Movies Reviews
The Glass Bottom Boat in Catalina - movie short
One of my favorite Doris Day films is “The Glass Bottom Boat” in which she stars with Rod Taylor and Arthur Godfrey. From 1966, The Glass Bottom Boat in Catalina is a movie short that promotes the movie. It’s narrated by Godfrey, who goes back and forth …
The Three Musketeers in 3D, 2011 Movie
I think that hardly there are many books with more screen adaptations of “The Three Musketeers”, but in spite of all that I think that the new version directed by Paul Anderson (Mortal Kombat, Alien vs Predator) has something new to offer to viewers , at least with the …
John Fawcett’s 2001 horror / comedy film “Ginger Snaps”
I don’t like horror movies as a rule. “The Sixth Sense” gave me nightmares for weeks, and I can’t even watch trailers of gore films, unless I’m trying to get unhealthy blood adrenalin levels. Therefore, it took my friend a lot of effort to emotionally blackmail me into watch …
The Carson City Kid movie
Roy Rogers stars in this 1940 western called The Carson City Kid. I have to admit that watching this movie was a relaxing experience. I just sort of kicked back and enjoyed a simple picture that was the classic good versus evil battle.
Rogers played a man masquerading …
Vanished (movie)
If you�re a big fan of the television show Cold Case, then you may want to consider renting the movie Vanished if you haven�t seen it yet.
While the script leaves quite a bit to be desired, the movie and the intrigue it creates isn�t too bad. It�s not great, …
Snatch movie
Im was a huge fan of Lock Stock and Two Smokin barrels and when Snatch was released I was unsure of what to expect.
Surely it couldn’t be as gritty and now with that expectation and Benecio Del Toro, Brad Pitt and Dennis Farina I thought it would be too …
Thir13een Ghosts (2001)
It starts with real promise to be a great horror movie as they try to snag the juggernaut. Up to that point, this film was living up to being good, but just as fate would have it…while the other ghosts were some-what gruesome to look at, they were not …
Flintstones on the Rocks
I didn’t remember that this movie existed until recently when I found an old DVD of it at my cousin’s house and decided to watch it again so maybe I could write a review on it. It came out in my earlier years in high school which was about …
Biutiful Movie
The director of this movie is a very famous Mexican director who has made many previous movies with the same basic structure in all of his films. He will take a bunch of disconnected or interconnected stories and then weave them together to make a movie. In …
Monster in Law
“Monster in Law” marks Jane Fonda’s return on the big screen after 15 years absent from the movie industry, and may I add what a return. Fonda interprets the role of a mother obsessed in breaking up her son’s relationship with his present girlfriend, Charlie.
During an interview, Fonda …
Beverly Hills Ninja
Beverly Hills Ninja with Chris Farley, Nicollette Sheridan, and Chris Rock.
The song lyrics Everybody was Kung Fu Fighting was made famous in the action packed comedy spoof of Bruce Lee type films. Fat is often funny when used to depict a martial arts …
Matt’s Million movie
When I began watching this British movie, I thought, “Definitely not Hollywood.” I don’t know how to describe it, but the movie had this simplistic, almost amateur feel. However, very soon I stopped noticing it.
