I have never watched the show Get Smart; even though it has been on television in re-runs for decades. Yet, for some reason, when I saw the movie based on the series “The Nude Bomb,” I figured I would watch it.
I didn’t even get halfway through it before I …

I am reviewing the movie, Odd Couple II, which was released in 1998. It stars Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. How can you not like a movie with these two in it? These two were absolute comedic geniuses, and worked best when they were together! Matthau and Lemmon …

Paul W.S. Anderson’s decision to make a movie based on the 1975 film Death Race 2000 was a strange one. Anderson’s track record isn’t the best one out their, but with the bad advertising this film got you can’t completely blame him. Now that Death Race is on DVD …

If you want a good musical, this is the movie for you ! It’s another generation’s High School Musical and it is fantastic ! Who doesn’t love Olivia Newton John and John Travolta? Grease Lightening? I mean, come on. This is a movie that you can watch over and …

I had been encouraged to watch this year’s Oscar winning movie, “The Hurt Locker”, for a few months before I finally sat down and put the film on. While I don’t usually like war movies, I thought that this particular production might be worth a few hours of my …

Kung Fu Panda, just opened June 6th at movie theatres all across the nation. Starring Jack Black as the main character, PO. A large panda bear dreaming of being part of the elite team of kung fu trainees.
Basically, PO is chosen as the dragon master and although …

Just before the film ended when Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) finally acknowledged the guilt that manifested inside him I hit the pause button. I went to the bathroom and let the faucet running - it was the first time I had an emotional breakdown while watching a film. I just …

My wife and I watched a great film the other night. It was a film that is written, produced and directed by Nancy Meyers and it had four very well known actors. The film was called the holiday and it starred Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jack …

Normally, whenever a movie is a surprise hit, someone can’t wait to make a sequel to it and, more often than not, that sequel doesn’t even come close to the original.
This was the case of Harold & Kumar Escape Guantanamo Bay.
The first movie, Harold & Kumar Go to Whitecastle …

My husband and I went on a double movie marathon the other night. We wanted to see two movies back to back. One of these movies is Knight and Day. My review may contain spoilers so just a warning for those who have not seen it yet, stop here.
Knight …

I liked the first Librarian movie “Quest for the Spear” so I figured I would give the sequel “Return to King Solomon’s Mines” a try.
It turned out to be an OK movie but it wasn’t as good as the original.
You have the same guy playing the Librarian. Only this …

A Mighty heart is a boring movie which I have seen a few days back on a cable channel, by mistake. The movie starring Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Will Patton and Irrfan Khan. The movie was shot mostly in India, though they haven’t shown very much of any place …

This movie is excellent in every way but I was skeptical until I sat down to watch it. Mel Gibson directs an action packed story-line that grabs your adrenaline first and your heart second. In the beginging of this movie you are introduced to a tribe of early Aztec …

If you are looking for a film that is slightly off the beaten path, you should watch “Feed.” But don’t expect riveting acting or plot direction. For there is none. This isn’t a terrible film. In fact, in a lot of ways it is quite …

Jack Woods (Randy Quaid), an American businessman, comes to Ireland on company business. Shortly after his arrival he happens to save a life of a leprechaun, Seamus Muldoon (Colm Meaney). Soon Jack finds himself involved in the problems of a world populated by leprechaun and fairies. The two races …

It took me a couple of times to finally watch this movie the whole way through. Overall it was kind of boring but a decent movie. You need to watch the movie the whole way through because the ending is what made the movie a little better in my …

When I saw previews to Superhero Movie, I wasn’t really sure whether it would be funny or not. From the previews, I thought it would just focus on known super heroes like Superman and Batman and find ways to spoof them; a formula that has worked on some subjects …

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 …

Final Destination 3 is one crazy movie. It seems so real and really makes you think about things you do in everyday life. This movie is the sequel to the 1 and 2nd final destination. All three movies are about someone having a vision before a major crash …

This is a 1999 Sci fi film starring Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron about an astronaut who leaves on a mission and comes back different. The other astronaut dies of a stroke after returning home, and his wife commits suicide, the surviving astronaut’s wife notices changes in his behavior, …

It rained Saturday so we were pretty much stuck inside the house all day. I ended up flipping channels and came across a movie I haven’t seen in a long while; Robocop.
I didn’t remember a whole lot about the movie but figured it was one that was good when …

It’s a short and simple story chronicling the lives of four survivors in a zombie infested America. Quite a shallow plot, but extremely funny. Its comedic factor is refreshing because it isn’t lewd or too slapstick.
Columbus played by Jesse Eisenberg was funny when he was alone, giving the …

The third and final chapter in Kobayashi’s epic films about japanese military officer Kaji. He and his fellow soldiers move into China and later Russia, at the same time as they suspects the war is over and their side has lost. They can not proceed into Russia and get …

Monkey Shines is a pretty good movie, and yes it is kind of scary. It is not super scary. It’s more of a movie that messes with your head. But the monkey in the movie does look kind of spooky. The music in the movie was pretty dark and scary. …

Yea yea, another one of those Sherlock Holmes spinoffs. By now can you really expect anything good out of them by now? Fortunately, after countless mind numbingly awful “reimaginings” of the world of Sherlock Holmes over the past few years (decades even), a movie finally got lucky and didn’t …

