Movies Reviews
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Ice Age may be an animation, but even adults dig it. The cute graphic, funny plot, witty conversations do not just attract kids but their parents, older brothers and sisters as well.
Yes, the story may be silly, but really, who needs brains when watching animation? We all know …
Imithaan movie
This is an Indian movie in Hindi. It stars Saif Ali Khan, Raveena Tandon, and Sunny Deol. It is about a woman who marries after the tragic loss of her first husband but does not tell her second about the first. Then all the misunderstandings and mysteries begin.
This …
Premonition
I can’t help comparing Premonition to another Sandra Bullock’s movie, also a recent one, called The Lake House. Both movies have a fantastic twist to them, dealing with different timelines. Both need to be watched very closely in order not to have the two timelines confused. In both movies, …
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
First off: “The Hobbit - an unexpected journey” looks absolutely amazing on a big screen, especially when viewed through 3D glasses. Not only do the scenic landscapes cover you in goosebumps, the amount of details is also awe-inspiring. Every single wart on every single, butt ugly ork, every hair …
Flesh for Frankenstein movie
This is supposed to be a more artsy depiction of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. Paul Morrissey, perhaps the weirdest filmmaker ever, directed this. It stars Udo Kier as dr Frankenstein, the rest are mostly amateurs. I don’t know if I would call this film artsy, but it certainly was …
Elsewhere movie
We were watching a movie yesterday afternoon I hadn’t heard of before; Elsewhere. It turned out to be a halfway decent movie.
The movie centered around two best friends in high school. One is a girl scout the other one has a reputation; helped by a web site of her …
Bewitched
Once again Nicole Kidman has shown what a valuable asset she is to hollywood. Her performance in bewitched is spell binding and applaudable. Her karisma leaves as all bedazzled! Bewitched is definitely one of her finest work along with funny man and co-star Will Farrell. Will has shown off …
War of the Worlds 2 Movie
I knew exactly what I was getting into when I rented War of the Worlds 2, but I rented it anyway. The movie isn’t exactly a sequel to the Tom Cruise movie, but more a sequel to the book. They do try to replicate some of the alien creatures …
All This And Heaven Too
All This And Heaven Too features one of my favorite actresses, Bette Davis. The movie was made in 1940 when Bette was young and still very beautiful. The story involves Bette portraying a governess, Henriette, hired to care for the children of a French Duke and Duchess. The …
Sombrero movie
It’s been years since I’ve seen Sombrero, and unfortunately, I just found it by accident just before it started so didn’t have time to put on a videotape or I would have. The reason being is that it introduces Rick Jason, who is an actor I always loved …
Employee of the Month
Employee of the Month with Dane Cook, Jessica Simpson, and Dax Shepard.
Okay I rented this movie in the hopes of seeing Jessica Simpson naked. Given this marvel did not occur I was definitely disappointed with this film. Simpson is the trophy for a …
Persona movie
Regarded by many as Ingmar Bergman’s best film and also one of the best “art” films ever made. It is a complex film about dimensions, simply put, where two women is the center of Bergman’s focus. Liv Ullman and Bibi Andersson portrait two very different women, one of them …
Laura 1944 movie
Laura Hunt, a beautiful advertising executive, is found dead, brutally murdered: apparently, she went to open her apartment’s door to receive a visitor and was shot in the face. Detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) starts investigating the murder and he meets a score of men who were Laura’s admirers; …
Sliders Third Season DVD
Before I go into the show itself featured on this DVD collection, I have to say something about the packaging. The packaging for the first and second seasons DVD collection of Sliders was nothing to write home about, but at least it was serviceable. Sliders Third Season …
Ultraviolet (2006)
In the year 2076, some humans have been tuned into vampires, scientist have been working on a cure for the disease and they have put it in the form of a young boy. The vampires get information that lead them to the whereabouts of the cure/virus and they send …
Juno (R, 2007) movie
Wow, I really really loved this movie. I knew that any movie starring Ellen Page would be a really good film. The first movie that I saw her in was Hard Candy, a really brutal film about a child molester who meets up with this …
Little Orphan Annie
I had never seen the movie Little Orphan Annie until today; when my wife decided she wanted to watch it again.
I’m not exactly sure why I didn’t want to watch it before. I usually like musicals. It just didn’t sound like it would be a movie I would find …
Nabari No Ou Episode 1
Nabari No Ou is a Japanese anime about a boy named Miharu Rokujo, an average, apathetic boy who doesn’t really want to do anything. At school he is asked by Kouichi Aizawa to join his martial arts club. He declines and goes home. He is followed …
The sweetest things movie
The sweetest thing is one of my favorite drama comedy romantic movie that I like. I watch this movie more than three times I think. First time I saw it in the DVD, and after that I saw it in my television station. There’s so many sex scene or …
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope
It is hard to believe that A New Hope is the first Star Wars film ever, although when it comes to chronological sequencing, it is actually the middle of the whole six-film lineup. I can still remember when this film was first shown, I think everyone in the …
Shun Li and the Poet — Drama
In Venice’s lagoon which is far off from the city itself is a quaint fishing hamlet named Chioggia. It is a place where, for a very long period of time, the Fishers of the small village have been involved feeding the metropolitan area’s appetites. It is here …
swapadvd.com
Some time ago I found a wonderful website called Swapadvd. This is a place where you can exchange unwanted DVDs with other members for DVDs you do want. Since I love watching DVDs, this was the perfect website for me. Best of all, it really works and I have …
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 …
My Fair Lady movie
One of the most classical musicals of all time is the marvelous My Fair Lady with Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn. I can’t even imagine anyone but Harrison in this movie. I’m so used to his style of talk-singing that it all seems very logical and natural …
Blood Diamond (2006 film)
We have all heard about Africa, we have seen reports on the news, but we have never experienced it as directly and as strongly from the screen as we do with Edward Zwick’s new visually and emotionally competent epic adventure drama film Blood Diamond.