The story itself is not very original: a teenage boy unexpectedly becomes a millionaire. I …
Mirrors
I was expecting a bit more of a thriller in the movie “Mirrors”; it was a good movie, good sequence and the build up of the story is quite convincing. The story is very nice until, of course towards the end where it gets to be confusing and a …
Watchmen movie
One night I decieded to go to the movies. I had not been to the theater’s for a long while, and since I rarley watch television, I had no idea what to see. After looking at the movie advertisement however, I decided I’d see “Watchmen”. From what I learned …
Pearl Harbor Movie
This is my favorite movie of all time, it’s just a very classic movie that in my opinion, is second to the box-office hit Titanic, but I think the production is almost the same and it should be given much credit just like Titanic. Michael Bay did such a …
Dream House Movie
I saw the trailer for this movie about the same time the movie Help came out. I found myself drawn to it for its mysterious quality. I couldn’t wait to see it. When I finally saw it, I found myself having mixed emotions about it. …
Dhoom-2
I think the Indians films will be giving hollywood a run for money in few years. Dhoom-2 is a very good film, except for the few minor cliches the film is a treat to watch. Hrithik Roahan rocks even in the negative role. The film is worth watching only …
The LEGO Movie (2014)
When my kids first heard about the LEGO Movie it was all they would talk about for weeks. I have to admit that even though I tried to act cool about it, I was pretty excited too. This movie had an all-star cast with everyone from Morgan Freeman to …
Jumanji (movie)
When I was much younger, I had a sleepover with one of my aunts and she rented a video of a movie that she thought I would like to see. It was a few years after Jumanji was released and I never heard of the movie before that night, …
Hannibal Rising (2007)
This movie is a prequel to all the stories that feature the dreaded character known as Hannibal Lecter, it shows just how he got to be who he is today based on the trouble childhood that he had growing up, the fact that he had to endure such treatment, …
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (movie)
I was expecting something a little bit more “comprehensive” and less “jumpy.” I got that Melvin Van Peebles wanted to make a film that would address some of the ills affecting the black community following civil rights. But his choice in using a sex performer named …
Showtime movie
I am reviewing the movie, Showtime, which was released in 2002. It stars Robert Deniro as LAPD cop Mitch Preston, a tough no-nonsense man. Starring alongside him is Eddie Murphy, who plays Trey,a wanna be actor who also happens to be a cop. After shooting a camera …
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
“The Moonstone” by Wilkie Collins is a delightful and well-written 19th century mystery novel. When she turns 18, Lady Rachel Verinder received a very special and precious gift: a large yellow diamond called Moonstone. Her uncle, now deceased, had stolen it from a temple in India where he was …
Movie Orphan
I really feel like wanting to smack right out of this kid, Esther. The movie is not in a horror genre but more to gory. Orphan the movie, is unexpected and you will be surprised at the revelation. I’m not going to tell you what it is …
Shutter : Hollywood Version
I love Asian movies ever since I watched some of the Chinese comedy and the Korean horrors! I guess you can never really say that only Hollywood makes the best movies in the world. Shutter is one of the horror films I love. Believe me as I say that …
The New Springtime by Robert Silverberg
The New Springtime is the sequel to Robert Silverberg’s At Winter’s End. It continues the tale of Hresh, the Chronicler of the city of Dawinno. Much has happened in the forty years since the end of the Long Winter. Using the artifacts found in the ruins …
Movie: “The Toy”
This Richard Pryor classic is as hysterical today as it was at its 1982 release. The laughs never stop; even the slapstick comedy is so well-done that it had me laughing out loud.
Master comedian Jackie Gleason plays a wealthy businessman who promises his spoiled son any toy he wants. …
Movie : Couple’s Resort
Yesterday was our wedding anniversary. We went out the night before to celebrate but had some time yesterday morning before we had to pick up the kids so we decided to sit down and watch the DVD we’ve had a while, Couple’s Resort.
This movie turned out to be better …
L: Change the World
L: Change the World, directed by Hideo Nakata. It’s actually a sidetrack to the days of L. Right after he solves the mystery on how Kira was actually.
L wrote his note on the deathnote. He stated that he would die after 23 days. He spends the rest of …
Moulin Rouge (2001)
This movie is a musical based on the love shared between a writer and a cabaret actress. How quaint that most musicals encompass the same thing. This movie, while it did manage to grasp quite a few nominations for Oscars, only managed to scrape through with winning only two …
Movie Legend
I am reviewing the movie called Legend. It stars Tom Cruise(Jack), Mia Sara(Lilly), and Tim Curry as the Lord of Darkness.
The story is about good and evil competing against each other: a classic. A movie about a young girl’s innocence.
I think of this as a childrens’ movie but …
Flightplan (2005)
After the tragic death of her husband David in Germany, Kyle, played by Jodie Foster, has decided to take him back home to the United States to bury him. Kyle and her daughter Julia board a passenger plane that Kyle helped to design so she knows the inner workings …
Casino Royale Movie
I went to see Casino Royale on New Year’s Day. I think it is the first Bond film I’ve seen at the movies since 1966. I was a little disappointed. I think this is for two different reasons.
