Movies Reviews
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is the first installment of the epic trilogy written by J.R.R. Tolkien. The story follows the quest of Frodo Baggins who has been given the nearly impossible task of destroying the one ring of power. I had …
Across the Universe
I first heard about this movie from Oprah when she featured it in her show and some of the cast members sang. It interested me because eventhough I’m not a big Beatles fan, I do love musicals. So I rented a DVD and watched it. Anyway Oprah said its …
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
The Quick and the Dead, directed by Sam Raimi is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was February 10, 1995 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Western and stars Sahron Stone as Ellen, Gene Hackman as John …
Butterfly Effect (2004)
First of all, if you are not familiar with a certain classic story, you will be left wondering what on earth “Butterfly Effect” means and what butterflies have to do with the plot of this movie. I happen to have heard of that story, although I do not remember …
Halloween II (2009) Feature Film
Halloween II is the newest remake of the Halloween movies by Rob Zombie. It is a bit hard to follow if you are a fan of the series. This is the sequel to the first remake of Halloween made by Rob Zombie and it makes sense …
Blades of Glory Movie (2007)
Not many people realize that the movie “Blades of Glory” is meant to be a spoof of the internationally acclaimed sport of ice-skating. If you want a movie that’s not a spoof, rent one of the all-time sports hero classics like “Rocky” or something of that nature. …
28 Days Later
28 days later is your typical zombie movie even though what those things are can’t really be thought of as zombies.
Basically a virus spreads and turns everyone it came into contact with into bloodthirsty savages which kill on sight. Unlike zombies though they are faster and (at least in …
10,000 B.C. (Movie)
My friend really pushed me into watching this movie that honestly I really dreaded to watch. I really felt that it is simply a waste of time to be watching “cavemen” fighting one another and I was really keen on watching some kind of a romantic comedy or some …
Smokin Aces, Joe Carnahan Movie
Reason Alicia Keys received the role in this movie is because he does not have to typecasting become a musician, pianist etc., but the characters are far from day-to-day, a homicide charge, some of the homicide charge each other scramble to get life Buddy “Aces” Israel (Jeremy Piven), a …
Sleuth movie
A writer who love all kinds of games invites his wife’s lover to his house in a struggle between life and death. This is a most clever film with the brilliant actors Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier in the leading roles. All twists in the plot reminds a little …
Henry & June (movie)
Henry & June is about writer Henry Miller and his wife June. Following the path of other artists before and after, Henry Miller must have been quite a handful. Henry and June meet up with writer Anais Nin while in Paris and they both fall in love with her. …
The Happening Movie
Since I first saw “The Sixth Sense” several years ago, I have been a fan of M. Night Shyamalan’s work. There is this “doomsday theme” that he always illustrate in his works. Sometimes, he offers us eccentricities in his stories which is a really good way of entertaining us. …
Jake Spanner, Private Eye movie
Robert Mitchum starred in 1989’s Jake Spanner, Private Eye which had a unique opening of having Spanner dreaming and using excerpts from Mitchum’s movies as the dream. That was intriguing. Before the viewer has a chance to really chuckle and enjoy that, the credits start and, wow, …
He’s Just Not That Into You movie
For Valentines Day this year, my girlfriend really wanted to see the new movie, “He’s Just Not That Into You” and, it being Valentines Day and all, I obliged. Believe it or not though, I really enjoyed the film, as did everyone in the theatre! Well, at …
Sherlock Holmes 2009 - Lock, Stock and Several Exploding Barrels.
This rollicking take on Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mythology brings the old hack’s story up to date with several bangs. From the moment the film starts, we are plunged into the seedy underworld of Victorian London, and introduced to a hero who is both brilliant and rather unbalanced.
Robert …
Stealing Harvard
Stealing Harvard is about a guy and a promise he made years before which he sort of regretted. To cheer his niece up after she lost at a spelling bee he promised he would’ve paid for her college tuition to wherever she got accepted. Unfortunately for him she got …
The Skull Movie Starring Peter Cushing
When I heard about this movie, I was eager to watch it, being that I heard that it was about the haunted skull of the historical figure the “Marquis de Sade”, the same person who the word “sadism” was coined from.
