Cinderella Man, which was filmed in 2005, tells the story of a boxer who is trying to support his family during the Great Depression. The film stars Russell Crowe as Jim Braddock, a washed up heavyweight boxer trying to regain his old glory and earn money for his …

Despite being produced by here!network (cable network known for many things but not good quality movies), “Shelter” is a well written, well produced, well acted movie about love.
“Shelter” tells a story of Zach, a young surfer living in California. He works in a diner, takes care of his nephew …

This movie is the typical case of good cop, bad cop or in Seagal’s case, bad cop, worse cop. His reckless abandon for the way he apprehends the bad guys is surpass able only by the way he kills the,, he is a violent man and a terror on …

The Borrowers was a 1973 presentation from the Hallmark Hall of Fame, but the first time I saw it was just this week. Though the movie has a wonderful cast, it just wasn’t really my style for some reason.
I realize that the special effects, so to speak, were …

When I was growing up, Herbie movies were a staple of our movie nights. Who couldn’t love the Love Bug.
In this latest reincarnation of the car hero, he is teamed with Lindsay Lohan. And, quite honestly, I didn’t like the pair.
While the movie did stick to the family-oriented entertainment …

First Blood, directed by Ted Kotcheff is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was October 22, 1982 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Thriller and stars Sylvester Stallone as John J. Rambo, Richard Crenna as Colonel Samuel …

I recenlty watched a film starring the comedian Dana Carvey.It was called the Master of Disguise.It was about a young italian waiter named Pistachio Disguisey who must rescue his father Fabbrizio who has been captured by a villan Devlin Bowman.Pischaccio’s family has the gift of super skills in disguise.Devilin …

This is a rather tricky movie for me to review, as I really didn’t pay attention to what was going on. It’s not that I have a short attention span, OK I do but that wasn’t the problem here, it was the fact that I couldn’t understand a …

Should I be annoyed? I really don’t know. Why do we as women allow our decisions, especially when it comes to love and marriage to be clouded by perception? The perception of friends, relatives and society, as to what is ideal and what is ‘necessary’?
In Tyler Perry’s …

When I rented Annapolis on DVD this weekend, I was expecting another great military movie. What I got was a good boxing movie with a little bit of military in the background.
Centering around the life of a U.S. Naval Academy recruit, Annapolis gave me an idea of what new …

Session 9 is a horror film that manages to be very eerie and unsettling whilst avoiding resorting to shock value or unrealistic special effects. It was a lot better than I had expected. It is set in an old mental institution —“ a beautiful, ornate red brick …

Reservation Road is a drama directed by Terry George, and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Elle Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Mark Ruffalo, and Miro Sorvino.
Ethan Learner (Joaquin Phoenix) and his wife Grace (Jennifer Connelly) lose their son to a hit and run. The hit and run driver is played by Mark …

One of the best comedies and movies on a whole that I watched very recently was a teen film called “Easy A”. At first when I saw it advertising I did not have much interest in watching it, but it was only after reading a particular review on the …

Thought provoking, stylistic, and entertaining all highlight the 2008 blocbuster The Dark Knight. This film not only provided the audience members with an action fest, it offered some heavy philosophical talking points long after the credits roled. How do you defeat an …

Werner Herzog is behind the documentary Happy People: A Year in the Taiga. The film is one of Herzog’s latest documentaries. Like most documentaries, the scenes in the documentary are constructed around other well-received footage. Happy People: A Year in the Taiga is supplied …

This quirky little movie stars one of my favorite actresses, Natasha Gregson Wagner. There is something insipid and coy about the roles she tends to play. And her stuffy, rebellious role of “Violet” in this movie is no different. This film is sort of a cat …

I recently went and saw the new Nightmare on Elm Street. I think most people know the plot line to nightmare on Elm Street, and for those few who don’t it’s a pretty simple slasher flick. A badly burned Psycho who was killed years ago by an angry mob …

While watching “Vanity Fair” be prepared to see the actress Reese Whiterspoon with curled hair, the actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers with a strange hair style and the actor Rhys Ifans with dark hair. The people responsible for the hair styles on this movie must have had a great time …

The Santa Claus is a 1994 Christmas film starring Tim Allen.Tim Allen stars as a man named Scott Calvin. He is divorced from hsi wife and regularly visits his son Charlie.Charlie has a stepdad named Neil.During one visit with his son he reads to him a bedtime story.After …

“Raise your Voice” is a Hillary Duff movie. I just cannot understand why she has been nominated for the Razzie Awards for her part in this movie, because I believe it is one of her best movies together with “The Perfect Man”.
I found a certain similarity between “Raise your …

Starring: Catriona MacColl, David Warbeck, Cinzia Monreale, Antoine Saint-John, Veronica Lazar, Anthony Flees, Giovanni De Nava, Al Cliver, Michele Mirabella, Gianpaolo Saccarola, Maria Pia Marsala, and Laura De Marchi.
Directed by: Lucio Fulci.
Director Lucio Fulci continues his zombie fetish, less than usual here, with his 1981 film “The Beyond”. The story …

It’s baaaaack! Tim Burton’s classic movie The Nightmare Before Christmas is back, better than ever- and now in 3-D!
I am a huge fan of Jack “The Pumpkin King” Skellington and the gang- and since the Disney hit was released first in 1993, then re-released out of the vault …

A very entertaining and vivid look into the stereo typical African American family as it shows how family ties are brought together and strengthened through the use of food. I have always heard the saying that goes ‘the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’. Now whether …

I like historical dramas so when I found out about The Butler I knew immediately that I just had to see it, even if I wasn’t able to view it in theatres at the time. Shortly after the amount of bad reviews and ratings it had received from regular viewers …

