Movies Reviews
The Tattooist
The Tattooist is a horror movie/drama starring Jason Behr. The actor plays an American tattoo artist who spent most of his adult life traveling around the world and giving tattoos. He is actually well known but many people say that he stole another artist’s designs to become famous. In …
Darkman (1990)
Darkman, directed by Sam Raimi is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America and stars Liam Neeson as Peyton Westlake aka Darkman.
Yet another comic book taken from the pages and tossed onto the silver screen, Peyton, a scientist is horribly scared after his lab explodes due the …
The Hills Have Eyes 2, Martin Weisz Movie
‘The Hills Have Eyes 2′ is a remake of a sequel. Although the original movie directed by Wes Craven (A Nightmare on Elm Street) in the year 1977, also has sequel with the same title in 1985. However, the version of 2007 is not a remake of the 1985 …
Bleak House (2005)
At first, I was not sure whether I liked the new Bleak House (released in 2005) better than the old version I have in my collection of classics (the 1985 Masterpiece Theatre production). I was so used to the old version that it took me some time to warm …
Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone
Well, first off, Evangelion 1.0: You Are Not Alone is part of the popular anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. It is part of a 4 movie project to reboot the series, shaping the storyline to be easier understood by mainstream audience, as well as adding new characters and the …
Say It Isn’t So
Say It Isn’t So is about a dogcatcher named Gilly (a guy) who falls for a hairdresser (even though she cut off part of his ear) who he finds out from a private detective is his sister. And then a few months later he finds out she isn’t his …
That Touch of Mink movie
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 …
Bounce
It seems that Ben Afflick liked to work a lot with his lovers. “Bounce” is the drama movie he made with his then girlfriend, Gwyneth Paltrow. He also did two movies - “Jersey Girl” and “Gigli” - with his later on lover, Jennifer Lopez. To add to this, he …
Intacto (R, 2001) movie
A friend of mine referred this movie to me because I happen to like independent thrillers. But I found this movie rather unthrilling. The concept was pretty good: a man who has control over luck and fate bestows his gift upon others, but not without great …
Devil wears prada
I watched this movie about a week ago. I thought it was supposed to be a comedy but there was nothing funny about it. It was getting late and I was really close to just turning it off and going to sleep. It wasn’t that entertaining to watch and …
A Haunting in Connecticut
One of our good friends is a movie buff and so has a collection of hundreds of DVDs which he brings over from time to time so we can all watch them. One of the ones that he bought that really intrigued me was the movie ‘A Haunting in Connecticut’, …
The Fourth Kind Movie
I watched “The Fourth Kind” movie in theaters soon after it was released. My companion and I hadn’t planned on seeing this movie but were intrigued by the advertisements and when we had a free evening, decided to see it.
The opening is pretty interesting the way they indicate that …
Movie : Rumour Has It
Starring: Jennifer Anniston, Kevin Costner, Shirley MacLaine, Mark Ruffalo
I keep waiting for Jennifer Anniston to wow me and star in a movie where she doesn’t act in the exact same way as her character from “Friends”, Rachel Green. “Rumour Has It” is not the movie to change my perception …
Away from Her
I actually went looking for this for this movie in DVD. The teasers made a compelling case for how Alzheimer ’s disease impacts the lives of people every day. Of course the movie came with the required outpouring of various Hollywood actors telling their sad tales of …
The Godfather Movie
A film I consider to be one of the best films ever made is “The Godfather,” made in 1972 and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
As close as any film will ever come to being a true masterpiece, “The Godfather” set a new standard of excellence that has only been …
The Vow Movie
One of my favorite actors is Channing Tatum and when it comes to actress, it should be Rachel McAdams, Sandra Bullock and Kate Hudson. I enjoyed the film Mean Girls not because of Lindsay Lohan but because of the contentious character of Rachel McAdams. I became a loyal fan …
Terminator Salvation (2009)
Terminator 4 had lot of loud noises, cool sound effects and no redeeming quality whatsoever. This movie was one of the worst of 2009. Terminator Salvation, aka Terminator 4 was even more predicable that the third in the series. I am a big fan of Christian Bale, …
There’s No Business Like Show Business musical
There’s No Business Like Show Business is a really neat musical that I always enjoy watching. It came from Twentieth Century-Fox in 1954 and stars Ethel Merman and Dan Dailey as the performing Donahues. They end up having children, each of whom joins them on …
Next Door (UR, 2005) movie
Next Door is one weird film. If you like foreign cinema, you will like this movie. If you like foreign cinema with eroticism and suspense, then you will LOVE this movie. I will confess that I wasn’t sure exactly what was going on at first. …
The Last Holiday Movie
The Last Holiday starring Queen Latifah was probably one of the most wonderful and uplifting movies that I have ever seen. I actually borrowed this movie from my local library. I like Queen Latifah so I thought this movie would be interesting and I have been in love with …
Megamind animated movie
It’s true that lately I have not seen any comedy or animated films, at least not as I would have liked.
Animation films offer yet unexplored possibilities, mixed genres, the revolution of the main characters, change scenery.
So even if we fundamentally look at about the same kinds of movies, some …
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 …
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 Boy in the Striped Pajamas Movie
This is a classic story that will send you sobbing and crying after you watch it. I felt so terrified and traumatic after watching this, it’s not really a good film to be watched by people who are paranoid or who are easily affected and easily worried and sensitive …
Mr. and Mrs Smith
“Mr and Mrs Smith” is the movie that made the actors; Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie meet together on screen. It seems that they were so great together that after this movie, Pitt left his wife, the actress Jennifer Aniston to start living with Jolie and have a family.
