Since the dawn of movie making, there have always been a few actors that take weird, off the wall, ecentric roles instead of traditional leading men or leading lady roles. Such is true with current Boston Legal actor, James Spader. He appeared in a great 1994 film called Stargate …

This is the story of a young man who works at a hotel in a high ranking position; he has dreams of opening his very own hotel and with his finances in check he strikes a deal and the paper work is currently on the table. Unfortunately, the young …

Had a chance to watch “Stranger than fiction”, a great movie that has both comedy and drama. The plot is extremely catchy as Will Ferrell, an IRS agent, is living a life narrated by an author played by Emma Thompson. A typical IRS agent, counting his actions in numbers, …

“Something New” is an interesting movie which explores a relationship between a black woman and a white man. What I really liked about this movie is the intelligent way by which it presented the story within a simple and straight forward context and, at the same time, ensuring to …

I am not a big fan of romantic comedies. I do watch a handful per year but they are not my favorite genre. I picked this one up from netflix mostly because I had sen every thing else in new releases. I was pleasantly surprised at …

I got a chance to re-watch the movie Batman Returns last night and have to say, I can now understand why that installment of Batman movies went downhill in a hurry.
The first Batman, starring Michael Keaton, is still one of my favorite movies. This sequel to that movie wasn’t …

Staged in the era of the old Roman Empire, this movie tries to tell the story of a young boy who is destined to rule with the aid of an all powerful sword simple known as Excalibur. The telling of the tale of this magical sword has been told …

I saw the Inside Access Jeff Gordon DVD at the store and picked it up, thinking that it might be interesting. I’m not a fan of the racer, but I do think he’s talented and does some great things both on and off the track. I put it in …

Friday the 13th part 4 is a movie that most horror movie fans either really hate, or they really love. Personally I’m a big fan, which is saying a lot for me. I tend to lean more towards the Halloween films, but this is my favorite of the Jason …

Frances Langford had the starring role in a 1944 musical called Career Girl. Her character’s name was Joan Terry, an aspiring singer, which meant, of course, that the movie was full of songs sung by Langford.
What makes Career Girl a bit difficult to watch are a few …

Made in the 1980’s, After Hours tells the story of one man’s nightmarish trip into the Soho area.
This is a film by Martin Scorsese that Roger Ebert deemed so intense that he considered leaving the theater and coming back later after he had pulled himself together. It seems that …

When I watched the 2002 crime drama “City of God” recently, I just found it hard to believe that a film so good had escaped my notice for so many years. The thing is it’s one of those films whose plot revolves around gangsters, life in the ghetto and gang …

“Lucky You” is a great movie about poker. I feel that, although this is a good film, it may lack appreciation from the general public due to the fact that it is too focused on poker and how a poker player can be so insensitive to the environment and …

This movie is a shocker/thriller story. It starred John Cusack played as Edward. Ray Liotta, a convict escaped and played a cop, Rebecca DeMornay a TV star, Amanda Peet a call girl in the movie.
The story is about a psycho-killer. He would kill without reason. He …

Debbie Reynolds stars as The Singing Nun, known in the movie as Sister Ann, and she did a fantastic job. The movie is based on a true story, though like most movies of its kind, a lot of liberties on the plot have been taken. True or …

For those of you that grew up with the magic of Pixar, you most definitely know of the many adventures of toy legends, Woody the cowboy and Buzz Lightyear, the space ranger and all their companions. I speak of the first ever Pixar computer generated animation film, Toy Story.
Now …

I Am Sam is a movie that definitely stands out. Its strong message of love and the amazing performance of Sean Penn as Sam have made of, for me, unforgettable. Sam is a mentally disabled man who raises a young daughter - alone. Lucy’s mother, a homeless woman, had …

This movie begins in Poland, when the German’s had invaded the Country. The start of this movie may truly rattle you, and I know that you will be jolted when certain things happen, so quickly, that you will find it hard to realize that this is how things just …

For some reason I had been confusing the movie “The Departed” with a science fiction movie of a similar name for some time, so I decided not to watch it. However, one time I saw it on the cable guide and found out it was actually an action film. …

The most awaited continuation of the Pitch Perfect is out! Pitch Perfect 2 is about the a cappella group Barden Bellas and their journey after winning the competition from the first movie of Pitch Perfect which gave the group and its members fame. I would not make it long so …

When it comes to Christmas movies, there usually isn�t much difference between one or another; especially when they are comedies.
But, the film Deck the Halls admittedly was pretty good.
It�s one thing to have Christmas spirit, but what if your neighbor has so much Christmas spirit it’s keeping you up …

Tenth Avenue Angel is the film that introduced me to Margaret O’Brien when I was a kid. I remember it playing on television numerous times in my youth, and I always watched it. It was a movie that always pulled on my heartstrings. The movie was …

Sometimes I just need to watch something absurd. I know it’s illogical, but that’s what makes it so funny. Danny McBride is a master of this kind of humor. Ever since I saw him in “Eastbound & Down,” I’ve been a huge fan. It’s also …

If you read the description on the back of the box, the movie Space Camp probably will sound like something so far fetched it isn’t worth watching. But, resist that desire to put it back on the shelf and rent it anyway.
Of all the 80s science fiction films to …

Sex in the City, The Movie was fabulous. I missed the HBO series because I don’t get HBO. Over two weeks, I rented all five years from Blockbuster.com and couldn’t watch them fast enough. Is it over the top sometimes? Yes. Is there any reality? …

