Movies Reviews
Underdog movie
No one is more surprised than I am that Underdog is actually a good little movie. As a rule, I don’t like remakes or re-thinks that mess with the history of something I loved as a child, and I did love watching the Underdog cartoons as a kid.
Underdog …
Paths of Glory movie
Kirk Douglas appears as the french colonel Dax in this anti-war statement set in the World War I. His batallion is completely outnumbered but are forced by the general in command above Dax to storm the enemy hideout in what looks like a suicide mission. Dax tries to convince …
Maid in Manhattan
The best way to describe the movie “Maid in Manhattan” is one of Jennifer Lopez highest grossing movie. The critics didn’t like it, but the general public simply loved it. Personally I wasn’t impressed by this romantic movie due to the fact that the story seems to be stretched …
Carrie Movie
Carrie is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen in my life. I think it truly is a super scary movie. This is one of the Stephen King’s films ever. I think he truly does bring something special to the whole movie. The movie truly does bring something …
The Ugly Duckling & Me
I watch this movie with my little boy just now. Very funny movie and entertaining but full of meanings. My boy just love it especially when the little swan name Ugly start to dance. He just can stop laughing at it.
This movie told about the story of Ratso the …
Jungle 2 Jungle (1997 movie)
Happy with his life a New York businessman, Tim Allens’ character Michael Cromwell’s life is turn upside down when his ex-wife tells him of his son after 13 years, who was at the time living in the jungle. Wanting the chance to know his son better, Sam Huntington as …
The Professional (1994)
The Professional, directed by Luc Besson is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was November 18, 1994 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Jean Reno as Leon, Gary Oldman as Stansfield, Natalie Portman as …
District 9 movie
Before I went to see District 9 last Friday in the movie theatre, I actually had no idea what it was going to be about. I had seen the advertisements on television and I had known that it was going to be a Science Fiction film with aliens, and …
I Cover the Waterfront movie
I’ve always enjoyed watching Claudette Colbert, no matter what stage of her career the movie was focused on. In the case of I Cover the Waterfront, we’re talking about an early part of her career, the movie having a release year of 1933.
Colbert has strong facial features, a …
High Voltage movie
From 1929, a real oldie, High Voltage features Carole Lombard, whose career was cut much to short by a tragic plane crash many years after this early movie of hers was released. Basically, a bus carrying a couple of woman to prison gets stranded out in a snowstorm …
Son of the Mask (Movie 2005)
Just when you thought that it was safe to back into the water, dun dun…dun dun…dun dun…the had to go ahead and spoil a perectly good original movie with the crappy “Son of the Mask”. Tell me, why did they feel the need to create a sequel, was it …
Wolf (1994)
Wolf, directed by Mike Nichols is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date for this movie was June 17, 1994 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Horror/Romance/Thriller and stars Jack Nicholson as Will Randall, Michelle Pfeiffer as Laura …
Men In Black
I am totally fascinated about this movie. That may be because prior to watching, I never had any idea what this was all about. And that turned out to be everything I have never imagined that I would be seeing in this movie. I may …
Bewitched
This is another drama romantic movie that I saw in television in Valentine day. Bewitcched is a drama story which has an ordinary story about wo people who fallin in love each other but it with the uniqe thing which is witch as the main problem in the story.
The …
The Hurt Locker
Prior to bagging the best picture trophy, this was not one of my favorites. I was rooting for The Blind Side or Precious for the Best Picture in this year’s Academy Awards.
The story revolves around the lives of William James who heads the US Army Explosive Disposal …
Private Eyes movie
My son is at an age where he is starting to appreciate more than just animated movies. So, over the course of the Halloween season, he was introduced to some of our favorite ghost and mystery comedies.
One of the films we watched was Private Eyes, starring Tim Conway …
Highlander
I actually saw the movie Highlander after watching the television series first. And, I’ll admit, it ended up being a bit confusing the first time around. But, after watching it a second and third time, it turned out to be a halfway decent movie.
