Movies Reviews
Disney’s Hercules (1997 movie)
After Hades (Lord of the Underworld) saw into the furure through the use of the three witches, and saw that Zues’ son Hercules would be his unltimate downfall, he made plans to the Hercules kidnapped, made human and kill the child. Hades had his henchmen perform the duty and …
Treasure Island (2002)
I promised my daughter I would watch an instant movie on Netflix with her last night and, to my joy and surprise, she ended up picking out an animated version of the classic book Treasure Island.
I had hoped it would be a great way for her to learn a …
Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Rising Malevolence
I’ve been watching Star Wars for as long as I can remember, but I’ve never been a fan of prequels. The problem is that I know where the story is going.
Star Wars is worse than most, and the clone wars even more so. I know how General Grievous dies, …
Big Fat Liar
This movie attempts to teach some good lessons. One of them is, Do not lie. Jason is a habitual liar, he tells stories all the time, with and without reason. Neither his friends nor his parents believe much of what he is saying. So when Marty, a big shot …
To Sir, with Love (1967 movie)
Staged in jolly old England, Sidney Poitier makes the transition from engineer to teacher. He has to make men amd women out of a disorderly group of English Eastenders. Both teacher and students develop an onscrene chemistry unlike any other of its time. It also brung fame to the …
Skyfall (2012)
Skyfall is an action film for the action hater. Wait! Action lovers, don’t turn away yet. It’s James Bond —“ of course this film has action. I’m saying it’s got more than just action. It’s got action and then some. That’s why I, the action hater, really enjoyed it. …
Wizard of Oz Movie
Follow the yellow Brick Road! Who hasn’t seen the movie the wizard of oz and fallen in love, this is a really fantastic film about a girl dorothy who goes to oz and is trying to get home. She meets lots of people along the way and with the …
Avatar 3D (2009, James Cameron)
I love this film.
I had heard a few grumbles about the ‘lack of plot’ and that watching 3D was tiring and made some people feel sick, and that the effects ruled the film and became too much.
Stuff and nonsense.
First of all, yes - the 3D glasses are not …
Movie: “Starman” (1984)
In the beautiful science fiction film “Starman”, Jeff Bridges plays an alien who comes to Earth in response to an invitation on the space probe Voyager II. It was a message of peace; but in typically human fashion, the military shoots down the alien craft, and the visitor is …
Crazy Stupid Love 2011 Movie
I just saw the movie Crazy, Stupid Love. This movie has had a lot of hype from the beginning and most of my friends are loving it so I decided to finally see it. This movie is a typical romantic comedy and it has an all-star cast. This movie …
Sigma Die, Comedy Horror film by Michael A. Hoffman
Oh God, a horror movie that is trying to get the T&A in your face right away is always a bad sign in my book. Sigma Die is a real bad modern aged horror flick that adds blood, T&A, and a zero plot—¦oh wait a serial killer killing college …
Mona Lisa Smile
Julia Roberts stars in this movie where for women, it’s about getting married and not necessarily school. It is an interesting portrait of the paths that different women take, such as marriage, working for a living, no marriage, birth control, etc. If some parts had been cut down …
Cleo from 5 to 7 movie
A film directed by Agnes Varda and part of the french new wave in the early sixties that inspired a whole world of upcoming filmmakers back then. This story is about a young woman who gets to know she is pregnant and experiences the most hectic and emotionally intense …
Disaster Movie
Disaster Movie almost turned out to be a disaster for me. My husband and I rented it the other night. I usually don’t really like spoof movies because I think they are dumb and a waist of time but my husband wanted to see it so I gave in. …
Happy Feet
The movie “Happy feet” was great. I brought it for my granddaughters to watch, but I really enjoyed watching it myself. I like the dancing peniguns and the characters portray in the story line. The
choregraphing for the movie was very creative, the music was enlightening. I like the movie …
Romeo and Juliet
I am reviewing the movie, Romeo and Juliet. This is Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 adaptation of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Seventeen-year-old Leonard Whiting and 15-year-old Olivia Hussey play Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers who defy their feuding families in order to be together. Leonard Whiting and Olivia do …
Fool’s Gold
Fool’s Gold is a movie that stars Kate Hudson and Mathew Matthew McConaughey, a follow up from their successful pair up in How to Lose a guy in ten days. I can say not a successful follow up though. Yes, the film is entertaining and funny in some parts …
13 going on 30
13 going on 30 is a nice entertainer and it is a partial fantasy movie. The movie in which Jennifer Garner gave a very fine performance is a nice comedy with romance in the right doses. Jenna Rink is a 13 year old girl who is worried that she …
Frankenstein
My daughter has found she likes watching old black and white movies with me; including some classic horror movies. So we took the time to sit down and watch the 1931 film Frankenstein last night.
