I really wanted to like the DaVinci Code, mainly because I loved the book so much and read it multiple times. That said, I just couldn’t get into this movie. When I tried to watch the DVD, I ended up putting it in at least 4-5 times before I …

Sequels are often just the worst things under the sun, often taking the original characters to ruin. There are few that really are true to the story, that follow it through and make it all believable. Sometimes you still enjoy the original better, but even so, you …

The movie “Return to Me” can be easy described as a ‘mission impossible’ attempt for three persons the director Bonny Hunt and the two main actors, David Duchovny and Minnie Driver. For Bonny Hunt, who is much more known as an actress, this is the first movie …

It starts with real promise to be a great horror movie as they try to snag the juggernaut. Up to that point, this film was living up to being good, but just as fate would have it…while the other ghosts were some-what gruesome to look at, they were not …

A History of Violence, directed by David Cronenberg is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong brutal violence, graphic sexuality, nudity, language and some drug use. The original release date was September 30, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of …

Can a goodbye be happy? Not just leaving each other for a “see you soon” time, but a natural parting. When everyone understands that they are saying goodbye to a part of their life, saying goodbye to a piece of themselves, letting go of their love.

One life, halfway through life, …

I was really excited when I heard; they were going to film a fourth installment to
The “Fast and the Furious” series, this movie would actually be the sequel to the first movie although it is the fourth installment. So when the release date had been announced I knew I …

If you’ve ever seen Eddie Murphy in family films like Dr. Doolittle and Shrek, I would recommend renting his Raw performance on DVD.
This is Eddie Murphy at his best, giving stand-up comedy performances and talking about everything from politics to women and race issues. If you have kids, put …

Friday night was our family movie night and, as we normally do, I made sure we had an animated film lined up. This time around, however, I gave my daughter a choice between The Iron Giant (a movie I have yet to watch) and a newer film called A …

When I first saw the trailer for the movie “The Raven” I thought that it seemed like it had a lot of potential. I might not have known at the time that the title was the same as a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe a little before he …

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 …

1. Did I stay interested / awake throughout the entire movie ?
A. Eyes were fluttering at the 30 min mark but pushed through. Glad I did.
2. Would I buy it on DVD ?
A. Yes, it’s a unique movie in a way.
3. Would I take my partner to see it on …

This movie really interested and intrigued me since I love swimming and everything outdoors and my husband was a licensed diver himself, and we wanted to watch this since we thought we could relate to the movie, and we did. The movie is called Sanctum and they say the …

I really wanted to like this movie starring Scarlett Johansson. She’s a pretty good actress. And for her to be so young, she is really good at depicting different types of characters with great depth. This story surrounds the living situation Purslane Will (Johansson) she …

I am reviewing the movie, The Messengers. Okay, so at the beginning there is this family being terrorized. There is a little boy, a girl, and a mother. Each one gets killed. Flash ahead years. A new family is moving into the same house where these murders took place. …

The Mexican, directed by Gore Verbinski is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence and language. The original release date was March 2, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Comedy/Crime/Romance and stars Brad Pitt as Jerry Welbach, Julia Roberts …

Love Don’t Cost a Thing, directed by Troy Beyer is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexual content/humor. The original release date was December 12, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama/Romance and stars Nick Cannon as Alvin Johnson, …

If you believe is a movie about a woman named Suzie who has forgotten who she was. It shows her as a seven year old having fun and being care free, outspoken and mischievous. Then it shows her as an editor who has no friends or life. She is …

When the movie Waterboy first came out, it was one of my favorite movies. But, after watching it quite a few times, both on DVD and on TV, I’m coming to realize it really isn’t that great of a film after all.
Adam Sandler is funny in it and I …

Recently I visited the local artsy video store and rented the DVD “Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg” It is a Swedish film in Swedish, but much of it was in German with English subtitles. Directed by Kjell Grede and released in 1990.
I was extremely impressed by it. I must confess …

Whenever there’s a classic film, it’s usually hard to come up with a sequel that’s actually better. Rambo, First Blood Part 2 is one of those exceptions.
Taking place several months after the original, the movie shows Rambo being sent into Vietnam to look for prisoners of war. Once again …

The Incredible Hulk represents a vast improvement over Ang Lee’s 2003 effort that disappointed Hulk fans across the world with its drab storyline and bland characters. Conversely, the Incredible Hulk (2008) provides the viewer with everything you would expect from a summmer “popcorn movie”, including lots of …

When Jane, played by Juliette Lewis, inherits an apartment building with tenants, and she decides to move in to the apartment building despite the warning and concerns from her boyfriend about that situation she is getting herself into. It would seem as soon as she moved into the apartment …

Two children stumble across a magical game, this game was started some twenty five years ago, and so, the children now are just playing their turn. Now that their turn is over and it is time for the next person to play, something magical happens. Alan Parrish and his …

