Movies Reviews
The Skeleton Key
“The Skeleton Key” was the first movie that was not a romance comedy which I had the pleasure of seeing Kate Hudson in. I hate romance comedies, and so seeing her in another movie which was not a romance comedy, especially a horror movie, was very refreshing to me. …
Wall-E
Wall-E by Pixar is an enchanting movie which is delightful, although it has a darker theme than most Pixar movies.
Wall-E opens with a tiny robot moving through an immense garbage dump. His only companion is his pet cockroach. Wall-E has a lot of personality and innocence, and also a …
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
I hadn’t been to the movie theater in a long time since the big screen seems dominated by typical hollywood trash. But Michael Jackson’s This Is It was truly an exception because it’s an original movie that stands out in a culture full of one cheesy remake after …
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
I picked up the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine as a movie that I figured would be halfway entertaining but would lack when compared to other X-Men films. It turns out it was one of the better movies I’ve seen.
Hugh Jackman is great as Wolverine, a mutant with the ability …
Stepmom (movie)
Stepmom is about a family that divorces, and the two children live with their mom. The mom, played by Susan Sarandon, is protective and jealous. Her ex-husband takes good care of the family and sees the children on a regular basis. He also has a new girlfriend, Isabel (Julia …
Sex in The City (The Movie)
I recently saw Sex in The City (The Movie), like i’m sure most of you women and some men have already dashed to the nearest theatre to see. I say most women and some men, based on my trip to the movies and the observations I made while …
Blood Diamond movie
Nominated for several academy awards, Blood Diamond tells the story of a diamond smuggler, Leonardo Dicaprio, who teams up with a refugee, Djimon Hounsou, to find a 100 karat diamond that could change both of their lives forever, but in totally separate ways. The story takes place in …
The Stepford Wives (1975)
I am not reviewing the terrible 2002 remake of this movie with Nicole Kidman, but the 1975 original, directed by Bryan Forbes. I watched this movie as a kid and found it really sinister and it played on my mind afterwards. Now I have just seen it …
Movie The Unborn
Let’s cut to the chase. If you are planning on renting “The Unborn,” do yourselves a huge favor and save your dollars for a rainy day. You’ll be better off nailing your eyeballs shut than watching this misleading sorry waste of time. This film is poorly written and poorly …
Movie: Night of the Comet
I ended up watching a movie last night that I haven’t seen in years; Night of the Comet.
While much cornier than I remember it being, it also ended up being somewhat entertaining and a great way to spend a couple hours on a rainy, stormy night (perfect weather for …
Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire
With the next movie franchise coming out soon, I decided to update myself on the Harry Potter series. Sadly though, I was not as fascinated as I should be with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I loved the book, mind you, but I hated the movie. First …
Blood and Black Lace movie
This is Mario Bava at his best. With a cinematic style that was later to become the famous “giallo” genre in italian film industry is here more or less invented by Bava himself. A hideous murder story, unpredictable shock sequences, poweful imagery with a lot of camera movement and …
Anger Management
Anger Management is a 2003 comedy film starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. The movie is about Dave Buznik, (played by Sandler) a passive aggressive and somewhat insecure man who works at a job designing clothes for overweight cats. while on a an airplane trip there is some confusion …
Dead Mary (UR, 2006) movie
I was surprised that this movie didn’t get more thumbs down on Netflix reviews. This was an interesting film that could have been much much better. Offering a slightly different spin on the typical teenage group in the woods slasher film, this movie uses a little …
Machete (2010 film)
I want to preface this review by saying that this is one of my favorite movies because it embraces what it is. It is an action movie that focuses primarily on the action. This is the type of movie that you watch solely for entertainment value. It is not …
The Whisperer in Darkness Film
The movies based on the works of the great master of horror H.F. Lovecraft generally, I think, are complete tragedy, because the directors usually ignore the atmosphere that makes the stories of this author special and put a greater emphasis on the excess ketchup blood and the monsters, losing …
Man’s Best Friend
It’s probably because I’ve become desensitized a bit over the years but I remember the movie Man’s Best Friend as being much scarier than it was when I watched it last night.
The movie has a good concept, you have a genetically engineered dog rescued from the research lab but …
The Strangers (UR, 2008) movie
I was dying to see this movie in theaters when it came out. After having seen the DVD, I am glad that I waited. The hype surrounding this film gave people the impression that ALL the events were true. I had been reading …
Vaastav Film
Vaastav meaning ‘the fact’ is a remarble film made by Mahesh Manjerekar. The lead has Sanjay Dutt, who accidentally becomes a Don, and the agony of the Don, and the secret pain, that he carries, has been shown effectively by the director. The Don is powerful, yet form inside …
Chuck Vs the Third Dimension
I’m not sure what the problem was, but the three d glasses which were made available for this episode but they didn’t work all that well. I suspect that I sit closer to my TV than most people, so I’m going to assume that was it for now.
