Synopsis: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello star as two window washers who are given the task of picking up $50,000 for a local mobster. They are double crossed by the guy giving them the money and, because someone is trying to steal it, come up with a plan to …

Fifteen years ago, what takes place in this movie would have seemed impossible. Today, with all kinds of reality shows imaginable, it is eerily realistic. The main character, a young man named Truman (Jim Carrey), is an unsuspecting star of a big reality show. Since his birth, he had …

We ended up watching a DVD last night of a movie that originally aired on the Sci Fi Channel last year; Ogre.
When we got the DVD, I wasn’t sure what to expect. It looked like it would be a somewhat crappy movie that would rely heavily on blood and …

Alladin a street-rat is tricked into retrieving a magical lamp from the desert. Trapped and with no way to escape, he rubs the magic lamp and a genie appears. Wishing to be a prince to impress the woman he loves, he embarks on a romantic adventure of deceit and …

Here is yet another movie that follows people with multiple cameras and angles—”and multiple story lines. If you like movies that have interesting and realistic characters, then this is the film for you. There are several different “vignettes” if you will—”only they are filmed from the perspective …

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) is a western drama from director Andrew Domonik and is rated R by the MPAA for some strong violence and brief sexual references.
Jesse James (Brad Pitt) was one of the country’s first celebrities. There have been countless books …

Batman was Tim Burton’s breakthrough to a major audience, and captures the darkness and gothic aspects of the comic series in a remarkable visual way. Michael Keaton is solid as the hero but the great acting performance is done by Jack Nicholson as the villain The Joker. The role …

From 1962, That Touch of Mink pairs Doris Day with the debonair Cary Grant. For me, this has always been somewhat of an odd couple, but it made for a good motion picture, never the less. There certainly are a lot of reasons to enjoy this entertaining …

The Usual Suspect (1995) is a drama film by director Bryan Singer and is rated R by the MPAA for violence and a substantial amount of strong language.
The Usual Suspects focuses on five career criminals (Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet …

No matter what the actress Reese Whiterspoon does with her career, she will be associated with the “Legally Blond” movies for which (for the first movie) she won an Emmy Award. Whiterspoon is simply fantastic in the role of cute Elle Woods whose life is all pink! Whenever Whiterspoon wears …

“All About Eve” is a 1950 Twentieth Century Fox Movie about theatre people and stardom. The black and white movie lasts138 minutes and was written by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and was filmed on soundstages in Los Angeles with locations shots in New York, San Francisco, and New Haven, Connecticut. …

Five men awakened in a building with a different position, there is a severe injury, some bound, but the fifth person this certainly does not know either how to be in their place or who will bring them. Meanwhile, a woman who is believed to one of the wives …

Mr. and Mrs. Larkin live happily on a farm with their seven children. They are a charming, generous couple that loves people and welcomes new friends in their lives. Mr. Larkin does not like paying taxes, and the series begins with a man from the tax office coming to …

The second movie in the crossover film series once again pits Alien against Predator in a sequel that doesn’t deliver.
It’s hardly surprising this film doesn’t set the screen alight; the original was hardly a classic, but it’s a shame this time round that aspect that didn’t quite work in …

I’ve mentioned in other reviews that I like to try to find movies my daughter will enjoy. And, one of my biggest criteria when deciding whether to give it a good review or not is whether or not it will keep her entertained so I and my wife might …

A thriller set in the gangster neighbourhoods of London. Bob Hoskins plays the boss of a team of criminals who starts cleaning up among the ones who aren’t trustworthy in his opinion, but while doing this he understand that there are more gangsters above his head he shouldn’t play …

With all due respect to Mr. John Voight and Miss Mary Steenburgen I like them both because they are very good actor and actress. I never doubted their talents after all these years I have watched their movies; however, I really did not like one of the movies …

Ok my good people, I guess we asked for it and it was given to us as promised, this is where Hollywood meets police meets Hollywood get it? Me neither, but in essence, this movie is about two police detectives who are not getting enough payment from their regular …

Erin Brockovich is a real —˜feel-good’ movie which I thoroughly enjoyed. The basic premise of the film surrounds a single woman down on her luck trying to feed her three children and make ends meet. Erin (played by Julia Roberts) is in dire straits and getting desperate. …

Having seen the trailer on this one, I perked up instantly since it was quite an ethical scene —“ a couple could have a million dollars right away with just having to push a single button, but someone somewhere in the world, someone they don’t know is going to …

Little Women, the Columbia picture with Winona Ryder, is a touching story women of all ages will treasure. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, the movie tells the story of four daughters, named Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, during the 1800s. The moral reflections Alcott included in …

Takeshi Kitano has been a mainstay of the Japanese entertainment industry for more than twenty years. He first entered the world of directing with 1991’s Violent Cop, a film that was originally intended to be directed by Yakuza movie legend Kinji Fukasaki. However, Fukusaki became ill whilst filming and …

The story of a father and daughter con duo that go around scamming people all in the name of getting enough money for them to eat and possibly find shelter for the night, when they plan to scam a female lawyer, the scam went bad and she actually hit …

While watching “Vanity Fair” be prepared to see the actress Reese Whiterspoon with curled hair, the actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers with a strange hair style and the actor Rhys Ifans with dark hair. The people responsible for the hair styles on this movie must have had a great time …

Way before I saw the movie, I read the trilogy. And it was a really good series. So when I heard the movie was coming out and saw the trailer, I was excited. The trailer looked really good and I was so sure that the movie was going to …

The Santa Clause was a great film that I loved as a child and as an adult. And the sequal to this family friendly film titled, “The Santa Clause 2” which came out in 2002 was also just as mesmerizing. In this film, we watch as Santa Clause (Scott …

