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For some time, I have been pretty fed up with the “horror” movies coming out. But I decided to take a chance on both Samuel L. Jackson and John Cusack, since they are both favorite actors of mine. At any rate, the story is fairly simple: …
The Incredibles
This movie was, if you’ll pardon the use of the word, incredible. And believe it or not, it was not because of the animation. It was the story that made this film so likable. So good, in fact, that I almost wish it were a live action superhero movie …
Dead Like Me: Haunted
Dead Like Me: Haunted was the final regular episode for this science fiction series about grim reapers. It was Halloween, and it was actually one of their better episodes.
I liked seeing the characters in other types of attire. Jasmine Guy, who is quite beautiful, dressed as a …
Dark City, movie (1998)
David S. Goyer is a name films fans should recognize. From his humble beginnings with Charles Band’s Full Moon Entertainment to his recent success working with Christopher Nolan, he’s one of the biggest names in screenwriting. Sure, he also wrote Jumper and the TV movie, Nick Fury: …
Anger Management movie
Anger Management. I knew of the movie, had no interest in seeing it. Jack Nicholson stooping down so low as to star in a movie with Adam “Billy Madison Boy” Sandler. Not for me.
So, now long after I think this movie is ancient history, I turn …
Miracle in the Rain movie
If you want to see a motion picture about the mystery and magic of love, then Miracle in the Rain is the movie for you. This picture sends tingling chills up my spine, the kind of chills from the enduring legacy of a love that can’t and won’t …
The Nice Guys (2016 Buddy-Comedy Film)
I am not really a huge fan of buddy-comedy movies. I particularly didn’t enjoy 21 Jump Street that I didn’t bother to check out its sequel. However, I am in a real marathon since falling in love with films recently. I have seen most of the “must-see” movies this year …
Accepted (2006)
Justin Long, better known for his performance to me in Jeepers Creepers makes am entrance as a comedian in this classic tale of a boy and his dreams of going to college. When e finds out that all his applications to every college that he had applied to was …
Discovering the real world of Harry Potter
I felt a little silly when I first began to read the harry Potter books. These are books for children I told myself so why did I find it so entertaining. I’ve read other books for children since I became an adult of course, but those had already moved …
Big Bad Wolves (thriller movie)
I think that the theme of Vigilantism never truly loses its charm no matter how many times movies are made on the subject. This is why I was quite interested in watching the movie “Big Bad Wolves”. I’d never seen an Israeli film before and I was curious to know …
Blood Diamond
Gripping. Riveting. Awakening. This movie grabs you from the start and takes you on a ride through the African country-side, seeing a world torn apart by violence, greed, and pain. You will inevitably swear never to buy a “blood diamond” again, knowing what it costs their world.
Leonardo DiCaprio, though …
Flashdance
“Flashdance” was a popular movie released in the early eighties. I think of it as a classic since even now from time to time people still make pop culture references to the movie and some of the most famous scenes in it. Another one of the things that made …
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
I finally got a chance to watch the final Star Wars Prequel, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. And, while I was impressed by the special effects and the fighting, I was seriously disappointed at the movies failure to carry over seamlessly into the original Trilogy.
Set roughly 20 years …
The Myth movie
This is one of my favorite Jackie Chan’s movie and in Chinese. This movie consisted of combination of ancient and modern China. The story is about Jacko (Jackie Chan) as an archeologist who get confused with his inner memories. He kept dreaming that he used to be a warrior …
Movie Four Christmases
Four Christmases is an excellent movie I saw in theatres. It is a romantic comedy, with a bigger emphasis on the comedy. I really enjoyed it and I think most people would as well. It is a great film to see with a couple, family, or with friends. It …
Penelope Movie (2006)
I had watched this last night on HBO and I was really surprised there was such a movie as this one, I haven’t really seen this movie when it was being shown in the theatres and I’m glad I had seen it last night. The show features a …
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The tale of The Nightmare before Christmas is a turn on the Grinch. The story is about Jack Skellington (Chris Sarandon, Danny Elfman) the king of Halloweentown. Sally (Catherine O’Hara) thinks that Jack is a great dead person. Sally was created by an evil scientist (William Hickey). The mayor …
Jump In movie
The Disney movie “Jump In” was released about a year ago. It is about a teenage boxer who discovers his love for jump roping. In the beginning, he only did it to help out his girl friend, but as he spent more time on the ropes and less in …
PumpkinHead
PumpkinHead is a pretty good scary movie. The movie is kind of old but still pretty creepy. The movie is about a demon named PumpkinHead. PumpkinHead is a demon that can be called up to get revenge on someone who did you wrong. But his power is very evil, and …
Movie Volcano (1997)
Volcano, directed by Mick Jackson is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for intense depiction of urban disaster and related injuries. The original release date was April 25, 1997 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Drama/Thriller and stars Tommy Lee Jones …
Wedding Crasher
This is another romantic comedy movie that I like. Watching Wedding Crashers makes me laugh and touch in a same time.
This movie tell abot two bestfriends John Beckwith (Owen Wilson) and Jeremy Gray (Vince Vaughn) who always love to come in the wedding uninvited. Their purpose just to looking …
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs the Movie
So I’m sure many of you have either read the book “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” either in your own time, or to your children. I myself, being only a recent “adult” can quite easily and fondly remember the days of curling up next to mom and …
Wedding Crashers (2005 movie)
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn star as a couple of con artist, womanizing, two-timing individuals who crash weddings and hit on the women in a gentlemanly fashion, in order to sleep with them. Doing it for years it seems, they have a plan for every situation. All their scheming …
Murders in the Rue Morgue
Murders in the Rue Morgue with Bela Lugosi, Leon Ames, and Sidney Fox.
