Movies Reviews
Valkyrie
Valkyrie tries valiantly to be a good movie, but ultimately, fails. The movie is put together very well, with phenomenal acting by every one involved. Both the writing and the directing are equally great. So why does the movie fail? The story simple can’t carry istelf through a whole …
“Pacific Rim” movie
The geek community had high hopes for this movie. Having giant robots fighting giant monsters seems like a guaranteed good time, but the fact that Guillermo Del Toro was helming the project only added to the hype.
I have to admit, Del Toro’s been on a hot streak lately. …
Meet Dave
The movie “Meet Dave” represents an attempt from the actor, Eddie Murphy in showing that he can do something different and, at the same time, be successful. Although Murphy tried to link the comic world with the fantasy world in one movie, unfortunately he failed miserably to win over …
Guess Who Dvd Starring Ashton Kutcher
Guess Who Starting Ashton Kutcher - 105 minuites Certificate 15
This film is about when Theresa (Zo� Saldana) takes her new fianc� Simon Green (Ashton Kutcher) to her parents house for their 25th wedding anniversary but Theresa forgets to let her parents know one minor detail - that he is …
The Winning Team movie
I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. As a politician, I never liked Ronald Reagan. I think he acted his way through the presidency. However, as an actor, I really enjoy his performances, including this one as baseball player Grover Cleveland Alexander. He’s …
“Meet Joe Black”: The Movie with Anthony Hopkins and Brad Pitt
“Meet Joe Black” classifies as one of the top ten movies Hollywood has produced, in my opinion at least. The movie was loosely based on the black and white film “Death Takes a Holiday.” Brad Pitt played Death, Anthony Hopkins played Bill Parrish, and Claire Forlani played Susan Parrish. …
28 Weeks Later The Movie
Another zombie movie that has its mind boggling puzzle on how it started because nobody explained what really happened as the movie started when the virus has been contained and has spread through out the land.
I just don’t understand why they needed to repopulate when in fact nothing in …
Murder on the Orient Express movie
I’ve never seen Murder on the Orient Express before, though I’ve often heard about it and have seen many commercials promoting various incarnations of it over the years. I’ve been curious about the Agatha Christie story for a long time, but for whatever reason never actually sat down …
The Cider House Rules movie
I rented this movie because of Michael Caine, and, as usual, he does a good job as Dr. Larch who runs a children’s home/hospital in Maine. One of the boys, Homer Wells (Tobey Maguire) grows up in the orphanage to be a young man and is has been trained …
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) Movie
I just recently saw the movie Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. It is a finnish movie and it rates as 6.9/10 in IMDB that is why I decided to see it. I like foreign films and this looks quite interesting for me. The title itself boggled me for a …
Song of the Gringo movie
Song of the Gringo from 1936 is actually Tex Ritter’s first movie role. He does a decent job as he enters the rank of the singing cowboy, which ruled the era in many ways. Being his first picture, he doesn’t have a sidekick and poor White Flash, …
Dark City, movie (1998)
David S. Goyer is a name films fans should recognize. From his humble beginnings with Charles Band’s Full Moon Entertainment to his recent success working with Christopher Nolan, he’s one of the biggest names in screenwriting. Sure, he also wrote Jumper and the TV movie, Nick Fury: …
Fun With Dick & Jane
I didn’t know what to think when I rented Fun With Dick & Jane. I usually like Jim Carrey movies but I wasn’t sure if this one would be very good or not. What I found was, while it was a funny movie, it was one I could relate …
David Spade
David Spade is a a very funny actor. You might have seen him in a show called Just Shoot Me. He was also the hit film Tommy Boy. David Spade has his own style of humor and this is what makes his one of a kind. He can make people …
Ghosts of Mars (2001)
The future of Mars as depicted in this movie shows that the air outside on the planet is breathable and that it can sustain human life without need for air tanks or gas masks or pressure suits of any kind. The story focuses around a police team sent to …
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993 movie)
In order to spend more quality time with his children, Robin Williams’ character disguises himself as a Nanny/House Keeper. His seemingly good intention turns sour when his deception got flawed after putting pepper in his ex-wife’s new boyfriend’s food. To save the poor soul from kicking the bucket, he …
Harold & Kumar Escape Guantanamo Bay
Normally, whenever a movie is a surprise hit, someone can’t wait to make a sequel to it and, more often than not, that sequel doesn’t even come close to the original.
