Movies Reviews
Movie: Black Swan
Synopsis: After years of dedication to ballet, a dancer (Natalie Portman) gets the opportunity to play the Swan Queen in an upcoming production of Swan Lake. However, the role proves to be very challenging and, as a result, her mind starts to unravel as the stress gets to her.
What …
Monsieur Hire, 1989 movie
The movie Monsieur Hire is a tragic type of movie. It is mainly about two separate persons who have no similar attributes except both are extremely lonesome. The subplot is about murder. In example, the initial scene of the movie shows that of a corpse. …
Movie: The Full Monty
My wife and I were doing some housework after a weekend yardsale left us a bit disorganized. Since we wanted some sort of distraction, we ended up turning on the TV and came across the movie The Full Monty.
I hadn’t seen this movie in ages and decided to watch …
Mr Arkadin movie
What could have been a major masterpiece by Orson Welles was severely cut down by the production company as they thought it was “too boring” and to mr Welles’ devastation he found yet another of his works butchered and lost forever. It was the exactly same thing with The …
The Fault in Our Stars (teen romance movie)
I’ve been a fan of the young actress Shailene Woodley ever since I saw her performance in Divergent. It was clear to me that she had matured as an actress and taken on more mature roles. Therefore, even though I’m certainly no fan of romance movies, I was definitely curious …
Grave of the Fireflies
This “anime” film from Japan by Isao Takahata deals with a lot more realistic theme than those found in the most famous anime creator Miyazaki. Grave of the Fireflies tells the heartbreaking story of some children who survived the nuclear attack on Hiroshima in the 1940s. It is very …
Hostage (2005 movie)
Bruce Willis (Jeff Talley)…expert hostage negotiator loses control of the situation and a family dies. Trying to forget his past he moves to a small town and is now their Chief of Police. Three youngsters in town start trouble by breaking into a rich family’s house and demands are …
Alvin & the Chipmunks meet the Wolfman
While my daughter loved the movie Alvin & the Chipmunks meet Frankenstein, I don’t think she was a huge fan of the film Alvin & the Chipmunks meet the Wolfman..
Of course, part of the problem could have been the fact the rented DVD was a bit scratched up and …
Mean Machine Movie
The former football player Danny Meehan is sent to prison for drunk driving. While there he can’t resist the temptation of playing football again, so he starts a league among the inmates. The only difference to “real” football is that there are much fewer rules in the new system.
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Netflix versus Blockbuster
I prefer Netflix because I love being able to watch movies instantly online. I joined this site a few months at the $9.99 a month rate. I can usually get about 4-5 movies through the mail each month with this plan, if I return them within a day or two. …
Disney’s Cinderella Movie (2015)
Every girl has perhaps seen and watched one of the most popular and most remembered fairy tales of all time - Cinderella. Every girl would have been dazzled by the magic of this movie, sympathized with Cinderella, fell in love with the prince, thrilled with the 12 midnight curfew, and …
Hudsucker Proxy
I was not planning to watch this movie. Channel surfing brought me to the movie about ten or fifteen minutes into it. I decided to give it a moment, check things out before surfing on to another channel. But I stayed and watched the whole thing, and loved every …
Movie: Unstoppable
Synopsis: Two train company employees must chase down a runaway locomotive and stop it or slow it down before it derails; spilling the toxic chemicals that it is carrying with it.
What I liked about this movie: I think the best part of this movie for me was all the …
Friday the 13th Part 6
Friday the 13th part 6 isn’t my favorite, but there are a few scenes that I really love. One thing that I loved is that two 1980’s actors from soap operas appear in the movie. The first is a man who played Duncan on As the World Turns. On …
Flawless
This was a great movie, to me. I love jewel thief type movies and this one rates high on my list. It has Demi Moore and Michael Caine in it. I sadly did not catch the end of the movie but I made it up until the last 15 …
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Movie
I admit that it’s hard for me to describe the impressions that I have of this “Harry Potter” film in words, because “The Order of the Phoenix ” grabbed me from the start and did not let me go until the very finale , continually stunning me with its …
The Usual Suspects movie
I just watched the movie “The Unsual Suspects” last week on a bootleg DVD someone had of it, so I’m not completely sure what quality the actual DVD would be. I heard a lot of good things about this movie before I actually got to watch it, one of …
Eddie Izzard Live: Stripped
Introduction
I have been a fan of Eddie Izzard from the beginning. Recently, I got given his latest live DVD called ’stripped’ and he is still one of the funniest comedians out there.
