One of the rare films were reality and animation is combined. Gabriel Byrne in the leading role as an animator who’s creations comes to life for unknown reasons.
The strange thing about this film is that the filmmakers didn’t put a lot of effort into making the contrast between reality …

A most bizarre danish science fiction b-movie from the 1960s. A terrible monster seems to appear out of nowhere and starts terrorising people. The military sees no way of getting rid of the creature and is getting more and more desperate.
This could indeed be the very definition of a …

I did not like this movie; I found it very depressing. I heard a lot about it, and yes, Leonardo DiCaprio does an excellent portrayal of a retarded teenager, Arnie; you feel sorry for him, but even more so for those who must live with him and take care …

Dave Buznik (Adam Sandler) a mild-mannered businessman who, due to a misunderstanding during one of his trips, is forced to leave the airplane. Dave finds himself in court facing abuse charges. The judge decides that Dave has anger problems and rules that he must attend anger management classes. Dave …

Pier Paolo Pasolini’s adaptation of the classic novel by Geoffrey Chaucer about pilgrims who tell their dirty stories to each other.
This was made in a time where Pasolini was constantly taking new turns in his filmmaking and in my opinion getting further away from his original genius in his …

A science Fiction about the planet Krull. This place is visited by an evil creature and his army that plans to take over the planet. This is something that the two kings ruling the planet will not accept, and forms an alliance that will fight back against the evil …

The animation company Pixar did this film before the incredibly successful Shrek series. The story is that of a parallell world to the one humans live in. The other world is made of cute little monsters that sees it as their life missions to scare humans.
The story of this …

Swedish thriller about the decorated officer Carl Hamilton who is called in to the headquarters to be questioned about his political views. Apparantly his superiors have reason to think he’s somehow connected with communism, which does not suit the swedish government. Hamilton denies this, but the interrogrators will not …

Animated film about a man named Mike who just went to buy himself a new car. He can’t wait to show it to his friend Sulley. The only problem is that Mike hasn’t had time to learn all of the functions of the car, and the result is a …

A little old lady is tragically and brutally slain in a side shop in her neighborhood. Hearing the news, her four adopted sons return home to find the people responsible for the death of their beloved mother. This movie is a true masterpiece from a well-known director John Singleton. …

A great telling of the stories by Frank Miller. It’s dark, it’s mysterious, it’s dangerous, and as the tagline says…”Walk down the right back alley in Sin City and you can find anything.” Of all the many stories that were told, the best one to me is the story …

I loved this musical. It was modern, fun, dramatic, realist, sad, and humerous all at once. I cried at certain parts but even the sad parts were incredible. The actors did an amazing job in recreating the play that usually shows on Broadway. Their voice …

Rowan Atkinson in his second most famous role (next to Mr Bean) as the eccentric british nobleman Blackadder. This time he invites a number of people to his castle to show them a magnificent time machine. Not to unexpected, something goes wrong, but still the time machine is actually …

The classic fairytale by Barry in a new version. The most famous films on the story would be Disney’s classic animation and Spielberg’s Hook. This new version follows the same path as those two films and doesn’t really break any new ground, not even visually. For those of us …

A not so well known film with the fabulous Marx brothers. This time they hide on board a luxury boat as free passengers, and the misunderstandings quickly start to grow.
What is interesting about these brothers are the roles divided. Groucho is the verbal part, and in courting to many …

Based on a novel by Josef Heller, this is a film about an american pilot during World War II who’s desperate to get home. The only problem is that he seems to be stuck in a difficult situation in which it doesn’t matter what he says, he will given …

A professional killer named Arthur Bishop is perhaps the most feared man in the world for his remarkably vicious ways of killing people. One day he is put in a situation where he will teach a new upcoming hitman. This doesn’t really turn out as Bishop had hoped for.
The …

Ariel, a young princess mermaid, is fascinated with people and their life up there, above the sea. She even has a small collection of human things, obviously dropped from ships or picked up after shipwrecks. One day Ariel saves the life of a human prince, Eric, who almost drowns …

This is a sequel to The Little Mermaid, an obvious attempt to cash in on the popularity of the first movie. Ariel, a former mermaid turned into a human, lives with her human husband, Eric, in his palace. They have a daughter, Melody. When baby Melody is taken to …

Set ten years before the popular science fiction tv series. Here there has been a serious misunderstanding which has lead to a terrible war that threatens to extinct the whole human species.
This is an excellent addition to the tv series, and it doesn’t even require the viewer to have …

A french journalist is innocently accused of murder and sent to The Devil’s Island. He manages to escape miraculously and returns to Marseille to join a band of rebels there.
Old Humphrey Bogart is excellent as always in this forgotten piece by Michael Curtiz. Incredibly intense and engaging from start …

Memphis Belle is an airplane serving in war and its crew is one of the best of the whole fleet. Time and again have they completed missions behind enemy lines and only one is left before they can return home. This one however, doesn’t turn out as well as …

The classic story by Jules Verne about a an english adventurer who takes a bet of him travelling around all the world in as little as 80 days (which was very, very little once). This version of the story has been hailed as the best one, but I can’t …

Two of my absolute favorite actors of all time, Anthony Quinn and Laurence Olivier, appear in this film about the russian Kyril Lakota, who after 20 years in a siberian prison is elected as the new pope. I don’t have to mention the acting is brilliant I guess, but …

A poor russian nobleman is trying to find certain chairs that have jewels sewed inside them. The problem is that he’s not the only one who knows about this fact and willing to struggle his way to get ahold of the jewels.
A screwball comedy by Mel Brooks, and if …

