Recently, I was with a group of friends and we were searching for a scary movie to watch. We were looking through the Netflix “instant viewing” horror page, and one of my friends picked out the film Grave Encounters. It was a straight to DVD horror film, and it …

Red Eye is a very engaging thriller with a very gripping plot and equally gripping screen play. The movie stars Rachel Mcadams and Cillian Murphy in the main roles. Rachel McAdams does a very fine job and her performance needs special appreciation. The performance of Cillian Murphy, who plays …

(Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey)
Point Break was an action packed movie and a half. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, a director known for pushing the limits and never pulling any punches, Point Break starts at a gallop and never slows down. This was also one of the …

The Day the Earth Stood Still is a sci-fi movie that made it to the number box office out of everything else. Keanu Reeves role was an alien that traveled to Earth to warn the Earth about a crisis to come. This is a remake of the 1951 version. …

This is the story of a family divided that must work through the hard times and find their way back to each other for strength and support as only a good family can offer. This movie revolves around many different characters and the struggles that they are faced with …

Synopsis: Two underachievers break into a bio dome and are locked in for one year.
What I liked about this movie: This is actually a pretty decent film about our environment. The two men don’t care a thing about protecting the environment and end up causing chaos wherever they are, …

This is a very confusing thriller if you don’t pay close attention to detail. It also shows what could happen in a mental institution that has a lack of morality and responsibility. This movie shows what happens to one such patient. He is convicted under cause of insanity for …

The Back-Up Plan starring Jennifer Lopez and Alex O’Loughlin has a catchy subtitle: fall in love. get married. have baby Not necessarily in that order. The thing is, that because movies have to happen in less than a few hours, and the time span of this particular movie has …

About a couple of teenagers in the 1950s USA who try to live their way as strippers on the club called Porky’s. The teenagers aren’t appreciated by the owner of this club and are thrown out. Together they plan the most clever revenge for the treachery.
I actually believe this …

A film by Hong Kong man John Woo about two police officers who are forced to work together for different reasons. Very similar to another film of his, The Killer. Woo uses a cinematic language this is very impressive in many ways, and very beautiful too. But it is …

This movie premiered on Lifetime Movie Network last Sunday. It premiered after there little event went off called “the perfect sunday”. I enjoyed watching most of the movies that day but this one had to be my favorite that day. The actors, especially the main two actors were really …

Serious Moonlight is a movie that aspired to be so much more than it actually ended up being. It had an amazing cast on board: Justin Long, Kirstin Bell, Meg Ryan and Timothy Hutton, and they have done a really good job. But the plot, starting the concept level …

In this remake of the 60s film by the same name, ‘Sweet November’ features a heart warming story of acceptance, tenderness, and love on many different levels of being.
Set in San Francisco, California, Nelson Moss is a workaholic. So busy in fact, that he barely remembers his girlfriend …

After almost ten years of films that didn’t speak to me the Coen brothers finally created something interesting again. The Man Who Wasn’t There is something of a homage to the old great noir films like The Big Sleep and The Maltese Falcon. In the center stands Billy Bob …

Percy Jackson and the lightning thief is a movie derived from the book of the same name. I have been a fan of Rick Rodian’s Percy Jackson series ever since I knew of its exsistance and so when I heard the movie was out I was really excited to …

I suppose The Invisibles was one of the earlier movies that Portia de Rossi star in. Together with a not bad looking actor (I don’t know his name, really), this is a story on what is perhaps happening in the world of celebrities. I find the characters of …

I was at first apprehensive about seeing this movie. Typically, when there is a lot of hype surrounding a film, or it seems that mostly pre-pubescent girls are interested in the movie, I find that the movie is much cornier than I’d like. But in this case, …

HER is one of the most interesting, innovative, and highly acclaimed films of 2013. Critics and audiences alike are passionate about this film. So what’s the reason? Initially, I thought it was solely because of the trendiness of this project, its sci-fi shell, and put the pretty picture.

But how …

Bhul Bhulaiya has been promoted as Indian’s first psychological thriller. Surprissngly, it has been made by Priyadarshan, who is know for making light hearted comedies. He has try to blend the thrill and comic factor in the movie., but has disappointed. The story is about a mental patient, played …

‘Man on fire’ is an American movie, directed by Tony Scott and the actors are Denzel Washington, Mickey and Christopher Walken. In this film, we go to Mexico city. In Mexico city, there are criminal gangs who go on kidnapping rich people for the ransom money. Now there is …

One of the truly beautiful and often overlooked classics of the 1950’s, MGM’s Lili is not only a great family film but one that speaks to the romantic in all of us.
Set in France, it features the growth of an innocent orphaned waif named Lili (played perfectly …

Striptease, directed by Andrew Bergman is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for nudity, erotic dancing and language. The original release date was June 28, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Demi Moore as Erin Grant, Burt …

“Enchanted” is, in a word, enchanting. I was very impressed at this sweet and charming film; it’s wonderful for the whole family and I believe it will be a classic for years to come.
It starts with a beautifully animated sequence; the lovely (and relentlessly upbeat) Princess Giselle lives in …

“Sorry, Wrong Number” is a classic thriller about a bed-ridden woman who accidentally learns about a murder being plotted, this very night, and desperately tries to save the victim’s life. Leona Stevenson, played by Barbara Stanwyck, is a rich young woman whose condition forces her to spend her life …

