Movies Reviews
Nightmare Before Christmas
It’s baaaaack! Tim Burton’s classic movie The Nightmare Before Christmas is back, better than ever- and now in 3-D!
I am a huge fan of Jack “The Pumpkin King” Skellington and the gang- and since the Disney hit was released first in 1993, then re-released out of the vault …
Insidious Movie
This movie is exactly what the name suggests — Insidious. If you find yourself sorting through new movies and find nothing that deserves any consideration, I would encourage you to give Insidious another look. If you are looking for a star studded cast, Shymalan-esque plot twists, or …
Movie Chicago
I admit to being surprised at the caliber of the musical performances of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renée Zellweger, and Richard Gere and it made for a stunning production of Chicago, but at the same time, I honestly believe that the theater production I saw of it in Los Angeles …
Cry-Baby movie
Last week I watched a movie called Cry-Baby with my girlfriend as she’s found a fascination with Johnny Depp and this is I believe his first major role in a movie. To be very honest, my expectations for this movie were extremely low and I honestly didn’t expect …
Baker Street Bachelors
I am reviewing The Case of the Baker Street Bachelors, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie …
The 40 Year Old Virgin movie
The 40 Year Old Virgin was surprisingly good. I thought it might be just a dumb comedy, but it was a comedy with heart and some intelligence. Steve Carrell plays the titular character without become a caricature. Sure he does some nerdy things like collect huge …
Orlando movie
Orlando, 1992, is one strange movie. Orlando, a young nobleman and poet in 16th century England, is told by Queen Elizabeth I to never grow old and never die. He does exactly that - and more. Not only he goes on living through centuries without aging a day, at …
Miracle movie
In another review for the made-for-TV movie, “Miracle on Ice”, I said I don’t like hockey, and the truth is that I don’t. Yet, over a decade later, I still love the story of the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team and how they marched their way towards gold, …
Door to Door film
Door to Door tells the true story of Bill Porter, who suffers from cerebral palsy and strives to make a living for himself. It’s a poignant story, one that touches on your heartstrings as you watch Porter’s story, as he battles the obstacles to survive in a sometimes …
Forest Gump The Movie
If I am to rank my favorite films, Forest Gump will definitely find its place among the top 10. The movie was released back in 1994 and maybe most of you have watched it. Starring is Tom Hanks and the movie is directed by Robert Zemeckis. What I like …
Face of evil
Face of evil is one of my favorite movies that lifetime movie network plays. I had seen it a long time ago but this past weekend they showed it again. I saw it on and got interested in it and watched it again because I had forgotten what happened …
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, movie
I enjoy horror movies. I often read them and watch them with the lights turned low, wanting to feel that wonderful scared feeling as the adrenaline gets going. I had seen the remake of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre a year or so ago, and I wanted to …
Blade,movie
The original and still the best. It caused alot of controversy and it did not disappoint. You couldn’t tell if Blade was the bad guy or the good guy…but has was Baaad. Blade is a vampire who hunts vampires…an interesting plot at best. The action is intense and believable. …
The Phantom of the Opera (2004 version)
There are very few people who don’t know about Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “The Phantom of the Opera”. For all those who didn’t have any chance to watch it on stage, now they have the privilege to watch it at home on DVD. The value added of watching this …
Freedom Writers
I’m sure many people have watched Freedom Writers, the movie before. However, I just managed to watch this on DVD the other few nights back and this is indeed a true story that I certainly has learned a lot just by watching.
This is like a gang …
Mr. Woodcock
When I saw the previews for the movie Mr. Woodcock, I didn’t know what to expect. With Sean William Scott and Billy Bob Thornton, I figured it would be a lot of slapstick but not much substance. But, I have to admit, after watching it, I was impressed.
Scott plays …
Atonement movie
“Atonement” is a 2007 production from Working Title films filmed in color in England and France. The 130 minute English language movie that was filmed in studios and on locations throughout England. The movie is based on the novel by Ian McEwan.
I really liked this movie and was …
Scream 2 (1997)
Scream 2, directed by Wes Craven is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language and strong bloody violence. The original release date for this movie was December 12, 1997 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Horror/Mystery/Romance/Thriller and stars David Arquette …
On the Town musical
Another great musical that I truly love to watch is On the Town. It’s very upbeat and all about love. It’s highly entertaining, with songs that make you want to sing along with them.
The story of On the Town is pretty basic. It’s three sailors on …
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is second installment of the Harry Potter franchise. Most of the main actors are back for the sequel and the good acting is carried over from the first movie. The special effects are also an upgrade from the last one. …
10 (movie)
The movie 10 catapulted Bo Derek into a household name. Bo is steamy hot in this film, although the acting leaves much to be desired. I like 10 because it’s cool to see an icon when she was young and very, very beautiful. Bo Derek can’t act worth a …
Richard III movie
Another film based on a play by Shakespeare, but moved to a modern environment. This time it’s set in England in the 1930s, where a civil war has lead to the death of the king. A new king is reinstated, but his younger brother is planning a plot against …
Head Trauma movie
I like watching indie movies, and so I was excited to see this one even though at the time I wasn’t completely sure what it would be about. Thus, I sat up one night to watch it after hearing a lot of good things about the movie, which I …
To Wong Foo-movie
Tu Wong Foo,Thanks for Everything is a 1995 comedy/drama film.It follows three drag queens to a drag queen pageant in Hollywood by car.Noxeema and Vida won the trip to Hollywood but are taking a depressed Latin drag queen who with them to the competition hoping to give her confidence.On …
Amadeus (1984)
One thing I admire about some movies, they capture the inner thoughts and sensibilities of people. And this is one of those movies. It centers to the jealousy of a palace composer, Antonio Salieri (played by F. Murray Abraham) against one of the world�s greatest composers and …
The North Star movie
The North Star from 1943 shows the will and resolve of a good people when faced with a giant oppression. It takes place in a Polish village. The opening theme is so light and bouncy that you don’t even suspect the horror that is to come as the …
The Great Gatsby movie
No offense to F. Scott Fitzgerald, but The Great Gatsby bored me as a book, and it left me cold as a movie, too. I just never got into it. The only reason I went to see the film was because Robert Redford starred as Jay Gatsby. …
The Quiet Earth Movie
One morning an ordinary man wakes up and realizes he is the only alive on earth. Almost the only one, at least.
