Movies Reviews
Movie Revolutionary Road
I watched the movie Revolutionary Road with a couple of friends at the movies. Since, we loved Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicarprio in the movie Titanic. This film really impressed me. The film is about love, emotion, marriage, arguments, affairs, and tragic losses etc that every couple in the …
Dead Like Me DVD Set
The first disk of the Dead Like Me DVD set contains the pilot plus a lot of special features. There were a number of deleted scenes, something that I always love to see. My one complaint is that there were four screens of these deleted scenes and …
The Memphis Belle: A story of a flying fortress Movie
Documentary by the legendary filmmaker William Wyler, known for films like The Best Years of Our Lives, Ben Hur and Roman Holiday.
This film was made during World War II and shows the daily life of the crew inside a gigantic airplane taking out missions in nazi Germany. The film …
The Skeleton Key (2005)
The Sketeton Key, directed by Iain Softley is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America and stars Kate Hudson as Caroline Ellis, Gena Rowlands as Violet Devereaux, John Hurt as Ben Devereaux and Peter Sarsgaard as Luke Marshell.
Do you believe in voodoo? That is the question that …
Session 9 movie
Session 9 is a horror film that manages to be very eerie and unsettling whilst avoiding resorting to shock value or unrealistic special effects. It was a lot better than I had expected. It is set in an old mental institution —“ a beautiful, ornate red brick …
Cursed movie
Starring: Christina Ricci (Ellie), Jesse Eisenberg (Jimmy), Joshua Jackson (Jake)
Director: Wes Craven
Ellie and her brother, Jimmy, were traveling home one night, when they met an accident. In trying to rescue the victim from the other car, they were bitten and scratched by an animal resembling a wolf. …
Hacksaw Ridge (2016 Biographical War Drama Film)
I admit I did not have any desire to watch this film ever since it was announced Mel Gibson is seating at the director’s chair. Plus the idea of another war movie is exhausting to think about unless your name is Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk will be released this year and …
“Away from Her” a Story About Alzheimer’s
The 2007 movie “Away from Her” is the story of a married couple in their senior years. Gordon Pinsent plays Grant, a retired professor of Icelandic literature. Julie Christie plays Fiona, his wife of more than forty years. The movie has been nominated for and received almost every Canadian …
Sixteen Candles
What is interesting about teen movies is the fact that every time period is associated to a film. Now a days is “High School Musical” period, but in the 80’s they had “Sixteen Candles” which was a smashing hit at the time.
This movie definitely marked the beginning of …
The Old Curiosity Shop Movie
The Old Curiosity Shop, 1995, mini-series, is a good adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens. Peter Ustinov plays Grandfather, a poor old man who is raising his beloved granddaughter Nell and trying to make her fortune by gambling. Peter Ustinov may be a little too heavy for the …
Border Town
Border Town - Review : Border town, directed by Gregry Nova , is a story about a journalist, played by Lopez, who is sent to Zeurich, where some strange things are reported to happen with women. MAny have died, and many were out traced, with no evidence. She …
Across the Universe Movie
The husband and I recently watched the movie “Across the Universe”. I had been looking forward to it for quite awhile since I am a big Beatles fan. We were not disapointed and I was pleased to see my husband get so into a musical.
Previews of the …
DVD: Hidden Places
I enjoyed watching “Hidden Places” very much. Made for television by Hallmark Entertainment, the a wholesome, family-oriented film comfortably entertains without being overly sweet. The family owns an orange grove in California but faces the threat of foreclosure by the bank. If this sounds familiar, it should because it …
Babel (2007 film)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is a director of real life, concentrating on characters and their usual, yet heartbreaking, devastating problems. He is an artist that paints with grief, melancholia and tragedy, wrapping it all in romance. Babel is his most exceptional human tale.
