Dirty Dancing is one of those movies that people either love or don’t care for at all. I’m definitely one of the former people, which explains why I now own three copies of the movie on DVD. When I was looking through the racks of a local store and …

If you all have watched 28 Days Later before, then you must certainly catch 28 Weeks Later. I have the opportunity to watch it and here is my review.
This show lasts for about 1 hr 31 minutes, and it is the sequel to 28 Days Later. Now, …

Thought provoking, stylistic, and entertaining all highlight the 2008 blocbuster The Dark Knight. This film not only provided the audience members with an action fest, it offered some heavy philosophical talking points long after the credits roled. How do you defeat an …

Of all the Walt Disney movies that are out there, the Little Mermaid has to be one of the more colorful ones. Prior to the bad sequels and the even worst television series, this movie was an inspiration for future underwater tales, including Nemo.
My daughter isn’t very good at …

The 1995 film, “Now and Then” has a very heartwarming plot that is sure to entertain those who enjoy tales of friendship and strength and love. However, I was not as thrilled of the cast of the film as I would have liked to be, and found that the …

Step Up, directed by Anne Fletcher is rated PG-13 bythe Motion Picture Association of America for thematic elements, brief violence and innuendo. The original release date was August 11, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Music/Romance and stars Channing Tatum as Tyler Gage …

Reading the description of What Happens in Vegas, you would assume it is like many other romantic comedies that have come out over the years, like How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days or the more dramatic The Breakup. But, after watching it last night, I have to …

Vantage Point, directed by Pete Travis is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language. The original release date was February 22, 2008 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of …

(Side Note: Some of the unrecognizable words are French; and are not misspellings. The film is an original French production.)
The initial question the film patron is bound to ask with regard to the titled movie is: “Who the heck is Hortense?” Hortense is …

In the beginning, B Rabbit is involved in a Rap Battle, but he chokes on stage and ran off in disgrace, this is his passion, but he is yet to find his muse. As he continues with his life as a struggling Rapper, he spends most of his work …

I had been looking forward to the big screen adaption of Stephen King’s excellent short story 1408 from his collection Everything’s Eventual. I’d heard quite a few positive reviews and heard that it didn’t do too bad at the box office either, which was unexpected and hopefully a good …

One of the movies that I watched this summer was “Men in Black 3”, starring the first movie’s original actors, Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. I have to admit that before I saw it, I was somewhat eager to watch the movie being that the plot sounded very …

When I bought this movie from the DVD store I didn’t expect a lot from it. I didn’t know the actors, never heard about the director and never heard about this movie in any reviews I have ever read before. I decided to make this a bed time movie, …

I had a friend recently recommend the movie Juno to me. From the trailers, the movie didn’t really stand out to me, and I probably wouldn’t have realized it existed if not for this friend. That is all beside the point, however, because I’m very glad I …

This is probably the third time I’ve watched the TV movie Drake & Josh Go Hollywood and, I’m not sure why, but I’m finding it to be one of the dumbest possible movies ever.
I mean the whole premise of the film doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. First, …

I think one of the funniest scenes in the movie is when you have a gorgeous blonde who is trying to hook up with a goofy, balding man. Every time I see the movie, I start laughing. I realize that it is supposed to be a small town, but …

Open Water was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. When I first started the movie, I thought, “Oh, well maybe this is one of those movies that has a good storyline, but just a low budget”. But, I guess I was wrong. It …

A truly great family movie that I was eagerly anticipating following the hit first title and I thoroughly enjoyed this movie with a couple of friends.
Full of laughs and witty little jokes and lines, this movie had me light hearted and comically relieved throughout and I really had a …

This was an excellent drama starring Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett, in roles that are quite different than anything else I have seen either of them in.
The two actresses play teachers at a British school. Barbara (Dench) is a closet lesbian, and Sheba (Blanchett) is having an affair with …

Sick, twisted, morbid and demented are the terms to toss at this remake of the same name. Willard, played by Cripsin Glover is the man character, one who is abused by almost every one around him, including his mother, his boss and even a rat named Ben. After losing …

“Big Fish” is a very unique film starring Ewan McGregor. When I say unique, I really mean unique. It is a very hard film to describe without spoiling the plot.
Pros: Tim Burton certainly used all of his creative juices in directing this film. The film includes …

Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, directed by Dennis Dugan is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for crude sexual content throughout, nudity, language and drug references. The original release date was July 20, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of …

This review may contain spoilers. In this film written and directed and starring Clint Eastwood. Walt (played by Eastwood) is in the midst of many changes in his life, his wife just died, his family are spoiled brats, and his neighbors are mostly Hmong immigrants. One of his neighbors …

Alice in Wonderland was one of those older Disney films that I never really understood as a child. Even now, as an adult, I still have some problems understanding the themes or what exactly is happening in the movie at certain times. The original film was released in 1951 …

