Movies Reviews
Year One
Year One features Jack Black as Zed, a bumbling hunter who is outcast from the rest of the hunters, and Michael Cera as Oh, the only male gatherer in the tribe. The two best friends end up causing the entire tribe’s camp to burn to the ground, and they …
Confessions of a Shopoholic
When I first saw the movie “Confessions of a Shopoholic” advertising to be released in theatres, I did not pay it any attention since it seemed like a silly little comedy; but when I did get to watch it some time ago, I realised that it was actually a …
Training Day (2001)
Training Day, directed by Antione Fugua is rated R by the Motion Picture Asociation of America for brutal violence, pervasive language, drug content and brief nudity. The original release date was October 5, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Denzel …
Gremlins
A movie that children and adults alike will enjoy is Gremlins. Gremlins are these little creatures that are fierce and scary and evolve, magically, from Mogwai. You see, the Mogwai are fine and lovable and rather like little teddy bears, unless they have water. Once the water gets on …
A Royal Affair (2012 Film)
As a fan of Madds Mikkelsen, I was eager to watch the film, A Royal affair. I’m not so big on history movies, but I figured I would give this particular movie a chance. It’s described to be a romance drama film, which usually makes for a good watch. …
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, directed by Peter Hewitt is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 19, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Comedy/Fantasy/Science Fiction and stars Keanu Reeves as Ted Logan, Alex Winter …
Snakes On A Plane Movie
There has been internet buzz about Snakes on a Plane for months, and now the summer flick has finally hit the theaters. So?does the movie live up to its name? You bet it does. This movie is really just one of those that is destined to be a cult …
The Rocketeer
With all the movies about comic book action heroes that have been coming out lately, one that has been out for some time might be easily forgotten.
But, even after being on video shelves all these years, the movie The Rocketeer is still one of my favorites.
Bill Campbell does an …
Movie Fool’s Gold
“Fool’s Gold” is the second movie where we see the actor, Matthew McConaughey interpret the role of a treasure hunter. His other movie was in “Sahara”. I assumed that this movie was going to be something similar to his first movie, but I was mistaken. In this movie, McConaughey …
Masters of Horror : Pro Life (NR, 2007) movie
The Masters of Horror series is like a crap shoot. You never know what kind of mess (or jewel) you’re going to get. John Carpenter, the director behind this film did a fairly good job of creating suspense and horror. The film focuses on a 15 …
Untraceable movie
The movie “Untraceable” has a plot that begins with a group of detectives from a cyber-crimes division in attempt to limit crimes committed and/or about to be committed with the use and aid of the internet. Diane Lane is the main character detective whose story we follow during the …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 42
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 42 has Winry staring at Alphonse’s empty armor after his soul left his body. He wakes up and helps May and Dr. Marcoh decipher Scar’s brother’s research notes. Meanwhile Van Hohenheim travels to Liore to investigate something and Kimblee searches for Edward Elric …
Get Smart (2008 movie)
Get Smart isn’t the latest film out. It actually is a pretty old film as it was released in 2008. Nevertheless, my iTunes balance was running low and I wanted to use my remaining balance on a cheap film.
Get Smart remind of of Johnny English. This movie really …
Machete (2010 film)
I want to preface this review by saying that this is one of my favorite movies because it embraces what it is. It is an action movie that focuses primarily on the action. This is the type of movie that you watch solely for entertainment value. It is not …
SM Marikina Mall Digital Theater
I was blown away when I watched Up last weekend at the SM Marikina Cinema 1 Digital Theater. This was my first time in SM Marikina’s digital theater. I have never been too impressed with the theaters of the other SM malls because it has never been of particularly …
Valkyrie movie
Before I rented “Valkyrie” last night, I decided that it might be good, despite my dislike of Tom Cruise, because it has two things going for it that I like: it is based on a true story, and it is set during WW2, and I am a big fan …
Natural Killers DVD collection
We all know about the commercials on TV trying to sell us low quality products for a cheap $19.99 per month which gets charged straight to your credit card, and of course then we have to pay postage and handling. Then if you read the fine print you will …
Eurotrip
OK, I know I’ve seen the movie Eurotrip before and I’m sure I have probably reviewed it before too.
