Movies Reviews
Memoirs of a Geisha (Movie 2005)
Chiyo, a little girl from a small village in the outskirts of Japan was sold to a geisha house where she works as a servant to pay off her parent’s debts. There, she began to pursue the life of a geisha in order to uplift her status and eventually …
Deja Vu (movie)
When I read the description of Denzel Washington’s movie, Dejavu, I thought it sounded interesting. And, after watching it, I have to say it was even better than expected.
Washington plays an investigator for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms who is brought in to investigate the explosion of …
Kid Galahad movie
Kid Galahad was released one year after Blue Hawaii. I’m sure I didn’t get the connection then and in truth, it’s been many, many years since I’ve actually watched this movie. Now, I saw it several times through adolescence but I really think it’s been a long, …
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Courage Under Fire, directed by Edward Zwick is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for war violence and language. The original release date was July 12, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Mystery/War and stars Denzel Washington as Lt. Colonel …
Bruce Almighty (movie)
Bruce Almighty (played by Jim Carrey) is about a man who wants to prove to the world that he is the best ever. Bruce wants to be an anchorman on a television station, but is passed up by someone else. Bruce’s girlfriend is supportive and totally in love with …
Funny Face movie
Another unforgettable movie from Audrey Hepburn Collection. This is my favorite among her films, its a classic indeed.
In this film Audrey portrays the role of a bookstore clerk named Jo Stackton. The Quality magazine, a fashion magazine held a photoshoot at the bookstore she worked for. She was discovered …
World Trade Center, Oliver Stone Movie
New York, September 11, 2001. Today it is just a normal working day for Sergeant John McLoughlin, a police officer from the police division of the New York PA (Port Authority) Patrol. As usual John started the day with the task of dividing the assistants, among them there is …
The Good Soldier (1981) Starring Jeremy Brett and Susan Fleetwood
“The Good Soldier” is a 1981 production for British television by Granada. The two hour movie lasts 120 minutes and is based on the book by the same name written by English author, Ford Madox Ford. Ford is not as well remembered as he should be because he made …
The mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Rick O’Connell is back but this time, without his original lady love “Edie” (Rachel Weisz) I had mixed emotions regarding this latest installment. While I love Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh, I feel that they should not have made another one. In any case, this is my review:
The plot: …
With Six You Get Eggroll
Doris Day’s final theatrical film was one her late husband had obligated her to do, entitled With Six You Get Eggroll. It’s a movie that is reminiscent of Yours, Mine, and Ours that starred Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. To me, this was a smaller scale version …
Shutter Island movie
This movie totally lived up to all the hype I heard about it. I personally am not a big Leonardo Decaprio fan and it was almost the reason I didn’t watch this movie. However I heard so many good things about it that I just had to suck …
Columbo: It’s All in the Game movie
Columbo: It’s All in the Game is rather memorable for a couple of reasons. Of course, there’s the great portrayal of the lead character by Peter Falk, but that’s constant throughout the entire history of the series. Rather, the wonder of this specific episode is Faye Dunaway …
Candyman (1992)
Candyman, directed by Bernard Rose is rated R for violence and gore by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date for this movie was October 16, 1992 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Fantasy/Horror/Mystery/Thriller and stars Cirginia Madsen as Helen Lyle, …
Movie Night at the Museum
A story where history comes to life, you can’t imagine learning history in real time.
Larry Dale finds a emergency job for him to have his boy child in his side, he needs to convince his divorced wife that he can take care of there son. A woman refers …
King of the Hill Season 5
King of the Hill season 5 has some high points and also some low points. The series follows all American guy Hank Hill, his wife Peggy, son Bobby, niece Luanne and his friends and neighbors. In this season Bobby is still having some “problems” as Hank would say, but …
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith
Now in my review for Star Wars Episode 1, I was pretty critical of it and in Episode II, I praised it slightly more but I still didn’t consider it to be that great. However, I have to admit that I thoroughly enjoy Episode III and I think it …
The Beach (2000)
I have read about the book (not read the book per se) titled “The Beach”. This novel was made into a film in 2000, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Richard, the fun-loving, adventure-seeking American with a can-do attitude who seeks adventure and risks his life in Bangkok, Thailand.
This movie …
The Butterfly Effect 2 (2006)
Supposedly, this is a sequel to “Butterfly Effect” with Ashton Kutcher; in reality, it is more of an attempt to remake BE-1, for whatever reason. Kutcher isn’t there, in fact there is no connection with the previous story / characters. There are no blackouts, either. A totally different guy …
Dracula (1931) Movie
Dracula from 1931 is based off the book Dracula by Bram Stoker and stars Béla Lugosi as Count Dracula. It recounts how he takes control of Reinfield and travels to England to drink blood and how he is stopped by Dr. Arthur Van Hellsing.
Even though this movie is …
Steel (1997)
When a weapons designer for the United States military resigns for a personal reason he finds his weapons on the streets of his home town, he now makes it his own personal campaign to rid the streets of the weapons and put a stop to all the crime and …
Mama Mia
Mama Mia, is a musical comedy about a girl who wishes to have her father walk her down the aisle during her wedding day. She secretly reads her mom’s journal to find that she had three different lovers around the time of her birth. She decides to invite all …
Hairspray movie
I am very surprised at how much I liked this movie with it being a musical. I don’t know if its because they had such good actors and actresses in the movie or what. I really enjoyed watching it and I usually don’t like musicals. I enjoyed watching this …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 19
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 19 starts off with a bang as Hawkeye faces off with Gluttony, who won’t die because of his regenerative abilities. After she runs out of ammo, it seems like she’ll be killed but her dog Black Hayate and Lt. Kain Fuery come to …
First Sunday movie
First Sunday is a comedy being billed as a —˜feel good movie’ with a moral. It stars Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan as two career criminals. When LeeJohn (played by Morgan) and Tyrell (Ice Cube) agree to transport stolen wheelchairs across the city, they get arrested and run …
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) movie
I was a bit skeptical going into this movie it could have gone either way good or bad. I had heard mixed reviews from friends also both good and bad so honestly I didn’t know what to expect when I rented this movie.
