A Handful of Dust, 1988, is a period movie set in the 1930s, based on a novel by Evelyn Waugh. Waugh, who is actually a “he,” was dealing with his wife’s affair and a pending divorce when he wrote this book, so the story reflects his feelings about infidelity …

I watched Daddy Day Camp with my sister a few days ago. Neither of us were very interested in it. I usually like kid’s movies, but I didn’t care for this one. My sister never did finish watching all of the movie, she just kept rewinding and fast forwarding …

Tenth Avenue Angel is the film that introduced me to Margaret O’Brien when I was a kid. I remember it playing on television numerous times in my youth, and I always watched it. It was a movie that always pulled on my heartstrings. The movie was …

I am reviewing the movie, Grace is Gone, starring John Crusack. So there’s this ordinary, down to earth guy. He works at a store. His wife is a soldier who got called away to Iraq. They have two little girls. The guy is forced to raise his two …

I was a bit skeptical going into this movie it could have gone either way good or bad. I had heard mixed reviews from friends also both good and bad so honestly I didn’t know what to expect when I rented this movie.
The story is pretty simple four old …

When I heard they were making a Sherlock Holmes movie with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, I was somewhat interested. But, then I saw the previews for it and thought it would be stupid so I avoided watching it at the theater. And, when I got my DVD …

I do not like hockey; I just don’t. It’s violent; besides, who can follow that puck around the ice? Still, during the 1980 Winter Olympics, I found myself watching a few of the hockey games. The reason was the phenomenal run to the gold that the …

Strange that a movie running slightly more than an hour could capture my heart instantly. Check this movie out, Last Chance Harvey is a very wonderful one that you guys should not miss watching. I got some free passes due to my cellphone operator give-away points that I’ve …

Ondskan is a Swedish drama: an adaptation of Jan Guillou’s novel. It was nominated for an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Academy Awards. It also took the Swedish Oscars by storm that same year, taking three Guldbagge Awards and four nominations. The …

One of the best science fiction movies that I watched in theatres late last year was the movie “Looper”. I had not heard much about the movie before watching it. In fact, I had only chosen to see the movie since I had already watched everything else that was …

I just got finished watching the movie “blessed” on lifetime movie network. It was an alright movie. Overall I didn’t really care for it that much. I would have rather watched something else. The end was pretty good though. The whole movie was alright, the end was the best …

One night when I was channel surfing for something interesting to watch, I stumbled onto a PBS special called Alone in The Wilderness. It is a movie based on a book written by Dick Proenneke. It was about his life and how he went to Alaska to live a …

This was a great movie, to me. I love jewel thief type movies and this one rates high on my list. It has Demi Moore and Michael Caine in it. I sadly did not catch the end of the movie but I made it up until the last 15 …

This movie starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts came out in 1990. When it first came out my mom did not want me to see it because she worried it made prostitution look attractive to kids. Now that I am an adult I do agree …

I brought my little cousin less than 4 years old to watch Surf Up the other night, and she really enjoyed the penguin sightings. She really thought that penguins could sing, talk and dance, and she wanted to go to the zoo to talk to the penguins. …

Justin Long, better known for his performance to me in Jeepers Creepers makes am entrance as a comedian in this classic tale of a boy and his dreams of going to college. When e finds out that all his applications to every college that he had applied to was …

I didn’t know what to expect when I rented The Brothers Bloom DVD; I had heard about this movie a bit, but not enough to get an idea what it would be like. I loved it, and in my opinion, it deserves a lot more hype than it got.
The …

Short Circuit 2 is one of the best movies I have ever seen. I grew up watching Johnny 5 is alive in the first Short Circuit. I really love the music and soundtrack to the movie. The song Who is Johnny is just wonderful. I must say I do enjoy …

Problem Child, taken from the pages of a comic book and tv series and tossed unto the silver screen with hopes of getting a hugh payday. This movie was a disaster from the very first time time it was even considered as being put into production for a feature …

This is a sequel to “Finding John Christmas” and “A Town Without Christmas.” Max the angel (Peter Falk) comes into a small town department store. There he meets Sally, a manager. Sally has a problem: her younger brother has been bounced around different foster homes, and she does not …

The first time I ever watched this movie I did so rather tongue-in-cheek - simply because my mother had recommended it and my mother and I do not have the same taste in movies! So to say that I was pleasantly surprised is a bit of an understatement.
The story …

The Killer is John Woo’s Hong Kong action movie from the late 80s that has cult reputation in some circuits. It is a most intense film with an extreme quick pace. A cop and a villain chase each other in a game of death, and the action sequences are …

To be honest, I’d only heard the name Gram Parsons but I never had the urge to find out who this person was until I watched the movie “Grand Theft Parsons”. I might not have known of the musician whom they were referring to but my inability to resist …

I have always enjoyed great fantasy movies, and one of my favorites is “A Knight’s Tale,” which stars the late, great Heath Ledger as Sir William Thatcher, better known as Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein of Gelderland. Ledger, who was an incredibly talented actor, was absolutely amazing in this movie. …