This was the case of Harold & Kumar Escape Guantanamo Bay.
The first movie, Harold & Kumar Go to Whitecastle …
Charlotte’s Web, Gary Winick Movie
In a livestock owned by the family of beautiful Mackenzie, a woman named Fern toddlers will make a miracle to change the living animal cute pig named Wilbur. Since the birth of Wilbur has a body that is tinier compared with other pork. However, very lucky Wilbur very loved …
My Fellow Americans
About the only thing I don’t like about My Fellow Americans from 1996 is the language. There’s a bit too much profanity in it for my taste, and I honestly don’t think it’s necessary to further the characters or the plot. So, with that one negative remark, …
No Country For Old Men
This is the first movie, in my opinion, since the Lord of the Rings Trilogy that will remain a classic for decades to come. There are not enough superlatives to describe this movie. Everything, EVERYTHING, is flawless in my eyes. The acting in unreal. The …
An American Werewolf in London movie
This is a mixture between comedy and horror about two young american men who goes on a trip to England. They are attacked by a werewolf out in the misty english landscape. One of them dies right there, while the other survives but is later tranformed into a blood-thirsty …
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The famous black-and-white 1951 British version of “A Christmas Carol” starring Alastair Sim is considered a classic and loved by many. Before I had watched it for the first time, I heard his movie praised so much that I thought I was going to love it as well. However, …
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Whenever Hollywood produces a movie about superheroes that is successful at the box office, it isn’t unusual to see them attempt to make a sequel. Usually, the sequel is nowhere near as good as the original.
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a perfect example of this.
When I …
In Her Shoes
In Her Shoes star Cameron Diaz as well as Toni Collette. They play sisters in this movie and the Director of this movie had certainly written a very feel-good story about what sibling rivalry perhaps is and that chain simply cannot be broken.
Cameron plays the character Maggie and she …
Happy Feet (2006)
Happy Feet is a 3D animation movie. I can say it’s a musical movie. Lots of songs in there. If you like musicals, watch it. If you don’t, you could try but I’m not sure if you’re gonna like it.
Happy Feet is about a penguin that can’t sing. He …
Annabelle (horror movie)
A friend of mine who loves horror movies encouraged me to watch the trailer for Annabelle, and I knew I just had to since it was supposedly based on the story of one of the haunted dolls that resides in Ed and Lorraine Warren’s doll room. I was so terrified …
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
When I first saw Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom back in 1984, I was disappointed. It had none of the exciting elements that made Raiders so successful. The biggest missing elements are the supporting cast. Brody was clearly a mentor to Dr. Jones. And Marion, the love …
Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
Live Free or Die Hard, directed by Len Wiseman is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for intense sequences of violence and action, language and a brief sexual situation. The original release date was June 27, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the …
Hostel (movie)
When we started watching the movie Hostel last night, we thought we were going to get a good thriller. What we got was a bad porn film pretending to be a scary movie.
