School Ties, directed by Robert Mandel is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was September 18, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Sport and stars Brendan Fraser as David Greene, Matt Damon as Charlie Dillon, Chris …

This was an interesting experiment in marketing. One third comic book, one third cartoon, and one third audiobook. This takes the iconic graphic novel and converts it into a sort of flash animation.
You get all the dialogue and narration, the boxes even pop up, which is surprising …

Teenage ladies, brace yourself for if you are a big fan of Jonas Brothers, then watching Camp Rock by Jonas Brothers on DVD would be very worth it. If you have Disney channel, you might have come across this movie. It is something like a nice movie about …

This is an old Yakuza (japanese gangster movie) from the 1960s. Director Seijun Suzuki reveals a most violent movie for that age, which reminds a lot of John Woo movies from the 80s, so it’s clear where the inspiration came from. The cinematography is beautiful in color, the acting …

James Cameron’s new mega hollywood blockbuster Avatar is one of those movies you just have to watch. Whether or not you like the genre, any project costing hundreds of millions of dollars is in my mind something to look out for.
I decided to see it in its full glory, …

Nearly everyone in the Western world knows about the comedy team of Monty Python. This British comedy troupe, featuring John Cleese and others, if famous for its unusual and offbeat humor. Monty Python came out with the movie Meaning of Life a number of years ago. Like …

In a nutshell the film “August Rush” is about fate and dreams. What is fantastic about this great movie is that the young actor, Freddie Highmore acting abilities are simply wonderful. Before “August Rush”, Highmore also appeared in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Finding Neverland”.
The story of “August …

A remake of the dazzling spanish film that came out a few years earlier called Abre los ojos (Open your eyes). The narrative is very complex and tells the story of a handsome man who’s life completely twists around when he is involved in a car accident. The audience …

My husband and I get movies sent to us by Netflix. One day a movie called The Fountain showed up. We sat down and began to watch it. We stopped about half way through it and watched the rest the next day. It was so …

I have made some harsh statements as it relates to the acting prowess of Colin Farrell and for that I must say LOL, I got you didn’t I? Even though this movie was a lot better than most of his movies, and he managed to show that he can …

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle, directed by Danny Leiner is rated R by the Motion Picture Assocation of America for strong language, sexual content, drug use and some crude humor. The original release date for this movie was July 30, 2004 for United States audiences. This movie …

Start with a lesbian couple, throw in a sexy B-list starlet, and some precocious teens and you have The Kids Are Alright, a surprising contender for several of this year’s Oscars. I really wanted to like this movie, and I mostly did, however there was something about it that …

I have stated before that we love to watch movies. One of my favorite actors is Kevin Costner. I usually tend to watch movies that contain actors or actresses that appeal to me. So when Rob and I saw this advertisement for Kevin Costner, starring in a …

I had never heard of this British film before, but it stars the new Bond girl, Gemma Arterton, and MacKenzie Crook from The Office fame, so I gave it a go. It’s a new film (2008) but, as with many British films, I haven’t seen it advertised anywhere so …

Cast away is about a man named Chuck Noland who was trapped in a island.He works for Fed Ex and he need to do some business to other place but suddenly while on the plane a terrible storm came and he was trapped in a island alone.This movie made …

In this movie story, Slither which I watched on DVD, Michael Rooker and Elizabeth Banks star together with some other casts. Michael plays as Grant while Elizabeth as Starla.
Both of them are husband and wife, and there’s this alienated stuff which comes into live and coming to haunt people …

I was a bit hesitant to watch Brokeback Mountain because I’ve never really seen two men kissing or making love on screen. But with all the hype and critical acclaim that the movie received (along with several Oscar nominations), I just had to see it. So I rented a …

The vampire Lestat is awakened by the sound of rock music, he finds that he likes it and can use it to his advantage, with that, he kills the lead singer of the band and takes his place. The vampires of the world do not take too kindly to …

I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. As a politician, I never liked Ronald Reagan. I think he acted his way through the presidency. However, as an actor, I really enjoy his performances, including this one as baseball player Grover Cleveland Alexander. He’s …

The movie formula for Thirteen Ghosts works for me. I love the plot and though it’s a bit nonsensical to see these ghosts lurking with their weird designs and features, but it’s still a bonus to watch this.
I felt that this movie is like one of its …

If you are in the mood for a scary movie to give you goose bumps and make you want to shut your eyes, then the 2009 film “Drag Me to Hell” is not for you. While the movie was a little creepy, it was also fairly pointless, leaving me …

“The Green Lantern: First Flight” is an animated movie installment to the DC Comics story of a test pilot turned intergalactic superhero. When Abin Sur, a beloved member of the Green Lantern Corps crashes on earth, he calls forth a worthy replacement, Hal Jordan the test pilot, to …

I must say that I love Diane Lane. She tends to have this quiet sex appeal that translates very well on screen whether she’s playing a seductive role or not. In any rate, I’m not used to seeing her in thrillers. But this particular movie was …

When Tom Hanks plays in a Spielberg production the result can be nothing less than success. The movie The Terminal was first screened in 2004 and has since been one of my favorite ones. I loved it immediately when I first saw it. Spielberg talks about survival, adaptation in …

