Movies Reviews
The Fall - (Tarsem Singh) film
This is a stunningly good, stunningly beautiful film.
You will probably find yourself thinking “What?” or just “?” throughout. Occasionally re-winding to find out if you really DID hear/see that, or to find out the answer to “?”
Being moved to tears, then laughter, or both at the same time may …
The Curious Case of Benjamen Button movie
The movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was written by F.Scott Fitzgerald. This is a movie about a man who ages in reverse and throughout the movie we would see events about growing up and college times that surround the 19th and 20th century. You would be surprise …
A Haunting in Connecticut- (Documentary, 2008)
This movie some confuse with the “fictional” film of the same name. This, in fact was a documentary regarding the Snedeker family. Only the family in this story has been renamed Parker (supposedly to keep identities a secret?) In any case, the family moves to Connecticut …
Patton (1970)
Long winded speeches hold no candle to this 1970 film about a General who knows how to win and to also motivate all in his command to have the same mentality. Taking charge is a talent that so many have but very rarely make good use of it, unlike …
Valkyrie (2008)
I enjoyed Valkyrie more than most war movies. It’s a story quite different from most WWII films. I expected to turn it off halfway though, but got a surprise when the movie pull me in! It’s got good substance and a story to tell that few of …
Rurouni Kenshin (Samurai X)
Rurouni Kenshin or Samurai X is a great anime which focuses on the life of a samurai who was the most dangerous manslayer about 30 years ago but turned good after realizing his mistakes. The story starts when Kenshin meets Kaoru, a kendo teacher who believed that the sword …
The Last Starfighter movie
The Last Starfighter is a neat little science fiction story that is interesting and entertaining to watch. Robert Preston really excelled as his mysterious and colorful character of Centauri. I think I like his portrayal the best. He’s funny, and he keeps you guessing.
Lance Guest played …
Netflix versus Blockbuster
I prefer Netflix because I love being able to watch movies instantly online. I joined this site a few months at the $9.99 a month rate. I can usually get about 4-5 movies through the mail each month with this plan, if I return them within a day or two. …
Battlefield Earth movie
A film that is supposed to be based on a classic science fiction novel by L. Ron Hubbard, however the story is changed that much it’s fair to question the filmmaker’s intentions. John Travolta appears in his perhaps not proudest moment ever, as the leader of an alien species …
Baby Mama
I was a little wary of seeing the movie “Baby Mama.” Its rated PG-13, first of all, and I’ve noticed that most PG-13 movies these days are geared towards the youngsters who are limited to that rating. Second of all, the topic itself… the concept of a hopeful mother …
Cinderella Man movie
It took me quite some time before I was actually able to watch the movie “Cinderella Man” being that it was not the type of movie which I usually liked watching at the time, and I thought that it would probably be another boring sports drama film which I …
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mission: Impossible II, directed by John Woo is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for intense sequences of violent action and some sensuality. The original release date was May 24, 2000 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Thriller and stars Tom …
Flintstones on the Rocks
I didn’t remember that this movie existed until recently when I found an old DVD of it at my cousin’s house and decided to watch it again so maybe I could write a review on it. It came out in my earlier years in high school which was about …
Transformers Animated Series - Soundwave Action Figure
The Soundwave action figure in the Transformers Animated Series line of toys is not one of the better ones, but he does have some good features. He sells for between $10 and $12 and you can find him in most toy stores. He is pretty easy to transform, …
My Week with Marilyn Monroe (movie)
I’ve been into quite a lot of action films especially lately so it’s easy to see how a movie like this would have escaped my attention at first. I’m not even going to call myself a gigantic Marilyn Monroe fan but the little I’ve heard of her and just …
Cloverfield (2008)
Cloverfield takes place in New York City. The story is that a video camera was found at a “ground zero” site, somewhere near Central Park. On the camera, you begin to see a movie as you would watching a home video. Eventually, after an introduction to the movie to …
The Day after Tomorrow Movie
The focus is weather phenomenons and the havoc it brings when things are not as they should be. A terrible thing indeed as naturally, all life is in grave danger. What would you do if you encountered such a fate? I’ll tell you…you will cower and die like everyone …
Movie Four Christmases
Four Christmases is an excellent movie I saw in theatres. It is a romantic comedy, with a bigger emphasis on the comedy. I really enjoyed it and I think most people would as well. It is a great film to see with a couple, family, or with friends. It …
Wake Me When the War Is Over movie
This 1969 movie, Wake Me When the War Is Over, is a comedy that has moderate success. I actually think I liked it better as a kid watching it. Now it’s a little on the stale and slapstick side of things for me.
