Movies Reviews
Ocean’s Eleven
I am a huge fan of all of the Ocean’s movies, Ocean’s eleven probably being my favorite of the three so far. What I love about this movie is that the makers never forget that this movie if made up of STARS and every single characters gets to …
License to wed Movie
License to Wed is a mediocre romantic comedy about an engaged couple who are forced by their minister to undergo a pre marital course that is very difficult and and breaks them up. The minister is Robin Williams who cannot act in any movie without being ridiculous …
“It Must be Love” (2004 Lifetime Movie Network Film)
This 2004 Lifetime Movie Network film, “It Must be Love”, starring Ted Danson and real life wife Mary Steenburgen, was as adorable romance to say the very least. The simple plot that captures the attention of the viewer is hard to ignore. It was also very interesting to see …
Bed time Stories - Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler is one of my favorite actors. I love almost all the movies he made. He can make me laugh without going overacting or overboard. He acts so naturally. And he acts so well.
Bedtime Stories is the latest movie I watched and …
Movie Duma
Duma with Alexander Michaletos.
This movie was made for kids, but I watched it anyway because I usually enjoy animal movies. I suppose that the movie was a clone of the famous Lion adventure Born Free, but I still enjoyed it anyway.
The movie …
Meet The Parents (Film)
Meet The Parents is a comedy starring Ben Stiller which focuses on the basic story of a boyfriend meeting his girlfriend’s parents for the first time in a weekend stay. I’ll add that this isn’t the typical weekend stay, as everything that can go wrong, basically does go wrong. …
Flashbacks of a Fool
Flashbacks of a Fool is a film which tells an intimate human story of squandered chances, life changing mistakes and misplaced choices. Daniel Craig plays Joe Scot, a Hollywood actor living a life of excess who is losing his grip on the things that should matter in his life. …
9 (animated movie, 2009)
Nine is an animated movie set in a post-apocalyptic world in which machines have taken over and killed all human beings. If this concept is not sound terribly original. It isn’t. However, the movie is entertaining. Tim Burton directed it. Some of the star-studded include Elijah Wood and Martin …
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
The latest release in DC’s original animated movie series has Superman set up by Lex Luthor who is now the President. A kryptonite meteor is heading to Earth and Lex takes advantage of the oppurtunity to strike at his mortal enemy once and for all.
It’s all just an …
The Death of Richie movie
Wow. I almost hated to watch this movie again because it’s a heartbreaker, and more than that, it’s a true story. That’s why it rips through me. I remember watching this in 1977. I remember reading about it. I believe it was Parade that did a …
Dracula Untold (horror movie)
The last movie that I watched at the cinema was “Dracula Untold”, because at the time there was nothing else that interested me showing. I believed that I was taking quite a big risk seeing it too since there were so many bad reviews written about it on the internet, …
Monsters VS Aliens 3D
This is the 2nd movie that I have seen in 3D. The 3D effect is indeed a visual treat. It is very entertaining and it took movie watching up a notch. It is as if you can actually touch and feel the characters. Kids and adult alike enjoy such visual …
Wes Craven movie Red Eye
Well I laughed and that’s something. These are my thoughts on the Wes Craven movie Red Eye. I approached this movie with much trepidation. The last time Craven stepped outside the horror genre he made Music of the Heart. You surely understand my reservations. Red Eye however, is …
Shrek Forever After (2010)
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 …
Stephen King’s IT
When you talk about movies that change the very way you think and movies that challenge every aspect of your thinking capabilities, look no further than IT, the movie from the mind of the legendary horror writer Stephen King and a straight to television motion picture of the book …
The Odd Couple
Coming from the mind of Neil Simon, 1968’s The Odd Couple was a pure delight. Simon created two opposing characters in Felix Unger, a photographer, and Oscar Madison, a sports writer. Unger was neat to an extreme, while Madison was the king of mess. Having these …
The Bucket List (movie)
During the Christmas season we went and saw the Bucket List with Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. The Bucket List is a movie about what you want to do before you kick the bucket and die. These two men meet in a hospital room, both are suffering …
Movie Two for the money
The main ingredients for the movie “Two for the Money” are a great script and a trio of talented actors such as Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey and Rene Russo. I was prepared to see Al Pacino do an excellent acting job, however I was very impressed by McConaughey and …
King’s Speech Movie
King’s Speech is exactly the kind of movie I enjoy most. Very touching, perfectly acted, and a beautiful rendering of a historical event or personality. This is a film that has garnered much recognition this Awards Season and that is rightly so, because it is certainly my favorite of …
Twilight (2008)
This is supposed to be a vampire movie for the new generation, it is about a teenaged girl who chose to go and stay with her father in Washington while her mother and new significant other took some well deserved time together alone. She arrives and starts attending the …
Gone, Baby Gone (R, 2007) movie
Ben Affleck is certainly not one of my favorite actors. But he just might have me on being one of the better producer/ directors to get behind the camera. He cast his little brother Casey in this gritty role of a private detective who has been asked …
Skyline: The Movie
Another hour and a half of my life wasted watching the movie Skyline.
