Movies Reviews
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
I liked the animated versions of the Chipmunks movies past gone, and even if they air today we can all find some joy watching Alvin get his brother into serious trouble, but this new creation is just not cutting it for me, I saw this movie on HBO over …
Monsters Inc. movie
I had a copy of this at home however I didn’t bother watching it at first since I really don’t like the title Monsters Inc. I thought it was one of those boring gruesome monsters stories I often see on television. One time I had nothing to do except …
Movie: Shutter Island
“Shutter Island” is the most recent collaboration between director/star dream-team Martin Scorsese and Leonardo Dicaprio. This high-end horror movie follows troubled U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels as he investigates the disappearance of a dangerous patient from a foreboding mental hospital off the coast of Massachusetts. Teddy’s investigation raises more questions …
Film Coraline
I have just watched the film Coraline and I must say it was quite charming. If you have seen the trailer, this movie may seem as if it is intended for just a younger audience, but that is not the case. While it does a good job at …
Hidden Figures (2016 Biographical Drama Film)
Movies that emit contagious amount of goodness are rare these days, but this new Theodore Melfi-directed film is such a treat to the senses. It’s no denying that I applauded so many times in the duration of this movie.
Hidden Figures is about the untold true story of three black …
The Immigrant movie
Charlie Chaplin plays an honest man who immigrates to America. As soon as he reaches the new country he runs in to trouble immedietly.
I think this is one of Chaplin’s most underrated short films. The story has a nearly perfect balance between hysterical physical humour and social criticism, and …
Friends sitcom
I’m not quite sure just how many seasons this show was on but surely too many. For me it’s really boring to follow what is happening to the same group of six people for so many years. One thing is for sure, initially, it was quite a good show …
The Copper Beaches
I am reviewing The Copper Beaches, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes, produced in 1983 by Granada television. In this episode, Holmes is employed by a red headed governess, who has landed a position with a couple with one small boy. She …
The Day The Earth Stood Still- The Remake
Yesterday,we have watched the movie The Day The Earth Stood Still. I was looking forward to see this movie when I was still in the Philippines, so when my fiance asked me what movie do I wanna see? I picked The Day The Earth Stood Still. …
The Scret Window (movie)
I love Johnny Depp and I think that he is just a re3ally versitile actor. He can play all sorts of rolls and keep you involved with the movie. I also like Stephen King as an autor and the combination of a Stephen King novel and a …
Sing, Cowboy, Sing movie
Before this week, my exposure to Tex Ritter was just knowing that he was a singing cowboy and that he was John Ritter’s father. In fact, watching him, all I could think about was John. I saw John in Tex so much that it was almost distracting. …
Twilight
I went to watch the movie Twilight with my friends, as we all were going crazy after watching the movie trailer; we were already fans of twilight before the movie came out as we had a book club. I loved reading all the series.
