Movies Reviews
Independence Day Will Smith
Although this movie is a couple of years old, it is still one of my favorite adventure movies. I love the fast paced scenes with the constant explosions. To be honest, I can’t resist a good movie with aliens invading. The story is about the planet earth trying to …
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Wow. What a great movie. Bruckheimer has tapped into a zeitgeist here. People want FUN family entertainment and this is a terrific example.
Took the family to see it tonight and it was fantastic.
Afterwards, we compared the first and this one- honestly, I preferred the first because it had a …
Sprung (1997)
Sprung, directed by Rusty Cundieff is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for some strong sexuality and language. The original release date was May 14, 1997 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy and stars Tisha Campbell as Brandy, Rusty Cundieff …
Movie The Godfather
The Godfather (part 1) is one of a few movies I watched several times, besides Kramer vs Kramer, Accidental Hero, Heat, Ronin, Cape Fear, Taxi Driver, The Untouchable, Rain Man, The Deer Hunter and…uhm, Entrapment (What? It is an entertaining movie, isn’t it?).
Based on the novel of notable author …
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
The Blue Lagoon, directed by Randal Kleiser is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 5, 1980 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Drama/Romance and stars Brooke Shields as Emmeline and Christopher Aktins as Richard.
With their …
The Wizard of Oz-film
The wizard of oz is a classic 1939 film based off of the children’s book of the same name.it is the tale of a young girl named Dorothy who lives in kanses with her aunt Em and Uncle Henry.When a powerful woman in the community gets bitten by Dorothy’s …
Movie: Popcorn
Synopsis: A college film making group is targeted by a person they believe to be a psycho film maker while putting on a horror movie festival at an old theater.
What I liked about this movie: I started watching this figuring it would fall into the old B-rated slasher movie …
The Princess Diaries
“The Princess Diaries” was Anne Hathway passport to success and also opened her way to other interesting and challenging roles such as “The Devil’s Wears Prada” and “Brokeback Mountain”. What I find interesting about this actress in the fact that even though she didn’t work on a huge list of …
Them! (1954)
One of the great things about 1950s monster movies is you can always expect some sort of mutant creature created by radiation.
The movie Them! is definitely a perfect example of movies like that.
Overall, Them is an Ok movie. It’s really not that scary or even suspensful. But, what it …
Meet John Doe movie
Meet John Doe is one of the classics from the golden age of movie making. It has an impressive cast headlined by Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. It is the superb acting that truly contributes to making this a standard in the sense of being one of …
Silver Streak
If ever there was a favorite Gene Wilder film to choose, which is a hard task to accomplish, then Silver Streak would be a definite contender. It is this film that introduced Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor to one another, even though the first half of the film is …
The Matrix (science fiction action movie)
I remember watching the movie “The Matrix” years ago when I was still a child and being completely impressed by the effects and action and being completely blown out of the water by the storyline. However, the problem is that I never really understood it or understood what the Matrix …
The Baader-Meinhof Complex movie
I suppose watching The Baader-Meinhof Complex has totally alerted me to appreciate movie making of this genre very much. This is quite a deep movie and I have a certain analysis after watching it. In a world now where there are issues of terrorism and many more, watching …
Constantine
The movie “Constantine” was actually a movie based upon a comic book called “Hellblazer” the only thing was at the time I saw the movie advertising to be released in theatres, I thought it looked familiar but I didn’t relate it to that same comic. At the time I …
Flight Plan movie
Flight Plan is kind of movie about hijicking a plane by a bad guy. But, I think we must think for a moment until the middle of this movie guessing who really a bad person here, because I think its a lot of trick and I’m also surprised when …
Jacob’s Ladder movie
Tim Robbins does an amazing job in this film as an american war veteran who suspects the government is trying to hide something for him. He suspects that he and other soldiers where affected by some form of drug during wartime and he desperately tries to prove this, but …
Movie Tootsie
Movies are a big part of my life and we, my son, my husband and I watch movies all the time. The other day we saw an old movie with Dustin Hoffman in it, the movies title was Tootsie.
