The Golden Compass, directed by Chris Weitz is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for sequences of fantasy violence. The original release date was December 7, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Family/Fantasy/Thriller and stars Nicole Kidman as Marisa Coulter, …

I remember watching these two cartoon characters chase each other when I was a kid and now, years later, I find myself watching them again. Actually, I’m not the one watching it. My boy who is only 4 years old watches it all the time and there’s nothing any …

I watched this movie only once, but it made a rather big impression on me nonetheless, and I would like to describe this impression below.
I started watching this film without having any idea of what the plot was going it be. I only knew that it was going to …

This is the story of a boy who had a dream of playing golf at the professional level only to be told that he could only enter the competition as an amateur. No one expected him to go as far in the competition as he did and what was …

Maleficent is another one of the Disney movies that made its appearance earlier in the year. Not animation, but a live action film that promised to tell a different story than what the Disney fans are used to. I will happily admit that I am a Disney fan that …

We get a taste as to what to expect as the movie progresses, a male and a female are doing rock climbing, the man reaches the top first and while cheering the female onward is thrown off to his death by unseen killers, in that same instance, the killers …

One of my favorite Christmas movies is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. It is on TV every year, and I remember watching it even as a kid. Now I have the unedited DVD, which I enjoyed watching this year. This movie is definitely a classic Christmas movie. …

Disney is the bible to family movies, and I love just about all of them. One of my favorite live-action Disney films is “Blackbeard’s Ghost” starring Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, and Suzanne Pleshette.
I actually remember seeing this movie at the drive-in with my parents when I was a …

Romeo + Juliet, directed by Baz Luhrmann is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for scenes of contemporary violence and some sensuality. The original release date was November 1, 1996 for United States audience. This movie fallsin the genre of Crime/Drama/Romance and stars Leonardo DiCaprio as …

The movie Adam is very interesting. It is about an adult with Aspergers syndrome which is similar to autism or some may call it high functioning autism. This movie was unique because they portrayed a normal man, not a genius or an idiot savant, but …

Hellboy is an action movie based on the comic book of the same name. Hellboy was a creature found during World War II that came right out of Hell, hence his name. One man who was there when the soldiers found him adopted the boy and raised him …

After enjoying the prequel “Pitch Perfect”, I found that I was interested in watching the sequel “Pitch Perfect 2″. I imagined that it would be just as funny and entertaining as the first even though I know that a lot of sequels tend to flop.
Well, after I watched it I …

his was a brilliantly made entry, not only in the realm of comic book characters coming to the big screen, but in the Batman mythos itself. Sure, there were the previous films with Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney, all well acted. But, with the exception of the …

This is one of the classic Christopher Lee movies, and personally, I think that most people I’ve met who are still interested in some of these classic horror and suspense films either like this movie or hate it. Personally, I appreciated this movie, since I didn’t think that it …

Normally, I like Bruce Campbell movies, but when I saw Bubba Ho-Tep, I was actually embarrassed to be watching it, and I was in the privacy of my own house.
What a stupid movie. Basically, Elvis is alive and living at a nursing home in the deep south. He ends …

The Pursuit of Happyness is a movie that stars Will Smith as Chris Gardner. Chris sells bone density scanner machines and is struggling to sell enough to make ends meet for his family. He meets a stock broker and learns about an intern program that starts his journey …

I’m one of those people who had been waiting for the Avengers to be released for two years. I just watched it recently and am not disappointed at all by the movie.
For those people who still have no idea who the “Avengers” are, these are a group of Marvel …

Dennis the Menace, a remake of a 1959 movie and a remake of a TV and comic strip series. This is what I am talking about, this kid gets himself into realistic trouble and he uses his smarts to work his way from his captor and deals a dose …

I Spit On Your Grave is a very good classic tale of horror and blood. I just love this movie. The movie is about a woman who wants to get revenge on a group of men. And she takes them out one by one in brutal and horrible …

I Dreamed of Africa is about a woman named Kuki Gallman who lives in Italy and wants to move to the wild Africa with her husband and son. When she moves to Africa she is expecting a dreamland where everything is perfect and free, but she soon finds out …

I ended up watching the movie Eight Legged Freaks again last night because I hadn’t seen the movie in a while and couldn’t remember a whole lot about it.
Now I remember, this is a better film than you would think it is.
The movie is essentially a spoof of those …

The movie stars Saoirse Ronan, a young Irish actress who played the role of Hanna. Her father Erik played by Eric Bana an ex-CIA person. The antagonist of the story is Cate Blanchett who plays Marissa Wiegler.
This was directed by Joe Wright who also directed critically-acclaimed movies such as Pride …

If you enjoy watching classic action movies, with tough and uncompromising characters, this one is for you. Despite the fact that it was created 18 years ago, this film is still fun to watch. It tells the story of a young inexperienced cop David Ackerman (Charlie Sheen)and his stern …

My wife decided to have a night out with her friends Friday night and, since I was left home with the kids, I decided to take advantage of it and spend some quality time with my two girls.
My youngest was in bed shortly after my wife left (she gets …

