Movies Reviews
I am Legend
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 …
Murder on the 13th Floor (movie)
One of my simple pleasures in life is lying in the couch and watching a fairly good Lifetime movie on a Saturday, especially if I don’t have much to do. When comparing them to some other movies, they might rate as rather terrible to average for too many reasons …
Beethoven - The Pooch Pack (DVD 2006)
All five movies it says on the box, well as this box set was released in 2006, this is no longer quite true because to my knowledge there is at least one more Beethoven movie to date.
Having said that Beethoven movies are really good fun and easy viewing for …
City of God (crime drama movie)
When I watched the 2002 crime drama “City of God” recently, I just found it hard to believe that a film so good had escaped my notice for so many years. The thing is it’s one of those films whose plot revolves around gangsters, life in the ghetto and gang …
Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton takes our everyday world and shoves it down a rabbit hole in his bizarre new take on “Alice in Wonderland.”
Starting out with pallid, nineteen-year-old Alice, viewers watch as she flees her aristocratic peers in an engagement party and finds herself trailing behind a white rabbit down a …
Rat Race movie
This is a hillarious lesser-known movie about a race to get 2 million dollars. I had never even heard of this movie until a friend brought it into work one night. I had stomach pains by the time it was over from laughing so hard.
It has an amazing cast: …
Daddy’s Little Girls
OK, when my wife insisted on renting the movie Daddy�s Little Girls, I did the same thing any good husband would do; rolled my eyes. In fact, I told her she was more than welcome to watch it while I was at work.
Personally, I never have been a big …
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Anatomy of a Murder is an excellent courtroom drama, dealing with the case of an army lieutenant who has been charged with the murder of the man who raped and beat up his wife. The defense lawyer for the accused, Paul Biegler, is played by the fantastic James …
Man on the Moon
Man On The Moon with Jim Carrey, Danny DeVito, Courtney Love, and Paul Giamatti.
Though hard to tell by the title, this poorly presented movie was a biography of the comedian Andy Kaufman and his alter ego Tony Clifton. It is a shame that such a …
Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)
Weekend at Bernie’s, directed by Ted Kotcheff is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 5, 1989 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Comedy and stars Andrew McCarthy as Larry Wilson, Jonathan Silverman as Richard Parker …
The Glass Bottom Boat in Catalina - movie short
One of my favorite Doris Day films is “The Glass Bottom Boat” in which she stars with Rod Taylor and Arthur Godfrey. From 1966, The Glass Bottom Boat in Catalina is a movie short that promotes the movie. It’s narrated by Godfrey, who goes back and forth …
Movie : Faster (2010)
Faster is an edgy thriller starring Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton and Oliver Jackson-Cohen as three men on a collision course. Dwayne Johnson plays Driver, a convict who has recently been paroled. He leaves prison with one goal in mind- to hunt down and kill the men responsible …
Ghost World comedy
Great comedy staring the then-not-so-popular Scarlett Johansson. This movie also stared Thora Birch, and one of my favorite actors, Steve Buscemi. Ghost World is based off of the comic book title of the same name, it I promise you, this will be one of the best comedy-drama movies you’ll …
Fullmetal Alcehmist: Brotherhood Episode 44
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 44 begins with Al and Hoehenheim in Liore having a discussion about Al’s body and the country wide Transmutation circle. Meanwhile Darius the chimera who helped Ed after he was injured goes to the bank to get money to pay for Ed’s medical bills. …
Movie 50 first dates
I was talking to my next door neighbour the last week about movies and DVD’s, I happened to mention to her that I hadn’t seen a good romantic movie in ages. She went and got a movie that her and her husband had watched the other night it …
The Notebook movie
The Notebook is one of the sweetest movie i have ever watched. It’s the top one on my list.The story is about Allie and Noah.The first time Noah ask Allie to have date was really horrible. If you can just can see me now I’m laughing. It’s horrible …
Wanted
When the trailers for this movie first came out, I was really confused. I’m a big fan of crazy weird action flicks like the Matrix, but this seemed a little too far fetched; like Hollywood was running out of ideas. But, at the same time, it had Morgan Freeman …
City of Angels (1998)
An angel whose main purpose is to guide recently deceased people to the after life is impressed by a human who goes above and beyond the call of duty to try and save a dying patient’s life. The angel wants to find out more about this person and what …
Rugrats: Decade in Diapers
As a parent, I’m always looking for ways to keep my daughter occupied for an hour or two so I can have a bit of quiet time for myself (or some time alone with my wife). One of the ways I do that is by having a variety of …
The Cannonball Run
The Cannonball Run is almost a remake of The Gumball Rally, an earlier and much better movie about people who participate in illegal road rallies across the country. These rallies have no rules — just get to the appointed destination first and win the prize.