This movie is probably not suitable for all children. But, I know my daughter ended …
Death Note
I love Asian movies; I liked mostly the horror movies, the likes of “The Shutter, “The Eye”, among others. It was just recently that my brother has downloaded an anime series called the death note. It was a bit long, too long for me to actually sit down and …
S.W.A.T movie
This movie stars Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez and LL Cool J. This is really a good movie and everyone can just learn a lot from it. Everyone can truly appreciate the work of SWAT members.
Jim Street (Colin Farrell) made a big mistake in his mission when …
The Dilemma (Movie)
The Dilemma is newly out of cinemas (Depends where you live) here in South Africa. The trailer was very ammusing, and i thought the movie would be hilarious.
I rented the movie on Box Office (Exclusive to Dstv, a south african TV company) for a fairly cheap price. I eagerly …
Free Birds (Movie)
With some great animation movies like Frozen, Smurfs 2 and Despicable Me 2 releasing in the same year, the question is: Is Free Birds worth your time and Money? Fortunately, the answer is yes!
Free Birds is an outstanding Animation, Comedy and Adventure movie, filled with great excitement and funny …
WANTED movie
Wanted is an action film that is based on a comic book miniseries by Mark Millar. The film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and features two of my favorite stars Morgan Freeman and Angelina Jolie.
Spoiler ahead, beware.
It is an action packed film about a guy(Wesley Allan Gibson) who …
Never Been Kissed 1999 movie
Never Been Kissed, with Drew Barrymore, is, in a word, cute. The premise (shy girl gets to go back to high school and try again as part of a newspaper assignment) is fun and resonates with the part of me that knows a lot more than I did when …
All This And Heaven Too
All This And Heaven Too features one of my favorite actresses, Bette Davis. The movie was made in 1940 when Bette was young and still very beautiful. The story involves Bette portraying a governess, Henriette, hired to care for the children of a French Duke and Duchess. The …
Movie Hell Boy
Hell Boy with Ron Perlman and John Hurt.
This is another of those movies that brings life to a comic book personality, but it is more of an adventure than a satire. I did like this movie because it had a beginning, a middle, and …
Moulin Rouge movie
In all honesty, I love this movie. Although I’m not a big fan of musicals, I found this movie to be very entertaining, funny, and romantic. The production was really something that amazed me and these are probably the reasons why it is one of my top ten favorite …
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 …
The Spiderwick Chronicles
When my roommate rented this, I was expecting another Eragon, an unoriginal fantasy that rehashes the same elements that we’ve seen before. The fact that this movie was brought to us by the same studio that gave us “Good Burger” did nothing to squelch my fear that we …
Con Air Movie
I’ve seen this movie for many times. The leading actor Nicolas Cage is one of favorite. In this story he was married to a lovely wife who is currently pregnant. I like the story because it showed how much he loved his wife. He accidentally in prison because of …
The Cabin in the Woods (movie)
Even though I realize that a lot of other people don’t seem to share my opinion on this, I thought that “The Cabin in the Woods” was a very interesting movie, and I would gladly watch it again. This is despite all the bad reviews that I read about …
Hell’s House movie
Hell’s House from 1932 is not going to go down as a favorite film of mine. There wasn’t all that much outstanding about it. In fact, it was all pretty average. The one, or should I say two things that it had going for it was …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 15
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 15 starts off with Scar battling the Silver Alchemist, Giolio Comanche, the vengeful Isvalan dispatches him quickly, but is injured while fighting. He returns to his hideout discovering that Yoki has a strange girl with him who introduces herself as May Chang, with her …
The Love Guru-film
The Love Guru is a 2009 comedy movie starring Mike Myers. Myers stars as a self help guru,Maurice Pitka.His main ambition is to top a rival self help guru,Deepak Chopra in popularity.An oppuritunity arises whichmight give him teh chance to rise in popularity. A struggling female hockey team owner,Jane …
