Movies Reviews
The Shop on Main Street
The greatness of East European cinema I guess need no further introduction. The Shop on Main Street is in my own humble opinion the greatest of all masterpieces coming out that area, directed by rather unkown Hungarians Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos.
As with many powerful movies of the mid-twentieth …
The Eruption of Mount St. Helens! (2001)
This movie was originally shown in IMAX theatres but it is now on DVD. It is about the series of terribly destructive eruptions that happened in the 80s. At the time it erupted, I was too young to really remember hearing about it on the news and since I …
Netflix
I worked at a video store for 3 years and so I got free rentals. However, the video store, “Hollywood Video”, didn’t really have everything I was looking for. Enter Netflix who has everything I could want. I keep thinking I’ll run out of stuff to want to watch …
Movie The uninvited
I watched the uninvited about a week ago and I really enjoyed it overall. I thought the movie was interesting, kept my attention, and had a good story behind the movie. My sister and my mother watched the movie as well, and they really enjoyed it. My sisters friend …
Men at Work (1990)
Men at Work, directed by Emilio Estevez is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was August 24, 1990 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Comedy/Crime/Thriller and stars Charlie Sheen as Carl Taylor, Emilio Estevez as James St. …
Toy Soldiers (1991)
Toy Soldiers, directed by Daniel Petrie Jr is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was April 26, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama and stars Sean Astin as William Tepper aka Billy, Wil Wheaton as …
Underdog movie
No one is more surprised than I am that Underdog is actually a good little movie. As a rule, I don’t like remakes or re-thinks that mess with the history of something I loved as a child, and I did love watching the Underdog cartoons as a kid.
Underdog …
A Reasonable Man movie
Some time ago, I watched an interesting South African film called “A Reasonable Man” on one of the Starz channels. The main question that the movie revolved around was ‘who exactly can be defined as a reasonable man in a multi-cultural society?’ and that was something I realised I …
Divine Secrets Of The Ya Ya Sisterhood (movie)
Divine Secrets Of The Ya Ya Sisterhood is a great mother daughter movie as well as a movie about old, best friends. The Ya Ya Sisterhood was formed when four young girls in the rural South form a bond to be together always and keep the sisterhood alive. There …
Prince of Darkness movie
John Carpenter is a filmmaker that used to be a master of the genre he worked in, but who lost all of his qualities in the 80s and only makes disasters nowadays. Prince of Darkness was made around the time when he was changing from a quality director into …
The Corsican Brothers
The Corsican Brothers stars Cheech and Chong. It takes place during the 1800’s in France. The brothers feel each other’s pain and not their own pain. They try to start a revolution and overthrow the evil and oppressive Fuckaire.
First off, The Corsican Brothers has no pot …
Stag
This is a program that I often see on Pay-Per-View that shows mainly the bachelor of a soon to be married couple going out on the town with his friends to celebrate his last night as a single man. They hop from club to club, drinking and having a …
Fried Green Tomatoes (starring Kathy Bates)
Fried Green Tomatoes is a powerful, sweeping movie starring Kathy Bates, Mary Louise Parker, Mary Stuart and Jessica Tandy. I call this movie my “Girl Power” movie. Watch it with your sisters and mom. A very good content story and if this is made into a book, …
Remember Me Movie
Okay, I admit it I only watched this movie because of Robert Pattinson and their beautiful movie poster that hung at the cinema every time I pass by. Having said that, I find the movie a bit dragging and the emotions they portray are blown out of proportion. …
Damn Yankees! movie
I love baseball, and I love musicals, so naturally, I love Damn Yankees! Tab Hunter was awesome as a young Joe Hardy, the man who made a deal with the devil that allowed him to play for his beloved New York Yankees. It’s an engrossing sports tale …
Bats (1999)
You want a horror movie with a simple plot, one that just gets down to the meat of the matter and give the goods without any going around in circles, one that tosses you right into the middle of the chaos and tells you to either sink or swim, …
Meet the Spartans
Normally, I like movies that spoof other movies; everything from Scary movie to pretty much anything made by Mel Brooks. But, after watching Meet the Spartans last night, I no longer can say I like all movies in that genre.
The thing about Meet the Spartans is it had the …
Robin Hood (2010) Movie
Robin Hood (2010) is a retelling of the original Robin Hood legend and tends to be a little more historically based than other Robin Hood stories, but the historical accuracy may vary, because it is a fictional story.
Robin Hood is a man named Robert Longstride, an archer who accompanies …
Four Christmases movie
Four Christmases is a mediocre holiday tale about a couple with a tradition of scheduling trips to avoid spending Christmas with their families. But when extreme fog cancels their flight, Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) are forced to attend four Christmas celebrations.
An interesting aspect of this movie …
Enchanted
I have heard mixed reviews about Enchanted around the web, so I decided to add my two cents. I thought this was a beautiful movie. It includes all the romanticism a Disney “princess” movie should, while adding the real life element to set it apart, and including references to …
Youth in Revolt (Movie 2010)
They say there is always a first time for everything, and Michael Cera totally banged it in this movie! Youth in Revolt is about a sex-obsessed, virgin named Nick Twisp (Michael Cera) who falls in love with a very sweet yet manipulative girl named Shinee Saunders (Portia Doubleday). Their …
Just Like Heaven
I would like to recommend a film that my husband and I watch time and time again. Its called just like heaven. The film stars Reece Witherspoon, Mark Ruffalo and John Heder. It is a great romantic comedy that is very well acted and directed. …
Night of the Living Dead
Even though it was made in the 1960s, there really aren’t many movies that compare in terms of actual horror to the classic film Night of the Living Dead.
