Movies Reviews
Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Vampire
This is the second night in a row that I have sat down to watch a Scooby Doo movie with my daughter. And, I will say Scooby Doo and the Legend of the Vampire is by far the best Scooby Doo movie I’ve ever seen.
This movie, which takes place …
Victory
Victory with Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill.
When I first saw the title along with one of my favorite actors, I thought that it would be an adventure film with plenty of action. Boy was I wrong. This movie is so slow and action free …
National treasure (movie)
I rented the movie National Treasure today because it stars Nicolas Cage. I had seen the advertisements trailers for the movie during a mini TV show called treasure hunters. It is a movie about a man named Ben who is hunting for a treasure that was hid by the …
Mommy (2014 Canadian Drama Film)
Most often than not, small films like this one gets buried in a year full of blockbusters. Which is probably the reason why I was not able to watch this the year it was released. Admittedly, 3 years ago, I was not too much of a fan of smaller movies. …
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 …
1408
What’s up with horror or thriller movies with numbers…? But the idea works for me. In 1408, I was scared out of my mind, truly. I watched it on DVD pretty recently and luckily my relatives were around.
The 3 of us, that is. We …
Movie Reno 911
Reno 911 is an extraordinary ensemble of unknowns that team up to make the slapstick satire on the Reno Police Force a real winner. The use of lit up scenes in an amateurish presentation makes this show look like a home video, but do not be fooled. …
Spiderwick chronicles
My sister has wanted to watch the Spiderwick Chronicles now for a long time. So I bought it for her on her last birthday. She was extremely excited when she got it and she watched it that night. I think she must have watched it for about 5 …
Beerfest Movie
The movie Beerfest takes two things I enjoy, beer and movies and combines them together to make a fun summer flick. Beerfest, as you can tell by the title is nto an intellectual film, its not even a remotely serious film. Beerfest covers the life of two Americans who …
Underdog movie
No one is more surprised than I am that Underdog is actually a good little movie. As a rule, I don’t like remakes or re-thinks that mess with the history of something I loved as a child, and I did love watching the Underdog cartoons as a kid.
Underdog …
Twilight
Before the movie Twilight came into theaters, I heard many preposterous comments about this movie. I even heard these brutal comments about the book, from whom most did not even read. Before I started my grasp on the Twilight Saga, I was confidental about not reading them, knowing what …
Movie Basic
The movie Basic is a military movie about a bunch of Army Rangers that get killed in a training accident or do they? This movie stars Samuel Jackson and John Travolta. Samuel Jackson plays the Sergeant in charge of training all of the Army Rangers. He takes a group …
Ratatouille film
Ratatouille is an instant classic computer-animated film by Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures. It tells the story of a rat living in Paris who dreams of becoming a chef. This movie delivers the full package; a great plot, amazing animation, humor, and a heart warming moral.
The animation …
Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince
I just got done watching Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince for the second time since it’s come out. I am a huge Harry Potter fan, I have read all the books and have seen all the movies up until now. The books have never disappointed me, and …
Cadillac Records
This movie was actually pretty good. Most of the main characters managed to capture the essence of the lives they were supposed to play, but some did not. Mos Def played Chuck Berry and did an outstanding job portraying one of the pioneers of what we now know as …
Mona Lisa Smile
It took me a very long time to watch the movie “Mona Lisa Smile” because I have always found it very hard to watch movies starring the actress Julia Roberts. This is because I’m used to her starring in a lot of romance films which I don’t like as …
Now You See Me (movie)
One of the movies that I was lucky enough to watch on DVD recently was the movie “Now You See Me”. The first time that I had actually heard about this movie was when someone encouraged me to watch its trailer around three or so weeks before the movie …
Feature Film “The Collector”
This movie had made me be more careful about the movies I check out with netflix. I did not know too much about this film before I watched it. I had only seen the trailer and it did not look too bad. To make sure I …
Home Alone movie
The original and still the best. This side-splitting comedy tells the tale of a kid who thought he had wished his family away. Enjoying his spoils he indulges his child-like appetite like only a kid can. Meanwhile, two buglars are rampaging through the neighborhood stealing all in their path …
Movie The Sixth Sense
M. Night Shyamalan is a driector of some strange movies. Yet when you see his films they are usually very good. I watched the movie starring Bruce Willis as Dr Malcom Crowe and Haley Osment as Cole Sear the little boy who see dead people.
