Movies Reviews
Independence Day Will Smith
Although this movie is a couple of years old, it is still one of my favorite adventure movies. I love the fast paced scenes with the constant explosions. To be honest, I can’t resist a good movie with aliens invading. The story is about the planet earth trying to …
The 33 or The Thirty Three - Movie (Biography, Drama)
I have a fascination of watching movies especially that are based on real that is the foremost reason that I ended up watching this film. This film is based on the 2010 San Jose Chile mining accident when a gold and copper mine collapsed and trapped 33 miners underground for …
Blood Diamonds
This is by far one of Leonardo di Caprio’s best films along with “The Departed”. I particularly liked the way “Blood Diamonds” was filmed and, as a mother of a small kid, I was very much impressed with scenes were kids were ordered to kill their enemies. I just …
Starving in Suburbia (movie)
I just finished watching the movie Starving in Suburbia and it was one of the best Lifetime original movies I can remember watching. I was actually shocked that it only got a rating of about 6.5 on its IMDB page since I think that it should have gotten at …
There Will be Blood
There Will be Blood is tells the story of all of the things, good and bad, that come with power. This power stemming mainly from one product, oil. Daniel Day Lewis is absolutely electrifying in his role as the prospector and main character. He is deserved …
Iron Man
I just saw Iron Man in at the theater and I must say it’s one of the best super hero movies I’ve seen in a while. I was blown away by this movie. I just loved the acting and the script. I also really liked the storyline. They did a …
Yentl film
Yentl is one of my favorite Barbra Streisand films. Maybe it’s because she put her soul into this movie, making it a tribute for her own father in real life. It’s a story about heritage and the right to study religion as a female in the Jewish …
Gone Girl (psychological thriller movie)
Gone Girl certainly was not at the top of my list of movies to watch since I heard that the actors Tyler Perry and Ben Affleck would be playing a major role in it. For one it sounded like a terrible combination because I’ve always thought that Ben Affleck came …
Due South: They Eat Horses, Don’t They?
Due South: They Eat Horses, Don’t They? has a couple of issues at its core. One is a woman whose children have been taken from her. Benton, our favorite Mountie, has promised to help her. The other is a woman (Teri Polo) who is trying to save …
The Lovely Bones Movie 2009
I rented “The Lovely Bones” thinking it would be more of a supernatural thriller, but what I found it to be was a very heartwarming story of acceptance and grief. A young girl is murdered, but caught in the in-between of life and death, searching for meaning and to …
It Follows, horror movie
Within the last few years the genre of “Horror” for me seems to repeat the same mundane patterns of predictability and flatness. However, “It follows” is a gripping and tense horror flick that will leave you shaken, yet wanting more.
With barely anytime to get comfy, director (David Robert Mitchell) has …
Kate and Leopold (2001)
The inventor of the elevator is in a bind, he longs for excitement and he ventures off to find it. It would just so happen that he winds up in a different time period but in the same area that his home once was. There seems to be a …
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon movie
I recently went to the theaters to see the new Transformers movie: Dark of the Moon. I remember when I saw the first movie. I did not know if it would be cheesy and fall short in terms of story, because it seems like that could be an easy …
Elfen Lied
Considered by many to be the most cruel anime ever made, Elfen Lied contains some of the most disturbing violence ever animated. That said it is also one of the truly beautiful and powerful pieces of art and story that I have ever seen.
Based on the manga by Lynn …
Movie: Scary Movie 4
Synopsis: This 4th installment of the Scary Movie franchise spoofs the movie War of the Worlds with a group of people looking to escape from an alien invasion. Along they way, the movie also manages to spoof everything from Saw to Brokeback Mountain.
What I liked about this movie: I’m …
The Flim-Flam Man,1967 movie
This is a wonderful, unfairly little known and even more unfairly not-yet-released-on-DVD comedy starring the great George C. Scott. If you are a fan of George Scott, definitely check it out! He plays (wonderfully) a veteran con artist named Mordecai Jones who maintains that “you can’t cheat an honest …
Nebraska (comedy drama)
If you like family dramas, independent films and road trip movies like me, you might find yourself liking the movie Nebraska. It’s different from a lot of other films I’ve seen, the plot is exciting even though it’s simple and it strives to be realistic.
