Movies Reviews
Half Baked-film
Half Baked is a 1998 comedy film starring Dave Chapelle.It is about 3 friends who raise money to bail thier friend Kenny out of jail.They do this by selling Mariquana. Thurgood works as a janitor at a hospital and is able to obtain medical mariquana.He works with his other …
The Garden movie
As far as documentaries go, The Garden, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Film, has everything that I love in this genre of film. It is a film that depicts the battle for a 14 acre piece of land in south central Los Angeles following …
Kung Fu Panda
One of the most entertaining and lesson-filled computer animated movies I’ve watched would be Kung Fu Panda. A 2008 offering from Dreamworks starring Jack Black as the voice of the main character, Po, the panda who’s crazy about kung fu. He knows everything about kung fu except that he …
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Two
I went to the theater this weekend to see the 3D version of the latest Harry Potter movie: Deathly Hallows Part Two. Since it is the final movie in the series, I was very excited. I’d wanted to see a 3D Harry Potter movie for a long …
Just Friends
Another movie that I just watched recently along with Mall Cop with Kevin James was the movie ‘Just Friends’ starring Ryan Reynolds, who plays a chubby teenager with braces and a desperate crush on his best friend who he has known since the sixth grade. Humiliated beyond repair at a …
Amazing Grace
I did not see this movie until some tinme after it was released. I didn’t even see it advertise and that could have been because I was a bit busy around the time it was released. However, after finding out about it I was a bit eager to watch …
Movie The good girl
I watched ‘The good girl’ because it seemed to be a good film however I ended up very disappointed! This is a truly awful film. I cannot understand how a very talented actress, Jennifer Aniston would be involved in such a lousy production!
In this film, Aniston interprets the character of …
The Blind Side movie
While recently vacationing in Florida, my family and I were hit with the dilemma of nothing-to-do one of the nights we were there. So the family hopped in the car and drove to the nearest movie theater and saw The Blind Side. I was skeptical going in to the …
Chasm-e-badoor
This is yet another masterpiece, directed by Sai Paranjpe. Chasme-e-badoor (meaning ‘angelic beauty’) is a light romantic comedy made in the early 80s.
The story is about three friends, who are in Delhi (Indian capital city) for their studies. There live together in an apartment, and share all their …
Wes Craven movie Red Eye
Well I laughed and that’s something. These are my thoughts on the Wes Craven movie Red Eye. I approached this movie with much trepidation. The last time Craven stepped outside the horror genre he made Music of the Heart. You surely understand my reservations. Red Eye however, is …
In the Bedroom, movie
Based on the short story, “Killings,” by Andre Dubus, “In the Bedroom” is a smart film that can resonate with even the most emotionally closed off of people. This is a film that hits us all where it hurts the most: the death of a child. It’s a story …
V for Vendetta
This action thriller is about a militant freedom fighter named “V” who wishes to destabilize the ruling Government and inflict freedom in the minds of the people. He is ultra swift in his actions, and speaks chaste English, which adds the required spice to his character. He rescues …
Movie Review: “Bleak House” 1985
We have just finished watching “Bleak House,” the almost 7 hour long adaptation of one of the 900+ pages long masterpieces by Charles Dickens. It was the 1985 mini-series version starring Diana Rigg as Lady Deadlock and Denholm Elliott as John Jarndyce, the kind-hearted gentleman entangled in a terrible, …
The Parent Trap,1998 movie
This is a remake of the original, 1961 “The Parent Trap”. Unlike many remakes, it is actually good. Two girls meet at a summer camp: Hallie Parker from California and Annie James from London. To their utter amazement, they look like twins. Neither one knew she had a twin …
Cosplay Complex anime
“Cosplay Complex,” an anime series about girls who compete in cosplay (dressing up), is raunchy is every sense of the word. Even though
it’s classified solely as comedy anime, it did not make me laugh at loud once. This extreme lack of humor is probably why there are only three
episodes. …
Movie Bruno
This movie was hilarious, definitely a must see! Sacha Baron Cohen from Borat is back as Bruno for yet another epic comedy! Many people are completely against it, but what can you expect with a movie about a homosexual fashion oriented male? Many oppose it just on the basis …
Role Models movie
Role models was a lot more funnier than I thought it was going to be. The movie has Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd in it. They face jail time but instead of jail they have an opportunity to do community service instead. They have to spend time with …
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 …
Eddie and the Cruisers
I watched the DVd “Eddie and the Cruisers” last evening.
