Movies Reviews
Halloween Resurrection Movie
My wife and I never could get into the original Halloween movies and prefer the recent re-makes. But, there was nothing good on TV yesterday afternoon and we had a chance to watch Halloween Resurrection so we did.
I can understand why they eventually just gave up on the original …
Indiana Jones and the crystal skull
When I first saw the preview for this long awaited film I just about wet myself. I was so excited to see one of my favorite actors come back in one of my favorite movie series. On top of Harrison Ford being in the movie they also brought back …
The Net
Up to 1995 we were so used of associating the actress Sandra Bullock to romantic movies. During this year, Bullock decided to show her talents in a different movie that included drama, patios and action. This is what “The Net” is all about.
The story of this movie is about …
The Swan Princess (1994)
The telling of the traditional Swan Princess story with a more up to date look and feel but still in animation version. The story tells of a princess that has been kidnapped and held against her will, who has been put under a spell that would transform her physical …
Bridesmaids comedy
Bridesmaids is a film that has been out for a while now, and I have been dying to see it. This weekend, I finally got around to it, and I must say that it caused me to laugh harder and more often than any other film in recent memory. …
Material Girls Movie
This past weekend I saw the movie material Girls the movie is about two sisters who own a cosmetics company that their father left them. The girls are thinking about selling the company when they find out one of their products causes a bad skin reaction. To make maters …
Movie School Ties
School Ties, directed by Robert Mandel is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was September 18, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Sport and stars Brendan Fraser as David Greene, Matt Damon as Charlie Dillon, Chris …
Music Within
When I bought a DVD of this movie, I thought it was some sort of a comedy film just like Music and Lyrics, to my surprise it was not really about music. Its more of a reality based movie. This movie really touched my heart while I was watching …
Army Of Darkness
This has got to be one of those must-have horror film classics that anyone who likes horror films must have. And even though I am not a horror fan, per se, I absolutely adore this movie for its cheekiness, its absolutely far-fetched antics, and of course for its main star, …
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, David Yates Movie
Harry Potter has been meaningful for youth, but the threat of danger from Lord Voldemort continues following. Harry had threatened to remove from Hogwarts turbulence in the magic world of Muggles, but it Dumbledore prosper from the defense to make Harry can escape from the punishment. Meanwhile at Hogwarts …
Tales from the Hood: the movie
Tales from the Hood is a horror movie set in the inner city. It is directed by Spike Lee. The movie is an set up as an anthology, in a manner similar to Cats Eye and Creepshow. There are several stories woven together in the movie’s …
Breakin’ All the Rules (2004)
This is the story of a man who, after being dumped by his fiancée, and after weeks of locking himself in his house without coming out for fresh air, wrote a book on ‘How to’ as it relates to ‘breaking up’ while he was in his highly depressed state …
The Prestige (movie)
The Prestige is one of the best and most entertaining movies I have seen in the year 2007. It was crafted so perfectly that I don’t think there would be a better movie about magic tricks. The Prestige was directed by the same guy who directed Batman Begins. He did …
Horton Hears a Who
Ok, after seeing other Dr. Seuss books turned into movies with mixed results, I had my doubts about Horton Hears a Who. But, after watching it last night, I have to say I was very impressed.
I had expected the movie, which is about an elephant who discovers and protects …
The Birds movie
The Birds is a movie about people on an island where the birds, for no reason, go wild and begin attacking everyone. The Birds starts off quite normally, with a beautiful young woman shopping at a pet store for Mynah birds. That is the irony of this film, and …
License to Drive (1988)
Corey Haim and Corey Feldman stir up trouble in this movie about teenage hormones and mischief. Lead character Corey Haim is to take his driving exam of which he fails, not wanting his family and friends and most of all his love interest to find out that he failed …
Cape Fear
This movie was directed by Martin Scorsese and released in 1991, starring Robert De Niro as Max Cady, this is a remake of the 1962 film, adapted from a John D McDonald novel. Cady is a man who was convicted of rape, 14 years later he is out, and …
The Secret Life of Bees - The Movie
I did not read this book so I can’t compare the movie version to the book version, however, I was quite satisfied with movie. I would give it 4 & 1/2 stars out of five. Dakota Fanning was excellent, she gets a 5 out of 5. …
Die Hard (1988)
Die Hard, directed by John McTiernan is Rated R bythe Motion Picture Association of America, and stars Bruce Willis as Officer John McClane and Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber.