The plot …
The Losers movie
Comic book movies have been getting progressively more and more common in theaters within the past five years. Not necessarily superhero movies either. Different graphic novel properties have been bought up by a movie companies and are being added crafted into big-screen, Hollywood films. Movies such as “300″ and …
Man in the Iron Mask
In the late ninteen nineties the young actor Leonardo DiCaprio was one of the most popular actors in Hollywood. This was because not only was his acting good, but his movies were usually very interesting and he was a very handsome young man. Thus when the movie “Man in …
School of Rock
I don’t normally like the actor Jack Black in movies, and I don’t normally like his movies either. In fact, one of the few which I remember liking was “Saving Silverman”. This is why I found it so difficult to watch the movie “School of Rock” after it was …
Go movie
I didn’t hear about the movie “Go” until some time ago when I was still in high school. At first I thought it was just going to be a silly movie so I didn;t watch it at the time, but about a year and a half later I was …
101 Dalmations
Recently I watched the movie 101 dalmations and I just thought of putting my feelings about the movie into words and take some pain of my head. It is a very boring and absolutely lousy movie. I didn’t know that such boring movies can be made. The story is …
True Story - Mystery Thriller Film (2015)
‘True Story’ is a movie based on a memoir of the same name by Michael Finkel, who once wrote for the New York Times until it was discovered that one of his stories had a certain amount of fabrication involved in its conception. While the movie was interesting, the cast …
The Bucket List
Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman are spectacular in this movie about two dying men who go on an adventure to fulfill their life-long ambitions. The previews for this movie were a bit misleading. I though that this would be full of laughs, but the serious aspects were a …
Film “Easy A” (2010)
Today I am reviewing the film “Easy A” which just came out on dvd.
Easy A is about a good girl who is not well known at her school named Olive. When Olive tells a small lie to her best friend about hooking up with a guy …
For Love or Money (1993)
This is the story of a young man who works at a hotel in a high ranking position; he has dreams of opening his very own hotel and with his finances in check he strikes a deal and the paper work is currently on the table. Unfortunately, the young …
Movie Tinker Bell
I’m sure we all have heard about her. She’s cute, shining, flying and has become a classic. We’ve seen her as Peter Pan’s little friend who doesn’t speak but now she has her very own movie where the spotlight is on her from start to end. It has been …
Popeye Movie
I got the movie Popeye as a Christmas gift last year but never sat down to watch it because I’ve seen it before and, even though I couldn’t remember much about it, I remembered it wasn’t the best movie ever.
However, my oldest daughter, who loves the cartoons, wanted to …
Walk the Line
Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon do a phenomenal job portraying Johhny Cash and June Carter. They even did their own singing, as I found out, which is impressive. They do a fantastic job with everything in this film.
Upon watching the commentary, I was pleased to discover that …
Shortbus movie
Shortbus is not a movie for everyone. First and foremost, it must be said that this film is extremely explicit, sexually. But it is also an extremely artistic film that depicts the intimate lives of several different types of New York residents. The couples …
Precious movie 2009
Precious is not a movie that I probably would have chosen to see, had it not won so many awards. However, it did, and I became curious and I am glad I did see it. It is a sad, yet inspiring story that will make you stop and think twice …
School for Scoundrels (2006)
School for Scoundrels (2006) is a comedy directed by Todd Phillips and is rated PG-13 for language, crude and sexual content, and some violence.
School for Scoundrels is about a man named Dr. P (Billy Bob Thornton) who runs a school where luckless men are taught how to become an …
Movie The Whole Nine Yards
I asked a few people I know if they liked this comedy film, but some of them said it was corny and silly even though I can remember that when I watched it, I thought it was one of the most hilarious comedy films I had ever watched. I …
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, movie
You could call this a match made in heaven. Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese team up for the “Aviator” and managed to surprise me on all fronts with an excellent drama that viewers can’t help but like. With the real life of Howard Hughes so cloaked by his own …
DVD Kippur
I watched the movie “Kippur” as part of my “trying to understand the Middle East” efforts. I’m not sure what affects watching the movie had on that, but it reinforced my belief that governments are inefficient and self-serving and that war is the supreme human lunacy.
Israeli Director Amos …
The Forbidden Kingdom
The Forbidden Kingdom : I watched this movie last week. It starts Jackie Chain, and Jet Lee as leads. Lee is in double role. The story is a fantasy, which takes us to an imaginary land o, with entertains us with Kung Fu stunts, and some nice …
The Karate Kid 2010
I had watched the original Karate Kid movies a few tens of times over my life and I really loved them. It was hard for me going to watch the new Karate Kid movie (The Karate Kid 2010), mainly because I was expecting a re-run of the original movie …
Rush Hour (1998)
What is there to say about Rush Hour? Well, it’s probably the funniest films I have ever watched. With actors Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan, this movie has the perfect combination of comedy and action. A must see for any fan of this genre.
Rush Hour is about a Chinese …
The Death of Stalin, movie (2017)
I watched the acclaimed film The Death of Stalin. What can I say? A good comedy, similar to Monty Python’s work - in some places absurdist humor that makes the film funny in the best sense of the word.
The plot does not sag anywhere. It is interesting to watch from …
Erin Brokovich
Erin Brokovich is the story of a single mom with 3 kids struggling to make ends meet. The beginning of the movie shows her effort to find a job but in the process she finds that her mediocre skills and lack of education are not what people are …
Signs (Movies)
I recently came to live in a new city for a few months, and part of my condominium lease included some great movie channels on cable. I have been re-watching a lot of movies that I saw a long time ago, and enjoying many of them. Last weekend, we …
Spider-man: Homecoming - (Movie 2017)
It almost seems every few years we have a new Spider-man franchise. While I’m definitely a fan of the days where Toby Maguire graced the screens as Peter Parker/Spider-man, Spider-man: Homecoming took me to a more refreshing look at Spider-man himself.
The Spider-man franchise starring Maguire and …
Allsubs.org
I was so troubled being able to download a movie I cannot understand at all! I heard it was such a good movie with good reviews and ratings but the subs are just not available. There were subs in Japanese but I needed English that I can understand. I …
Drive Me Crazy
I see a lot of similarity between the actresses, Melissa Joan Hart and Alicia Silverstone. They both got famous due to teen related material and they cannot seem to go beyond that. Alicia Silverstone stuck in the “Clueless” and “Excess Baggage” phase, while Melissa Joan Hart got stuck in …
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