Movies Reviews
Danika (R, 2006)
Marisa Tomei is one of those actresses who pops up in an unexpected film and steals the show. She did so in “Danika”—”a film about a woman who has a tight hold on her children, and is a bit overprotective. This is the way the film is …
Candy Man
My wife loaded the movie Candy Man on our Netflix player about a month ago because she remembered watching it as a kid and she wanted me to watch it with her. We ended up waiting until the kids were in bed this past weekend to watch it because …
“Star Wars: Phantom Menace” (1999 Film)
The 1999 film “Star Wars: Phantom Menace” was just as wonderful as the other films before it. I didn’t think that I would be a fan of the Star Wars movies, but each time I watch a new one I find myself falling in love with them all over …
Best of the Best (1989 movie)
The Americans assemble a martials arts team to go head to head with the best competitors around the world. this movie stars Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Phillip Rhee and Chris Penn as the most famous of all the characters in the movie. Their trials take them to the …
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
We ended up picking up the second Madagascar movie “Escape 2 Africa” last night and wasn’t really sure what to expect. The first one was OK but not the best movie ever and we all know sequels usually don’t live up to the original.
As it turns out, the second …
Young at Heart movie
1954’s Young at Heart is one of my favorite movies. Interestly, though, I’ve changed how I liked it from when I was a little girl to how I like it as an adult. I always enjoyed it, but as a child, I wanted the resolution to the …
Columbo: Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star movie
Shera Danese, also known as Mrs. Peter Falk, finally got first billing in this 1991 movie. She plays Trish Fairbanks in Columbo: Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star. Also appearing is Dabney Coleman as Hugh Creighton, a murderous lawyer. He’s not happy about his …
The Proposal movie
Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock have never even made it to my list of favorite actors. Nor have their movies ever made such an impression on me. I had to force myself to watch The Proposal because I literally had nothing better to do and I totally missed watching …
Never Street (Loren D. Estleman’s Amos Walker)
“Never Street” is my favorite Amos Walker novel yet. I love film noir and every hard-boiled detective owes his roots to film noir. There are no more hard-boiled detectives than Loren D. Estlman’s Amos Walker. With “Never Street” Loren D. Estleman combines the two. “Never Street” is a hard-boiled …
Dead Like Me: In Escrow
I pretty much like this particularly episode of Dead Like Me. It’s called In Escrow and deals with the Lass home, which has been on the market. Linda, the realtor, calls and says someone wants to buy the house, so now they go into escrow.
Teryl Rothery plays …
I am Legend
I watched this movie a few hours ago.The story is apocalyptic.It all starts three years back of the actual events,in a TV interview with a doctor,who apparently cured cancer by mutating the measles virus.When the interview is over,the ‘present’ starts.New York,desolate,with overgrown fauna,lions and dears jumping around..
Almost all planet …
Scary Movie 2
Have you guys ever watched Scary Movie 2 on theaters before..? Well, I did and it was so darn and hilariously funny. There are just too many scenes to mention that I especially admire and the fact that the creators of the movie could have made something truly …
The Landlady (1998)
Starring Talia Shire (Melanie Leroy), Patrick Foreman (Jack Coleman)
A mentally disturbed woman I wonder when her mind turned. Did it happen when she saw her husband coupling with another woman, or had it always been part of her psyche waiting for the right moment to erupt?
Melanie, …
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
After a long time, I had the oppurtunity to watch a Shahrukh Khan Film. A romantic comedy film that sometimes brings the viewers to tears. I felt that some of the facts are so real in the world and that made me shed some tears. Good movie with …
The movie Toy Story 2
I was relatively young when the original Toy Story came out. However I was old enough to know that I loved it. Needless to say that when Toy Story 2 came out a few years later I was more than excited.
