Movies Reviews
Throw Mama from the Train (1987)
One of my favorite VHS tapes (yes, I am over 50 and therefore behind the times) is “Throw Mama from the Train”. Despite the horrid title, this really is a good adult movie. In fact, I might even go out and buy it on DVD, since tapes …
Brother Bear (2003)
A coming of age story that focuses on the bond that is shared between family members and more importantly the bond between the brothers of that family is depicted in this animated movie from Disney Studios. Using animals to portray the story that even without a voice that is …
A Few Good Men
Another smashing performance from Jack Nicholson, whether he plays a good or bad character, he is always lovable. This courtroom drama is intense. Definitely a thinking persons movie. A drama worth the time and money spent. The staring roles with adequately placed and they pulled off a magnificent performance. …
Revolver
“Revolver” is another dramatic movie where the director, Guy Ritchie team up again with the actor, Jason Statham. This is the third movie project they were involved together, although one must always mention that it wasn’t the most successful one. “Revolver” received heavy criticism from the press and it …
Candleshoe film
Candleshoe is a marvelous little film that stars the great Helen Hayes, the multi-talented Jodie Foster, and the always keen David Niven. Candleshoe is the large and very old manor house that Hayes, as Lady St. Edmund, owns. Niven is her butler, Priory, and Foster is a …
Saw (horror movie)
Saw is 2004 horror, thriller and mystery movie directed by James Wan who had quite a successful career in directing horror movies. I don’t usually watch horror movies, not because I can’t bear them, but, because its not truly my genre. My friend told me how much of a …
I Do (But I Don’t) movie
The best words that describe the movie I Do (But I Don’t) is that it is a similar version of Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey movie The Wedding Planner. I believe that in comparision I Do (But I Don’t), although it has a great interpreation from the main actors, …
Alvin and the Chipmunks Movie
I saw the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks The Squeakquel at my local MJR Family Film Festival. I was a bit not-so-happy to go see it but it only cost my wife and I two bucks and our daughter got in free.
It ended up being a pretty cute …
Blind Man’s Bluff
I am reviewing The Case of the Blind Man’s Bluff, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie …
The Haunted Mansion
I am not an Eddie Murphy fan. I wasn’t fond of him back in the days of Saturday Night Live, and I have never liked his comedy bits. He’s way too out of my comfort zone for acceptable and appropriate comedy. That said, the best thing …
Spirited Away
I love animation movie. I just saw recommendations on this one and I decided to watch it on sidereel.
It’s an animation movie by Hayao Miyazaki. It is about a little girl named Chihiro, having to move to another city with her parents. On the way of …
Road to Utopia movie
Road to Utopia was the fourth movie in the Road picture series. Released in 1946 (but filmed in ‘44), Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour starred in the film. This time a couple of different things happened, beginning with a narrator (Robert Benchley) being used to …
Titanic
I watched the movie ‘Titanic’ two years ago. But memory of it still fresh in my memory. The actors are Kate Winslet and Leonardo. Their acting was good. In the movie, we see that a ship called ‘Titanic’ sails out. The people are very happy to board the ship …
Arthur and the Invisibles, Luc Besson Movie
Arthur decided to move from the UK accompanies his grandmother in the United States. The grandmother now lives alone after the grandfather disappeared somewhere to go. However, a strange occurrence befall Arthur, suddenly he to pull in the world to a new organism contains a mini-creature. The name of …
The Pacifier (2005 movie)
Vin Diesel is a Navy Seal who is given a mission to babysit a deceased scientist’s family, which are 5 children and a duck. His task is to protect them from harm while the mother is away. Have you ever seen or heard of such bologna in your whole …
“Nine” the movie 2010
I rented the musical “Nine” because of it’s stars– in particular, Nicole Kidman and Penelope Cruz, two of my favorites. I had seen Kidman in Moulin Rouge so I knew she could pull off a musical. I was a bit disappointed in the film. Now I have to admit, …
Copying Beethoven
I actually found the movie “Copying Beethoven” by accident as I had confused it with another movie I had seen years earlier and was searching high and low for a very long time. As soon as I saw the movie begin, I realised that it was not the movie …
Scott Turow’s The Burden of Proof - Part 1 movie
Scott Turow’s The Burden of Proof - Part 1 held some interest for me here and there, though it’s not something I would normally watch. Hector Elizondo stars as attorney Sandy Stern. Fresh off a victory, he goes home and finds his wife of many years dead, …
Kick Ass Movie (2010)
I thought the Kick Ass was just an ordinary comedy action movie. It stars a new kid named Aaron Johnson (Dave Lizerwski) as a high school student who wanted to be a super hero. He is a kid with a high motivation in becoming a superhero to make a …
One Hour Photo movie
One Hour Photo is a movie about a man who works in a one hour photo lab. Sy is played by Robin Williams, and as usual, Robin Williams delivers a superb performance. Sy is a loner and quite strange. Because Sy has no life of his own, he lives …
An Englishman in New York 2009
An Englishman in New York is a 2009 television movie which tells the story of the latter years of the great eccentric Quentin Crisp. The title of the drama is taken from the brilliant song by Sting which plays as the final credits are rolling. I was …
Mercy Streets
Two orphaned twin brothers, John and Jeremiah, are separated at the age of 14. They grow up radically different: Jeremiah goes to a seminary and becomes a priest, and John chooses the life of crime, specializing in all kinds of con jobs. Another difference is that Jeremiah thinks John …
Movie: Return of the Living Dead
I was in the mood for a good zombie movie this past weekend. Well, to be more accurate, I was in the mood for any zombie movie since I know finding a good one is kind of hard.
