Movies Reviews
“Schindler’s list” movie
The film “Schindler’s List was directed by Steven Spielberg (Jaws, Saving Private Ryan), based on the book by Thomas Kenealle one of the greatest novelists of Australia, whose novel of the same title was considered a remarkable achievement literature. The film takes place during the outbreak of World War …
La Grande Bouffe-movie
I recently watched a french-italian film from 1973 called la grande bouffe.It is about four middle aged males Michel,Ugo,Philippe and Marcello, who gather in a large villa for some time. They decide to spend thier time eating themselves to death while at the villa.They hire some prostitutes to …
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing is one of the Perry Mason movies that I remember for a very unusual moment, and that’s when Perry Mason examines the murdered victim during the trial. It’s absolutely a brilliant scene that is unique and intriguing to watch.
It’s all …
Ninth Gate movie
I am reviewing the movie, The Ninth Gate, which was released in 2000. Johnny Depp stars as Dean Corso, who is a rare book collector. He has been given the assignment to find the remaining copy of “The Nine Gates.” These volumes evidently have the power …
Panic in Echo Park movie
Panic in Echo Park, a movie released in 1977, starred Dorian Harewood who many people know from the sequel to Roots. That’s what brought him to my attention and has continued to get me to notice him. He’s a very good actor and has done some fine …
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
This movie is a good movie but it just didn’t have something. I think that’s what they call ‘B’ movies. But those ‘B’ movies sure are fun to watch ! I love how this kind of wedding is depicted; all of the family, the traditions, etc. I love how …
Movie Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, directed by McG is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for action violence, sensuality and language/innuendo. The original release date was June 27, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Comedy/Crime/Thriller and stars Cameron Diaz as Natalie …
Alone in The Wilderness
One night when I was channel surfing for something interesting to watch, I stumbled onto a PBS special called Alone in The Wilderness. It is a movie based on a book written by Dick Proenneke. It was about his life and how he went to Alaska to live a …
Secrets of an Actress movie
I actually enjoyed the opening credits of 1938’s Secrets of an Actress movie, which began by having a woman’s hand unlocking and opening a diary. She turns each page of the diary until the credits reach the end. It was different and unique.
The story itself is one …
Man of The Year, Barry Levinson Movie
Tom Dobbs is a talk show host who is also acting as a comedian. Satire so smart and very popular by the television audience. Until a time as a result brilliant satire of political overseas United States, proposes an audience that Dobbs run as a presidential election in the …
Something’s Gotta Give Movie
What a fun movie!
As a woman of a certain age, I found “Something’s Gotta Give” spoke to me on many levels.
Jack Nicholson plays aging playboy Harry Sanborn who is dating famous playwright, Erica Barry’s (Diane Keaton) much younger daughter. The pressure of living up to his …
Indecent Proposal (1993)
Indecent Proposal, directed by Adrian Lyne is rated R by the motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was April 7, 1993 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Romance and stars Robert Redford as John Gage, Demi Moore as Diana Murphy, Woody …
Passenger 57 (1992)
Charles Rane is a mastermind terrorist who has evaded capture for many years until this point, as he is about to undergo plastic surgery to change his facial features, the authorities close in to arrest him, but before they could do their work, Charles suspects that something is not …
2012 Movie
Doomsday films are everywhere! Honestly I’m really entertained watching different kind of doomsday movie because it gives us a story of struggle, survival and hope. When I saw the movie 2012 available on DVD I immediately bought it and go home because this is the most anticipated doomsday movie …
The Day after Tomorrow Movie
The focus is weather phenomenons and the havoc it brings when things are not as they should be. A terrible thing indeed as naturally, all life is in grave danger. What would you do if you encountered such a fate? I’ll tell you…you will cower and die like everyone …
I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry
This is Quite possibly the funniest movie I have ever seen. The stereotypes one would expect in a movie like this are there and are (in some places) slightly over done, but they do not take away from the movie overall. Rarely does a hilarious movie succesfully carry a …
Sherek The Third
Sherek does’nt want to wear his father in laws’s crown, so in order to avoid becoming king of Far,Far away, he leads a rebellion to install an alternative. The movie is about 95 minutes long, ad to that some 15 minutes of other movies preview. I like the …
Snowglobe (2007 Film)
Christmas is coming, and ABC Family is already starting with a pre-season start to Christmas shows. “Snowglobe” is an original ABC Family film that is about enjoying your family for the holidays and not trying to make them picture perfect as you think they should be.
