Movies Reviews
Dead Man Walking movie
Sean Penn plays a man on death row, who committed a rape and a murder (late in the film we find out that his partner in this crime went free). A woman priest wants to help this man, not to get him free, but to make God forgive him …
Revolutionary Road movie
Revolutionary Road is a motion picture based on a novel of the same title by author Richard Yates. The movie is about a seemingly ordinary husband and wife who decide to move in to the suburb to raise a family. The two find a nice looking house at …
Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday is a very entertaining and enjoyable movie. The movie starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan in the main roles is the story of a mother and daughter who can not understand each other and are not a perfect mother and perfect daughter respectively. They don’t agree …
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
When the movie “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” was released in movie theatres, I had no interest in seeing it for some reason. However, recently when I was bored I managed to watch the movie and was surprised that I actually thought of passing it over …
La La Land - (Romantic Musical Film) 2016
Tears in your eyes, laughter spewing out of you and songs you find humming at odd hours? You must have watched La La Land. I’m not a person who often enjoys musicals and yet La La Land surprised me. I was enthralled, drawn into the story and of course couldn’t …
The Big Hit (1998)
The Big Hit, directed by Kirk Wong is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, pervasive language and some sexuality. The original release date was April 24, 1998 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Comedy/Crime/Thriller and stars Mark Wahlberg as …
300 Movie
I suuuuuper love this movie! The concept, the visuals, the sounds, the costumes, the actors, the abs… Although I already knew what was going to happen to them, I still loved how they came to that grand finale. And even if Leonidas was supposedly killed by a rain of …
The Hurt Locker (2009 film)
The Hurt Locker is a film that I expected with great interest not only because of the quantity of praise given to it but also because it was the first film in a long while that was addressing the Iraq war. Kathryn Bigelow, world’s first female …
Flight 93
I was promted to buy this movie after writing a memorial poem for those that were on the plane that crashed on 9-11. The movie was so close to the actual event that I found myself wishing that the outcome was different than what we all know. …
Baby Mama, comedy film
From the man that brought us the Austin Powers movies comes a new kind of comedy. Well Baby Mama isn’t really a new kind of movie; it is a comedy movie that has two leading ladies and no one else. Baby Mama might be the best movie from both …
Marley and Me movie
Marley and Me is a beautiful film showing the relationship between human and pet. I think its based on the novel with the same name. I have not read that novel though but the film is just amazing. It’s a real heart touching one. Owen Wilson and Jennifer …
It’s A Wonderful Life Movie
I had not seen this movie in such a long time and my boyfriend had never seen it. What a great feel good movie! Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed are awesome! This is such a good movie, especially around the holidays. For those of you who do not know, …
The Siege
If you ever want an idea about how our government handled terrorist threats prior to 9/11, the movie The Siege is a good film.
Not only does it star everyone from Denzel Washington to Bruce Willis, it�s a movie that is so full of twists and turns you don�t know …
S.W.A.T. (2003)
This movie is about the elite S.W.A.T. Team, on a routine rescue mission when they are called to assist in taking down hostiles at a bank robbery, one of the members jump the gun and took matters into his own hand after he was told given a direct order …
Chronicles of Narnia, one big bore
When the Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe came out, I remember wanting to go see it at the theater only to find it was always sold out. Now that I’ve seen it on DVD, I’m glad I didn’t waste my money.
I’m not really sure …
10,000 BC
I purchase this movie together with some more as a time killing activity while my husband is on a two week vacation. I thought at first that it was just an ordinary and boring historical type of movies but as I watched the movie, I know it is more …
Primeval
There was something missing with this film. I know that it followed lots of formulas about somet kind of big monster lurking in the exotic wilderness of a foreign land. As usual, there is the requisite bunch of diverse “scientists/explorers/writers” (pick one) with the ONE beautiful …
Jack Reacher 2012 Film
I recommend this film to all lovers of action films and thrillers. This film was created with a very good sense of what the lovers of these genres want.
I surely enjoyed the two hours that I spent watching this film. Even though the quality of the streaming video that …
John Tucker Must Die Movie
I took my mother out to see this movie for her birthday back when it came out. I’m not exactly sure when it came out but I believe it was around 2005 or so. I was actually the one who wanted to see, not my mother, but she agreed …
Murder on St. Malley’s Day movie
I am reviewing the movie, Murder on St. Malley’s Day, starring John Nettles and Daniel Casey. This movie was made in 2004, was produced by Brian May, directed by Peter Smith, and was written by Andrew Payne. This movie was based on the novels of Caroline Graham.