But, after watching it for probably the 12th time last night, I still can’t get over how good this movie is.
Basically, for those of you who haven’t seen it, the movie …
Movie I know who killed me
Whenever I read a tabloid article about Lindsay Lohan getting busted for drunk driving or entering re-hab, I can’t help but be saddened. That’s because, for all the negative publicity she receives, she is actually not that bad of an actress.
Her latest movie, I know who killed me, is …
Mirrors movie
I’m not a huge Keifer Sutherland fan so I wasn’t sure what to expect when my wife brought home the horror film Mirrors this past weekend.
Actually, to be fair, my doubts really had little to do with Sutherland. I just figured, reading the package, this was going to be …
1408 (2007)
John Cusack stars alongside Samuel L. Jackson in this tale of a haunted room in a hotel. Stories of the horrors that this room has caused even made headlines in the local newspapers. It would seem that anyone who enters the room and stays longer than a certain period, …
Being John Malkovich movie
A complex film by Spike Jonze with a screenplay written by the already cult rated Charlie Kaufman. About a man who accidentally finds a passage into the brain of John Malkovich. When he tries to get famous out of this Malkovich himself suspect something is wrong and actually walk …
Movie Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf, directed by Rod Daniel is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was August 23, 1985 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Fantasy and stars Michael J. Fox as Scott Howard, James Hampton as Harold Howard, …
Snakes On A Plane Movie
Snakes On A Plane is a movie that I actually like. I missed out on all the hoopla surrounding the movie, and never visited any of the spoiler sites, or the blogs that followed the movie’s progress so I didn’t have any expectations going into the movie. All I …
The Wedding Crashers movie
I must have been the only person on the planet who had not yet seen The Wedding Crashers until last week. I just didn’t think that I would enjoy what I perceived to be, from the trailers and from what people told me, a silly, guy romp movie where …
Voodoo Lagoon movie
Starring: Ashley Hamilton (Tom), Lara Cox (Carolina), Lincoln Lewis (Aaron), Natalie Blair (Kate), Beau Brady (Lee), Kelly Atkinson (Jessica), John Noble (Ben), Kristian Schmid (Kevin)
The synopsis on the DVD cover looked interesting at first; eerie voodoo happenings on a secluded tropical island. However it was more …
Fantastic Four (Movie 2005)
What a complete croc…in other words, it’s utter CRAP!!! Characters were under-developed and unconvincing, storyline was dumn and hard to follow, CGI was poorly done and, oh yeah, it’s CRAP (did I say that already?). It makes no sense wasting words to describe how terrible this movie is, so, …
Double Jeopardy
I am reviewing the movie, Double Jeopardy, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd. Ashely Judd’s character seems to have the perfect marriage. One night, however, she awakes to find blood all over her yaught and her husband missing. It is assumed that her husband has been …
Moving-film
Moving is a 1988 comedy film starring Richard Pryor.It is about a man,Arlo Pear,who gets fired from is job as an engineer.He ends up finding a new job but he has to move from New York to Idaho with his family.He must get his family adjusted to moving …
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe (Chinese Adventure Action Movie)
Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe is a 2015 Chinese 3D adventure action film directed and co-written by Lu Chuan. The film is an adaptation of Tianxia Bachang’s 2006 best-selling novel Ghost Blows Out the Light.
I was reluctant to watch this movie because I’ve just watched a pretty bad Chinese tomb-exploring …
March of the Penguins
March of the Penguins is one of my favorite movies and one I have watched several times. It is a documentary of the lives and struggles of Emperor penguins on the Antarctic continent but it is anything but boring. Narrated by Morgan Freeman this documentary is touching, …
Gothika -movie
As a bonafide horror buff, I rented Gothika under the impression that anything containing supernatural horror, Penelope Cruz, and Halle Berry-would be nothing less than a thrill. Much to my chagrin, the movie is slightly less than thrilling. Entertaining, yes. Creepy in parts-yes. Thrilling-no. …
Inglorious Basterds
Inglorious Basterds is the latest offering by Quentin Tarantino. The movie centers around a group of geurilla warfare style members of the Allied forces during WWII called “the basterds” by the German army.
