Movies Reviews
The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
I remember the first time I saw this movie. I felt mislead by the tough guy of all times, Clint Eastwood. How could he betray me by acting out a love story with …
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013 Film)
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor is a film, directed and written by Tyler Perry. I had heard and read my fair share about the movie, and I was honestly conflicted at first to see it. I knew that there was a lot of hype following the movie, given …
Chapter 27 (2008)
Chapter 27 (2008) is a drama from director J.P. Schaefer and is rated R by the MPAA for language and some sexual content.
Ever wonder what was goign through Mark David Chapman’s head before he shot John Lennon. Chapter 27 unravels the web of literary associations and cultural signs …
The Untouchables (1987)
The Untouchables, directed by Brian De Palma is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was June 3, 1987 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/History/Thriller and stars Kevin Costner as Elliot Ness, Sean Connery as Jim Malone, …
Texas Cowgirl
I am reviewing The Case of the Texas Cowgirl, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie Howard, …
I am a Hero (horror, zombie apocalypse Japanese movie)
‘I am a Hero’ - is a horror, zombie apocalypse movie based on the manga series of the same title by Kengo Hanazawa.
*Note, this review contains spoilers, gore and disgusting graphics.
When I heard the title of the movie, I thought it’ll be like Will Smith’s I am Legend. Well, I …
Android Love
I really hate this episode. I am not sure what it is about it that bothers me so much. Perhaps it is just the fact that the humanity of androids is a topic that has been covered to death ten times or more already in the world …
Final Destination 2 movie
I absolutely loved the first Final Destination when it came out and thought this one would be just as good. I was wrong.
Final Destination 2 was a good movie and was still better than many of the other thrillers out there. But, it definitely paled in comparison to the …
Day after Tomorrow
I could watch this movie anytime, any day. I thought it was a brilliant movie. It’s probably one of my favorite movies. It really did keep me very entertained and interested in the movie. Possibly the most entertained in a movie ever. Dennis Quad, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, all …
Movie Mirrors
Last night, my friends and I watched Keifer Sutherland’s Mirrors. We saw the trailer before watching Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2and were really enraptured. Anyway, it’s supposed to be a horror film so we made sure to watch it at night. :)
The plot’s really simple: An ex-detective, Sutherland …
Resurrecting The Champ (PG-13, 2007) movie
I had heard of this film. But when I saw that Josh Hartnett and Samuel Jackson starred in it, I figured it was one of those movies in which the black man portrays a lost, but heroic figure. And the white man comes to save the day …
The Karate Kid Movie 2010
Ok, so I had watched this movie 2 times in the theater, and I would watch it again if given the chance! This movie runs for 2 hours, which I didn’t even notice as the time flew by for me. First, this movie is perfect for all ages, whether …
Happy feet
Happy feet may not be as child friendly as it’s animation may imply.
The film follows the story of a penguin who seems unable to fulfill his duty in life, that being to find a mate through singing his “heart song”. Mumbles, the unfortunate penguin, was blessed with a very …
Shutter movie
I watched this movie yesterday with my sister. It’s about this man and a woman who are newlyweds. The husband is a photographer and they go to Japan. Once they go to Japan, the husband starts to take photographs… on every photograph that they take there is a white …
Role Models (The Movie)
I had been waiting weeks for this movie to be available at my Redbox location, and was so excited to see it was! Role Models, starring Seann-William Scott (Stifler from American Pie) and Paul Rudd, is a story about two friends who get sentenced to community service and end …
The Last Holiday
This is indeed a feel-good movie story, starring Queen Latifah as well as L.L. Cool J and some other casts.
