Movies Reviews
Movie: Nightmare on Elm Street
When it comes to classic horror movies, I can’t imagine making a list of the best without including A Nightmare On Elm Street. Wes Craven gave audiences a whole new kind of killer when he unleashed the charred murderer into the dreams of teens in the mid eighties. …
The Empty House
I am reviewing The Empty House, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The REturn of Sherlock HOlmes, which was produced in 1984 by Granada television. This episode starts with Watson grieving over the loss of his dear friend now some three years ago. Sherlock Holmes returns in …
James Bond : Casino Royale 007, Martin Campbell Movie
As head of a ministry security MI6, James Bond is responsible destroy anyone who threatens the safety bureau. Owing to his performance, Bond eventually appointed as the agent 00 with serial number 7, yeah 007. First mission is to reveal international terrorist banker businesses, Le Chiffre. Le Chiffre is …
Drew Peterson: Untouchable, movie
I have to admit, that I don’t like a lot of Lifetime dramas since I believe that a lot of them are just plain mediocre when it comes to the acting, the plot and the overall way in which the entire thing was put together. There are even some …
Kung Fu Hustle movie
A delightful, side popping, laugh till you can’t breathe type movie. It’s original and did I mention that it’s funny as funny can get? You need to watch Kung Fu Hustle. There is no other film like it. And if you find that you like this movie, then you …
Movie Underworld
STORYLINE
This movie is about the on-going feud between vampires and Lycans (warewolves). Obviously fictional, the movie takes place in the modern era when the Lycans hunt for a human whose blood comes from a special line. Selene, a vampire, recognized this while hunting down the Lycans. She reports this …
Fifty Shades of Grey (erotic romance movie)
I remember when the book Fifty Shades of Grey became so popular that even people who I knew never bought a book in their lives began to devour it mostly for the sex scenes. Then of course when the movie came out, everyone claimed that I just had to see …
Movie Knocked Up
This movie has that bizarre combination of sweet and revolting that somehow makes a movie work for everyone. At moments, it was so offensive that I didn’t want to laugh but couldn’t help myself, and at other moments it was sweet and genuine and made me truly smile.
The …
Evelyn
Evelyn with Pierce Brosnan, Stephen Rea, and Aidan Quinn.
I must admit that since enjoying Brosnan in the role as James Bond, I find myself enjoying any other role I see him in. This movie is based upon a real life story about an abandoned unemployed …
Honey movie starred by Jessica Alba
I recently watched this movie on a DVD player at home. In my opinion I think the movie is quite sexy especially on that part where Jessica Alba was seen dancing on the disco floor in which she was secretly taken a video by some teenage guys while …
I Know Who Killed Me Movie
I have no problem admitting that I actually like Lindsay Lohan, or at least I like her as an actress even if I don’t care for her personality or partying. I actually like her as a singer too, which is why I think it’s a little sad to see …
Monsters Inc.
I recently loaded the movie Monsters Inc on our netflix player for my daughter to watch. She hasn’t seen this movie before. I have and I think it is a great animated film.
The thing I like about this movie is the unique plot. You have a bunch of monsters …
The Kids Are All Right (2010 Comedy-Drama Film)
I have been following the Academy Award seasons for three years now. Most of the time they nominate my favorite films of the year. And sometimes, during my early stages of paying attention to the nominated films, I was able to discover beautiful gems that I wasn’t able to see. …
Moulan Rouge movie
Moulan Rouge is the kind of movie that people either really love or really hate. It is a musical but contains no original music. Normally I would think this was a weakness, but the theme of the movie is a nightclub that caters to a generation of young people …
The Karate Kid, Part II (1986)
Picking up from where the original Karate Kid left off, this time they are in Mr. Miyagi’s world back in Okinawa, where Mr. Miyagi has come to be by the side of his dying father. Their he encounters his past enemies; the same people that was the reason for …
Half Light DVD
I just watched this film last night. It’s a 2006 romantic thriller, Demi Mooore movie, where she played as a best seller author and a loving mom. Her son died from an drowning accident and so she decided to move on with country side to get over that incident …
Space Cowboys
I haven’t seen the movie Space Cowboys since my wife and I saw it years ago on one of our first dates together (we can’t remember if it was the first or second movie we ever saw together). So, when it came on a couple nights ago, I figured …
Le Havre by Aki Kaurismaki (2011 film)
I’m fairly accustomed to watching subtitled foreign language films, where one mostly gets an education of Cinema’s roots. It is just now that new titles —“ notable ones from last year’s Cannes —“ have popped out way past the editorial reviews and hoopla spewed by publications. Le …
Godzilla Movie
For mysterious reasons, a monster from the seas is awoken from his slumber and heads directly towards Manhattan. Matthew Broderick is seemingly the only one able to stop this creature before it kills everyone in its way.
