When I was much younger, I had a sleepover with one of my aunts and she rented a video of a movie that she thought I would like to see. It was a few years after Jumanji was released and I never heard of the movie before that night, …

A coming of age story that focuses on the bond that is shared between family members and more importantly the bond between the brothers of that family is depicted in this animated movie from Disney Studios. Using animals to portray the story that even without a voice that is …

The Last Samurai is an epic film, where Tom Cruise plays the Captain Nathan Algre, in a scenario of the year of 1876. He is a American Civil War hero that was hired by the Japanese Emperor to train the new modern army in modern fighting styles and to …

Po, the big clumsy panda, aspired to be a great kungfu warrior a seemingly impossible dream! Yet according to the wise Master Oogway, the universe had chosen Po to be the Dragon Warrior, despite protests and objections from Master Shifu and his five students.
Tai Lung, a …

If you love ballet, you will the motion picture from 1960 known as Black Tights. What this movie is in reality is a collection of mini-ballets put together to form a picture. The event is hosted by the wonderful Maurice Chevalier. Actually, Chevalier is also heard …

Last Vegas is a comedy film I was eager to see after viewing the trailer for it one evening. I wasn’t hesitant in watching it due to all the veteran actors that would be starring in the film. I just knew that a film with Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, …

The classic and very influential horror film by Alfred Hitchcock centres around a desolated woman who commits a crime and has to flee from the police. She ends up on Bate’s Motel, which is owned by a nervous young man and his mother. The rest shouldn’t be revealed here. …

I know at my age it would sound ridiculous but I really like this movie. I wanted to believe even just for two hours that I could go to a place like this. Where in I could walk around both indoor and outdoor and all I can …

Last year 2008 my girlfriend asked me to join her in watching When Love Begins. I knew that it was going to be another chick-flick, feel-good movie wherein you have a fairy tale ending. But being the nice boyfriend that I was, not to mention sweet, I agreed. Turns out …

The Hills Have Eyes is a sequel to the first. I felt the first was a pretty good movie, and I felt the same about this one, because it continued the storyline from the first, explaining the reason for the mutants attacks on everyone.
These “mutants” have been a victim …

Typically, when you get a movie that stars a professional wrestler, you can expect something that is going to go out of its way to show off his muscles, put him in plenty of fight scenes and fill in the background with as many explosions as possible.
The movie, …

A movie that children and adults alike will enjoy is Gremlins. Gremlins are these little creatures that are fierce and scary and evolve, magically, from Mogwai. You see, the Mogwai are fine and lovable and rather like little teddy bears, unless they have water. Once the water gets on …

Yet another hilarious show centred to Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon and Owen Wilson. In this movie, Owen stars as Duprey, one without a proper job and only goes out to enjoying his life fully.
Because of circumstances, he had come to live with newly wed couple played by Matt and …

Finding Nemo was one of the most successful animated movies by Pixar and really set them apart as an excellent animation studio. Finding Nemo followed the standard of movie quality always seen in Pixar works as being a movie that was very kid friendly while still being entertaining for …

Synopsis: A high school boy and girl from two different backgrounds and with different interests land lead roles in the school’s musical production and fall in love with each other; only to find prejudice from their friends threatens both to keep them apart from each other and keep them …

Rang De Basanti is a revolutionary film made recently, and was India�s Official Entry to the Oscars. Its one of the few movies, which was both artistic and also did well commercially. In fact it was one of the biggest commercial hits of the year. The story was …

A bizarre kind of vampire horror movie with Hugh Grant as a young british Lord who gets in touch with a mysterious beautiful woman that proves to be a vampire with evil plans. I thought the film was creepy to look at. With Hugh Grant in the cast I …

I am not a huge Molly Parker fan. But there is something about the actress’ delicate features and avant garde sensitivity that I am drawn to. For that reason, I decided to rent “Suspicious River”—a film about a young woman who works in a motel, …

My one year old daughter absolutely loves this movie. We have the DVD and I believe we have watched this movie atleast twenty times. She adores the dancing and singing and gets the happy feet herself as she dances non stop to the musicals. I myself love the humor …

War, directed by Philip G. Atwell is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of strong bloody violence, sexuality/nudity and language. The original release date was August 24, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Thriller and stars Jet Li …

Recently I visited the local artsy video store and rented the DVD “Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg” It is a Swedish film in Swedish, but much of it was in German with English subtitles. Directed by Kjell Grede and released in 1990.
I was extremely impressed by it. I must confess …

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a movie about 4 turtles who after an odd ooze accident become turtle/human like. The turtles mentor/father figure, a rat/human like figure teaches the turtles discipline and the way of the ninja. This first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie focuses on the turtles battle …

And the movie starts off with a battle between Team Jacob and Team Edward. Thank you Vampires Suck for starting things off not so right and it continues with Edward getting fully naked and a disco ball is his penis—¦oh man all the vampires look it too. The fun …

I didn’t know what to think when I rented Fun With Dick & Jane. I usually like Jim Carrey movies but I wasn’t sure if this one would be very good or not. What I found was, while it was a funny movie, it was one I could relate …

The movie stars Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, each other’s exes from their short lived marriage and preceding short lived dating relationship. He is an ex-cop and has taken on a job as a bounty hunter in order to make his living. It just so happens that …