A Japanese father of a …
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Terminator 4 had lot of loud noises, cool sound effects and no redeeming quality whatsoever. This movie was one of the worst of 2009. Terminator Salvation, aka Terminator 4 was even more predicable that the third in the series. I am a big fan of Christian Bale, …
The Pursuit of Happiness
I had put off watching the movie “The Pursuit of Happiness” for a very long while as I thought that it was going to be a tragedy. I do not like movies with sad ending as even though they do not make me cry, they tend to disturb me …
13 Going on 30 (2004 movie)
A little girl, not very happy with her life, makes a wish on her 13th birthday to be 30 and flirty and thriving. She falls asleep in the closet and when she wakes, she finds herself in a strange house and that she is 30 years old. Finding her …
Movie: High Fidelity (2000)
I thought this movie was extremely entertaining. Rob Gordon, (expertly portrayed by John Cusack) is in the midst of a nasty split from his current girlfriend, Laura (played by Iben Hjejle, best of luck pronouncing that!). He is mad at the world and cannot understand why he cannot succeeed …
Wisegirls
Wisegirls is the title of this movie in which three ladies,Mariah Carey as Rachel, Mira Sorvino as Meg and Melora Walters as Kate help in bringing down a drug trafficking operation in New York City.The movie is directed by David Anspaugh and was released in 2001.
In watched a French …
War of the Worlds: Movie
War of the Worlds is one of my favourite alien invasion films; I thought it was really well made.
Besides having all the ingredients to make a got alien picture, such as the budget, the actors and the CGI; they also managed to capture what I find to be rather …
Iron Man (2008)
I always love to watch Marvel superhero movies, like Fantastic 4, Spiderman, Hulk etc, but this one is the best Marvel superhero movie I ever seen.
The movie Iron Man start off with Tony Stark (Iron Man) riding on a army vehicle with some soldiers, then boom! I …
The Cable Guy (1996)
The Cable Guy, directed by Ben Stiller is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for dark thematic elements and crude humor. The original release date was June 14, 1996 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Thriller and stars Jim Carrey as …
Spirited Away
I love animation movie. I just saw recommendations on this one and I decided to watch it on sidereel.
It’s an animation movie by Hayao Miyazaki. It is about a little girl named Chihiro, having to move to another city with her parents. On the way of …
Charlie’s Angels movie
Charlie’s Angels is an action packed movie about three women detectives who work to help stop crime all over the world. The stars of this movie are Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu. This movie is action packed from the beginning to the end. One of the best …
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Die Hard 2, directed by Renny Harlin is Rated R by the Motion Picture Assocation of America, and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane, William Sadler as Colonel Stuart and John Amos as Major Grant.
Once again, terrorists / mercenaries plan to take over and destroy public property with the …
Maleficent (2014 Film)
Maleficent is another one of the Disney movies that made its appearance earlier in the year. Not animation, but a live action film that promised to tell a different story than what the Disney fans are used to. I will happily admit that I am a Disney fan that …
Champagne Charlie movie
About a man called Charles Heidsieck, a wealthy person who lived in the 19th century, who is famous for the fact that he introduced champagne in America. What I find awkward about this film is that it doesn’t focus on the champagne itself, or what it had as effects …
Pearl Harbor movie
I won’t be giving much plot info in this review, because that is easily accessible on Wikipedia or something. To start, I needed to state that I do not like romance movies in any way. I am more of an action movie type of gal, but I still …
The Artist’s Circle
The Artist’s Circle is a small, artsy independent film that stars Michael Shanks, most known for his role as Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1. In this short drama from 2000, Shanks plays ‘the artist’. He’s promised his critics a masterpiece that they won’t forget. Among the …
The Aviator (2004)
I watched the movie “The Aviator” a couple years ago when I had either just graduated from high school or was still in high school. I can remember not wanting to watch it at first since I thought that it was probably going to be a little boring and …
The Virgin Suicides
Have you watched The Virgin Suicides before..? This is one of those earlier movie appearances by Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett. But if you don’t like deep moving movie stories with emotions, then this story might not be suitable for you.
This is a movie which is …
Beerfest movie
I think the movie Beerfest was apparently trying somehow to fit into that genre of comedy which focuses mostly on sex, drinking, goofy situations and having fun but still manages to be hilarious. However, I think in this respect Beerfest failed miserably. It was one of the worst excuses …
The Incredible Hulk
Hulk had another similar version released in 2003, directed by Ang Lee, starring Eric Bana as the Bruce Banner (The Hulk) and Jennifer Connelly as Betty Ross. The story was about the origins of the Hulk. It was quite a hit during that period of time in 2003.
