Vacancy is one of those movies that probably shouldn’t work, but somehow it does. The story picks up with a couple driving home from a party thrown by the woman’s family. They haven’t yet told anyone that they’re getting a divorce because they can’t deal with the son they …

What the hell is up with George Clooney? The man is showing up in all of these goddamn films and half of them—¦wait no, most of them suck! The one movie that really got me pissed off at the movie theaters was The Men Who Stare at Goats. This …

Forget Twilight. Underworld. Dracula. Blade. Forget Interview with a Vampire. This is one of the best vampire movies you will ever see.
[Warning]: This is a Swedish film so if you have no patience for subtitles then watch Twilight.
What sets it apart form other vampire movies?
Let The Right One In …

Orson Welles, who of course is mostly known for his cinematic milestone achievement Citizen Kane, had a lot of financial trouble in his career. Hollywood didn’t think his films would make any big money, so he had to look for investors abroad. Most of his films were financed in …

“My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is irresistibly funny, warm, cute, entertaining, and romantic. In Toula’s family, women have three purposes in life: to marry Greek boys, produce Greek babies, and cook up a Greek feast to feed everyone. Toula’s family is loud, boisterous, obnoxious, eccentric, and insanely Greek. She’s …

I became interested in watching the movie “American Hustle” because virtually everyone I know who watched it claimed it was a masterpiece. The Oscar nominations that it received made me even more interested in seeing it. However the only things that kept me away were that there were actors …

I’ll just start with the part I didn’t like. I didn’t like the speech at the end by the President as played by Jeff Bridges. I had liked his character up until then but something about the way it was written seemed obvious to me somehow. Maybe in this …

“X-Men Evolution” was one of the best X-men Cartoons I can remember. On the other hand though it was the second X-men cartoon I can remember watching. It came out I think a little after the second X-men live action movie, and I liked it because the drawings were …

I skipped this one in theatres. I’d seen something else that Quentin Tarantino recently released, and I wasn’t pleased. But then I realized that Planet Terror is actually the brain-child of Robert Rodriguez. This film was so much better than I thought it was going to …

Julie & Julia turned out to be an enchanting little film that amazingly told two different stories amazingly well. Julie is Julie Powell, a young housewife with the goal of wanting to finish something for the first time in her life. What she chooses, with the help …

This is an older and lesser known version of Jane Eyre starring George C. Scott as Mr. Rochester and Susannah York as Jane. The movie was made in 1970. I bought my copy because of the great George Scott: the moment I heard there’s a “Jane Eyre” movie with …

Sean Penn plays a man on death row, who committed a rape and a murder (late in the film we find out that his partner in this crime went free). A woman priest wants to help this man, not to get him free, but to make God forgive him …

I see a lot of similarity between the actresses, Melissa Joan Hart and Alicia Silverstone. They both got famous due to teen related material and they cannot seem to go beyond that. Alicia Silverstone stuck in the “Clueless” and “Excess Baggage” phase, while Melissa Joan Hart got stuck in …

When I watch the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, I am absolutely amazed with the quality of the film, considering it was made almost 3 decades ago.
It’s hard to believe that’s Donald Sutherland in the starring role of Matthew Bennell and I was impressed with the …

When you talk about Anime, this movie should be in the top 5 of the best of all. Cyborgs are all over the place and they keep talking about their ghosts. A female cyborg police officer and her partner are on the hunt to capture a hacker that goes …

This movie started off kind of slow and boring in the very beginning. When you get into the movie though it is really good. It kept me interested in what was going on. You do kind of have to pay attention to make sure you understand it all, …

Pride and Prejudice, 1995, the mini-series, is my favorite adaptation of the Jane Austen’s classic novel. The movie is so well-done, I could go on for hours describing its merits. The script, casting, acting, costumes, music - everything is just excellent. Colin Firth makes a perfect Mr. Darcy, serious …

My son and I went to see the movie “Stop Loss” last evening and this is the first anti war movie that I have seen since the tragic events of 9/11. We saw this move at Arundel Mills Malls, in Hanover Maryland
This movie deals with a young soldier who …

The Phantom stars Billy Zane, Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, and James Remar.
As another movie version of a comic hero, this movie turned out to be interesting, but pretty laid back. The Phantom, alias Kit Walker, saves the world from the evil Xander Drax and …

The First Wives Club is one of my favorite comedies of all time. The first time I saw the movie I was young, so I did not grasp the significance of both cast and the plot as a whole, but now that I am older it is one of the …

This movie was one of the best remakes to one of the best classic science fiction films of all time! The new twist on the film offers a modern day yet authentic horror to the realization of what could happen! There is lots of suspense and graphics and has …

Carlito, played by Al Pacino is the story of a former gangster who is trying to go straight, but no matter how hard he tries, his past keeps catching up with him and with it the reputation of unlawful activity that got his sent to prison in the first …

If you’re thinking about renting a rollercoaster ride of a film, look elsewhere other than “The Marsh.” No offense to the award-winning Forrest Whitaker, or the equally winsome Gabrielle Anwar. In fact, I can’t even say that I didn’t enjoy this movie. …

Karen Davis, now can only lie in the hospital two years ago after trying to destroy ghost Kayako, and his son Toshio. Recognizing his daughter this situation, then the mother, sister Karen asks, Aubrey Karen to bring home to the United States. However, just to see the sisters, Karen …

