Movies Reviews
The Movie Black Swan
Black Swan is a relatively new movie directed by Darren Aronofsky. The movie centers around the famous ballet ” Swan Lake”. This movie focuses on the production and around the character of Nina Sayers played by the famous and talented Natalie Portman. I have to say that upon seeing …
Max Headroom movie
From 1985, Max Headroom introduces a really unique new concept to television viewing. In fact, you really have to be open to something different when you go into this, and not only that, but you need to stay focused on what is happening throughout Max Headroom or you’ll …
The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Since I have just reviewed the new movie “The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest,” I thought it would be a good idea to review its first part, “The Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl” released in 2003. The first movie is much better …
Real Genius (1985 movie)
Brilliant teenagers struggle to make the grade and live up to their potential while working on a laser as an assignment. Unknowing to them what the end result of the project will lead to, they realise that it’s going to be used as a weapon. Using their unique brain …
The Jackal movie
The interesting thing about the movie “The Jackal” is that you end up liking both Richard Gere and Bruce Willis. Even though Willis interprets an evil character in this movie, you can’t help liking him for his great acting skills. I must also say that Gere has been equally …
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
“The Moonstone” by Wilkie Collins is a delightful and well-written 19th century mystery novel. When she turns 18, Lady Rachel Verinder received a very special and precious gift: a large yellow diamond called Moonstone. Her uncle, now deceased, had stolen it from a temple in India where he was …
Movie Rat Race
I got home from work last night and wanted to watch something a bit different from the shows I normally watch. Fortunately for me, I came across the movie Rat Race on one of our movie channels.
I have seen this movie a half dozen times now at least and …
The Exorcist 3
I am reviewing the movie, The Exorcist 3, starring George C. Scott and Jason Miller. It is a sequel to The Exorcist and The Exorcist 2. The Exorcist was excellent, but the second one was ridiculous. With this in mind, I didn’t expect much from the third …
Kasal Kasali Kasalo
I am just at home for the weekend and a few hours before my day is over today, I’d like to talk about the movie I watched last Friday night in Channel 2 (abs-cbn). The movie is about a young couple’s struggle to get through the troubles of being …
Breakin’ All the Rules (2004)
This is the story of a man who, after being dumped by his fiancée, and after weeks of locking himself in his house without coming out for fresh air, wrote a book on ‘How to’ as it relates to ‘breaking up’ while he was in his highly depressed state …
BoogeyMan movie
BoogeyMan is an OK movie. I think the reason so many people watched it and liked it was because we all used to believe in the BoogeyMan at one time in our life. This is what made me think this movie was going to be scary. The preview also made …
Land of the Lost
I’m not a huge Will Ferrell fan so I kind of figured I wouldn’t like his movie Land of the Lost.
Well, I watched it this past weekend and it turns out I was right.
This movie just wasn’t that good. Ferrell is supposed to be some sort of genius scientist …
The Hangover
When I first saw the previews for The Hangover I really didn’t think it looked funny. I heard from several people that the movie was hilarious and I should see it. I kept reading positive reviews about the movie as well. …
Click with Adam Sandler
When I first saw the trailer on television, I thought that Click would be a simple fantasy entertainment for kids. But I was wrong. Completely wrong! Click turns out to be an excellent movie for all ages. Adam Sandler is simply outstanding. If you are the type of individual …
Sixteen Candles
What is interesting about teen movies is the fact that every time period is associated to a film. Now a days is “High School Musical” period, but in the 80’s they had “Sixteen Candles” which was a smashing hit at the time.
This movie definitely marked the beginning of …
Ghoulies II movie
Because we had rented the first Ghoulies movie this weekend, my wife and I decided we should watch the second one too. And, we did, despite the fact we hated the first movie.
The sequel is surprisingly better than the first one. But, that really shouldn’t be saying much because …
The Cult of the Suicide Bomber by Robert Baer
Robert Baer is a former CIA agent who worked in the Middle East. In 2005 he produced the DVD “The Cult of the Suicide Bomber.” The DVD is distributed by the Disinformation Company Ltd. from New York.