It is also not to be confused with …
Movie: Shutter Island
“Shutter Island” is the most recent collaboration between director/star dream-team Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Dicaprio. This high-end horror movie follows troubled U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels as he investigates the disappearance of a dangerous patient from a foreboding mental hospital off the coast of Massachusetts. Teddy’s investigation raises more questions …
Christina’s House movie
I watched this movie on lifetime Movie network the other day. It was an overall alright movie. It was worth watching but it isn’t a movie I would watch again or buy. It’s a good movie for a rainy day. If you are really in the mood for a …
Sliver (1993)
Sliver, directed by Phillip Noyce is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was May 21, 1993 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Romance/Thriller and stars Sharon Stone as Carly Norris, William Baldwin as Zeke Hawkins and Tom …
Meshes of the Afternoon moive
Perhaps the most important of all experimental films ever made. This was directed by Maya Deren and is and shows one event taking place repeatedly, but each time there is a difference in the way it occurs, only a minor one barely noticable. No matter what you think about …
Movie Enchanted (2007)
Enchanted is a film that mixes the animated world of Disney with real life. The plot focuses on Giselle (Amy Adams), a girl who awaits her prince charming as any star of Disney characters. The Prince Edward (James Marsden) is responsible for fulfilling the dreams of the girl and …
Transformers (2007)
Amazing! Right from the start this movie has you hooked. There is nothing that I can say “bad” about the “Transformers” movie.
For starters, they give you an idea of what happened on the home planet between the two battling factions. It is explained how and why the Transformers had …
The Vanished Murderer (Suspense Crime Action Thriller)
I guess I am on a marathon of Jiang Yiyan’s movies. I’ve previously mentioned why I became a fan of her and I won’t repeat myself here again.
A thing I realized about her movies is that, she usually has very interesting roles but the movie itself is always lacking somehow. …
Autopsy movie
I’ve recently taken up going through some of my friend’s cheesy horror DVDs and this was one of those he had on one labeled “After Dark Horrorfest 2009″. Despite the fact that this was the best movie out of all the movies in that collection, I still think the …
Far and Away movie
Though I tend to love a Ron Howard movie because it’s most always well crafted and told with respect as well as flair, I hadn’t yet watched Far and Away until a friend sent it to me a while ago. I actually watched it in pieces; couldn’t quite …
The Movie Madagascar
Madagascar was a movie that I could not wait to see. The trailers looked hilarious and it seemed to have good animation. I, as usual, waited for the movie to be available for rent before I saw it. I was really glad that I did not go and …
Signs movie
This is a 2002 movie starring Mel Gibson and directed by M Night Shayamalan, this was after the huge success of the directors the Sixth Sense, so many people were hyped about it and went to see it. The film is a movie about crop circles and aliens, it …
The Lonely Guy Movie
Another addition to my collection of silly movies. Even Steve Martin can’t save it, and that tells you something. But, even such a good comedy actor as him cannot work wonders when the script truly sucks.
The story is about “lonely guys” - single men who for some reason cannot …
The Rocketeer
When I was a teenager, i remember seeing the Rocketeer movie advertized. Though I wasn’t into that sort of stuff then, I was more busy trying to rebel from my parents and anything that resembled childhood, I was nonetheless intrigued about this film and wanted to see it. Though …
Definitly, Maybe
Even though famous actors such as Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher and Rachel Weisz are part of the movie project “Definitely, Maybe”, the actress that holds the main attention in this romantic flick is Abigail Breslin. This actress is just 12 years old and she already managed to be nominated …
The Benchwarmers
One of my favorite artist is Rob Schneider. Well aside from the fact that he is half Filipino, I consider him as one of the best comedian in Hollywood.
