Movies Reviews
Secret Window (2004)
Secret Window (2004) is another one of Stephen King’s stories to be made into a movie. The movie is taken from the Stephen King novella (a novella is a work that is longer than a short story but shorter than an actual novel) Secret Window, Secret Garden, which …
Yellow Rolls-Royce movie
This film tells the story of a yellow Rolls-Royce, exactly as the title says. The story is told in episodes, showing how the car exchanges owner and telling the stories of these people. It is owned by so different people as an english marquis, an italian mob boss and …
Jurassic World (2015) movie
It’s been fourteen years since “Jurassic Park 3″ made its debut in theaters, and at the time of its release, interest in the franchise seemed to be waning. Perhaps by then, the “wow” factor had been starting to wear off as the 1993 hit “Jurassic Park” stunned movie critics and …
The Return movie
The Return is a russian film about two young boys being reunited with their father for the first time. He goes directly on a trip alone with his sons, but the relationship between them is very cold and boys won’t accept him as their father. Especially the youngest of …
Bright Star (Movie)
Bright Star is a 2009 British film made by the BBC, telling the story of the romantic poet John Keats’ love affair with Fanny Brawne. This is a costume drama of they type that the BBC make so well, with great attention to period detail, especially the costumes in …
Case of Lady Beryl
I am reviewing The Case of Lady Beryl, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie Howard, stars …
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Catch Me If You Can (2002) is a drama from director Steven Spielberg that is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some sexual content and brief language.
Catch Me If You Can follows a young man, Frank Abagnale Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), who worked as a doctor, a lawyer …
Movie Summer Magic
Summer Magic is a terrific family film with the delightful Hayley Mills in the lead role. She’s on the edge of adulthood here, playing a 16-year-old named Nancy Carey. Her mother and brother have rented the yellow house which belongs to some wealthy man who doesn’t actually …
From Paris With Love Movie
The movie From Paris With Love is filmed in Paris, a beautiful location. In the movie, a personal aide to the US Ambassador, James Reese (starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers) doubles up as a secret agent with the CIA. What he really wanted to do was to become a top …
Vamps (movie)
I watched the movie “Vamps” last night for the first time and I thought that it was one of the most interesting vampire movies that I’ve watched in a very long time. The funny thing was that I’ve never heard of the movie before last night, which is a …
Battle Planet (movie)
When I saw the dvd at the house of a friend, I could not help thinking that the name “Battle Planet” sounded familiar. However, later on I learned that the movie was actually a Syfy original science fiction movie, and after reading a good, review on it, I was …
Back to the Future Part 2
Sequels usually flop, unable to capture the magic of the original. Rare cases include Superman II and The Empire Strikes Back. Back to the Future Part 2 joins that rare class, mainly because it is told partly from within the first movie. The filmmakers incorporated scenes from the first …
All About the Benjamins (2002)
A bounty hunter named Bucum played by Ice Cube has thoughts of opening his own bounty hunting firm but lacks the proper finances to do so. Things take a turn for the better while he was chasing down one of his regular bounties and is informed about two most …
Across the Universe Movie
I’ve always been a Beatles fanatic. As such, seeing their songs come to life on the big screen is a real treat. Usually, I find such attempts sacrilegious, but this time, I have to say the actors pulled it off. I wouldn’t have patronized an album …
Running Scared Paul Walker
I originally thought this was a remake of the old Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines movie but soon realized it wasn’t. I decided to watch it anyway and have to admit it was pretty good. It was fast paced enough for me and I could even deal with the …
Fracture (movie)
One thing that really impresses me about Anthony Hopkins is how he can play a criminal mastermind and yet play it to the point you actually have to be impressed with him.
In the movie Fracture, he plays a man who shoots his wife, is captured minutes later and confesses. …
Elysium movie
A couple of months ago I watched a trailer of the movie Elysium. My first expressions were «WOW. That is a must-watch movie». It was full of superb special effects, action and some new idea.
And then, the movie came out in the cinemas. I went to the good theatre, …
Spider man 3
The Spider man is another kind of action cum fun filled entertaining movie, which we all liked. Recently when I had been to Bangalore city, I had gone to the theatre to watch the movie Spiderman 3. My son is just 4 years old and he does …
AMC Arizona Center 24
One evening while we were in Phoenix, Arizona we became bored so we decided to find a movie theater close enough to our hotel that we could get to within twenty minute drive and that was well lit. We talked to the hotel desk clerk and he recommends …
Wild Hogs Movie
A movie directed by Walt Becker with lead actors as John Travolta,Tim Allen and many other lead actors.One month ago,I had the oppurtunity to see this comedy movie with some real,real realities of life.The theme of the movie is what impressed me.It talks about 4 middle aged …
The Last Holiday
This is indeed a feel-good movie story, starring Queen Latifah as well as L.L. Cool J and some other casts.