When the movie begins, we see …
Sixteen Candles (1984 Film)
Who cannot love a young Molly Ringwald as a fashion forward teenager who is trying to survive high school? I know that I can’t, and that is why it’s hard to not absolutely love the 1984 film “Sixteen Candles”. Not only is this movie funny, but it really does …
I’m with lucy movie
I watched “I’m with Lucy” today on Lifetime movie network. It was better than I thought. At first I wasn’t going to watch it when it came on. I was kind of tired of watching television, but once I saw it on for a few minutes I got interested …
Freaky Friday movie
Upon seeing the trailer of Freaky Friday I was already laughing my head off so I decided that I would watch the movie. I’m sure glad I did because the movie was worth every penny. I can’t remember the last time I laughed this hard. Freaky Friday is a …
Devil Wears Prada
Plot
I watched this movie recently and fell in love with it. The story deals with a Andera who is a fresh graduate, and is looking for job in journalism but to get them she first goes for a job as a second personal assistant under the editor of a …
Ben-Hur movie
A classic movie is one that lasts through the ages, and Ben-Hur is definitely one of those. It’s an epic motion picture produced with high quality everything. It won 11 Academy Awards. The masterful and commanding Charlton Heston took home one of those, winning the Best …
“On the Beach” Movie
The 1959 movie “On the Beach” is a classic story of Armageddon that resulted in a nuclear war that brought an end to human life on the planet Earth. The film was directed by Stanley Kramer and is extremely well done. Gregory Peck stars as a commander of the …
Rain Man movie
An arrogant young man played by Tom Cruise finds out he will receive a heritage from his deceased father, but unexpectedly his brother gets it instead, someone who has a disease that makes him handicaped mentally. The two get two know each other slowly, and they both learn something …
The Last Bolshevik movie
This is a documentary style film by experimental french filmmaker Chris Marker. It tells the story of the forgotten soviet genius director Sergei Medvedkin, who made a whole bunch of visually stunning films in the silent era, which were all hidden away by the government as they apparently wasn’t …
Blowup movie
Blowup is a strange British film about a London photographer who shoots some film in a park of a woman named Jane and another man. Jane, played by Vanessa Redgrave, desperately wants the film back, but the self-involved photographer isn’t very cooperative.
David Hemmings stars, along with Sarah Miles …
Rachel Getting Married (2008 film)
The 2008 movie “Rachel Getting Married” might have had a great cast who fell into the roles of their characters phenomenally, and maybe they have done that too well. Because Anne Hathaway who plays Rachel’s sister, Kim, in the movie, really got on my nerves and I think that …
Analyze This (1998), movie
American comedies have become part of a cliche after the 90s, the main plot being based simply on a failed relationship or some other unsatisfying cheesy drama. What I can claim to be a good comedy with cleverly conceived humour is ‘Analyze This’, the 1998 movie starring Billy Crystal, …
Smallville Show
Who doesn’t love Smallville? I never was really much into it at first but started collecting it on DVD on a whim. I let the DVD’s sit on my shelf for awhile; my fiance went nuts when he saw them and bout the rest of the series for me. …
500 Days of Summer (2009 film)
I had first been interested in the 2009 film, 500 Days of Summer, because one of its main actors (Zooey Deschannel) has always impressed me in other films that she has done. However, her character Summer did little less then annoy and disappoint me. I constantly felt sorry for …
“Fracture” starring Anthony Hopkins
“Fracture” is a 2007 color movie from New Line Cinema and Castlerock Entertainment lasting 113 minutes. Normally I’m a big fan of Castlerock that often produces movies that have some connection to Stephen King such as “Hearts in Atlantis” starring Anthony Hopkins and based on the book by King …
Sweet Home Alabama DVD
I watched the movie Sweet home Alabama with my friends, my friend recommended me to buy the DVD as she went to watch this movie. Since I watched, the movie I felt was somewhat good. It was just like any other romantic comedy I have seen but it was …
Split Second movie
Science Fiction comedy about a man played by Rutger Hauer who goes to look for a hideous monster in London and kill it.