I watched “The pilot’s wife” today on lifetime movie network. Overall it was a pretty good movie. It could have been better but overall it was pretty good. I would recommend watching it, but if you have a better movie then I would watch that instead. This girl who …

Love this Barbie as The Island Princess very much. I might be old enough to be called someone’s girlfriend or wife or mother, but I still could not get enough dosage of Barbie.
Whenever there are new DVD movies or mini movies out there featuring Barbie, or just …

One of those Hollywod mixtures between asian martial-arts and plain old-fashioned action that features Jet Li in the role of a cop in seek of revenge for his brother’s death. Every time someone is shot in this film, we see the audience penetrate the human flesh on some kind …

When the movie Spiderman came out in theaters, I remember it got a lot of attention. I for one wasn’t any less thrilled than everyone else since I grew up reading Marvel comics even though those days I hadn’t read one in a long time.
I had no idea …

I expected a movie disaster, as a response to: Date Movie, American Virgin or American Pie recent productions.
I expected the Love at First Hiccup to be more than a visual disaster and after viewing it to be mentally affected and disgusted but my expectations were shattered. Love at First …

This movie is weird and crazy. I personally think it’s funny in a way that I can’t believe Cillian Murphy did and accepted this role, and funny that someone would even think of Lucy Liu’s character here to be that crazy! The director must be crazy too to even …

“The Enchanted Cottage” is an RKO movie, filmed in black and white and lasts 91 minutes. “The whole town WHISPERED about these two!” These two are Laura Pennington (Dorothy McGuire) and Oliver Bradford (Robert Young).
“The Enchanted Cottage” is the story of the ugly duckling. The enchanted cottage weaves a …

I always love the movie about a woman who disquises as a man with a special purpose and this movie really gives me what I expect.
It is about Viola, a girl who wants to prove to her boyfriend that woman can beat man in football game and that’s why, …

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 …

When I saw Pan’s Labyrinth, I was expecting a story about a little girl retreating into her elaborate fantasy world. I would have been happy with just that, but Pan’s Labyrinth was so much more.
In the beginning of the movie we are introduced to Ofelia and her mother, who …

I think this movie fell into the sophomore trap—”it wasn’t as good as its predecessor. There is a story though, which is good. Actually, there are many stories going on but they are not too heavy to get the viewer confused. Not much thinking required actually, which after all …

I am reviewing The Christmas Pudding, 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 as Sherlock …

Made in 1995, this animated film features the vocal talents of Kevin Bacon, Bridget Fonda, and Bob Hoskins, among others. It’s also based on a true story, very loosely based on a true story mind you.
Though there are many talented, well-known actors who lent their talent and names …

Priya Sethi (Shriya Saran) is a beautiful girl living in Mumbai, India. She works at a credit card customer service center; she and her co-workers are trained to adopt an American accent to better service their American customers. As “Jennifer David”, Priya contacts Granger Woodruff (Jesse Metcalfe) regarding his …

When a hard rock guitarist is voted off his band by his fellow members, and with no other form of income with a growing rent debt, he is forced to get his lazy ass out and find himself a real job in order to pay for his way through …

This was a horror movie in the sense that the main character (besides Wes Bentley) is a complete maniac who does the sociopath thing really well. The premise of the story is fairly simple: a young man happens to catch a serial killer making a kill. …

Picasso is a documentary that highlights the legendary career of Pablo Picasso. This documentary takes the viewer across almost eighty years to explore his life and examine his accomplishments.
The portrayal of his innovative art is beautifully done. Picasso’s artwork depicted every mood he encountered, every belief he stood by, …

“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” came out back when I was still in high school. I heard the name mentioned a couple of times, but I never actually took the time out to either search for what it was about or even watch the trailer. I remember one or two …

There are many reviews that are needed for movies and I really love and watch many movies with latest release. So, about movies reviews there is nothing better to ask me.
As I watched recently the movie Jumper it is really a great movie and has alot of beautiful scenes. …

If you’ve seen the 2009 movie Adventureland’s poster, you probably wouldn’t think it’s a kind of dark coming-of-age story. Well, it is. Anyone expecting laugh-out-loud comedy in the same vein as director Greg Mottola’s previous film, Superbad, would be in for a disappointment. I was glad to find, however, …

I am reviewing the movie, Lean on Me, starring Morgan Freeman. This movie is based upon actual events. Morgan Freeman plays a free spirited, gifted, dedicated teacher, who tries his best to teach his kids whatever he can. When he loses his job, he moves on …

Watchmen is another superhero movie based on a comic book series. Although I don’t actually read comic books, I am a huge fan of many of the superhero movies that have come out recently, and I was looking forward to adding Watchmen to my list of favorites since …

Orphan was released July 24th 2009. It was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. If you haven’t seen it yet you are not missing too much so don’t fret. This movie tried hard to come across as a horror/thriller type movie. In reality it was neither. It was more like a …

The first time I was aware of the movie “Things We Lost in the FIre” was I think in the year 2008 when it finally premiered on a cable television movie channel. I found myself having the urge to watch the movie since it had an independent movie feel …

The movie Monsieur Hire is a tragic type of movie. It is mainly about two separate persons who have no similar attributes except both are extremely lonesome. The subplot is about murder. In example, the initial scene of the movie shows that of a corpse. …