I recently saw the movie Lakeview Terrace starring Samuel L. Jackson at the movies theater. The movie was about a bi racial couple that moves next store to a black police officer raising his son and daughter by himself. From the time the couple moved in …

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 low-budgeted film about an Indian orphan who dreamed big and search his destiny. This movie dominated the Oscar awards 2009 and because of that I was very intrigued why such low-budgeted/Indian-inspired film successfully captured the Academy judges.
I finally had the time to watch this …

This is a very interesting movie. I thought it would be like other movies that are based on true stories where it is all acted out and would maybe have some interviews with real people involved with the story in the special features, but that is not …

The new version of The Stepford Wives has its pluses and minuses, compared to the old 1975 movie. The plot is not only modernized but developed in several different directions, and so are some characters. Namely, Joanna Eberhart, the heroine, played by Nicole Kidman. She is a high TV …

Reservation Road is a drama directed by Terry George, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Elle Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Mark Ruffalo, and Miro Sorvino.
Ethan Learner (Joaquin Phoenix) and his wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly) lose their son to a hit and run. The hit and run driver is played by Mark …

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 8 begins after the recap of the last episode with Al being attacked by someone in a suit of armor and Ed sneaking into Laboratory 5 and discovering a strange transmutation circle. Inside he encounters a guard called Number 66, who he discovers is a …

Pan’s Labyrinth is a very, very interesting story set in a war-fare era. I can�t remember the era, but the story is in a foreign language, and it is a beautiful language of German, Spanish or French, I am not pretty sure.
I think that the Director of this …

I am reviewing the movie called Legend. It stars Tom Cruise(Jack), Mia Sara(Lilly), and Tim Curry as the Lord of Darkness.
The story is about good and evil competing against each other: a classic. A movie about a young girl’s innocence.
I think of this as a childrens’ movie but …

The Silence of the Lambs, directed by Jonathan Demme is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was February 14, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Thriller and stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, Sir Anthony Hopkins …

You, Me and Dupree (2006) is a comedy from directors Anthony and Joe Russo and is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for sexual content, brief nudity, crude humor, language and a drug reference.
In You, Me and Dupree, Carl (Matt Dillon) and Molly (Kate Hudson)have found the one unfortunate hitch …

Jurassic Park (1993) is an action film from director Steven Spielberg and is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense science fiction terror.
Jurassic Park tells the story of millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) who asks two dinosaur experts (Laura Dern and Sam Neill) to act as consultants on his …

Oh why didn’t I watch it earlier??? This movie was in my movie collection but I just didn’t watch it yet. I decided to pop it in the DVD player tonight and wow, what a movie. It kind of reminds me of Edward Scissorhands but the …

Dakota Fanning is one of the best young actors today, and I just fall in love with her over and over again when I watch her movies. One of the best ones I have seen her in is “Hide and Seek,” which also stars Robert De Niro. This film …

Greencine is another company that offers dvd rentals by mail just like blockbuster and netflix. They had a free trial a while back but I don’t know if they still do. The main reason I didn’t care for them is because they didn’t have a lot of movie titles …

One Missed Call, directed by Eric Valette is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Assocation of America for intense sequences of violence and terror, frightening images, some sexual material and thematic elements. The original release date was January 4, 2008 for United States audience. This movie falls in the …

This 2003 release was obviously meant to be a “spooky comedy” of sorts, with ghosts and zombies who come alive in their tomb in a most inconvenient time. Perhaps some kids liked it, and perhaps it was okay to watch once for some adults. But to me, it was …

I wanted to write about Avatar while it’s still fresh in my mind. I watched it on December 24, 2009 for a hefty fee of $14.99 (that’s how much it costs to watch a full-blown digital 3D movie these days). On second thought, this cost is not …

Vin Diesel is a Navy Seal who is given a mission to babysit a deceased scientist’s family, which are 5 children and a duck. His task is to protect them from harm while the mother is away. Have you ever seen or heard of such bologna in your whole …

It is extremely rare that I sit down to watch a movie, and I am literally engrossed in it so much that I cannot leave my seat for the entire length of the movie. The Hurt Locker is so incredibly intense from the first moment, and the plot, acting …

Ok I really really really tried to watch The Unborn. These kinds of films are typically right up my alley. However, for some reason I got totally turned off by this film. I think it’s because there seem to be so many Asian films wherein …

Ciara ft. Chamillionaire
“Get Up”
Ciara: The Evolution
LaFace Records
Director: Joseph Kahn
“Get Up” is the first single and music video from Ciara’s second album titled “Ciara: The Evolution”, it’s also featured on 2006’s “Step Up” Soundtrack. It samples 1984’s “Somebody’s Watching Me” by Rockwell in a very clever fashion as the song …

This is a 1998 film starring Norm Mcdonald where two friends start a business where people call them to take revenge out on people to raise money to save Sam’s father who needs an operation. They play practical jokes, or more serious antics that get people fired from their …

Eastern Promises, directed by David Cronenberg is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity. The original release date for this movie was September 21, 2007 for United Sattes audiences. This movie falls in the genre …

When I saw the trailer for this movie, I immediately wanted to watch it and had made a mental note that I should see this as it seemed like a real comedy. The movie features John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, Rob Corddry, Crispin Glover, and Chevy Chase with …