I recently introduced my oldest daughter to the Inspector Gadget cartoon series I grew up watching and she loved it. So, as a special treat for finally trying a new food, I let her watch a full length Inspector Gadget movie; Inspector Gadget’s Last Case.
While she seemed to like …

Based on a Dean Koontz novel, Hideaway weaves the supernatural tale of what happens to one ordinary man when he returns to life after many minutes spent on the other side. It also shows the horrific repercusions of such a trip.
Hatch (Jeff Goldblum) is a nice guy, with a …

When zombies made their return to the forefront of horror film, there were almost as many good ones as bad ones. For every good one like 28 Days Later and Shaun of the Dead, there were bad ones like the remakes for Dawn of the Dead and Day …

Wes Anderson, as a director, has a tendency to be too quirky for his own good. After two great films with Bottle Rocket and Rushmore, his films became inconsistent. I’m not a big fan of The Royal Tenenbaums. I highly enjoyed Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. …

I wasn’t too sure what to expect when I checked this movie out of the library, but to my delight it was a truly engrossing movie. It’s about the power struggle between two men on a train during the Great Depression. One man works on the train and he …

A few months ago, my wife went to the movie theater to see the movie Mamma Mia! She came back telling me it was the best film ever. So, last night, I sat down to watch it with her on DVD.
She exaggerated. It was good, but it was far …

I love Ella Enchanted. There’s a beautiful cast for this movie and they consist of Minnie Driver, Hugh Dancy, Anne Hathaway especially and many more.
Anne plays the character of Ella and this movie is something like Enchanted. In fact, this movie was made first prior to …

When I saw the dvd at the house of a friend, I could not help thinking that the name “Battle Planet” sounded familiar. However, later on I learned that the movie was actually a Syfy original science fiction movie, and after reading a good, review on it, I was …

Eagle Eye is a thriller/suspense movie directed by D.J. Caruso, staring Michelle Monaghan and Shia LaBeouf.
Jerry Shaw (Shia LaBeouf) is a guy who’s never amounted to much in his life. He’s spends his time going from place to place and job to job. His parents want more from …

It really is a good movie. For anyone out there that has had a tough week and wants to relax and just laugh; this movie is for you. It’s fun and yeah it doesn’t make you think too hard, but has plenty of little jokes for those who pay …

The Americans assemble a martials arts team to go head to head with the best competitors around the world. this movie stars Eric Roberts, James Earl Jones, Phillip Rhee and Chris Penn as the most famous of all the characters in the movie. Their trials take them to the …

I am not much of a drama type person, but, this movie is one of the very few drama films that holds a special place in my heart. Jack Nicholson’s characters are always lovable whether good or bad, and in the film it was kinda both at the same …

When I saw previews to the movie The Happening, I suspected it would be a film that would start out scary but would have a twist that would manage to ruin it.
After watching it last night, I found I was 100 percent correct.
While I liked the idea of a …

This film powerfully demonstrates how humans should never repress themselves. The protagonist courageously braves all criticisms and alienation to introduce to this rigid town, that one can act on human desire.
The town, despite its extremeness in following unwritten rules, exemplifies a lot of our societies. The protagonist, enviably shepherds …

I only just saw Staying Alive for the first time recently. I haven’t even seen Saturday Night Fever all the way through. I’ve only seen pieces of it. The stories never intrigued me, but I did wonder a lot about Finola Hughes, who I’ve met at …

This DVD set is the final season of the show Felcity. Felecity is a bout a girl, who follows her highschool crush to NY to go to college. She starts out as a medical student and though finding herself changes her major to art, and then back to medicine. …

A good year is a nice romantic comedy starring Russell Crowe in the lead role. Max is the name of the character played by Russell Crowe. In his childhood he comes to spend his holidays with his uncle at his vineyard. When he grows up he becomes an aggressive …

I’m not sure what exactly the draw is for me but whenever the movie Pretty Woman is on television, I just have to watch it.
Maybe I’m just a closet Julia Roberts fan but I just can’t get enough of a Cinderella story that has a prostitute and millionaire falling …

Who doesn’t remember the Addam’s family movie? It was just one of those movie that Igrew up on. I watched this movie a few nights ago for this first time in several years and I was amazed on how much my view of this movie had truly changed. …

Who can forget the legend of Sleepy Hollow? And after watching the 1999 film “Sleepy Hollow” starring Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci, the blood and gore of the film (and the headless horsemen of course) make it difficult to. Though this film was made in the 90’s, and technology …

Raising Helen was a movie which starred Kate Hudson, it about a woman whose sister unexpectedly dies in an accident with her husband, now she has to take care of his sister’s kids and juggle it with her demanding job and her temporary on hold fun life. At first …

Meet the Fockers is crazy, wild and hilariously funny! I could never summarize this movie enough. It has a very superb cast and I really must praise the Director and everyone making this movie because it has made me so happy watching it each time. The …

I bought this movie because Nicolas Cage is one of my favorite actors and because the plot summary at the back of the DVD interested me. However, I was off for a disappointment when I watched it because it was boring, confusing, contains too much profanity and sexual situations. …

The movie “Erin Brockovich” came out in 2000 and I rushed out and bought it the moment it became available on DVD. This movie was inspiring to me because she didn’t let anything hold her back. Julia Roberts portrayal of Erin Brockovich was astounding. I have …