Movies Reviews
If you believe
If you believe is a movie about a woman named Suzie who has forgotten who she was. It shows her as a seven year old having fun and being care free, outspoken and mischievous. Then it shows her as an editor who has no friends or life. She is …
Shrek
I don’t know if it was Toy Story or Shrek that ushered in the age of the animated feature. I know Toy Story came first, but it seems to me that Toy Story showed filmmakers what was possible in the new age of computer animation. The people behind Shrek …
Private Lives of Pippa Lee film
I was really pleasantly surprised by this film. I watched it on my Virgin on Demand service - I was basically browsing for an easy, fun, romantic comedy and thought this fit the bill from the description.
It’s not just a ‘chick flick’ or your predictable Romcom though.
First off, our …
Breakfast at Tiffany’s movie
Breakfast at Tiffany’s is another classic that I keep watching repeatedly. In fact, just recently I bought the collector’s edition. This film is just amazing, and not only because actress Audrey Hepburn lights up the screen with her presence and fashion style. I think the film …
La Grande Bouffe-movie
I recently watched a french-italian film from 1973 called la grande bouffe.It is about four middle aged males Michel,Ugo,Philippe and Marcello, who gather in a large villa for some time. They decide to spend thier time eating themselves to death while at the villa.They hire some prostitutes to …
Zombieland movie
I heard very little about Zombieland before I rented it, however in passing I heard nothing but praise for the movie. I figured this was a bad sign. I very seldom agree with the masses on what is considered good, so I went into Zombieland thinking I was going …
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
As a fan of alternate history stories, my interest was definitely piqued when I saw the trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s latest flick, Inglourious Basterds. It is a movie about a group of American soldiers, comprised mainly of Jewish-Americans, that goes off to Nazi-occupied France during World War II and …
Movie : Where the Heart Is
“Where the Heart is” is one of the best warm, fuzzy movies that you will ever watch. It is an amazing tale of a young woman who finds herself in some awful messes but comes out very well in the end because she sticks with her convictions. Her boyfriend …
“In the Loop” movie 2009
In the loop is a political satire that is at times somewhat funny, but other times grossly overdone. The profanity is so extreme that it makes the film seem too unrealistic even for a satire. This film gives character to a hypothetical U S Government, and a hypothetical U K …
Movie Mrs Winterbourne
I was flipping through the cable channels last night and I ran across a movie that I had not seen in a long time. It was called Mrs Winterbourne and it starred Brandon Fraser, Ricki Lake.
Mrs Winterbourne was about a case of mistaken identiy that goes too …
‘Shutter Island’ movie
I remember seeing trailers for this movie a few years back, but I don’t recall hearing anything one way or the other. The trailers made it look like a solid psychological thriller, so I figured I’d check it out.
The premise is simple enough, a federal marshall goes …
The Parent Trap,1998 movie
This is a remake of the original, 1961 “The Parent Trap”. Unlike many remakes, it is actually good. Two girls meet at a summer camp: Hallie Parker from California and Annie James from London. To their utter amazement, they look like twins. Neither one knew she had a twin …
50 first dates movie
50 first dates is a romantic comedy movie released on 2004 led by Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore. The story begins with the Henry, marine-life veterinarians who met and have fallen in love at first sight with Lucy, a woman who suffers from a short term memory disease called …
Stepmom (1998)
The focus of this movie is about a recently divorced couple and the heart aching task they go through in order to keep their children happy in the face of the terrible period in their lives. This is not made easier by the fact that the husband Luke, played …
Movie Joy Ride
I can remember seeing the movie “Joy Ride” on the television guide a couple years ago when I was still in high school. However, I kept hesitating to watch it as at the time I was confusing it with a comedy which was released around the same time that …
Eagle Eye movie
Ever since the good old “Even Stevens” days, I have been a Shia LaBeouf fan. His sarcastic, wise-guy attitude and his ability to pull off “dumb” dialog makes him a very appealing actor. I have enjoyed watching LaBeouf’s career mature as he began to play more serious …
Transformers2 - “The Return Of The Falllen”
The recent worldwide release of Transformers2 - “The Return Of The Fallen” has resulted in a Transformers craze being instigated.
