These days, many small budget movies with lesser-known actors are becoming big news at the mainstream award shows like the Oscars and the SAG, not just the film festivals. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” is one film that actually slipped under the radar and, in my opinion, should …

The Breakfast Club remains, to this day, my favorite teen movie, and one of my favorite films overall. Simply put, it’s a classic. John Hughes manages to define his five principal characters as much more than the simple stereotypes presented in most teenage driven movies, while, at the same …

I really enjoyed this movie. It’s advertised as kind of a “team” film, but it truly is Susan’s (Reece Witherspoon) movie.
The movie begins on Susan’s wedding day. As she’s heading into the church, she gets hit by a meteor which she actually absorbs into her body. …

Pixar’s Up is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a long time. The movie begins with a summary of the main character’s life, from his childhood when he wanted to be an explorer. As he grew up to marry his best friend, his dreams of …

Friday the 13th part 3 is a movie that makes me laugh, though not in a good way. Part of it is the bad special effects, while a larger part is simply how dated the movie is after all these years. It makes me wonder how they ever based …

Avenger Episode 3 begins with bounty hunters coming after Layla on orders from Lord Volk. Nei and Speedy are caught in the middle and have to escape being captured.
I didn’t really like this episode a lot at all. The problem with Avenger is that it tries to …

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away We are taken to a galaxy ruled by an evil emperor, and his twisted, evil right hand man Darth Vader (David Prowse, voice by James Earl Jones). Upon capturing a rebel ship, which Princess Leia (Carrie …

I received this 4 disc set of old TV Christmas cartoons as a gift - for Christmas, of course. Yes, all those familiar and beloved characters we used to watch on TV every Christmas season - Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, the Grinch - they are all here, neatly packed …

God bless him, Tim Burton has taken Irving Washington’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow and turned it into a first class horror movie and a beautiful romance too. I’ve always disliked the original tale because, despite his flaws, you care about Ichabod Crane and you want him to get the …

I remember thinking that Bruce Almighty was going to be disappointing when I watched it, and I do think that it was a little disappointing in the end. It is not nearly as good as the movie after it. The movie I felt, was a little disrespectful to religion, …

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is a comedy movie starring Woody Allen and Helen Hunt. The movie was directed by Woody Allen. I always liked Woody Allen’s movies and I believe that he is one of the finest directors of Hollywood. He has directed many great movies but …

A Bridge Too Far featured an all-star cast and told the story of an attempt to end World War II by capturing a series of bridges. Known as Operation Market-Garden, it had a lot of hopes but was doomed to fail almost from the beginning.
The problem with A …

I remember watching these two cartoon characters chase each other when I was a kid and now, years later, I find myself watching them again. Actually, I’m not the one watching it. My boy who is only 4 years old watches it all the time and there’s nothing any …

I rented the movie National Treasure today because it stars Nicolas Cage. I had seen the advertisements trailers for the movie during a mini TV show called treasure hunters. It is a movie about a man named Ben who is hunting for a treasure that was hid by the …

I was definitely too excited to watch this movie. My fellow film buffs has suggested this to me because I have a special thing for coming-of-age films. Perhaps it is because I am 19 and the idea of growing up still fascinates me. What I was expecting before I saw …

Filmed 16 years after the original “Patton,” this movie shows us the last several months of the general’s life. The World War II is over, and Patton gets seriously injured in a car accident. We see the general on his deathbed, with the doctors trying to save him, and …

I have a week off from my office so I decided to watch DVDs. Among the video that I watched is this Resident Evil.
This movie is the first part of the trilogy. Definitely a good one and good start. The starts include Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez.
This movie is …

The film that touched the world is how Steven Spielberg would describe his work, and for a good cause. People all over the world has been utterly spellbound by the story of a stranded alien who befriends a human toddler. I cannot remember how many times I …

I have just returned from seeing the long-awaited Narnia movie (”The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” based on the novel by C.S.Lewis). The movie was excellent!! They didn’t change any of the story, the casting and acting was great, and the computer-generated characters were real and believable. The …

One of my favorite Japanese directors Hayao Miyazaki, has done a wonderful job in creating the 2001 Japanese animation “Spirited Away”. The characters in this movie are relatable and ones that I quickly fell in love with, and I am sure that many other people can truly enjoy this …

For those who haven’t been living under a rock for the last decade, the latest Terminator film is the fourth of it’s kind. Perhaps I overestimated the popularity of the Terminator series, but how could you not be compelled to watch Arnie, who happens to be a …

George C. Scott stars as General George Patton, the American World War II hero and a rather controversial figure. General Patton takes command of the US Third Army after the Americans have suffered defeat in their first battle with the Germans at the Kasserine Pass, Tunisia. The first thing …

“Deadly Grace” is quite a fast paced thriller.
FBI agent, Alex Cruz has been sent to talk to a Person of Interest in a double homicide in England. The Person of Interest is Jillian Meade in a small town in Minnesota.
When Alex arrives, he finds Jillian in …

The great performance (600 million dollars) of the first feature movie about the Smurfs (2011) made the continuation of their adventures an inevitability. And it is already a fact - three-dimensional, dynamic and colorful as usual. In the center of the story is Gargamel, who is a superstar in …

“Three Kings” movie has a brilliant story woven between tension, terror, emotions and drama. This movie represents George Clooney in his early stages of his carrier on the big screen and definitely a very promising start. This is the first out of two movies were Clooney and the actor, …

