When I was a kid growing up in the 80s, one of the people I would sneak out of bed late at night to watch was Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (Cassandra Edwards). The so-called ‘horror’ films she showed were usually terrible. But, she made things entertaining.
I knew she …

Synopsis: A man and woman who can’t stand each other end up moving in together after their friends are killed in a car crash and name them the guardians of their 1-year-old daughter.
What I liked about this movie: I’m not big into tear jerkers and, for the most part, …

Goblet of Fire is one of the Harry Potter sequel that came up after the Prisoner of Azkaban. It is one of the most exciting of the recent Harry Potter movies. Also in the movie the stars of Harry Potter have gone even more mature.
The story of Goblet of …

I picked up The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb because it was cheap ($6.44) and because it looked somewhat interesting, if a bit derivative. Derivative is right, this two-part mini-series steals liberally from both the Indiana Jones franchise as well as the Mummy series.
Does the Curse of King …

Ever since the good old “Even Stevens” days, I have been a Shia LaBeouf fan. His sarcastic, wise-guy attitude and his ability to pull off “dumb” dialog makes him a very appealing actor. I have enjoyed watching LaBeouf’s career mature as he began to play more serious …

This is the movie about an autistic little boy who manages to crack a cryptographic code designed by the Federal Government. His life is now in danger, but based on his sickness, and age, there is nothing he can do to fend off the people who are now on …

A space adventure in which a family travels to outer space to explore new worlds. What they don’t know is that they brought an insane doctor with them who has his very own plans for the mission.
I like the them of space exploring in films, and this film begins …

I had never heard of the film Gaslight until last night when I saw it on television and found myself staying up late to see how it ended.
The 1944 version of this movie, which I was surprised to learn was a remake, was fantastic. Ingrid Bergman does a wonderful …

George A. Romero is known for his Dead series. When Romero has nobody pressuring him with his films the finished product is usually amazing. With nobody breathing down his neck with his fifth Dead movie will long time fans find a reason to adventure with the living dead again? …

This movie, titled Shinobi, is about 1 hr and 56 minutes and I cried while watching. It tells a story of love, action and adventure, and there is also some violent images, so the rating R is there.
I am not sure why movies about war and romance always …

I Am Sam is a movie that definitely stands out. Its strong message of love and the amazing performance of Sean Penn as Sam have made of, for me, unforgettable. Sam is a mentally disabled man who raises a young daughter - alone. Lucy’s mother, a homeless woman, had …

I’m not a big fan of remakes of movies. I call them “removies”. I find that removies are rarely as good as the original movie. In part this is because the movies that are usually redone are movies that were excellent movies to begin with. Nobody tries to …

I love Gothic Horror movies, Guillermo Del Toro, Jessica Chastain and Tom Hiddleston and so it was a given that I definitely had to see the movie Crimson Peak once it was released. I read both good and bad reviews about it, and so I wasn’t totally sure what to …

Half Baked is a 1999 comedy film starring Dave Chappelle, the movie is about a group of stoner friends who sell medical marijuana to raise money to bail their friend Kenny out of jail, who was arrested for killing an officer of the law after feeding a police horse …

Julie & Julia turned out to be an enchanting little film that amazingly told two different stories amazingly well. Julie is Julie Powell, a young housewife with the goal of wanting to finish something for the first time in her life. What she chooses, with the help …

Never Been Kissed is a pretty good movie. I really liked it. It shows how love can still really be found in this world. I think that Drew barrymore did a very good job of acting. Her acting was just so magical. I really liked the plot and the story …

Before we start, I should probably give some background on my stance regarding the franchise as a whole. That way you can know where I’m coming from when discussing the movie as a whole. I did finally decide to check the show out on Netflix a while back. …

This is one of the best classic medieval stories I have ever watched! Jim Caviezel is the main actor here playing the part of poor Edmond Dantes, who’s just a commoner intent on marrying his long-time lady love Mercedes Iguanada, portrayed by Dagmara Dominczyk in real life. Edmond’s “best …

When I heard that they were releasing a boxed set of the Friday the 13th movies, I felt a little thrill of excitement. These are the movies I grew up watching, and while Nightmare on Elm Street got its own treatment years ago, Friday the 13th was still bringing …

March of the Penguins is one of my favorite movies and one I have watched several times. It is a documentary of the lives and struggles of Emperor penguins on the Antarctic continent but it is anything but boring. Narrated by Morgan Freeman this documentary is touching, …

Dahlia, a single mother, movies into a small, creepy apartment. Soon, dark water starts leaking in, and the leakage gets worse. Then both Dahlia and Ceci, her young daughter, start seeing glimpses of something - or someone.
As you have probably guessed it, the apartment is haunted. There was a …

There’ve been a lot of comic book adaptations in recent years, a vast majority of which have been Marvel films. While DC released two Batman films and a Superman film, Marvel released a slew of hit or miss summer blockbusters. One of these was “Ghost Rider”. …