This musical movie was made back in the 1980’s.
I really like this movie, which is based on the disappearance of Eddie Wilson, the lead singer of Eddie and the Cruisers. Maggie,
played very well by Ellen Barkin, is a reporter …
A Few Good Men movie
A Few Good Men is a very good movie and a very powerful film. I think this is one of the best military movies ever made. Even though it did not have many if any gun battles or fights it truly kept you at the edge of your seat and …
Superman Doomsday
Let me start off by saying…”One of the best Superman Movies animated or not ever made”. I have always been of the opinion that Superman’s portrayed character is so lame, why is he called “Superman” in the first place. He always seems to get the tar beat out of …
Movie: The Incredibles
There wasn’t much on TV last night so I ended up sitting down and watching the movie The Incredibles for about the 5th or sixth time.
To be honest with you, I don’t know why I did. The movie is OK but there are plenty of animated films out there …
The Believer Movie (2001)
I have been thinking about watching The Believer movie for many years now. I have been attracted to this movie by the shocking DVD cover and poster for the movie. But every single time I took it off the shelf in the video store I felt very strong doubt …
Little Miss Sunshine Movie
The Little Miss Sunshine padgent is the best beauty padgent of them all, and the one wish of young Olive. Wanting to compete is the competition very badly, her family decides to drive olive to the padgent in their VW bus. Put a family in a bus to go …
Movie: Angels & Demons
I finally got around to watching the movie Angels & Demons last night. And, to be honest with you, that decision was based almost solely on the fact I couldn’t find anything better to watch at the time.
I have had the book this movie is based off of for …
Get Hard (comedy movie)
Despite its fairly mediocre rating on IMDB, I actually didn’t mind watching the movie “Get Hard”. Since Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell were playing the main roles in it, expected something very raunchy and not as funny. However, one or two people I know told me it wasn’t bad. …
Iron Man
Directed by actor-director Jon Favreau and brought to us by Marvel Studios, Iron Man stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, and Jeff Bridges. Iron Man is truly one amazing superhero movie. Based on the 1960’s animated series and comic book adaptation, Iron Man is the story of …
The Lion King
One of my favorite animated Disney movies is The Lion King. It is about all the animals in Africa, concentrating on the lion cub, Simba, who grows into a full-grown lion during the movie. The story is very cute and touching. Beware though; you may need …
A Soldier’s Prayer
The third and final chapter in Kobayashi’s epic films about japanese military officer Kaji. He and his fellow soldiers move into China and later Russia, at the same time as they suspects the war is over and their side has lost. They can not proceed into Russia and get …
Tom Hooper’s biographical movie “The King’s Speech”
On the rare occasion when I spare the money to see a film when it is first released to the cinematic theatres, I tend to be cautious: it is easy to turn off my TV or switch between channels, but a choice made between movies at the cinema is …
Little Women
Little Women is a movie produced by Columbia Pictures. It is about a mother raising four daughters alone while their father is off fighting in the Civil War. It shows how these four s grow up into beautiful young women. Their mother Marmee and Aunt …
Elvira Madigan movie
The most critically acclaimed swedish director - next to Ingmar Bergman and Victor Seastrom - Bo Widerberg here tells the story of the ropewalker Hedvig (aka Elvira Madigan) and the military officer Sixten Sparre. They are already a couple when the film starts, even though Sixten has his wife …
Willow (1988 Film)
The 1988 film “Willow” was not only a movie that is suitable for family time, but one that has magic and wonder, and romance, and a whole lot of exciting adventure with a hero who didn’t think he was anything more than a wannabe magician. While this film was …
Coraline movie
My roommate was under the mistaken impression that this was a Tim Burton film. In actuality, Tim Burton had nothing to do with it, but you can see why he would be under that impression.
