Movies Reviews
Feature film “The Switch”
I am only sort of a romantic comedy fan. You can usually predict what will happen in the end and that bores the heck out of me. I did see the ending coming, it was predictable and trite, but the movie was still ok. Jennifer …
Sweet Bird of Youth movie
From 1962, Sweet Bird of Youth is the Tennessee Williams tale of a young man who returns home after a failed bid to make it as an actor in Hollywood.
Paul Newman is terrific as Chance Wayne, the bad guy who surprises the town by showing up unexpectedly. He’s …
Thor vs. Hulk
In this animated movie, we are taken into the world of Asgard during the sleep cycle of Odin; this is the time period when Asgard is vulnerable to attacks and the only time where all the warriors are on guard to fight the armies sent to destroy Asgard. Knowing …
Kimi No Nawa (Your Name, 2016 Japanese anime)
Your Name (or Kimi No Nawa in Japanese) is a romantic anime film written and directed by Makoto Shinkai. The story centers on Taki, a teen boy living in Tokyo and Mitsuha, a teen girl who lives on a faraway countryside. At a very unknown reason, a peculiar event happens …
Tattoed Life movie
This is one of Suzuki’s films that is most unlike the major part of his work. The narrative is of the same style as his other films, but here I think he goes much deeper into the personalities of his characters and gives a more moving portrait of human …
The Pianist (2002)
The Pianist, directed by Roman Polanski is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence and brief strong language. The original release date for this movie was January 3, 2003 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Biography/Drama/Music/War and stars Adrien Brody …
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
One of my favorite family movies growing up was Mrs. Doubtfire. It’s one of Robin Williams’ best movies, I think. In it, he plays the father of three children that he hardly gets to see because of his divorce. So, he disguises himself as a senior-age …
The Shadow
The Shadow is a very good super hero movie. I never knew what The Shadow was. But when I finally saw this movie I must say that I loved it a lot. This movie is very good and I really do think that Alec Baldwin did a great job of …
Movie Notting Hill
This is a story about a famous actress Anna Scott (Julia Roberts) and a travel bookshop owner William Thacker (Hugh Grant) who by chance met and fell in love. It seems impossible for them to be together because of their social status, but love found a way.
You would …
Original Sin movie
British dramas aren’t the easiest for me to watch. I’ve tried off and on, but they have their cultural slant that this American reviewer often just doesn’t get. The biggest thing for me is still trying to understand the lingo and sometimes just the spoken words. …
Legal Eagles Movie
The Legal Eagles movie is the kind of movie that is still interesting to watch even many years after it was made. It is still thrilling and intriguing even when there is a major development in technology and forensic science, and our cultural tastes and notions about art change. …
Arthur 2: On The Rocks (1988)
Following the events and the ending of the first movie, this movie continues with Arthur losing his inheritance and ends up on the streets broke and homeless, where he turns to the bottle for comfort. Realizing that his life is going nowhere fast, he tries to sober himself up, …
The Titfield Thunderbolt - Film 1952
I have voted this very watchable 1950’s Ealing Studios film my favourite film of all time. I have watched this film time and time again since well before video was ever even thought of and in those days you had to wait for things to be repeated on …
Across The Universe Movie
If you’re fan of The Beatles, then this movie is for you. It features Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess.
We all know that The Beatles are great, that’s why their songs have been remade and covered by tons of different artists already. But the versions of the songs of …
Carrie (2013 movie)
Ever since the original movie was released in nineteen seventy six, there seems to have been quite a few remakes of the movie “Carrie” as well as one or two spin offs from it. The one that I’ve decided to review though was the one that was released late …
Untitled Bryan Singer Thriller
I am sorry, it should be moved to another side a solid place; then, Hitler watch humpback ninety maps, bomb explosions rock blocked the shock table, side table, four individuals died on the spot, Hitler big frightened, but unharmed.