Dr Malcom Crowe …
Man On Fire
Man On Fire stars Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, and Dakota Fanning. This is an exceptional film that dealt with the serious issue of the kidnapping business in Mexico, yet did so in a very warm manner.
How do you make a great film about any subject? …
World War 2: The Lost Color Archives
Last week I decided to learn a bit more about the second world war, I think it is important to know how it went and what happened during that war. So I decided to view a documentary about it. The reason I watched this specific documentary is because it …
Princess Bride (1987 movie)
A fairy tale movie in every sense. This story is told to a young Fred Savage by his grandfather, Pater Falk. In a fairy tale land with fairy tale characters, it brings to life a masterpiece that is loved to this very day. The story is about a fair …
Halloween H2O, movie
Jamie Lee Curtis reprises the role that brought her into the mainstream and solidified her as one of, if not the best of, the scream queens. But, unlike her first ventures out as the quiet and reserved Laurie, we see her in full force as a disturbed mother trying …
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
Meet the Robinsons, directed by Stephen J. Anderson is rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was March 30, 2007. This movie falls in the genre of Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family/Science Fiction and stars the voices of Angella Bassett as Mildred, Daniel Hansen as Lewis, jprdan …
The House Bunny movie
The House Bunny
PG-13
Director: Fred Wolf
Cast: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings
When I saw the trailers for “The House Bunny”, I was excited to see it because Anna Faris was in the movie, and I thought she was a funny actress after seeing her in the Scary Movie …
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
After a long time, I had the oppurtunity to watch a Shahrukh Khan Film. A romantic comedy film that sometimes brings the viewers to tears. I felt that some of the facts are so real in the world and that made me shed some tears. Good movie with …
Jeepers Creeper (2001)
I don’t know what they may say about Jeepers Creepers but I think this one of the scariest movies I’ve seen. It’s got a sequel Jeepers Creepers II, shown in 2003 but the first one is scarier. The creeper (played by Jonathan Breck) is some kind of …
The Prince & Me
When the Prince & Me came out on DVD, I avoided it. But, when it showed up on cable, my wife forced me to watch it. What a cheesy film.
I’m sorry but how many movies can you possibly make about a rich spoiled brat from another country who falls …
Dirty Deeds, 2005
“Dirty Deeds” is a comedy some kids will like, but if you prefer smart humor, don’t bother. West Valley High School has a funny tradition: every year during the homecoming week one of the students takes up the challenge of committing “10 Dirty Deeds” - 10 pranks that progress …
A Is for Acid,2002 movie
This movie is based on a true story of John George Haig, a 1940s serial killer also known as the Acid Bath Murderer. When Haig had discovered that a human body can be completely dissolved in acid, he figured that he’d come up with a foolproof way to get …
Magic Mike XXL (2015) movie
Magic mike XXL is a drama comedy movie directed by Gregory Jacobs.As you may know,its the sequel of the movie Magic Mike released in 2012.Undoubtedly,it is again about group of male strippers who want to put one last show.This movie is for a very limited audience. You may think this …
Earth documentary
You always hear people discussing cinematography in various films and movies, but in the movie I finally saw last night, —˜Earth,’ the cinematography is magnificent and clearly on a different level than most documentaries I have seen. The movie is made up of several —˜stories’ of animals in their …
Barbarella (1968)
Starring: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Joan Greenwood, Milo O’Shea, Marcel Marceau, David Hemmings, Claude Dauphin, and Ugo Tognazzi.
Directed by: Roger Vadim.