Although I’d heard beforehand that the movie wasn’t very good, I was still determined to watch Hot Pursuit . At the time I’d wanted something fairly lightweight that I could enjoy without thinking too much. It turns out that while it was the type of movie I was looking for, …

I can’t believe I haven’t yet reviewed this wonderful comedy called Troop Beverly Hills which starred Shelley Long as Phyllis Nefler and Craig T. Nelson as her wayward husband, the muffler man otherwise known as Freddy Nefler. This movie wasn’t a critical success, but to me, it’s a …

The best way to describe the movie “When a Man Loves a Woman” is a touching story about alcoholism and how it can break a healthy family apart. Med Ryan’s and Andy Garcia’s interpretation in this movie is simply wonderful. I am sure this movie touched a lot …

Woody Allen’s next film is, for many fans of the tenth muse obligatory visit to the cinema. While his films may not be such a phenomenon as new works by Milos Forman and Roman Polanski, but with each of them get exactly what the New York director accustomed us …

Pixar has set a whole new standard in animated films. Ice Age is not a Pixar movie. However, I stilled enjoyed it greatly despite not having the Pixar tag on it. Ice Age is great animated movie in my opinion. It is very funny throughout the …

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 …

Roman Polanskis masterful effort about a woman, played by the beautiful Catherine Deneuve, who step by step goes insane in here solitude. Polanski builds the suspense like only a master would be able to. The narrative is very unpredictable, almost claustrofobic, and Deneuve is excellent in the leading role. …

Black Swan is a relatively new movie directed by Darren Aronofsky. The movie centers around the famous ballet ” Swan Lake”. This movie focuses on the production and around the character of Nina Sayers played by the famous and talented Natalie Portman. I have to say that upon seeing …

In 1980, Neil Simon’s play, Seems Like Old Times, was brought to the big screen with Chevy Chase and Goldie Hawn playing the lead roles of ex-married couple Nick and Glenda. Glenda has remarried, and her husband is moving up in governmental circles. The husband, Ira Parks, …

My friend often talks abut how good this movie is but it took a little while before I saw the movie myself. At first, I thought that it was just one of those flirty high school movies because at the start of the film it was more of those …

It’s Christmas time again and my wife and I are starting to watch some of our favorite Christmas movies for yet another time this year.
One of the movies happened to come on last night just before bed, Deck the Halls. And, I love this movie so much, I stayed …

“Queen Margot” is a 1994 movie based on the a lesser known novel by Alexandre Dumas. “Queen Margot” tells the story of Marguerite de Valois (Margot), heir to the throne of her brother, the French King Charles IX. Margot was a daughter of Catherine Medici and inherited all …

I have recently been introduced in world cinema with this Francois Truffaut film, and to my surprise, I seriously love this masterful class of work. At first, it seems like just a typical film that I keep on ignoring every time my television plays some black and white film, …

Help Me Help You with Ted Danson.
I never thought very highly of Ted Danson’s acting on TV, but he has shown me a more effective portrayal in this series. I think that the difference is the similarity to his Cheers days in which he …

Mission: Impossible II, directed by John Woo is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for intense sequences of violent action and some sensuality. The original release date was May 24, 2000 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Thriller and stars Tom …

Practically perfect in every way. That is how Mary Poppins described herself. She might as well have been talking about Disney’s blockbuster movie. Right up front I’d like to point out that my reasons for loving this movie was the music. The music stood out more for me with …

When I saw this movie, I immediately expected it to be a good one since it features Jennifer Garner and Matthew McConaughey; Michael Douglas has a cameo role in this and it just adds flavor to the movie. The story is about a young bachelor named Connor Mead (Matthew …

I watched “American Crime” a film featuring Catherine Keener as Gertrude Banieszewski. This film was based on the horribly true story of Sylvia Likens. She was a 16 year old girl who was tortured and beaten to death in the 1960s. This film is …

When I first saw the trailer for the movie “The Call” it was a little before it was released, and I didn’t really pay much mind to it. Part of the reason was because a lot of the actress Halle Berry’s recent movies seem to have bombed and I …

I was definitely too excited to watch this movie. My fellow film buffs has suggested this to me because I have a special thing for coming-of-age films. Perhaps it is because I am 19 and the idea of growing up still fascinates me. What I was expecting before I saw …

Don’t Knock Twice is a Horror/Thriller movie directed by Caradog James.
The story revolves around an urban legend on an abandoned house own by a witch. The legend has it that if you knock on the door once, you’ll wake her from her bed, twice and wake her from her …

In the beginning of this animated tale, we are thrown in the midst of a battle between warrior women against the forces of darkness commanded by the god of war. Led by the Amazon queen Hippolyta, the warrior women laid waste to the vast armies of Ares, but it …

I love all sorts of family and children movies and television shows, and Horton Hears A Who is right up at the top of my list of favorites. Horton Hears A Who is a cartoon movie about Horton, an elephant who hears voices coming from a dust ball. What …

The Ladykillers, directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language including sexual references. The original release date was March 26, 2004 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Crime/Thriller and stars Tom Hanks as …