Movies Reviews
Happy Feet
I took my 10yr old grandson to see ‘Happy Feet’ during the Christmas holidays. We couldn’t get in to see the movie we wanted to see so settled for that one. Came out clicking our heels. Well, I did. He’s not a kid who likes the turtles or action …
Replicant (2001)
Replicant, directed by Ringo Lam is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong violence, language and some sexuality. The original release date for this movie was May 11, 2001 for Brazilian audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Science Finction/Thriller and stars Jean-Claude Van …
Evan Almighty (2007)
Evan Almighty (2007) is a comedy from director Tom Shadyac that is rated PG by the MPAA for mild rude humor and some peril.
In this sequel to the very popular Bruce Almighty, newscaster Evan Baxter (Steve Carrell) has traded in the news desk for a post in Washington …
After the Sunset (2004)
This is the case of three flawless diamonds known as the Napoleon Diamonds and a pair of master jewel thieves. As the story goes, they two have managed to steal the first two diamonds, sold them and are now resting comfortably on Paradise Island in the Bahamas supposedly retired. …
Happy Feet
Penguins..,such lovely and adorable creatures aren’t they? So lovely that the producers at Hollywood made an animated film about them , Emperor Penguins to be exact,who find their true love/soul mate by singing one to another.Aaa yes,but the story isn’t about the ones that sing,it is about one that …
The Reader movie
The reader is an Oscar winning movie. It released a bit late in my country and when it was released, I decided to see it on the very first day itself.
This film is unique in terms of showing the side of a German who was directly involved in the …
Where The Wild Things Are movie
Like many others, I grew up loving the book “Where The Wild Things Are”, and though I’m not a child anymore, when I found out a movie was coming out I was genuinely intrigued. How do you turn a 10-15 page children’s picture book into a full-length movie? Well, …
Film After Hours
Made in the 1980’s, After Hours tells the story of one man’s nightmarish trip into the Soho area.
This is a film by Martin Scorsese that Roger Ebert deemed so intense that he considered leaving the theater and coming back later after he had pulled himself together. It seems that …
Spiderman:The Movie
I watched Spiderman a while back and loved it. Since then, I have also seen Spiderman 2 and 3. When I took out the old film to watch, I was a little surprised at how phony the graphics looked. I had thought that they were so realistic when I …
The Ring Two
I am not sure if like the movie “The Ring”, “The Ring Two” was also based on the remake of a Japanese horror film. However, “The Ring Two” was the sequel of the movie “The Ring.” I would have preferred instead if this movie was a prequel to the …
The Shawshank Redemption
To say it bluntly, this is my second favorite movie of all time (#1 is Raiders of the Lost Ark if you’re curious) and absolutely deserving of its current top spot on IMDB’s top 250 movies of all time. What is so great about this movie is that …
Hook-movie
Hook is a 1991 fantasy film starring Robin Williams. It based on the children’s story Peter Pan..It takes some element from teh original story and creates an entirely different story.It is about a man named Peter Panning who is a ruthless lawyer.He has two kids, a boy and a …
Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
I had heard of the play Sweeny Todd and then heard of the movie from last year. I was interested in seeing the movie. When I first sat down to view the movie I was curious.
In my opinion, Johnny Depp is a good character actor. I also really …
Seth McFarlane’s A Million Ways to Die in the West: A Movie
My husband and I are big fans of Liam Neeson movies and since my husband likes Family Guy and Seth McFarlane, we decided that we would treat ourselves to see the newest movie “A Million Ways to Die in The West”. I had hoped that it would be …
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 …
Eight Men Out
I am reviewing the movie, Eight Men Out, which was released in 1988. This movie centers on the 1919 fall of American Sports, when the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series. The film centers around Shoeless Joe Jackson, played by DB Sweeny; Eddie Cicotte, played by David Strathairn; …
Supernatural:Monster movie
The director decided to go Vintage style and so this episode is black and white. Right from the start to the end,it is in black and white. Well not much of a difference actually,because the show does not sport bright colors,which is with keeping with the theme of the …
The Incredible Hulk 2
I just got back from the movies and I have to say The Incredible Hulk 2 is so much better than any of the other Hulk movies or TV show in the past. It is a great story line that really follows the original comic book story much closer …
The Ring (2002 Movie)
When i was searching for some movies to watch in the weekend i came across this movie “The ring” which is a thriller story.I dont know how i missed this wonderful horror movie.But should thank the library for having this in their collection and made to watch …
El Cantante (Movie)
This movie starring Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony about a puerto rican singer and his downfalls WAS HORRIBLE!. I HATED IT! The story was told in such a bad way. I never got a chance to get attached or feel anything for the characters because things happen so …
Gran Torino
I love Clint Eastwood, both as an actor and as a director in recent years. I was excited when I saw previews of Gran Torino, because it looked like classic Clint-a hard, grumpy, and sarcastic man who is mad at the world. I also knew that since he directed …
Point Break DVD - Pure Adrenaline Edition
Point Break was the movie Patrick Swayze did right after Ghost. He wanted something totally different from the leading man persona he’d been in that film, and boy did he get it. In Point Break, Swayze stars as Bodhi, a surfer guru, who comes in contact with …
Mr. Mom movie
Mr. Mom is really a cute little movie from 1983. I don’t think of it as an A-list movie, but more of a B-film that still delights and is pretty funny. It was also pretty topical for its era. In truth, it’s still topical to a …
Zombieland movie
I’ve never been one to be a fan of blood and gore zombie movies. Ever since I was a kid and channel surfed across a midnight showing of Day of the Dead on TV (of which up until that point, I had no clue how icky the human imagination …
Dream Girls
Maybe it’s because I’m watching it on cable before 8 in the morning, but the movie Dream Girls just isn’t as good as I expected it to be.
