Movies Reviews
Shoot ‘Em up
I like Clive Owen, he’s probably my favorite English actor, but I’ve seen him in this role before. In his incredibly great movie, Children Of Men, Owen plays a reluctant hero of sorts who needs to escort a pregnant woman to her rendevous point to have her baby without …
Traffickers, Movie
Korean thrillers rarely pull their punches, which can often make them deeply affecting - especially when they centre around some really dark subjects. Unlike popular Chinese and Japanese cinema exports there is typically much more favour for realism in Korean films, that only makes them more shocking.
Traffickers is concerned …
The Good Son (1993)
The movie stars the ever lovable and funny character in Macaulay Culkin in a darker light as he takes on the roll of a crazed child with violent tendencies. The events that led up to this discovery were when his cousin is left with him after the death of …
The Witness
I saw a 1985 movie this afternoon that I had not seen in years. It starred Harrison Ford and it was called the Witness
This story involves a young Amish woman, who has recently become widowed and her young son. After her husbands death, her fatherinlaw tells her to go …
Legally Blonde movie
Legally Blonde is a girly type of movie. This movie stars Reese Witherspoon as the determined law student who faces politicians and the law concerning animal cruelty. I thought that I would like this movie when I first saw the previews but once I rented it and watched it …
Sudden Impact
Sudden Impact with Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke.
Vigilante justice is a great movie theme. Mix this concept with the Dirty Harry Callahan persona and you have a real winner. Locke is avenging her and her sister’s rape ten years prior by shooting …
Out to Sea movie
From 1997, Out to Sea is a surprisingly funny motion picture. Even with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau teamed yet again, I just wasn’t sure that this movie would have what it takes to entertain all the way through, but I shouldn’t have worried. With these two …
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman movie
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman was a very compelling story about a woman named Angelica Evans. She is a nightclub singer and she marries another singer, Ken Conway. As she is giving birth to their daughter, nicknamed Angel, Ken sings a romantic ballad instead of his …
The Others movie
“The Others” is a dreary, yet magical horror film-that is unlike many other supernatural horror films. The director created a dreary and sleepy backdrop to tell the story of a woman and her two children who live in a huge manor after the 2nd World War. Nicole …
Pink Panther 2
My family loved the first Pink Panther movie starring Steve Martin (I actually enjoyed the originals too) so we couldn’t wait to see the sequel last night. In fact, it was in our DVD player 5 minutes after I got home from work.
It was an OK movie but it …
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
My Cousin Vinny, directed by Jonathan Lynn is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language. The original release date was March 13, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Crime and stars Joe Pesci as Vincent Gambini aka Vinny, Ralph …
Antwone Fisher
The movie Antwone Fisher was released when I was still in high school. I did not see it advertising to be released in theatres though since I was very busy at the time. However, I was finally able to see it when I saw the rest of my family …
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
This trilogy sequel of Pirates of the Caribbean is called At World’s End. I watched it last week with my boyfriend, my sister and her boyfriend. My sister’s boyfriend and I were having sort of like a heated debate over this trilogy, and I just didn’t get …
Devil in a Blue Dress
I had seen the movie “Devil in a Blue Dress” being shown on a few cable television movie channels for years, but never watched it at the time since I just didn’t think that I would have any interest in the movie. However, recently since I have begun to …
Vampires: The Turning movie
There is a good reason behind why I find it hard to like many of John Carpenter’s movies. I find that most of them are mediocre with inferior acting, terrible makeup, a silly plot, and even sillier script and so on. Thus, like many of John Carpenter’s movies, “Vampires: …
“Mean Creek” (R, 2004) movie
I was really interested in seeing this film at first. It looked like there was a good deal of intrigue. And I liked the idea of Rory Culkin being in the film. This young man has quite a presence on camera, being at once introspective …
Futureworld (1976) movie
Starring: Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Yul Brynner, and Jim Antonio.
Directed by: Richard T. Heffron.