This classic black and white film was an adaption of the Edgar Allen Poe short story of the same name. Lugosi plays the evil Dr. Mirakle and the ape man plays himself. …
The Taking of Pelham 123 movie
SPOILER ALERT! Do not read this review if you haven’t viewed the film and plan on seeing it anytime soon.
Saw this film last week and I thought it was ok. It’s pretty much like all the other hostage taker - negotiator type films before it. Here, John …
Four Weddings and a Funeral with Hugh Grant
This movie is full of funny scenes. It starts with Hugh Grant’s character being late for a wedding he is attending. Worse yet, he is the best man, and he has forgotten the rings. The bride and groom end up getting married using junk jewelery that his friend was …
Marrying the Mafia Movie
This is a really hilarious Korean romance comedy. It all started when Dae-Suh (a CEO of a respected IT firm who was educated in Seoul National University) woke up next to a stranger, Jing-Kyung. Later, it was found out that Jing-Kyung is actually a beloved daughter of a mafia …
Saw-Movie
I just watched this movie on television last night. I had not seen it for a while and it was great. I have seen all the Saw movies right after they came out at the theater, but the first is my favorite. I had not idea what I was …
The In-Laws (2003)
This movie is yet another disgrace of a movie, even though it stars some very decent actors, the movie just did not live up to the hype that was created around it and once again, we have a hit and miss coming out of the studios of the fames …
Catwoman
“Catwoman”, released in 2004, was supposed to be a blockbuster, due to the fact that it was based on a comic book superhero and because it starred Halle Berry. It’s fortunate for her that her career was strong enough to survive this movie, because it was way beneath …
The Scout (Movie)
My wife was taking a shower last night and my oldest daughter was in bed so it was just me and the baby for a while. I couldn’t do much while holding her so I flipped through the channels and came across the 1994 movie The Scout on Fox …
The Four Feathers movie
I kept getting this movie from the library and neglecting to watch it, because for some reason I thought that it looked boring. Then, when I finally got down to watch it, I could not leave the couch for anything and miss a few moments of that movie. It …
Alice in Wonderland (2010) movie
Alice in Wonderland is the newest release on this old tale but it is a new twist on the story that we have all heard before. The man behind the magic this time is Tim Burton.
The story takes place when Allison is 19 returning to Wonderland, actually called …
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 …
Iron Man
This latest superhero movie from Jon Favreau, the director of “Elf” and “Zathura”, starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard, surpasses many others in the same genre, with a sly adult take on an otherwise rather two dimensional character. The special effects, while impressive …
Born Yesterday (1950)
“Born Yesterday” is a 1950 Columbia Pictures black and white production provides 103 minutes of great fun. Locations shots were filmed throughout Washington D.C. “Born Yesterday” is, to quote the tagline, “a perfectly swell motion picture!” If you are one of those people who is hypersensitive to political correctness …
The Last Airbender (2010) movie
I went and saw this with my girlfriend and her two sisters since they were all die hard viewers of the show as kids and have been excited about this movie since they laid eyes on the previews. So I had to say at first I was caught up …
Looper (movie)
One of the best science fiction movies that I watched in theatres late last year was the movie “Looper”. I had not heard much about the movie before watching it. In fact, I had only chosen to see the movie since I had already watched everything else that was …
Netflix
A few years ago I was a bit reluctant to change my normal “video store stop” routine to try a “by mail” service. However after a family member suggested giving it a try during a free trial period, I was instantly hooked! I never thought that …
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 …
Dumbo
Dumbo is a timeless animation classic. This movie will forever live in the hearts of those who saw it. I think that the story of the tiny elephant with big ears was very cute and very sad as well. I was very happy as a kid when I saw this …
Unstoppable (movie)
I watched this movie a few Saturdays ago with two other members of my family, and even though I thought it could have been a little better, it certainly surpassed my expectations of what it might have been like. Based on the ads of it that I saw on …
The Other Boleyn Girl
I just finished watching this movie with my mom and brother. It was a nice movie, a bit longer than what we expected. The movie characters are great; they played very well and with the right emotions to what they are there for. I have read the stories about …
Lone Survivor (war movie)
Lone Survivor was one of those movies that I delayed watching for a very long time, and ended up regretting my choice because it turned out so well. I’m also happy that I didn’t allow myself to read any of the reviews online about it, since about half of them …
The Sixth Sense movie
Even though I watched the movie “The Sixth Sense” when I was about eleven or twelve years old, I can still remember it as though it were just yesterday, since at the time is scared me a little and I thought the twist in the plot was unusual. It …
Murder in Paradise movie
From 1990, Murder in Paradise stars Kevin Kilner as Charlie Raski, a homicide detective in New York who worked on a serial killer case. When he goes to Hawaii and killings start there, he is asked to help and actually ends up being a suspect. He’s not …
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
When it comes to masterpieces on film, Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange knows nearly no rival. While my personal experience with the movie did not come until just last year (the incessant raving from other viewers finally pushed me into the fray to give the film a watch), I’m …
Miral (2010 film) by Julian Schnabel
When I read the short outline of this movie, I thought I was reading a news article. I just saw Miral earlier, and it was probably the only culturally significant movie I’ve seen of this year. To summarize, Miral is one way to understand the political conflict …
“X-Men: First Class” (2011 Film)
While all of the “X-Men” films have been great, and entertaining to watch as well, the latest 2011 film, “X-Men: First Class” really just tops the cake. To be able to see Magneto and Professor X along with Mystique and a few other mutants we all have gotten to …
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