The movie did not let me down either. I …
Iron Man (2008 Film)
The 2008 movie, “Iron Man” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow has always been a movie that I have seen on the TV but flipped passed the channel because I assumed it would be like every other super hero movie. Also, because it didn’t look like it would …
I, Robot movie
A futuristic look at what life would be like with artificial intelligence. Through the eyes of Detective Spooner who can’t seem to like these robots, and why? Solely because his life was saved by one of them and a young life was sadly lost…BIG DEAL!! C’mon, he dislikes robots …
E.T., The Extraterrestrial
Disney proved that boy-and-his-dog movies were always popular, as did Lassie. But could boy-and-his-alien work the same way? I believe only if told by the right person. Steven Spielberg was that right person. Continuing in his aliens-are-our-friends vein, he brought us E.T., The Extraterrestrial. This was on of only …
Ice Age 3
We got a chance to finally see the movie Ice Age 3 (we were going to see it in the theater, but my wife was too far along in her pregnancy at the time). It was worth the wait.
This third installment of the Ice Age movies wasn’t as good …
Simpsons Movie
When the Simpsons started on television, I thought it was the best show ever. But, over the past few years, the episodes seemed forced and less and less original.
So, when the Simpsons Movie came out, I had my doubts. I’m glad to say I was wrong.
I skipped seeing this …
Center Stage Movie
I had watched this movie for the first time and my first thought was like, where did these people come from? The next thought that followed was that, why aren’t they famous, they should be! Upon watching Center Stage, this is the perfect movie for ballerinas, may the be …
Movie Labyrinth (1986)
In my opinion, Jim Henson’s Labyrinth is one of the best animated films of all time. David Bowie’s character of Jareth, the goblin king, is probably my most beloved of all movie characters. At the beginning of the movie, I found him frightening, but as it moved along, I …
Date Night Movie (2010)
Every movie Steve Carrell makes I am loving him more and more. It seems he just gets better at what he does best - acting comedic parts that aren’t really supposed to be funny. I know it doesn’t like a complement but he really is a good actor and …
The Ghost and the Darkness (DVD)
‘The Ghost and The Darkness’ is based on an amazing true story. In 1896, an Irish engineer named John Patterson, played by Val Kilmer, was sent by the British government to build a railway in East Africa. Leaving behind his pregnant wife, Patterson came to Tsavo; East Africa determined …
The Bucket List
Oh my goodness. What a movie this is ! It has Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholsen. Two incredibly talented actors. Morgan Freeman is so well spoken, and Jack Nicholsen, well, he’s just Jack Nickelson; awesome. Put the two in a movie together and it makes a great movie.
The Bucket …
Movie Gothika
This is one of my favorite movies. The first time watching it all my focus was on the movie. It was very entertaining to watch. It kept me watching throughout the whole thing wondering what’s happening next and scared a little. It also has a very good story to …
Incendies (drama movie)
If you love watching foreign films and dramas, Incendies is just one of those films that you have to watch. Forget about every other one that you have on your list and make this one a special priority because the movie was literally a masterpiece, and one of the few …
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla Raids Again is the second movie released just a couple of years after the first Godzilla movie. Still shot in black and white, the story follows the emergence of a second Godzilla as well as a new monster that has a spiked back, horns and sharp teeth. Not …
Spirit Trap
Starring: Billie Piper (Jenny), Sam Troughton (Nick), Luke Mably (Tom), Emma Catherwood (Adele), Alsou (Tina), Chike Okonkwo (Edmund Joseph)
This movie is actually not too bad; it started off as rather mundane, but the idea of an old clock that linked the past to the current is quite refreshing!
Jenny …
I Could Never Be Your Woman
I watched I Could Never Be Your Woman and I think that Michelle Pfeiffer is a very good actress despite her age. She plays a woman with a daughter and this is actually a very nice movie, if you watch it and give it a chance.
