Movies Reviews
Sweeney Todd
Johnny Depp is one of my favourite actors. Tim Burton is one of my favourite directors. And when both worked together in Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street, I am more than glad to watch it. And I was not wrong! It is a great movie. One of …
I am Legend
Will Smith pulls a fantastic role in this movie playing the last sole survivor from a world wide disease that has either killed or deformed “everyone” on the planet! Struggling to fix what man has created he spends his day in a ultimate scheme of survival both mentally and physically! …
Mean Girls 2 Movie (2011)
I loved Mean Girls. I already knew Regina wouldn’t be here and this cast of the sequel would all be new but still, I’m a girl and I’d love to see how this 2nd Mean Girls movie would turn out. Turns out my expectations were right. This was nowhere …
Jack Black
OK, I know I should like Jack Black. But, I just can�t seem to find any respect for him.
The problem I have is he�s one dimensional. He can�t do drama or action. It has to be comedy. Even when he tries to be serious, you can�t help but think …
Roman Holiday
How can you not love Roman Holiday? I love everything about this movie. The fact that she’s a princess who just needs a day off … and she meets a handsome man on the day off that she finally gets … what girl can’t relate to a princess who …
Lars and the Real Girl (PG-13, 2007) movie
I skipped this film in theaters because I wasn’t sure that I could sit through two hours of watching people pretend that a Real Doll (sex doll) was really the girlfriend of a local man. I realized upon watching this movie that I was right in my decision …
The Illusionist
“The Illusionist” and “The Prestige” had hit movie theaters with only about a month’s difference; they both tell a story of 19 century stage magicians in Europe. I don’t know whose idea it was to release two movies on the same subject at the same time and whether they …
The Elephant Man (1980)
Released in 1980, and directed by David Lynch, this movie can undoubtedly be defined as one of the saddest movies of all time. I’ve only seen it twice, and I don’t really plan to see it more, at least not for some time. I’m easily caught up in good …
Sunset Boulevard (1950) Movie
I love this classic old black and white movie and watch it every time it comes on TV. Directed by Billy Wilder (who also directed the fabulous Some Like it Hot amongst others), it tells the story of fictional silent movie star, Norma Desmond - played very melodramatically …
Broken Arrow movie
Back in the late 1980s, the director John Woo used to make some visually interesting films, but none of these had any depth, there was nothing beyond that beautiful surface. When he later was offered film projects in Hollywood, he couldn’t turn them down for the money.
While there he …
127 Hours: Movie
127 Hours is a film I thoroughly enjoyed upon first viewing, but I’m not quite sure it is a film that can be watched on repeat.
I liked the fact that it was based on a true story and loved the story itself; it’s such a testament to the man …
Holes (2003)
This is the story of a teenager whose family including him has been plagued with a curse of bad luck that spanned generations. This boy finds himself before the courts when he is accused of stealing a pair of sneakers that were donated by a famous athlete. He was …
Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton takes our everyday world and shoves it down a rabbit hole in his bizarre new take on “Alice in Wonderland.”
Starting out with pallid, nineteen-year-old Alice, viewers watch as she flees her aristocratic peers in an engagement party and finds herself trailing behind a white rabbit down a …
The Big Wheel movie
The Big Wheel is a movie I haven’t seen in a couple of decades, but I actually remember watching it off and on late night on TV when I was growing up. It’s a Mickey Rooney film, and it played often. Perhaps because it’s a movie …
Magician movie
One of Ingmar Bergman’s less known films from the late 50s includes most of his regular acting squad with Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson and Erland Josephsson in the frontline in a story about a magician and his helpers travelling around the country to entertain rich people. When he …
Alien vs. Predator: Requiem (2007)
In the previous movie, in the ending of it that is, it showed a new strain of the alien creature as it adapted the predator gene. Now, in this movie, the creatures are once again back on earth, there usual playground, and they are after each other with us …
Duplex movie
I thought the movie Duplex was one of the most hilarious Ben Stiller movies I remember seeing. I did not even expect it to be so funny before I saw it either and I would normally pick up whether a comedy film is going to be funny as soon …
Movie: The Last Airbender
The Last Airbender is a movie I would not pay for to see again. However, that doesn’t mean it was necessarily a bad movie. The effects were dead on, the casting was great, and the accuracy to the cartoon wasn’t bad either.