Within several short weeks of its release, it has already been regarded as “The Best Movie Of The Year Of 2009″ by many critics. So, just what contributes to the …
Orphan movie
Orphan was released July 24th 2009. It was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. If you haven’t seen it yet you are not missing too much so don’t fret. This movie tried hard to come across as a horror/thriller type movie. In reality it was neither. It was more like a …
Drop Dead Fred, 1991 movie
Drop Dead Fred which came out in 1991, starring Pheobe Cates, and Rik Mayall, remains one of my favorite movies of all time. I strongly recommend that if you like comedies that you see this movie. The movie is about a woman, Lizzie, who’s husband is seeing another woman …
The Expendables movie
“The Expendables” (2010, rated ‘R’) starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Jet Li is a terrific action movie perfect for those of us old enough to remember when the original “Rambo,” “Die Hard” and “Terminator” films were in theatres! “The Expendables” is like ‘old home week’ with lots of …
Dick Tracy (1990)
Dick Tracy, directed by Warren Beatty is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was June 15, 1990 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Family/Thriller and stars Warren Beattyu as Dick Tracy, Charlie Korsmo as Kid, William Forsythe …
The Uninvited Movie
The camera soars over the crashing waves of the English Coast and the eerie music swells, our hero begins telling us about how haunted these shores are; my skin starts to deliciously crawl and I pull my afghan up tighter under my chin. It doesn’t matter how many …
xXx: State of the Union movie
If you have ever seen the first xXx (Triple X) movie, you cannot deny that it really did not need a sequel. This one stars Ice Cube as the new, more intense xXx. C’mon…this movie is substandard and really disappointing, not to mention, very distressing to watch. There is …
Movie 2012
“2012″ will remind you a lot of other big disaster movies, such as “Independence Day” and “The Day After Tomorrow”.
So here’s a little background on the predictions this movie is based around - one of the earliest civilizations - the Mayans, predicted there would be great change to …
Dirty Dancing
Dirty Dancing is a feel good movie that never fails to bring on smiles and feelings of delight. It’s the theatrical movie that set Patrick Swayze’s stardom on fire and gave us the line, “No one puts Baby in a corner”.
Frankly, I’ve never liked that line and I …
Horror Movies
What’s the deal with these so called Horror Movies that are being made these days. Do they know the meaning of Horror? Correct me if i’m wrong…but shouldn’t a horror movie scare you? The rating for a typical horror is usually PG-13. How the hell can this be horror, …
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
After seeing a preview of the new film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, I quickly assumed this was a ‘wait for dvd’ movie. Thanks to a lack of good movies in February, I decided to take a chance on this film. To my surprise this film was actually …
Amusement (R, 2008) movie
“Amusement” is one of those horror films that you have to watch with few expectations. I went into the movie with an open mind. I liked the fact that the film was broken up into parts, sections that would ultimately culminate into something that I could fuse …
The Ex
A married couple, Tom and Sofia, are about to have a baby. They live in New York; Sofia is a lawyer, and Tom works at a restaurant, hoping to be soon promoted. When this happens, Sofia wants to quit her job and become a stay-at-home mom. Instead, Tom loses …
Good boy Bad boy
This weak my husband brought the CD of the movie titled Good boy Bad boy. This is a movie pasteurised in the national language of our country India that is in Hindi. The movie has got excellent comedy and the story of this movie is totally …
White House Down (movie)
One of the most thrilling movies that I watched in the past couple of weeks was White House Down. At first, I ignored it mostly because I had read a lot of bad reviews from both movie critics and regular people. What’s worse is that it had a fairly …
The Social Network (2010 film)
Now that the Oscars is approaching, I suddenly felt the need to catch up on seeing some of the nominated titles I haven’t seen yet; I was merely checking out some of the academy’s picks, I’ve seen one or two previously, and “The Social Network” was next on my …
10 Things i Hate About You
10 things i hate about you was the breakout vehicle for the at the time unknown future stars Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. The movie is, at its heart, a romantic comedy, but what’s truly great about this movie is that it doesn’t tend to follow the usual stereotypes …
Sky Pirates movie
During World War II, a pilot is given a mission to transport secret cargo over the atlantic. In the middle of the flight something happens with the airplane, and this is believed to have some connection to the secret cargo. Does it also have something to do with the …
Movie Speed Racer (2008)
Speed Racer is in the Action/Adventure genre and is rated PG for sequences of action, some violence, language and brief smoking.