I had no idea that there was a sequel to “Westworld”, possibly because it wasn’t all that it was cooked up to be, perhaps? Oh wait a minute, actually, it really isn’t what it’s …
I am sam movie
I know that reviewers were critical of this movie but after watching it I do not agree with them. I truly loved this movie. To me it is so heartwarming and heartbreaking at the same time I just couldn’t help but love it. The characters played their roles so …
Scooby Doo on Zombie Island
I’m not normally a fan of Scooby Doo movies that don’t follow the classic format of the ghost really being someone in disguise. But, I will say I did like Scooby Doo on Zombie Island.
This movie, which has Scooby and the gang investigating a haunting on a Louisiana Island …
Apocalypto movie
“Apocalypto” was a movie directed by actor Mel Gibson about a young warrior, Jaguar Paw living in the last days of a Mayan Kingdom in South America. I remember when the movie was released and being advertised my friends and I thought it would have been very interesting and …
A Night To Remember movie
A Night To Remember focuses on the night the Titanic went down. I have seen both versions, and I prefer the old one, and am reviewing that movie here. Even though it is black and white, I think that A Night To Remember, made in 1957, is the best …
The Whisperer in Darkness Film
The movies based on the works of the great master of horror H.F. Lovecraft generally, I think, are complete tragedy, because the directors usually ignore the atmosphere that makes the stories of this author special and put a greater emphasis on the excess ketchup blood and the monsters, losing …
Movie “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
Acclaimed crew of movie authorities, glorified by hugely successful “The Pirates of the Caribbean”, brought forth a new fiction. This one is based on one of the most popular computer games ever. The Persian Prince, The Sands of Time, is composed by the author of the game himself, Jordan …
Killing Them Softly, crime film
Killing them softly is a crime film that takes the genre completely to another level. The characters and cinematography is top notch however, I found the story to be a bit on the weaker side.
Talking about camera-work, this mob film sure is a breath of fresh air. The joint-smoking …
Meet Joe Black
This movie was loosely based on an original concept � a movie made in 1934 called Death Takes a Holiday. The premise is that the Grim Reaper, on assignment to bring Bill Parrish away, decides to go on vacation first. He takes on the body of a recently deceased …
Hocus Pocus
Who doesn’t love this movie ?!? It has Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker in it ! I own it on DVD and in my ipod; I adore those cheesy Halloween-y witch-y movies. I don’t give summaries on my reviews because I don’t want to give the plot away. …
Children of men
When I first saw the description for Children of Men, I thought it was definitely a unique concept; a man is trying to help the first pregnant woman on the planet in more than 18 years. But, after watching the movie, I have to say the execution wasn’t the …
Evan Almighty
I watched this movie yesterday. It’s the second to Bruce Almighty. It was a lot better than I thought it would be. In the previews it looked kind of stupid to me. I enjoyed watching the movie though. There were no parts that were hilarious to me but there …
Katt Williams: American Hustle: The Movie (R, 2007)
I have never seen a stand-up comedy movie as funny as this one. I was a little weirded out by the fact that it was a “movie”–and not just a consecutive stand-up routine that was filmed. This movie featured Katt Williams and other comedians. But what …
The God Who Wasn’t There documentary
The documentary, “The God Who Wasn’t There” is about providing evidence to make a case that the historical figure of Jesus Christ never actually existed. The film is only about an hour long, but makes its case quickly without hesitation or concern about offending anyone. The material includes interviews …
The Passion of Christ
I love Jesus, I really do, and so when I heard that the movie, the passion of Christ was about to be shown in Singapore, I was excited, truly, I was. I not only wanted to watch it, I wanted everyone else in my life to watch it, every …
Artists and Models (1955)
Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine, Eva Gabor, and Anita Ekberg.
Directed by: Frank Tashlin.
