Movies Reviews
The Ballad of Josie
Doris Day and Peter Graves star in The Ballad of Josie, a western more or less about a widowed woman who strives to keep her ranch going after the death of her husband. Though most of the town is against her, she perseveres, with the assistance and support, …
Columbo: Columbo Goes to the Guillotine movie
Eleven years after the Columbo series left the year, Peter Falk returned to his legendary role in what would be a new resurrection for the character. No longer a part of the Mystery Movie weekly rotation or any regular appearance schedule, this began a string of made for …
Blade of the Vampire movie
This movie should not be confused with any of the movies in the Blade trilogy. In fact, that is how I actually watched it since I made the mistake of thinking that “Blade of the Vampire” was actually one of them. However, after watching it I was very disappointed …
Mr. Brooks (2007)
Ah, Mr. Brooks…this is a movie I can wrap my mind around and just linger in for awhile. A very nice psychotic drama featuring the ever talented Kevin Costner as the mass murdering serial killer Earl Brooks. I finer film this year under the genre of crime has yet …
Tom Hooper’s biographical movie “The King’s Speech”
On the rare occasion when I spare the money to see a film when it is first released to the cinematic theatres, I tend to be cautious: it is easy to turn off my TV or switch between channels, but a choice made between movies at the cinema is …
Men In Black
The original Men In Black was an excellent comedic action movie and a welcome twist on the all to common genre of alien movies. The comedy throughout this movie was real comedy, not the non-stop attempts at slapstick or idiotic humor that have begun to plague comedies as of …
Movie Just Like Heaven
I went to go see this movie, while it was still in theaters, with my husband. It was supposed to be a nice, date-like evening, so we chose the one that looked both funny and romantic. We weren’t disappointed. In fact, I think he like the …
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising, David Cunningham Movie
A teenager named Will Stanton living in a large family with 7 children. Several days before the year is to 14th some people try to get closer to him and see with quizzically. It turns out Will is the last member of a group of people who have the …
Moulin Rouge (2001)
This movie is a musical based on the love shared between a writer and a cabaret actress. How quaint that most musicals encompass the same thing. This movie, while it did manage to grasp quite a few nominations for Oscars, only managed to scrape through with winning only two …
Movie: Despicable Me
Plot: Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) is a super villain who must adopt three young girls as part of a plot to steal the moon.
What I liked about this movie: To be honest, I wasn’t really expecting too much from the movie. But, it turned out to be a …
Addams Family Movie
The bizarre Addams family awaits their beloved uncle Fester to return from his travels. What they don’t notice when he arrives is that crooks have taken his identity for mysterious purposes.
This is in my opinion a very colorful and charming film, very truthful to the old 1960s tv series, …
Amadeus
Somehow, I thought that this movie was made in the 1990’s, so I was rather surprised to find out that its release date is 1984. I rented it from the library after seeing it mentioned in a book I was reading (totally unrelated) that had stirred my interest. The …
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
The Lieutenant Wore Skirts is a lighthearted comedy that I always enjoy watching. Released in 1956, the movie stars Tom Ewell and Sheree North as a married couple who end up with their signals crossed. She ends up active in the military while he’s enduring a bad …
Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame
A classic remake in animation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It’s wonderful use of colours left my eyes watering…and the plot was good. Good guys showed their courage, bad guys showed how evil they can be, and gargoyles showed they had no legs…lol. This is another great animated …
Movie The Breakfast Club
After a year from doing the movie “Sixteen Candles”, the director John Hughes returned back with another teen movie “The Breakfast Club”. In my opinion, “The Breakfast Club” is by far much better teen story than “Sixteen Candles”. Interesting is that the actress, Molly Rigwald and Anthony Michael Hall …
The Horror Within
When I decided to watch the movie The Horror Within the other night, it was with the expectation it would be a low-budget, cheesy horror flick.
I was partially right. It was low budget and cheesy but it was more of a comedy than a horror movie.
