Torn Apart stars Tia Carrere and several nobodies.
I love Tia Carrere in action movies. I thought that this movie would only support my feelings, but I was wrong. Though she has not aged well, she does continue to be sexy wearing the black tank …

I ended up watching a movie last night that my brother once recommended to me; Escanaba in Da Moonlight. He thought it was the funniest movie ever made. I hate to say it, but I just don’t see what he liked about it.
OK, he’s a deer hunter and maybe …

There hasn’t been a lot of feel good movies that you can watch over and over again lately. When I saw 27 Dresses I was so excited because I finally found a newer movie that I could watch over and over if I so chose. The story line is …

When the movie Spice World came out in theatres it was all the rage amongst young girls. I never got to see it in theatres myself, but I can remember my friends constantly talking about it and me feeling left out. On the other hand, there were the …

Coming to America, directed by John Landis is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was June 29, 1988 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Romance and stars Eddie Murphy as Prince Akeem and Clarence and Randy and …

Vampire Knight is a manga and anime series created by Matsuri Hino, and I am a big fan of both. In it, it follows Yuki Cross, Zero Kiryu, and Kaname Kuran as they attend Cross Academy, a private school divided by Day Class (for humans), and the Night …

In what is said to be a true story, Johnny Depp appears as the police officer who infiltrates a mafia family as Donnie Brasco. He manipulates a man called Lefty, who believes Donnie is a stand-up guy he can trust. Al Pacino as Lefty and Johnny Depp as Donnie …

I once again tried to watch the movie Hollywood Land last night and, once again, I found myself turning the movie off. I just cannot get through this film.
I think it’s because this movie was something different from what I was expecting.
I think the movie, which is about former …

I have seen some bad movies in my day, but good lord does this one take the cake. I know, it’s kind of popular to hate on Michael Bay, but he can, more often than not, deliver an entertaining popcorn flick. Heck, I enjoyed the first Transformers …

I must admit that I am not a Nicholas Cage fan, but this actor manages to get involved himself in very exciting movie projects that one cannot simply ignore. Apart from “The National Treasure” movies, one of my Cage’s movies is “Con Air”.
Why do I enjoy watching over and …

Ronin is about a team of experts in different areas who offer their services for money. They are not just any kind of experts as they all have an interest in weapons. They receive a strange assignment having to today with the information inside a certain suitcase and russian …

Mrs. Doubtfire is a movie about a father who is desperate to spend more time with his children. The father, played by Robin Williams and the mother, Sally Field, have a decent relationship but the mom is tired of the dad’s crazy ways and takes dad back to court. …

A friend recommended this movie to me, saying it has been nominated in some awards and had receive some like Academy Awards 2008 Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. I was curious with it and though the movie cover does not look as interesting as it claimed …

Incriminating images are discovered on am 8mm roll of film when a wealthy widow and her lawyer were busy going through the safe of her late husband. They hire a private investigator to look into the matter which involved a murder being committed by a very large man, according …

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a tale of one young boy that wins a golden ticket that allows him to access the mystical Wonka Candy Factory. This candy factory is owned by one strange chocolatier, Willy Wonka. He is not a public person, so that he is …

When I was younger, I read Ira Levin’s “The Stepford Wives” in its original novel form. I found the entire concept of these too-perfect housewives and this picture-perfect town to be very creepy, in a really fun, dark sort of way. So I was rather excited when “The Stepford …

The other night I watched a very unique movie called Pan’s Labyrinth, or El Laberinto del fauno. I really enjoyed this movie. Pan’s Labyrinth was out in 2006. The movie is set in the time of the Spanish civil war. Pan’s Labyrinth primarily follows the …

Bicentennial Man, directed by Chris Columbus is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for language and some sexual content. The original release date was December 17, 1999 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Science Fiction/Drama/Romance and stars Robin Williams as Andrew …

Protocol is a nice little comedy about Sunny Davis, a cocktail waitress who saves a dignitary and goes to work for the government. It’s a crazy story that is as probable as it is improbable in this media-conscious world of ours.
Goldie Hawn is Sunny, an upbeat, innocent, and …

The series of Shrek films that have come out since the first film in 2001 have been a popularity for not only young children, but movie lovers of all ages. We have watched as an angry ogre named Shrek rescued the princess Fiona, saved her with true loves kiss, …

I watched this film, very oddly named, Scenes of a Sexual Nature, on DVD last night. I have had high hopes for this film since first hearing about it a couple of years ago, as it features a strong British cast including Catherine Tate, Ewen McGregor and Hugh Bonneville …

“A Life Less Ordinary” represents the early stages of two great actors; Cameron Diaz and Ewan McGregor. This is a very funny romantic comedy were we can see the great talents of the then almost unknown actors. In this movie, they are both sporting a trendy spiky haircut. We …

I watched the movie of Sex and the city on one of the movie channels recently. It was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I don’t generally like the show sex and the city but the movie was pretty good. It had a lot …

There have been many versions of Freaky Friday since the first filming of Mary Rodgers book, but it is the one that I still enjoy the most. Sure some of it is dated, having been filmed in the 1970’s and with most of that ages fashion shown in full …

Duplicity is a movie about two ex-spies, one who used to work for the US government and the other one for the British. Their first encounter with each other ended up leading to them falling into bed with each other even though one was working a job on the …