The film, of course, is what …
Sixteen Candles,1984 movie
“Sixteen Candles” obviously stands for sixteen candles on a birthday cake, but Samantha (Molly Ringwald) doesn’t get one. Her sister is getting married, so the family, preoccupied with the coming wedding, forgets about Samatha’s birthday. Being a typical teen, Samantha feels like the whole world has turned black. In …
Simpson Movie (2007)
LMAO FUNNY!!! The best movie of the year for kids and teens. I could watch this over and over and never get tired of it. This movie has a mix of feelings, you could go from feeling sorry for some and almost crying to laughing your pants off.Parts of …
The Amazing Spider Man 2 movie
When the first series of Spiderman movies came out in the early 2000’s, my husband and I were quick to go see them. However, after the first two it became more of a run on series rather than a well thought out movie series. It was my exhaustion …
Death Race (2008 version)
Fast, furious and deadly these are the best words that describe the movie “Death Race” with Jason Statham in a very different role when compared to “Transporter” movies. This film is a remake of the 1975 movie “Death Race 2000″ which had the actors, David Carradine and …
Pretty In Pink
I loved Molly Ringwald as the pitiful Andie in Pretty In Pink. Actually, I never watched the movie but loved the song by the Psychedelic Furs of the same name. There was a bit of buzz about Pretty In Pink, the movie, so I sat down for a viewing. …
Click movie
“Click” was starred by Adam Sandler and Kate Beckinsale. The former also starred in “50 1st Dates” and “Spanglish”.
Personally, this was a classic. I have known that Adam Sandler always plays in roles that offers humour as well as that touching concept. THis too was found in “Click”.
The story …
Short Circuit (1986)
Short Circuit, directed by John Badham is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was May 9, 1986. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Family/Science Fiction and stars Ally Sheedy as Stephanie Speck, Steve Guttenberg as Newton Crosby, Fisher Stevens as Ben …
Transformers
There Fight. Our World. Transformers was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid, and was ecstatic to learn that a live action movie was being made. That excitement dropped slightly when I learned who the director is, Michael Bay. Bay is a hit or miss …
Daddy Day Care (2003)
After a hard working father loses his job when his department is shut down, he, along with some of his neighborhood friends are left at home to baby sit while their wives become the bread winners of the family. They decide to open up a day care center seeing …
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon is an aniated movie produced by Dreamworks Animation. It is a mixture of Comedy, Action and Fantasy all in one film. The story revolves around Hiccup, a young Viking on the Island of Berk, who dreams of fitting in in his town as a …
Movie Awake
I loved this movie, it kept me very interested throughout the whole movie. It is about a man who goes under surgery and is supposed to be asleep but he isn’t all the way asleep, he can feel what the doctors are doing and hear them talking. The movie …
Grizzly Rage
Grizzly Rage Starring Tyler Hoechlin Graham Kosakoski and Kate Todd
I got Grizzly Rage out because my husband and I were hoping to see a good old fashioned scary film. I have seen other movies where bears have attacked people and the bears are so fast and powerful that they …
Twilight movie
The only positive thing that I could say about this movie is that it is consistent, that is, similar to the book where it was based from, it consistently disappoints. About a year ago, I remember my curiosity when everyone seemed very interested, so much into this new series …
Sprung (1997)
Sprung, directed by Rusty Cundieff is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for some strong sexuality and language. The original release date was May 14, 1997 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy and stars Tisha Campbell as Brandy, Rusty Cundieff …
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
From 1969 came The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, another Walt Disney Production that starred Kurt Russell. Much of Russell’s early career was for Disney Studios. In this over-the-top comedy, Russell manages to merge himself with a computer and ends up being geek-like in intelligence, which proves to …
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
When I come to think of it, there was such a long wait involved before I finally achieved closure on the Star Wars story. Just imagine waiting for a decade before I finally found out what was going on. Maybe if I read some books about the …
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense stars Bruce Willis who plays a psychologist named Dr. Malcolm Crowe. Dr Crowe is celebrating an award he got with his wife when an old patient breaks in and shoots him before committing suicide. The movie then skips to a year latter and the Dr. Crowe …
Movie Heavy
Heavy with Liv Tyler, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Debbie Harry, and Shelly Winters.