Speed Racer is the first movie by the Wachowski brothers since they finished the Matrix Trilogy a few years back. The movie is an …
Dark Ride movie
Cast: Jamie-Lynn Sigler (Cathy), Patrick Renna (Bill), David Clayton Rogers (Steve), Alex Solowitz (Jim), Andrea Bogart (Jen), Jennifer Tiisdale (Liz), Dave Warden (Jonah)
This has got to be one of the most inane movies I’ve ever seen. So maddening that I was hoping the murderer would do …
Rain Man (1988)
Charlie Babbit played by Tom Cruise is a car dealer who learns of his father’s passing, he makes his way to his father house only to learn that his autistic brother has received a large sum of money. This becomes Charlie’s motivation to search out his brother and with …
Au Revoir Les Enfants (drama movie)
To some extent, the movie is said to be based on director Louis Malle’s remorseful recollection of events in 1944 during the time when the Nazis occupied France. ‘Au Revoir Les Enfants’ is a subtle and yet powerful film that reveals to us the potentials that can befall when …
The Crucible (1996)
The Crucible, directed by Nicholas Hytner is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was November 27, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in thegenre of Drama/History and stars Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, Paul Scofield …
The Ultimate Gift Movie Starring Jason Fuller
Recently, my interest in horror movies has weaned a bit and I have had a shift towards inspirational movies that have a financial quest inclination to them, with the most recent delight being a movie called ‘The Ultimate Gift’, starring Drew Fuller.
From the very first moment I was completely …
Madea Goes to Jail (2009)
If you have seen ‘Diary of a Mad Black Woman’, ‘Why Did I get Married’ and ‘Madea’s Family Reunion’ then you are full aware of the character known as Madea played by Tyler Perry. In this movie, she shares the stage with a troubled female. Let us focus on …
American Graffitti movie
American Graffitti was all the rage when it came out, but it did little for me. In truth, I didn’t see it for a long time after the release, and it may have suffered from overkill. By that, I mean that there was so much publicity for …
Anniversary (Hong Kong romance drama)
Anniversary is a Hong Kong romance drama directed and written by Patrick Kong.
The film starred Alex Fong and Stephy Tang - the model couple and in Hong Kong entertainment industry. They’re like the prince and princess in fairytale and everyone wished for them to “live happily ever after”.
However they broke …
Movie: The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother
I have heard of the movie The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes Smarter Brother before but, even though it has been around as long as I have (about 35 years), I have never really taken the time to watch it. This should come as a surprise to many because I …
The Dark Knight
By now everyone has seen The Dark Knight, and there are more than enough reviews so rather than focus on how good the movie is I want to focus on my thoughts on what the movie is. The movie isn’t really about Batman it’s about the Joker, something most people …
He’s Just Not That Into You
My husband and I saw this movie last weekend. We went to a Sunday matinee and the theatre was PACKED! The theatre was full of mostly girls, but my husband didn’t mind too much. This is definitely a chick flick.
The cast was great. I especially loved Ginnifer Goodwin and …
The New pornographers Twin Cinemas CD
Thie is a great fun little album that seems to find its way into my Cd player time and time again. The New pornographers are a band, buch like the shins that put out a hppy popish like sound unlike many other bands today. their music fun, and uplifting. …
Movie: Swept Away
“Swept Away” is a 1974 Italian movie directed by Lina Wertmuller. The 116 minute movie from Medusa Produzione is in Italian with English subtitles. The movie carries an R rating for nudity and language.
The movie “Swept Away” tells the story of two people Gennarino Carunchio (Giancarlo Gianni) and …
In Pursuit of Happyness
A must see, feelgood film.
This film shows that perserverence can overcome everything.
Believe in yourself even when others dont and there is no limit to what you can achieve.
Will Smith plays an exellent role in this film.
He loses everything - his wife, his home and his self esteem. yet he …
Money Talks (1997)
This is the story of a man who just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and winds up being caught up in happenings that could very well be to his detriment. After being charged with a crime and on his way to prison to …
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