The storyline is about Georgia Byrd, starred by Queen whom only has 3 weeks to live and she decides to spend her hard-earned money and go on a shopping …
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense is a very fine psychological thriller/horror movie. The movie, which is directed by M. Night Shyamalan, is a wide hit across the world. The movie has Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment and Toni Collette playing the pivotal roles and the best thing about the movie is …
Daybreakers movie
Although I won’t go as far and say that Daybreakers was a bad movie, I was still quite disappointed in it when I watched it yesterday for several reasons. I was unable to understand why a few people I knew said they liked it too, when to me it …
Dead Presidents-film
Dead Presidents was a 1995 film starring Larenz Tate.It is a movie revolving around the life of a young man and his time in the Vietnan War.It is also about the experiences he has in the real world after he has been released from active duty.The movie starts …
The princess diaries movie
I remember watching “The princess diaries” a couple of years ago. It is a much better movie than I thought. It had a lot of humor to it and it was a good family movie. I watched it with my sisters and my mother on different occasions. It had …
Where Have All the People Gone movie
From 1974, Where Have All the People Gone is a movie I’ve remembered well from its original airing on television. Back in the day, this was actually one of those movies that showed up late night all the time. Peter Graves stars as Steven Anders, the father …
Awake movie
I watched the movie awake yesterday. It kept me interested throughout the whole movie. I didn’t want to stop watching it for anything. The thought of “anesthetic awareness” to me is scary. To think that you are going into surgery and you are not fully asleep and can still …
The Game Plan
I am definitely convinced that The Rock could really act in comedy movies. One of the proofs for that? The movie, The Game Plan. This is indeed a good feel movie story to watch, especially if you did catch it in the cinemas before with your whole …
88 Minutes
88 Minutes is a drama/thriller. It is directed by Jon Avnet and stars Al Pacino as the main character. The movie is rated R.
Al Pacino is a college professor that helps the FBI with forensic testimony on cases. He put a serial rapist/killer away using forensic evidence. The killer …
Dracula Untold, movie (2014)
Dracula Untold is a dark fantasy action film that deals with the origins of Count Dracula, the famous character from Brom Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula. This movie is laced with action and bits of horror throughout. It’s not a perfect movie but as far as action movies go, it pays …
Imitation Of Life (movie)
Imitation Of Life is the story of two women who are brought together by circumstances and need, and ends up they are the best of friends. Lana Turner plays Lora, an ambitious and tough single mother and Juanita Moore is Annie, another single mother who is hired as Lora’s …
40 Year Old Virgin DVD
I actually went to the premiere of this movie in my town. I knew nothing about the movie before I went, but had won free tickets, so decided to give it a try. This movie is absolutly hilarious. Its about a man who is fourty, but still a virgin. …
Nothing DVD
Nothing may sound like nothing, but the Nothing DVD is full of everything. It’s a well packaged DVD with a couple of extras to make buying the product worthwhile.
The movie Nothing stars David Hewlett, known best for Stargate Atlantis. It also stars Andrew Miller. The two …
Living Out Loud movie
Living Out Loud is a very nice 2009 (though it was filmed in 2008) Hallmark movie about a woman who discovers she has breast cancer. The film follows her discovery, treatment, decisions, and recovery.
Gail O’Grady turns in a powerful performance as Emily Marshall, teacher, mother, and wife, who …
7 Pounds starring Will Smith
In today’s society of “I”, “me” and “myself”, 7 Pounds is a story of selflessness. The film stars Hollywood star Will Smith as he went on to give “himself” to 7 deserving individuals as penance for the seven lives he destroyed in a freak accident.
Aside from the Pursuit …
The Resident movie
If you review the list of films in recent years you will notice that more or less everything you see on the screen today is a remake of something that was filmed a few years ago.
There are few films that really discuss a new idea or shed light on …
The Holiday
After watching a bunch of ‘chick flicks’ I actually liked, I figured there would be no harm in renting The Holiday. Boy was I wrong.
This has got to be the longest, most boring film I’ve seen this year.