I was watching it this morning for about the 10th time and have to say it is one of the most …
Rudy (1993)
Rudy has dreams of playing for the famed Fighting Irish college football team of Notre Dame, but his has a few things that are working against him actually playing for them. For one, he is not a student at the college and that is just the least of his …
Religulous (Documentary)
Religulous is a documentary by Larry Charles which features Bill Maher which basically focuses on mocking religious belief, although I will stress now that it primarily only focuses on the Western religions, extremely little to no attention at all is given on the other Wisdom Traditions. I personally find …
Another Cinderellla Story
For Christmas I got the movie “Another Cinderella Story”. I rate this movie as a 7. It was pretty good, and the story line was cute because it goes with this decade.
The movie stars Selena Gomez as Mary. Mary’s mother died and so Mary now lives …
The General’s Daughter (1999)
The General’s Daughter, directed by Simon West is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for graphic images relating to sexual violence including a strong rape scene, some perverse sexuality, nudity and language. The original release date was June 18, 1999 for United States audience. This movie …
End of Watch (movie)
I remember I couple months ago, one of my friends and I spontaneously decided to go see a movie while we were out. At the time the most interesting thing that was playing seemed to be the movie “End of Watch” of which I knew almost nothing about. I …
The Emperor’s Club movie
I am reviewing the movie, The Emperor’s Club, which is a movie that is about three years old or so. I am a huge fan of movies that center around professors in an academic setting. I have always had a passion for teaching, but do not think I …
The Stepfather (Movie)
This movie features a young boy named Michael Harding (Penn Badgley) who returns home from military school and finds his family with a new stepfather, David Harris (Dylan Walsh). Michael’s mother Susan (Sela Ward) has apparently found a new love and she wants a happy family once again, but …
Invictus: Movie
I thought that Invictus was a good, well-made film but had it not been based on true events, I’m not sure I would have been interested.
Rugby is not a sport that I have any real interest in, but the history that this film shows I feel was important. Nelson …
Movie Joy Ride
I can remember seeing the movie “Joy Ride” on the television guide a couple years ago when I was still in high school. However, I kept hesitating to watch it as at the time I was confusing it with a comedy which was released around the same time that …
Day of the Dead (2008)
This not quite-a-remake of George Romero’s classic zombie film is an odd creature. While it tries its hardest to be its own entity, any daring strides toward individuality are often done away with as the film pulls back for the odd, hollow reference back to the original it’s based …
The Wiz–film
The wiz was aoriginally a broadway playversion of the wizard of oz in 1975.it featured an all african american cast,in 1978,the wiz was made into a featue film satarring diana ross as dorthy.The wiz has the same basic story as the original wizard of oz but with a twist.Diana …
Eat, Pray, Love (The Movie)
I watched this movie last weekend and I have to say that I didn’t like it much. The plot was not strong enough and not developed well enough to justify the lessons that Liz Gilbert was imparting in the movie. It did not evoke any feeling, and …
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 …
Prince Caspian
I think that the movie Prince Caspian is unduly overlooked. I am a huge fan of Narnia, so maybe I’m biased, but I do believe that this movie deserves far more recognition and rave. Ever since the first Narnia movie was released, I looked forward to Prince Caspian; the …
Santa Sangre movie
Santa Sangre is the last film by the cinematic artist Alejandro Jodorowsky, and tells the story about a man locked inside an institution for his unstable mental condition. He is plagued by the memories of his childhood where is religiously fanatic father tortured his mother in a most brutal …
Movie Mad Money
I can watch DVD movies back to back each time and one of the latest in my list would be Mad Money. Diane Keaton, the awesomely Queen Latifah and also Katie Holmes, wife of Tom Cruise star in this very good comedy movie.
These 3 women are awesome ladies …
Shutter Island movie 2010
Shutter Island is a film that deserves much more attention than it has gotten. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a tarnished detective who is sent to find an escaped prisoner on an island and lands in a huge conspiracy with many twists and turns. The acting from the entire cast …
Rush Hour (1998)
What is there to say about Rush Hour? Well, it’s probably the funniest films I have ever watched. With actors Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan, this movie has the perfect combination of comedy and action. A must see for any fan of this genre.
Rush Hour is about a Chinese …
Kareena Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor is a Bollywood actor, grand-daughter of legendary showman Raj Kapoor. She hails from the first family of Bollywood, where everyone from her great grandfather to her sister, have been actors in the Hindi Film Industry.
She started her career with J.P. Dutta’s Refugee opposite Amitabh Bachchan’s son, …
Whiplash (drama movie)
I had Whiplash on my list of movies to watch from earlier on this year, but never actually took the time out to give it a chance. Recently though when it was airing on one of my cable television channels I decided to give it a try. I liked it. …
Cursed (2005)
This is the story of a brother and sister who just happens to get scratched by a wolf one night, both start to show signs of werewolf tendencies and as the say go by, they confirm their thoughts and they begin getting stronger, and they get burn when ever …
Out movie
Out, aka: Deadly Drifter, from 1982 is, well, strange. I’m not even sure how to describe the plot, if there was a plot. This collection of scenes had a unique start in how the title was present, and I give it points for that. However, considering …
Green Lantern movie in 2D, starring Ryan Reynolds
First off, I must say that I am a very big fan of the Green Lantern comics and have been for over a decade. The reader needs to know of my bias towards this film. Unfortunately, there will be a few spoilers, but I’ll try to keep them at …
My Girl (1991)
My Girl, directed by Howard Zieff is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date for this movie was November 27, 1991 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama/Family/Romance and stars Dan Aykroyd as Harry Sultenfuss, Jamie Lee Curtis …
I’m Not There movie
This movie, for those of you out of the loop, is about Bob Dylan. The name is taken from an obscure Bob Dylan song that the director, Todd Haynes, went on an epic journey to find a studio recording of, only to find one in Neil Young’s basement.
It stars …
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