I must admit that I only watched this movie because it featured the beautiful, alluring Liv Tyler. Then I continued to watch it because I could not figure what it was about. It …
Loving Leah
Over the weekend we watched the Hallmark special, “Loving Leah”. It was an entertaining movie, and quite an education on Orthodox Jews and their culture and faith. The movie was a about an Orthodox Rabi who dies, and leaves behind a young widow. According to tradition, his brother is …
No Country for Old Men (2007)
No Country for Old Men (2007) is a crime drama by directors Joel and Ethan Coen and is rated R by the MPAA.
No Country for Old Men tells the story of Lewellyn Moss (Josh Brolin), a hunter who stumbles across a drug deal gone bad and a case of …
Vanity Fair movie
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 …
Walking Tall (2004)
Walking Tall, directed by Kevin Bray is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of intense violence, sexual content, drug material and language. The original release date was April 2, 2004 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Biography/Comedy/Drama/Thriller and stars …
Wall-E
Wall-E by Pixar is an enchanting movie which is delightful, although it has a darker theme than most Pixar movies.
Wall-E opens with a tiny robot moving through an immense garbage dump. His only companion is his pet cockroach. Wall-E has a lot of personality and innocence, and also a …
Dogma-film
Dogma is a 1999 satirical comedy movie that is a satire of religion.It is about a young woman named Bethany Sloane who is given a spiritual task to complete by God.God sends a messenger,an angel named Metatron to deliver the message.Her task is to stop two fallen Angels,Loki …
Take the Lead-Antonio Banderas
I went to this movie last night with my friends. I think it was worth seeing, but perhaps just a rental. It was pleasant, with some funny scenes, and the way the scene moved back and forth with the dancing and the music, especially at the beginning, was great.
The …
Two Weeks Notice Movie
Two Weeks Notice is a light and well-made romantic comedy. Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock), a talented attorney, gets fed up with her rich, handsome, and helpless boss George Wade (Hugh Grant). Despite having a secretary, Wade keeps using Lucy as another one, burdening her with ridiculous personal requests. Tired …
Anaconda (1997)
Anaconda, directed by Luis Llosa is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was April 11, 1997 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Horror/Thriller and stars John Voight as Paul, Eric Stoltz as Dr. Steven Cale, Ice Cube …
The Jerk (1979) Movie
The Jerk (1979) was one of my favorite films when I was a teenager in the 1980s and I still catch it occasionally on television today because it is guaranteed to make me laugh. It stars the brilliant Steve Martin in the lead role as Navin, a total …
Point Break DVD - Pure Adrenaline Edition
Point Break was the movie Patrick Swayze did right after Ghost. He wanted something totally different from the leading man persona he’d been in that film, and boy did he get it. In Point Break, Swayze stars as Bodhi, a surfer guru, who comes in contact with …
Good Boy movie
My sister loves to watch this movie. She watches it a lot, almost every day. I kind of get sick of watching it to tell you the truth. I think it is more of a kid’s movie than for anyone. I think that it is kind of childish.
It’s …
Totally Recalled
Totally Recalled is one of the more enjoyable episodes of the Tripping the Rift series. The plot revolves for once about Gus, the android played by the brilliant Maurice LaMarche. In fact LaMarche is showcased a lot in this episode, as he plays not only Gus but a …
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is a french made movie about the true story of a frenchman who suffers a stroke and is totally paralyzed, except for his left eye. He used this left eye to eventually blink his whole autobiography. Wow. Amazing, right? And to …
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