I used to love original movies on the television station “SyFy” but I have to say most of them are starting to look like rip-offs from better known movies.
Take the one I watched yesterday for example; “Kaw.” This movie has a small town being infested with Ravens that are …

I’m not usually a huge fan of romantic comedies. They’re OK but I get bored with them quickly because they usually have the same basic plot.
However, I have to say, after watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall, I did find myself entertained throughout.
The good thing about this movie is it offers …

Hellboy 2 The Golden Army is a good movie for a guy to take his girl to if he wants to get some good relationship points. This movie is great and will hold your attention from start to finish. I liked the special effects but I have to …

One of the many vampire vs. werewolf movies that have graced the silver screen, New Moon rates among one of the better attempts. It had a good blend of romance, action, and suspense, while not overplaying the supernatural card. The mixture was good, but and it added …

The actors, Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves team up once again together to make this exception movie “The Lake House”, after 12 years from working together on the movie “Speed”.
We are used to seeing Sandra Bullock in romantic and sentimental movies and Keanu Reeves in futuristic movies. “The Lake …

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane is a movie about two sisters. Baby Jane Hudson was a child star who never got past the adoration of cheering crowds and a father who spoiled her. Blanche Hudson, her older sister, was a shy and reserved child who ended up being the …

There is nothing left of the romantic comedy genre. It’s been on the decline for at least the past decade, with the odd exception that actually mixes the pathos and exhilaration of love lost and found with comedic coincidence and the kind of zany antics that for the most …

Visual genius Tim Burton’s newest film is similar to The Nightmare Before Christmas, which he wrote the story for. This time he directed himself, and created a stop-motion animation story of the highest class. The story is about a young man (voiced by Johnny Depp) who is getting married, …

Clive Barker is known as the artist of flesh, shocking the world with this horror film from the late 1980s. Actually, Barker decided not to follow this up, even though it was both successful among the audience and critically acclaimed. The story is about a family moving in to …

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 …

Glorifying the American Girl from 1929 purports to be under the direct supervision of the legendary Florenz Ziegfeld. There were lots of showgirls in this motion picture to satisfy that Rockette feeling, too. Even today, the line of girls doing those high leg kicks are incredibly popular.
I …

This movie is about two guys who crash weddings for the parties and the girls but when one of them (Owen Wilson) falls for one of the girls at the wedding, trouble follows as he and his partner (Vince Vaughn) are invited over to spend time with the dysfunctional …

The year 2004 was a great year for awesome music. It was also the same year that I become aware of a relatively unknown, independent recording group known as The Push Stars. Their song ‘Keg on the Coffin’ was receiving extensive radio play on Alabama airwaves by indie recording …

I had a really tough time getting through Terrence Malick’s well-known film The Tree of Life when it was released. The first time I watched it I didn’t lasted for 15 minutes. I immediately turned it off because I thought it was nothing but a pretentious show-off. I kept hearing …

Horror-suspense flick “Eden Lake” keeps you breathless and guessing from start to finish.
Jenny and her boyfriend, Steve, escape to the wilderness for a romantic weekend of camping; Steve is also planning a surprise proposal. Things look great until the couple come across an unruly group of boys who view …

When I first saw the preview for this long awaited film I just about wet myself. I was so excited to see one of my favorite actors come back in one of my favorite movie series. On top of Harrison Ford being in the movie they also brought back …

There is one word that describes this movie…”BORING”. It’s a long, drawn out, dull, mind-numbing, boring tale of aliens coming to earth. And as always, the aliens have some to destroy mankind…been there, done that, seen it too many times. I guess we should all be wearing tip foil …

I have been hearing alot of talk about the movie 10,000 BC and how the movie would be a very pleasant viewing. But once I have seen it, I was pretty shocked of how my perspective of this “wonderful” movie changed. I really think that the movie was pretty …

RomeoXJuliet Episode 17 has Romeo learning that he and all the other miners are perminantly banished from Neo Verona. He decides to have them all settle in the abandoned village near the church where he and Juliet recited their wedding vows. Meanwhile Juliet settles into Manchua and …

While this group of British comics are well known for their unique sense of humor, having been portrayed in “Monty Pythons Flying Circus” and in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”, their second movie, “Monty Python and the Meaning of Life” made in 1983 is filled with much more …

I wonder how this movie was made. As I think about it, something like this comes to mind: a bunch of movie-makers comes together and says - “Okay, let’s make a comedy flick. Let’s have a nice mansion with ghosts and dead guys in it, that seems to be …

Is the 2010 Tekken movie a proper tribute to the game it was based on? Or will it follow the footsteps of the vast majority of movies based on video games and simply—¦ well, suck?
I gotta say, from the time I saw the trailer, I never expected this …

I have heard this film is one of Audrey Hepburn’s acclaimed performances. I personally believe it’s also the most critically-absorbing film in the entire Audrey Hepburn —˜genre’. The austere screenplay was very consistent to the point that it almost felt like watching an art film. The …

Ok, considering I waited several weeks before I was able to find a copy of I am Legend at my local video store, I have to say I’m extremely disappointed in this movie. In fact, I’m absolutely glad I rented it rather than buy it.
When I see a movie …

I just finished reading Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol to my daughter and she said she would love to see a movie about it. Wanting to find a movie that gave justice to the book yet wasn’t too scary for her, I finally settled on Mickey’s Christmas Carol.
The thing …