One of the action films in which you could practically shut off your …
Barbarian Queen, fantasy film
Most barbarian movies are pretty sweet. No matter how much you tease them or find out every flaw, these movies grab your attention and they never let go until the last person in the credits gets their due. Barbarian Queen does just that and it does something else that …
Wall-E
Pixar’s always done great work. Even with their already high bar, they raised it with Wall-E. Not only did they raise it, they did it with only half a script.
I kid you not, the first half of this film is practically dialogue free. When I heard …
IT (movie)
I think the movie IT is one of the best and scariest movies ever made. This is a movie that will make you afraid of clowns after you watch it. It is one of the darkest and most evil movie ever made. I was horrified by the sinister appearance …
Reno911!: Miami (2007)
Reno911!: Miami (2007) is a comedy directed by Robert Ben Garant that’s rated R for sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language and drug use.
Comedy Central’s hit television show, Reno 911!, comes to the big screen in Reno 911!: Miami. The Reno P.D. heads down to Miami for the …
500 Days of Summer movie
First of all, an admission. I had not heard anything about this film and would normally not see a romcom at the cinema. I only went because there was a free preview showing through Guardian Soulmates (strangely apt to see a romcom about failed relationships as a dating event). …
50 First Dates
50 First Dates stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore.
This classic love story takes place in beautiful Oahu, Hawaii, and aside from this location, it was clearly a clone of the Wedding Singer that also starred these two actors. Aside from this fact, I loved the …
Herbie: Fully Loaded
When I was growing up, Herbie movies were a staple of our movie nights. Who couldn’t love the Love Bug.
In this latest reincarnation of the car hero, he is teamed with Lindsay Lohan. And, quite honestly, I didn’t like the pair.
While the movie did stick to the family-oriented entertainment …
Unnatural Causes movie
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 …
Good Luck Chuck
To say that this movie is filthy, obscene, and disgusting is to say nothing. In the opening scene, a ten year old boy named Charlie upsets a girl, who is also ten but behaves like a prostitute. The girl is obviously into witchcraft, and she “hexes” Charlie. The hex …
Space Camp
I was flipping channels the other day and came across the film Space Camp on one of our movie channels. I have to tell you, it was the first time in years I had seen the movie and it really isn’t as good as I remember it being.
I think …
The House Bunny movie
The House Bunny
PG-13
Director: Fred Wolf
Cast: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Kat Dennings
When I saw the trailers for “The House Bunny”, I was excited to see it because Anna Faris was in the movie, and I thought she was a funny actress after seeing her in the Scary Movie …
Anime: Elfen Lied
If the audience does not mind gorey/violent scenes, then this anime is actually quite enjoyable. This anime features diclonius, a type of mutant human with two horns, living amongst human beings. They are constantly shunned because of the unusual appearance and abilities. They have invisible arms called ‘vectors’ that …
The Kindred horror film
I’d always wanted to see the horror film The Kindred. It was primarily because I’d seen the ad for it in the newspaper when I was a little girl. I thought it looked properly creepy. It said something about someone having a brother they didn’t know about, and it …
Happy Feet
I am quite a fan of all this animation movies, they always entertain me and my girlfriend, they are funny, technically splendid, they usually have a good plot, and they are almost never superficial or boring.
