This movie is about a boy named Greg who was given a notebook by his mom so he can write all the stuff that happens during middle school. The story revolved around what Greg wrote and drew in his diary and how desperate he is to become popular to …

Unfortunatley, my girlfriend found it amusing to drag me out to the cinema to see High School Musical 3. While she found it very amusing, and very entertaining, I myself found it to be a load of cobblers. The film itself was very tacky, and seemed like it was …

Surely one of the most iconic films of the post-war cinema, —˜The Third Man’ is a triumph of black & white filming in the shattered capital of divided Austria where a black market thrives . Holly Martin (Joseph Cotton) writes cowboy books for a living. It is he …

‘Passion of Christ’ is a movie in which you can see the suffering of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is the last twelve hours in the life of Jesus Christ as he is whipped, flogged and dragged with the cross before being nailed. This movie is directed by …

I went to see Roman Polanski’s 2005 release of “Oliver Twist” a couple of days ago. I was not disappointed, but I wasn’t very impressed, either. One of the good points is that the story is not in any way “Hollywoodized,” it is told in a straight, true-to-the-source way. …

In the movie story, Serendipity, I think the collaboration of John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale truly rock!
They are both extremely suited for each other in this movie and their characters together had a great amount of chemistry. You just have to see this movie to know what …

I didn’t think that there would be a movie that would be able to scare me, but this does not apply if that movie is made by the famous director John Carpenter (”Halloween”). In the case I experienced this on me, after I decided to watch his grim film …

There was a time when Hollywood was flooded with films about the ancient Rome. Some of these were very successful, others weren’t. Cleopatra goes in the second category. The incredibly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor plays the queen Cleopatra of Egypt, a most powerful woman who is not easily corrupted. Only …

Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief movie adaptation is one of the most interesting movie I have watched to date. I am a mythology fan and being able to see mythology merge with the modern world is a superb treat for me.
The Characters :
The creation of Percy JAckson’s character …

Yesterday I watched the movie of House of wax. Well, it was really frightening. The main caracters are Elisha Cuthbert, Paris Hilton, Chad Michael Murray, Jared Padalecki, Jon Abrahams. A group of friends on their way to a college football game falls prey to a pair of murderous brothers …

Columbo: Columbo Goes to College is one of my favorite movie editions of the Columbo series. Robert Culp has a great role as a prominent community figure who has to deal with his college student son being involved in the murder of one of his college professors. …

I recently watched Cloverfield on DVD. Shh…my brother works at a video rental place and they get it a few days earlier than actual release!
At first I thought, Oh great Blair Witch 2008. But after several minutes, I realized this was not at all like Blair Witch! Whereas …

The sequel to the controversial horror movie Saw, which had many similiarities to Seven, but which I still thought had some quality and interesting storyline to it. A horror movie that didn’t quite follow the conventional rules. The story was about people being kidnapped by a psychopathic man. He …

I am reviewing the mystery movie, Ring Out Your Dead, starring John Nettles and Daniel Casey. This movie was made in 2004, was produced by Brian True-May, directed by Sarah Hellings, and written by Christopher Russell.
In this murder mystery, the church bells tell all. The movie starts with a …

I was really looking forward to seeing this movie, as I believe that the true story of the murder of Elizabeth Short is quite interesting. This movie was SUCH an amazing let down!!!! The focus on this film failed to be the murder of Elizabeth Short, but rather a …

For my twenieth birthday, three friends of mine dragged me to the movie theater to see the new 2008 film Vantage Point. I had not heard of the film, but I was not interested. I’d have preferred simply to hang out at a friend’s house and play cards. Begrudgingly, …

Yesterday I watched Wanted movie starring Angelina Joulie. I went to see mainly Angelina in action. As usual she is at her best.
I won’t discuss the storyline here as it will understood better if you watch the movie that read reviews about it. Anyway it is about a …

Actors from an old cult-rated science fiction tv-series are contacted by aliens. Somehow the signals from the tv-series have reached the aliens and they think it has to do with the history of earth, which of course is far from the truth.
The film is a comedy, rather odd one …

Man, how much cooler can you get? The 1999 movie, Armageddon, is one of my all time favorites. I love Bruce Willis. And for once, he’s not really in his Die Hard McClane character. He’s still a tough as nails oil driller named Harry Stamper who is charged with …

The Barbarian Invasions is the thrid film from French-Canadian director Denys Arcand. It is in essence a sequel to his first feature, “The Decline Of The American Empire”. “… American Empire” was a highly literate classic from the late eighties concentrating on the lives and loves of a group …

This latest sequel to the Shrek movies proves once and for all that multiple sequels are a bad idea. The movie is not as entertaining as it’s predecessors, and it becomes downright boring in many parts. While watching the movie Shrek Forever After, I get the sense …

“The Prince and Me” is the romantic movie that made the actress, Julia Stiles even more popular after her roles in important teen movies like “10 Things I Hate About You” and “Save the Last Dance”.
“The Prince and Me” is a cute movie about Paige (Stiles) and Edward, a …

The Girl with All the Gifts is a 2016 British post-apocalyptic zombie horror drama film directed by Colm McCarthy and written by M.R. Carey adapted from his novel of the same name.
To be honest, I knew nothing about the movie before watching it. I kept thinking that it would be …