While on an invite to his wife’s compnay’s Christmas party, John gets wind of a potential crime in the vicinity. Terrorists …
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 Movie)
Gary Oldman steals the show in this slow-moving but brilliant take on the spy movie genre. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is an intellectual film that will keep you guessing until the end.
I was wary of seeing this movie based on some of its reviews on RottenTomatoes, but after watching …
Doubt movie
In the face of progressive change, how much does compassion figure in long-established doctrine and discipline? This seems to be the question that is initially asked the audience upon watching “Doubt”, the film adaptation of the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning period stage play by John Patrick Shanley, but as …
Steel Dawn movie
After wrapping up the filming of Dirty Dancing, Patrick Swayze won the lead role in a futuristic drama called Steel Dawn. Playing opposite him was Lisa Niemi, his real-life wife. Interestingly, no one realized they were married. Lisa had already won the role of Kasha before …
The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 11
The Simpsons are going on a nice pleasant drive. Homer is showing off his new satellite radio. A Texas man cuts him off on the road. Homer wants to get revenge. however Marge tells him that revenge solves nothing. So she tells a story about a family in France. …
“All the King’s Men” The removie: (2006)
After I watched “All the King’s Men” and wrote my review I read some other reviews. For a minute I thought I had watched a totally different movie. Almost universally “All the King’s Men” was panned by the critics. The movie was not just panned but picked to pieces …
The Pursuit of Happiness
I’ve just returned from watching the newly released ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’ starring Will Smith. Based on a true rags-to-riches story of a smart and hard-working man, the movie has left me touched, encouraged’ and a little depressed. It’s not that I didn’t know that life can be hard; …
Idiots & Angels, movie (2008)
Bill Plympton is an animator who is notorious for an off-kilter sense of humor. Ever since his first noted animated short, Your Face, to his feature film debut, The Tune, he’s been responsible for some of the most madcap imagery in hand drawn animation. As he made …
The film ‘Waterloo’
One of my all-time favourite films is —˜Waterloo’ starring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer, plus Virginia McKenna, Jack Hawkins and Orson Welles. This is a film covering a huge stage. Napoleon is seen being sent into exile on St Helena and his imperial ambitions are seemingly laid in the …
We’re The Millers (Movie)
The story about a drug dealer moving product through Mexico may not be a new one but writers Bob Fisher, Steve Farber, Sean Anders and John Morris have found a new, exciting and hilarious way to tell it.
David Clark is a drug dealer and seems to be pretty satisfied …
The X-Files Fresh Bones Episode
“Fresh Bones” was the 39th episode of the popular 90s American television series “The X-Files”. It I also the 15th episode of the popular series from the show’s second season. I just watched this episode recently on the Sci-Fi cable television channel, and thought that this was one …
Eat, Pray, Love Movie
Pretty good movie based on a decent book.
I enjoyed this movie more than I expected to. Julia Roberts isn’t my favorite actor, although I think in the case of Liz Gilbert, she was probably the best choice. I also enjoyed the movie more than I did 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 …
Affair in Monte Carlo movie
I was very surprised by my reaction to Affair in Monte Carlo, which I found to be a very compelling movie. In spite of the soap opera type of theme, I was hooked for the greater portion of the movie. There were, however, a few slow moments, …
The Barbarian Invasions
The Barbarian Invasions is the thrid film from French-Canadian director Denys Arcand. It is in essence a sequel to his first feature, “The Decline Of The American Empire”. “… American Empire” was a highly literate classic from the late eighties concentrating on the lives and loves of a group …
The Hangover
I was fortunate enough to see the new movie the Hangover in the movie theatre while it was still in theaters. I saw it with my boyfriend and I must admit, it was the perfect date movie. It is perfect only if you are looking for a very light, …
Sesame Street
As a kid I used to love watching Sesame Street, somewhere along the way I thought I outgrew it. It wasn’t until I had kids of my own that I realized you never get too old to watch Sesame Street!
