Movies Reviews
The Breakfast Club
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 …
Wall-E
I quickly became a fan of the movie Finding Nemo shortly after Pixar released it. I not only liked the story but fell in love with the characters. I don’t know how many times I watched it. I must have watched enough to memorize most of its quotes. I …
A Christmas Carol movie
The movie, A Christmas Carol, rendered in full 3D at the theaters, was such a joy to watch. It kept me to the edge of my seat. Imagine even snowflakes seemingly falling right in front of you, inside the theater, down your legs, and even your seat. …
Paul Mooney: Analyzing White America (NR, 2002)
I had seen Paul Mooney’s other comedy DVD and was quite pleased. Ordinarily, I like Mooney’s brand of sarcastic humor, and his blatant and frank opinions about the state of society. However, this DVD, which delves deeply into issues concerning white people (and their differences from other …
Fracture, Gregory Hoblit Movie
Opened with scenes of a husband and wife with a gun is cold. The wife, Jennifer Crawford, was reticent have affair with a detective named Lieutenant Robert Nunally. The affair this fact has long been suspected by the husband, Ted Crawford, owner of a company working in the field …
The Accidental Husband
The Accidental Husband is a movie story that I’ve watched before starring Uma Thurman, Colin Firth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The story is something like a romantic comedy and Uma’s acting is pretty commendable here.
I’ve always thought that she fits serious roles when acting but this story proved me …
Sparkling Cyanide movie
Sparkling Cyanide from 1983 was surprisingly entertaining in my opinion. The story is taken from the Agatha Christie novel, and I’ve actually read that viewers well acquainted with the mystery novel say the movie is not in line with the book and shouldn’t even have Christie’s name on …
Stargate movie
A few years after I became familiar with cable television, I began to notice different science fiction television series with the name “Stargate” included in its title. Even today, I have not watched it, but at the same time am familiar with shows such as “Stargate SG1″ and “Stargate …
Movie The Beast and the Magic Sword (1984)
After the box office flop of The Craving, Paul Naschy never thought he’d ever play the werewolf role he made famous ever again. Well, never say never because he was tapped by a Japanese company to make this strange “Werewolf runs amok in fuedal Japan” mini epic.
If the description …
Saw V
Saw V is the second movie in the series where James Wan had nothing to do with, this time they got a new director, David Hackl. The movie was released around Halloween again, a year after the last. While not as pathetic as Saw IV this film is pathetic, …
Movie Rocky
Rocky came out in 1976 and was written by and stars Sylvester Stallone. It is a movie that has inspired me most of my life. It’s about an average, unknown boxer who gets a shot at the Heavyweight Championship.
In the movie, the Champion, Apollo Creed, …
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic is your typical feel-good romantic movie and it stars Isla Fisher as Rebecca Bloomwood, a financial journalist for Successful Savings, a New York finance magazine. She maintains a column as The Girl in the Green Scarf and gives financial advice to people and has …
Lord of War Movie
Nine times out of ten a moving staring Nicholas Cage is a big hit in our household. I have always enjoyed his movies so when my husband decided to rent the 2005 movie Lord of War I sat down expecting to enjoy the movie. Told as a narrative from …
Voodoo Lagoon movie
Starring: Ashley Hamilton (Tom), Lara Cox (Carolina), Lincoln Lewis (Aaron), Natalie Blair (Kate), Beau Brady (Lee), Kelly Atkinson (Jessica), John Noble (Ben), Kristian Schmid (Kevin)
The synopsis on the DVD cover looked interesting at first; eerie voodoo happenings on a secluded tropical island. However it was more …
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
The Hills Have Eyes, directed by Alexandre Aja is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong gruesome violence and terror throughout, and for language. The original release date was March 10, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Horror/Thriller and …
White Noise movie
This movie stars Micheal Keaton, and I’m pretty sure that it’s classified as a horror flick, perhaps more accurately “thriller”.
The film focuses around EVP (electronic voice phenomenon). Basically, it’s where one records “white noise” from a television set and/or radio, perhaps asking questions they hope to be answered. …
Striking Distance (1993)
Striking Distance, directed by Rowdy Herrington is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was September 17, 1993 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Mystery/Thriller and stars Bruce Willis as Detective Tom Hardy, Sarah Jessica Parker as Jo …
It Takes Two movie
It Takes two is a movie starring Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen. They play two girls who look alike but are not related and from two different backgrounds. They meet at a camp and become freinds where they hatch a plan to get the case worker of the orphan …
The Rescuers
If it weren’t for mice, Disney would have been out of business long ago. Granted all animals helped Disney succeed, but mice helped him over the top.