This movie is a …
The Final movie 2010
The Final was a film I rented from Netflix and I chose it because someone had recommended it to me. When I read the description I was not terribly impressed and I did not expect it to be anything original or unique. Films in the genre tend …
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer somehow manages to drain out the glamour and the pomposity - sometimes even the fantasy out of the Superhero World.
Rise of the Silver Surfer seems to suffer from sequel-itis - the narrative isn’t as exciting, the story isn’t impressive. There’s practically no …
Chasing Liberty
You actually realise how important a creative script writer is when you watch two movies with the same story line. The difference between both of them can be the level of acting and the creativity involved.
This is the case of the movie “Chasing Liberty” that has the same storyline …
Movie Blast
When I came across the movie Blast on one of our movie channels the other night, the first thought I had was “I’ve never heard of this before.” My second thought was “Eddie Griffin in a drama? Are you kidding me?”
I originally wasn’t going to watch this movie but …
Schindler’s List Movie 1993
I was only 13 years old when this movie was shown in theaters, Rated-R as it is, it sends curiosity in my mind as i hear people talk about it everywhere. A Steven Spielberg Film, all would have judged it even without seeing the film, with high expectations of …
The others (movie)
I remember watching this movie years ago. It was a really good movie. I really enjoyed the movie altogether. Nicole Kidman plays in it. I remember that her kids can’t be around the sun or it will hurt there skin, or something like that. It kept me entertained and …
Seven Pounds movie
I recently rented the movie “Seven Pounds,” starring Will Smith. I liked this movie very much, even though it was extremely disjointed and confusing and I was nearly twitching from the urge to go online to find a description of the plot. Don’t do that! It’s better if you …
Hollywood Wives movie
I watched this movie a long time ago, not necessarily because I was actually interested in watching it but, I was waiting at a business place when it happened to be airing on television at the time, so I decied to watch it. The only thing I have to …
A lot like love (movie)
I watched this movie a couple of years ago, overall I thought it was a pretty good movie. It was a lot funnier than I expected it to be. I hadn’t seen any previews to it before I watched it and just saw it on television one day and …
The Book of Eli Movie
I watched the Book of Eli last night not knowing what the movie is all about. The movie was a post-apocalyptic one, I guess that’s explains the dreary, dusty and dark atmosphere it exudes. The movie has a lot of mixed reviews. Some thought it was an …
Bubbling Over movie short
Bubbling Over with Ethel Waters from 1934 features Ethel Waters as Ethel Peabody. Also appearing is Hamtree Harrington as her husband, Samson. The whole beginning is on her feet with the broom and it’s highly entertaining. It actually surprised me quite a bit. Sometimes, simple …
Movie - I Am Sam (2001)
I Am Sam is the story of a mentally challenged man who has the mind of a child and who also wants the opportunity to take care of his own child. The sad thing about this movie is this, his daughter is more advanced than he is and tries …
The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
I am reviewing the 2008 movie, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This movie follows the trilogy, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. This movie sees Indiana Jones …
Brooklyn Castle - Documentary
The documentary Brooklyn Castle, in my opinion can be attributed to many positive events after its airing. For instance, right after I watched the film I learned that an Inner City school in Brooklyn was the first school of its class to win the High School Championship put …
DNAngel Episode 7 (Anime)
DNAngel Episode 7 has Dark trying to seal the evil Adonis from Greek myth after he is revived and preys on one of the schoolgirls at Daisuke’s school.