Juannua Man is a 2002 comedy movie starring Miquel A Nuniz Jr..It stars a basketball player named Jamal who is a cocky and arrogant basketball player
..One day,after a basketball game,he poses nude in front of a crowd and causes a riot.This gets him suspended from the Nba.After this incident,no …

I gotta say that Wayne’s World is a pretty good movie. It is one of my best memories of the past. I think the movie was really funny and very crazy. I think Wayne was a very funny character. The movie Wayne’s World really captured the essence of what the …

I had never heard of the movie I am Omega until it aired on TV yesterday morning. Since I didn’t have much else to do (my wife is extremely pregnant, limiting our movement on weekends), I ended up sitting down to watch it.
It turned out to be better than …

Man of the Year is a good comedy. From all of the trailors I thought they would actually let the comedian become president not that he would get the truth out in time. I enjoyed the movie I just think it would have been funnier the other way if …

From 1974, Betrayal is a movie I didn’t enjoy watching and which I don’t ever want to see again. I’m actually very sorry I sat through it this one time. The thing is that the description on the DVD case indicated it was another movie called Betrayal, …

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs was better than the first two movies, in my opinion. Granted, I haven’t seen the other two in a while now, so my opinion could change if I watched the first two movies again. I watched Ice Age 3 in 3D, but …

Joanne and Walter moves to the little peaceful town called Stepford, and everything seems to be in perfect harmony. Joanne is a little bit worried though, when it seems all women in the town are constantly in their homes and taking care of their husbands.
A very unpleasant film to …

Ted Crawford, an aerospace engineer, finds out that his wife is cheating on him with a detective. Crawford shots his wife in the head. It so happens that the first person to arrive to the crime scene is the very detective who was the wife’s lover. Crawford openly tells …

Starring: Rowan Atkinson (Johnny English), Ben Miller (Bough) John Malkovich (Pascal Sauvage ), Lorna Campbell (Natalie Imbruglia)
I think the name of Rowan Atkinson itself attracted me to this movie. Having known him as that disgusting yet endearing Mr Bean and his absurd antics, he did not disappoint at …

The story takes place in the 1950s, in a small New England town where everything seems to be about appearances, social status, and snobbery. Cary (Jane Wyman), a middle-aged, recently widowed woman, lives alone in a nice large house. Her two grown-up kids, selfish to no end, are off …

I was a little surprised by how much I actually liked this film. I really thought that Robert Downey, Jr. in “black-face” would cause some issues for the director, producer, and actors. But it seems that perhaps people are seeing about this film what I …

To give props where props are do: I really like the idea of Mutilation Ball, and the “sport” is animated brilliantly. I don’t know who came up with the idea of combining chain saws with basketball but for some strange reason it works, at least as it is …

One of those movies that I had always heard people talking about but I never got to watch was “Driving Miss Daisy”, and so of course I always knew I had to see it whenever I had the chance to. I didn’t actually know what it was supposed to …

Being a former history major, I absolutely love movies based in historical times; especially when they are about legendary characters. Braveheart is a movie that has all the qualities I look for in a historical movie. It?s an accurate portrayal of the hero but still takes some liberties with …

In 1960, Doris Day starred in a mystery thriller called Midnight Lace. It’s definitely more intense and dramatic than what Day was known for traditionally. She handles the work very well; it’s just not my kind of movie. Day, in fact, was nominated for Best Actress …

This silly little flick of a movie seems to be one of those that people either love, for whatever reason, or hate. It was filmed in 1997 when the Soviet Union no longer existed, but certain fascination with it obviously still did; so the moviemakers invented this Eastern European …

I totally loved the Bring It On Movie which was the first part of this second movie, and as I was excited to see this one, first I was disappointed because they had totally changed the characters, Eliza Dushku and Kirsten Dunst weren’t the main characters anymore, and nobody …

Le Chevalier D’Eon Episode 1 starts out with D’Eon de Beaumont investigating the murder of his sister, Lia de Beaumont. He is a noble who actually cares about the country of France and serves King Louis XV. He works with the secret police who are investigating …

After the film Scream came out in 1996, there was a big renaissance in the horror genre and countless slasher films with a serial killer stalking beautiful young girls flooded the theatres. I Know What You Did Last Summer is one of these and has Jennifer Love Hewitt and …

This one really delivered, I thought. The first Creeper movie was great, but any fans might remember the Creeper had wings and in the first one we never saw him fly. Set the stage for this second helping of mayhem. Most of the horror takes place on a …

I loved the old movie the Bad News Bears and I was excited when I heard a new one was coming out a couple years ago. I wasn’t dissapointed. I thought this movie was really cute and very funny, it’s not the old one but it is …

When I first saw the cover of the dvd, to tell you the truth I didn’t expect anything higher than a movie which could only be described as b-rated. However, when I watched the movie I was more than surprised because I found it was actually quite interesting and …

I watched Obsessed at the cinema with my boyfriend the other day. This movie stars Idris Elba, Beyonce and Ali Larter. It is such a great and amazing movie and it has a thriller genre. The movie plot is pretty simple and predictable though, but I feel …

Steamboy comes from the celebrated director of Akira, one of the most well-known anime films of all time. In 1866 Manchester, Ray Steam is the descendent of two great inventors who create machines powered by steam. But the conflict starts when his father and grandfather part ways …

A saw the Criterion Collection dvd of this visually breathtaking film a while ago. It was directed by Georges Franju, a french filmmaker working indepently from the new wave directors in the sixties. Eyes without a face is a horror-filled story about a plastic surgeon who kidnaps young girls, …