Brad Pitt leads the team as they ambush Nazi forces and brutally kill them in hopes of …
The Tattooist
The Tattooist is a horror movie/drama starring Jason Behr. The actor plays an American tattoo artist who spent most of his adult life traveling around the world and giving tattoos. He is actually well known but many people say that he stole another artist’s designs to become famous. In …
abalonemoon.com
Abalone Moon is an excellent example of a literary e-zine. The URL address is http://www.abalonemoon.com and I thoroughly examined this e-zine on the 16th of April. As stated by Abalone Moon, they publish “poetry, interviews, prose, essays, reviews, photography and visual art.” It also states a central theme. …
Bewitched movie
I must admit that I enjoy watching the director, Nora Ephron movies. She gave us great romantic comedies, such “When Harry meet Sally”, “Sleepless in Seattle” and “You Have Got Mail”. I feel that she lost her magic touch in this movie and it is no wonder that the …
Star Wars: Clone Wars
This DVD should not be confused with The Clone Wars which is now on TV. This movie is also a cartoon but it feels like a series of ten minute stories about Clone Wars. This has most of the characters from the prequels and there is no doubt that …
Step up 2 the street
This will be about the movie Step up 2 the street. This movie is about a girl dancer trying to prove herself and fit in with a new crowd. She then fell in love with the person that gave her a hard time in the first place. Over all …
Videodrome movie
Cronenberg’s cult rated film features James Woods as a man being consumed by media, psychologically and physically, in perhaps the most bizarre way ever seen. It begins as what seems like a very serious and slowly paced film, but ends up as a plain horror film with loads of …
Walking Tall (2004)
Walking Tall, directed by Kevin Bray is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of intense violence, sexual content, drug material and language. The original release date was April 2, 2004 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Biography/Comedy/Drama/Thriller and stars …
The Ice Harvest
“The Ice Harvest” is a black comedy with the actor, John Cusack in top form. What I found interesting about this movie is that it is based during the Christmas season but there is not a lot of Christmas spirit, unless one is referring to alcohol.
The story of this …
Vacancy (R, 2007) movie
This is one of the few films that I had actually planned to see in theatres. I never made it before it went to DVD. But upon renting it, I realize that I would have enjoyed the theatrical experience just as much as watching it at home. …
Mirrors (2008)
Mirrors is a 2008 horror film starring Kiefer Sutherland and Paula Patton. Kiefer is an ex-cop that is running the night shift at a local abandoned hospital. The mirrors in this building contain an evil force that is using a gateway to their homes.
This movie is far from the …
Nothing movie
From 2004, Nothing is about two guys who think the world away to near nothingness. I will say off the top that the opening writing material that is on the screen brings on early chuckles. The writing proclaims that the movie is absolutely true. It’s an …
netflix.com
We saw an ad on tv that said that you could rent movies from home for only $8.99 a month . The ad also said that you could get a free month’s membership just for signing up . We decided to give a try , and I’m glad that …
The Lion King
One of my favorite animated Disney movies is The Lion King. It is about all the animals in Africa, concentrating on the lion cub, Simba, who grows into a full-grown lion during the movie. The story is very cute and touching. Beware though; you may need …
Homeward Bound 2
I am reviewing the Disney movie, Homeward Bound 2, Lost in San Fransisco. This movie is a sequel to Homeward Bound 1, the Incredible Journey. Now, usually sequels are bombs and are completely unsuccessful. I don’t think this is the case here. Homeward Bound 2 was not …
Scy Fy’s “Stonehenge Apocalypse” made-for-tv movie
The made-for-TV, Scy-fy produced film in question is much like the title suggests: campy, amusing and predictable. The plot is predictable enough and involves a conspiracy theorist, an attractive female scientist who becomes convinced by his vision in a pairing popular since Mulder and Scully, and ancient civilizations as …
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
This movie is a retelling and modernized version of the classic story by Dr. Seuss, in this remake, in live action also, it takes the ever lovable character ‘The Cat in the Hat’ played by the talented comic Mike Myers and they manage to put together a very wonderful …
Movie: Shutter Island
It has been a while since I actually watched a psycho thriller. Psycho thrillers are weird, crazy and scary, but I enjoy them a lot! Last week, I finally got my hands on a DVD copy of Shutter Island and I was oozing with curiosity with just what is …
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