When we watched the movie, it …
Kung Fu Panda
Yesterday, I’ve watched a movie in theater. The title is Kung Fu Panda. I think that movie is not just like any movie usually. That’s perfect! I’ve watched it 3 times. Once with my husband, second with my sister, and the last with my friends. First time I knew …
War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds directed by Steven Spielburg opened in theaters June 2005. The story is about the world being taken over by allians. Ray Farrier (Tom Cruise) is a dad of two. Rachel (Dakota Fanning) is a parinoied kid. Robbie (Justin Chatwin) is a brave teenager. Mary Ann …
The Spy Who Loved Me movie
The third 007 film starring Roger Moore is one of my favorites. The background story is the usual: someone is threatening to take over the world and Bond has to stop him. What really is unusual about this film, and this amazed me more than anything when I first …
Mr. Wrong movie
On Friday evening my family and I were waiting for my mother to get to my grandmother’s house after she was finished at the hair dresser, so what I did to kill time was watch a little television. That was how I saw the movie “Mr. Wrong” on the …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 38
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 38 begins with Riza Hawkeye arriving home after her confrontation with Pride and getting a call from Colonel Mustang. Meanwhile, Ed, Al and Winry ditch their military escorts to search for Scar while Olivier’s search team tries to get back to Fort Briggs. …
Film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Living in the shadow of its critically accalimed sibling Mary Poppins, Disney’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks has often gotten a pretty unfair deal. Critics have been apt to compare it unfavorably to Mary Poppins, citing that it is unable to conjure the same magic even though it concerns an apprentice …
“Get Him To The Greek” (2010 film)
I’ll say right up front that I don’t much care for Russell Brand, and although his performance as British rock star Aldous Snow in 2008’s “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” was a good and humorous counterpoint to sad-sack lead Jason Segel, in general I find him sort of irritating-his hosting gig …
Ciritcal Condition-film
Critical Condition is a 1987 comedy/drama starring the comedian richard Pryor.Pryor stars as a man,Kevin Lenehan who gets involved in a jewel thief and gets blamed.He is sent to court because of this.Hoping to get out of going to prison,he attempts to fake insanity.The judge ends up sending him …
The Fourth Kind Movie
I watched “The Fourth Kind” movie in theaters soon after it was released. My companion and I hadn’t planned on seeing this movie but were intrigued by the advertisements and when we had a free evening, decided to see it.
The opening is pretty interesting the way they indicate that …
I Know What You Did Last Summer movie
After the film Scream came out in 1996, there was a big renaissance in the horror genre and countless slasher films with a serial killer stalking beautiful young girls flooded the theatres. I Know What You Did Last Summer is one of these and has Jennifer Love Hewitt and …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 18
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 18 begins with Ling showing up at the hotel where Winry and Al are staying to let them know what’s happening while Ed heads off to the distant ruins of Xerxes, a city that mysteriously vanished in one night. He and Fu discuss the …
The Illustrated Man (1969)
Ray Bradbury wrote the book The Illustated Man, which this movie is based on. It is a collection of stories. The book revolves around a man who is covered from head to foot in tattoos. Each tattoo tells a story.
The Illustrated Man the movie is quite an intense viewing …
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace movie
It looks like Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace took a lot of time coming. It was almost like the long wait for James Cameron’s Avatar, many years after Titanic established itself as the unbeatable hit. Therefore, when it finally came to the theaters, naturally …
Je t’aime, je t’aime movie
A french artsy science fiction film in the same style as La Jetee, this time by Alain Resnais. It is about a man who tried to attempt suicide but survived. He gets involved in an experiment with time travel. The rest is for each viewer’s own interpretation.
Even if I …
Just Like Heaven (2005)
David Abbott moves into his new home and is in the process of settling in when out of nowhere a woman appears in his home and starts making wild suggestions that he has broken into ‘her’ home. He tries to convince the woman that this is actually his home …
Annapolis movie
When I rented Annapolis on DVD this weekend, I was expecting another great military movie. What I got was a good boxing movie with a little bit of military in the background.
Centering around the life of a U.S. Naval Academy recruit, Annapolis gave me an idea of what new …
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, …
Inglorious Basterds
“Let me give you something you wont be able to take off.” A memorable quote from the movie Inglorious basterds. A group of american soldiers named the inglorious basterds who are notorious for killing mass numbers of nazis in brutal ways, sets out to kill hitler once and for …
Labor Pains
What do you do when you are stuck in a rut in your daily job, and your boss isn’t helping your bored situation and you keep coming late and making your boss angry? Either you resign, or in some situation you get the sack. But what if it …
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
The Simpsons Movie, directed by David Silverman is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for irreverent humor throughout. The original release date for this movie was July 27, 2007 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Animation/Comedy and stars the voices of …
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is one of the best Harry Potter movies ever made. In fact, I recall that I did not like the fifth book in Harry Potter too much, but I ended up liking the movie a lot. Firstly, I liked that since …
Strawberry Shortcake: Big Country Fun
My daughter spends a great deal of time watching some of the newer episodes of Strawberry Shortcake. So, as a bit of a change, I got her one of the older episodes of the show.