For Stauffenberg’s assassination of action, something very few characters, even if …
Johnny English (2003)
Rowan Atkinson’s reputation as a comedy actor is still as good as ever. What I can say about this movie is that it’s got good casting. They got John Malkovich on board. His French accented English is ridiculous but I think that’s more like it when …
Like Mike (2002)
Like Mike, directed by John Schultz is rated PG by the Motion Picture Asociation of America for brief mild language. The original release date was July 3, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Family/Fantasy/Sport and stars Lil’ Bow Wow as Calvin Cambridge, Morris …
Funny Games movie (American Remake) 2008
I was a bit apprehensive about whether this remake would be as good as the original. But then I realize that this film was made by the same director. It is then that I realized that all the nuances were the same as the first …
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016 Superhero Movie)
I remember hearing about the movie “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” a long time when it was just a rumour, and I was very excited to see how it would be translated to screen. However, I lost interest in seeing it when I found out that Ben Affleck was …
Paranoid Park Movie
I have never seen a Gus Van Sant film, however obviously the fact that he is a well-known director tipped me off to the fact that there might be something worth checking out there. Going through my Netflix on a lazy Sunday, I discovered a movie called Paranoid Park, …
Adventureland movie
What an upset of a movie this was. I am surprised that I heard as many good reviews about it because I thought it sucked. I didn’t laugh not even one time during the whole duration of the movie. The movies is about a boy who just graduates from …
Holy Water movie
Holy Water is a comedy with a lot of good humor that justifies two rules, namely: first, the British films worth seen, and second, the presence of famous actors and directors is not a guarantee for a good movie.
In other words, I watched a movie with actors that I …
The Hangover Part III film
I was a huge fan of the first “Hangover” film, but not so impressed with the second film titled “The Hangover Part II” so going into this movie, I really wasn’t sure what to expect with “The Hangover Part III”. I had heard a few reviews before I …
Animator (1985)
Animator, directed by Stuart Gordon is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date of the movie was October 18, 1985 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Horror/Sceince Fiction and stars Jeffrey Combs as Herbert West, Bruce Abbott as …
Midnight Run movie
Robert De Niro plays in this movie and he is a bounty hunter, he tries to get this guy and turn him in, to get $100,000. I really enjoyed this movie overall and I would watch it again. I saw it on Starz channel lately and I hope it …
Wet 2 Straight Remington Hot Iron
My hair is unfortunately very untamable at times. That is, until I was given a hot iron by my sister that has worked wonderfully on my hair without causing any damage or dryness. The Wet 2 Straight hot iron from Remington is a product that any boy or girl …
Movie Vantage point
This movie was released in India yesterday, this is a fast paced movie with a thrilling script, the story is about the conspiracy of
kidnapping the US president, the story deals with different point of view and interpretation of a situation of conspiracy by different people. Movie has …
Roman Polanski’s “Oliver Twist,” 2005
I went to see Roman Polanski’s 2005 release of “Oliver Twist” a couple of days ago. I was not disappointed, but I wasn’t very impressed, either. One of the good points is that the story is not in any way “Hollywoodized,” it is told in a straight, true-to-the-source way. …
Hachiko: A dog’s story
As I was searching what movie to download one day, the film “Hachiko: A dog’s story” caught my attention. I am always fond of watching movies in which animals are the main star of the film. This is about the loyalty of a dog named “Hachi” to his master, …
Premonition
Premonition is a movie I couldn’t wait for it to come out on DVD. I love Sandra Bullock and figured that this movie would be a great one to watch. I was wrong. Very wrong. This is a movie that is almost painful to watch. It is not written …
John Carpenter’s “The Thing” (the 1982 film)
Initially, I imagined John Carpenter’s 1982 classic “The Thing” to be an ordinary, old and spooky film. Yet, I found it intriguingly scary. I didn’t quite reach the thrill I had wanted but it was still a significant masterpiece.
