Movies Reviews
Ted ( 2012 Movie )
When I saw the trailer of this film, it looked entertaining during the first scenes of the trailer until it showed Ted ( the talking teddy bear ) humping on top of the counter of a store. I was stunned, thus I watched the entire movie to really …
Smokin’ Aces (2007)
This movie or set of movies rolled up into one feature length film showcases different segments that all tie into each other, giving the viewer different vantage points of where the various characters came from and how the ended up in the same location. Take example the team of …
Movie Juanna Mann
I used to hear my friends in high school talking about the movie Juanna Mann a lot and how hilarious it was, but I didn’t know what they were talking about until it premiered on comedy central one Saturday. I was so used to my frieneds telling me how …
Miss Congeniality
The actress, Sandra Bullock is very much related to light hearted, feel good movies and “Miss Congeniality” is one of these movies. “Miss Congeniality” success is greatly based on Bullock’s acting abilities and a great script that includes action, adventure, humour and romance all mixed up together.
In this movie …
The Garden movie
As far as documentaries go, The Garden, which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Film, has everything that I love in this genre of film. It is a film that depicts the battle for a 14 acre piece of land in south central Los Angeles following …
Avatar: The Legend of Aang
I never really loved cartoons, but this animation series got me hooked! I’m talking about “Avatar: The Legend of Aang”. For people who are hearing this title for the first time, the series is about a world ruled by 4 nations(fire, earth, water and air), living in peace until …
Baker Street Bachelors
I am reviewing The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors, 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 …
Predator 2
It’s rare that I enjoy a sequel more than I enjoy the original and it is even less common when the original is good, but this is an exception. Predator is a movie all about action. There are some smart points and probably some social commentary though I didn’t …
The Lost Boys Movie
Every few months I get the urge to watch The Lost Boys again, and considering the sheer amount of movies I have, that’s saying a lot. I was only a kid when the movie first came out, and I didn’t have the chance to see it until I was …
13 Conversations About One Thing (R, 2002) movie
If you are looking for a terrific ensemble film with a great storyline, look no further than the movie “13 Conversations About One Thing”. Honestly, I have not put much thought into the title other than to realize that the stories within are interconnected in a really subtle, …
The Corsican Brothers
The Corsican Brothers stars Cheech and Chong. It takes place during the 1800’s in France. The brothers feel each other’s pain and not their own pain. They try to start a revolution and overthrow the evil and oppressive Fuckaire.
First off, The Corsican Brothers has no pot …
Flags Of Our Fathers Movie
Flags of Our Father is a very strong, graphic and realistic war movie covering the battle of Iwo Jima. Having seen other movies such as Private Ryan, I had gone into this movie with the expectation to see lots of battle scenes and the brutality of war. …
Bandini Movie
Bandini - Movie Review : (meaning imprisioned) , release in 1953, was a story of a girl Kalyani, who falls in love with a social worker, who comes in her village. He promised to marry her, but never returns, later on finding out, that he was married to someone …
Illegal Tender (R, 2007) movie
I really really wanted to like this movie. When I heard that John Singleton was making another movie, I thought that it was really going to be good. The film is based on a Latin couple living in the Bronx in 1985. The husband is …
Black Snake Moan (R,2007) movie
After watching this film, I think I understand why this movie did not fare so well at the box office. It’s going to take a strong stomach for the majority of Americans to be “okay” with observing a weathered black man keeping a sexually depraved young white woman on …
Movie An American Crime
This was a very sad but good movie. It was based on a true story. To think that the things really happened in the story to a young girl is sickening and terrifying. If you can take this types of movies I highly recommend watching it, it was an …
Cabin Fever (2002)
Written/Directed by Eli Roth
Produced/Co-Writtn by Randy Pearlstein
Five, ill-fated college students travel into the woods for a weekend of intoxication and debauchery only to be invaded by a ruthless flesh-eating virus that picks them off one by one.