The Show
If you have seen an Eddie Izzard performance before then it is fair to say that you …
Daddy Day Camp (2007)
This is a sequel to Daddy Dare care where they have expanded the business from a simple care area and now they have bought a camp in order to be able to take care of more children at once. Business is slow and the attendance is low which causes …
13 Going On 30 (movie)
13 Going On 30 is one of the most idiotic movies I have ever seen. My family saw it and convinced me to sit down and watch with them. Well, I will give 13 Going On 30 credit for getting the family to sit through one more viewing because …
Sin City Spoke To My Soul
It’s rare that I watch a movie and actually develop an opinion about it or respond emotionally to it. Well, I saw Sin City a few days ago and I am totally ambivalent towards it. I’ll say right now that it gets a 5, and here’s why: …
Keeping Mum
I watched this film recently on DVD, mainly because it’s British and I love British film, but also because it stars Rowan Atkinson and Kristin Scott Thomas, both brilliant actors. Rowan Atkinson plays a vicar (again) and is very believable in the part, showing no Mr Bean style goofiness …
Friday the 13th
My wife and I rented the remake of the movie Friday the 13th and didn’t know what to expect from it. I figured it would be roughly the same as the original but, shortly after starting it, I realized I don’t remember a thing about the original and couldn’t …
Titanic movie
What can I say about the second highest grossing movie in the world? A lot, I guess. First, I have seen it at least twenty different times, ten of which was from the big screen. I guess I was one of those moviegoers who contributed to …
Movie: Music and Lyrics
Music and Lyrics with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore is a romantic comedy about an has-been 80\’s pop star and a young writer, in the present time. The two meet and try to write a song together for a prominent music artist. This is the first non-action …
Film A Good Year
A Good Year is a real feel good film, just like the title suggests. Russell Crow plays the lead and I actually like him in this film. He does a great English accent and plays a hard hearted, workaholic, money hungry city trader to perfection. His character doesn’t seem …
Gone With the Wind 70th Anniversary Limited Edition box set
Gone With the Wind 70th Anniversary Limited Edition box set was my Valentine’s Day present in 2010. I love this movie very much. I am uncertain love is a strong enough word for how I feel about this movie. I respect it for the time period …
Movie Homocide
Homicide with Joe Mantegna and Bill Macy.
I do not believe that this movie made the big screen as it was pretty cheesy. It focuses on two crimes in New York City. One was a black cop killer who only needed to be located. …
P.S. I Love You movie
I know that I am a girl and I love reading love stories but I am not a big fan of watching a pure drama love stories. Don’t get me wrong, I love mushy stuff but not the drama factor the whole time because it really affects my mood. When …
A Charlie Brown Christmas Movie
With Christmas coming and going every year, there is one thing that always remains the same in my house. Every year, since I was a child and now as an adult, my family and I sit and watch A Charlie Brown Christmas at least once during the Christmas season. …
Music & Lyrics
A washed up 80’s pop icon and a frustrated writer team up to write the love song for the biggest pop star of the new millennia. Hugh Grant plays Alex Fletcher, the former member of Pop who is dire need of another chance to launch his songwriting career. Drew …
From Hell movie
From Hell gives us the terrifying story of “Jack the Ripper” who savagely killed prostitutes in London late in the 19th century. A very effectful journey, with a drug addict Johnny Depp as the police officer who tries to solve the crimes, and Robbie Coltrane as his helper. The …
Return of the King movie
I am reviewing the last installment of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings series, The Return of the King, which was released around 2003. This is by far my favorite in the series. This movie focuses on Frodo’s continuous battle with the ring’s power on him, the power of …
Shutter : Hollywood Version
I love Asian movies ever since I watched some of the Chinese comedy and the Korean horrors! I guess you can never really say that only Hollywood makes the best movies in the world. Shutter is one of the horror films I love. Believe me as I say that …