The Rescuers was no different. This concept of mice as rescuers worked so well in the mid-70s that fifteen years later, two other …
Ninjas Vs. Vampires, movie (2011)
Endlight Entertainment’s Ninjas Vs. Vampires is not a movie that is meant to be watched alone. Don’t take that statement as this is the scariest movie ever made, although it does have a few jumps and some decent blood-spilling. This is a movie where you have some …
The Cell movie
This is probably one of the most imaginative and daring films to come along in years. Granted, the basic plot has been done over and over before (finding a serial killer), but in this case, the road toward getting from point A to point Z is what matters. …
Step Up
I love Channing, this is the first time that I saw a muscle hunk that truly can dance, minus the pants that he was wearing, too lousy. The story was about a typical two teenager that enrolled in Mary Land School of Arts. One of them was attending a …
Forrest Gump (1994)
Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for drug content, some sensuality and war violence. The original release date was July 6, 1994 for United States audience. This movie falls in the gerne of Comedy/Drama/Romance and stars Tom Hanks as …
Halloween (2007)
In the begiining, Michael Myers was no ordinary child as he shows mannerisms of a killer mentality by killing small animals. As he got older, his twisted need for blood got worse as he systematically slaughtered the members of his family. After his arrest, young Michael is commited to …
The Long, Long Trailer movie
The Long, Long Trailer was released in 1953 and starred the real life married couple of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. They were an intriguing and vibrant couple in their day. I remember watching this comedy as a child, but it’s been many, many years since I’d …
Over The Hedge Movie
Over the Hedge is more then just an animated movie about a Hedgehog. Even though it’s rated PG, I think that it is one of those movies with the type of humor in it that virtually any adult can relate to and enjoy! Some of the humor …
“Play Misty for Me” movie
“Play Misty for Me” is a 1971 movie starring and directed by Clint Eastwood. The movie is Eastwood’s first efforts to direct and the story goes that he agreed to direct without payment just to get himself established. If you look at his subsequent Oscar-winning career it’s clear that …
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 …
Forrest Gump
One of m all time favorite actors is Ton Hanks. He is just a great actor, and every movie that he is in you just want to see.
We saw the movie FOrest Gump and Tom Hanks portrayal of this challegned indivual is outstanding.
At the opening …
High Voltage movie
From 1929, a real oldie, High Voltage features Carole Lombard, whose career was cut much to short by a tragic plane crash many years after this early movie of hers was released. Basically, a bus carrying a couple of woman to prison gets stranded out in a snowstorm …
Danville Stadium Cinemas, Danville Virginia
The Georgia Theatre Company operates many movie theatres in the southern areas of the United States, and Virginia is no exception. The only theater provided in the Danville, VA area is the Danville Stadium Cinemas 12 (although I’m unsure of why the name is plural).
As the Danville Stadium is …
Terminator salvation
I already watch this movie in cinemas yesterday. This is the fourth series from terminator movies. I think many new things that are shown and it is very different from the previous movies. For example, the main actor is not Arnold Schwarzeneger anymore, and the world setting is not …
The Secret of My Success
Michael J. Fox stars as Brantley Foster in The Secret of My Success. The film came out in 1987 and to me, Fox still looked so young. Even in Family Ties, he seemed very young to me. Here he’s leaving the farm to go make it …
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 …
Seven Psychopaths (movie)
The first time I even heard of the movie “Seven Psychopaths” was when I saw the trailer of it somewhere right before it was released. The biggest impression that the trailer made on me was that it didn’t seem to give away a lot of information like some, and …
Good Morning Vietnam Movie
A disc jockey has a very popular radio show in the Vietnam War. Popular because he doesn’t care about the rules, he just performs his own show the way he wants it. The film is said to be based on real events, although Robin Williams improvises very much as …
Furious 7 (Fast & Furious 7) - Movie (2015)
Furious 7, starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Dwayne Johnson is a movie that had high expectations before its release, primarily due to Paul Walker’s death, half-way through the filming of the movie. In my opinion, the movies in the Fast & Furious series have been disappointing but Furious 7 …
The mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Rick O’Connell is back but this time, without his original lady love “Edie” (Rachel Weisz) I had mixed emotions regarding this latest installment. While I love Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, I feel that they should not have made another one. In any case, this is my review:
The plot: …
Bringing down the house
Bringing down the house is a fine comedy movie. This Steve Martin and Queen Latifah starred movie is I have watched this movie on DVD and it is a nice movie, at least one doesn’t get bored at any point of the movie. The performances of Queen Latifah and …
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Movie (2014)
“The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies” is a decent effort by director Peter Jackson to wrap up the trilogy based on the novel, ‘The Hobbit’. Now I use decent very loosely as it falls far below the quality of the first two installments in the trilogy. When I watched …
Point Break (1991)
Point Break, directed by Kathryn Bigelow is rated R bythe Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 12, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Crime/Drama/Sport/Thriller and stars Patrick Swayze as Bodhi, Keanu Reeves as FBI Agent Johnny Utah, Gary …
The Dark Knight
I watched the Dark Knight a couple of days after the movie came out. I had seen the first one too and I had waited for this one to release for a long time. In this one, the batman battled the Joker. This movie was one of the best …
Horrible Bosses 2 (comedy movie)
I was one of those people who actually thought that the movie Horrible Bosses was funny. Therefore, when I heard that there was going to be a sequel, was looking forward to seeing what they would do with it. However watching it was a different story. While it had a …
The Benchwarmers
What do you get when there are combination acting by Jon Heder, Rob Schneider and David Spade? You get total hilarious and out of this world type of laughs.
Perhaps there are people thinking that this is a dumb movie but I really love this when it was …
Movie: The Best Years of our Lives
I had never heard of the movie The Best Years of our Lives until this past weekend, when I discovered it as part of a Memorial Day marathon. At first, I didn’t know what I was watching. But, it ended up being a halfway decent movie.
Unlike a lot of …
The Science of Sleep movie
The Science of Sleep, starring Gael Garcia Bernal (of “Y Tu Mama Tambien”) is a very strange film directed by Michel Gondry (who also directed “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind”). The film follows a young man who happens to fancy his neightbor Stephanie.
The beauty of this film …
Muppet Treasure Island (movie)
This is a wonderful movie for the entire family. It’s based on the classic book “Treasure Island” except it stars the Muppets: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Fozzy Bear and all the other characters you love. Tim Curry also does a superb performance as Long John Silver. In …
Dazed and confused movie
This is one in the long row of films depicting the teenage high school life, this time when the teenagers are graduating. The characters here are very cliche-like as you might have expected. There’s the tough guy, the beauty queen, the nerd, the good-looking guy who wants to be …
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