This episode was pretty good. The animation was nice to look at and the plot was also very good. It …
Batman Begins 2005 Movie
After the terrible versions that came before it, I was frightened that Batman Begins would continue on that downward spiral of failure. I had hopes that it would not because of the amount of time that there was between the two failure films and this one, as well as …
Overheard (Mandarin Movie with English Subtitles)
This movie, Overheard is a Mandarin movie with English subtitles. It is basically a movie about cops and there are lots of issues here that are played at hand. Issues of honesty, integrity, being honest and also of greediness. But amongst all these attributes, there are also …
Hostel, Eli Roth Movie
What happens if the two thoughts that together ‘fond of’ sadism meets? So a new Horror film that truly interfaces blood. Who is not familiar with Quentin Tarantino? Specialist’s films pleased with the alternative of blood and violence as the menu in the films. How do with Eli Roth? …
Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Episode 1.19: Storm Over Ryloth
“Storm Over Ryloth” is the first in a three-part episode revolving around the Republic’s attempt to free a Twi’lek populated planet from Separatist fleets led by Wat Tambor and the Techno Union who have invaded and taken over the planet.
This first part shows us the Republic battling through the …
I am Legend Movie
I was very excited going into this movie. I really like Will Smith and could not wait to see what he was going to do with this unique role. I was a little skeptical at first, since he was the only person in the movie, but I didn’t let …
Second Sight movie
Quite by accident, I discovered a movie playing over on the Hallmark Channel called Second Sight. I’d never seen it before. In the back of my mind, I have an extremely vague recognition of the title, but that’s it. However, what caught my attention and made …
Movie “Salt” (2010)
I was excited to see this film because the previews looked fun. A female James Bond who may or may not be a double agent and it stars Angelina Jolie. How great does that sound? Well the movie had a great premise but the end …
Role Models
Role Models is the latest comedy starring Paul Rudd, who actually co wrote and produced the film. The movie is advertised as a comedy similar to 40 Year Old Virgin and Knocked Up, which also stars Paul Rudd, but it isn’t as funny as those other movies.
Paul Rudd and …
Final Destination 4
Before I watched the movie Final Destination 4, I expected that it would but the first three to shame. When I saw it as one of the coming attractions in the theatre when I went to see the movie District Nine, it appeared to be crammed with great visial …
Happy Feet Movie
A great family movie, we will definately be buying this one on dvd to go in our collection. A story about singing penquins and how one young penguin finds it hard to fit in because he cant sing, when he starts tapping his feet and doing a tap like …
Must Love Dogs (2005 movie)
Diane Lane (Sarah) is given the urge from her sisters and friends to get back into the dating scene to find a replacement for her unfaithful ex-husband. Trying Ads in the paper and Ads on the internet, she meets a bounty of potential “Mr. Right” before she finally found …
The Sixth Sense movie
Even though I watched the movie “The Sixth Sense” when I was about eleven or twelve years old, I can still remember it as though it were just yesterday, since at the time is scared me a little and I thought the twist in the plot was unusual. It …
When a Stranger Calls, Simon West Movie
As a result of the error to use the phone until the charge jumped, make Jill Johnson must find ways to pay for them. Ideas arise in his head to apply to become a nanny. Mandrakis family is currently seeking a nanny for two children who are sick flu. …
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies - Movie (2014)
“The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies” is a decent effort by director Peter Jackson to wrap up the trilogy based on the novel, ‘The Hobbit’. Now I use decent very loosely as it falls far below the quality of the first two installments in the trilogy. When I watched …
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