A TV musical makes it debut on the silver screen and makes you want to get up and dance along. Not many movies in my eyes can make the leap from TV to cinema, but this movie along with a few others have managed to do so and still …

Steven Spielberg’s oscarwinning depiction of the d-day during World War II when the american army invaded Normandy in France to fight the germans. The opening 15 minutes of the film is incredibly intense and well-directed with possibly the most realistic war scenes ever filmed. After that the film turns …

Now the queen of daytime can be the queen of your livingroom anytime with this great Oprah box set of DVDs.
My mother really likes to tune into the Oprah show everyday so I purchased this DVD set for her for her birthday.
The DVD collection features highlights from 20 ears …

Ever since Star Wars was filmed, several movies have attempted to spoof it with limited success. Who would have thought the best ever spoof comes from a television series I used to not even like.
We rented the first ever feature film from Family Guy; Blue Harvest. And, I will …

Black Death is the latest film by Christopher Smith, the man behind the Triangle. On the web I saw references to this as a horror film history.
1348. This is the year the film takes place, the year is under the sign of bubonic plague. The story begins with Osmund …

Synopsis: A young woman is about to get married and, not knowing who her real father is, decides to invite three men her mom was involved with so she can meet her dad for the first time and feel complete.
What I liked about this movie: I am too young …

“Wanted” is the most recent Angelina Jolie success movie. Although this is labelled a Jolie movie, in reality “Wanted” is all about the actor, James McAvoy and the director, Timur Bekmambetov great talents! This movie was very much well received by critics and the general public.
It is very difficult …

I got bored this weekend and ended up watching some movies I came across on TV. One of these films was the movie Stomp the Yard.
I’m going to tell you this right now. Do not waste your time with this film.
At one point, movies that featured dance numbers were entertaining …

I’ve been hearing about the movie “We Need to Talk about Kevin” for some months now, and despite watching the trailer and feeling like I had to watch it, I never actually got a chance to until very recently. The result of this was that I was very impressed …

Through this movie, Hilary Swank has reminded audiences once again, that she is one of Hollywood’s greatest Heavy-Hitters. Her acting skills were brilliant. Maybe this is why some of the other cast members appeared as though they needed to step it up a notch? “Who is that blonde little …

To say that this movie is filthy, obscene, and disgusting is to say nothing. In the opening scene, a ten year old boy named Charlie upsets a girl, who is also ten but behaves like a prostitute. The girl is obviously into witchcraft, and she “hexes” Charlie. The hex …

Synopsis: After a successful mission destroying zombies in a government complex, a bitten soldier flees his comrades to avoid getting killed and takes refuge in a strip club. When he turns, he bites one of the local strippers, turning her into one of the undead and, at the same …

In ‘Apocalypto’, again, Mel Gibson chose to drive in the foreign language film, after ‘The Passion of the Christ’ (2004). This time located in the rural South America, precisely at the end of an era of Maya civilization tribe.
Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood) is a youth by a quiet …

Alexander, directed by Oliver Stone is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence and some sexuality/nudity. The original release date was November 24, 2004 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Biography/Drama/Romance/War and stars Colin Farrell as Alexander, Angelina Jolie as …

Rescue Dawn (2006) is a film by Werner Herzog is an adventure film thats rater PG-13 for some sequences of intense war violence and turture.
Rescue Dawn is the true story of a U.S. fighter pilot that gets shot down during Vietnam War over Laos and is taken prisoner by …

Recently I have found it to be more challenging to find suspense and thriller movies that I genuinely love that are set in some form of real life situations. What I ended up doing recently since I felt the urge to watch one was read a blog entry which …

This movie is obviously a kids movie but it has adult appeal. It is made for kids with the understanding that adults will be watching. It’s not boring or dumb. Their are many songs that are made for adults to sing along with that are sung by slugs. The …

It’s not often that I will find a movie so horrible I have to turn it off before I even get halfway through it. This is especially true of war movies. However, Jarhead became one of those films.
When I read the description of the movie and saw the previews, …

The seventies were big on disaster films, and Flood! was right smack in the middle of it. Obviously, the natural disaster at the heart of this movie is a flood, made possible by a lot of rain and an official who refuses to open the dam gates.
Flood! is …

I grew up watching the Muppet Show on television and always wondered what exactly Gonzo was supposed to be. Turns out he’s a space alien.
Muppets in Space is a great movie for the family to watch. It has all the muppet characters in it on an adventure to find …

The movie, the Re-Animator, is based off of H.P. Lovecraft’s novel of the same name. It’s a massive gorefest, filled with loads of blood, nudity, and a very addictive theme song. This isn’t what you would call a zombie movie, or a infection or virus movie either, but it …

There is a brilliant spot in Dead Like Me: Send in the Clown. It’s actually a parody of the TV drama, Hill Street Blues. I recognized what was happening almost immediately. It surrounded Roxy (Jasmine Guy), who is a meter maid on the show. She …

The focus of this movie is about a recently divorced couple and the heart aching task they go through in order to keep their children happy in the face of the terrible period in their lives. This is not made easier by the fact that the husband Luke, played …

I was looking for movies my oldest daughter could watch on our Netflix player and came across an older one “Daffy Duck’s Movie: Fantastic Island.”
This film is essentially a spoof of the old Fantasy Island show that used to be on TV (which my daughter is too young to …

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 …