“Session 9” is a brightly filmed -dark themed movie starring David Caruso and Peter Mullen. A group of excavators invade an old asylum to remove asbestos and other harmful materials. The asylum has been abandoned for several years (save for the occasional squatters mentioned in the beginning …

Starring: Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Ernest Borgnine, Tom McLoughlin, Roddy McDowall, and Slim Pickens.
Directed by: Gary Nelson.
The crew of the USS Palamino runs into a lost spaceship, the USS Cygnus, on the edge of a black hole. The ship is ran mostly by …

I didn’t realize that Tarsem Singh was responsible for The Cell, as he is also the director on this wonderful film. The colors are so lush and spectacular that you are automatically drawn into the story. As for the story, this is a “period” film set …

In 2002, in a world championship skater exercises, the two rival that always hostile Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy make commotion and prohibited until finally they compete in the arena back to the single category of acrobatics. So, Jimmy and Chazz are frustrated trying to start a new …

American Gangster is a American crime film based on the life of a black gangster in Harlem named Frank Lucas. It also has the parallel story of a detective named Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe). Lucas (Denzel Washington) is the new crimelord and town and begins directly importing heroin from …

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 …

What a complete croc…in other words, it’s utter CRAP!!! Characters were under-developed and unconvincing, storyline was dumn and hard to follow, CGI was poorly done and, oh yeah, it’s CRAP (did I say that already?). It makes no sense wasting words to describe how terrible this movie is, so, …

Totally Recalled is one of the more enjoyable episodes of the Tripping the Rift series. The plot revolves for once about Gus, the android played by the brilliant Maurice LaMarche. In fact LaMarche is showcased a lot in this episode, as he plays not only Gus but a …

The Pirates of Silicon Valley is a film about Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computers and Bill Gates (who doesn’t know about Bill Gates?)co-founder of Microsoft. This film historically traces the development of these two computer companies from the time these two gentlemen are college (the early …

Yesterday, I’ve watched a movie in theater. The title is Kung Fu Panda. I think that movie is not just like any movie usually. That’s perfect! I’ve watched it 3 times. Once with my husband, second with my sister, and the last with my friends. First time I knew …

Confessions (Kokuhaku) is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, based on Kanae Minato’s 2008 debut mystery novel.

A friend of mine recommended the movie to me, she is very excited about it and is practically chanting “must watch” over and over again! Knowing that we’ve quite similar …

Why is it that books are always better than movies? A colleague explained that because in books, you visualize what is happening based from your own perceptions. You have a control on the scene, hence, you can create scenes according to your own imagination. This is why when a …

This weekend on the family channel they were showing the Harry Potter series. Today we watched Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,
I liked this movie very much, as we watched it on television we noticed that there were extra scenes placed in this movie, guess …

I finally had a chance to watch Cloverfield on DVD. I have to admit, it was not exactly what I was expecting.
I was expecting a real story with enough footage that I could actually see what was happening, not another attempt at the Blairwitch Project. Just …

It’s been a long while since I truly enjoyed a 3D movie! Most of them are gory and that is not what I enjoy. I have been watching and watching, again, a 3D movie that is really fun to watch and totally with a “G” rating. My grandsons are …

MPAA Rating - Not Rated
Starring: Judith O’Dea, Duane Jones, Karl Hardman, Marilyn Eastman
George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is a staple film in the horror genre. It broke the ground for today’s zombie films, and will forever have a place in history.
Night of the Living Dead tells …

The Just My Luck DVD ended up in my collection simply because I had seen the leading lady (Lindsay Lohan) in the Herbie Fully Loaded movie and I liked her style so wanted to see what she was like in something totally different.
Just My Luck is the story of …

I saw the latest Bond flick over the weekend with a few of my friends. I am not a huge Bond fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I’ve seen most of Bond movies, especially the ones released in the past 15 years, so I have at least …

The Wizard of Oz is one of the greatest movies of all time. Judy Garland played an excellent Dorothy. We can all learn something from the scarecrow, the lion and the tin man. So click your heels and follow the yellow brick road. Most people have …

Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Tom Skerritt, and Alex O’Loughlin.
Directed by: Dominic Sena.
Oh goodness, what did they make now? Based on the 1998 comic book (of the same name) from Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber, “Whiteout” is an arctic-set murder thriller starring Kate Beckinsale as a heroine. Beckinsale …

I am reviewing the movie, The Sentinel, starring Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland. Michael Douglas’ character is a secret service agent working for the president. He’s a good secret service agent. Everyone can depend on him, and everyone trusts him, except his former best friend, played by Kiefer …

Rob and I went to see this movie the other day entitled Cloverfield. The movie was done in the same method that The Blair Witch Project was filmed as if you were watching the movie unfold as someone is filming a party in New York City. The …

After spending his life as a shipbuilder, Frank Redmond finds himself suddenly unemployed and discontented with his life. His relationship with his son Rob is distant at best, and though they both make halfhearted attempts to fix the relationship they are both haunted by the childhood drowning of Frank’s …

Oz The Great and Powerful tries so hard to be epic. It has a very entertaining feeling. There are aspects of the movie that are brilliant and there were things that I thought needed some work. Sometimes I thought the pacing of the film was a little off and …

This science fiction film by the female director Kathryn Bigelow was hailed as one of the best films of its genre in a long time, but personally I really can’t see where the quality is. It’s the most unbelievable and unlogical story (even as a science fiction) about characters …