Starring: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto, Elsa De Giorgi, Helene Surgere, Sonia Salviange, Renata Moar, Franco Meril, and Ines Pellegrini.
Directed by: Pier Paolo Pasolini.
In perhaps the most controversial film ever released in the 1970s, four men of power in Nazi Germany (the Duke, …

I must say that I don’t like much watching Uma Thurman movies. She chooses to bring to big screen such bizarre characters. “The Truth about Cats & Dogs” is the only movie where I truly like her interpretation because it fits so well with the script of this movie. …

I am old enough to remember Fatal Attraction when it was first released in cinemas and it caused a big fuss at the time. It was a massive box office hit and when I saw in at a cinema in London I remember people were shouting at the …

DNAngel Episode 6 has Daisuke trying to figure out what to get his mother for her birthday and learns about how she met his father Kosuke.
This was a very sweet episode and not a lot of anime have episodes that are like this, but even though the plot may …

A frustrated office worker is recruited by a company of assassins to be trained to master the arts of his father and in return hunt down and kill the man responsible for killing his father. At first he was miserable at his job, but once he was approached and …

This is a most confusing film with Will Smith that combines old western style with a modern kind of tecnique and scenery. The contrast between these to is barely watchable, and regarding Smith’s performance, I don’t think he really fits in this kind of film.
It’s shocking that this was …

My daughter has dozens of original Disney films in our library for her to watch. One of my favorites of these has to be the classic movie “The Little Mermaid.”
Now, I’ve read the original story (and several other versions) and the movie does clean things up a little bit. …

In another review for the made-for-TV movie, “Miracle on Ice”, I said I don’t like hockey, and the truth is that I don’t. Yet, over a decade later, I still love the story of the 1980 USA Olympic hockey team and how they marched their way towards gold, …

This latest sequel to the Shrek movies proves once and for all that multiple sequels are a bad idea. The movie is not as entertaining as it’s predecessors, and it becomes downright boring in many parts. While watching the movie Shrek Forever After, I get the sense …

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 …

As movie musicals go, The Unsinkable Molly Brown is unsinkable. It’s a marvelously well done movie with Debbie Reynolds and Harve Presnell in the leads. As for being biographical on the real Molly Brown, many liberties were taken. We get a wonderful happy ending here, but …

The movie Basic is a military movie about a bunch of Army Rangers that get killed in a training accident or do they? This movie stars Samuel Jackson and John Travolta. Samuel Jackson plays the Sergeant in charge of training all of the Army Rangers. He takes a group …

Based on the picture books of Yūichi Kimura, Arashi no Yoru Ni (One Stormy Night) weaves the touching tale of how two enemies find one another, and against all odds, become one another’s, soulmates. During the title event, Mei, a goat, seeks shelter in a barn. Once there he …

Hello people and let’s talk about “The Hunger Games.” . Now, before I start giving my opinion on this movie and any other following movies, you should know that I do not read books, not one bit; I just don’t find them entertaining enough. Moving on, the movie wasn’t …

My daughter wanted to watch a movie with me yesterday but I was getting a bit sick of cartoons. I ended up making her a deal. I told her I would watch a movie with her but it had to be the black and white horror movie “Them!” She …

I read the book speak a little while before I watched the movie, and both were equally bad. The movie was a little more confusing, and the characters were even more fake that they were in the book ,but at the same time, it was all okay because I …

Thunderheart is a movie from the early 1990’s that I enjoy watching. Val Kilmer stars as an FBI agent from Washington D.C. who comes to the Sioux Indian Reservation to solve a murder.
Val’s character, Ray ,is part Indian himself and is having to come to terms with the blood …

The Enforcer with Clint Eastwood and Tyne Daily.
Of the Dirty Harry series, I suppose that this sequel is the most tame. It deals with political correct issues and the gentler side of Inspector Harry Callahan. When the opening scene proved to be vintage …

This movie is about a drug lord who is so in control of his area and surround areas that they refer to him as ‘god’. Without any hard information on him, the authorities cannot touch him and that makes him what they call ‘untouchable’. But they are not going …

500 Days of Summer is quite an interesting, and unique film. I decided to watch it after hearing of comparisons with Garden State, which I loved.
The boy likes girl storyline has perhaps been overused a lot throughout the history of cinema, but this is written and directed in a …

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 …

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 …

64 Rokuyon Zenpen based on the award-winning novel by the same name by Hideo Yokoyama.

The film starts with the kidnapping of a young girl during the Showa Era Year 64 (1989) in Gunma Prefecture, Inspector Mikami and his team is put in charge of the case. The victim’s father …

I am reviewing The Three Gables, a Sherlock Holmes episode on the boxed set, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, produced by Granada in the 1990’s. This episode finds Holmes and Watson against ruffians who are hired by a cold feeling woman to steal this poor old woman’s grandson’s …

The modern day effect in a classic war epic! Based on the actual historical event of 300 Spartans facing, for sure death, defend there freedom and there land against the will of the older oracles! The characters performance is unreal they all look like body builders and you can …

This is a 1997 movie about Howard Stern, it tells the story of how he grew up, got fired from many radio stations, and tries to show how and why he became famous. The film is based on his 1993 book. The soundtrack to the film is really something …

In a rare and shocking move on the part of DC Comics, they decided to make a good movie. Don’t get me wrong, they’ve hit that mark a few times in the past, but usually Hollywood people get in the way when super hero movies are being made …