This film might seem …
No Reservations movie
I am reviewing the movie, No Reservations, starring Catherine Zeta Jones. This movie is about the life of chef Kate (Jones). She is a perfectionist, highly obsessive with food, and likes this her way. She gets along fine, as long as there is no chaos in …
Up movie
We ended up having our family movie night Friday and watched the film Up.
I didn’t think it would be a movie I would enjoy because the plot seemed a bit too simple. But, it ended up being a very funny movie.
The first few minutes of the film are somewhat …
My Sister’s Keeper Movie (2009)
I just came back home from watching My Sister’s Keeper in theaters. I thought it would be really good, and I was really excited to watch it. I have read the book by Jodi Picoult, and I thought that it was a really touching book. I absolutely loved it, …
30 Days of Night, vampire horror film by David Slade
Britain is attacking Alaskans, somebody send Josh Hartnett and Melissa George to help everyone. Nah I’m just messing around, blood sucking woody wood pecker vampires are attacking these Alaskan natives, and thankfully these two Hollywood actors are here to deliver below average acting. Its alright their counter parts are …
Slumdog Millionaire (movie)
While I have always heard about the top grossing film “Slumdog Millionaire,” it took a long time for me to watch it for myself since I would either forget about it when I had the time, or not have the time to watch it with my busy schedule. Nevertheless, …
An Unfinished Affair (movie)
An Unfinished Affair is a movie about a man who cheats on his wife with a beautiful young woman. The young woman, Sheila, is played very well by the sly Jennie Garth. Sheila cannot get past that her lover, Alex, calls off the affair. She vows revenge. Of …
Josie and the Pussy Cats (2001)
This movie is about a group of girls who came together to form a musical band. Similar to most movies that sport the music theme, this one is no different, I mean, you’ve seen one movie about music bands, you’ve seen them all. There are basically no real differences …
Angel Heart movie
A private detective named Harry is hired to find a man who is supposed to be in a hospital somewhere with amnesia. The strange thing is that everyone connected to the man, who would have some information to supply Harry with, all dies for mysterious reasons.
This is not a …
The Hidden Fortress movie
A film by Kurosawa made in the 1950s during the first of his “artistic peaks”, that is said to have inspired George Lucas a lot when he wrote Star Wars. A princess a and a military officer is running away from enemies together. On the way they meet two …
The Dictator (movie)
The Dictator is a 2012 comedy movie directed by Larry Charles. Sacha Baron Cohen was casted as the main charm of the movie as Aladdin. I only watched him once in Hugo where he was playing the role of a station inspector. A lot of time was passed since I …
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 …
Mad Love movie
This isn’t just any love story. It’s about a young girl and boy who fall and love and decide to run off together, while they have ran off the boy soon finds out that the girl is mentally ill. Drew Barrymore, Chris O Donnel, Matthew Lillard, and Liev Schrieber …
“Bride Of The Monster” (1955 Film)
Bride Of The Monster was the third feature film written and directed by the infamous Edward D. Wood Jr. It was his first official Sci-Fi film (Glen or Glenda was a docudrama and Jail Bait was a crime film). Other than his well known Plan 9 From Outer Space, …
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)
Curse of the Golden Flower, directed by Yimou Zhang is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence. The original release date was January 12, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Drama/Romance and stars Chow Yun Fat as Emperor Ping, …
Sydney White movie
Sydney white is about a girl who goes to college and enters a fraternity. She doesn’t really fit in with the other girls there so she wanders off and meets these guys who live off campus. The guys are sort of nerds and the girl fits in with them …
A Clockwork Orange movie
Written by Anthony Burgess in 1962, the film came out in 1971 and was directed by the late Stanley Kubrick, my personal favorite. With stunning visuals shot from all angles, Kubrick managed to take this story to a higher level. The book and the movie, however, have entirely different endings.