The story is pretty simple four old …
Superman 2 (1981)
This second installation in the Superman saga focuses on the accidental release of the Kryptonian criminals from the Phantom Zone imprisonment for trying to establish a dictatorship on the planet Krypton. Their release from the Phantom Zone was caused when Superman threw an elevator into the upper atmosphere that …
2001 Space Idiocies
2001 Space Idiocies is the 4th episode of the 1st season of Tripping the Rift and is to me the highlight of the show’s first season. As the title gives away there is a lot of riffing off of the movie 2001: A Space Oddyssey.
This episode succeeds in …
Ghost Dad (1990)
Ghost Dad, directed by Sidney Poitier is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date for this movie was June 29, 1990 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Fantasy and stars Bill Cosby as Elliot Hopper, Kimberly Russell as …
Cape Fear (1991)
Cape Fear, directed by Martin Scorsese is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong violence, and for language. The original release date was November 13, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Horror/Thriller and stars Robert De Niro as Max …
The Princess Diaries Movie
I am not really a fan of “chick-flicks”, but, this movie is entertaining and likable. A teenager finds out that she is the heir to the throne of a non so known country. She embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she tries to embrace her new found kingdom. …
Wild Hogs
Well..
Someone must of been real drunk or is really stupid in order to make this movie.It just finished in front of my innocent eyes an hour ago.When it first started,I said,it should be good,big budget to hire those actors.John Travolta,Tim Allen,Martin Lawrence,William Macy.Sure they aren’t big cash magnets like …
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda is one of the most wonderful attacks on the kung fu genre. Dreamworks did an excellent job in combining animation, kung fu and of course comedy.The whole movie made my jaw somewhat hurt from all that laughing not to mention the oohs and aahs during the …
Good boy Bad boy
This weak my husband brought the CD of the movie titled Good boy Bad boy. This is a movie pasteurised in the national language of our country India that is in Hindi. The movie has got excellent comedy and the story of this movie is totally …
The Blind Side-Movie
I anticipated that as soon as The Blind Side was available on DVD that it would be my goal to see it right away, and I did this past weekend. Just the previews and trailers alone made me cry, so I knew it would be a very heart-warming movie. …
Song of the Gringo movie
Song of the Gringo from 1936 is actually Tex Ritter’s first movie role. He does a decent job as he enters the rank of the singing cowboy, which ruled the era in many ways. Being his first picture, he doesn’t have a sidekick and poor White Flash, …
Elf (2003)
A baby named Buddy crawls into Santa’s sack of toys one Christmas when he was small and was accidentally taken to the North Pole. Santa allows the child to remain at the North Pole and he is grown by Papa Elf to become an Elf himself. As time past, …
Two Weeks Notice (starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant)
I watched the DVD of Two Weeks Notice starring Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant the other day and there could not have been a better duo for their roles than them. It’s basically a movie story about serving your troublesome boss and after some time feeling that you have …
Black Cat Episode 7 (Anime)
Black Cat Episode 7 begins with Train battling Creed in order to avenge Saya’s death. Eve finds Train and she and Sven get him out of there and take him to Sven’s hideout. There he recovers while Eve learns more by reading books.
This episode was really good …
The Golden Compass
This is a fantasy entertainer. The story is about a girl, and her adventurous journey to the land of unknown, and the film has lot of good special effects to back up this fantasy. It has an adventurous plot with a kid doing lot of impressive things and it …
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
Ok, the first A Nightmare on Elm Street was an interesting movie with an interesting premise. Never seen the second so I can’t comment on it, but the third one is just, well, silly.
The plot is essentially the same, except now there are more kids involved. And …
The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (R, 2006)
Those who have become familiar with the acting (and now directing) style of Asia Argento will more than likely love this film. The daughter of Italian film director Dario Argento is known for her stint in the American action cheese puff 2002 film “XXX” (starring Vin Diesel.) …
Netflix
A few years ago I was a bit reluctant to change my normal “video store stop” routine to try a “by mail” service. However after a family member suggested giving it a try during a free trial period, I was instantly hooked! I never thought that …
Dahmer
This film, based on the killings of infamous serial killer Jeffrey Dhamer is a complicated film to judge. On one hand, it documents his crimes accurately enough, and for a big screen or small screen adaption of anything of the sort, the facts can be lost in the fiction, …
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 …
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith movie
I’m certainly one of those morons who grew up wathing the first Star Wars movies on vhs and adored them. Recently I watched the latest (and last) movie on dvd (yes, I saw it in the theatre too) and I feel ready to state my opinion on it now. …
Blood Diamond movie
You know, even though I take an interest in world politics, I have found I’m not a huge fan of movies about obscure problems in other countries.
That’s probably why, even though I tried to enjoy the film Blood Diamond, I found myself actually getting bored by it.
The plot wasn’t …
Movie Rudy
Rudy is, in my opinion, tied for first with Remember the Titans as the greatest football movie of all time. Rudy is a movie that tugs on every emotion you have. The film draws us in and it has to do with the amazing film making. …
Paper Man Movie (2009)
I wouldn’t have heard of a movie like this normally, but I just finished watching the movie Buried with Ryan Reynolds where I was so impressed with the actor that I have decided to watch a few more of his movie. So I looked up in IMDB for some …
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