I also enjoyed the characters and the setting. Both were respectable …
Evan Almighty
This is a really fun movie. Players are Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham and some others. Steve Carell is as funny as he can be. Morgan Freeman show up occasionally, not a very big role. Lauren Graham is cute. It is a story …
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (1999)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (1999) is a drama film directed by Ang Lee and is rated PG-13 by the MPAA
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a revenge story like most wuxia stories that Ang Lee loved as a child. Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun Fat) is a martial arts …
Scy Fy’s “Stonehenge Apocalypse” made-for-tv movie
The made-for-TV, Scy-fy produced film in question is much like the title suggests: campy, amusing and predictable. The plot is predictable enough and involves a conspiracy theorist, an attractive female scientist who becomes convinced by his vision in a pairing popular since Mulder and Scully, and ancient civilizations as …
Primal Fear
Has high profile attorney Martin Vail finally met his match? When he takes on the case of Aaron Stempler, he gets more than he bargained for. What starts as a clear cut murder case turns into so many twists and turns as to make those old wooden roller coasters …
The Christmas Wish movie
The Christmas Wish is a delightful holiday movie with a very nice cast that includes the marvelous Debbie Reynolds. In the movie, Reynolds’ husband has just died and her son comes home to help with the business. The son is played with care by Neil Patrick Harris.
Harris’ …
Walk the Line
Walk the Line with Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon.
Why make a movie based upon the rotten life of Johnny Cash? Another entertainer corrupted by rapid success hits rock bottom and then pulls out a turnaround is no big deal. Cash with his …
The Host movie
The Host is a Korean made movie. The movie is about how a terrifying creatures that lives by the riverbanks started to crash and eat people. This creature apparently the Host of an unidentified virus.
It all started when a scientist ordered his assistant to throw away all …
The Girl Next Door
“The Girl Next Door” is an attempt to do a different teen movie by putting together teen curiously and pornography. Although it received mixed reviews from critics, the general public enjoyed watching this movie due to the involvment of three new generations of great actors Emile Hirsch, …
Dick comedy
Dick is a comedy movie starring Will Farrell and Kirsten Dunst who is very young in the movie. Betsy and Arlene are two simple and dumb girls living in a apartment, in two different flats with their respective families. One night the girls go out to post an entry …
Harry potter
The movie Harry potter is marvellous. Actually I had not seen this movie at all, but I had heard about this movie by many of my friends and my colleagues. My kids love to watch movie a lot and recently when the movie Harry potter was …
Brokeback Mountain Movie
Ang Lee feeling of the human, is known in order to handle suffering, masterfully in various projects like Eat Drink Man Woman Sense and Sensibility , and Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon Lee, however it proved, belongs to the elite group of the modern director of the present-day masterpiece …
Don’t Knock Twice, horror movie
Don’t Knock Twice is a Horror/Thriller movie directed by Caradog James.
The story revolves around an urban legend on an abandoned house own by a witch. The legend has it that if you knock on the door once, you’ll wake her from her bed, twice and wake her from her …
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 …
Carolina Moon (2007 Film)
The 2007 film “Carolina Moon” is based on a novel by Nora Roberts. While I have not read the novel, I found the movie to be heart warming and very interesting, with a bit of the supernatural thrown in there as well. It was also a wonderful mystery type …
The Bourne Ultimatum
I have to say, this movie really did live up to my expectations. Third in the series that also includes The Bourne Identity and The Bourne Supremacy, this movie follows Jason Bourne as he seeks out the people who made him what he has become and gradually “all …
Cindarella Man
I feel the need to review this movie because I find it to be the most underrated movie of all time. As you can probably tell, this is currently my favorite movie. I’m not going to write the normal kind of movie review. Instead, I am just going to …
Firstborn,1984 movie
This is another depressing movie, of the kind I dislike. I mean, life can be depressing enough, so why take its darkest things onto the screen and drag them on and on? Not that I’m totally opposed to movies showing negative reality, but come on, sometimes enough is enough.
Anyway. …
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