Well i didn’t enjoy this one at all.
The impression i had is this:
They did …
Mandy Moore in A Walk To Remember
‘A Walk To Remember’ was a film released in 2002, was one unforgettable and must-see movie. The drama made me cry even if I watched it so many times. It’s timelessly and beautifully romantic.
The characters are alive, so true. Among the stars is Mandy Moore, teenager back then. …
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is in my opinion one of the best sea fairing movies ever made. The movie is nearly perfect in every manner. The cinematography is gorgeous and the film making is top notch. Some of the …
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2, directed by Adam Shankman is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for some crude humor and mild language. The original release date for this movie was December 21, 2005 for United States audiences. This mobie falls in the genre of Adventure/Comedy/Family …
Kungfu Panda
This is a terrible movie; I can’t stop laughing myself no matter how much I’ve watched this movie. The animation was too smooth and perfect that it’s really well-detailed for both the fun and the story plot. The sequences were flowing just right that I really like every motion. …
Annapolis (2006)
I don’t get this movie. It starts off with a young man trying to get into the US Navy. He is approached and offered a late entry spot and he takes the opportunity. He goes under the usual regulated training as a US Naval officer, then the whole direction …
The January Man movie
The January Man from 1989 is a family melodrama focusing on a serial killer. The family is engaged in a soap opera of sorts because its two brothers, both cops, are at odds. This began two years earlier when one uses the other for the fall guy …
Underworld 3
I went to the Cinema to watch “Underworld 3: The Rise Of the Lycans”
I know that this movie is the prequel to “Underworld”. In this movie which begins with Victor killing Lucian’s parents and takes Lucian in as a child yet makes him a slave to guard them.
Victor …
Cloverfield
I recently watched Cloverfield on DVD. Shh…my brother works at a video rental place and they get it a few days earlier than actual release!
At first I thought, Oh great Blair Witch 2008. But after several minutes, I realized this was not at all like Blair Witch! Whereas …
The Mummy film
I don’t know why I thought this, but I could have sworn the 1932 movie The Mummy was a horror film. I mean, it is advertised that way and stars Boris Karloff.
However, I tried to watch this movie yesterday with my daughter (she likes horror films but I try …
Fracture (2007)
Fracture is a movie starring Anthony Hopkins. It is directed by Gregory Hoblit. In the first few minutes of the movie, we see Ted Crawford (an older man played by Anthony Hopkins) shoot his adulterous wife and causes her to fall into a coma. It turns out …
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010 Film)
In 2010, a film starring Michael Cera came out that looked to be something extremely interesting and a movie that he will be well known for. It was called “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”. Sad to say, that this film did not really hold the wow factor that I …
Red Eye (2005 movie)
This is a pretty straight forward thriller, meanie that is not very hard to follow and, it is a reasonable good movie. It’s about a woman who is befriended at the airport and later held captive on a flight heading to Florida. She is instructed by her captor to …
Alice in Wonderland movie
Tim Burton is a genius. I need to state my opinion on that. I have loved most of his movies, and his collaboration with Johnny Depp, is one of my favorite actor/director combinations. I also need to state that I have a deep affection for Lewis Carroll and the …
Secret Window movie
Secret Window is a movie where Johnny Depp stars as a writer who goes to live in the country by himself because he has gone through a recent divorce. Mort, the character that Johnny Depp plays, is a weird person. I’m not talking about weird like an artist, I …
The Usual Suspects (1995 Classic Film)
As a very vocal fan of director Christopher Nolan, I kept on looking for films that were similar to his visual style and storytelling. Over the past weeks I’ve encountered David Fincher masterpieces that I could definitely say inspired some of Nolan’s features, and this week someone recommended me a …
Mr Death movie
Errol Morris is one of my favorite documentary filmmakers. This time he tells the story of a strange man who verifies the quality of electric chairs for a living, hence the title. But he was also controversial for another reason. He was given a mission to travel to a …
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