Movies Reviews
A Perfect Murder (1998)
Michael Douglas plays Steven Taylor, a wealthy hedge fund manager, Gwyneth Paltrow plays the seemingly loving and supportive wife Emily, Viggo Mortensen plays the role of the other man, killer and con man, together these three individuals bite off more than they can chew in this thriller about love …
It Could Happen to You (1994)
It Could Happen to You, directed by Andrew Bergman is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 29, 1994 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Drama/Romance and stars Nicolas Cage as Charlie Lang, Bridget Fonda as …
The Motorcycle Diaries movie
The Motorcycle Diaries is a film about the argentinian freedom fighter Ernesto “Che” Guevara before he went into politics. With his friend and fellow doctor student Alberto, he goes on a trip through South America that will change his life. He sees all the poor people being badly treated …
Ed Wood (Film)
Ed Wood is a film by Tim Burton which stars Johnny Depp playing the title character of the film. For those of you who don’t know, Ed Wood was a Hollywood director who was voted as the worst director of all time from several polls and this is basically …
G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra (Movie)
This movie is a very action-packed movie and it stars Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid, and Saïd Taghmaoui. It’s an all-star cast and the other actresses and actors that are famous like Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Ray Park, and Arnold Vosloo are here as …
Coraline movie
My husband and I watched Coraline as a part of our Valentines Day date! I know it is not your romantic kinda movie but I will tell you, we both enjoyed it. It is being played in 3D that made it even more fun and interesting! It is the …
Kissing A Fool
Kissing A Fool with David Schwimmer, Jason Lee, and Bonnie Hunt.
This film theme had potential, but the horrible cast selection never gave it a chance. Schwimmer used his experience from Friends and tried to make it work as a major character in a motion picture. …
Cars movie
I enjoy Pixar movies very much, and Cars is no exception. This computer-generated animated movie features the voices of Owen Wilson, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Keaton and others. Like many Pixar movies, the story takes place in an alternate world, a world where cars, not humans, rule …
The Natural movie
“The Natural” starring Robert Redford is one of the greatest movies of all time! It is the story of a boy with the greatest baseball talent of all time. He can pitch, hit, and throw unlike anyone has seen before. More than that, it is the story of the …
Movie The Notebook
I really have always liked James Garner as an actor and he starred in a really nice little film called The Notebook. This love story also stareed Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands and James Garner. The story starts with James garner visiting with his ladylove (Rowlands) in a …
Burn After Reading
Burn after reading is a 2008 movie of the Coen brothers. I had great expectations but I must say, right here at the beginning, and I got disappointed. First of all when I saw the list of actors; George Clooney, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt and the rest …
Black Hawk Down (2001)
The mission is to capture and extract a member of a terrorist group and fly him into the arms of the United States armed forces intelligence for interrogation. The extraction attempt went array when the helicopter was shot down by the terrorists using the aid of RPG’s. Now the …
Sunshine DVD Movie
When you talk about the movie review on Sunshine, I have the impression of the movie of The Titans. This movie is basically about sunlight, yes, and I thought it was a pretty boring story, yet again on DVD. My brother has loads of it, and I …
Courage Under Fire (1996)
Courage Under Fire, directed by Edward Zwick is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for war violence and language. The original release date was July 12, 1996 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Mystery/War and stars Denzel Washington as Lt. Colonel …
Bourne Ultimatum
The third part of Robert Ludlum’s highly acclaimed Jason Bourne films, Bourne Ultimatum is entertainment at its best. Directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Matt Damon, Joan Allen, Julia Stiles, and David Strathairn, the movie picks up where it left off with Bourne still desperate to find out who …
Meet the Spartans DVD
I recently borrowed the DVD of the movie “Meet the Spartans” from a friend and watched it with my family. I must say this has to be the second movie after “You Don’t Mess with Zohan” which I would consider as a crappy movie.
The movie was first released …
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990) is a drama directed by Matrin Scorsese and is rated R by the MPAA.
