I am a huge fan of true crime stories. Back in 2002, I followed this particular story fairly closely, and thought that something just wasn’t quite right about Scott Peterson and his lack of emotion. This movie, which I think featured on regular television, was …

Starring Jennifer Connelly, Ariel Gade, Tim Roth, John C. Reilly, Pete Postlethwaite Tim Roth
Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) was going through an unsettling divorce, fighting for custody over her daughter, Cecilia (Ariel Gade). Her husband had accused her of being mentally unstable, living in a world of her world. …

While looking for another comedy to watch, I came across a not-so-popular movie that was considered as a gem by a number of people who watched it. I was informed that watching it generally evoked one of two strong feelings in an audience as I would either love it or …

Hugh Grant is one of my favourite actors of all time, so I was looking forward to his latest movie, Did You Hear About the Morgan’s? to come out in DVD. I had heard lots of rather negative reviews about it, so I wasn’t expecting anything more than his …

The story adheres strictly to the clichés of the genre , and this potentially poses a risk for the viewer to be bored. The story revolves around two undercover agents, who under the circumstances must join forces to survive and succeed . It sounds familiar, and I do not …

My husband and I went to the movies over the weekend to see the new Karate Kid. It is great and literally had the whole audience clapping at the end of the movie! This one is even better than the original. They couldn’t have gotten a better actor than …

A very entertaining and vivid look into the stereo typical African American family as it shows how family ties are brought together and strengthened through the use of food. I have always heard the saying that goes ‘the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach’. Now whether …

I have been an avid fan of the Toy Story movies 1 and 2. So when I saw the trailers and the teasers about Toy Story 3, I just had to watch it. Since I was young, I have enjoyed watching Toy Story and I think Toy Story 3 …

This movie is the remake of a classic TV series that used to air in the 70s, or it had like a 70s backdrop to it. The story is about two families that marry into each other, on one side of the family you have a father with three …

Take a hypocondriac giraffe, an existential zebra, a tough-girl hippopotamus, and a classic New Yorker lion, transport them from the comforts of the best zoo in the world (Central Park) to the wilds of Madagascar, and you are bound to find comedy.
True friendship comes through as Alex the lion …

I believe the best movie version of Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice is by A&E. I’ve read the book, and the A&E version holds very close to Austin’s work. I hate when movie directors and film writers believe they have to make the classic their own, by making …

I watched “Perfect Stranger” on Dvd.
“Perfect Stranger” stars Halle Berry as Roe, a journalist who’s friend has been murdered. She goes undercover at the firm of the suspect Harrison Hill (played by Bruce Willis).
Roe pretends to be a temp in order to get information on Hill. …

An early sound horror film divided in several episodes, directed by different people. These are stories told by a bunch of people who meet in the beginning of the film. They are all supernatural in some sense. Most of these episodes are quite mediocre and doesn’t interest me a …

Bottle Rocket (1996) is a comedy directed by Wes Anderson and is rated PG-13 by the MPAA.
Bottle Rocket is a quirky tale of three friends who try to turn themselves into successful criminals. When Anthony (Luke Wilson) leaves the voluntary mental institution he meets up with his friends …

I like movies based on plays, they usually have more depth to them. A Doll�s House, 1973, starring Anthony Hopkins and Claire Bloom, is one such movie. Action fans will probably find it slow and boring, but I enjoyed the excellent performance by both leading actors. The story takes …

Cars was a very funny and cool movie. I really enjoyed this movie a lot. I think that this movie was great. I though the little cars with faces looked really cute and were really cool. I also thought that the cars were very nice. I liked the voices and …

Peter Sellars returns to the roll of Inspector Clouseau after having seen him last in the popular Shot in the Dark. The plot of Return of the Pink Panther finds things pretty well back to normal. Dreyfus is still Clouseau’s boss, even after having taken drastic measures to dispose …

Instinct, directed by Jon Turteltaub is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for some intense violent behavior. The original release date was June 4, 1999 for United States audience. Thismovie falls in the genre of Drama/Thriller and stars Sir Anthony Hopkins as Ethan Powell, Cuba Gooding …

—˜Pride and Glory’ is the drama movie that puts together the great acting talents of two young Hollywood actors such as Edward Norton and Colin Farrell. As expected this movie delivers the goodies, with a great acting team, great script and director. The result is a movie that will …

“Drop Dead Gorgeous” was what I thought was a very interesting and unique comedy film. It was unique in the sense that it was dark and it was filmed in a way and a style which I thought was different from any other comedy film I had ever seen …

I was recently out and about with my boyfriend close to the movie theater. We were waiting for a friend to get into town from a couple hours away, but her bus had been delayed by two hours. We had two choices: walk home or find amusement for two …

The latest CG animated film from Disney Studios features John Travolta as the voice of Bolt, an adorable dog that thinks he has super powers. Bolt is the star of a television show with his owner Penny, whom he protects at all costs, using his abilities to thwart the nefarious …

Carrie is one of the scariest movies I have ever seen in my life. I think it truly is a super scary movie. This is one of the Stephen King’s films ever. I think he truly does bring something special to the whole movie. The movie truly does bring something …

For those who want to understand grand and magnificent story of the Three Kingdoms, Red Cliff is the movie just for you.
Red Cliff tells the story of the Battle of the Red Cliff by three warring state during the end of the Han Dynasty, the Wei, Shu and …

The teenage mutant ninga turtles, is a cartoon that has cartoon turtles that know karate. The turtles all fight to help protect the city, they save people and fight crime. The show seems like it has a kind of weird concept, but it really is a great cartoon …