In this movie was made in 1982 and Dustin …
The Notebook
For all those who enjoy watching romance movies, they must not miss out in watching “The Notebook”. This movie has a great story to tell about love and commitment that will keep you hooked watching it till the end.
What is interesting about this movie is that the two young …
Movie: Bad Dreams
Bad Dreams is one of my favorite, unabashedly guilty pleasures from the late eighties. Starring Jennifer Rubin, Dean Cameron and the chick who does the voice for Bart Simpson this movie is eighties schlock horror at its best. I remember seeing this movie late one night on …
Copying Beethoven
I actually found the movie “Copying Beethoven” by accident as I had confused it with another movie I had seen years earlier and was searching high and low for a very long time. As soon as I saw the movie begin, I realised that it was not the movie …
Wild Card, Movie
Wild Card is the latest offering from Jason Statham, and sees him once again partnered with director Simon West. This movie is much more low key than the soon to be released Furious 7, but it does boast a respectable cast (including Stanley Tucci and Michael Angarano amongst others) as …
The Big Short (2015 Film)
As the days become smaller until the Oscars ceremony this coming February 28, I have become so anxious to watch every movie that is nominated.
The Big Short is currently one of the frontrunners of the race, and it is very hard to miss a frontrunner, otherwise you would blame yourself …
TMNT movie
TMNT is the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie and is fully animated. The characters in this movie are played/voiced by Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Mako, Patrick Stewart, Nolan North, Mikey Kelley, James Arnold Taylor and Mitchell Whitfield among others. This movie revolves around the turtle brothers growing …
The Freedom Writers movie
I never knew this movie existed till I watched it on Fox Movies channel on cable just last night and wow, I just want to say that it is really a great movie. Cinemas nowadays are just filled with films and movies that just don’t have the depth. And …
Army of Darkness Movie
Army of Darkness is a cult classic movie starring Bruce Campbell and directed by Sam Rami of Spiderman fame. The movie is actually the last part of a series known as the Evil Dead trilogy, though this one has more comedy than the other movies did. Campbell plays Ash, …
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 …
Soul Eater Episode 1
Soul Eater is an anime where the Grimm Reaper has started a Death Weapon Meister Academy to prevent evil souls who become Keeshan Eggs from destroying the world. The first episode involves Weapon Meister Maka Albarn has collected evil souls and is trying to collect the soul of …
The Departed: Movie
The Departed is one of my favourite films, it’s absolutely brilliant. Although I am not generally a fan of the genre, the all-star cast made this a must see for me and it certainly didn’t disappoint.
The plot was something I hadn’t seen executed so well in a long time. …
Deck The Halls movie
Last Christmas I was able to watch this movie. For me it was really a nice movie. I like the story so much since it was centered on the family and how much a person wants to find that something that would make him happy and complete. I really …
RomeoXJuliet Episode 17
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 …
Bambi (movie)
The animated animals are the focal point of this tale of a little fawn who grows to be a great prince of the forest. Growing with him are Thumper, a rabbit who tends to speak before thinking, and Flower, the shy skunk. Alongside this trio are a score of …
Movie: Revenge of the Nerds
I got the kids to bed a bit early last night and, since my wife was taking a shower, I decided to sit down for a few minutes and see if I could find a movie on TV.
I ended up coming across the film Revenge of the Nerds on …
A Town without Pity-movie
“A Town without Pity” (1961) is a black and white movie filmed in Austria dealing with American occupying forces in Germany. The movie, based on the novel by Manfred Gregor, features one of the most haunting, raucous recurring songs ever, “A Town without Pity” sung by Gene Pitney. The …
Friends TV Sitcom DVD
I watched the TV show friends since my teens and until now; I did not get the jokes then but now that I understand them. I have not been bored of it.