The movie stars Ken Berry …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 9
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 9 starts with a recap and then Ed being reprimanded by Maria Ross for rushing into Lab 5 without them. After the lecture Ed calls Winry in Risembool and asks her to come service his automail after she discovers she forgot to put a …
Justice League cartoon
“Justice League” is one of my favorite superhero cartoons of all times. I can still remember when the series was advertising to start begin aired on the cable channel Cartoon Network and thinking that I wasn’t going to miss it. I had always had some amount of interest in …
An Alan Smithee Film-Burn Hollywood Burn
A very complex documentary about the fact that some Hollywood directors use the name Alan Smithee when their film is severly cut down by producers and they don’t consider the film theirs anymore.
The strange thing as that the director of this film, named Arthur Hiller, thought the film was …
The Family That Preys movie (2008)
The Family That Prey is another movie from Tyler Perry that is one of my personal favorites. I have loved it ever since the day I first watched it. Like most of Tyler Perry films and plays they have a moral and usually some kind of twist to the …
The Unbelievable Truth movie
This is one of my favorite Hal Hartley films. Brave, daring narrative and visual style, an engaging story focused on human dignity and about the coolest soundtrack ever makes this one of Hartley’s prime works, and also places him in the rare group of interesting american filmmakers the last …
Due South: Manhunt
For me, one of the big things I liked about Due South: Manhunt is that guest star Leslie Nielsen was able to show some of his dramatic abilities. For years, Nielsen did almost nothing but serious roles. Then he hit it big with the parodies like Airplane, …
Bad Santa
This movie is simply disgusting. I don’t know what they were thinking when filming it? Hoping to spoil Christmas for everyone, and especially for kids? The mention of Santa in the title would certainly draw families and kids to see this - and they shouldn’t. The Santa here is …
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
Twilight Zone: The Movie, is a made of the big screen movie off the famous television series. Many people used to tune in to take in and see what new is in store for us whenever the Twilight Zone airs. Each episode takes you on a dark ride deep …
Pirates of the Caribean
We recently purchased the Pirates of the Caribean on video from Wal Mart. The one with Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. I enjoyed this movie as much at home as I did in the movies when it first came out.