However, it was not long enough, and …
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Lauren Shuler Donner, Ralph Winter, John Palermo, Louis G. Friedman, Richard Donner, and Stan Lee.
Directed by: Gavin Hood.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine continues the X-Men film franchise as its fourth installment although in the form of a prequel to X-Men, X2: X-Men United, and X-Men: The …
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen movie
Tex Ritter starred as Tex Martin in The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen, a typical singing western for its generation. In this movie, he uses a guitar quite a bit. This movie does indeed have several songs in it.
The drama begins when Tex and his current sidekick …
Movie The Last Mimizie
Want to see a wonderful childrens movie, that you can sit through and enjoy yourseld without feeling guilty that you are watching a PG-13 movie. Try to get to see the movie entitltedd the Last Mimzie.
In this movie the begining scenes are on a hilltop and there …
Mushi-Shi Anime Series
Mushi-Shi is an anime series about a man who travels the country, helping people who have strange encounters and problems with mysterious creatures known as Mushi.
Mushi-Shi is very different from your typical anime. It doesn’t focus on fight scenes or have a lot of action in it. …
Wrestling With Shadows
Wrestling With Shadows directed by Paul Jay is one of the best documentaries that I have ever seen, at first glance you assume the movie is a simple production which follows a wrestler on a day to day basis and chronicles his trouble. However, after watching the movie you …
The Amazing Spider Man 2 movie
When the first series of Spiderman movies came out in the early 2000’s, my husband and I were quick to go see them. However, after the first two it became more of a run on series rather than a well thought out movie series. It was my exhaustion …
All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989)
Charlie is a con-artist dog who through a series of shady dealing with his so-called business partner is killed and is automatically sent to heaven. Feeling cheated, he steals his life clock, winds it up and sends himself back to earth. He has returned to repay the kind favor …
Movie “The Lazarus Project” (2008)
This movie was meant to be a psychological thriller but it was not. Sure there was a twist in it, but I did not feel much thrill or suspense in watching it at all. To be really honest it was boring and slow.
The main character, Ben, commits …
The LEGO Movie (2014)
When my kids first heard about the LEGO Movie it was all they would talk about for weeks. I have to admit that even though I tried to act cool about it, I was pretty excited too. This movie had an all-star cast with everyone from Morgan Freeman to …
Movie Shaolin Soccer
Golden Leg was once one of the greatest Chinese soccer players, but after making a huge career mistake, he is left unable to play. When he meets a Shaolin kung fu student, Mighty Steel Leg Sing, attempting to spread the message of kung fu through different mediums, he …
In The Valley Of Elah
In The Valley Of Elah is a movie starring Charlize Theron as well as Tommy Lee Jones. Susan Sarandon also played in it as well and this is a good story filled with emotion. I am quite surprised that this story never make it to the box office, …
Tenchi in Tokyo
“Tenchi in Tokyo” was a follow up anime series to a previous show known as “Tenchi Muyo” When I first saw this one advertising to start being aired on the programme “Toonami” which was broadcast on the cable television channel Cartoon Network; I somehow didn’t think it would be …
Kick-Ass (2010 Film)
The 2010 film “Kick-Ass” was supposed to be a film that portrays the average guy wanting to become a super hero to save the world against evil, of course with a few adult type humor comedy thrown in and a few love scenes where the ordinary teenager gets the …
The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)
Supposedly, this is a sequel to “Butterfly Effect” with Ashton Kutcher; in reality, it is more of an attempt to remake BE-1, for whatever reason. Kutcher isn’t there, in fact there is no connection with the previous story / characters. There are no blackouts, either. A totally different guy …
The Eclipse
The opinions concerning Michelangelo Antonioni are very divided. Some think he’s the greatest master of cinema ever, while others think he’s too pretentious and never really learned how to make a film properly. Personally I am somewhere between those two. I think his earlier work such as The Cry, …
Where Have All the People Gone movie
From 1974, Where Have All the People Gone is a movie I’ve remembered well from its original airing on television. Back in the day, this was actually one of those movies that showed up late night all the time. Peter Graves stars as Steven Anders, the father …
The Other Boelyn Girl
The interesting thing about movies based on the life of a real historical figure is you sometimes get a point of view that is different than you would come to expect. And, that difference makes the movie much better than you expected it to be.