A production from New Zeeland from the same director who did the studid sequel to Under Siege with Steven Seagal, and that can be noticed here. This film …
No Smoking Movie
I checked out “No Smoking” first day, first show with big expectation from a promising star cast and a promising director. I don’t no what went wrong with director Anurag Kashyap for making such a bad movie.
The story, what should I say, is baseless. Even after two hours …
Billy Madison
When the movie Billy Madison first came out, I thought it was pretty good. Maybe it’s because I’m older and wiser now, but I absolutely can’t stand it any more.
Adam Sandler is OK as a rich 20-something who repeats his classes from kindergarten up in order to inherit his …
Ridgmar Movie Tavern
While searching the internet one day to see if there were cheaper movie theatres in my city that I didn’t know about. I came upon Ridgmar Movie Tavern. I had seen this place and drove by it many times but had never went in.
I decided to give Ridgmar …
The Avengers Movie
“The Avengers” is directed by Joss Whedon and stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L. Jackson. This superhero spectacle is centered on the assembling of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is the head of the secret agency S.H.E.I.L.D and must …
Facing the Giants film
It was just by chance that I saw the movie ‘Facing the Giants.’ On a Monday off from work I traveled to a theater nearly forty minutes away to see this movie that wasn’t playing in my local town. To my surprise this movie,for which I …
Goodfellas (1990)
Goodfellas (1990) is a drama directed by Matrin Scorsese and is rated R by the MPAA.
Goodfellas is the story of the life of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), an aspiring criminal who ended up in the witness protection program for ratting on his former partners to save himself. He …
The DaVinci Code (Movie)
I really wanted to like the DaVinci Code, mainly because I loved the book so much and read it multiple times. That said, I just couldn’t get into this movie. When I tried to watch the DVD, I ended up putting it in at least 4-5 times before I …
Bordertown (R, 2007) movie
I don’t usually like J. Lo in films. But where this movie is concerned, I could easily overlook her mediocre acting skills. This movie follows the political red tape surrounding the investigations of hundreds of Mexican women near the U.S. Border. According to the …
The Butterfly Effect
I didn’t watch the Butterfly Effect when it first came out. It looked somewhat interesting, however the fact that it starred Kelso from That 70’s Show sort of turned me off. I mean, it is Kelso we are talking about, who wants to watch him in a …
Nature vs. Nurture
Originality is not one of the strong suits of the minds behind Tripping the Rift. The show is on the whole of it nothing more than a fairly uninspired riff on everything that has come to be considered part of science fiction over the last 100 or so …
The Maltese Falcon
I have seen dozens of mysteries but none of them compare to the movie The Maltese Falcon. Even though the movie was made 34 years before I was born, it is still the best murder mystery ever.
Humphrey Bogart is amazing as the detective Sam Spade. There’s nothing to not …
Inception Movie
Inception has climbed to charts as #3 on imbd top 250 movies of all time. According to the majority vote, Inception is more popular then the amazing, and mind blowing “The Godfather Part II”. Now why is this film so good?
First off, I’d like to point out that …
Troops movie
A parody of both Star Wars and Cops. On the desert planet of Tatooine, a team of stormtroopers is having a tough time keeping up law and order. It doesn’t sound like a great idea and it certainly doesn’t look like it either. Parodies tend to exaggerate too much …
Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahi Film
Dil hai ki manta nahi was made and was inspired by an English movie ‘It happen one night’. It was directed by Mahesh Bhutt and its star Amir Khan and Pooja Bhatt and the story about bus journey where pooja rich father girl with Journalist Amir Khan and falls …
Doom Asylum movie
“We have simply as much right to trespass here as you do”
A long-abandoned asylum is home for a wild coroner who has concealed out there for years. When a communist punk band practices there plus a group of teens trespass to sunbath as well as picnic they upset him …
Movie Butterfly’s Effect
The Butterfly’s Effect is a fast pacing thriller with elements of fantasy or science-fiction (the idea of alternate worlds). It is often compared to mind blowing movies like Memento or Harry Angel but in fact that is a little too far fetched a comparison. First of all, Ashton Kutcher …
Matilda (1996)
Matilda is a special little girl who is befriended by her first grade teacher and develops a very special bond, a bond that helps her over come the harsh treatment that she so often gets from both at home with her miserable family and the school’s principal. During her …
Movie Fool’s Gold
“Fool’s Gold” is the second movie where we see the actor, Matthew McConaughey interpret the role of a treasure hunter. His other movie was in “Sahara”. I assumed that this movie was going to be something similar to his first movie, but I was mistaken. In this movie, McConaughey …
Hindi movie : Jhoda Akbar
Jhoda Akbar is released all over India today. This is one of the most awaited movie of the year. It stars Hrithik Roshan lead the role of legendary Indian emperor Akbar. The female is played by Aishwarya Rai. This is basically a love story with a backdrop of Indian …
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