Johnny Depp play a direputile pirate …
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
This past weekend I went to see “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. I have always loved the Indiana Jones movies, own the first three on DVD. I went into the theater expecting something spectacular and I was not disappointed. For being a two-hour movie, it …
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
I’m a fan of Dreamworks and having enjoyed the first adventures of the four animal New Yorkers, I couldn’t wait to watch this one. This time, the gang is on their way back to New York but along the way they encountered technical problems with their plane and crashed …
21 movie
It took me a couple of times to finally watch this movie the whole way through. Overall it was kind of boring but a decent movie. You need to watch the movie the whole way through because the ending is what made the movie a little better in my …
Netflix
I was given a six month netflix subscription a couple of years ago as a bridal shower gift. At the time, my husband to be and I had a lot of free time on our hands, as nothing else mattered more than spending time together. Back then, we had …
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Scientists are contracted to take a two rich thrill seekers to the island where history comes to life, but unawares to the scientists is that they have an ulterior motive for wanting to go to the island, it would seem that they are searching for their son and they …
Moulin Rouge (Movie)
Moulin Rouge is one of my favorite movies. I have seen it a lot of times and have never failed to enjoy and feel emotional during the movie. What I like about it most are the songs. The first time I watched it, I was pleasantly …
Michael Jackson, This is It movie
I said I was not going to do it but I did it. I broke down and saw the movie This is It. I am certain most die -hard Michael Jackson fans have already seen this “movie” in the theater or on DVD but I was not …
The Missing movie
The Missing is a movie about a family reconnecting and saving one member of the family from prostitution. The actors in this movie are Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, and Evan Rachael Wood. One of the best things about this movie is that it has great characters/actors. Another thing …
Just My Luck
I love watching Just My Luck pretty much and Lindsay Lohan plays the role of Ashley and she is a very much lucky person as it is. Everywhere she goes, people like her, she gets the most amazing gifts of all and friends that are supportive and everything. …
1408
What’s up with horror or thriller movies with numbers…? But the idea works for me. In 1408, I was scared out of my mind, truly. I watched it on DVD pretty recently and luckily my relatives were around.
The 3 of us, that is. We …
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016 Film)
2016 has been a dull year for me in movies so far. I have been to cinema for most time once an anticipated movie gets shown, but there are certain movies that I have missed in favor of the other. For example, I watched The Jungle Book instead of 10 …
Grease 2 movie
I like to watch “Grease 2″ I actually like this movie better than the original Grease.
This movie stars Michelle Pfieffer as Stephanie, who is the leader of the Pink Ladies and Maxwell Caulfield, who is the one trying to fit in to impress Stephanie.
In “Grease 2″ Didi Conn returns …
The Day the Earth Stood Still movie
I don’t know what on the earth prompt me to go for this movie; I had already read so many reviews about the film with filled mixed reactions. Those who had watched highly acclaimed classic with the same name made in 1951 simply loathed this one. I myself had …
The Call (Movie 2013)
As a fan of Halle Berry, I tend to tune into most everything she is featured in. When seeing the preview trailers for The Call, I was excited and dead set on seeing it. The previews were intriguing, but in a simple kind of way.
The Call isn’t meant …
Last Holiday 2006 movie
I’ve seen this movie a couple of times now; it’s decent. I don’t think it’s one of those movies that you think of and then you HAVE to see it, but it’s a pleasant movie to watch if it happens to be on.
Some of the acting is pretty good, …
Blair Witch
I am reviewing the movie, The Blair Witch Project. So there are three college students. They set out on a trip to the woods. They set out to do a project on the BLair Witch. They interview people along the way, gathering stories and factual/fictional information. They take this …
Rocky II
Rocky II is the rematch between Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed. The movie begins by showing the ending of the first movie. This is done throughout the Rocky movies (the first five) and was a great idea to do.
Shortly after the movie starts, Rocky and …
No Greater Love movie
The first part in Kobayashi’s gigantic trilogy on World War II. Tatsuya Nakadai does one of the cinematic history’s most impressive acting in all of the three films as Kaji, a man who goes through huge personality change. He begins as a promising young military officer in charge of …
Zombeavers, horror movie
With a movie title like this, you have a pretty good idea of what sort of movie you’re in for. This isn’t going to be a good movie in the traditional sense, although that doesn’t necessarily mean that it won’t be an entertaining one.
Odd as it may sound, it …
The Babysitters (R, 2007)
I know that there are literally tons of movies out there in which a young, impressionable 9or not so impressionable) teen gets involved with a married husband and father. This movie puts a little spin on that typical story, with the young babysitter following through on her “talents” by …
Movie: “Penelope” (2006)
Penelope (Christina Ricci) is rich and comes from the best of blueblood families; but, due to a long-ago witch’s curse, she was born with the nose of a pig. The curse can only be broken if one of her own learns to love her just as she is. Her …
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