Goodfellas is the story of the life of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), an aspiring criminal who ended up in the witness protection program for ratting on his former partners to save himself. He …
Crazy Stupid Love 2011 Movie
I just saw the movie Crazy, Stupid Love. This movie has had a lot of hype from the beginning and most of my friends are loving it so I decided to finally see it. This movie is a typical romantic comedy and it has an all-star cast. This movie …
The Avengers movie
The comic book fan will delight in “The Avengers”. The movie has been much awaited by the Comic Book fan set. Persons familiar with Marvel Comic Book history know that Marvel characters—”were invented continually. The preceding action was one of many significant reasons Marvel …
Jake Spanner, Private Eye movie
Robert Mitchum starred in 1989’s Jake Spanner, Private Eye which had a unique opening of having Spanner dreaming and using excerpts from Mitchum’s movies as the dream. That was intriguing. Before the viewer has a chance to really chuckle and enjoy that, the credits start and, wow, …
Netflix
Renting movies used to be such a hassle. You had to go to the store, hope they had what you were looking for, pay like 5 bucks a movie, and then get fees for being late or not rewinding the tape (there’s an antiquated reference if ever there …
Star Wars Holiday Special-movie
Around 1978,a two hour movie based on the star wars franchise was created.It was a spin-off of the franchise called the star wars holdiay special.It contains most of the main characters from the star wars movies such as princess leia and luke skywalker.The main plot had to do with …
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, directed by Chris Columbus is rated PG by the Motion Picture Assocaition of America for some scary moments and mild language. The original release date was November 16, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Family/Fantasy and stars …
Ninja Assassin
Although I was not the least bit interested in it when I saw it advertising to be released in theatres, I both heard and read so many good reviews about it from friends and from people online, that I couldn’t help but feel eager to watch the movie once …
The Ringer (2005)
Steve employs his good friend to work for him around his apartment after he is told to fire him by his boss, while mowing the lawn, the friend accidentally cuts off two of his fingers and is rushed to the hospital where he told that without proper medical coverage …
New Moon movie
While every other girl in the world was looking forward to New Moon I wasn’t sure what to expect. I found the first movie in the series Twilight entertaining but not worth all the fuss and the book was simple at best.
So I went in to see New …
Crimson Tide (1995)
Crimson Tide, directed by Tony Scott is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong language. The original released ate for this movie was May 12, 1995 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Thriller and stars Denzel Washington as Lt. Commander …
Amazon Unbox
Amazon Unbox is the top choice for watching movies online. THere is special software to download to watch films, but that doesn’t take very long and it does perform as a special folder for the movies and TV shows you have purchased or rented. If you buy a show …
Murder at 1600 (1997)
When the body of the White House secretary is found dead, a homicide detective is put on the case to investigate the matter and bring some sense to this case. In addition to finding out who is guilty of the act, he must also bear in mind that he …
The Postman movie
The Postman has got to rank as one of the better movies I have watched in the 90’s. I have read a lot of articles stating negative reviews but I guess we’re all entitled to our own opinion so I still suggest you give this movie a shot. It …
Raiders of the Lost Ark
OK, as far as Raiders of the Lost Ark is concerned, it�s a great movie in terms of action sequences and special effects, but the script leaves a little to be desired.
The first in the Indiana Jones trilogy, the Raiders of the Lost Ark has a slightly harder task …
Transformers
This is a really great movie and i gotta be honest i thought that it was going to suck big time, but to my surprise it had some amazing special effects, the story was very linear and the acting and editing was quite good. It had some bits with …
Strawberry Shortcake DVD
As a parent of a 3-year-old girl, I am often concerned by the lack of quality children’s programming on television today. You can still find a few educational shows or cartoons. But, most of the things on TV, including some shows that advertise themselves as for kids, are a …
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
This movie was, in a word, charming. I went to this movie with a couple of my friends and I think they enjoyed it too. I haven’t seen any other movies with these actors, but I think I would. The movie was light despite the melancholy setting (right at …
Josie and the Pussy Cats (2001)
This movie is about a group of girls who came together to form a musical band. Similar to most movies that sport the music theme, this one is no different, I mean, you’ve seen one movie about music bands, you’ve seen them all. There are basically no real differences …
Phat Girlz
I’m not a big “Chick Flik” guy but when I read the description of Phat Girlz and how it’s about a woman who tries to create a clothing line for bigger women, I was a bit intrigued. Too bad the movie is nothing like it’s description.