I …
Hachiko: A Dog’s Tale (2009)
I’m a real dog lover, not only dog lover actually but an animal lover as well, not only animals but really I love even rats too and pity them whenever I see people or our security guards killing them! Anyway, I had to watch this movie seeing as dogs …
The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back(1980) directed by Irvin Kershner and produced by George Lucas is an example of one of the finest science fiction films made in the 1980s and of any era. Due to the fact that the other films were released, they all did something which was quite …
The Animal 2001-movie
The Animal is a 2001 film starring Rob Snieder.The animal follows the life of man named Marvin Mange.There is a subplot of the movie that deals with Marvin forming a romantic relationship with a woman named Rihanna who really likes animals.Marvin dreams of being a police officer but …
Jennifer Eight movie
A police officer named John is bored with his job and would very much like some change in his life. What he gets is a relocation to another city, and hir first assignment is to investigate a series of murders. Similarities to Die Hard and some other classic action …
The Bucket List
I am reviewing the 2007 movie, The Bucket List, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. So there’s this tough guy. He has a lot of money. He owns a hospital. He gets cancer. Then there’s this other guy. He’s a mechanic. He gets cancer. The rich guy …
Nightmare of Elm Street movie (2010)
I recently went and saw the new Nightmare on Elm Street. I think most people know the plot line to nightmare on Elm Street, and for those few who don’t it’s a pretty simple slasher flick. A badly burned Psycho who was killed years ago by an angry mob …
RomeoXJuliet Episode 7
RomeoXJuliet Episode 7 starts with Juliet and her retainers trying to prevent the assassination of the former Mayor Lord Vitorio. A mysterious man named Tybalt appears and helps them defeat the assassins. Meanwhile Romeo discovers and unmarked grave in the cemetery and asks his mother about …
The Mummy (1999)
The Mummy, directed by Stephen Sommers is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for pervasive adventure violence and some partial nudity. The original release date was May 7, 1999 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy/Horror/Thriller and stars Brendan Fraser as …
Vexille, CGI anime film
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 …
Contraband Movie (2012)
Last night I went with my friends to see the Contraband movie. The preview and the reviews were promising, plus the stellar cast was a reassuring factor. Though, on the other hand, despite being a great actor, Mark Whalberg’s recent choices in projects is a bit of a …
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds, directed by Dominic Sena is rated PG-13 bythe Motion Picture Association of America for violence, sexuality and language. The original release date was June 9, 2000 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Thriller and stars Nicolas Cage as Randall Raines …
Film “The Bad Mother’s Handbook”
I really need to stop adding films to my netflix list after a drink of wine. I must not be much of a drinker because every time I have a drink and do so a few weeks later I get some movie I do not ever remember hearing …
You, Me & Dupree-Movie
Went to watch Pirates Of Carribean, but again I landed up in the theatre in odd time. I miss the movies many a times due to the start timings and wish to watch a movie from the start. This time I didnt want to go back home without watching …
Beautiful and Twisted (thriller movie)
I’ve been a fan of the actor Rob Lowe for some time, and so when I saw that he was playing the main role in the movie “Beautiful and Twisted” I was interested to see what it would be all about. I was lucky enough to catch the movie from …
The Remains of the Day
I am so glad I have found this treasure of a movie. A forgotten treasure, unfortunately; I have never heard of it before, neither have I heard other people mention it. I hope this review will help to draw much deserved attention to this thoughtful, well-acted, well-paced production. I …
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