bad choice for the lead role. I was definitely wrong. This movie was great, I was laughing so hard throughout it hurt and I’ve never looked at the Navy the same way again.
The crew of the Stingray …
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
D2: The Mighty Ducks is the 2nd installment of the Mighty Ducks trilogy. The movie starts off with Coach Bombay (Emilio Estevez) getting injured in minor league hockey after being close to making it to the majors. He is then forced to return to Minneapolis to work in the …
Lord of War Movie Staring Nicholas Cage
Since the genre of movies I am inclined with the most seems to have hit a rut that it is now stuck in (horror), my shift is moving more towards those movies that involve some sort of quest for economic prowess and financial freedom, with the nitty-gritty being displayed …
Tomorrowland (science fiction adventure film)
Tomorrowland was one of those movies that I was silly enough to be fooled into thinking was actually going to be good. After watching the trailer I thought, “This looks good. I wonder why I’m not hearing much about this movie”. After sitting through over two hours of it hoping …
12 Years A Slave (Movie 2013)
“12 Years A Slave” is a 2013 Biography, drama and history movie directed by Steve McQueen. I found the title of this movie to be very attractive making me imagine about some kind of slavery story. I didn’t recognized any of the main actors in the movie except Brad …
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
This is the 4th installment in the Indiana Jones series of films. It has been several years since the last movie was released and the film does account for that lapse in time. I am thankful for that since it would really be hard to pull off since Harrison …
Movie Seven Pounds
I recently had the pleasure of watching this movie. I thought that the acting was great, they did a great job of getting you fully engrossed in the movie which I liked. It was a bit slow in the beginning however, but all of that pays off because you …
Friday the 13th Part 6
Friday the 13th part 6 isn’t my favorite, but there are a few scenes that I really love. One thing that I loved is that two 1980’s actors from soap operas appear in the movie. The first is a man who played Duncan on As the World Turns. On …
The Substitute
I am reviewing the movie, The Substitute starring Tom Berringer. This movie is about the horrors of teaching. When Tom Berringer’s girlfriend gets attacked by a group of students, he decides he’s going to step in and take charge as a substitute teacher. What he deals with are …
Ice age: The Meltdown
The Earth is melting! Manny, Diego, and Sid return in this funny sequel, Ice Age: Meltdown. Due to global warming the ice caps are melting. Manny, Sid, and Diego with the rest of their herd start migrating to the other end of the valley to the safety of a …
Anything Else movie
Anything Else stars Woody Allen, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricci, Danny DeVito, And Stockard Channing.
There is the standard sarcastic dry humor which earmark Woody Allen movies, except that Jason Biggs delivers most of the lines. The story is told by Biggs, a struggling Comedy Writer in …
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
The gang are back together again for the second time around and the giving is just as good as before, this installation into the Home Alone franchise can best be described as being just as funny and entertaining as the first one without taking anything away from the original …
Death Note anime
I am not a big fan of anime and Death Note was one of the first that I have watched. Though I have heard some of my die-hard anime fanatic friends going gaga over this, I still am not that keen on watching it. But I was glad I …
Butterfly Effect (2004)
First of all, if you are not familiar with a certain classic story, you will be left wondering what on earth “Butterfly Effect” means and what butterflies have to do with the plot of this movie. I happen to have heard of that story, although I do not remember …
Manhunter movie
Michael Mann’s depiction of the story Red Dragon with Brian Cox as Hannibal Lecter. This film was actually made before The Silent of the Lambs, the second film from the same novel series. Manhunter is made in a completely different style, very close to that colorful look of the …
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 …
Frontier(s) Movie
Frontier(s) is a movie that was part of the After Dark Horror Fest for the 2007 season. The movie itself was supposed to be released in the US, but the ratings board in our country decided that the film was so gory that it needed an NC-17 rating. That …
Christmas in Connecticut Movie
Christmas in Connecticut is an old black and white movie that is so good and so funny. It stars Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan. The movie is about Elizabeth Lane, the country’s most loved food writer and house wife. She writes an article in a magazine about foods she …
Two Weeks Notice (starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant)
I watched the DVD of Two Weeks Notice starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant the other day and there could not have been a better duo for their roles than them. It’s basically a movie story about serving your troublesome boss and after some time feeling that you have …
The Great Raid (2005)
Based on actual events, this movie is about the planned rescue of America POWs (Prisoner of War) that were being help in a Japanese camp. The prisoners there were treated very inhumanely for example, when they first arrived at the camp, a group of them were lead into a …
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhod Episode 20
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 20 begins with Ed confronting his Father Hohenheim at Trisha’s grave. Ed says he doesn’t belong there and asks why they burned down their house. Hohenheim implies that Ed did it to run away from his past and Ed leaves the cemetery. …
Bulletproof monk Chow Yun-Fat
This is a great light hearted action flick. I love Chow Yun-Fat as an actor and he was wonderful in this movie. I enjoyed the mythical martial art stunts of the characters. It is based on a comic book about a Tibetan monk who starts to mentor a young …
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Boyz n the Hood, directed by John Singleton is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 12, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama and stars Laurence Fishburne as Jason Styles aka Furious, Cuba Gooding …
Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns
With his last film “Why Did I get Married,” doing so well, many people expected Tyler Perry’s film new film “Meet the Browns,” to be a disappointment. The film however is anything but a disappointment and continues Perry’s streak of solid films.
