Movies Reviews
The Call (movie)
When I first saw the trailer for the movie “The Call” it was a little before it was released, and I didn’t really pay much mind to it. Part of the reason was because a lot of the actress Halle Berry’s recent movies seem to have bombed and I …
Delta Farce movie
I have to admit, I always liked Larry the Cable Guy as a stand-up comedian but his movies, though somewhat dumb, are pretty good.
The movie Delta Farce is definitely a good example of this.
Larry, Bill Engvall and D.J. Qualls play a group of army reservists who are called up …
Sense and Sensibility movie
Based on the novel by Jane Austen. I have not read the book, so I don’t know how it compares to the book, but it is a wonderful movie filled with twists and turns, heartbreak, and of course, like all her novels, a happy ending. I plan on picking …
The Odd Couple
Coming from the mind of Neil Simon, 1968’s The Odd Couple was a pure delight. Simon created two opposing characters in Felix Unger, a photographer, and Oscar Madison, a sports writer. Unger was neat to an extreme, while Madison was the king of mess. Having these …
Antichrist (2009) movie
My friend told me that this movie won the Cannes Film festival, and even though I did not do my research to find out whether that was true or not, he made it sound interesting enough that I was actually very eager to watch it. Therefore, I managed to …
Requiem for a Dream
Whoever told you that this movie is a wacky comedy, they lied.
It has its amusing moments, mostly the hallucinations of Harry’s mother, but this is a dark and pretty depressing movie.
It could’ve so easily fallen into the hackneyed hammering in of the idea that “drugs are bad …
Fruits Basket Episode 1
Fruits Basket Episode 1 is an anime about a girl named Tohru Honda who lives in a tent and goes to school and works to try to get herself through high school after her mother died. One day, she meets Kyo Soma, after she sees some figures painted …
The Stepford Wives (1975)
I am not reviewing the terrible 2002 remake of this movie with Nicole Kidman, but the 1975 original, directed by Bryan Forbes. I watched this movie as a kid and found it really sinister and it played on my mind afterwards. Now I have just seen it …
Aliens, Guns & a Monkey
Aliens, Guns & a Monkey is a pretty fun episode of Tripping the Rift. For this episode the crew of the Jupiter 42 set ground on a planet that is completely in love with guns. This of course sets off a lot of talk about the morality …
Year One Movie (2009)
I was so bored the other day I looked at my backed up movies and saw that I still haven’t watched the movie Year One. Year One (2009) is a movie that stars Jack Black and Micheal Cera. This movie was one of those comedy movies that I may …
Bone Sickness, Horror film
I might have gotten to the point in my life where zombie movies just don’t excite me anymore. Take this one, Bone Sickness, a zombie movie that might have been shot with a betamax camcorder. I have no beef with low budget movies but Bone Sickness really doesn’t do …
Fire Down Below (1997)
This movie is about a federal agent who is most in touch with the environment and will stop at nothing to make sure that the world is a safe place to live and the drinking water is uncontaminated by greedy people who are only trying to make millions of …
Semi-Pro
I don’t know if this movie was supposed to be funny or not but I just didn’t really enjoy it. It’s about a struggling basketball team and Will Farrel is the coach that has to try and bring it up out of its slump. It was kind of a …
Cross Creek movie
“Cross Creek” proves that Hollywood movie makers don’t always have to spend millions of dollars to make good films. This movie is based on an autobiographical book by novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, who is best known for writing “The Yearling.” I don’t usually like Mary Steenburgen, but …
Pillow Talk movie
In 1959, Doris Day and Rock Hudson performed together for the first time, and they did it with style. This is a superb comedy with two great performances, not to mention the wonderful talents of Tony Randall. In this movie, Day and Hudson share a party line. …
I now pronounce you chuck & larry comedy
I pronounce you Chuck & Larry is a comedy featuring Adam Sandler as Chuck and Kevin Gregory as Larry. Based on past Sandler movies i thoght this movie would be a lot funnier. You can tell the plot and basically everything that’s going to happen in the movie within …
Point Break movie (1991)
(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 …
Raise Your Voice
Raise Your Voice is a teenage movie that stars Hilary Duff, David Keith and Oliver James that was released in 2004. This movie focuses on music. If you are the type who likes to relax and watch a movie that has a sweet message, a little predictable, then this …
Diary of the Dead, 2007 (DVD)
Wow.
There really aren’t words to describe this movie. I had heard not-so-good reviews about this film but knew I had to see it for myself. I wish I had heeded their call.
Diary of the Dead was crap. Plain and simple. I was so …
Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life (movie)
Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life is a movie about a teenage boy, Justin, who falls prey to the addictions of online pornography. Justin begins as a normal teenage boy who is an athlete, has a pretty girlfriend, two parents who seem to love each other and they all live …
Castaway
Tom Hanks is one of my favorite movie stars. I usulaly like watching him perform with Meg Ryan, I saw him in a movie called Castaway where is co star was a volley ball named Wilson.
In this movie ToM Hanks plays a Federal Express executive who is set …
Tears of the Sun (2003)
Tears of the Sun, directed by Antione Fugua is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong war violence, some brutality and language. The original release date was March 7, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Thriller and stars Bruce …
The Cell movie
This is probably one of the most imaginative and daring films to come along in years. Granted, the basic plot has been done over and over before (finding a serial killer), but in this case, the road toward getting from point A to point Z is what matters. …
The Men Who Stare at Goats
I really didn’t know what to expect when I went to the theatre to watch The Men Who Stare at Goats, but from what I had read and seen, I was intrigued enough to actually not wait to see it on DVD, which is unusual for me. Plus, I …
Batman Begins
his was a brilliantly made entry, not only in the realm of comic book characters coming to the big screen, but in the Batman mythos itself. Sure, there were the previous films with Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney, all well acted. But, with the exception of the …
VeggieTales Movie: An Easter Carol
My daughter loves VeggieTales. So, I was glad when I could load a bunch of movies and TV episodes for her on our Netflix player.