Weather Man: movie
Weather Man, starring Nicholas Cage, was released in number of years ago and was not highly successful in the box office. Perhaps this was because it was such a “different” kind of movie. It wasn’t quite a comedy, though it had some funny parts, and it wasn’t …
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Movie
After “Journey to the Center of the Earth” I now had some time to watch the new adventure inspired by the timeless fantasy novels of Jules Verne. This time the trip is to the Mysterious island and from the adventurers that were in the first film returns only one. …
Jawbreaker (1999) Movie
One of my favorite movies when I was younger was Jawbreaker. This movie shows a typical mean-girls’ group who went to great lengths to play a prank on their good friend. This came out in 1999 when I was still in college, so watching this with girlfriends was …
Fight Club: Movie
Fight Club is a brilliant movie; I found its portrayal of a psychologically disturbed human being very interesting.
The storyline in itself is quite good, but you’re never quite sure of where it is going until a major twist is revealed towards the end. But even with this lack of …
9 ½ Weeks (1986)
This movie is simple about two people who get involved in sexual activity, nothing more nothing less, well; it is actually a bit more complex than just that. A wall street investor meets a beauty and seductive art gallery employee while he was doing business in New York, their …
In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (2008)
In my view, this movie tries too hard to follow in the footsteps of the Lord of the Ring movies and by doing so it manages to sink its own ship. There are so many things wrong with this movie it is a wonder if ever made it to …
The Cry - La Llorona
I watched The Cry - La Llorona on DVD with my family the other night and the whole 80 minutes, we were hooked. We even had to pause the DVD movie and put it on hold to take some time to refresh ourselves and then went back to …
The Book of Eli Movie
I watched the Book of Eli last night not knowing what the movie is all about. The movie was a post-apocalyptic one, I guess that’s explains the dreary, dusty and dark atmosphere it exudes. The movie has a lot of mixed reviews. Some thought it was an …
Pirates of the Caribbean,Dead Man’s Chest
This movie had it all: action, adventure, humor and more! Ths movie told a good story, kept you entertained in the process and left you wanting more. Three of us ranging from 12-40 years old went and each one of us walked out saying the same thing; that was …
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Marvel Studio’s second film adaptation of one of their most successful comic book characters is brought vividly to life by French Director Louis Letterier and screenwriter Zak Penn in 2008’s ‘The Incredible Hulk’, starring Edward Norton as Bruce Banner / The Hulk, Liv Tyler as Betty Ross, William Hurt …
Cheeni Kum, movie
Finally somebody had the sense to pair two performers we’ve been dying to see together: Amitabh and Tabu.
And debutant director R Balki proves he’s just the man for the job as he marvelously brews the perfect romantic comedy around an acerbic chef and a classy dame.
As …
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
In today’s high pressure, no room for failure world, there is a group of people who defy the norm and expectations of society and valiantly venture forth, intending to make each day a new chapter in an epic chronicle they title Life. We give these modern day paladins a …
Alvin And The Chipmunks
We recently rented the movie “Alvin And the Chipmunks,” and so far the four-year-old in my house has watched it 5 times! She loves it, and so does her 11-year-old brother! In fact, even I, who never particularly liked the cartoon version when I was a kid, am in …
Thelma & Louise movie
Thelma & Louise is the ultimate chick flick. Played by Geena Davis (Thelma) and Susan Sarandon (Louise), you could not ask for better acting. Girlfriends Thelma and Louise have a weekend getaway trip planned. They head off for some rest and relaxation but on the way make a stop …
Meet the Parents
Meet the Parents was a great and very funny movie. I really liked this film and it made me laugh a lot. I think the best thing about the film is that Ben Stiller was in it. I never even knew who this guy was until I saw Meet the …
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