While trying to find something to entertain my daughter …
Watchmen: The complete motion comic
This was an interesting experiment in marketing. One third comic book, one third cartoon, and one third audiobook. This takes the iconic graphic novel and converts it into a sort of flash animation.
You get all the dialogue and narration, the boxes even pop up, which is surprising …
Rogue
Movie called Rogue, talked about Pete McKell, a writer, along with another group of tourists led by Kate Ryan, was enjoying a wild river tourism in the Australian outback, to see the crocodile. They boarded a small boat, they are unexpectedly caught by a crocodile attack is fierce, and …
The Guardian Movie
I only watched The Guardian because one of the main stars is Kevin Costner. I’ve liked him for a long time, even though not all of his movies have been the best. I knew from the previews that Ashton Kutcher was in the movie too, but I still wanted …
Movie Pretty in Pink
I must admit that recently I decided to take a nostalgic trip back to the 80’s and watched “Pretty in Pink”. In my opinion, this is one of the best movies for Molly Rigward along with “Sixteen Candles”. According to certain reviews, it also seems to be Molly Rigward …
Mother knows Best movie (1997)
This movie should not be confused with another film that was released in the late nineteen twenties. I actually saw this film on Lifetime some time ago and heard it was based on a true story even though I’m not completely sure how true that is. Nevertheless, I’ve read …
Happy Feet
I have watched the movie ‘Happy Feet’. This is a very nice movie. This movie is about penguins. The story line is good. There is a penguin couple in Antarctica. This couple gives birth to a male penguin.
This male penguin is very much different from the other penguins …
Gravity (2013 Space Thriller Film)
I still remember that day in October, 2013 when Gravity opened in cinemas and I was one of the first people who saw it on its opening day. The cinema was rather surprisingly empty, mimicking the vast space where this film was mostly set. It became a box-office phenomenon a …
Love and a .45 (1994)
“Love and a .45″ is an absolutely fantastic movie in my book and I have watched it dozens of times over the years. This film has its flaws, but overall is an excellent way to pass the time. There is action, drama, and comedy all rolled into one that …
New Capitol Cinema
I don’t watch movies often but when I do, I prefer it to be a good experience. In all my years of stay here in Botswana I have been a few times to the movie house. I must say I am impressed with the system here. It’s probably better …
Ocean’s Thirteen
I am a big fan of the Ocean’s movies. I loved the first one, thought twelve was ok at best. I believe Ocean’s Thirteen is a return to form for the Ocean’s movies. The things I didn’t like about Twelve are fixed in this movie. …
Untraceable Movie
I thoroughly enjoyed Untraceable even though the reviews I read were poor at best. There were a few major problems I had with the movie, but given the cast and the overall plot line, it was something that I could actually get interested in. I usually let a movie …
Happy feet movie
Happy Feet the Movie came on our Direct TV Pay-Per-View. It was so cute. My grandchildren loved the movie. There seem to be quite a few movies coming out about Penguins, but this one was really cute. It had a great lesson in it. …
Paul Mooney: Analyzing White America (NR, 2002)
I had seen Paul Mooney’s other comedy DVD and was quite pleased. Ordinarily, I like Mooney’s brand of sarcastic humor, and his blatant and frank opinions about the state of society. However, this DVD, which delves deeply into issues concerning white people (and their differences from other …
Christmas Classics DVD
When i was a child I used to always look forward to the holidays when I could watch movies such as Frosty the Snowman, and Rudolph the Red Nosed reindeer. This Christmas Classics DVD has those two movies on it as well as Santa Claus is Coming to town, …
I, Robot (2004) movie
I, Robot is a movie based on the Issac Asimov short stories which are also titled I, Robot. It is about detective Del Spooner, played by Will Smith, who lives in a world where robots assist humans in there everyday life and become more humanlike everyday. The robots are …
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