Rutger Hauer is one of the absolutely coolest actors ever in my opinion, but this film is really way to thin and unlogical to convince me. Hauer …
Day after Tomorrow
I could watch this movie anytime, any day. I thought it was a brilliant movie. It’s probably one of my favorite movies. It really did keep me very entertained and interested in the movie. Possibly the most entertained in a movie ever. Dennis Quad, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, all …
Point Break movie (1991)
(Keanu Reeves, Patrick Swayze, Gary Busey)
Point Break was an action packed movie and a half. Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, a director known for pushing the limits and never pulling any punches, Point Break starts at a gallop and never slows down. This was also one of the …
Hush movie
The movie Hush starring Jessica Lange and Gwyneth Paltrow in the main roles is a good movie in the genre of drama with an underlying thriller element. The movie though is good has a predictable story and the pace of the movie is a bit slow. But nevertheless it …
Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton is a great actor that I admire a lot. He has done very well in many of his movies. He did a great job of acting in the movie Batman. He played the role of Bruce Wayne and Batman. His acting skills were really good on this movie. …
Taken: Mini Series
Taken is a mini series by Steven Spielberg made in 2002 about the abduction of aliens. Taken is a science fiction genre show which focuses on several generations of humans who were abducted by aliens, which then had children.
Four generations are shown in Taken of three different families over …
Up film
Up is another one of those animated films from Pixar that comes out every so often that we feel we’re too old for but end up watching anyhow. At least, that’s how I usually feel about animated films these days.
Up is about an old man, Carl Fredricksen who …
Black Christmas
‘Black christmas’ is a movie directed by Glen Morgan. The actors are Katie, Michelle, Mary Elizabeth etc.. The movie is the story of a person named Billy. When he was a child, Billy was abused by his mother. His mother had murdered his father on a Christmas day and …
Rambo, First Blood
I watched Rambo First Blood on video the other day and once again found myself enjoying a movie I’ve watched at least a dozen times before.
One of Sylvester Stallone’s best films ever, the movie is very well written and really makes you think about our Vietnam veterans and what …
Love and Other Drugs Movie
I was excited to see this movie as it stars Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal (Jamie) and the movie revolves around a guy who’s known for his charming and infallible ways in making women fall in love with him and dumping them afterwards, and he meets Maggie (Anne) and …
Little Black Book movie
I watched “Little Black Book” because I read the story of the film and thought that it was a good movie, however it ended up not to deliver what was expected. The script could have been improved much more in order to let the actresses, Brittany Murphy and Holly …
Movie: “Bruce Almighty” (2003)
The always brilliant Jim Carrey plays Bruce Nolan, a TV reporter who always gets stuck with “silly” stories. He wants to report real news and even dreams of being an anchor. His girlfriend Grace (Jennifer Aniston) tries to encourage him, but he’s frustrated with his life. Meanwhile, his snide …
Three Days of the Condor movie
Sydney Pollack directed this mesmerizing spy thriller, Three Days of the Condor, in 1975. It stars Robert Redford as Joseph Turner, a man who reads books for a living. He’s employed by the CIA. His very unassuming place of employment seems low key and simple enough. …
Tenth Avenue Angel movie
Tenth Avenue Angel is the film that introduced me to Margaret O’Brien when I was a kid. I remember it playing on television numerous times in my youth, and I always watched it. It was a movie that always pulled on my heartstrings. The movie was …
Rosemary’s Baby movie
Over the past few years, I have been getting more and more into the horror movie genre. When I was younger, I stayed away from it. I didn’t like to get scared. As I’ve gotten older, however, I have realized that horror movies, when they are well done, can …
Stepford Wives
One of my favourite movies which was released in the year 2004 was the movie “Stepford Wives”. I wanted to see the movie from the time I saw it advertising to be released in theatres, because I thought it looked very interesting and even though I had not watched …
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