The Grind is a work out video. It is fifty minutes long, and it includes a warm up, cardio, then a cool down. I like the grind in a way, as I love to dance, and this video teaches you a new dance routine. But the grinds dance moves …

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Homecoming is a horror story from the Masters of Horror Series on the Channel Showtime which I really enjoy. Whats cool about the series is every story is totally different with all new characters as well as the surroundings. This story happens to be Horror/Political Satire. The plot is …

I just saw the Oscar winner for Best Picture of 2011 which is the movie The Artist. This movie stars Jean Dujardin (which also won Best Actor at the Oscars), Berenice Bejo, John Goodman and James Cromwell. I was quite adamant to see this movie because it …

Yet another run of the mill, dull, boring and uninterested College Football movie to sit and torture yourself through. Here it is a boy is tired of the small town that he lives and wants to make a move on to greener pastures. His family does not see the …

I am reviewing The Case of the Singing Violin, 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, …

‘Shaun of the Dead’ is right up my street, being a big fan of the spoof zombie film ‘Return of the Living Dead’ rather than any of the serious ones. I also love ‘American Werewolf in London’ (werewolves, not zombies) so I guess the horror/comedy combination works for …

An airplane crashes on a mountain in alaska and the rescue seems to be far away. The survivors are hopeful to begin with but when days go by and no rescue is coming everyone is beginning to panic and conflicts arise within the group. It’s extremely cold and the …

Hoot is a movie that animal lovers will love because it has some beautiful little owls in it that burrow under ground. This movie is about how three kids save these owls by stopping a pancake house from burying the nest and killing these beautiful animals who can not …

I’m a big fan of action films and martial arts movies. I was very excited when I learned that Jackie Chan and Jet Li, two of Asia’s most popular martial arts actors, are going to star in one movie. I really waited for this movie to be shown and …

This movie is about two guys who crash weddings for the parties and the girls but when one of them (Owen Wilson) falls for one of the girls at the wedding, trouble follows as he and his partner (Vince Vaughn) are invited over to spend time with the dysfunctional …

This is one of those cute, quirky movies where you know there will be a couple of cheap laughs and a sappy, happy ending. It didn’t disappoint me. I actually found that it was better than I expected it to be - the characters were a bit more real …

Memory has to be the most confusing and convoluted movie I have ever seen. I’ve been a big fan of Billy Zane for a number of years, and I’ve followed his career off and on. Since his role in Titanic, the man hasn’t had a lot of success save …

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 …

Gus Van Sant is next to Jim Jarmusch probably the most interesting american independent filmmaker from the last 15 to 20 years. Last Days is his film that apparently tells the story of the last days of legendary Nirvana-member Kurt Cobain. The autentic names and songs in the Cobains …

When I heard about this movie, I was eager to watch it, being that I heard that it was about the haunted skull of the historical figure the “Marquis de Sade”, the same person who the word “sadism” was coined from.
It is also not to be confused with …

The Quick and the Dead stars Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, and Gary Sinise.
A must see western principally due to the nonstop action and great music. Over the years the quality that makes a western standout has always been memorable music and …

A film crew is captured by an insane man in the jungle, and they are forced to go on a boat journey and face an even greater danger - the huge and most deadly anaconda snake. One by one they fall victim to this unspeakable monster. Is anyone going …

It was a really fascinating and breathtaking experience watching the movie Everest on Imax. I watched it a few days back with a couple of old school friends, and two of us got teary eyed on some scenes of the movie. This is a very moving, inspiring …

Untraceable came out earlier in the year and was supposed to be a movie of the Thriller genre. I did not see the preview or trailer for this movie but I actually saw it on a whim. The poster for it made it seem like it’d be more of …

I think Clueless was on OK movie. I was expecting much from it, I thought it was going to be pure garbage. But I was surprised to find out that Clueless had more to it than just superficial plots and stories. The movie clueless is about a girl named Cher. …

Batman and Rovin, directed by Joel Schumacher is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong stylized action and some innuendos. The original release date was June 20, 1997 for United States audienec. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Fantasy/Thriller and stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as …

Before sunset is a 2004 movie which is a follow-up to the first movie which is titled the before sunrise and starred by the same cast from the previous movie. The movie is first set in a bookstore when Jesse and Celine met again by chance after 9 …

When Jeff’s girlfriend vanishes when they made a routine stop at a gas station, he is compelled to find out what happened to her. It was three years later that he returned to the same location with his new girlfriend, and still the disappearance of his previous girlfriend still …

Reeker is darn scary. You should rent this and watch; it is awesomely scary and something that I would truly opt for if you want to watch in a group, say on a scary Friday night with the weekend in tow and nothing to do.
The plot goes …

Patrick Swayze fought hard for the role of Sam Wheat in Ghost, and it’s a good thing he did. He was perfect for the role, and it was he who, in turn, fought for Whoopi Goldberg to play Oda Mae Brown, for which she won an Oscar.
From the …