After Marvel …
Glorifying the American Girl movie
Glorifying the American Girl from 1929 purports to be under the direct supervision of the legendary Florenz Ziegfeld. There were lots of showgirls in this motion picture to satisfy that Rockette feeling, too. Even today, the line of girls doing those high leg kicks are incredibly popular.
I …
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
When the movie “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” was released in movie theatres, I had no interest in seeing it for some reason. However, recently when I was bored I managed to watch the movie and was surprised that I actually thought of passing it over …
Babel (R, 2006) movie
It took me a while to actually rent this movie. I knew that anything starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett would be really interesting. This movie did not disappoint. Following a couple who’s vacationing in and through Morocco, the audience gets to witness the aftermath occurring …
The Hurt Locker
I had been encouraged to watch this year’s Oscar winning movie, “The Hurt Locker”, for a few months before I finally sat down and put the film on. While I don’t usually like war movies, I thought that this particular production might be worth a few hours of my …
Mighty Ducks, The (1992)
Starring Emilio Estevez, The Mighty Ducks is a movie about a lawyer (Gordon Bombay) who gets arrested for DUI. He is ordered to do 500 hours of community service, where he must serve as a head coach of a Minneapolis Peewee hockey team. At first he is reluctant to …
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
You’ve Got Mail, directed by Nora Ephron is rated PG by the Motion Picture Asociation of America for some language. The original release date was December 18, 1998 for United States audience. This movie fallsin the genre of Comedy/Romance and stars Tom Hanks as Joe Foxx, Meg Ryan as …
Showtime movie
I am reviewing the movie, Showtime, which was released in 2002. It stars Robert Deniro as LAPD cop Mitch Preston, a tough no-nonsense man. Starring alongside him is Eddie Murphy, who plays Trey,a wanna be actor who also happens to be a cop. After shooting a camera …
Pulp Fiction (1994 film)
Quentin Tarantino is an unnatural director making movies with distinctively entertaining and yet thoughtful direction with unique presentation of a one of a kind story. I discover the very best of this style of his, not that there is anything bad in it, in Pulp Fiction.
Jules …
To Kill a Mockingbird
I am reviewing the movie, To Kill a Mockingbird, which was made back in the 1960s. It starred Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, Mary Badham as Scout, and Phillip Alford as Jem. This movie remains to be my mother’s favorite and my favorite movie ever. There is just something …
The Couple (Aryan Couple)
I found “The Couple” to be an engaging, entertaining movie. The October 2006 movie is just the latest in what has almost become a genre in filmmaking: the efforts to prevent Jews from going to a concentration camp and to rescue them from Nazi Germany.
I like the story of …
Thunderheart (1992)
This movie is based on actual events that occurred in the history book of the investigation of a Native American Indian and the murder of two FBI Agents. The events surrounding the investigation is played by the lead character named Ray Levoi played by Val Kilmer who is joined …
Tyler Perry’s “Why Did I Get Married?”
Tyler Perry is an awesome film maker. I really enjoyed his most recent film entitled “Why Did I Get Married?” The movie focused on relationships and the problems that each couple was dealing with in their marriage.
In the movie, there were four couples and they were all friends. …
The Bucket List (movie)
During the Christmas season we went and saw the Bucket List with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. The Bucket List is a movie about what you want to do before you kick the bucket and die. These two men meet in a hospital room, both are suffering …
Howl’s Moving Castle (Movie 2004)
Howl’s Moving Castle is one of the most romantic, magical and amusing movies that Studio Ghibli has produced. I was in my grade school years when I first watched Howl’s Moving Castle and I never really understood what the whole story was about. Now, several years later (I’m already …
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
While Transformers began with children in mind, Revenge of the fallen couldn’t have landed further without earning an “R” rating. While the robots are more numerous and larger in size, I must say I am a little disappointed with the lack of responsibility taken up by the team to …
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