Baer presents a history of the suicide bomber cult as he calls …
Motion Picture “Dirty Dancing”
The movie Dirty Dancing was released in 1987. It was such a big hit that someone attempted to make the movie into a tv show the following year. Unfortunately the show was just awful and only lasted a few episodes. I was a kid at the …
The Driver, movie (1978)
In 2011, Drive was critically acclaimed for its 80’s throwback style and intense car chase sequences. For comparisons, the likes of Bullitt and French Connection were often cited in many reviews. One movie in particular was left out of those reviews. This is criminal considering the …
Bedazzled-Brendan Fraser & Elizabeth Hurley
I loved this movie because it was so funny. Who would have thought that the devil could be a comedian or so sexy. Elizabeth Hurley was great in this role because she brought a special touch to it. I enjoyed her constant antics and trickery so much. She kept …
The Happening (2008 Film)
The 2008 film, “The Happening”, staring Mark Wahlberg, Zoe Deschanel and John Leguizamo was a film that while as unrealistic as it could be, was strangely entertaining and a little bit frightening. This film portrayed the world as it would be if chaos struck, and when I mean chaos …
Star Trek: Generations
I was never a huge Star Trek the Next Generation fan until I was in college and I had a roommate get me hooked on it. So, when the movie Star Trek: Generations came out, I didn’t make a whole of effort to see it.
After seeing it a couple …
Bedtime Stories movie
I’m not as big of an Adam Sandler fan as I used to be. This is mostly because his movies always seem to rehash basically the same plot and some of the films are so terrible I can’t get through 10 minutes.
But, we decided to pick up Bedtime Stories …
Singin’ in the Rain musical
Singin’ in the Rain is a really good musical from 1952 that continues to thrill audiences all these years later. People remember this movie and the awesome dance sequences staged by star Gene Kelly, who also director along with Stanley Donen. I always think about Patrick Swayze …
The Orphanage (R, 2007) movie
Belen Rueda stars as Laura in this weird, yet spooky little film. The synopsis on Netflix seemed a little more ominous than the actual film. Anyway, I was a bit confused at first as to what was going on. But once I realized …
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Forgetting Sarah Marshall is probably one of the most promoted movies of 2008 and this was supposed to be very funny and so I thought I would see the movie. This movie is made from the same people that made Knocked Up and Freaks and Geeks so I thought …
She’s Out of My League Movie
I finally watched She’s Out of My League last night. I’ve seen the movie trailer and behind the scenes stuff at HBO a couple of months ago and I liked it. It’s one of the romantic comedy movies that you see, have a few laughs and then totally …
America’s Sweethearts movie
A winsome salute to classic comedies, this movie produced by Columbia Pictures in 2001 brings together an award-winning ensemble to deliver a romantic comedy set against the backdrop of contemporary behind-the-scenes Hollywood.
In the movie, Kiki (played by Julia Roberts), is the personal assistant of the beautiful superstar Gwen (Catherine …
Noble House Movie
The highest leader of a trading company called Noble House, called a Tai-Pan, is going through a difficult time as his worst enemy on the trading market does everything he can the bring the Noble House down forever. A very exciting and well acted feature with Pierce Brosnan among …
It Could Happen to You
Rob and I watched this movie the other night that starred Nicholas Cage in It could Happen to You. In this movie Nicholas plays Charlie Lang a New York cop, and he is married to Muriel (Rosie Perez) you dislike Muriel from the begining of the movie she …
Twilight the Movie
Stephnie Meyer’s Twilight saga created much uproar with the brilliant storyline and an unconventional love story that it offered. Twilight Movie is based on the first novel of the saga. The movie is a perfect blend of suspense, romance, mystery and sci-fi acts. The star cast is absolutely apt …
Case of the Shy Ballerina
I am reviewing The Case of the Shy Ballerina, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series 39 Thrilling Episodes. This series was produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France in the fifties. Ronald Howard, the son of actor Leslie Howard, …
Superman Returns (2006)
Why oh why of why!!! Why is it that whenever a remake of a Superman Movie is done, the only character that they seem to pair as his nemesis is always Lex Luthor. Look at the extremely large list of enemies that Superman has, choose a different character to …
Videodrome movie
Cronenberg’s cult rated film features James Woods as a man being consumed by media, psychologically and physically, in perhaps the most bizarre way ever seen. It begins as what seems like a very serious and slowly paced film, but ends up as a plain horror film with loads of …
Scary Movie (2000)
This movie, umm, let me rephrase that, this comedy is a spoof of some of the movies that were released the months before this movie was released. It dares to poke fun at almost every movie no matter the content, if it’s a serious movie or not, nothing movie …
Munsters Season 1 DVD
Without a doubt, one of the all time classic television programs was the landmark 1964 sitcom the Munsters. The program capitalized on the rise in popularity of the golden age of horror movies which were debuting on syndicated television and launching the monster boom of the late 1950’s to …
Curtain Call,1999 movie
This is a very light romantic comedy, with a plot so simple, silly, and predictable that I think it would have completely fallen through if it wasn’t for Michael Caine and Maggie Smith, the two wonderful actors who save it.
