Movies Reviews
Carnage (2011 drama movie)
I only became familiar with the movie Carnage when I saw it being aired on Starz Cinema some time last year. I was looking for something interesting and unique to watch, and it was the plot that drew me to it. While watching the movie I realized that it was …
Sharknado 2: The Second One (movie)
I don’t remember seeing Sharknado 2 advertise, but when I saw the trailer for its prequel Sharknado for the very first time I was convinced the entire thing had to be a joke or one of those bad Syfy movies even with all the so-called rave reviews it had …
The Box movie
Cameron Diaz and James Marsden star in The Box as married couple, Norma and Arthur. They receive a mysterious box on their front porch, which contains a device called the Button Unit. It’s basically a wooden box with a button on top. Norma gets a visit from a strange, …
Miss Congeniality 2,2005 movie
Miss Congeniality 2 is a decent sequel, perhaps not so good as the first movie but still a funny movie to watch. After going undercover to the Miss United States beauty pageant as one of the participants, agent Gracie Hart (Sandra Bullock) finds it difficult to continue her work …
Star Wars Holiday Special-movie
Around 1978,a two hour movie based on the star wars franchise was created.It was a spin-off of the franchise called the star wars holdiay special.It contains most of the main characters from the star wars movies such as princess leia and luke skywalker.The main plot had to do with …
The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
“The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning” is a 2008 direct-to-DVD Disney movie release that chronicles Ariel’s adventures before the first movie. Ariel’s mother dies and her father has a very difficult time dealing with the loss. Since his wife was such a music lover, every time he …
Movie: Back to School
Synopsis: A successful business man (Rodney Dangerfield) decides to attend college in an effort to convince his son not to drop out of school and becomes an instant success with his new classmates.
What I liked about this movie: A lot of people don’t like Dangerfield’s comedy. i’m not one …
Blow-Up Movie
Antonioni’s trip to England where he showed the would he was a very flexible filmmaker. It is the story of an eccentric photographer in London who discovers a most strange crime in one of his photographs and decides to investigate it further. Blow-Up is a very visual film, and …
Dante’s Peak movie
As a rule, I love disaster movies. I’ve watched a bunch, and many of them are on my favorite movies list. I was therefore eager to see this movie when it first came out. I remember being a little disappointed in the action. Recently, I …
Kingdom of Heaven movie
“Kingdom of Heaven” was the second film, a part from the lord of the rings trilogy in which I can remember watching the actor Orlando Bloom in the year 2005. At the time that the movie was released, I didn’t go to see it in theatres because I was …
Juno
A friend recommended this movie to me, saying it has been nominated in some awards and had receive some like Academy Awards 2008 Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. I was curious with it and though the movie cover does not look as interesting as it claimed …
The Whole Ten Yards (2004)
This is the second installation into the ‘whole yards’ situation that they started before. In the original, Jimmy the Tulip wanted to get out of the mob life and make a new life for himself, this was successful due to the expert dental work of Oz the dentist, an …
The Gumball Rally movie
Before Burt Reynolds came along with The Cannonball Run, there was 1976’s The Gumball Rally. I adore this movie and have seen it numerous times over the years. It was unique and very different, and all of the actors were so funny in it. The comedy …
Storm of the Century (horror movie)
Although it is a bit long, without any doubt, this is absolutely one of my favourite horror movies by Stephen King. With seemingly little effort, he manages to convey suspense from one end of this outstanding movie right through to the other as our imaginations run the gamut.
The …
George of the Jungle-movie
George of the Jungle is a 1997 Disney film starring Brenden Frasier..It is an animated adaption of the George of the Jungle Cartoon.It is about a baby who was raised in the jungle by apes.He got lost in the African jungle due to a plane crash.25 years later, a woman …
The Danish Girl (2015 Film)
Period dramas are not that interesting to me unless they are released to compete for awards. Take for example “Age of Adaline”, it was very nonsensical and boring because it was solely made for entertainment. It was presented like it was a true story but it was purely science fiction.