So I thought “Well, here we go again! Another shark movie” This time however, I was astonished to find that I really dug this one. It is nicely suspenseful and like a few others of its kind, too unnervingly real. It is billed as being based on real-life events. Kudos …

Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language, some sex and drug content. The original release date was August 18, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama and stars …

Love this Barbie as The Island Princess very much. I might be old enough to be called someone’s girlfriend or wife or mother, but I still could not get enough dosage of Barbie.
Whenever there are new DVD movies or mini movies out there featuring Barbie, or just …

A Simple Twist of Fate is a drama starring Steve Martin. I watched this movie recently on cable and sort of liked it. Though the first half of the movie is a bit boring, the movie picks up the pace in the later half and finally ends on an …

One of the best animation movies of all time, and certainly the best from Sony Animation, Surf’s Up was funny, clever, and perfectly edited. The voices matched the characters brilliantly, and the characters themselves were a hilariously mixed and matched. Some of the dialog was truly inspired, …

To-date, I have watched Little Man Tate three times. It has such an amazing topic, the subject of raising and educating individuals who are little Mozarts, like the so-called Little Man Tate in the film, who I think has that eidetic memory. There is a very tasty …

The movie Ajnabi was released in 2001. It is a thriller film. I watched this film at theater. The movie is directed by Abbas and Mustan who are famous for directing many good and original thrillers. But this one is a copy of a Hollywood film named Consenting Adults. …

Ghost Town is one of those movies where the story is so familiar that you already know what is going to have even if you are only given a little bit of the plot. (I found this with Avatar as well). I mean, this is such a common plot …

Universal Soldier, directed by roland Emmerich is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America and stars Jean-Claude Van Damme as Luc Deveraux aka GR44 and Dolph Lundgren as Andrew Scott aka GR13.
Military personnel and elite killing machines per se are Luc and Andrew, unfortunately, they were both …

We watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets this weekend on cable. It seems that the station was promoting all the Harry Potter movies.
The Harry Potter and the Chanber of Secrets involved the usual cast of hermonine, ron and Harry. As in each movie there is …

The movie Fireproof is the story of a fire captain from Albany, GA whose marriage is on the rocks; and he takes a challenge called the love dare in an attempt to earn back his wife’s love while she files for divorce. This movie is so wonderful. …

The start of the prologue: before the world created, is a cube Allspark by the worst people Robot. Robot nation eventually split, there are good and they call themselves Autobots under the leadership Optimus Prime while the insurgents known by the name Decepticon under the leadership Megatron, who’s all …

Rugrat’s in Paris is a great family movie. This is the sequel to the first Rugrat movie. This movie is about Chuckie’s family growing and his visit overseas to Japan. I liked that this movie is great for children as well as for adults. At least, the adults that …

In the bad and disappointing comedy series hall of fame, walks Gulliver’s Travels. The film retains in a certain extent the classic story of Gulliver in the land of dwarfs.
I do not know why certain changes were made in the script (probably have tried to adapt to today) so …

I’ve heard some very mixed emotions about Shrek the Third for weeks before I made up my mind to go and see it myself. It took me this long, mainly because I did not want to be disapointed. See, I am a very big Shrek fan. …

Although this is a children’s movie I loved it. Ashton Kutcher and Martin Lawrence play in it and they do an amazing job in the movie and do an amazing job acting together in it. I really laughed at some of the parts. This one of my favorite children’s …

This is the 4th installment of the terminator franchise. I have always loved all the terminator series specially California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger doing the part of the terminator. I was really not sure what to expect with new Terminator movie since Arnold is no longer part of the …

Time and again Citizen Kane gets selected as “the best film ever made” on different listings. There is so much to say about the genius Orson Welles’ debut film, but I’ll restrict myself to the most important points and my own view. The film is a very complex story …

‘Match Point’ is an English movie directed by Woody Allen and the actors are Brian, Matthew, Scarlett, Emily etc.. In this movie, a person named Chris takes up a job as a tennis coach. There he meets Tom, who is a playboy and he is a rich guy. He …

I had seen A Greater Yes advertised and really wanted to see it. It was produced by Pure Flix, a production company I really like, and is Dove Family approved. So I was hopeful about this movie. When I read the cover, I was a bit …

Hoffa, directed by Danny DeVito is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date of the movie was December 25, 1992 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Biography/Crime/Drama and stars Jack Nicholson as James R. ‘Jimmy’ Hoffa, Danny DeVito …

A Little Princess is the movie about Sara, wealthy and adored daughter of a man who indulges her every wish and constantly tells her how wonderful she is. Sara is a beautiful child, and she is as sweet as she is pretty. Growing up in India with every little …

The Godfather, directed by Francis Ford Coppola is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was March 24, 1972 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Thriller and stars Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone, Al Pacino as Michael …

Alex Rider, just a normal teenager, even in school, he wordless really like with the students are beautiful, Sabina. However, mischance befalls Alex, since a kid become orphanage, now the uncle, Ian Rider, who keeps him since kid, killed in an accident. Now lift, with Alex Jack, who can …

I am reviewing the episode, The Imposter Mystery, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie Howard, stars …