Beowulf Movie
I went into Beowulf with some high expectations. Sure, Angelina Jolie was in it (someone I can’t stand), but the previews looked pretty good, the animation truly incredible and I have always been a fan of the Beowulf story. What could be better than seeing Beowulf beautifully …
Encounter in the 3rd Dimension
I watched this IMAX movie, called Encounter in the 3rd Dimension, with my boyfriend, and it was the darndest thing I’ve ever been to. Now, don’t get me wrong about the movie, though short, (but isn’t all IMAX movies supposed to be). I was fed up with …
The devil wears prada
This is a Meryl Streep movie, and like all of her movies she is simply fantastic. I find that Streep gives that extra input in her work that makes her such an extra ordinary actress. I personally compare her a lot to the actor, Joaquin Phoenix they …
The island
Starring Ethan Hawke
Lincoln Six-echo is a resident of a seemingly utopian but contained facility in the mid 21st century. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Licoln hopes to be chosen to go the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But a small butterfly leads Lincoln …
The Devil & Daniel Webster Movie
You won’t see Hollywood make this type of a movie today, oh no. It’s got “religion” in it, you see, the characters go to church and read their Bible, and all that is taken seriously, no one makes fun of them for it. God-fearing people are actually presented as …
Hot Fuzz
This movie was fantastic, it had me chuckling the whole way through. From the same team that gave us Shaun of the Dead, this takes the life of Police Officer Nicholas Angel and delights with a send up of American police movies and the British country whodunits. …
My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Ok, I’ll admit it, when My Super Ex-Girlfriend came out, I thought it was going to be stupid. That’s why I didn’t see it at the theater or even rent it on DVD.
However, when I finally saw it on cable the other day, I have to admit I was …
TMNT (2007)
TMNT, directed by Kevin Munroe is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for animated action violence, some scary cartoon images and mild language. The original release date was March 23, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Animation/Comedy/Drama/Fantasy and stars the …
40 Year Old Virgin movie
The 40 Year Old Virgin, in my opinion, is one of the better Apatow related movies. Movies from the Apatow crowd include Anchorman, Superbad, Knocked Up, etc. Back to 40 year Old Virgin, I haven’t laughed this hard during a movie in a long time. Most …
THE ISLAND MOVIE DVD
I hope I am not the only person who was totally NOT impressed with this movie. I found THE ISLAND to be entirely predictable after about 30 minutes. I try so hard not to figure out the endings of movies, or what is REALLY going on, because, when they …
State of Play movie
I watched State of Play that day with my friends and I was so hating it in the beginning. I wanted to watch some other show, but all of them insisted on this one. Starring Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck, this is one thriller of a movie that …
The Merchant of Venice Movie
We have watched the movie Merchant of Venice when we were assigned to do a role play for our presentation when we were in college.
The story started when Bassario asked his friend Antonio who was a merchant to lend him money for him to be able to court the …
Inside (UR, 2007) movie
In this hideous film, a woman and her boyfriend are riding in a car when they have a fatal car accident with another vehicle. The scene depicting the accident is somewhat bloody. We see that the woman in the car is pregnant. Her boyfriend doesn’t …
The Secret movie
I came across a movie on Netflix called “The Secret” and it sounded like a really good thriller. The fact it starred David Duchovny also won me over because I’ve always felt he was an underrated actor.
However, while the movie turned out to be halfway decent, I also found …
Shinobi
Amazing culture and imagination always represented Japan.This movie is one reason why.With only a fraction of the budged of all-day American high-rated movie,Shinobi turned out a great story to watch.It is happening in the XVI century,where two mysterious rival clans of a breed of fighters called Shinobi are put …
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