The Pursuit of Happyness (”happyness” intentionally misspelled) is unusually good, in fact I would say it is one of the best movies I’ve recently watched. Will Smith plays Chris, a poor man trying hard to provide for his family but not succeeding, for a long time. His wife is …

Broken Arrow, directed by John Woo is rated R by the Motion Picture Assocaition of America for strong action violence and language. The original release date was February 9, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Thriller and stars John Travolta as Major Vic …

“Boogie Nights” finds director Paul Thomas Anderson (”Magnolia,” There Will Be Blood”) absorbing some amazing influences in both cinematography, structure and storytelling, rolling them all together and making the result uniquely his own. The tragicomic story of a group of porn producers and actors in California’s San Fernando Valley …

A lot of biopics (or movies about real people) are made about successful people who did amazing jobs in their respective fields. I can’t think of many films that do the opposite until The Disaster Artist. A movie about director Tommy Wiseau who made the worst (as some would say) …

While my original plan was to take my 6 year old to see an old standby flick, we changed our minds after viewing the clip for Happy Feet. Even so, I still thought of it as only a great “children’s movie”. Afterwards, I found myself pleasantly surprised …

I recently saw the movie Lakeview Terrace starring Samuel L. Jackson at the movies theater. The movie was about a bi racial couple that moves next store to a black police officer raising his son and daughter by himself. From the time the couple moved in …

Pulp Fiction (1994) is the second film from contraversial director Quentin Tarantino and is definitely a film masterpiece. Out of his 5 films, this one passes all the rest in both originality and clever dialogue.
The story is told in 3 different parts that all have something to do …

I have always loved the work of Michael Douglas, so when I was given a copy of Solitary Man, I could not wait to sit down to watch it. The movie stars Michael Douglas, along with Dany Devito, and Susan Sarandon.
Michael Douglas plays a man in …

Two Weeks Notice is a light and well-made romantic comedy. Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock), a talented attorney, gets fed up with her rich, handsome, and helpless boss George Wade (Hugh Grant). Despite having a secretary, Wade keeps using Lucy as another one, burdening her with ridiculous personal requests. Tired …

I am very upset with this movie for a lot of reasons. It was one not depicted in that time by any since of the word and all the so called actors were speaking perfect English. I don’t see how this could have gotten even a decent rating for …

I’m not exactly a big cinematic buff, and tend to prefer reading to watching films. However, Nora Ephron’s much hailed Julie and Julia tempted me with excellent cast, and when a couple of my friends recommended the film to me, I was really hoping to catch it in the …

I watched this movie recently on one of the movie channels. Overall it was a pretty good movie. Honestly I felt like it is a movie that has good things and bad things in it. One of the good things about this movie is it is a unique movie. …

F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘The Last of the Belles’ from 1974 was a bore to me. I’ve never really been into the Fitzgerald world. The Great Gatsby didn’t thrill me either, and I saw it in the theater, back when screens were huge. I also like …

Death Becomes Her is a 1992 comedy that pits Meryl Streep against Goldie Hawn. The two are mortal enemies, something that goes back two decades when one stole the other’s fiance. Both women are also obsessed with staying young and beautiful. In fact, unbeknownst to each …

The filmmaker Roland Emmerich have for quite a long time been renowned for his peculiar way of waving with the american flag in his films, and The Patriot is, not very unexpected, the same thing.
Mel Gibson is an american family father in america in the late 18th century. A …

I really like Adrian Brody. And seeing him starring in something so trippy was a treat for me. The Jacket is a really interesting film that merges psy-fi with a little of that thriller drama stuff. Brody portrays a veteran who dies, but then is brought …

End of Days is a great movie that is about the apocalypse, and the 666. In the movie the main character which is “The Terminator” AKA Arnold Schwarzenegger. He has to stop the Anti-Christ from being born. The movie takes place in NY, where the devil is looking for …

A british 1960s version of the classic Shakespeare play in which Michael York and Olivia Hussey plays the leading roles of Romeo and Juliet who fall in love, but find themselves on rivaling family sides and come to understand it is an impossible love that can not last. The …

The Unknown Girl (French: La Fille inconnue) is a 2016 Belgian-French drama film directed by the Dardenne brothers. Starring Adèle Haenel, Olivier Bonnaud, Jérémie Renier, and Louka Minnella.
I actually think this film is more like a slice-of-life or documentary than drama, because it’s pretty mellow.

The story follows a doctor, Jenny …

I just got finished watching this movie not to long ago. It was really good, my only complain about the movie is that it could have had a better ending to it. It was overall a pretty good movie. It made me laugh a little in some parts, but …

Just one word to sum up Eden Lake that I’ve watched: gross. I don’t think that Eden Lake is a true story and if there are, who would in their right mind breed kids like those fanatic murderers and torturers in this movie story. I get disgusted by …

Without a doubt, one of the all time classic television programs was the landmark 1964 sitcom the Munsters. The program capitalized on the rise in popularity of the golden age of horror movies which were debuting on syndicated television and launching the monster boom of the late 1950’s to …

A movie directed by Steven Speilberg, story in part by George Lucas, Starring Harrison Ford, Cate Balnchett, Karren Allen and Shia LaBeouf.
The very long anticipated Indiana Jones sequel, very long anticipated actually- 18 years in the making is a wonderful adventure story. Just like always, it takes you …

In this epic adventure, we the viewers are taken into the past where in a small village, the wise woman has forecasted that a great warrior will emerge to save their people from starvation and take down demons that will attack their village. We are taken from the days …