In …
Mystery Men
There are times when you can take a cast of Hollywood stars and make a great film. And, there are times when you can do that and have a flop. The movie Mystery Men falls somewhere in between those two things.
This film, which is about a bunch of wannabe …
Star Wars: A New Hope
This movie, more than any movie before or since, did more to affect my life. It helped to define a career path, and it awoke in me a level of creativity I had never known. I was, needless to say, hooked.
The most intriguing aspect of Star Wars, was that, …
Flesh for Frankenstein movie
This is supposed to be a more artsy depiction of Mary Shelley’s classic novel. Paul Morrissey, perhaps the weirdest filmmaker ever, directed this. It stars Udo Kier as dr Frankenstein, the rest are mostly amateurs. I don’t know if I would call this film artsy, but it certainly was …
The Man With The Golden Arm movie
This Otto Preminger classic features Frank Sinatra in his most famous movie part, as a gambling drug addict with a good heart who tries to hold his life together. An intense film that was controversial in its direct way of depicting drugs and drug addicts without putting any judgement …
Home Alone movie
Home Alone is a movie about an 8 year old kid, Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) left alone at home during the Christmas Holidays. His huge family, in their rush to leave for the airport seemingly forget about Kevin. At first Kevin enjoys the free time by himself, but when two …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 13
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 13 begins with Izumi Curtis expelling the Elric Brothers as her students and Ed thanks her for teaching them. Once they leave Sig tells that Izumi sees them as equals and they go back to ask her for a lead on getting their bodies …
Iron Man Movie
Action movies aren’t always the types of movies I like to watch. But if my boyfriend can get me to sit down and watch them, then I will. Iron Man is in all those comics that he reads, so I wasn’t really interested in the movies because I really …
The best bet
‘The best bet’ is a movie, which is directed by Jack Neo. The actors are Richard, Mark, Christopher etc.. This is a Singaporean film. The three main characters in the film are Tan Chun Huang, Lee and Richard. Now, Huang is a gambler. He is addicted to gambling. He …
Casino Royale (2006)
Casino Royale (2006) is a drama directed by Martin Campbell and is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violent action, a scene of torture, sexual content and nudity.
Casino Royale is a revamping of the James Bond franshise. It begins in Madagarcar where Bond (Daniel Craig) is after a …
The Constant Gardener
This film captures some breathtaking scenery, as it is set in Africa. The movie itself is breathtaking, but in a deeper and more moving way. The film portrays a diplomat and his wife living in tuberculosis infested Africa. After her death, he finds himself immersed in conspiracy, murder, and …
Dragonball Evolution
I can’t really figure out why this movie was made. Dragonball’s popularity peaked years ago and the concept itself is something that flat out just doesn’t transition well to live action.
Having been DBZ fans in high school, my roommate and I decided to check it out. …
Movie Accepted
I am a person who normally avoids movies about college life. It’s not that I haven’t enjoyed classics like Animal House, but it seems most college-themed movies focus almost solely on showing as many naked co-eds as possible and the films really lack substance.
That’s why I’m glad I got …
Film Some Like It Hot
One of my favourite films of all time is Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and directed by Billy Wilder.
The film is a genuine classic, not some art house movie that everyone raves about for a month, never having really watched it or understood …
Brightstar (2009, Jane Campion)
This film is a thing of beauty, a joy forever.
If you are familiar with the poetry and life of Keats I guarantee you will love this film. Quotations from Keats letters, and from his poems are cleverly interwoven into the script, never seeming forced, cliched or trite - but …
The Cable Guy movie
This was a film that was a big disappointment for many when it came out, but has been revalued among certain people and is considered as the funniest film of the whole 1990s by some of my friends. The story is that of a cable guy played by Jim …
Angel-A
Angel-A is the type of movie I would go for when watching a foreign type of movie. It is full of drama, romance, and forms of life in art form.
If you believe in angels, you would believe this story. I believe in angels, but don�t really believe …
The Italian Job (2003)
The Italian Job, directed by F. Gary Gray is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence and some language. The original release date was May 30, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Thriller and stars Mark Wahlberg as Charlie …
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
When Adam Sandler first started out in films, I was a huge fan. But, after some pretty crappy films, I found myself no longer going out of my way to see any of his movies. However, I�m glad I rented his newest movie, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & …
Mercury Rising (1998)
This is the movie about an autistic little boy who manages to crack a cryptographic code designed by the Federal Government. His life is now in danger, but based on his sickness, and age, there is nothing he can do to fend off the people who are now on …
42, movie (2013)
Stories of the underestimated seem to resonate with us as a culture. When we see an underdog overcome great challenges before them, it becomes a story that becomes personal for any individual. Film has presented this archetype since its creation. Rocky, Forrest Gump, and the Mighty …
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
In the movie “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen” one can see Lindsey Lohan dreaming to become an actress and Megan Fox interpret the role of a mean girl. An interesting fact is that, while in this movie Lohan is the lead actress, in the present situation Megan Fox …
Thunderball
How many James Bond movies are there now? Like five hundred, six hundred, seven thousand and seventy two? I know there are a whole lot, and probably a whole lot more to come. I admit, I haven’t seen very many James Bond movies. Some of the ones I have …
High School Musical
High School Musical is a Disney Channel Movie which is a big hit and I can totally see why. This was the first time I encountered a picture which was a musical directed at the teenager age category and they did a genius job with the movie.
I like that …
The Searchers
The Searchers, directed by John Ford, is a classic for all to see. This movie also stars John Wayne and you just can’t find star power like that anywhere else. The movie is about Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) and his nephew, not by kin, Martin Paulie (Jeffrey …
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