Rick Moranis plays the character of an inventory that creates a gigantic machine that is able to shrink anything down to a very microscopic size; his initial tests of the device all resulted in failure as all the test subjects exploded instead of shrinking. It just so happened that …

OK, prior to having a daughter, I didn’t even know Strawberry Shortcake had a cartoon series; let along episodes on DVD. However, I will admit Adventures on Ice Cream Island is a decent DVD to rent if you want your daughter to be occupied for about 45 minutes.
The DVD …

Since the dawn of movie making, there have always been a few actors that take weird, off the wall, ecentric roles instead of traditional leading men or leading lady roles. Such is true with current Boston Legal actor, James Spader. He appeared in a great 1994 film called Stargate …

I could not imagine Amanda Seyfried to star as a provocative and sexy role as Chloe. When I read about Chloe and how it was released in limited number of theaters, I was curious to see how she would pull it off.
Chloe is a film that stars Julienne …

I have heard mixed reviews about Enchanted around the web, so I decided to add my two cents. I thought this was a beautiful movie. It includes all the romanticism a Disney “princess” movie should, while adding the real life element to set it apart, and including references to …

Dr. Kate Forster has just moved from her lake house on Lake Michigan to an apartment building on Racine in Chicago, Illinois. Alex Wyler an architect who just moved into a lake house on Lake Michigan in a northern suburb.
Kate, who has left a note for Alex who has …

My Super Ex-Girlfriend is a nice comedy movie. The movie stars Uma Thurman, Anna Faris and Luke Wilson in the lead roles. Though the movie is entertaining and enjoyable, it some times gets boring and illogical. Even if we accept the fact that Uma is a super girl, we …

I am reviewing the movie, Without a Clue, a Sherlock HOlmes movie starring Ben Kingsley as Dr. Watson, and Michael Caine as Sherlock Holmes. This movie was produced in 1988. This movie is quite different from any Sherlock Holmes film you’ve scene. What’s the main difference, you ask? …

Jarhead is rated ‘R’ by the motion picture association of america with good reason.
Jarhead follows a young recruit named Swoff, played by Jake Gyllenhall. The movie first takes you through Swoffs time at bootcamp which is both a little too real and disturbing. Swoff is chosen to become a …

I woke up with a cold yesterday and slept all day. Today I was kind of tired so I just tried to stay in bed for most of the day. I couldn’t really get to sleep but I didn’t feel like getting up or doing anything. So I decided …

Out, aka: Deadly Drifter, from 1982 is, well, strange. I’m not even sure how to describe the plot, if there was a plot. This collection of scenes had a unique start in how the title was present, and I give it points for that. However, considering …

Master thieves at their best trying to pull off another famous hiest. They run into local trouble and are force to make drastic decisions of face alot of years in prison. One would believe that this is the basic plot of a relatively good movie. Not the case, this …

Out of all three Transformers films, this film was the best one out of all of them. And I’m not talking about the human performance. More than anything, it was so good to see that Optimus Prime had a much larger role in Transformers Dark of the Moon, than …

The experience I had with this movie was the same I had with my previously watched movies based on Novels, which was out of the world. I don’t know why I found novel based movies so interesting and exciting. Perhaps, it’s because novel writers have some great skills to …

Just one year from Sister Act 1, we got to see on big screen the actress, Whoopi Goldberg re-interpret the role of Sister Mary Clarence in “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit”. I must admit that this movie is good; however it isn’t as great at the first …

I hesitated to watch the film “Bee Movie” since I thought that it would be just a silly little children’s animated film. However, after seeing it going on over and over on cable television I decided to just watch it and evn though it was not a masterpiece, I …

I am reviewing the Nora Roberts film, Angel’s Fall. So there’s this woman. She used to work in this restaurant cooking. One night a shooter entered the place and shot all of her co-workers, including her best friend. She was the only one left alive. Ever since then, this …

Nell is the film where award-winning actress Jodie Foster first tries her hand at directing, so I thought it should be worth watching. It has such a weird premise; a woman is raised without any human companion and brought up in the wild. The lady of course …

The third time is definitely not the charm as in relates to the Transporter franchise, they should have stooped at the first one, but it seems that everyone sees the need to make a trilogy these days. This time around, Frank played by Jason Statham, is accidentally thrown into …

When the “film”begins, we see this tiny little pimp draped in a huge white fur coat and hat. Underneath, it appears that the little fella is wearing some kind of green velvet jacket and matching green striped shirt. He is also adorned with an assortment of …

Hard Rain, directed by Mikael Salomon is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence. The original release date was January 16, 1998 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Acrion/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Morgan Freeman as Jim, Christian Slater as Tom, Randy …

A writer who love all kinds of games invites his wife’s lover to his house in a struggle between life and death. This is a most clever film with the brilliant actors Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier in the leading roles. All twists in the plot reminds a little …

Note: This review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets contains spoilers.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is not my favorite of the Harry Potter movies. Unlike the other 4 films out on DVD, this one feels like it’s too long. I first watched this movie on …

You could call this a match made in heaven. Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese team up for the “Aviator” and managed to surprise me on all fronts with an excellent drama that viewers can’t help but like. With the real life of Howard Hughes so cloaked by his own …