A few weeks ago, I had recorded the film Return of the …
Big Nothing movie
“Big Nothing” is a comedy about how to stay on the wrong side of the law with the actors, David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg at their best. I must admit that this movie could have been better if there was good work on the script and the way it …
Wedding Crashers movie
I’ve been getting a little burnt out on Owen Wilson comedies so I didn’t know what to think when I finally watched Wedding Crashers for the first time. It was hillarious.
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn make a great team, pretending to be related to the wedding parties so they …
RPG Metanoia The First 3d Animated Film in The Philippines
The first time I saw RPG Metanoia in YouTube.com as a movie trailer, I was amazed for those people who were involved in producing RPG Metanoia - the first 3d animated film ever made here in the Philippines. I said to myself that I would watch this movie even …
Dirty Dancing
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 …
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble-movie
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble is a 1976 drama film starring John Travolta..It is the story of a boy names Tod Lubitch who was born with deficiencies in his immune system.This meant that he had to be keep in a special protective bubble like environment.He could never …
Boogie Nights (1997)
Boogie Nights, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong sex scenes with explicit dialogue, nudity, drug use, language and violence. The original release date was October 10, 1997 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of …
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1
The latest installment from the largest and longest-running movie franchise had just arrived - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1.
All grown-up, Harry, Ron and Hermione, embark on their own on what may be their last journey to find the Horcruxes and destroy them before Lord Voldemort can …
Movie Alvin and the Chipmunks
Growing up we would hear about this crazy cartoon called Alvin and the Chipmunks. There were cartoons on television, there were records made with these three adorable little creatures and the nation just could not get enough of them
This past Christmas season there was a movie called Alvin …
Alive movie
A film which I think has had a very big impact on my life is the film “Alive” which I watched in the early 2000s even though it was released in nineteen ninety three.Before I watched the movie, my mother had told me about the actual situation several times …
Howard Stern’s Private Parts movie
This is a 1997 movie about Howard Stern, it tells the story of how he grew up, got fired from many radio stations, and tries to show how and why he became famous. The film is based on his 1993 book. The soundtrack to the film is really something …
X-Men (Movie)
As a fan of the comics and early morning animated show, I always felt this movie was a long time coming. Thankfully, someone finally saw fit to bring Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops and the rest to the big screen and under the direction of Bryan Singer; the X-Men were finally …
National Treasure
When I first saw the movie “National Treasure” advertising to be released I thought it was based on the book “The Da Vinci Code” by author Dan Brown. This was because I had just finished reading the book, and had heard either on the television or from one of …
The Cat Returns Movie
Anime movie about a teenage girl who saves the life of a cat that starts talking to her, something that changes her life completely.
The film was produced by the famous studio Ghibli where Hayao Miyazaki is producing his films. However, this is not near the same class his his …
Movie No Reservations
In all honestly, I believe this is the worst film for Catherine Zeta Jones and it is not entirley here fault! I decided to watch “No Reservations” after I liked its trailer, however, in the end, it failed to impress me. This film transmits a lot of sadness to …
The Bigamist movie
Another vintage movie that I’ve seen lately is The Bigamist. I’ve never seen it before. It’s really a classic soap opera piece that has much of it glossed over becomes of the standards and practices of the day. That actually surprises me, how they made movies …
Horton Hears A Who
I love all sorts of family and children movies and television shows, and Horton Hears A Who is right up at the top of my list of favorites. Horton Hears A Who is a cartoon movie about Horton, an elephant who hears voices coming from a dust ball. What …
Smallville Show
Who doesn’t love Smallville? I never was really much into it at first but started collecting it on DVD on a whim. I let the DVD’s sit on my shelf for awhile; my fiance went nuts when he saw them and bout the rest of the series for me. …
Einstein’s God Model (Sci-fi thriller Movie)
Einstein’s God Model is a Science fiction thriller film written and directed by Philip T. Johnson.
I really don’t know what to make of this film. It’s confusingly interesting, if you know what I mean. It doesn’t matter actually because I don’t really get all the science mumbo jumbo physic theories …
Friday the 13th Uncut (1980), slasher film
Friday the 13th was not the first slasher movie, but it does get credit for a few things. The biggest seller point to Friday the 13th is the fact we never saw anything like this, at the time. To this day Friday the 13th has been able to stand …
Rush Hour 2
In Rush Hour 2, Detective Lee and Carter return in an all new action packed movie. This movie focuses on Lee and Carters vacation to Hong Kong. Along the way they unintentionally become involved in a money laundering scheme, which takes them to L.A. to Hong Kong and back …
Bicentennial Man-film
Bicentennial Man is a 1999 film starring Robin Williams.It is about robot,who learns to become more human.The movie starts off with the robot being bought by a family in 2005 to perform housekeeping chores.He is nicknamed Andrew by the youngest member of the family, Amanda a …
Sherry Baby
“Sherry Baby” is a movie with a great message to send back home about ex-women convicts. Although the interpretation of Maggie Gyllenhaal in the main role is excellent, this movie has a weak script and the story moves on a very slow pace.
This movie is about a woman Sherry …
Funny People
Funny People stars Seth Rogen as Ira Wright, a young man struggling to make it as a comedian, and Adam Sandler, as George Simmons, a stand-up comedian turned movie star, who finds out that he has a presumed terminal illness.
George takes Ira under his wing and allows him to …
Over Her Dead Body
I decided to watch “Over Her Dead Body” because I read about the movie story and thought it was an interesting one. After watching it, I ended up disappointed because the movie fails to win over the audience. The comic moments in this romantic comedy are simply half baked!
“Over …
Killer Diller movie
Killer Diller, a 1948 movie doesn’t really feel like a movie. What it feels more like is a cavalcade of talent, African Americans who could really put on a show. Having never seen this before, I was amazed by the show and pretty much enjoyed it all.
Again, …
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