A chinese man if offered a fortune as a heritage, which he accepts without amazement. Instead he falls in love with a beautiful woman, and despite the fact that she is part of his enemies, the love between them can’t be stopped.
Some kind of Hong Kong action movie that …

I have always loved satirical and fantasy movies and “Robin Hood: Men In Tights” is one that gives me the best of both worlds. I will say right now, this movie is not for everyone, but if you like satire, this is the one to see. Mel Brooks really …

Planet of the Apes, directed by Tim Burton is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for some sequences of action/violence. The original release date was August 1, 2001 for Jamaican audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Drama/Science Fiction and stars Mark Wahlberg as Captain …

It’s a martial-art action movie. Fantastic thai martial-art show, and just an average action film.
Honestly, everything is common. Standard story, nothing special on the effects, just an acceptable filming quality and not much of an acting. Even one of my friend made a joke after watching this movie. He …

I typically like Anne Hathaway’s movies but the Devil Wears Prada just didn’t do anything for me.
Hathaway plays an up and coming journalism student who takes an internship at a fashion magazine and finds herself going from social outcast to the favorite of her boss (played by Meryl Streep). …

Heat, directed and written by Michael Mann is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence and language. The original release date was December 15, 1995. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Al Pacino as Lt. Vincent Hanna, Robert De Niro as …

Normally, I don’t appreciate it when classic stories are being messed with, modernized, turned into musicals, etc. However, this attempt to Americanize the beloved Christmas story by Charles Dickens somehow turned out all right. Based, of course, on “A Christmas Carol,” this movie transforms the Victorian London into America’s …

Terms of Endearment stars two of my favorite actors, Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. Debra Winger plays Emma, Shirley MacLaine’s character’s daughter. Shirley MacLaine is Aurora. Throw in Jack Nicholson as Aurora’s womanizing, astronaut neighbor, and you have the perfect movie. The opening scene shows Emma still at home, …

My Husband and I liked and own the first 300 movie (called The 300). For those who have never seen it, it tells the tale of the battle of 300 lone Spartan soldiers against a huge army and the powerful Xerxes. We watch the original 300 fairly frequently and …

The nutty professor is essentially a remake of the 1963 film of the same name starring the comedion Eddie Murphy who plays the role of the central character,the proffesoor.The original film starred the famous comedian Jerry Lewis
If you are nto familiar with the premise of either nutty proffessor movies,it …

Hide And Seek was shown on my local TV channel and if it’s acting by Robert De Niro, I always make it a point to watch. This movie also sees the little kid, Dakota Fanning (think she had acted with Tom Cruise as well), I give this story 10 …

Tokyo Majin Episode 1 starts out when a high school girl is being pursued by undead Zombies and is murdered. Later a boy named Tatsuma Hiyuu, a high school student meets Kyouichi Horaiji, a well known delinquent and they begrudgingly team up with Aoi Misato, Komaki Sakurai and …

I used to be a great lover of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as a child, so it wasn’t so much of a stretch for me to think that I might also have enjoyed this film. The whole idea behind the film is that three boys, who are brothers, …

Synopsis: Tokyo Japan is under attack by a previously extinct dinosaur that is awakened by the H-Bomb and is now looking to destroy the city.
What I liked about this movie: Godzilla is one of the all-time classic monsters and even my 5-year-old knew who he was before even seeing …

First off I’d like to say that this movie was wonderful! It’s a hilarious movie! Just the whole concept of the movie is hilarious, and David Spade was brilliant in it!
He goes in the movie so well. I would not be able to imagine anyone else playing the …

The Prestige is one of the best and most entertaining movies I have seen in the year 2007. It was crafted so perfectly that I don’t think there would be a better movie about magic tricks. The Prestige was directed by the same guy who directed Batman Begins. He did …

As the name says this movie is about Hitler and world was second. Hitler role has been played by Ben kingsly who has done a fantastic job. The movie is very well made in covers the dark period of second world war very effectively It also shows how Hitler …

For those of us who love a great family movie which now is onl dvd, then you must watch Stuart Little. Michael J. Fox portrays the voice of Stuart Little and it is so cute you just fall in love with this family,mother played by Gena Davis, …

This is quite simply my favorite movie of all time, and that is saying a lot considering how many movies I have seen. This is one of the few films that I personally think is flawless. Indiana Jones is the best character to ever hit the big …

Batman, directed by Tim Burton is rated PG-13 bythe Motion Picture Association of America and stars Michael Keaton as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Jack Nicholson as The Joker/Jack Napier and Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale.
This remake of the immortal pages of the comic book dark hero known as Batman, makes it …

I’d always wanted to see the horror film The Kindred. It was primarily because I’d seen the ad for it in the newspaper when I was a little girl. I thought it looked properly creepy. It said something about someone having a brother they didn’t know about, and it …

Arsenic and Old Lace is one of my all time favorite movies. It is an old movie that features Cary Grant, who in my opinion is the best actor ever. He truly shines in this movie. In the movie, Mortimer Brewster (Cary Grant) takes his new bride back to …

I was absolutely enchanted by the opening of Disney’s 2009 production, The Princess and the Frog. The color, the animation, the music, and the transitions were terrific. We start by meeting Charlotte and Tiana and then we learn that the storyteller is Tiana’s mom. We watch …

When my husband and I joined Netflix last month, we thought it was going to be great. We chose a plan in which we can rent unlimited movies per month, but we can only get two at a time. Well, we found out pretty quickly that this is how …

“Street Kings” is a unique drama movie that will keep you hooked watching it till the end. The most interesting thing about this movie is that you will get to watch three great actors Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker and Chris Evans as you have never …