Let’s face it, whenever …
The Aristocats animated movie
The rich Madame Bonfamille owns a family of cats: the beautiful all-white mother-cat Duchess and three adorable kittens: Berlioz (gray), Marie (white, like mommy), and Toulouse (orange). The kittens are brought up like aristocracy, they are taught manners, music, and painting. Edgar, Madame’s butler, is taking good care …
Breaking Upwards Movie
Romantic comedies are the way to America’s heart. There are at least five out on any given weekend and after seeing every trick in the book and laughing at every predictable joke Hollywood has thrown our way, we are still eager to tune in for another heart-tugger starring any number …
Masada movie
The Roman general Flavius gets the mission to defeat a band of jews hiding in the middle of the palestinian desert, inside a fortress that seem impossible to break into.
An old costume film of an era that passed away a long time ago. There aren’t any costume films of …
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, directed by Chris Columbus is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for scary moments, some creature violence and mild language. The original release date was November 15, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of …
Mulan-movie
Mulan is a 1998 animated disney.It is essentially about a young Chinese girl named Mulan who takes her father’s place in an army to battle a wave of The Huns in ancient China.She impersonates a man named Ping since women can’t fight in the army.The emperor of China decides …
Young Sherlock Holmes movie
A surprisingly interesting film about the genius detective. Since the days of Basil Rathbone there have been few exceptions from the rule of failed Sherlock Holmes films, but this is one of those, much because it doesn’t follow a story written by Conan Doyle in the first place. Instead …
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow is a film that combines Science Fiction, Drama, Action and Thriller. It presents a lot of disaster and destruction in America, and as a consequence, in the rest of the world.
Compared to other Emmerich’s films, like Independence Day and other cathastrophic films, this movie the …
Primal Fear (1996)
Primal Fear, directed by Gregory Hoblit is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for brief grisly violence, pervasive strong language and a sex scene. The original release date was April 3, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Crime/Thriller and stars …
In the Valley of Elah
I am reviewing the 2007 movie, In the Valley of Elah, starring Tommy Lee Jones. The movie focuses on Hank Deerfield, the father of an American soldier gone missing in Iraq. Throughout the course of the film, Hank desperately tries to piece together what happened to his son, Mike. …
Death at the Funeral Movie
I didn’t know funeral’s can be funny. It speaks of lamentation and grievance of a loss of a loved one but in Death at the Funeral, it was the otherwise. It is funny but not rude and stupid. It is pure raw fun. The movie does starts …
We own the night
This movie is about a man who does drugs and manages a night club, most of his family are cops. I think that the movie could have been a lot better. Even though there was a lot going on I was kind of bored through out the whole movie, …
Jersey Girl (2004)
Jersey Girl, written and directed by Kevin Smith Smith is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for language and sexual content including frank dialogue. The original release date was March 26, 2004 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama/Romance and stars …
Creature From the Black Lagoon
I remember seeing a photo of this creature in a monster magazine and remarking how scary it looked. Well it was not that scary in this classic film. I liked the opening scene in which it explained the Big Bang theory and leading up …
Disturbing Behavior
One advantage of having a trial of ShowTime for the next three months is I get to see some movies I haven’t seen in a while. This included the movie Disturbing Behavior.