One of the short movies I was able to find for her, just in time for Easter, was An Easter Carol. I wasn’t sure what …
CBGB (movie)
When I saw the title of this movie on the cable guide recently, I wasn’t sure what to expect from it, especially since the acronym just did not sound familiar to me. However, when I read the description, which indicated that it had to do with a part of …
Blast From The Past movie
Blast From The Past is a 1999 comedy film starring Brendan Frasier and Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, and Sissy Spacek. The movie is about a man and his pregnant wife who take refuge in a fallout shelter when a plane crashes and destroys their house, the man sets the …
Triangle, psychological horror film
Jess and a group of friends set sail on a yacht. There is this weird vibe Jess is having prior to getting on the yacht that would scare anyone from making the trip. Her suspicions seem to become a reality when the yacht hits a storm and they are …
Metallica: Some kind of monster
This is a documentary feature by the same couple who made the much talked about films about the “West Memphis Three” and how they where innocently convicted for murder and put on death row. Those two films features music by heavy metal band Metallica and now the filmmakers made …
Moonrise Kingdom, movie (2012)
Wes Anderson, as a director, has a tendency to be too quirky for his own good. After two great films with Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, his films became inconsistent. I’m not a big fan of The Royal Tenenbaums. I highly enjoyed Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. …
Rest Stop: Don’t Look Back (NR, 2008)
I only rented this movie because I thought that the first one was fairly decent. Looking back, I realize that not only was the first one not as good as I’d imagined, there NEVER should have been a sequel. The whole concept behind this film …
Movie Hitch
“Hitch” represents Will Smith’s attempt at romantic fiction and, may I add, not a bad attempt at all! This movie meant a lot for the actors, Eva Mendez and Kevin James because afterwards they received more challenging roles.
In this movie, we see how Smith stars as Alex ‘Hitch’ Hitchens …
Kid Galahad movie
Kid Galahad was released one year after Blue Hawaii. I’m sure I didn’t get the connection then and in truth, it’s been many, many years since I’ve actually watched this movie. Now, I saw it several times through adolescence but I really think it’s been a long, …
Corpse Bride movie
I think Corpse Bride was a great film. It was very dark and had lots of feeling in it. And it was a tale told in the classic Tim Burton style. I really liked the story and thought it was both very dark, yet very romantic. I really loved the …
Movie Monsters Inc.
Mike (Billy Crystal), a huge eyeball, and Sulley (John Goodman), a large blue-furred beast, work together at a factory known as Monster Inc. in a dimension where everyone is a monster and the screams of frightened children fuel their power supply. Sulley is known as the top scarer at …
Ratatouille (2007 film)
The 2007 children’s animation movie “Ratatouille” is a fun family film that kept me entertained and laughing as I watched a rat long to be a chef, and work with a man in France to not only further the humans career, but be able to cook delicious foods that …
The Bells of St. Mary’s
The Bells of St. Mary’s is the sequel to Going My Way and stars Bing Crosby as Father O’Malley out to save another part of the Church. This time, it’s not a parish that needs him, but a school which is in crisis. His skeptical foe this …
The Rival movie
Once again, I found myself watching a movie on the Lifetime movie network last night and found myself enjoying it.
The film “The Rival” was one that really turned out to be much more interesting than I thought it would. From the previews, I figured it was going to be …
Wedding Date movie
Wedding Date is one of my favorite romantic movie. I was able to buy a copy of it when I was at a local DVD store and the cover got my eyes so I decided to buy it. I like the movie so much because it a good film …
The Wolverine (movie)
When the movie “The Wolverine” was released last year, I found that I was nowhere near interested in seeing it unlike the other movies in the “X-men” series. Until now, I still have a difficulty placing my finger on why exactly this was since I generally look forward to …
Paradise now
Terrorism has spread the world over. There is not a single place in the world where terrorism is unknown. To counter it, many steps have been taken, but all the steps to counter terrorism have not proved very affective, the world is reminded of the same by instances …
Sin City
Sin City the movie is directed by Robert Rodriguez and is based on hot comic novels by Frank Miller. Rodriguez brings to life the work of Miller and is not like any movie I have ever seen. The cinematography is brilliant and artistic. Most of the movie is shot …
Swordfish movie
Though this movie can be considered a highly complicated film because of its astounding special effects and nerve-wracking code-breaking features, its groundwork is very simple: deception.
On the outset of the story, a monologue from the antagonist tackles how powerful media had been, how it has influenced people’s belief, and …
Song of the Gringo movie
Song of the Gringo from 1936 is actually Tex Ritter’s first movie role. He does a decent job as he enters the rank of the singing cowboy, which ruled the era in many ways. Being his first picture, he doesn’t have a sidekick and poor White Flash, …
Vampire in Brooklyn Movie
When I saw that it was an Eddie Murphy movie, I expected good comedy, perhaps something like Mel Brooks’ “Dracula: Dead and Loving It” with Leslie Nielsen, a funny twist of a classic. Well, I was wrong. Apparently, the creators of “Vampire in Brooklyn” meant it to be for …
The Love Guru movie
I enjoy a Mike Meyers movie now and then. He has not made a movie I really liked since Austin Powers but my Neflix list was empty and I decided to give this movie a try. It was about like any Mike Meyers or Jim Carrey movie. …
Toy Story 3: the movie
Toy Story 3 is Pixar Studios latest animated feature. Is the third installment of the Toy Story series. This series chronicles the secret life of toys owned by a young boy named Andy. The same toys are featured in each movie. The group is …
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