Movies Reviews
That Old Feeling (1997 Film)
A movie that combines love, growth, realization of the importance of life and a large dose of comedy from a dynamic cast including Bette Midler, is not a movie I would want to pass up. Nor would I think anyone else would either. The 1997 film “That Old Feeling” …
Movie “Going the Distance” (2010)
I am not a big fan of romantic comedies. I do watch a handful per year but they are not my favorite genre. I picked this one up from netflix mostly because I had sen every thing else in new releases. I was pleasantly surprised at …
Shelter DVD
Despite being produced by here!network (cable network known for many things but not good quality movies), “Shelter” is a well written, well produced, well acted movie about love.
“Shelter” tells a story of Zach, a young surfer living in California. He works in a diner, takes care of his nephew …
Maneater (2008)
This is one of the natural horror (creature) movies in the “Maneater Series”. This particular one is about a man-eating tiger. I love these sorts of movies and try to watch every one that I can find. This is one of the good ones, too. It has a solid …
The Aviator Movie
A movie based on the life of Howard Hughes and all the trials he beared in his lifetime. From the Actresses to the Hearings of his mis-use of government funds and his compulsive tendencies. Leonardo DiCarprio portrays a great Howard Hughes…a well done performance. This movie is not a …
Eastern Promises (2007)
Eastern Promises, directed by David Cronenberg is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for strong brutal and bloody violence, some graphic sexuality, language and nudity. The original release date for this movie was September 21, 2007 for United Sattes audiences. This movie falls in the genre …
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 …
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
The Thomas Crown Affair, directed by John McTiernan is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America and stars Pierce Brosnan as Thomas Crown, Rene Russo as Catherine Banning and Denis Leary as Michael McCann.
Thomas Crown, an extremely wealthy and successful man passes him idle time buy stealing …
Oliver Twist (2005 movie)
Oliver Twist is 2005 Crime and drama movie directed by Roman Polanski, which is based on a novel. I had read the novel a few years ago, and I truly loved it, and wanted to see the story in action, and played by real characters. The story of the …
Population 436
Once again, a movie I’ve never even heard about before turned out to be a pretty good thriller for our weekly movie night.
When I came across Population 436 on my movie channels Wednesday night, I had no idea what it was. But, I was a bit tired and didn’t …
Superman Vs Doomsday
Coming from Old School Superman, I could never really get into Superman and Lois Lane as an item. I can appreciate its inevitability � I mean, after all, they’ve been working together almost seventy years. But if television is any indicator, romances typically mean the death knell to a …
Did You Hear About the Morgans? (Movie)
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 …
Second Harry Potter Movie
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a great movie! The cast is all the same with new characters being introduced. I though Lockheart was perfectly portrayed and oh my goodness, Lucius Malfoy is absolutely perfect! I hate his character but I love to watch him onscreen because …
Forever Lulu movie
Forever Lulu is a 2000 movie that took forever to be released. In fact, the independent picture never did make a real theatrical run and was ultimately released on DVD. However, while foreign titles went under the film name of Forever Lulu, in the United States, the …
Green Dragon movie
Green Dragon (2004) is an independent film based on a true story about Vietnamese refugees as they arrive at Camp Pendleton at the end of the Vietnam conflict. It’s a story that hasn’t been told before, and it’s very well done.
Timothy Linh Bui directed the movie which stars …
Memoirs of a Geisha, Rob Marshall Movie
Japan, early in the year 30, when Chiyo is still a teenager was unlucky fate. He and his brothers sold by their parents to a Geisha house is different. This resulted in the Chiyo must be separated with the sisters. So, the reporting on the life of Chiyo, a …
The West Wing Final Season
This was an amazing show, I think the scriptwriter’s were fantastic for the entire seven seasons of the show. The West Wing was a show created by the amazing Aaron Sorkin, based on the President and his staff. The President and First Lady were played …
Happy Feet Movie
Happy Feet the movie was released in 2006, and is an exceptional family film. Happy Feet is about Emperor Penguins in their natural environment and their natural gift to sing. But, when one small penguin named Mumble is unable to sing, he faces ridicule from the other penguins, including …
She’s the Man movie
I am reviewing the movie, She’s the Man, starring Amanda Bynes. This movie is loosely based on William Shakespeare’s novel, Twelfth Night. There is Sabastian, a music lover and soccer player. He has a sister named Viola. She’s really good at soccer, but after the girl’s team is …
Syriana (2005)
“Syriana” is a 2005 movie from Warner Brothers suggested by former CIA agent Robert Baer’s book “See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism.” The color movie runs for 126 minutes and was filmed in a variety of locations throughout the …
The Real McCoy (1993)
The Real McCoy, directed by Russell Mulcahy is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was September 10, 1993 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Kim Basinger as Karen McCoy, Val Kilmer as J.T. Barker, …
School Of Rock
School of Rock is a hilarious movie starring rocker Jack Black. The premise of the movie is that Jack Black, a rock and roll musician gets a job in an elementry school and teaches the children how to be in a rock and roll band. the childrens band then …
Igor (2008 Film)
If you are looking for an adorable family fun flick that is perfect for a Friday night after a long week, and appropriately funny for children and adults, then you should consider the 2008 film Igor. It is an animated movie with great graphics and hilarious jokes and characters …
Movie Bruce Almighty
I like to watch movies and one of my favorite actors is Jim Carry
He can play almost any type of roll and you will enjoy him. We watched the movie called Bruce ALmight the other dayand in this move it also starred Morgan Freemond. I enjoy watchin him act …
DVD Empire
First of all, let me just say I love DVD Empire. I found this site while doing a search to find my boyfriends birthday present. This is one of the greatest movie sites that I have ever found.