I was a bit skeptical of this film due in part …
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016 Animated Film)
Prior to watching Kubo and the Two Strings, I have watched a sort-of behind-the-scenes of the making of Kubo and the Two Strings in YouTube and I was seriously amazed at the amount of work to create this movie. For the information of everybody, this is a stop-motion animated film …
Movie: The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon
A couple days ago, I decided to take the time to watch the movie, The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon. At the time, I wasn’t really expecting too much from the film, which was originally a made for TV movie.
I had hoped I would be pleasantly surprised and …
Jonestown - The Life and Death of People Temple.
‘Jonestown The Life and Death of Peoples Temple’ is a fascinating documentary attempting to investigate the phenomenon of Rev. Jim Jones. The film describes the history of the cult and its infamous leader focusing on the final tragedy one of the largest mass suicide in …
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
What an amazing movie. At first glance, it seemed like it had the ability to be good and bad. I had heard of books before, but never really knew about what Pirates of the Caribbean was about, except for Pirates sailing in the Caribbean.
Let’s start with the concept of …
50/50 (movie)
There were several movies that had a great emotional impact on me this year and one of them was the movie 50/50. I knew that it would either be a tearjerker or one of those movies that made you meditate on the direction in which your life was going …
The Last King of Scotland (R, 2006) movie
Forrest Whitaker is a genius in this movie. I knew just from seeing the trailer that this film was going to be terrific. The previews didn’t lie. In fact, the film was better than I expected. The story of Idi Amin is interesting, …
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 …
Roman Polanski’s “Oliver Twist,” 2005
I went to see Roman Polanski’s 2005 release of “Oliver Twist” a couple of days ago. I was not disappointed, but I wasn’t very impressed, either. One of the good points is that the story is not in any way “Hollywoodized,” it is told in a straight, true-to-the-source way. …
Wallace and Gromit A Grand Day Out
I noticed that Wallace & Gromit had become a popular claymation phenomenon but I have only just watched them for the first time with this short ‘A Grand Day Out’. Nearly everyone else on the planet has watched this except me I guess. I am no particulara …
Real Mean
I have seen John Ritter quite a few times on television but never took the time to watch one of his movies. That changed this past weekend when I watched his film Real Men. And, I have to say, I was very impressed.
First off, I want to say that, …
Ouija Board Movie
So the basic over view of this movie is supposed to be about a girl named Debbie who finds a ouija board in her house, and decides to play with it. She wakes up evil spirits in her house, who then end up murdering her. Her bestfriend, Laine, can’t …
10,000 B.C.
My wife and I got the move 10,000 B.C. through Netflix and it sat in our house for almost three weeks before we finally had time to watch it. After seeing the movie, I can say I’m glad I didn’t spend the money to see it in the theater.
The …
21 Jump Street starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill (2012 Movie)
This updated version of the television classic that starred Johnny Depp has been highly anticipated, and it has received a lot of great reviews. This comedy is funny, likable and very entertaining.
I never watched the original 21 Jump Street TV series, and when I heard they were making a …
Winning of the West movie
I really don’t believe I’ve seen many Gene Autry movies, but the other day I was bored and there was nothing, and I mean nothing, on TV so I tuned in to a 1953 flick called Winning of the West. What I love about these old movies is …
Pretty Woman
I am reviewing the movie, Pretty Woman, starring Richard Geere and Julia Roberts. This is a love story. It is a chick flick. Men beware. Women rejoice. Rich Richard Geere’s character is in the need of company one evening, so he decides to go along and pick …
Marley & Me Movie 2008
I adored this film - Marley and Me - but I suspect that has a lot to do with the fact that I do love dogs. Marley is a Labrador owned by John and Jennifer (Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston) and the movie covers their life with Marley …
Movie: A Christmas Carol (2009)
Disney’s A Christmas Carol (2009) is a 3-D animation retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic novel [Rated PG for scary sequences and images].