Even though the critics criticized the sitcom, saying that it is a copy of Seinfeld. The show seemed …
Inside Out (Animated Comedy-Drama Movie)
It’s been a long time since I’ve actually been interested in something from Pixar Animation, but since I heard a lot of good reviews about one of their latest works, “Inside Out” I decided to take the risk with it. It turns out I actually enjoyed the movie, and I …
Epic Movie-
The movie I am about to review is called Epic Movie released in 2007.Yes,it is literally called Epic Movie!!. The reason for this strange title is that the movie is a spoof of a couple of popular and high grossing movies that came out the time of the movie.Spoofs …
Rear Window
An interesting premise and layout. Guy breaks his leg and is laid up in his apartment with nothing better to do than take a peek into the lives of all his neighbors across the courtyard. It is a sordid group: musicians rehearsing, a lonely lady looking for love, another …
Meet The Browns - (starring Angela Bassett)
I watched Meet The Browns before and this is a movie starring Angela Bassett. She is a very lovely woman actress that I truly admire. It is not easy being a single mom and that is what Angela’s character, Brenda has to go through. She is a …
The Lawnmower Man (1992)
The Lawnmower Man, directed by Brett Leonard is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date for the movie was March 6, 1992 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Horror/Romance/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Jeff Fahey as Jobe Smith, Pierce …
Million Dollar Baby movie
When Million Dollar Baby is launched in 2004, I was curious to watch this movie but I didn’t watch this movie until last night I watched it in television. This movie is win many Oscar.
The story is about Maggie (Hillary Swank) who wanna be a boxer, and he train …
Blues Brothers Movie
I got bored the other day and decided to sit down and watch The Blues Brothers again. I have seen it on TV quite a few times in the past but I hate the edited version of it so I watched the DVD instead.
Wow, this is a good movie.
I …
Despicable Me Movie
Rarely am I interested in movies, so it always comes as a surprise for me if I’m interested in watching a movie for a second or even third time. Despicable Me was such a great movie that I now have it on a regular weekend rotation. This movie, starring …
Alaipayuthae
Alaipayuthae was a fantastic romantic film by Maniratnam. He directed the movie for his own production house ‘Madras Talkies’. The movie was released on April 14, 2000. That was on Tamil New Year. I watched the movie on ‘First Day First Show’ with my friends. …
The Nightmare Before Christmas
I was really disappointed watching this movie and I can say it was a waste of time for me. I thought that it was a nice movie since I saw a lot of collectible items for this movie. I thought that it has the same theme as that of …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 37
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 37 begins as Winry arrives to service Ed’s automail so he can use it up in the mountains and, at Kimblee’s command, search for Scar. Meanwhile, Riza discovers the identity of the Homunculus Pride and Mustang receives Major General Olivier Armstrong’s message.
This episode was …
The Punisher (2004)
The Punisher, directed by Jonathan Hensleigh is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for pervasive brutal violence, language and brief nudity. The original release date for this movie was April 16, 2004 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Thriller and stars …
Zombiethon [VHS], Horror movie
Going old school with this review and I mean old school. Zombiethon is a VHS that features clips from 7 zombie movies. No, that wasn’t a typo from me; Zombiethon is just a collection of other movies. Why would something like even be created? Maybe the same reason why …
DVD: Girl with a Pearl Earring
I recently watched the DVD of “Girl with a Pearl Earring” (2003). Directed by Peter Webber, who recently directed “Hannibal Rising”, the movie tells the story of a young woman, a girl really who served as the model for the famous Vermeer painting of the same name.
Scarlett Johansson …
Ghosts of Cite de Soleil (R, 2006) movie
A friend brought over a copy of this movie. I immediately thought of the City of God, although that film takes place in Brazil. Anyway, this film features two young Haitian men who have been called to serve in an army called “Chimeres”. These are basically …
War of the Worlds (Movie 2005)
This is an interesting film to watch for the first time as you just want to see the outcome. To want to watch this movie more than once is strictly an individual experience, as I found that it does not have what it takes to hold me glued to …
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