My boyfriend is a huge horror freak, so I thought it …
Three Amigos
It has been a while since I last saw the movie Three Amigos. And, while I remembered it being funny, I had my doubts that it was as funny as I remembered.
Tonight, I got to see it again. And, I have to admit, it is as funny as I …
Mangal Pandey -Rising
Aamir Khan again at his best as always. He beautifully depicts the character. Many times u forget that u are watching a movie and reach upto that era, wishing u were a part of it. The friendship between Mangal and the british companion is beautifully shown. The title song …
DVD WONDERLAND
John C. Holmes was the single most famous adult film star in history. In the early 1980’s, long after his porn career had ended, he found himself faces murder charges in the deaths of several lowlifes on Wonderland Ave in Los Angeles. This is that story.
Val Kilmer plays …
Children of Men Movie
Children of Men is in my top 10 favorite movies of all time. When I first read the plot of the movie it didn’t seem like a solid movie, but after watching it for just 2 minutes I have changed my mind. This is what a good action should …
“Play Misty for Me” movie
“Play Misty for Me” is a 1971 movie starring and directed by Clint Eastwood. The movie is Eastwood’s first efforts to direct and the story goes that he agreed to direct without payment just to get himself established. If you look at his subsequent Oscar-winning career it’s clear that …
The Man Who Predicted 9-11 movie
The movie is kind of slow in the beginning, but that is no reason not to follow through and watch the rest of it. The reasons behind the stories about the main character’s life and background did not become clear until later on in the movie. I found these …
Chak De! India
I am an avid movie watcher from Mumbai. I always grab the chance to watch a movie, be it in theatres or at home.
So, I got a chance to watch the latest Yash Raj Movie, ‘Chak De! India’ meaning ‘Go, India’
It was my friend’s birthday i.e. 2 days after …
Turbulence movie
I completely forgot about the movie “Turbulence” until very recently when I saw it being broadcast on a cable televison channel again. Since the name sounded familiar I decided to even watch half of it in order to refresh my memory on the movie. The result was that I …
Torture
Torture was directed by Nolan H. Lebovitz. It stars Cole Hauser, Laurence Fishburne, and James Cromwell. It came out on video in 2008. It is a crime and suspense movie.
The plot is about an undercover FBI agent (Cole Hauser) and what he is forced to do in the line …
Secret Window
Secret Window is a great movie. Stephen King did a great job of writing the story for this film. I also think the music as also very well done, and I really did enjoy watching the movie a lot. I think this is one of the best films made …
Movie The Women
I just see “The Women” staring with Meg Ryan(Mary Haines),Annette Bening(Sylvia Fowler),Carrie Fisher and Debra Messing.This movie is about their friendship.They are in high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon,hunting fashion show and a bunch gossip group.First it begin when Silvia go to manicure the women who …
Disney movie: Planes
I went to watch this movie with a 5 year old boy who absolutely LOVES Cars, Disney’s previous movie set in the same universe where humans and animals don’t exist, and are actually replaced by cars, trucks and planes.
First of all I have to say the animation was flawless, …
The Hurt Locker (2009 film)
The Hurt Locker is a film that I expected with great interest not only because of the quantity of praise given to it but also because it was the first film in a long while that was addressing the Iraq war. Kathryn Bigelow, world’s first female …
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, …
Megafault movie
In honor of the late Brittany Murphy, my wife and I took the time to watch some of her movies that were available through Netflix Instant Watch; mostly because I didn’t want to bother sending for DVDs and waiting for them through the mail.
One of these movies was entitled …
Little Women movie
Little Women is about a group of sisters who grow up together. They face many trials along the way, but through their love are able to overcome any obstacle. Winona Ryder plays Jo, the independent, outspoken, creative sister, who is always working on a story. It …
Kentucky Fried Movie
I was a teenager when I first saw the Kentucky Fried Movie and I remember thinking how it was one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen.
Now, when I watch it, I still think it’s mildly entertaining but it’s not one that I’m overly impressed by.
The whole concept of …
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg movie
A french musical by Jacques Demy, that is part of the french new wave movement of the 1960s. The dialogue is completely sung in this film, that is a love story about two young people and their passionate desire for each other. For different reasons they are separated and …
Valentine’s Day (2010) movie
Valentine’s day was pretty much set up to do great, from its very release. The cast they had was just ridiculous in size and talent. It ranges from Julia Roberts to Taylor Swift in the most experienced actors to ones with very little experience.
The story itself is very …
Family Guy - Something Something Dark Side
Empire Strikes Back was my least favorite of all the original Star Wars films, so I didn’t know if I would like the Family Guy version of it. Since they stayed pretty true to the first movie, A New Hope, I …
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Die Hard 2, directed by Renny Harlin is Rated R by the Motion Picture Assocation of America, and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane, William Sadler as Colonel Stuart and John Amos as Major Grant.
Once again, terrorists / mercenaries plan to take over and destroy public property with the …
Never Been Kissed
“Never Been Kissed” is the first movie where the actress Drew Barrymore has a main role and, at the same time, is involved in the production of the same film. Barrymore found this experience very positive and decided to be involved in producing her on movies from her onwards. …
A Dog’s Breakfast movie
A Dog’s Breakfast surprised me a great deal because while it was as warped as I suspected it was, but it was also somewhat enjoyable. I didn’t like some of the more graphic parts and the innuendo that resulted, but as a whole, it was oddly enjoyable.
I’m not …
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