Danny Archer (Leonardo …
The Haunted Mansion
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 …
The Triangle - Part 2 movie
The special effects in The Triangle, part 2 (and all parts actually), are very good and are part of the lure of what is a six-hour production. This movie or mini-series, depending on how you want to think of it, aired in 3 parts in 2005. It’s …
Firehouse movie
Released in 1997, this movie called Firehouse stars Richard Dean Anderson as Lt. Michael Brooks, who ends up being shot by a sniper while fighting a fire early in the movie. Anderson, by the way, was one of the executive producers of the film, via his company, Gekko …
American Sniper, movie
Possibly one of Clint Eastwood’s most acclaimed directorial efforts, naturally surpassed by “Million Dollar Baby”, “American Sniper” is both transfixing and emotionally powerful in exploring the turbulent life of the factual Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper): regarded as the United States’ most brutal and lethal sniper. Opening with an intense and …
Silent Hill (starring Radha Mitchell)
Silent Hill starring Radha Mitchell is quite a dark movie. Radha plays a very distraught mom in this movie and her character name is Rose. She goes into Silent Hill in search of her daughter whom has this problem of sleep-walking. Little does she know that this …
Othello movie
Orson Welles, who of course is mostly known for his cinematic milestone achievement Citizen Kane, had a lot of financial trouble in his career. Hollywood didn’t think his films would make any big money, so he had to look for investors abroad. Most of his films were financed in …
The Invisible Man movie
This James Whale horror story, that came out between the Frankenstein movies, is my favorite of his work. Chilling story filled with suspense and remarkable effects and terribly good acting - especially from Claude Rains as the invisible man - makes this a landmark in early horror cinema. The …
Raiders of the Lost Ark
This is quite simply my favorite movie of all time, and that is saying a lot considering how many movies I have seen. This is one of the few films that I personally think is flawless. Indiana Jones is the best character to ever hit the big …
Halloween (2007), slasher film
The director Rob Zombie hasn’t really proven himself with his first two releases, House Of 1000 Corpses and The Devil Rejects. Both movies were mediocre, House Of 1000 Corpses was down right awful. Zombie’s sense of style might not have been ready for the big screen but Dimension Films …
OMEN movie
The Omen came out on theaters 6.6.06
It is about a couple having a baby, but there really baby dies, so without the wife knowing they adopt another baby. The baby turns out to be the devils son. The husband needs to kill the boy before things get even worse …
Antichrist (2009) movie
My friend told me that this movie won the Cannes Film festival, and even though I did not do my research to find out whether that was true or not, he made it sound interesting enough that I was actually very eager to watch it. Therefore, I managed to …
Lars and the Real Girl
I went on the Internet the other day seeking a list of the top 25 movies from the year 2007, and on that list was a movie that caught my eye entitled Lars and the Real Girl. I remembered vaguely seeing a preview for this movie, but really went …
Rocky (1976)
A small town debt collector is placed in the boxing ring alongside the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world Apollo Creed to fight when the original fighter had to pull out due to an injury. This fight is scheduled for 15 rounds and Rocky aims to go the distance …
Beauty and the Beast,1991 animation movie
I love this movie, I can’t praise it enough. It is beautiful, creative, funny, and touching. Disney can make good animation, if they put their mind to it.
A young beauty named Belle lives in a village with her father Maurice, an inventor thought to be crazy because his machines …
Sherlock Holmes Movie
When I heard they were making a Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, I was somewhat interested. But, then I saw the previews for it and thought it would be stupid so I avoided watching it at the theater. And, when I got my DVD …
Armageddon movie
WHen I was still a girl in prep school, I can remember one of the most popular movies of the nineteen nineties was the movie “Armageddon”. I would hear my friends talking about it from time to time talking about which scene was their favourite and how the …
Batman
Several years ago, before Christian Bale took over the title role in a re-invention of the franchise, Michael Keaton wore a cape and became Batman. And, even today, this movie (unlike the sequels after it) remains one of my favorite super hero films.
Keaton does a great job playing Batman …
Roja Tamil Movie
Roja was a trend set movie in Tamil Cinema. This movie was released in 1993. The movie directed by Maniratnam and produced by Kavithalaya Pictures. This movie was set a new dimension to Tamil cinema in all categories Music, Camera, Script, etc. Maniratnam came up …
Vantage Point
Last Sunday night, my wife and I went out to the local theater to see the new movie Vantage Point. Except for the fact that we had to sit in one of the front rows n the very end, the experience was definitely a pleasureable one.
The …
Network movie
What a deeply prophetic and darkly funny film this is. The performances from Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and William Holden are absolute perfection, and Sidney Lumet’s directing is brilliant as well, but the screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky is the true diamond of this movie. It is shockingly …
XXY (2008)
XXY is a real shocker. You know from the start that there is something not right going on, some dark secret surrounding Alex, the 15 year old daughter of a couple living on a remote stretch of the coast of Uruguay. Is Alex a child murderer, a witch? Is …
Resident Evil movie
Resident Evil. As the name suggests we think we’re entering the world of survival horror…
Yes! That’s right. Because we’ve in mind the strong console Game “Resident Evil”. Really a success!
The question is: “Could a film reproduce the atmosphere of the king of horror videogames?”
According to Andersson, the Film Director, …
Grown Ups Movie (2010)
I just recently saw the Grown Ups movie. This is a movie that stars and was produced by Adam Sandler and Happy Madison production. This movie stars Adam Sandler’s friends like Rob Schneider, David Spade, Chris Rock, Kevin James (Albert in Hitch!) and Salma Hayek. There are also the …
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