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 5 begins with a brief recap of the last episode and then starts with Ed running up to his mother Trisha and showing her a metal toy horse he transmuted. She says she’s proud of him then asks him why he couldn’t make mommy …

I was flipping channels last night and came across a movie classic; Clue.
I rarely meet other people who enjoy this movie as much as I do; which is too bad considering I could watch this film 100 times in a row and never get tired of it.
What’s not to …

First Sunday is a comedy being billed as a —˜feel good movie’ with a moral. It stars Ice Cube and Tracy Morgan as two career criminals. When LeeJohn (played by Morgan) and Tyrell (Ice Cube) agree to transport stolen wheelchairs across the city, they get arrested and run …

Many versions of the classic tale of Cinderella have been made and all follow the same storyline with little variation. ‘Cinderella’ (2015), is no exception, however with compelling characters and stunning visuals, I find myself enchanted by the movie. Although I was watching the same story that I’ve seen many …

A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Grimacing Governor is another story that centers around country rancher and attorney, Wild Bill McKenzie, as played by Hal Holbrook.
This movie has an impressive cast that includes James Brolin, John Spencer, Elyssa Davalos, Ken Kercheval, Bonnie Bartlett, Gregg Henry, Kim Johnston …

When I rented the Wedding Date with my wife, I thought it was going to be just another chick flick with a sappy plot. However, I found it was actually a very funny and entertaining movie.
Debra Messing is absolutely stunning in this film as she plays a single woman …

“The Time Bombed Skyscaper” is a movie based off of the hit Japanese anime show “Case Closed”. Case Closed is a based on the life of Jimmy Kudo, who is a genius junoir detective that was shrunk to a child due from poisening from a crime organization. He now …

We currently use a DVD / game rental service that is offered by Tesco.com. This service is an Internet based service where we can rental DVD’s or games for different platforms. The service allows us to have two discs at anyone time and costs us fourteen pound …

The first big live-action movie musical for Disney Studios was a film called “The Happiest Millionaire”. As a young girl, I’d heard about this movie, and I was dying to see it. When it opened in town, it was only at the drive-in, and my parents didn’t …

I got the kids to bed a bit early last night and, since my wife was taking a shower, I decided to sit down for a few minutes and see if I could find a movie on TV.
I ended up coming across the film Revenge of the Nerds on …

Jean Renoir or was undeniably the most interesting french filmmaker of the 1930s. A day in the country is one of his absolute finest works. It tells the story of two men and one woman taking a trip to the country together. Both of the men falls in love …

Although I’m not a militant person for some reason I’m particularly fond of war movies. Naturally I look forward to whatever movie festivals are aired on television for Veterans Day. Although many of the movies are often the standards such as the excellent “The Longest Day,” the engaging “The …

This is a fantastic movie! Whenever it comes on television I like to watch it all the way through.
Erin Brockovich is the incredible true story of a single mother of three children. She begins to work at a law firm on an important case dealing with a company that …

The movie is a historical thriller about the assassination plot against Adolf Hitler. The movie started with Tom Cruise severely wounded in Tunisia and was brought home to Berlin for medical treatment. Wrought and dismayed with the outcome of the war, Tom Cruise who played Colonel Claus von Staunffenberg, …

Divergent was one of those movies that I found really didn’t stand out enough for me to notice it at the time that it was released. I decided to watch it after several people told me it was a good science fiction movie even though I had my doubts about …

I have had a subscription to Zip.ca for about four months. I live in a rural area, so I like not having to rush into town to return movies as there are no due dates for titles as long as your membership is current.
I pay under $30 a …

I’ve not read word one of the Harry Potter books, but I have generally found the movies to be a decent diversion.
At this point in the series, I am torn between Prisoner of Azkahban and Goblet of Fire as my favorite.
The latest, Order of the Phoenix, is in a …

Burt (Ralph Meeker), is an ex-soldier who, after the war horrors of South Pacific, has been kept in a mental hospital. Years have passed, and Burt seems to be doing well; he only can’t handle rain which still frightens him, taking him back to the rain-soaked jungles of the …

This mini-series was such a pleasure to watch. The story is based on a novel by George Eliot. The title character, Daniel, supposedly an illegitimate son of a wealthy English aristocrat, was raised like a gentleman. He is a well educated young man who has plenty of money, but …

Carebears 2 the new generation is a 1986 kids drama film.It is the sequal to the 1985 care bears movie.It starts off with a purple horse and a yellow bear looking after small baby animals.These animals are called the Care Bears and the Care bear cousins.Later they …

When I think back to the movies made in the 1990s, I can think of quite a few good ones. And, then I can think of ones made by Pauley Shore that weren’t so good but still somewhat entertaining.
Shore will never win any awards for his performance in the …

I actually didn’t pick out the movie “The Insatiable.” My daughter did. She didn’t watch it or anything. She was at the movie store with me and my wife told her to pick out a movie for us and it happened to be one on a shelf she could …

Starring: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Dorothy Malone, Shirley MacLaine, Eva Gabor, and Anita Ekberg.
Directed by: Frank Tashlin.
Rick Todd (Dean Martin) has a crazy roommate named Eugene Fullstack with crazy yet potential ideas that spell dollar signs for a successful comic book. Eugene has a deep passion for comics, most particularly …