“The Green Lantern: First Flight” is an animated movie installment to the DC Comics story of a test pilot turned intergalactic superhero. When Abin Sur, a beloved member of the Green Lantern Corps crashes on earth, he calls forth a worthy replacement, Hal Jordan the test pilot, to …

This is the best on-line movie rental program ever!! Even BlockBuster can’t come close to this. We love the selection of movies on DVD from old black and white silent to today’s current movies. TV shows that we grew up with and miss, since we think …

Starring: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene, Genevieve Bujold, Richard Roundtree, Marjoe Gortner, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, and Victoria Principal.
Directed by: Mark Robson.
“Earthquake” followed the wave of the huge disaster film craze back in the 1970s. It actually competed with the megahit, “The Towering Inferno”, in the …

Garfield, directed by Peter Hewitt is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for brief mild language. The original release date was June 11, 2004 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Animation/Comedy/Family and stars Breckin Meyer as Jon, Jennifer Love Hewitt as …

Cinderella story is yet another amazing movie featuring Hilary Duff (Sam). Sam is a girl affected by the 1989 earthquake. Her dad died that day. She was forced to live with her evil stepmother just like every other cinderella story. Sam falls in love with the most popular guy …

After the defeat in Tobruk in 1942, Joe Gunn leads his troops through the desert of Sahara to get away from Rommel’s army and reach his allied forces.
This film is completely lacking all form of intelligence. I doubt it’s even historically correct, because everything that happens seem so over-dramatized …

Another installment in Vince Flynn’s popular Mitch Rapp series. As usual, Flynn is right up to date with his settings and back stories.
Mitch Rapp is one of the better developed characters in popular action fiction. Flynn makes the hardbitten undercover operative the kind of guy we wish worked for …

For those who want to understand grand and magnificent story of the Three Kingdoms, Red Cliff is the movie just for you.
Red Cliff tells the story of the Battle of the Red Cliff by three warring state during the end of the Han Dynasty, the Wei, Shu and …

Trois 2: Pandora’s Box (2002) was tragic; not in the sense that it was a tragedy, but that it was a TERRIBLE movie. It was one of the movies that is almost painful to watch. I found myself just shaking my head throughout the movie; that …

Getting Even with Dad is a very funny movie I remember watching when I was younger. I think this film was really funny. It’s about a kid who has a dad who is not a very good person. His dad is a criminal who is trying to steal some very …

Starring: Rory Calhoun, Paul Linke, Nancy Parsons, Nina Axelrod, and Wolfman Jack.
Directed by: Kevin Connor.
The villains who run ‘Motel Hell’ must be related to the family depicted in “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” which this film parodies quite often. In fact, “Motel Hell” parodies a whole list of modern …

Now here is a classic, which some will like and others will not. The movie is Jack and the Beanstalk, a 1952 production that features the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. If you like their humor, you’ll probably enjoy this version of the fairytale classic quite …

I watched this film upon the recommendation of one of nytimes film critics. I rely heavily on movie reviews, as I prefer to see titles released under the radar. It was a long wait for this film to be released in DVD version, and I had …

Jackass: The Movie, directed by Jeff Tremaine is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for dangerous, sometimes extremely crude stunts, language and nudity. The original release date for this movie was October 25, 2002 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Comedy …

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 …

We watched a movie the other night with Nicholas Gage in it. Although I like Nicholas Cage as an actor this was not one of his better movies.
I did not like the defeative attitude of the chaacchter that he played. He was a weatherman who …

This DVD release unfortunately is no better than the season set DVD releases for the show. There are no special features or bonus extras. All that’s on this DVD is eight episodes from the second season of the show. I had hoped when renting this DVD that because there …

It really does take an entertaining cartoon to keep my daughter quiet for 30 minutes. The movie Dora: Save The day, accomplished the impossible, keeping her quiet for almost 2 hours.
All four episodes on the DVD were good, especially the episode that had Dora, Boots and Swiper trying to …

After a long while, I’m back here, just to write a short review about the film “Alexander” from Oliver Stone. The film is about Alexander the Great.
Many meaningfull historical event are forget, and I think that Alexander was not that mad man.
The photography is at the level of Oliver …

I have seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show two times in my lifetime; last night was the second time. Each time I enjoyed the movie but I found myself leaving awfully confused.
Let me start out by saying that, if you haven’t seen this movie already, you may want to …

I got the kids to bed a bit early last night and, since my wife was taking a shower, I decided to sit down for a few minutes and see if I could find a movie on TV.
I ended up coming across the film Revenge of the Nerds on …

Star Trek Voyager season 3 episode 11 which is titled the Q and the gray was a very interesting yet odd episode for Voyager. I remember when Janeway first encountered the Q in a previous episode but never realized that he sort of holds a certain amount of fascination …

Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for scenes of contemporary violence and some sensuality. The original release date was November 1, 1996 for United States audience. This movie fallsin the genre of Crime/Drama/Romance and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as …

Vantage Point (2008) is an action film by director Pete Travis and is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images.
The president is in Spain to announce plans for a major global summit on terrorism. But as he stands behind the …