Movies Reviews
My Neighbors the Yamadas
A film about the life of an ordinary family in Tokyo, anime style.
The film was directed by Isao Takahata, well known around the world for his Grave of the Fireflies. The difference between Takahata and Miyazaki for example is very big. Takahata’s films are based in the real world, …
Prison Break Season 2 Episode 12- Disconnect
Prison Break is really great show even its worst episode are better than other shows. But it helps to be that this new with a little bit disappointing. The problem was that nothing much was really happening in it. It was just a lot of emotional …
James & the Giant Peach
OK, I finally got a chance to watch the movie James & the Giant Peach. Wow, what a dull piece of garbage.
Personally, if I would have been the star of this film, it would have been called something like Steve & the Giant Can of Raid. I’m sorry, but …
Twilight Movie
My boyfriend and I went to go see Twilight at the movie theater. I talked him into going with me because all my friends were raving about the book series. I tried reading the book but it couldn’t hold my attention past the third page. So …
Training Day movie
Training day is a 2001 film starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawk as Jake, a rookie on his first day as a cop in the LAPD, his new partner Alonzo (Washington) pulls the car over and stops a drug dealer confiscating his PCP pipe, then a little later tells …
In Bruges movie
Film festival bring out both the best and the worst of man’s creativity. It can bring out movies that everyone knows and loves, but sometimes, there are movies that aren’t that well known, at least outside of certain countries. Such was the fate of “In Bruges” a classic black …
The Hot Chick: Funny Movie
I totally am not ever going to forget the “The Hot Chicks” movie by Rob Schneider. This is by far the funniest movie I have watch of Rob’s. I know he is a great actor, and is very versatile but I can never find any other of his role …
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street movie
Never forgive, never forget.
A true quote that pretty much sums up the plot of this fantastic movie which came out in 2007. Based on the hit Broadway thriller-musical which starred Angela Lansbury as Mrs.Lovett and Len Cariou as Sweeney, this movie was directed by Tim Burton (The Nightmare Before …
Red Cliff
Red Cliff, directed by John Woo, has lots of stars including Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen, Hu Jun, Lin Chi ling and Zhao Wei. The budget for this show was incredible. With an estimated of US$80 million, it was made the most expensive film to be …
Movie: “Stephen King’s It” (1990)
Having read the book multiple times, I was horribly disappointed with the two-part miniseries “It”, aired in 1990 on ABC. There was so much left out; I can’t believe Mr. King even allowed it to be produced.
The plot of the mini-series only loosely follows the plot of the original …
Spiderman
Before Batman Begins hit the big screens, I thought that the original Spiderman was the best superhero movie of all time. This movie, much like Batman Begins, tells the story of how Spiderman became to be and I thought they handled all of the backstory VERY well. …
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The New Adventures of Old Christine stars Julia Louise Dreyfus. With an excellent supporting cast of nobodies, Dreyfus creates a very funny series and shows why she was an intricate star in Seinfeld.
She can definitely carry a show. Why is this frying pan faced …
Happy Feet The Movie
My children love Happy Feet. They watched it so much it stopped working so I had to buy them a new one. My son really loves the extra features where they teach the children how to tap dance, my son is only one years old but its …
Antwone Fisher
The movie Antwone Fisher was released when I was still in high school. I did not see it advertising to be released in theatres though since I was very busy at the time. However, I was finally able to see it when I saw the rest of my family …
Movie Redline (2007)
Redline, directed by Andy Cheng is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, illegal and reckless behavior, sexual content, language and drug references. The original release date was April 13, 2007 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action and stars …
The Outsiders movie
The Outsiders is a classic film based on a well-read and popular novel by S.E. Hinton. This book-turned-movie focuses on two opposite social groups, basically the haves and have-nots. Regardless of what era life is in, this movie is relevant because the two groups always exist. …
Aronofsky’s “Black Swan”
I don’t go to the cinema all that often - not only is it quite expensive, but also I prefer to be able to pause, rewind, have a snack without disturbing fellow viewers and, most of all, I like to talk during a movie. Therefore, I tend to watch …
Get Hard (comedy movie)
Despite its fairly mediocre rating on IMDB, I actually didn’t mind watching the movie “Get Hard”. Since Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell were playing the main roles in it, expected something very raunchy and not as funny. However, one or two people I know told me it wasn’t bad. …
Dirty Dancing - 20th Anniversary DVD set
Dirty Dancing was an awesome, feel good movie that remains a phenomena to this day. This special 20th Anniversary edition has a lot of exciting extras. Some can be found on other DVD releases of the standout movie, but others are unique to this collection.
The DVD set …
Basket Case movie
Do you like horror? Do you like a mystery? Do you like older movies? If you like all of these qualities, or even if you just like one of these things, Basket Case is the movie for you. Basket Case is about two brothers who stick together through thick …
30 Days of Night (R, 2007) movie
I am really really disappointed that I got so excited before this film came out. I thought, judging from the previews, that this movie was going to touch on an aspect of vampirism which had been unexplored in previous films. The concept of there being 30 days …
Ice Princess, movie (2005)
Disney films can be characterized by the epithet “fairy tale.” And The Ice Princess is no exception: a simple, somewhat naive plot. A schoolgirl heroine, a kind of “Cinderella” who is bound to become a star at the end. There are very few movies about sports, per se. In …
Movie I’m Not There
Bob Dylan is hard to explain in a few words, consequently why not have six unlike people portray him in the movie “I’m Not There”. This is what writer director Todd Haynes made. You might recognize his movie Far From Heaven starring Julianne Moore. The characters played through the …
Archipelago (movie)
I love watching independent films, especially ones from countries around the world. Therefore, what this means is that I sometimes go searching for new ones and get excited whenever I hear of one that’s really good. Well, recently I’d been hearing a lot about an independent film named …
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, movie
Just by looking at the title, you can tell that this isn’t going to be a cinematic game changer. Dumb as it is, I can actually see the train of thought that led to this. What would happen to two kids who were terrorized by a witch …
Zoom movie
Zoom is a superhero movie for teens. It’s a kid movie. The cast include Tim Allen, Courtney Cox, Chevy Chase, Rip Torn, Kevin Zegers, Ryan Newman, Michael Cassidy, and kate Mara. This is a movie about how superhero has to save the world from a man name Concussion who …
The Deserter movie
Another silent montage film by the perhaps most appreciated director that worked with the style, next to Eisenstein - Vsevolod Pudovkin.