Erotic science fiction in the late 1960s? Who would have ever thought of it? Apparently, a comic artist named Jean-Claude Forest did when he created “Barbarella” and …
Good Neighbors Movie (2010)
I was looking forward to seeing the movie Good Neighbors for quite some time. I have read mixed reviews about it and wanted to check it out for myself. My overall impression at the end of the movie was that overall it is a forgettable movie. There have been …
Round-Up Time in Texas movie
After watching a bunch of old westerns with Tex Ritter, it’s actually quite a change to now watching a few with Gene Autry in them. They are both singing cowboys, but they are very different, too. This movie is called Round-Up Time in Texas from 1937.
First of …
Wildcats movie
Goldie Hawn stars in Wildcats as a football coach, something that is definitely unusual and which presents her with a lot of challenges. She knows football, but her knowledge doesn’t buy her the trust and belief of anyone, including her team. She has to work hard to …
Pterodactyl (2005) movie
I wanted to see this movie for a long time as I like dinosaur movies and it turned out to be rather decent! Yes, it’s not exactly another Jurassic Park but the movie has a solid enough plot and the pterodactyls looked pretty good. The only real hitch is …
Things We Lost in the Fire (R, 2007) movie
I was expecting a little bit of over-acting from Halle Berry, and perhaps even a bit too much gratuitous skin. There was indeed a lot of skin in this movie. But most of the skin shown was on the face–close-ups of the actors for long periods of …
Hulk vs. Wolverine (2009)
This is a classic battle that has managed to cross over from the pages of the comic books and finally on to DVD. The battle between mighty powers created by Marvel and the universe that they have created. In this animated movie, you get to decide who will emerge …
Non-Stop (movie)
I was looking forward to seeing the movie “Non-Stop” since February when it was in theatres since it had Liam Neeson, one of my favourite actors as a main character in it, and because the trailer that I had seen for it made the movie look interesting. I ended …
Ladyhawke (1985)
This movie is about a pair of star crossed lovers who have fallen prey to a terrible curse set upon them by a Bishop. The tale goes like this, they can never share each others human company for by day, the woman is transformed into a Hawk as the …
Blue Herrings movie
I am reviewing the movie, Blue Herrings, starring Daniel Casey and John Nettles as the mystery duo of Sergeant Troy and Chief Inspector Barnaby. This movie was made in 2000, was produced by Brian-True-May, and was based off the novel written by Caroline Graham.
In this movie, viewers get …
Movie: The Girl Next Door
I liked “The Girl Next Door” the first time I watched it, but I really enjoyed it more the second time around. I liked it so much, I actually bought it on DVD! I got a good deal, so even though I don’t feel the need to …
Children of Men
To start off with, any movie that has Michael Caine saying, �Pull my finger� at gunpoint can’t be all bad. And Children of Men is not bad, but it sure is depressing. The story of a future Earth, where the last baby born was eighteen years ago, and now …
Movie Rush Hour 3
When they came out with a 3rd Rush Hour movie, my first thought was “this will have a few laughs but will fail to live up to the first two movies.” After watching the movie this past weekend, I can now say I was wrong. This movie might actually …
She’s The Man
Amanda Bynes sizzles in She’s The Man. In this story, she plays Viola, helping her brother to be able to perform in London. His brother loves playing for his band so much and since he is in the soccer team at his school, Viola decides to act as …
Redbelt movie
I watched this movie recently on one of the movie channels. Overall it was a pretty good movie. Honestly I felt like it is a movie that has good things and bad things in it. One of the good things about this movie is it is a unique movie. …
Death of a Ghost Hunter
One of the movies we ended up watching this past weekend was one called “Death of a Ghost Hunter.” My wife and I like the television series “Ghost Hunters” and I figured this movie would be close to that in terms of plot and would be halfway interesting.
I was …
The stupids
The stupids is my personal favorite comedy. It is one of the most demented and funniest movies I’ve ever seen. This movie stars Tom Arnold (just to give you an idea of what kind of movie this is) as Mr. Stupid someone who is convinced that someone is stealing …
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