I love science fiction but this just made my eyes roll. It stars Scottie Thompson (as Elaine) and Eric Balfour (as Jarrod), a couple who fly to Los Angeles for the birthday party of Jarrod’s good …
Contraband (2012 Movie)
With so many movie trailers exploiting all their best parts, it’s rare that a movie is better than I expected from the trailer; this is the case with Contraband. I expected a fast-paced, “Gone in 60 Seconds”-style movie, and while it delivers that, it delivers a lot more.
There are …
Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets
The second installment, like its predecessor, was done in the style of a whodunit mystery. Unlike the first one, where I felt this was done as a sense of stand alone, in case the movie flopped, this movie was done in that style because, more and more, the Harry …
Whiteout Film (2009)
I have a netflix subscription but I no longer see many movies in the theater so often I check out a movie 6 months after it came out through netflix but I have no idea about the movie and don’t remember any of the press for it so …
Predator 2
It’s rare that I enjoy a sequel more than I enjoy the original and it is even less common when the original is good, but this is an exception. Predator is a movie all about action. There are some smart points and probably some social commentary though I didn’t …
The Rape of Richard Beck, movie
For those who are interested in finding out more on the topic of Male on Male Rape, the 1985 television movie “The Rape of Richard Beck” (also known in some places as Deadly Justice) might be valuable in your research. It is perhaps the only movie I’ve ever seen …
Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Two Weeks Notice is a movie starring two of hollywoods’ heavy hitters in that of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock. The plot of this movie has been done so many times over and over it starts to become so repetative, but just like a bad song that you just …
Voyage of the Dawn Treader- movie
Last weekend a friend of my husband asked us out to see The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader. I was a big time enthusiast of the books as a child. Often I found myself peering into the back of my closet just hoping and praying that an …
Casablanca movie
Of all the black and white films, this one is the best. In fact, many people consider Casablanca the best film of all time, and for a good reason. I myself can agree to this. The dialogue alone is so crisp, and no doubt about it, …
The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio (drama movie)
This is one movie that will definitely appeal to us baby boomers, but certainly not us alone. Being born during that period of mass marketing and eye-catching consumption has probably influenced many of us to more fully appreciate and understand the deep lessons that this movie delivers. Nevertheless, the …
Ichi The Killer
Ichi the Killer is a film from the borderline insane Japanese director Miike Takashi, a man well known for the extreme content of his films… and with Ichi, he has managed to surpass even himself. As well as being one of his most outrageous films, it is also …
Jungle 2 Jungle
This movie stars Tim Allen as Michael Cromwell. It is a hilarious movie about a man who is a stock broker in New York who goes to the Amazon to sign divorce papers from his wife. What he does not expect is to find out he has a 13 …
Just Like Heaven, Mark Waters Movie
Elizabeth Masterson is a surgeon who is workaholic. It feels life is more expendable in the hospital where he worked than socializing with other people. But, until now is reasonable, if Elizabeth is still single. Until a traffic accident when a change lives. Elizabeth now can only lay coma, …
13 Ghosts (movie)
13 Ghosts is a movie about 13 Ghosts in a special house, trapped away until…yeah, that’s the clencher…until someone and something comes along to provoke a very special event. 13 Ghosts was really hard for me to watch because it moved so quickly and the ghostly visions were here …
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Starring: Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, David Wayne, Paula Kelly, and George Mitchell.