The movie I am about to review is considered one of the worst movies of all timec called Troll 2.This is for a very good reason.I will give my own personal reasons why the movie is so horrible.
The plot is essentially about Goblins that turn humans into plant-like matter …

This is not a family movie! There aren’t any swearing in this film except the F-word was said once. Knight and Day features a commando like guy, going to protect a battery and a high school student, meets up with this innocent girl who has a place to go …

A sort of family style gangster movie satire where all the gangsters are at most 15 years old (is it the true age of every gangster in the real world perhaps?) and the violence and sex have been substituted for other things. Bugsy Malone is the main character of …

For a Twilight fan like myself, wating for New Moon to be released in the theaters felt like such a long wait. I wanted to watch the sneak preview, but I couldn’t get any ticket, and it was next to impossible too on November 20, 2009, the official …

I recently watched the movie The Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughan, Owen Wilson and Rachel McAdams. It was a hilariouss storyline with parts that everyone can relate to but still with a few bizarre twists.
Two men are marriage counsellors or divorce lawyers or something along those lines. They are …

After seeing a preview of the new film Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins, I quickly assumed this was a ‘wait for dvd’ movie. Thanks to a lack of good movies in February, I decided to take a chance on this film. To my surprise this film was actually …

Few movies try to bring something new these days. Most of the time people flock to the movie theaters to see tired and unnecessary rehashes of old films or either comic book movies that have been made to death. Everyone wants a blockbuster with big names attached to them.
Movies like …

My wife and I were flipping through movie channels earlier today, looking for holiday movies to watch.
I was getting a bit bored with the same old feel good family movies so I went hunting for something a bit different. That’s when we came across the film Jack Frost.
At first, …

It’s the French Film fest in Manila and entrance to all the French movies are free! Who wouldn’t take advantage of that?! I know I would and am planning to do so until the festival moves on to Cebu.
The first movie I watched was entitled The Secret of the …

“I Dreamed of Africa” is the story of a divorced mother of a young son, who marries a man she has known only briefly, and then moves to Africa to pursue a new life. She is met with physical dangers and hardships, some rough emotional patches with her too-often …

For the amount of recognizeable talent in this movie, I made the mistake of thinking that it had to be good and I neglected to check out reviews of it before I spent the $10.50 on a movie ticket to go see it.
The plotline was horrible. It was …

Silent Night, Deadly Night is a Christmas themed horror movie from the 1980s. The movie tells the story of a young boy who watches his parents get killed by a man dressed up as Santa Claus. When he gets older, he seems to have his life on track and …

Rare are those animated films that I have to watch in cinemas. And in rare occasions like this one, I rushed my way into the metro traffic just to catch the last screening of Zootopia in my local cinema. I fear that I might not be able to watch it …

I have just watched Catch & Release, a new romantic comedy movie starring my favorite actress Jennifer Garner. This story is pretty funny, but it gets boring, with the normal flavor formula being repeated over and over again. I tried to make myself love the movie, but …

The 40 Year Old Virgin, in my opinion, is one of the better Apatow related movies. Movies from the Apatow crowd include Anchorman, Superbad, Knocked Up, etc. Back to 40 year Old Virgin, I haven’t laughed this hard during a movie in a long time. Most …

Sex and the City is back! and it is bigger and better than ever! We went four years without fresh Carrie Bradshaw punchlines and now we get a whole 2 and a half hours of the lovely ladies. The movie version of the award winning series is actually out …

I became interested seeing In Bruges after I found out about the cast and the great script. But nothing would have foretold me how amazing this movie will turn out. First of all, it stars Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes and it is about two hitmen (Farrell …

I watched choke last night and I was extremely disappointed. I had
read the book before which I thought was very good and the movie just
didn’t stand up by comparaison. Maybe my high hopes for the movie are
what made me feel extra disappointed. I feel like they just took the
kinda …

In Sylveter Stallone’s urban fairy-tale, the hero does not yearn for fame or to even win. His sights are set on the realistic goal of just surviving and not humiliating himself in the process. It is an allegory for life and also one of the most romantic films ever …

A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor is another story that centers around country rancher and attorney, Wild Bill McKenzie, as played by Hal Holbrook.
This movie has an impressive cast that includes James Brolin, John Spencer, Elyssa Davalos, Ken Kercheval, Bonnie Bartlett, Gregg Henry, Kim Johnston …

Recently, my interest in horror movies has weaned a bit and I have had a shift towards inspirational movies that have a financial quest inclination to them, with the most recent delight being a movie called ‘The Ultimate Gift’, starring Drew Fuller.
From the very first moment I was completely …

Ghost Hunt is a Japanese Anime that is very different from other animes, it’s about paranormal activity. Cherami Leigh is the voice actress for high school student Mai Taniyama, who likes to tell ghost stories to her classmates. One day, a young man shows up at her …

Suicide Kings is a 1997 thriller movie starring Christopher Walken as a mafia boss who is kidnapped by a group of college students, also stars Dennis Leary as a man working for the kidnapped mafia boss. The film is sort of cool and unique because it shows how a …

This is, without a doubt, one of the worst movies I have seen in my entire life. Of course, at the same time, it is also one of the funniest, solely because it is one of the most pitiful excuses for entertainment I have ever encountered. Which is a …

Penelope (Christina Ricci) is rich and comes from the best of blueblood families; but, due to a long-ago witch’s curse, she was born with the nose of a pig. The curse can only be broken if one of her own learns to love her just as she is. Her …