I would think a movie about a 60s female singing group would make a great musical to watch. But, for the most …
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was better than the first two movies, in my opinion. Granted, I haven’t seen the other two in a while now, so my opinion could change if I watched the first two movies again. I watched Ice Age 3 in 3D, but …
New In Town (starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr.)
I would say watch this movie, New In Town (starring Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick Jr.) if you want a dosage of humility, some form of morality watch. This movie is something that I truly praise and it has such compassion, feelings and heart. To make this kind …
Johnny Guitar movie
This anti-western by inventive Hollywood filmmaker Nicholas Ray, tells the story of a western hero called Johnny “Guitar” Logan, who much rather plays music instead of shooting down people with guns. The storyline and narrative is daring and unusual for the time. Johnny Guitar was made in the 1950s …
Machete (2010 film)
I want to preface this review by saying that this is one of my favorite movies because it embraces what it is. It is an action movie that focuses primarily on the action. This is the type of movie that you watch solely for entertainment value. It is not …
Farce of the Penguins (2007) Movie
Farce of the Penguins starring Samuel L. Jackson and Bob Saget was just that, “Farce.”
If one likes crude humor from cute cuddly cartoon characters then this is the movie for them. The whole story’s purpose was to be the parody of the movie, “March of the Penguins” which depicts …
Hitch
I saw Hitch weeks ago for the first time and I loved it! Will Smith, Kevin James and Eva Mendez were great together. It was a different role for Will Smith, but he pulled it off! I have rented that movie 2 more times since seeing it the first …
Peacock Movie
A few nights ago when I had nothing to do, I scanned my Netflix instant play queue to find a fun movie to settle down with for the evening. I found one that instantly appealed to me, Peacock. Boasting an impressive cast, including Susan Sarandon, Cillian Murphy, and Ellen …
Ninga Turtles Cartoon
The teenage mutant ninga turtles, is a cartoon that has cartoon turtles that know karate. The turtles all fight to help protect the city, they save people and fight crime. The show seems like it has a kind of weird concept, but it really is a great cartoon …
Rush (biographical sports drama movie)
While I did see the trailer for the movie Rush a few times, it just didn’t even appear on my radar, since I’ve stopped paying attention to sports drama films since the nineteen nineties. There’s also the fact that I wasn’t quite sure what to make of the actor Chris …
Springtime in the Rockies movie
Springtime in the Rockies from 1937 is a movie I have heard about for a very long time, but believe it or not, even with its marvelous song, I have never seen it, until now.
The song that is sung at the beginning is awesome. I love the harmony …
Hi De Ho movie
As the name might indicated, Hi De Ho is a Cab Calloway feature. The 1937 film has the famous bandleader belting out his special Hi De Ho song with a zing.
However, there is a disturbing nuance in the opening. We have Cab singing to a woman named …
Nightmare Detective (Movie Review)
Nightmare Detective is part of the Dimension Extreme films and I’ve been slowly working my way through these movies a little at a time. The series is a little similar to the After Dark Horror Fest in that all the movies probably wouldn’t get much of a release without …
The Last Airbender the movie
The live-action adaptation of Nickelodeon’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender”, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, certainly leaves much to be desired. The premise of the movie retains the same plotline as the cartoon. After100 years of being trapped beneath the ice, Avatar Aang has awoken to …
La Bamba (1987)
La Bamba, directed by Luis Valdez is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 24, 1987 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Biography/Drama/Music and stars Lou Diamond Phillips as Ritchie Valens, Esai Morales as Bob Morales, …
War of the Worlds-2005
The recent War of the Worlds movie starring Tom Cruise is one of the best big budget movies I have seen in a long time.
The story centers around a divorced man (Tom Cruise) who lacks responsibility in his life. When aliens invade, he is forced to take charge to …
The Forgotten movie
The Forgotten was an alright movie. I remember watching this movie. I didn’t think it was the best movie ever, but it was still cool. I liked the story a little. I think that the whole alien abduction thing was pretty cool and I must say that I did enjoy …
The Mother (2003)
“The Mother” will be a shock to people under the age of thirty who can’t imagine their parents having sex at all much less have casual sex and enjoying it. The 112-minute UK film tells about May, a woman in her late fifties or sixties, and Toots, her husband …
Past the Bleachers
Past the Bleachers is a poignant and wonderful 1995 TV movie that starred Richard Dean Anderson and Glynnis O’Connor as parents trying to move on with their lives after their son had died. It’s a trying time. The two are trying to have another baby, but Anderson’s …
Freaky Friday movie
I was used to watching Lindsay Lohan movies even when she was still young. I bought a copy of this movie because I wanted to see if it was a good one or not since the tandem of Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis is a little fresh. I …
Bad News Bears (2005 movie)
Remake of a classic…this movie lives up to the reputation that The Bad News Bears have been known for. It does not disappoint the original stories that it’s being based on. But it’s time for a reality check…this movie was never a good one to start off with. It …
Daddy’s Little Girls (2007)
Starring Gabrielle Union (Julia) and Idris Elba. Idris (Monty) is a down on his luck auto mechanic with three children (all girls). After Monty’s Mother, the grandmother of the girls dies of lung cancer; Monty is force with the reality of taking care of the kids by himself. On …
The Island by Michael Bay
The Island is a futurist movie directed by Michael Bay, with Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. I saw it on dvd but would have preferred to see it in the theatre. The special effects are mind-blowing and the stunts are extremely powerful.
In 2019, after a grave epidemic, mankind is …
The Dark Knight DVD
I am such a big fan of sci-fi movies and super hero type ones. I watched every movie, every sequels, trilogies. Everything! name it i watched it. This DVD was the recent one I bought, I was so busy i have no time to purchase the most recent ones. …
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, …
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