Michelangelo Antonioni’s film about the desolated american youth and the influence of narcotica. A couple of rebellious young people escape from the big city out to the desert and runs around there for a while. Meanwhile they are suspected for criminal activities and chased by the police. That is …

In the face of progressive change, how much does compassion figure in long-established doctrine and discipline? This seems to be the question that is initially asked the audience upon watching “Doubt”, the film adaptation of the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning period stage play by John Patrick Shanley, but as …

Period dramas are not that interesting to me unless they are released to compete for awards. Take for example “Age of Adaline”, it was very nonsensical and boring because it was solely made for entertainment. It was presented like it was a true story but it was purely science fiction.
Dramas …

Kamal is the only one among the directors of Malayalam film industry who has always succeeded in working with different themes.He has proved it with his earlier hits like ‘Mazhayethum Munpe’,’Ulladakkam’,’Krishnagudiyil Oru Pranayakalathu’ etc, all of them having entirely different themes with a good number of excellent songs.His films …

I’m not sure what exactly attracted me to the movie Dead Snow enough to want to load it on my Netflix player. Maybe it was because I was in the mood for a zombie movie and thought the idea of mixing some history with it (by using former Nazi …

“Breaking and Entering” is a 2006 Miramax film. Miramax is one of the my favorite production companies. I almost always find that I enjoy Miramax movies. When I watch the movie on DVD I almost always find a movie or two I want to watch from the previews section …

This episode of Max & Ruby was a somewhat boring one. In the Blue Tarantula, Rudy reads a bedtime story to her younger brother, Max. Ruby wants to read “Good Night Snoozy,” but her brother insists that she should read him “The Blue Tarantula,” which is a …

The movie begins right where it left off in the first one. (Crank) Chev Chelios is falling out of a helicopter towards the street. The trailer show him unconscious on an operation table. He wakes up to find out that his heart has been replaced with a temporary one …

Striptease, directed by Andrew Bergman is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for nudity, erotic dancing and language. The original release date was June 28, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Demi Moore as Erin Grant, Burt …

A truly modern day scary movie!! Based on the true story of a housewife that is an absolute lunatic!! The story takes place in the 60’s and a single mother of six , who lives a precarious lifestyle, and decides to earn some income by allowing 2 other children …

A Sound Of Thunder with Edward Burns and Ben Kingsley.
This adaption of a Ray Bradbury science fiction thriller was very interesting and had me on the edge of my seat throughout. Consider this concept. People who live in the future will have the ability …

I have never gotten good customer service at this Canton movie theater. On my birthday, I was directed toward the wrong theater and I ended up missing the movie I wanted to see. A couple ahead of us in line ordered tickets to a movie called “The American”, which …

I am surprised that I haven’t really heard anything about this movie when it was released. It is a good movie that deserves more attention. Peter Falk plays Sam Kleinman, a hard-working husband and an absentee father whose wife Muriel (Olympia Dukakis) finally leaves him after 50 years of …

Arlington Road is a 1999 suspense film directed by Mark Pellington and starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins, and Joan Cusack. The film is about a College History Professor who lost his wife, an FBI agent killed on duty, he has been struggling with this, and struggling to raise his …

Love is a complicated matter…and this movie shows just how complicated it can get. Mixed signals…lack of communication…looking for love in all the wrong places…having to make terrible decisions…the list goes on and on. This movie would have done much better if it was just a drama. The comedy …

I’m always glad when it’s my daughter’s turn to pick a movie because I know I’m usually going to find one that we will all enjoy.
Watching Leroy & Stitch last night is a perfect example.
In what I think is going to be the final sequel to the original Lilo …

I applaud Vexille for taking a different direction in its CG animation, but the lack of characterization and story really hurt it in the long run.
In the year 2067, an international law restricted the use of robotic technology. In protest of this law, Japan decided to isolate itself from …

Soul Eater is an anime where the Grimm Reaper has started a Death Weapon Meister Academy to prevent evil souls who become Keeshan Eggs from destroying the world. The first episode involves Weapon Meister Maka Albarn has collected evil souls and is trying to collect the soul of …

“The Princess and the Warrior” is truly a film that you will not mind reading the subtitles on. As a matter of fact, you may find that you’ve forgotten that this film is in German. Franka Potente stars in this film as a psychiatric nurse …

This movie is about a pair of star crossed lovers who have fallen prey to a terrible curse set upon them by a Bishop. The tale goes like this, they can never share each others human company for by day, the woman is transformed into a Hawk as the …

When the movie Interview with a Vampire came out, I thought it was a fantastic film. And, I still do think it is better than some of the so-called vampire movies that are out today (like Twilight). But, I have to tell you, I watched it again last night …

Madea goes to jail, directed and written by Tyler Perry is a very inspirational story. The movie balances out its sorrows with gut wrenching humor. This movie does have Madea going to jail, after, as always some testy behavior, that will most definitely make you laugh. However, this is also …

That movie was hilarious. It is basically about a guy that finds himself without a job and can’t seem to find any other job because of the way he left hs last job. Desperate times call for desperate measures. They decide to do the unthinkable for …