I’ve first watched the movie 3 months ago, I just rented a DVD but it was absolutely ludicrous, we (me and …
She’s All That
When I was still in my earlier years of high school, there were quite a number of teenage romance movies which were released in theatres. One of these movies was a movie called “She’s All That” which starred the actors Freddie Prince Jr. and Rachel Leigh Cook. Unlike many …
How to deal movie
In “How to deal” we see the actress, Mandy Moore with her hair cut short. Actually this wasn’t planned to happen but Moore felt that here hair cut fitted her role and decided to go for it without informing the movie producers. Although not very happy with the hair …
Rocky Horror Picture Show
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 …
Tropic Thunder movie
Directed by Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder is one of the smartest movies that I have seen in a long while. It toys with the audience just like any good movie does, and by the time you realize what the movie is all about, the plot shifts gears and becomes …
Imithaan movie
This is an Indian movie in Hindi. It stars Saif Ali Khan, Raveena Tandon, and Sunny Deol. It is about a woman who marries after the tragic loss of her first husband but does not tell her second about the first. Then all the misunderstandings and mysteries begin.
This …
Movie Scent of a Woman
I’ve seen plenty of Al Pacino films but Scent of a Woman is easily my favorite.
Even though I originally thought this was going to be a comedy, I was pleasantly surprised with the drama. Pacino plays a blind retired soldier (who we learn became blind because he screwed up) …
Public Enemies movie
My wife and I ended up finally watching the Johnny Depp film Public Enemies last night. It was an OK movie but I will confess, I expected it to be somewhat better than it was.
Depp does an excellent job as John Dillinger, public enemy number 1 who is hunted …
Mr. and Mrs Smith
“Mr and Mrs Smith” is the movie that made the actors; Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie meet together on screen. It seems that they were so great together that after this movie, Pitt left his wife, the actress Jennifer Aniston to start living with Jolie and have a family.
In …
Hitch (2005)
Hitch is a movie that came out in 2005 starring Will Smith as the main actor of the film. In this film he plays the role of someone that hooks up men with girls, but in a subtle way and he only does it for true love!
The movie …
Birth ( 2004) movie
In 2004, there was quite a controversy surrounding this film starring Nicole Kidman. The premise is simple: Nicole Kidman’s character “Anna” loses her husband. And ten years later, a little boy shows up on her doorstop claiming to be her deceased husband Sean. What …
Zombieland Movie
It’s a short and simple story chronicling the lives of four survivors in a zombie infested America. Quite a shallow plot, but extremely funny. Its comedic factor is refreshing because it isn’t lewd or too slapstick.
Columbus played by Jesse Eisenberg was funny when he was alone, giving the …
Divorce His - Divorce Hers Part 1 movie
Divorce His - Divorce Hers was a big event back in 1973 when it aired, and that’s because it starred the then married couple, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. The two play Martin and Jane Reynolds, a divorced couple. This movie has the distinction of being the …
Take the Lead (2006)
This movie is about a classical dance instructor you witnesses the destruction on a school principals car, comes to school the following day to report on the matter, offers his services to take over the detention of the students in order to better educate them in the ways of …
50 First Dates
If placed in the hands of a second-rate screenwriter, certain concepts or premises could fall apart. This movie could easily have been one of those, but expert screenwriting and fine performances by Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler make this a charming, believable movie.
The story centers around Drew, who had …
Pathology movie
I was really eager to watch this movie because of its plot but after a few minutes or so in this movie, I kind of feel unsatisfied and disgruntled.
Pathology is a story about Dr. Ted Grey, played by Milo Ventimiglia, a Harvard Medical School graduate who joined a …
Avatar movie 2009
I saw the movie Avatar three times– twice in the theater in 3-D, and once at home in 2-D as a rental. I’d been looking forward to seeing it months before it ever came out. The big question always being: would it live up to all the hype? I …
Coach Carter (2005)
Coach Carter, directed by Thomas Carter is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, sexual content, language, teen partying and some drug material. The original release date was January 14, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Sport and stars …
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