Stevenson Lowe (James Spader) is a successful publisher and a …
Titanic (Movie)
I love Titanic. I’ve seen the movie close to 30 times total since it was first released in 1998 and that includes the six times that I saw it in the theater. This is one of the few movies that made me want to learn more about the topic …
Street Law, movie (1974)
Enzo Castellari has a knack for making Italian action films. Fabio Testi seemed to be his go-to star. Yet, one film in particular, Castellari utilized the talents of the original Django. The end result was one of the better poliziotteschi films put out by Castellari. …
The Matrix Reloaded movie
The Matrix Reloaded is the second installment in the Matrix trilogy. To be honest, I do not think I enjoyed it as much as the first one. It seems like some of the excitement died out, or maybe there was just so much fuzz about the start …
Hitch movie
Will Smith stars as a Love-Doctor. His role in the film is to assist men who can’t get that special woman in their lives. After being rejected by his first ever girl, he turns his affection inward and creates a lovable character called Hitch. Eva Mendes co-stars as Will’s …
Movie: Curious George
A couple years ago, when my oldest daughter was just two or three, the film Curious George came out on DVD and I remember her loving it so much, she watched it several times in one week.
Our youngest daughter is starting to get interested in TV and movies now …
Across The Universe Movie
If you’re fan of The Beatles, then this movie is for you. It features Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess.
We all know that The Beatles are great, that’s why their songs have been remade and covered by tons of different artists already. But the versions of the songs of …
Hocus Pocus movie
I am reviewing the movie, Hocus Pocus. It is a Halloween movie. So there are these two kids. They come across these three witches on Halloween. They also come across a talking cat. These three witches are determined to get all the children or something. Every Halloween they …
Wuthering Heights,1992 movie
Based on the novel by Emily Bronte, this movie stars Ralph Fiennes as Heathcliff and Juliette Binoche as Catherine. Heathcliff, a gipsy boy, was adopted by Mr. Earnshaw, Catherine’s father. Catherine and Heathcliff grew up together, despite the fact that as soon as Mr. Earnshaw died Catherine’s brother Hindley …
The Best Man (1999)
The story is this good friends from their younger days, they have drifted apart to live their own lives, but are soon brought back together when one of their group friends is about to get married. There is a book that is about to be published by one of …
Flightplan
I watched Flightplan yesterday shown on the local TV channel and it is so good to see such a good actress Jodie Foster, acting once more.
I know that this was a movie that was shown years back but somehow or rather, it is just so good to be …
DNAngel Episode 1 (Anime)
DNAngel episode 1 begins with a fight inside a building between two angelic beings, Dark and Krad. It flashes back to sometime earlier where two people, a grandfather and a mother, awaken the powers of Dark Mousy inside of Daisuke Niwa, who has an interesting family curse.
I bought …
Captivity Movie
Captivity is an odd movie that I picked up in the video store because of the After Dark advertising on the front of the box. I assumed that the movie was part of the Horror Fest series, but it was actually an independent movie released by the same company. …
Thor: Movie
Thor is a movie I went into with some pessimism, but came out pleasantly surprised and see it as one of my favourite movies of 2011.
Another comic-book adaption, I thought Thor’s story was very well developed and can be seen as an entertaining viewing for children and adults alike.
Firstly, …
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