Directed by: Robert Wise.
Based upon the novel by Michael Crichton, “The Andromeda Strain” is a sci-fi tale about a pack of scientists who encounter and investigate a lethal alien virus that has the ability to cause …
Happy Feet
Cut to a scene of a baby penguin being born. Named with the adoring name of Mumble. Waddling around, trying out his new feet. Cut to another scene, the same penguin, a little bit more grown up. Forbidden to dance around others, he finds a …
Crocodile Dundee II (1988)
In this follow up to the original film, Mick and his new bride take up residence in the New York area and are living their lives in a some what peaceful situation, Mick is trying to acquaint himself with the running of city life and his wife Sue is …
The Majestic
This movie has turned out to be un unexpected treat for me. I had never heard of it before when I picked up a DVD with it in our local library. I looked at the actors and saw Jim Carrey is in the movie; I thought he’d be making …
Movie: Christmas with the Kranks
When I first saw the movie Christmas with the Kranks, I didn’t think it would be a film I would enjoy. I have seen plenty of Tim Allen movies and have liked maybe only one or two; and I don’t go out of my way to watch those on …
Vicky, Christina, Barcelona
I watched ‘Vicky, Christina, Barcelona’ last night and could certainly see glimmerings of Woody Allen’s philosophical depth and cynicism in the interactions between the three lead roles - Vicky, Christina and Juan.
The locales in Spain are beautifully shot and I like the narrative style of the film. The threesome …
Back to School movie
I’ve always though Rodney Dangerfield was more annoying than funny and his movie Back to School did nothing to make me change my mind about that.
Dangerfield plays a millionaire who decides to attend college to further his education and in an attempt to get some bonding time with his …
“The Purple Heart” Movie
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 …
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians-film
I recently watched a really poor christmas movie that was made around 1964.It is called santa claus conquers the martians.THe film looks like a mix of sci fi and family christmas films.The main plot has do with martians capturing santa claus from the north pole so they can jhave …
Grave Encounters horror movie
Recently, I was with a group of friends and we were searching for a scary movie to watch. We were looking through the Netflix “instant viewing” horror page, and one of my friends picked out the film Grave Encounters. It was a straight to DVD horror film, and it …
“Divorce Italian Style” (1961)
The 1961 Italian movie “Divorce, Italian Style” was shot in 105 black and white minutes. It is in Italian with English subtitles. It was filmed on Sicily and distributed by the Galatea Production company, a company who produced and distributed Italian movies from 1954 until 1965.
The movie tells …
The September Issue (2009)
‘The September Issue’ is a feature length, fly-on-the-wall documentary about the making of the September 2007 issue of Vogue Magazine. This would be of interest to anyone wanting to see what the real Anna Wintour is like - editor-in-chief of Vogue - rather than the bitch that Meryl …
Lucky Number Sleven
The Kansas City Shuffle. I would love to go up to a random man, waiting in a bus station, only to talk about the Kansas City Shuffle, as Bruce Willis did at the beginning of this wonderful movie. I enjoy every single movie that I’ve seen with Bruce Willis, …
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (Movie 2011)
I just recently saw the third Chipmunk movie installment, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked. I found the movie had too much music and was not as interesting as the first two but it was cute and I did enjoy it. I am not sure that I will watch it …
Middle Men (movie)
While I don’t remember seeing the movie “Middle Men” advertise on television, after reading someone’s post about it on a blog about movies I decided to check it out for myself. I didn’t think that the movie was too bad at all in fact, and I thought it became …
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