The movie, which is supposed to be about three Americans traveling in Europe who end up getting …
Mr.Deeds
Mr.Deeds is a mediocre comedy movie. This Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder starred movie misses something which makes it not appealing much to the viewer. Though the movie has a decent plot and impressive star cast, it some how doesn’t manage to attract the viewer. It is the story …
Let sleeping corpses lie movie
Italian director Jorge Grau’s unsettling British based zombie movie is one of the most chilling zombie movies in the genre, due to the fusion of horror styles the director incorporates in the film. Grau supplied the blood and guts excessiveness that defined the underground extreme Italian style splatter fests, …
War movie
The movie War starring Jason Statham and Jet Li is an action packed thriller that is very intense. I just watched this movie recently and found it to be very worthwild. There are so many twists and turns that it will keep you on the edge of your seat. …
Autopsy: Postmortem with Dr. Michael Baden (UR, 2008)
I must really be a morbid individual because I find documentaries about serial killers, crime scenes, and autopsies incredibly fascinating. Upon renting this one on Netflix, I was immediately intrigued. The mention of high profile cases was of extreme interest to me. And I liked …
The Return movie
I actually did not hear of the movie “The Return” until recently and when I heard that it was actually a thriller that had originated out of Russia, my curiosity was piqued even further. When I watched it I also could not help but think that it was actually …
Toy Story 2
I am reviewing the Disney movie, Toy Story 2. Like most sequels, this movie isn’t as good as the original Toy Story, but it is still clever and good. Buzz and Woody are buddies in this film. There is a new puppy in the picture, and it …
Mr Brooks DVD
I have stated before that we love to watch movies. One of my favorite actors is Kevin Costner. I usually tend to watch movies that contain actors or actresses that appeal to me. So when Rob and I saw this advertisement for Kevin Costner, starring in a …
Million Dollar Baby (2004 movie)
This movie takes us on a tour of a female boxer who tries to make it to the big money bouts by way of Clint Eastwood as her Coach/Trainer. As a boxer, she has the moves, the speed, the knockout power to put down anyone in her weight class, …
Inkheart
Whenever I watch a movie starring the ever talented Brendan Fraser, I would swoon. That’s because he is such a talented actor and his acting is so magical each time. The roles that he played are all the right kind of mix for him. From the anthology …
V for Vendetta movie
When I first heard about “V for Vendetta” I was sceptical of whether or not the Wachowski brothers would be able to pull out a quality movie after their not so astounding Matrix Revolutions. As the movie release date approached I watched more and more movie trailers, as …
The Amazing Spiderman, 2012 Movie
Young Peter Parker spends a lot of time in the care of his aunt May and uncle Ben who love him and care for him as if he is their own child. He also loves them, but one question does not stop bothering him - what happened to his …
Ali (2001)
Ali, directed by Michael Mann is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for some language and brief violence. The original release date was December 25, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Biography/Drama/Sport and stars Will Smith as Cassius Clay aka …
Transformers
When I first learned they were coming out with a live-action Transformers movie, my first thought was �Well, there�s another 80s TV show being ruined.�
From the previews, it looked like one of those films that would rely heavily on special effects and not offer much in terms of plot. …
Captivity (UR, 2003)
Fashion model Jennifer (played by Elisha Cuthbert) has been kidnapped after spending the evening at a nightclub. She awakens to find herself trapped in some sort of basement with a labyrinth of killer tricks and props. She realizes that someone is testing her, watching her every move. …
The Beach (2000)
An American bag packer is informed about a mysterious island, an island that he has heard many stories about but he doesn’t believe it is real, that was until he was given a map to its location by a former inhabitant of the very same mysteries island. He meets …
Knight and Day Movie(2010)
My husband and I went on a double movie marathon the other night. We wanted to see two movies back to back. One of these movies is Knight and Day. My review may contain spoilers so just a warning for those who have not seen it yet, stop here.
Knight …
Despicable Me movie
Another entertaining and cute animated movie I have watched is Despicable Me. Honestly, when I saw the trailer I wasn’t really interested because I found it to be really simple. But then again, I realized I was all wrong with my thoughts because it was a movie that …
Inkheart movie
When I first saw the movie “Inkheart” advertising to be released in theatres I somehow assumed that it was supposed to be a fantasy film which starred the actor Brendan Fraiser. Therefore at one point I was even planning on saving some money to watch it while it was …
Children of Men movie
Children of Men: The world has stopped procreating due to some unknown inferility plaguing the world. One woman is pregnant and she must be safely transported to the “Human Project.” What this project is, the movie never explains. Why humans are infertile or why she is able to have …
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