This movie …
The Central Park Five Documentary
In 1989, five teenagers of color and diversity including African-Americans and members of the Latin-American community were taken to jail and incarcerated due to a crime of malicious assault which happened to a twenty-eight year old Anglo Caucasian woman. The woman was taking a jog in Central Park …
Sound of Music
I am reviewing the movie, Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews. So there is this nun. She decides to become a governess. There are the VonTrapp family: a group of seven or eight kids and a strict military like father, whose wife died some time ago. He …
50 first dates movie
50 first dates starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore is a nice romantic comedy and is a very good entertainer. The movie must be watched just for Adam Sandler’s comic sense and Drew Barrymore’s beauty. Henry sees Lucy in a restaurant and likes her at the very first instant …
Overboard
Overboard is a family oriented comedy about a woman who has amnesia and the man who takes advantage of her. Goldie Hawn stars as Joanna, the millionaires. Kurt Russell plays Dean, a single parent with four boys. Overboard is a pretty simple movie with a simpler story line but …
Deep Impact (1998)
Deep Impact is, yes, one of those catastrophy-blockbusters dealing with the subject of an asteroid hitting the Earth, and the way humanity tries to deal with it. All in all, it is a mediocre film, but in a way it did catch my attention. I think there’s much more …
Premonition
I was prepared to really hate this film. I had read reviews. And so many people (including critics) had nothing but weak things to say about this film. I think it’s because Sandra Bullock has never been taken seriously as an actress. Her quirky ways, …
Child’s Play, movie
The film that started the series, “Child’s Play” was the original Chucky film, and the first movie that made me afraid of my stuffed animals. He’s everybody’s friend, but when the good guy doll is infused with the soul of a serial killer, things go from bad to worse …
The Turn of the Screw 1999 movie
This movie is based on a horror / ghost story by Henry James. A young governess is hired to take care of two children, a boy and a girl. The number 1 condition their uncle has hired her on is to never contact him about the children - never. …
The Stoning of Soraya M
I recently saw a movie call The Stoning of Soraya M. This movie was really moving to me and I feel that I must write a review on it. This movie is based on a true story. It takes place in …
The Golden Child (1986)
Eddie Murphy’s character is an investigator who searches for missing people; he is ruthless in his search and normally doesn’t stop until he finds whoever he is looking for, whether they are dead or alive. A new situation has come to him where he is recruited to locate and …
Bridge of Spies (2015 Film)
I have been so attached with Oscar-bait films ever since I had that cinematic experience with Alfonso Cuaron’s 2013 space tale “Gravity”. It was beyond words, beyond everything I have ever felt before, and to truly witness it in glorious 3D screen was groundbreaking. It was then that I realized …
City Beneath the Sea movie
One of my very favorite made-for-TV movies is called City Beneath the Sea from 1971. It’s not a great movie in the scheme of Emmy winners, but it is a star-studded affair that has drama, romance, and mystery. I love it and find it to be a …
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
For some weird reason (maybe it’s Sean Connery) I actually prefer the last of the Indiana Jones trilogy, the Last Crusade, over the other two. I�m not sure why though because, when you think about it, it brings more of the bad stuff from the other two than the …
Nine months Movie
I just saw this movie in one of the television channel.Two hours passed without knowing in a fraction of second.It was a comedy film and had message about the value of the family.From the start to the end it was full of comedy cracker and provides us with …
Under the Cherry Moon
Prince is one of the most multi-talented performers in the world. Acting, however, is not one of his strongest points. However, as Hollywood history proves, an actor doesn’t particularly have to be all that talented, if audiences like him.
“Under the Cherry Moon” was supposed to be a …
World War I: Cause and Effect
“World War I: Cause and Effect” is a documentary that details what triggered the war and the lasting effects this war had on the planet and its population. “World War I: Cause and Effect” goes into the necessity of invention, how each country raced to develop better machines in …
Poltergeist - Supernatural Horror Movie (2015)
As far as horror movies go, Poltergeist is not a movie I’m planning to watch again. It’s a remake of the 1982 movie, Poltergeist, and from what I hear, the original is way better. Although I watched this in 3D in theaters, there were very few scares to boast of …
Movie: Batman Begins
“Batman Begins” is an epic 2005 film by Christopher Nolan, and starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, and Gary Oldman. This is a spectacular movie that did much to erase the memory of the horrible Batman movies of the 1990s.
Pros: Nolan obviously loves the …
2012 film
2012 was heavily advertised around where I lived, so I was pretty excited when it came out and I immediately rushed to watch it. After all, a doomsday film that sounded pretty promising (Mayans were the ones to predict this doomsday, which I had assumed would mean that the …
Blue Velvet (1986)
This 1986 movie, Blue Velvet, was my first introduction to the fantastic director David Lynch. A friend recommended I get this out on video (yes, it was a long time ago!) and by the end of it I was turned upside down and sitting there in shock and …
Ghost Dad (1990)
Ghost Dad, directed by Sidney Poitier is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date for this movie was June 29, 1990 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Fantasy and stars Bill Cosby as Elliot Hopper, Kimberly Russell as …
D-War: Dragon Wars (2007)
You haven’t seen a crappy movie until you have seen this movie, I mean, when I first saw the preview for this movie, I was truly expecting to see one the greatest movies featuring lots and lots of dragons and mythological creatures coming to terrorize humankind, but instead, I …
“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, …
The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant movie
Very bizarre film in which Bruce Dern appear as a crazy scientist who changes people’s heads as an experiment. As a result of this, one of his “objects” turns into a psycho killer and goes on a killing spree the scientist have no way of stopping.
It’s somehow fascinating how …
Envy
Nick (Jack Black) and Tim (Ben Stiller) are best friends. Both married, they live next door, work together, and help each other in everything. You would think there’s no place to envy in true friendship, right? Wrong. When Nick’s successful invention makes him rich, Tim starts turning green. Nick …
Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk (2016 Drama-War Film)
At the beginning of the year, I immediately told my friends that my most anticipated 2016 film was Ang Lee’s new feature called “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk”. That didn’t changed until I found out the “Whiplash”-creator Damien Chazelle announced he has a new film coming out in December called …
“Alvarez Kelly” (1966) starring William Holden
“Alvarez Kelly” is a western about a cattle drive from Mexico northward then eastward to Richmond, Virginia. The color Columbia Pictures production lasts 116 minutes. Some of it was filmed on location in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The tagline describes the movie as “a herd of cattle against a herd …
Move Over, Darling movie
Move Over, Darling is absolutely one of my top two or three favorite Doris Day films. This one co-stars James Garner as her husband. Day plays Ellen Wagstaff Arden, and Garner is Nicholas Arden. He believes that Ellen is dead, when in reality, she’s stranded on …
Vampire Hunter D (movie 2000)
A wonderful piece of artistic vision. This film is second to none in its class of animation. The plot was beautifully done. What’s it about you ask…should I tell you, or, should I just allow you to watch the movie and be in awe at its magnificence. I’ll tell …
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