The problem with Phat …
Down Periscope (1996)
Tom Dodge is the 2nd in command of a nuclear sub for many years; sadly, he has always been passed over by the selection board in assigning him a vessel of his own to command until it came to be that his name is selected eventually. He get his …
Movie Love Wrecked
I honestly love watching Amanda Bynes movies, however “Love Wrecked” must be her worst movie since the story is not credible at all.
In “Love Wrecked” we see Amanda Bynes interpret the role of Jenny Riley who is totally crazy about a famous and popular rock star, Jason Master. …
Toy Story (1995)
Toy Story, directed by John Lasseter is rated G my the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date for this movie was November 22, 1995 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Animation/Adventure/Comedy/Family/Fantasy and stars the voices of Tim Hanks as Woody, Tim …
Unlikely Angel movie
Unlikely Angel is a holiday movie from 1996 which stars Dolly Parton as a rather selfish country music performer (aside from the selfish part, not a big stretch … again) who dies suddenly. Being egotistical, Ruby Diamond can’t enter Heaven without doing a good deed first, so it’s …
Idiots & Angels, movie (2008)
Bill Plympton is an animator who is notorious for an off-kilter sense of humor. Ever since his first noted animated short, Your Face, to his feature film debut, The Tune, he’s been responsible for some of the most madcap imagery in hand drawn animation. As he made …
Loaded Weapon 1
It has been ages since I’ve seen the movie Loaded Weapon 1. And, I have to say, I had completely forgotten just how funny this movie was.
It features Emilio Estevaz before he ruined his career by doing stupid kids movies. And, between his performance as a burned out cop …
Bad Boys II Movie
This movie is an action-packed movie starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and I really liked how Michael Bay directed the movie; it wasn’t too exaggerated and there weren’t any boring parts and even though there were scenes that were really extravagant and too impossible to happen in real …
The Faculty (1998 movie)
Once again, aliens come to ou little rock to take it’s occupants for it’s own. There is always some unknown terror wanting to get rid of life on this little planet we call Earth. This time around, it’s some freaking looking creature that takes the form of a teenager …
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past movie
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a 2009 release, stars Matthew McConaughey and it’s positively brilliant. Okay, so it’s a revamped version of Scrooge, but a good story is a good story. In fact, there’s a moment at the end when McConaughey’s character teases just a bit about …
Pioneer Quest: A Year in The Real West
PBS has some of the most interesting shows on TV in our area. One of my favorite ones, they aired in 2002 was “Pioneer Quest: A Year in The Real West”. It was a Canadian version of Frontier House. My husband says I\’m obsessed with shows of this type …
One for the Money (movie)
A couple years ago before one of my relatives died, she recommended that I read the Janet Evanovich novel “One for the Money” as she claimed that I would enjoy it. I was hesitant at first since at the time I was more of a horror fan and we …
Baby Mama, comedy film
From the man that brought us the Austin Powers movies comes a new kind of comedy. Well Baby Mama isn’t really a new kind of movie; it is a comedy movie that has two leading ladies and no one else. Baby Mama might be the best movie from both …
Prancer movie
Even though I was burned out on Christmas movies, I did spend a great deal of time Christmas Eve watching them with my family. One of those movies was the film Prancer. And, after seeing that movie I definitely was ready to turn them off.
Prancer is an OK film. …
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace movie
It looks like Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace took a lot of time coming. It was almost like the long wait for James Cameron’s Avatar, many years after Titanic established itself as the unbeatable hit. Therefore, when it finally came to the theaters, naturally …
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