The movie is based off of a novel by Neil Gaiman, of “Sandman” fame. …
November Man (thriller movie)
The trailer for November Man didn’t make it come off as something that I would want to see in the theatres. For some reason, it just felt as if the movie wouldn’t be very good. However, when I watched it, even though I didn’t think it was great, it was …
The Burbs, movies
Modern suburbia, a world where the paper boy flys by, neighbors pick flowers and the flad is raised every morning at dawn. Even if it isn’t your neighborhood, you’ll be able to sympathize with the one that Tom Hanks inhabits in this great family comedy with mild scares and …
10,000 B.C.
My wife and I got the move 10,000 B.C. through Netflix and it sat in our house for almost three weeks before we finally had time to watch it. After seeing the movie, I can say I’m glad I didn’t spend the money to see it in the theater.
The …
Iron Man DVD
I bought this on DVD today, for around $15 at Target. It stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure that Robert Downey Jr. could pull off the character of Tony Stark/Iron Man believably. Don’t get me wrong, he …
Beethoven movie
I am reviewing the Disney movie, Beethoven. It stars a lot of people. So there’s this puppy. He follows home this guy one day and settles himself in the family. He is a Saint Bernard, and so he is a large addition to the family. The man, …
Make It Happen
I watched a movie with a friend, he was so excited about Make it Happen, a movie similar and is actually from the same creators of “Step Up”. Well the movie is really simple, I feel it does need a little more depth in it, I have totally wasted …
Free Birds (Movie)
With some great animation movies like Frozen, Smurfs 2 and Despicable Me 2 releasing in the same year, the question is: Is Free Birds worth your time and Money? Fortunately, the answer is yes!
Free Birds is an outstanding Animation, Comedy and Adventure movie, filled with great excitement and funny …
Arizona Days movie
Arizona Days, one of the many western motion pictures released way back in 1937, was just Tex Ritter’s 3rd movie. As one of the new singing cowboys, the big thing to note here is that his trusted horse, White Flash, wasn’t credited yet. That would change soon, …
Movie Firewall
Firewall with Harrison Ford and Virginia Madsen.
What a crappy movie this was. Harrison Ford looks 100 years old and tries to get by with his trademark angry face. Madsen is chunky and they try to hide her enormous rump. Aside from these main …
Hail, Caesar! (2016 Film)
2016 has proven to be a dull year for movies. That’s just my opinion but at this point in time last year, we already got the super amazing action flick Mad Max: Fury Road as well as the state-of-the-art thought-provoking animation flare Inside Out. This year we got an intense …
Pet Semetary (1989)
A small uptown family of five, cat included, moves to a small town where animals and people can come back to life after death.
As the new resident doctor for the small town, Dale Midkiff (Louis Creed) comes across an old indian burial ground where if you bury your dead, …
Enemy of the State (1998)
Enemy of the State, directed by Tony Scott is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language and violence. The original release date was November 20, 1998 for United State audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Thriller and stars Will Smith as Robert Clayton …
Freaky Friday movie
Upon seeing the trailer of Freaky Friday I was already laughing my head off so I decided that I would watch the movie. I’m sure glad I did because the movie was worth every penny. I can’t remember the last time I laughed this hard. Freaky Friday is a …
Ever After Movie
There are so many different versions of the Cinderella story out there, but “Ever After” is by far the greatest of them all, and my favorite movie of all time. What makes this movie different from the others is that they made the movie in a very realistic …
Pride and Prjudice 2006
It is very rare that I see a movie of a book that I have read and that I like it. This movie, Pride and Prejudice starring Kiera Knightly was an exception. The film work was exceptional, the acting was superb, and the costumes were stunning. This is another …
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