Looking through all of his work, I have to say Pudovkin’s films have aged a lot better than Eisenstein. While Eisenstein did all he could to make the films …
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 …
“Shutter Island” movie
Another movie from under the hand has the duo Martin Scorsese - Leonardo DiCaprio is a screen adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel a great “Island of the condemned.” To a hospital for mentally ill offenders located on an island cut off from the world comes two policemen (one of …
Happy Feet Movie
I love watching the Happy Feet movie with my family. Now, at first I was a little worried. My older kids aren’t really into the animated movie thing that much. I thought at first that they weren’t really going to like the Happy Feet movie. Boy …
Who Is the Black Dahlia? movie
There’s been a lot of speculation about the lady in black known as the Black Dahlia over the years. No one really knows who killed her, but someone did, cutting up her body in the process. The gruesome and very real story has fascinated crime buffs for …
Movie Outbreak (1995)
Outbreak, directed by Wolfgang Petersen is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language. The original release date was March 10, 1995 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Dustin Hoffman as Colonel Sam Daniels, Rene Russo as …
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
This movie has been around for a few nears now but I only just watched it recently and all I knew about the Mothman was from Youtube videos which seemed really unbelievable and usually look fake. Before I watched the movie I read a bit on the real …
The Incredible Hulk (2008 version)
“The Incredible Hulk” is a great movie but unfortunately it was released during the same period as another great blockbuster “Iron Man” and so member of the general public tend to do comparisims. Although “The Incredible Hulk” has got all the right ingredients for a …
Ali movie
Will Smith appears as the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Clay in this film by Michael Mann. Will Smith is actually very convincing in this serious role, although I personally think he’s more suited for humoristic roles. From the first to the last scene of this film feels …
After Life Movie
After life is the movie that left me guessing and I couldn’t sleep after watching it. Is Christina Ricci really dead there or alive? Was Liam Neeson a good guy who speaks to the dead or some psycho creep that kills people who don’t deserve to live, like what …
Yentl movie
A film directed by actress Barbra Streisand about a young jewish girl who wants to become a priest. The problem is that only boys are allowed in this profession, so she simply dresses out as a boy.
This film has a lot of issues. To begin with it tries to …
Frankenfish (2004) movie
This is another fun horror movie about some mutant fish that invade the Louisiana Bayou. The movie stars Mark Dippe and Tory Kittles. I admit I was unsure what to expect when I first picked it up, mainly due to the movie’s name. But the movie was surprisingly good! …
Catch Me if you Can movie
When I first saw the movie “Catch Me if you Can” advertising to be released in theatres I wanted to watch it because of two major reasons. One was because it was the first in a long time I was seeing the actor Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie and …
The Simpson’s Movie
The Simpson’s is one of the most hilarious TV show that I have ever watched in my life. The entire show ,their characters are just too funny. When I heard that their movie was going to be out,I made it a point to get tickets for the first day …
It Might Get Loud Doocumentary
“It Might Get Loud” is a rockumentary about the history of electric guitar divided in three eras, from the perspective of three
influential Rock’n’Roll guitarists. Namely Jimmy Page, the Edge and Jack White.
Directors Dave Guggenheim and Jimmy Page drive us into the lifes and backgrounds of the three artists’ relationships …
Changeling
This is a must see for anybody that’s intrigued by anything that’s based on true life events. Knowing that, took the movie to a whole new level for me. It was one of the best movies I have seen in awhile and was so good that I couldn’t get …
Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride return for their fourth straight movie as this lovable couple from the country. Though much is made out of their large family, the kids aren’t seen all that much. There is a focus on one of the older children, though, named Rosie. …
School For Scoundrels
I had the opportunity to watch the movie School For Scoundrels. Now on paper I thought this would be a funny movie. It stars Billy Bob Thornton (Bad Santa, Bad News Bears) and Jonm Heder (Napolean Dynamite) as the lead charecters with Horatio Sanz (Saturday Night Live), …
Movie Family Stone
I watched this movie on cable about a week ago. I wanted to see it when it first came out and I totally forgot all about it. So when it was on the other night I watched it. It started out really good but toward the middle and the …
Rogue movie
Shoot me now for not having the heart to stand up and leave this movie when I had the chance. I kept saying I just needed to see the monster rogue before I gave up on it, but the director was smart enough to only show the entire thing …
Conan the Barbarian
Up until very recently I was more familiar with the movie “Conan the Destroyer” than I was with its nineteen eighty two prequel “Conan the Barbarian”. However, I was finally able to see the movie “Conan the Barbarian” on cable television when the cable television channel G4TV aired it …
Memoirs of a Geisha
Rob Marshall turned a New York Times’ Bestseller into a Hollywood box office hit. I have to admit though, it’s not a film I would want to watch over and over again. It’s brilliant. Emotional. Deep. That said, it’s kind of depressing despite the ending. The entire film has …
Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was February 8, 1976 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Robert De Niro as Travis Bickle, Cybill Shepherd as Betsy, Peter …
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