While the only noticeable difference in Big Country Fun compared to other Strawberry Shortcake movies …
My Sister’s Keeper movie
General Plot: A teenage girl is diagnosed with Leukemia as a small child, so the parents decide to have another child, and to save the stem cells in order to use them for the first daughter’s treatments. Both daughter’s undergo many procedures over the years to keep the older …
Ghostrider
I watched “Ghostrider” with my nephew this afternoon. I had really hoped it would live up to the hype, unfortunately I didn’t think it did.
In the first place I don’t think Nicholas Cage fit the part very well, or at least his voice didn’t and I felt he …
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016 Comedy-Drama Film)
No movies this year has really blew my mind yet. Unlike last year, heavyweights such as Mad Max: Fury Road and Inside Out were already released by this time and they were among the best films released last year. The blockbusters this year continues to underwhelm, and upon checking my …
Unstoppable ( 2010 Movie )
It was one of the box office hits following its release date. The movie stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. The movie is set in a rail yard in Pennsylvania. It started when a train used for transport was asked to make way for an incoming train full of school …
La Vita E Bella (directed by Roberto Benigni)
I watched this movie about three or four times and I wouldn’t mind watching it again. It is one of those movies that you can never forget. I would describe it as a very delicate film, approaching very serious problems in a playful manner, but for this very reason …
Over Her Dead Body
When I rented the movie Over Her Dead Body, I thought I would get a cute romantic comedy. I did. But, I also got a movie that was actually a bit dull.
While Eva Longoria Parker does a great job in the starring role of a fiancée who is killed …
The Perfect Catch
The perfect catch is another romantic comedy by child turned adult star Drew Barrymore. She plays a career orientated woman named Lindsey Weeks. She becomes involved with a charming school teacher called Ben who seems to be untrustworthy to Lindsey’s friends. Lindsey’s friends believe he is too good to …
Tale of Despereaux movie
Synopsis: A young mouse and his rat friend swear an oath to help a princess.
What I liked about this movie: While there were quite a few things I didn’t like about this movie (more on that later), I will say the film did have its moments.
For one, Despereaux definitely …
The Bank Job (2008 version)
Finally I got to watch the recent movie, “The Bank Job”. I must warn you be prepared to watch a great drama movie. This movie has got nothing to do with “The Bank Job” released last year and directed by Estonian director, Brad Jurjens. This movie is simply great.
I …
Flight of the Phoenix
Hollywood has long been known to produce some great movies. It seems the wheels of the machine have stopped turning of late and all they will produce are remakes. Some, of course, seem light years better than others. Among the few that are destined to be forgotten are Flight …
Alien 3
Perhaps the entry into the franchise that divides opinion more than most; Alien 3 legacy is as evolving as the planning stages that originally promised such an elaborate and original tale.
While dreams of a wooden planet, filled with a cast of devout monks and glorious imagery were never …
Movie: Shrek 4
Synopsis: Shrek returns in this final movie of the series and tries to get his life back in order after being tricked into never being born and put in a position where he needs to make Fiona fall in love with him again in one day or will cease …
Happy Feet (the movie)
Don’t we all just love penguins? I know I do. I was really excited when the movie came out, i really had big expectations about it since it only heard good things about it. And the day finally came, I went to the cinema (which nowadays I do rarely) …
Movie: G-Force
Well, I finally got around to watching the movie G-Force with my oldest daughter last night; as I have been promising her I would do for some time now.
You know what, the movie really wasn’t worth the wait.
I will say the film did have some cute and funny moments. …
50/50 (movie)
With some of my favourite actors like Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen featuring as the main characters in the movie “50 50″. The expectations were high, because both of these had done exceptionally well in the previous movies.
I knew what to expect from these names, and they didn’t disappointed …
The Devil & Daniel Webster Movie
You won’t see Hollywood make this type of a movie today, oh no. It’s got “religion” in it, you see, the characters go to church and read their Bible, and all that is taken seriously, no one makes fun of them for it. God-fearing people are actually presented as …
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