Based on a book by the same name, “American Psycho” is more than just you’re average thriller or psycho film; it’s a snap shot of the money and corruption running rampant in New York during the 1980’s. Christian Bale puts in an immense amount of effort, and even if …

First, and foremost, Bruce Willis. Need I say more. I have yet to see a film where Bruce Willis was not playing a part written for him or a part that he did not do justice to with his own …

When the television show X-Files was on TV, I was a person who never found the enthusiasm to watch it. But, when the newest X-Files movie, I want to believe, came out, I figured I would give it a try to see what I had missed.
As it turned out, …

Valentine with David Boreanaz and Denise Richards.
This horror clone of Friday the 13th is an entertaining flick, but since it has been preceded by many similar works of the same pattern it loses its attraction. Generate an unknown masked killer with a grudge. Insert …

I didn’t watch the movie Girl Interrupted because I wanted to. I watched it because my wife insisted on seeing it. While I won’t go as far as to say I hated the movie, it definitely isn’t one I was all that interested in watching.
The movie follows the lives …

I bought a complete DVD of this 3 part film by Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis (with the help of other producers) with it’s first installment shown in 1985. I never regret buying this stuff because of the entertainment that I get everytime I watch this, time and …

I did not remember that this movie existed until I saw it being aired on a cable television channel just recently. I can remember that at the time it was release in theatres, it was advertised as one of the bigger movies and now I doubt that many people …

“Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” is absolutely one of most clever and hilarious movies I have ever watched. It Stars Steve Martin as private detective Rigby Reardon, hired by Juliet Forrest (Rachel Ward), the daughter of a cheesemaker , believed killed in an automobile crash. It’s clear right …

My wife and I managed to get the kids in bed by 8 last night and, since today is Thanksgiving and I didn’t have to go to work, we ended up staying up for a change and watching a movie.
We weren’t sure what we wanted to watch so I …

At first I must admit that I thought the whole concept of renting movies online and then waiting for the movie to come in the mail, watching it then sending it back idea sounded a little bit stupid and very gimmicky. However, fairly recently I have had a problem …

Anniversary is a Hong Kong romance drama directed and written by Patrick Kong.
The film starred Alex Fong and Stephy Tang - the model couple and in Hong Kong entertainment industry. They’re like the prince and princess in fairytale and everyone wished for them to “live happily ever after”.
However they broke …

When I watched the trailer for this film, I wasn’t impressed. Just another teen flick with young girls in bikini’s and young boys doing drugs Even though that was in the film, it wasn’t as prominent a part as you would think
The film is about a young …

I really enjoyed this movie about teenage cheerleaders and the competition they enter to be in a music video. While the movie may seem to be about cheerleading and winning, the story also has a great heart about friendship.
The cheerleading moves in this movie are amazing. I have …

The dangerous alien villain Boris The Animal is very determined to get his revenge on Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) for having arrested him and blown away his arm. He escapes from a heavily guarded prison on the Moon and goes back in time in 1969, preventing his arrest, …

Oh joy -Herbie rides again (if you will pardon the pun). When I spotted Herbie Fully Loaded in a shop I simply had to have it. Always having loved watching the original movies when they came onto the television it seemed too good to be true that the little …

Batman Begins is the second best comic book movie ever made; surpassed only by its sequel, The Dark Knight. This is a bold statement to make considering how many comic movies that have been made including all the Spider-Mans, Fantastic Four, and the older Batman movies. I …

Iron Man 2 is the 2010 blockbuster sequel to the original Iron Man movie in 2008. Tony Stark has kept the world safe as Iron Man, but his body is being affected by the use of the suit and he’s slowly dying. Meanwhile a man named van …

Jim Wormold works as an agent for the Secret Service on Cuba, but as there is nothing to report there he makes everything up and tells his superiors he is recruiting new agents. One day everything collapses for him and his world turns into chaos.
An absolutely brilliant comedy where …

I saw Hitch weeks ago for the first time and I loved it! Will Smith, Kevin James and Eva Mendez were great together. It was a different role for Will Smith, but he pulled it off! I have rented that movie 2 more times since seeing it the first …

I am reviewing The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, which was produced in 1985/1986. This episode sees Watson on a very much needed holiday, while Holmes stays behind in Baker Street. Even far away, however, …

I recently saw the movie Lakeview Terrace starring Samuel L. Jackson at the movies theater. The movie was about a bi racial couple that moves next store to a black police officer raising his son and daughter by himself. From the time the couple moved in …

Marie and Bruce is the most boring movie I have seen these days and I literally got a head ache after watching this movie. The film has nothing in it. The most important thing for a film is the story which is not there atleast a bit in this …

This is a classic battle that has managed to cross over from the pages of the comic books and finally on to DVD. The battle between mighty powers created by Marvel and the universe that they have created. In this animated movie, you get to decide who will emerge …

“Memento” is one of the weirdest and most surprising films I ever saw. This mind bending thriller was released in 2000 and it was based on a short story written by Jonathan Nolan. It was directed by his brother Christopher Nolan. Together they wrote the script. This movie is …

For a stand-up comedy genre; and if you want something totally hilarious just for fun’s purpose, do rent The Queens of Comedy. Highly rated by most and I was trying to find out what the fuss is all about with this and truly arguably, I think this works a …