Even though the plot of the movie skips around a bit and is weak in some spots, I …
Sixteen Candles,1984 movie
“Sixteen Candles” obviously stands for sixteen candles on a birthday cake, but Samantha (Molly Ringwald) doesn’t get one. Her sister is getting married, so the family, preoccupied with the coming wedding, forgets about Samatha’s birthday. Being a typical teen, Samantha feels like the whole world has turned black. In …
Inception (2010 film)
In the 2010s a new director is threatening to steal the whole Hollywood show for himself-this director is quickly getting close to the very top of my list and his name is Cristopher Nolan-a film-maker whose every new film is better than the last one. His last one is …
Moulin Rouge (Movie)
Moulin Rouge is one of my favorite movies. I have seen it a lot of times and have never failed to enjoy and feel emotional during the movie. What I like about it most are the songs. The first time I watched it, I was pleasantly …
COBRA, the movie (1986)
When motorcyclists start chasing under the window in the middle of the night, I immediately think of this movie. Sly was so good at shooting them with a machine gun on the move! Except I wouldn’t take a machine gun, but a heavy machine gun and enough ammo to go …
Leap Year Movie
Hubby and I had a movie marathon last night. After watching a few depressing movies, we decided to watch Leap Year to lighten the mood a bit before going to sleep. I’ve always love Amy Adams’ movies but this one, I’m afraid is not one of them. This …
What about Bob?
I really liked the movie What about Bob?. I think Bill Murray was very funny as the character of Bob. Bob is a guy who has mental problems and has to go see a shrink. He also is very paranoid and scared of everything. I think it’s very funny when …
The Forbiddent Kingdom Movie
The Forbidden Kingdom is 2008 block buster that sees the first time two mega stars staring in the movie together. They are Jackie Chan and Jet Li. In their entire careers, they both had filmed many movies , but never one together. This is thus the strongest drawing point …
The sisterhood of the traveling pants 2
The sisterhood of the traveling pants 2 is a movie based on the last two books in the sisterhood but the movie does not follow the story line of the books. I absolutely hate when a movie based on a book goes all out of order. What confused me …
Shaadi No.1
Shaadi No.1 is a comedy movie.The story is narrated around three husbands, three wives and three girl friends. I think the story is clear. David Dhawan, the director of the movie, showed the consequences that could be faced by husbands, if they cheat their wives and lag behind girl …
Men In Black
I watched “Men In Black” on Television yesterday. I admit that I am probably the only person on this planet who has not seen this particular movie.
In this movie Will Smith has been selected to be a partner to Tommy Lee Jones character to help him fight an …
The Ballad of Andy Crocker movie
I remember well The Ballad of Andy Crocker from 1969, and the reason for that was the star, Lee Majors who played Andy Crocker. Crocker gets a medal as a heroic soldier in Vietnam and then heads home, uncertain of what he’ll find.
Early on, Crocker meets Karen (Jill …
Star Trek movie (2009)
I never really watched “Star Trek” when it was a series, because I didn’t understand it, and when I did try to take the time to I realised I wouldn’t understand it since it had been going on for years. Therefore, I didn’t like Star Trek because of those …
Children of Men
A movie that deals with a serious subject in the future of how the human race is unable to reproduce itself anymore. The world is in chaos, every country is in war with themselves except for England where refugees flee to escape the apocalypse. A man is involved in …
Harry potter movie
Harry potter is such a big and famous story as well as a fabulous picture. Who does not like it? My kids and I am the big fan of this movie. We have seen the part one and also the part two of Harry potter. …
Netflix online movie rental
The Netflix online movie rental is the useful innovative feature to rent DVDs of popular movies.There are various plans based on the number of DVDs we can have at a time.The minimum cost for basic plan is 4.99 +tax.We have opted for 3 dvds at a time and …
Ghostrider
I watched “Ghostrider” with my nephew this afternoon. I had really hoped it would live up to the hype, unfortunately I didn’t think it did.
In the first place I don’t think Nicholas Cage fit the part very well, or at least his voice didn’t and I felt he …
B-Movie Classic: The Evil Dead
Way before the Spider-Man movies ever existed, director Sam Raimi made a film called The Evil Dead. This film, in no way, is a blockbuster hit. Evil Dead is a classic bad movie, which was meant to scare, yet at the same time, humor.
The movie stars a young man …
Erin Brockovich movie
I found it weird that someone was requesting a review on “Erin Brockovich” on here but I thought, “Hey I’ve seen that movie. I’ll tell him/her what I think.” Well, Julia Roberts is in fact very good in the role as is Albert Finney. It is a very well …
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