Dramas …
NeverWhere Movie
Beneath the streets of London there is an ancient fantasy medieval world with knights, kings and wizards. A businessman one day gets invisible for some reason and his life doesn’t seem to exist anymore.
Then he goes down to the underworld of London to seek answers.
A very stupid and pointless …
South Pacific movie
South Pacific is a classic 1959 musical that began as a stage play and which has been redone over the years. It’s a marvelous motion picture with outstanding cinematography, sensational musical numbers, and some superb acting. Let me say up front that this review includes a key …
Fever Lake (1996) movie
Fever Lake is a horror movie that stars Corey Haim, Bo Hopkins and Mario Lopez. It’s what most people refer to as a ’slasher’ or ‘killer thriller’. Normally I prefer scary animal movies, but I decided to watch this one as I found it on the shelf of my …
Movie - “House”
Sure, the plot seems a bit “cookie-cutter” at first; but don’t let that fool you. “House” is a deeply disturbing film that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
Two young couples are stranded in rural Alabama. They find shelter at a nearby bed and breakfast; but what …
Pirates of Silicon Valley
The Pirates of Silicon Valley is a film about Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Computers and Bill Gates (who doesn’t know about Bill Gates?)co-founder of Microsoft. This film historically traces the development of these two computer companies from the time these two gentlemen are college (the early …
A Christmas Carol 3D (Movie, 2009)
“A Christmas Carol 3D” stars Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge. He also did the voices of all three of the Ghosts of Christmas. A movie of “A Christmas Carol” has been done to death. It seems almost every year, there’s another adaption of Charles Dickens’s famous novel. So, I …
Rush Hour 3 (2007)
Coming back for a third time, Rush Hour 3, in my opinion, has done a lot better than the second. With a great addition of Israeli actor Yvan Attal, who plays George, this movie is a great finish to top off a funny trilogy.
Jackie Chan is back and better …
Kill Your Darlings (2013 Biographical Drama Movie)
It seems I waited an age to watch the movie Kill Your Darlings. I ignored it a bunch of times while it was being aired on cable television channels because I always had this notion that it wouldn’t be very interesting. It was only after watching it last night, that …
IMAX: Hubble 3D
Yesterday, my husband and I decided to see the movie IMAX: Hubble 3D and boy were we in for a treat. I am not a fan of spending 10$ per person at the movies but we had not seen an IMAX or 3D movie in awhile so it was …
A Lot Like Love movie
Have you ever seen the movie “A Lot like Love” with Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet? I’m guessing it’s been out for a while because I saw it last week on Encore. When I read the preview listed on the channel guide, it didn’t look that appealing, but since …
Rush Hour 3
Every so often a comedy duo comes around that really can do no wrong. you had Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder in more than a few movies and now we have Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan in their Rush Hour series. The third installment of this movie, Rush Hour …
Noting Hill
Noting Hill - Review Notting hill is an enjoyable romantic comedy. Hugh grant is a book seller, who falls in love with Julia ROberts.
But there is a lot of cultural difference between the two. As grant says n the movie ‘You like is Beverly Hill (posh), I live in …
Monsters, Inc. movie
My daughter has never seen the movie Monsters Inc before so I made sure to sit down and watch it with her this past weekend.
It had been a while since I’ve seen this movie and I didn’t remember much about it. But, after watching it again, I can remember …
The 6th Day Movie
“The 6th Day” takes place in the future, where cloning of animals is a commonplace procedure that takes place every day. When somebody loses a pet, they just “re-pet” it, not only creating an identical twin of their dead pet but even implanting the memories the old pet used …
Sophie’s Choice, film
Sophie’s Choice is a drama film about love, friendship, and family starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline and Peter Macnicol. Alan J. Pakula directed Sophie’s Choice where he brought together a great ensemble of actors and artistic cinematographers to produce a classic drama film. The strongest aspects of this film …
Return to Frogtown Movie
This is an interesting movie. The sequel to Hell Comes to Frogtown, starring Roddy Piper, this movie takes place a few years later. Sam Hell is no longer Roddy Piper, but is some other guy with an enormously freakish face, and he is now a member of …
Delicatessen movie
The first feature film from Jean-Pierre Jeunet who created the lovely Amelie from Montmartre a couple of years ago and A very long engagement most recently. Delicatessen is a story about the people in an apartment building, who seem to be some sort of cannibals. Some visitors are made …
Movie Jumper (2008)
Jumper (2008) is a science-ficiton film by director Doug Liman and is rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some language and brief sexuality.