My favorite James Bond was played by Sean Connery. He was witty, …
Rush Hour 2 Movie
This is my favorite rush hour movie amongst all, mainly because it’s more exciting and it features more characters like Zhang Zhiyi and Roselyn Sanchez and this movie is about Carter and Lee vacationing in Hong Kong but has to take a job which includes Alan King and Zhang …
Vampires Suck (Movie)
I’m so sick of Twilight and every other vampire detective-lost boy-romantic in a virtual quest to woo the girl and get his soul back that I could hurl. So naturally, when I heard about ‘Vampires Suck’, a Twilight spoof, I had to go see it. Initially I had somewhat …
The Bourne Supremacy
Very rarely do sequels surpass there predecessors. There are some exceptions, Terminator 2, 28 Weeks Later, etc. I thought very highly of The Bourne Identity and believe that Supremacy surpasses it on every level. I was very nervous when I heard they weren’t bringing back the …
1408 (Film)
1408 is a film which is based on a short story by Stephen King. The film focuses on a character named Mike Enslin, played by John Cusack, who is a writer who focuses on occult subjects such as the 10 most haunted hotels in America or similar themes like …
Movie : The Incredibles from Disney / Pixar
“The Incredibles” was an amazing animated movie that follows the adventures of a super hero family that is forced into hiding when the government is overwhelmed by lawsuits from people who are injured while being saved by different superheros. Robert aka Mr. Incredible was a really amazing character that …
Film Sherlock Holmes [2009]
Yea yea, another one of those Sherlock Holmes spinoffs. By now can you really expect anything good out of them by now? Fortunately, after countless mind numbingly awful “reimaginings” of the world of Sherlock Holmes over the past few years (decades even), a movie finally got lucky and didn’t …
The Monster Squad, comedy horror film by Fred Dekker
When I was a little kid, playing with my wrestling action figures with my brother, I would always wonder if there really were monsters. Normal children at this age most likely didn’t think about this but I did. Some times when I would do this my brother would pin …
Terminator Salvation
I recently rented Terminator Salvation in the hopes of a pretty engaging action movie with cool special effects and a little bit of good acting thrown in for good measure. I’ve enjoyed previous Terminator flicks and I figured this one couldn’t be too bad given the cast and …
Robin Hood
I am reviewing the Disney movie, Robin Hood. Everyone knows the story of Robin Hood, but what would happen if it was taken from a fox’s perspective? That’s what the whole Disney version does. Robin Hood is a fox and his friend, Big John, is a huge bear. The …
Movie The Return of Jafaar
The Return of Jafar is the second movie in a trilogy about this young man named Aladdin. After releasing t he Genie from his lamp and defeating Jafar, Aladdin tries to settle down and start his life with Jasmine. To cramp a cramp in his dreams and …
Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Taika-hen (2014 Japanese Film)
Rurouni Kenshin Kyoto Inferno is the second installment of the Rurouni Kenshin Live Action Adaptation trilogy from the Rurouni Kenshin manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki. It stars Takeru Sato, Takei Emi, Yosuke Eguchi and Munetaka Aoki among others. Directed by Keishi Otomo, it was shown in Japan, August 2014 and in …
The Wave movie
A corny film usually screened in schools about a teacher on a high school trying to figure out an effective way of making his students understand what it was like living in Germany during World War II and how easily people are corrupted into things they don’t really want …
My Best Friend’s Girl
I find this movie witty, funny but if only those some rude words or lewd could be ignored or totally deleted from the scenes, I would label this as a very user-friendly or a clean family and date movie. I love Kate Hudson’s acting; always have and I find …
Whiteout movie
Winter is fast approaching in Antarctica as U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) races to unravel a tale of mystery and murder. Three days before the Antarctic winter is about to begin, Agent Stetko is readying herself to leave the frozen South Pole when a body is discovered …
Masada movie
The Roman general Flavius gets the mission to defeat a band of jews hiding in the middle of the palestinian desert, inside a fortress that seem impossible to break into.
An old costume film of an era that passed away a long time ago. There aren’t any costume films of …
Wi-heom-han gyan-gye (Dangerous Liaisons) movie
By and large, in Asian cinema, you can attempt to make a dramatic romance by either appealing to a localized sense of humour than might make it seem more uplifting, or you can pursue an angle popularized by Wong Kar Wai and heighten the drama using boiling stifled passion …
Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder is the hilarious chronicle of the making of a movie about Vietnam where the director is ‘inspired’ to take his cast deep into the Vietnam jungle so that they can capture the movie in real time and give it a ‘gritty’ feel to the entire drama. It has …
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