Rare are those animated films that I have to watch in cinemas. And in rare occasions like this one, I rushed my way into the metro traffic just to catch the last screening of Zootopia in my local cinema. I fear that I might not be able to watch it …

Juannua Man is a 2002 comedy movie starring Miquel A Nuniz Jr..It stars a basketball player named Jamal who is a cocky and arrogant basketball player
..One day,after a basketball game,he poses nude in front of a crowd and causes a riot.This gets him suspended from the Nba.After this incident,no …

I loved the movie “The Pianist” (2006). The Roman Polanski movie three Oscars and probably deserved more. The movie tells the story of real-life Polish Pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman, a Jew, who lived in Warsaw before, during, and after World War II. I found the movie believable and touching without …

If you’ve ever read a fairy tale, you’ve most certainly read or heard the tales of the brothers Grimm! This is a wonderful movie to see! It is exciting and funny and sad……….lots and lots of drama, here!
The tale starts with the younger Grimm brother having sold the family …

For most of Audrey Hepburn’s onscreen career, romantic films helped to greatly define her image as a beguiling female lead. It is why I feel a strong interest in seeing her other exclusive portrayals outside that “frivolous bubble,” yet all the while entertaining, of girl-falls-in-love flicks; I want …

I really like zombie movies, books, comic books and video games. When I saw Boy eats girl on Netflix I decided to watch it. It is a campy teenage zombie film from Ireland. I don’t think it is very old maybe a few years old. It starts off like …

Unnatural Causes is another of P.D. James novels put into a British movie that often aired on PBS in America. This is from 1993, giving us a bit younger Inspector Adam Dalgliesh than I’m used to at this point. He even has a love life when this …

Rules of Engagement, directed by William Friedkin is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for scenes of war violence, and for language. The original release date was March 31, 2000 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Thriller/War and stars Tommy Lee …

One scene in the movie of Bonnie and Clyde shows a scared Bonnie running away from Clyde. She runs through a field and Clyde runs after her. They run in shadow. Naturally since it is the 60s, the technology is not in place that would cause …

Twilight is truly an amazing book! This is a simple love story written by such a brilliant woman. Bella Swan is the heroine that represents the majority of girls - average, a bit klutzy, awkward and wishing for good times and good weather. Edward is what women …

I did not like this movie; I found it very depressing. I heard a lot about it, and yes, Leonardo DiCaprio does an excellent portrayal of a retarded teenager, Arnie; you feel sorry for him, but even more so for those who must live with him and take care …

Some films even if they are not really masterpieces nor a revelation of filmmaking, are still so well made that you can’t actually see a single fault in it. Films like last year’s Brooklyn or this year’s Sing Street are examples of it. Nothing groundbreaking about those two films mentioned …

Notorious is a film made about the life and death of the New York rapper Christopher Wallace aka Notorious B.I.G.
The movie portrays his upbringing,family life and his rise to fame.
I thought that the main lead played by Jamal Woolard was well acted and he really resembled him. Although the …

The movie “Salt” has received a lot of much-anticipated hype, especially around my hometown. I have to admit that I was a bit excited to see another good flick featuring Angelina Jolie. I liked her in “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”, “Tomb Raider”, etc. Therefore, my dad …

Depicting the horrible massacre in Rwanda in the 1990s, this film features an excellent Don Cheadle as the man who tries to save as many people from being killed as he can. Unfortunately, the film focuses all to much on the mere sentimental parts, and leaves the audience practically …

I like Tyler Perry’s plays and his movies. This one was no different. THis movie is about what can happen to a relationship when it is not built on the right things. IT shows what can happen when couples start to take each other for granite and start to …

The movie I feel suffered from a lack of publicity. However, in my opinion, this was the best movie of the summer of 2007. Better than Transformers, Die Hard, and all of the rest that came out. The story is basically a fairytale told in modern …

Just one year from Sister Act 1, we got to see on big screen the actress, Whoopi Goldberg re-interpret the role of Sister Mary Clarence in “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit”. I must admit that this movie is good; however it isn’t as great at the first …

Action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme takes on the role of a soldier in the French Foreign Legion whose brother is attacked and severely injured in a drug bust gone bad, he is burned alive and it proved to be fatal in the end. This leads his brother Lyon, …

The Game Plan, directed by Andy Fickman is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for some mild thematic elements. The original release date was September 28, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Family/Sport and stars Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as …

When it comes to most of Stephen King’s movies I know to almost always expect three things: horror, mentally ill people and jaw dropping endings. This movie gives all three. It is a psychological horror that basically tells a story about a group of people who hide out in …

I had watched the first Transformers movie and enjoyed it, so I was hoping to enjoy its sequel just as much. I usually like movies with Shia LaBeouf, known for his dry sense of humor. However, this movie fell very short of my expectations.
I found LaBeouf’s character Sam …

The History Boys is about some cute looking boys in a school, who has some strict regime and school lesson periods. They are all a dish to watch out for, and I can’t memorize their names, as the whole time I was watching this movie, I was just …

Although most of the setting of this movie takes place on a plane it was still interesting to watch. I enjoyed watching the whole movie. It’s about a stranger who comes up to this lady and threatens her about her father and wants her to kill someone. Basically if …