The storyline is about Georgia Byrd, starred by Queen whom only has 3 weeks to live and she decides to spend her hard-earned money and go on a shopping …
The Big Show movie
From 1936, Gene Autry stars in a double role in The Big Show. As the country singer and actor often did, his ‘nice’ guy role uses his real name of Gene Autry. In this case, he’s a stuntman who sings. His other part is that of …
Then she found me movie
I watched this movie recently and I liked it a lot better than I thought I would. Helen Hunt plays in it, and if I am not mistaken I think she wrote it as well. She plays a teacher who gets a divorce and starts seeing one of her …
Dog Day Afternoon Movie
Sidney Lumet is perhaps one of the most underrated american directors in my opinion with great films like 12 Angry Men, Serpico and Long Day’s Journey Into Night on his account. Dog Day Afternoon shows Al Pacino in one of his major roles as a bank robber, and also …
Pokemon: The Movie 2000 (2000)
A popular TV cartoon series makes the leap from the small screen to the big screen with hopes of reaching a larger market and raking in some well deserved cash at the box office for future endeavors. This entire movie seems to be is a large scale version of …
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
I first started reading Shakespeare’s plays when I was about eight years old, in more easy to understand translations. The translation which I had used was “Lamb’s Tales in Shakespeare” so plays such as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the time seemed very interesting to me. Therefore, that is …
Rango (computer animated movie)
It took me years to watch the animated movie “Rango” even though some of my favourite actors did some of the voice acting. The main reason why it took so long too was that it seemed to have an “average” rating or “slightly above average” rating from people who watched …
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Let me first start off by saying that I am a big fan of the Harry Potter books and was excited to see these movies. I was ready to see all of these characters I had been imagining in my head hit the big screen. All of …
Iron Man 3 (movie)
I didn’t get to watch this movie around the time that it was released in 2013 for numerous reasons. Still, I remember lots of Marvel and Iron Man fans claiming to hate it after they had seen it including one of my own family members. At the time so …
Transformers (2007) movie
First I saw the trailer of the movie, and instantly I was impressed and knew its going to be a total entertainer with lots of action and CG. As soon as the movie started I was hooked to it.
There is a lot of stuff that worked for me and …
Chain Reaction
I just can’t help it. Whenever I see Keanu Reeves in a movie, regardless of how good it might be, I instantly have flashbacks to Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure and, no matter how hard I try, I can’t take him seriously.
This was the situation when I sat down …
Music & Lyrics
A washed up 80’s pop icon and a frustrated writer team up to write the love song for the biggest pop star of the new millennia. Hugh Grant plays Alex Fletcher, the former member of Pop who is dire need of another chance to launch his songwriting career. Drew …
Dan in Real Life
I love going to the cinema. I love the whole experience. Seeing the film on the big screen, eating hot dogs and popcorn and drinking soft drinks. For me the entire experience is enjoyable and I’ve sat through some fairly mediocre films just because i enjoy going to the …
Ghost in the Shell (1995 movie)
When you talk about Anime, this movie should be in the top 5 of the best of all. Cyborgs are all over the place and they keep talking about their ghosts. A female cyborg police officer and her partner are on the hunt to capture a hacker that goes …
Holiday Inn movie
Holiday Inn is an adorable holiday movie, and the fun part is that it can be a part of almost any holiday of your choosing! The movie is about a small inn that is only open on holidays, and on those special days, the inn puts on a …
Movie Exorcist
One of the spookiest movies that we have ever seen was the original Exorcist. In this movie it hit on everything that would scare you.
There is this young girl who travels with her mother to live in Washington D.C., the house that they move into in Georgetown …
Grease movie
I watched the movie “Grease” with my daughter this afternoon on DVD.
“Grease” is pretty much a classic musical which stars Olivia Newton John as Sandy and John Travolta as Danny Zuko. This movie was made in 1977. This movie is based on the play but I do think the …
Alvin And The Chipmunks
We recently rented the movie “Alvin And the Chipmunks,” and so far the four-year-old in my house has watched it 5 times! She loves it, and so does her 11-year-old brother! In fact, even I, who never particularly liked the cartoon version when I was a kid, am in …
10 Things I Hate About You Movie
Since watching the recent Batman movie, The Dark Knight, I have been intrigued on watching more Heath Ledger films due to his brilliant performance. I remember years ago my friends going on about this film, so I decided finally to rent and watch it, and I absolutely loved it.
It’s …
Star Wars: Episode 4: A New Hope
Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope is about a farmboy on the planet of Tatooine named Luke Skywalker. After his Uncle Owen buys a pair of droids he discovers a message from Rebel Alliance member Princess Leia and sets out to find Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi who …
Slumdog Millionaire
I just watched Slumdog Millionaire, it was my first time seeing it. It was a blu-ray rental and I have to say it is a movie that is superb and deserved all of the Golden Globes, Oscars and Bafta awards that it won.
The movie follows a young boy …
Candyman (movie)
“Candyman” was one of those horror movies that I remember watching back when I was still very young. I was actually too young to be watching something like that, and as a result I remember being frightened for a very long time. When I was much older though, and …
The Movie Atlantis The Lost Empire
I have personally always liked the story of Atlantis. The idea of such a city is an intriguing one and its one that has been told for generations. When Disney came out with Atlantis I was really curious to see how good it would be. The trailer …
Gilbert Grape
My wife is a Johnny Depp fan and has seen most of his films and the other night I watched one with her it was called whats eating Gilbert Grape.
The film was really good and sad in parts but I could not get over the acting by …
Eagle Eye
Eagle Eye is a thriller/suspense movie directed by D.J. Caruso, staring Michelle Monaghan and Shia LaBeouf.
Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is a guy who’s never amounted to much in his life. He’s spends his time going from place to place and job to job. His parents want more from …
Absolute Boyfriend Manga
Absolute Boyfriend is a manga by Yu Watase, a romance comedy with a little bit of science fiction. It is about a high school girl by the name of Riiko Izawa who is always rejected by every boy she likes. One day a salesman gives her a website when …
Blindness (drama movie)
I read a lot of bad reviews on the movie Blindness and I can completely understand why a lot of people weren’t satisfied with the movie. For one the movie is terribly hard to watch for multiple reasons and secondly, it doesn’t exactly have a very satisfying ending.
Blindness is one …
The Men Who Stare at Goats
I really didn’t know what to expect when I went to the theatre to watch The Men Who Stare at Goats, but from what I had read and seen, I was intrigued enough to actually not wait to see it on DVD, which is unusual for me. Plus, I …
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