Meet the Browns stars Angela …
Hotels for Dogs Movie
I think this is a really cute wholesome movie; it features a lot of dogs and if you’re a dog lover (or an animal lover) you should watch this, other than that, if you’re not and you can’t appreciate loving pets, then don’t watch. This movie features Emma Roberts …
Seven Pounds (2008)
This movie tells the story of a troubled man who has made decisions to help total strangers by doing selfless acts of kindness this is one way to look at the story mind you. I am torn whether to tell you what the other aspect could be until you …
Super 8 (2011 Movie)
For me, Super 8 was surprisingly good film considering the trailer did absolutely nothing for me. From great performances to an intense build-up of suspense, it’s a very enjoyable film.
Although the film’s director, J.J. Abrams is known for his first-person photography, this movie really benefits from the fact that …
Movie Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror
At long last a DVD release for this Saturday afternoon television staple!
Well, TV staple in the USA. In Spain and the rest of Europe, this marked Paul Naschy’s first film of the Waldermar Danisky the Werewolf series under the title Mark of the Wolfman (Marca Del Hombre Lobo)
The history …
March of the Penguins —“ movie
March of the Penguins is a nature documentary that was released as a movie. It was narrated by Morgan Freeman. The movie tells the story of a group of penguins that live at the South Pole. The documentary chronicles the breeding season of these strange and …
Tooth & Nail, horror film by Mark Young
How can a cliché post-apocalyptic movie even be considered a horror movie? Did the After Dark Horror Fest standards changed when the second batch of movies were released? Tooth & Nail is by no means a real horror movie, not even familiar faces can save this movie.
A group …
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)
Lethal Weapon 2, directed by Richard Donner is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 7, 1989 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Thriller and stars Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs, Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh, …
Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew, the movie is not quite there yet, personally to me. I watch this movie with my boyfriend just a couple of days ago, and I feel that this movie is like the start of a new franchise, but failing miserably.
The movie is crisply put together and …
The Hangover Part III film
I was a huge fan of the first “Hangover” film, but not so impressed with the second film titled “The Hangover Part II” so going into this movie, I really wasn’t sure what to expect with “The Hangover Part III”. I had heard a few reviews before I …
“The Wedding Date” (2005 Film)
The 2005 film “The Wedding Date” is in the genre of romantic comedy, and while it surely did deliver on the comedy level, I am not so sure the movie was something I could enjoy more than once. I found the plot to be sort of “Pretty Woman” backwards …
Miami Vice (2006)
Don’t rent or buy this movie if you’re expecting to see a big screen version of “Miami Vice” that mirrors the slick coolness of the television show it is based upon. Colin Farrell, as Detective Sonny Crockett, doesn’t come anywhere close to having Don Johnson’s rakish swagger. …
Halloween II (2009) movie
Rob Zombie’s journey from musician to filmmaker has certainly been interesting. The goth-rocker’s journey from ‘Dragula’ to ‘Devil’s Reject’ has been an odd mix of trashy screams and atmospheric horror, Rob Zombie’s films have always been something else. And ’something else’ is probably the best way to …
Tell No One - (starring Kristin Scott Thomas)
How would one feel when the wife of a few years dead in a high-profile murder case suddenly sends a message indicating her existence? That’s more or less the plot of Tell No One, starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Francois Cluzet.
Margot is the name of the wife …
Vaali Tamil movie
This was the debut film for the director S.J.Surya. This movie had excellent script and dialogues. This film really changes the entire career of actor Ajit. For the first time Ajit done dual role in this movie. He did a fabulous job in each of …
The Deserter movie
Another silent montage film by the perhaps most appreciated director that worked with the style, next to Eisenstein - Vsevolod Pudovkin.
Looking through all of his work, I have to say Pudovkin’s films have aged a lot better than Eisenstein. While Eisenstein did all he could to make the films …
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