Rick Todd (Dean Martin) has a crazy roommate named Eugene Fullstack with crazy yet potential ideas that spell dollar signs for a successful comic book. Eugene has a deep passion for comics, most particularly …
The Fall (R, 2006)
I didn’t realize that Tarsem Singh was responsible for The Cell, as he is also the director on this wonderful film. The colors are so lush and spectacular that you are automatically drawn into the story. As for the story, this is a “period” film set …
Tropic Thunder (2008)
This movie is comedy about actors being actors on screen, starring famous faces like Ben Stiller as Tugg Speadman, Robert Downey Jr. as Kirk Lazarus, Jack Black as Jeff Portnoy, Nick Nolte as John Tayback, Tom Cruise as Les Grossman and Matthew McConaughey as Rick Peck. The plot of …
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)
My son is a big fan of mummy series, and I had to watch the earlier two parts with him as well. This one is set in china, and the story goes that thousands of years ago, one Chinese king, wanted to rule the world, and was looking for …
“Funny games” movie
Shocking, but very real movie - saturated with brutality so well known to us from many other images. This time, however, it is presented in a unique way. The director wanted not only to make another movie like his predecessors, but also realize some important things to us …
Idyllic …
Finding Neverland movie
A film about J.M. Barrie, the writer of Peter Pan, and how that story came to be. Mr Barrie meets a widow and her children. He becomes a close friend of theirs and find inspiration for the Peter Pan story in the children and how they act. Mr Barrie …
A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
I have seen a book entitled “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” in my aunt’s library at her house which was written apparently by the author Mark Twain. However, I have never made an attempt to read the book so I am not sure if it is related …
The Fly (1986)
The Fly, directed by David Cronenberg is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was August 15, 1986 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Fantasy/Horror/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle, Geena Davis as Veronica Quaife …
The Lion King
One of the best animated movies that we had seen in a long time was the film called the Lion King. This movie takes the viewer on a musical journay starting at the birth of the the young lion cub.
The cub Simba is Mufasa’s pride an joy. …
Movie The good night
I must admit that I was confused about the introduction of the film “The Good Night”. To be honest, I thought I had put the wrong DVD in my DVD player and had to check it out. I confirm that “The Good Night” directed by Jack Parlow, brother of …
Movie Revolutionary Road
I watched the movie Revolutionary Road with a couple of friends at the movies. Since, we loved Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicarprio in the movie Titanic. This film really impressed me. The film is about love, emotion, marriage, arguments, affairs, and tragic losses etc that every couple in the …
Coming to America Movie
This will be my classic and all-time favorite Eddie Murphy movie! This features Eddie Murphy as the prince of a very small country and his father, James Earl Jones, wants him to marry a princess which he doesn’t love nor nearly like. Wanting to have some freedom of his …
Child’s Play (1988)
Child’s Play, directed by Tom Holland is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was November 9, 1988 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Horror/Thriller and stars Catherine Hicks as Karen Barclay, Chris Sarandon as Mike Norris, Alex …
Scanners movie
Starring: Stephen Lack, Michael Ironside, Patrick McGoohan, Jennifer O’Neill, Lawrence Dane, Robert A. Silverman, Lee Broker, Mavor Moore, Adam Ludwig, Murray Curchley, Fred Doederlein, Geza Kovacs, Sony Forbes, Jerome Tiberghien, Denis Lacroix, and Louis Del Grande.
Directed by: David Cronenberg.
Director David Cronenberg has made some good movies like Nightbreed, then …
Seven Pounds (2008)
This movie tells the story of a troubled man who has made decisions to help total strangers by doing selfless acts of kindness this is one way to look at the story mind you. I am torn whether to tell you what the other aspect could be until you …
There’s Something About Mary movie
This is a 1998 comedy film directed by the Farrelly Brothers and starring Cameron Diaz, Ben Stiller, and Matt Dillon. The movie is technically a romantic comedy but it’s not boring like many of this type, this movie is about Ted (played by Ben Stiller) who falls for Mary …
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li
I knew going in that this movie was going to be bad, but really, this movie is terrible.
The story is wafer thin, it follows Chun-Li (who’s played by Kristin Kreuk even though the younger version of her is played by an Asian girl) as she tries to find her …
Jeepers Creeper (2001)
I don’t know what they may say about Jeepers Creepers but I think this one of the scariest movies I’ve seen. It’s got a sequel Jeepers Creepers II, shown in 2003 but the first one is scarier. The creeper (played by Jonathan Breck) is some kind of …
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