At the outset I will admit that I have never been a Jim Carrey fan, and my favorite version of Christmas Carol will forever be the …
Prince of Persia (2010)
When I told people I would be going to see Prince of Persia in theaters, they always accused me of going to see it just to watch a muscular bodied, cute faced Jake Gyllenhaal on a huge screen. I would defend myself by saying that I had actually played …
Old School (2003)
I trust that a lot of people have seen this movie and what is worse than just seeing it, you have happened to come across it on the cable networks every now and again, it is my opinion, that whether you see this movie once or on multiple occasions, …
The Landlady (1998)
Starring Talia Shire (Melanie Leroy), Patrick Foreman (Jack Coleman)
A mentally disturbed woman I wonder when her mind turned. Did it happen when she saw her husband coupling with another woman, or had it always been part of her psyche waiting for the right moment to erupt?
Melanie, …
Movie Pretty in Pink
I must admit that recently I decided to take a nostalgic trip back to the 80’s and watched “Pretty in Pink”. In my opinion, this is one of the best movies for Molly Rigward along with “Sixteen Candles”. According to certain reviews, it also seems to be Molly Rigward …
The Creeping Man
I am reviewing The Creeping Man, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, which was produced in 1985/1986 by Granada television. This episode introduces Science Fiction into Sherlock Holmes. A woman hires Holmes after being terrified by some sort of monster who …
Carlito’s Way movie
Clearly intended as an indirect sequel to Scarface, Brian De Palma’s Carlito’s Way shows Al Pacino as the old drug dealer Carlito Brigante who gets out of prison and wants to start an honest life. But he is deceived and drawn into criminality again by his friend and lawyer …
Tammy
The TV series Tammy was done after three successful theatrical movies with the character of Tammy Tyree had been released. Debbie Reynolds and Sandra Dee had made the character part of the American landscape. Everyone loved the swamp girl who lived on the riverboat with her grandpa. …
The Lego (Movie)
I was just searching for some movies that can make my boring day awesome. Few days back, my friend shared his experience about The Lego movie. He said the movie was awesome and worth watching. So I thought to give it a try! The movie was directed by one …
An Alan Smithee Film-Burn Hollywood Burn
A very complex documentary about the fact that some Hollywood directors use the name Alan Smithee when their film is severly cut down by producers and they don’t consider the film theirs anymore.
The strange thing as that the director of this film, named Arthur Hiller, thought the film was …
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The famous black-and-white 1951 British version of “A Christmas Carol” starring Alastair Sim is considered a classic and loved by many. Before I had watched it for the first time, I heard his movie praised so much that I thought I was going to love it as well. However, …
Movie: “Starman” (1984)
In the beautiful science fiction film “Starman”, Jeff Bridges plays an alien who comes to Earth in response to an invitation on the space probe Voyager II. It was a message of peace; but in typically human fashion, the military shoots down the alien craft, and the visitor is …
“Passengers” movie
Colombian director Rodrigo Garcia is known for its versatility. He has directed such series as “Family Soprano” or “Six Feet Under.” He made the photos for “Four Rooms” and Quentin Tarantino’s biographical drama “GIA” with Angelina Jolie in the lead role. In his director’s filmography has several projects on the …
Alex and Emma (2003 Film)
The 2003 film “Alex and Emma” starring Kate Hudson in the early stages of her career, and Luke Wilson, was a film that was really trying to be romantic and funny. I could see it in the jokes and scenes that were exaggerated. However, it really did not deliver. …
Die Hard 4.0
Few have probably not heard of the Die Hard series,let alone Bruce Willis.The main character remains the same,namely John McClane (now bald),a detective that seemingly has the “talent” to enforce any given situation.In the movie,years have past since the last encounter,and McClane is trying to make peace with his …
Annabelle (2014 Film)
I was prompted to watch Annabelle, after watching the conjuring and seeing the brief glimpses of the character in the movie, I was instantly interested.
When going in to watch this movie, I already had my ideas and expectations pretty much set. As with any horror movie, I was going in …
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