Paul Rudd …
Do The Right Thing movie
This is a film by the talented Spike Lee and in my opinion his best film to date. A film about rascism and prejudice, how the true nature of these issues actually looks like. Spike Lee doesn’t choose his side here. All fractions of a society in america are …
The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
The movie, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle is one of the first few movies when I watched during my early teenage years and I caught the movie on TV actually when it was aired. It made me realize how a psychopath could come in various forms, even in …
Mystic River
Mystic River is a movie about three friends who are close when they are young and then something terrible happens. Mystic River is another movie that changes around so much it is hard to follow at times, but the plot is fantastic and Sean Penn as Jimmy is excellent. …
The Curios Case Of Benjamin Button
When I went to see this movie I was excited, it looked interesting and I thought it would be funny, something happy for the long and often depressing holidays. The movie kept me interested, but just barely, I should have just stopped watching it right away, but I kept …
Ghost Town
It has been a rare moment since Ben Stiller’s comical movie, Night at the Museum, since I’ve been pretty interested in another comical movie. And a very funny one at that. And that is none other than Ghost Town. This is super funny, very entertaining and definitely …
Killing Midnight-Joe Dorsey &Ryan Alosio
I hated this movie. The acting was horribly boring and the plot line had so much potential. A suspense novelist with writer\’s block has a neighbor that is murdered. He becomes a suspect very quickly and does not realize that the murderer is right under his nose. I am …
Assassins (1995 movie)
Starring Sylvester Stallone and Antonio Banderas as expert hitmen with opposite goals. Sylvesters character Robert Rath wants out of the hitman business, and just wants to lead a simple, normal life. On the other hand Antonio’s character Miguel Bain, wishes to dethrone the once seasoned assassin and take all …
Django Unchained movie
Love him or loathe him, Quentin Tarantino remains a Hollywood institution. One of only a handful of directors who can command a bigger box office clout than most stars. Not that QT is adverse to casting big named talent in his movies. On the contrary, Brad Pitt and more …
Step Brothers movie
I received the movie “Stepbrothers” in my mail from blockbuster by mail a few days ago and watched it that day. Overall it was a good movie. My only complaint about it is that I felt like something was missing in it. I also think they showed too many …
Lady Bird (2017 Comedy-Drama Film)
When Lady Bird was named the best reviewed movie of all time by review-aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, my interest in the movie skyrocketed. After all, I am a huge fan of Saoirse Ronan. At such a young age she has managed to become one of the most celebrated actresses of her …
Passenger 57
Passenger 57 is an action flick starring Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne released back in 1992 when audiences could tolerate terrorists and airline hijackers - unlike the post 9/11 world we live in today.
So anyway, Wesley Snipes plays John Cutter the good guy - a former cop turned airline …
Paranormal Activity (Movie)
Although this movie was found to be corny and unhorrifyingly unsuspenseful by some members of my family, I found this too scary and I was really scared watching this movie. This movie had come out in 2007 but it was only shown last year in our country and I …
Descent (NC-17, 2007) movie
Man oh man, was I disappointed with this movie. There aren’t too many films starring Rosario Dawson that I absolutely hate. But this one—an indie—about her “brutal” rape was just strange. The premise is that she’s an introverted college student who is lured into …
Windchill (R, 2007) movie
Please, please, please…if you want to see a horrible horror movie, rent Wind Chill. I really thought, based on the reviews I saw on the Netflix website, that this film would be a little different than the typical “Scares in the Wildnerness” movies. I was right. …
8mm movie
8mm is a thriller movie released in 1999 starring Nicholas Cage as a private investigator named Tom who is hired by a rich elderly women to find out if a snuff film she discovered in her dead husbands belongings is real, Tom delves deep into the underground pornography ring, …
Shutter movie
When we rented the film Shutter this weekend I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. I knew it was a remake of another film made in Asia somewhere and, while some movies (like The Ring) translate out to be terrifying. Others (like the Grudge) aren’t nearly as good.
With Shutter, …
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project, directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language. The original release date was July 30, 1999 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Drama/Horror/Mystery/Thriller and stars Heather Donahue as herself, …
There Will be Blood
There Will be Blood is tells the story of all of the things, good and bad, that come with power. This power stemming mainly from one product, oil. Daniel Day Lewis is absolutely electrifying in his role as the prospector and main character. He is deserved …
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?
The first time I found out about the movie was not in the nineteen nineties when it was released, but some time after I got cable. I immediately developed a love for it then because it had a sort of independent movie feel towards it and I had just …
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