The Other Boleyn Girl is …
Spirit (movie)
Spirit is a cartoon movie about a wild stallion produced by Dream Works. It starts off when the stallion is first born and shows him growing up with the rest of the herd. From the time he was born this stallion had an attitude and a spirit that could …
Juno
I am reviewing the 2007 movie, Juno. Anyone who has seen this knows what a fantastic movie it is. So it’s about a sixteen-year-old girl named Juno who gets pregnant by her best friend, Paul Bleaker. Juno decides to give her baby up for adoption, and comes …
Movie: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” (2008)
I had to see what all the hype was about. “Benjamin Button” was THE talked-about film of the year: critics raved about the film, and it was nominated for all kinds of awards.
The premise was strange and unique: a baby boy is born old, and grows younger throughout his …
Die Another Day (2002)
Die Another Day, directed by Lee Tamahori is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for action violence and sexuality. The original release date for this movie was December 25, 2002 for Jamaican audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Thriller and stars Pierce Brosnan as …
Scooby Doo on Zombie Island
I’m not normally a fan of Scooby Doo movies that don’t follow the classic format of the ghost really being someone in disguise. But, I will say I did like Scooby Doo on Zombie Island.
This movie, which has Scooby and the gang investigating a haunting on a Louisiana Island …
Thew Ringer movie
The Ringer is a drama comedy movie starring by Johny Knoxville and Katherine Heigl. First time I saw the movie is just uncoincidence and I don’t know exactly what movie it is. After I watch a little longer I can see that this is pretty interesting to watch.
The movie …
Ace Ventura Pet Detective
I have to say that I loved Ace Ventura Pet Detective the first time I saw it. I must say this is probably one of the funniest movies I have ever seen in my life. Jim Carey was at his very best in this movie. This was back in the …
Movie: The Spy Next Door
Synopsis: Jackie Chan stars as Agent Ho, a Chinese operative who is on-loan to the United States CIA. He falls in love with his neighbor and offers to watch her kids when she has to go out of town; only to find his and their lives are in danger.
What …
Iron Man (2008 Film)
The 2008 movie, “Iron Man” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow has always been a movie that I have seen on the TV but flipped passed the channel because I assumed it would be like every other super hero movie. Also, because it didn’t look like it would …
Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
Teaching Mrs. Tingle, directed by Kevin Williamson is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for thematic content, violence, sexuality, language and some teen drinking. The original release date for this movie was August 20, 1999 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of …
Movie Mirror
Mirror, a remake from the korean version that was directed in 2003 by Kim Sung-ho. This story has the similar concept, only except with different actors and background. The movie stars Keifer Sutherland.
The story talks about an ex-cop who committed an offence and becomes a night security guard at …
After Dark Thrillers dvd
Here is another dvd from my friend’s horror movie dvd collection. He likes old movies from the seventies mostly, and lent me this dvd which he said he was told had some good horror films on it. However, when I watched it I didn’t like the movies at all. …
The Whole Ten Yards movie
The movie “The Whole Ten Yards” is actually the sequel to the movie “The Whole Nine Yards” which was released in the year 2000. I didn’t hear of this sequel though until about two or three years ago when I saw it being broadcast on a cable television channel. …
Scoop movie
Scoop is a comedy atypical for Woody Allen. A comedy situated on the border between Allen’s specific black comedies, a classic romantic comedy and a mystery thriller. Another unusual element in Scoop is Scarlett Johansson, who stars in my opinion in one of his best roles. She is a …
The Saw movies
Oh how I loathe these movies. My fiance takes me to them every time they come out on the big screen and I just HATE them. I don’t think there’s really any acting in it. Anyone can ‘act’ in a horror movie. I mean anyone. I just don’t get …
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