The movie is about two women, one American and one British, who …
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
This is the 4th installment in the Indiana Jones series of films. It has been several years since the last movie was released and the film does account for that lapse in time. I am thankful for that since it would really be hard to pull off since Harrison …
Movie: “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”
I was very excited to see the new romantic comedy, “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”. It’s a modern love story version of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol”. I adore Dickens, and I’m always up for a modern remake a la “West Side Story” or “The Diary of Bridget …
10 Things i Hate About You
10 things i hate about you was the breakout vehicle for the at the time unknown future stars Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles. The movie is, at its heart, a romantic comedy, but what’s truly great about this movie is that it doesn’t tend to follow the usual stereotypes …
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla Raids Again is the second movie released just a couple of years after the first Godzilla movie. Still shot in black and white, the story follows the emergence of a second Godzilla as well as a new monster that has a spiked back, horns and sharp teeth. Not …
Nightmare on Elm Street the remake (2010 Film)
While I never saw the original movie of Nightmare on Elm Street, I have to say that the remake was for the most part enjoyable in the realm of horror movies. This film also made me want to watch the original film so that I would have something to …
Ratatouille
Ratatouille is a great movie for the whole family. It kept me and my sister who is 7 years old interested throughout the whole movie. The only thing that I would say is that the movie drag out a little bit, they could have made it shorter. It was …
Uncommon Valor movie
In the early 80’s, I remember watching this movie about Marines going on some kind of special meeting. This was one of those movies that used to air a lot on late night television, long before cable came about for most of us. I loved the movie …
Miss March movie
Miss March is an underrated movie. It’s a romantic comedy that’s more comedy than romance, or at least very subtle romance. Miss March is about a guy, his best friend and his long term high school girlfriend. The main character is a virgin and has abstain from sex for …
Throne of Blood movie
Akira Kurosawa’s depiction of the classic Shakespeare play Macbeth moved to a japanese environment. Apparently Kurosawa was very clear on that fact that he wanted to make Throne of Blood a japanese film, and that the audience was supposed to feel the Shakespeare story was only in the background. …
Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist movie
I thought this would be good because I like the actor from the movie Superbad, I have never been so wrong. The plot is seemingly non-existent, the guitarist for an emo band makes mix CD’s for a girl who doesn’t want anything to do with him, he meets a …
Film Beetlejuice
Few films are as wildly inventive as Tim Burton’s manic masterpiece Beetlejuice.
Telling the tale of Adam and Barbara (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis), living in a small town and unable to have children, who are exiled after an unexpected death to live in their beautiful country home. It wouldn’t …
Vampire in Brooklyn Movie
When I saw that it was an Eddie Murphy movie, I expected good comedy, perhaps something like Mel Brooks’ “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” with Leslie Nielsen, a funny twist of a classic. Well, I was wrong. Apparently, the creators of “Vampire in Brooklyn” meant it to be for …
Interview with the Vampire (the movie)
I absolutely love this movie! I remember when I was about 10 years old and I would watch it all the time in the dark at night. But I loved the acting. The language was fluid to me, like flowing water, and I hung onto the actors …
The Kids Are All Right (2010 Comedy-Drama Film)
I have been following the Academy Award seasons for three years now. Most of the time they nominate my favorite films of the year. And sometimes, during my early stages of paying attention to the nominated films, I was able to discover beautiful gems that I wasn’t able to see. …
Scary Movie 4
I thought that Scary Movie 4 would be another foolish kind of slapstick movie but when I watched, I was really so laughing like crazy with my bunch of friends.
It was so, so funny and the fact that the Director and writers had come out with such a …
Pet Shop of Horrors Episode 3
Pet Shop of Horrors Episode 3 begins with the police finding the body of a down and out actor Robin Hendrix. Detective Leon finds clues that lead him back to Count D.’s pet shop where Count D. tells him that he sold Mr. Hendrix a rare lizard called …
Passage to Marseille movie
A french journalist is innocently accused of murder and sent to The Devil’s Island. He manages to escape miraculously and returns to Marseille to join a band of rebels there.
Old Humphrey Bogart is excellent as always in this forgotten piece by Michael Curtiz. Incredibly intense and engaging from start …
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