A film about a team of college boys taking part in so called “Role Games”, a very popular phenomenon among certain young people nowadays. They actually do everything they want to do; create their own imaginary worlds and characters and pretend they live it. That’s the principle of a …

The film takes place in 1948 when apparently magic is used by more or less every human being alive. When a book called “The Necronomicon” is stolen, the only one who doesn’t use magic is called in the retrieve it.
This is undeniably a salute to the horror novels by …

A japanese film that takes place in the future about a mysterious addictive computer game that takes over people’s lives. There are many similarities here to the interesting Battle Royale. For one thing it is focused on teenagers, and secondly it is regarding a popular item as something that …

A South Korean high school movie about a troublemaker who starts on a new school where corruption can be found, both among teachers and students. The rest is very complicated to retell, but it has to do with some supernatural force this young troublemaker has within him, and that …

Two strangers (Brad Pitt and Claire Forlani) make acquaintance in a local coffee shop, and instant chemistry is formed. Both being a little shy in nature, they lefft the coffee shop knowing just a little information about the other. As fate would have it, as they are walking away, …

Looking at the lives of the Musketeers years after their glory. Aramis (Jeremy Irons) is now a priest, Porthos (Gerard Depardieu) is the fat owner of a brothel, Athos (John Malkovich) is a humble father, and D’Artagnan (Gabriel Byrne) is the captain of the royal guards. In service to …

I don’t really get the gist of this movie, it’s one of those films that just doesn’t make any sense. From the beginning, things just didn’t add-up, people were dying…claimed to be killed by the little girl’s imaginary friend. One would not begin the believe that the killer was …

All is well is seems as the passengers on a Cruise ship enjoy their evening, dancing and having a merry time. The wellness does not last for long as all die tragically. You have to see it to know the tragedy in it. A salvage crew is recruited to …

Trouble is afoot on the high seas when one danger overshadows another. It would seem that the Captain/Owner of a Cruise ship is fed up of maintaining his ship so he plots to have the ship sabotaged in order to collect on the insurance. Unknowing to them, they choose …

Heidi (Shirley Temple) is an adorable little girl who seems to bring love and laughter with her anywhere she goes. When her parents die, her aunt sends Heidi to her grandfather, a stern, grumpy man living alone at the mountains. At first, grandpa has no idea how to relate …

Cecilia (Mia Farrow), a lonely, unhappily married woman, seeks escape in movies. One particular film, “The Purple Rose of Cairo,” becomes her favorite. She comes to see it so often that one of the characters in the movie, Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels), notices her and, driven by curiosity, leaves …

The rich Madame Bonfamille owns a family of cats: the beautiful all-white mother-cat Duchess and three adorable kittens: Berlioz (gray), Marie (white, like mommy), and Toulouse (orange). The kittens are brought up like aristocracy, they are taught manners, music, and painting. Edgar, Madame’s butler, is taking good care …

Two royal families have decided to see their two children married. The decision is made when Prince Derek and Princess Odette are still children, and the children are not at all happy about it. They hate each other’s company to no end. However, things change when they grow up. …

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 …

How a twenty dollar bill travels from person to person in an american town is the whole plot of this film. A very interesting idea indeed, but it isn’t put to work in the way i would have hoped for. Instead of focusing on the characters the bill is …

Eight men are arrested and put into the same cell as a homeless man who claims to be God himself. As the story progresses, we find out that all of these men have very different backgrounds, and they all create a different kind of relation to the homeless man. …

Shakespeare’s classic drama set in a modern environment, directed by Kenneth Branagh. I think it’s close to impossible to create a convincing film out of a Shakespeare story. Most of the times it just feels like filmed theatre, and that means one might as well visit the theatre instead …

The old animated depiction of Tolkien’s beloved story, the only version of it that actually exists, but since The Lord of the Rings was such an enormous success I believe we will see a new version of The Hobbit very soon. This animated version was made in a time …

A bizarre kind of vampire horror movie with Hugh Grant as a young british Lord who gets in touch with a mysterious beautiful woman that proves to be a vampire with evil plans. I thought the film was creepy to look at. With Hugh Grant in the cast I …

There was a time when Hollywood was flooded with films about the ancient Rome. Some of these were very successful, others weren’t. Cleopatra goes in the second category. The incredibly beautiful Elizabeth Taylor plays the queen Cleopatra of Egypt, a most powerful woman who is not easily corrupted. Only …

A writer who love all kinds of games invites his wife’s lover to his house in a struggle between life and death. This is a most clever film with the brilliant actors Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier in the leading roles. All twists in the plot reminds a little …

Diane Lane (Sarah) is given the urge from her sisters and friends to get back into the dating scene to find a replacement for her unfaithful ex-husband. Trying Ads in the paper and Ads on the internet, she meets a bounty of potential “Mr. Right” before she finally found …

Sir Anthony Hopkins and Antonio Banderas star as both old and new Zorro in the remake of a classic TV series. Back when he was needed, Zorro defended the rights of the people of California with vigilante justice. Zorro was eventually captured and imprisoned when his wife was killed …

Walt Disney takes us on an adventure upon the high seas in classic style. The action starts right from the beginning and never lets up. A young lad is found adrift and rescued by the Biritish Royal Navy, later to find that the boy’s ship was set upon by …

This is a remake of the original, 1961 “The Parent Trap”. Unlike many remakes, it is actually good. Two girls meet at a summer camp: Hallie Parker from California and Annie James from London. To their utter amazement, they look like twins. Neither one knew she had a twin …