Jumper is about a guy named David (Hayden Christiansen) who has inexplicable powers to teleport from place to place just by thinking about them. …
Touching the Void movie
A documentary about a team of adventurers trying to climb a mountain together. The story is told by these three men themselves, showing fictional images of how their expedition might have looked like. Something goes terribly wrong before these guys reached the top of their mountain, and one gets …
Iron Man Movie
Iron Man is a comic book based supero movie is the story of Tony Staerk played by Robert Downey Jr., and how he becomes the superhero Iron Man. Tony is accompanied to Afghanistan where Tony tests out the Jericho missiles. On the way back he is captured …
Blue Hawaii movie
Blue Hawaii is one of my favorite Elvis Presley movies. Part of it is because of the beautiful scenery, part is due to the musical score, part is due to a decent plot, and part is due to Elvis himself.
I’ve been to Hawaii and to the hotel where …
Last Samurai Movie
The Last Samuria is truely a box office hit, no doubt about it. When it comes down to onscreen action, this film will leave you with goose-bumps, especially the scene where the ninjas attacked the village (guess you will have to watch it to find out exactly what happened). …
12 Angry Men (Remake)
In 1997, someone got the not-so-bright idea to recreate a theatrical classic, 12 Angry Men. The problem for me is that the original production was about as near to perfect as you can get. Headed by Henry Fonda and a legendary cast, this film was dramatic and …
Hot Fuzz
From the guys that brought you Shaun of the Dead, Wright, Frost, and Pegg, Hot Fuzz is the next in the spoof movie genre. This action movie spoof follows cop Simon Pegg who is relocated to a remote town where a series of mysterious “accidents” start to happen. …
Mighty Aphrodite Movie
Mighty Aphrodite is a great, fun movie from writer and director Woody Allen, released in 1994 I believe. It is rich with gags and one-liners all the way through so the script is great, with Woody at his best giving his funny delivery of the lines and also …
Love, Actually movie
Love, Actually, is a very strange movie to nail down and categorize. Overall, it is, of course, a romantic comedy, but it is wholly unique from other members of the genre. Instead of relying on two star crossed lovers to tell its tale, Love, Actually, features a very large …
Shutter Island movie
“Shutter Island” by Dennis Lehane is a novel adapted to a movie called “Shutter Island”. I rented the DVD of Shutter Island from a local DVD store three days ago and decided to watch it yesterday. I had a lot of expectations from the …
Devil’s Diary (movie)
I’m not sure if this movie originally came from the Lifetime Movie Network, but that is where I watched it the first time, and am watching it now again. I thought it was pretty great for a low budget movie too, and one that is on Lifetime, since I’m …
My Life in Ruins movie
After losing out on a teaching job in Athens, Georgia is an American academic lowering her standards to become a tour guide in Greece during the summer. Deemed strict and boring, many tourists dislike her style of touring; she’s all education and zero fun. She suggests that …
Casino Royale (2006)
Casino Royale, a James Bond movie, directed by Martin Campbell is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Assosciation of America for intense sequences of violent action, a scene of torture, sexual content and nudity. The original release date was November 17, 2006 for United States audience. This movie falls …
Jurassic Park 3
Joe Johnston takes over directorial duties for the third entry in the Jurassic Park franchise and unfortunately, fails to captain a worthy successor to the fantastic first movie and enjoyable second.
The story is certainly lacking in any real scope. While the first two movies had an epic quality about …
Tomorrow Never Dies movie
The second appearance of Pierce Brosnan made me confident the James Bond film series was never going to end. Although the creators ran out of Ian Fleming novels and made up the story on their own, it is actually rather thrilling with a lot of breathtaking action sequences and …
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