I have remembered this movie, Vanished, since I first saw it, but it’s been quite a while. I can’t find it anywhere, and it’s never on TV. It’s really frustrating, but it was so good to watch. The plot intrigued me, and it’s stayed with me …

Suburban Girl is a very sweet and funny story and I have a really fun time watching this. Sarah Michelle Gellar can act in romantic comedy roles as well and she’s a very pleasing eye-candy and a fun to watch. She appears to be brunette in this story …

Silverado stars Kevin Kline, Scott Glenn, Kevin Costner, and Danny Glover. This is the classic cowboy western that was produced after its time and followed the successful formulas of great music, beautiful scenery, and familiar faces in supporting roles.
When the movie first appears on the …

I am reviewing the Disney film, Sword in the Stone. Young Arthur works in a place where he is not welcome, nor wanted. He is treated like dirt, and is completely misunderstood. He wants to be a squire more than anything, but he’s got a lot of …

Stealth, directed by Rob Cohen is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for intense action, some violence, brief strong language and innuendo. The original release date was July 29, 2005 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Adventure/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Josh …

This film is must watching film, I laugh from the beginning to the end of the film.
The story:
Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is a timid, nebbishy fellow, raised by Mr Wong (Eddie Murphy again) in a combination orphanage / Chinese restaurant in Boiling Springs.
As a child, Norbit love Kate, a fellow …

I was not expecting much from this movie. Not much at all. I am not a great fan of Wolverine and a few other mutants, my favorites being Magneto and Charles Xavier. Thankfully, this movie focused on them. I found this a good thing and bad thing. While I …

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 …

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, …

An italian horror film that was included in a Dario Argento dvd box I got ahold of recently. The strange thing is that Argento did not direct this, so did another man named Sergio Stivaletti.
The film is set in France in the early 20th century. People are getting killed …

Me and my eleven year old daughter watched this film together recently on DVD. My daughter had already read all the books in the series and had mixed feelings about the film. It’s always the same though, I told her, when you’ve read a book and loved it then …

A film by the uneven filmmaker Ridley Scott about the explorer Chrisopher Columbus who discovered America. In my own humble opinion an extremely boring film with no sense of cinema what so ever. Ridley Scott proved his talent several times in his early career with brilliant visual films like …

“Entrapment” is the movie were the likes of Sir Sean Connery mix up with at the time rising star Catherine Zeta Jones. The result is simply a great movie with drama, action and romance making the most of a great issue at the time the milliannium conversion.
In …

There is no other movie like Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction.” It is definitely at the top of my favorites list. This movie is chocked full of best talent that Hollywood has to offer. With big names like Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Christopher Walken, Uma Thurman and …

When I let my daughter pick out the movie Killjoy for me and my wife (she’s four and picks movies based on the cover) I was a bit concerned it would be too scary for my pregnant spouse.
As it turns out, you can’t judge a DVD by its cover. …

This was a cute little made for tv movie. It is intended for a younger audience if I had to guess. I would say it is appropriate for the ages 8 and up. It has little inappropriate humor, no bad language and only a …

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 …

This film has left me pretty stunned and I really need to watch it again. Yes, I think it is very good but it is certainly not to everyone’s taste. There is a rather famous, or infamous, torture scene that is truly agony to experience, but I …

Whoever thought having the protagonist of a movie spend most of her time talking inside her own head for the better part of 2 hours and get away with it, was painstakingly wrong.
In The Host, another Stephenie Meyer adaptation for the big screen, we start out with Saoirse Ronan …

A Harvard student named Monty is having the most unlucky day of his life when an essay he has written falls down and is taken by a strange homeless man. He refuses to give it back if he can’t be allowed food and roof over his head. Monty sees …

National Security, directed by Dennis Dugan is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, language and some sensuality. The original release date was January 17, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Comedy/Crime/Thriller and stars Martin Lawrence as Earl Montgomery, …

Oliver Twist is 2005 Crime and drama movie directed by Roman Polanski, which is based on a novel. I had read the novel a few years ago, and I truly loved it, and wanted to see the story in action, and played by real characters. The story of the …

I am reviewing the movie, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Arc. This is the very first movie in the Indiana Jones series. It is followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In this movie, Indiana …

I am reviewing the murder mystery movie, Written in Blood, starring John Nettles and Daniel Casey. This movie was made in 1997, was produced by Brian True-May and Betty Willingale, and is based on the novel series written by Caroline Graham.
Gerald Hadleigh is a secretary of a highly …

Remember Rick Morranis in Little Shop of Horrors? Well take a twisted theme, subtract the alien plant, and add a pyschodic barbor and you’ve got Tim Burton’s Todd Sweeny. The movie was a bit fruity with it being a complete musical, but the plot is there. Tim Burton must …

What have you been doing lately? This is the last line from the movie “Wanted” starring Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie and James Mc Avoy.
James Mc Avoy plays the role of Wesley Gibson, an Account Manager in some company. He thinks of himself as a loser who is struggling to …

Vanilla Sky, directed by Cameron Crowe is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for sexuality and strong language. The original release date was December 14, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Mystery/Romance/Science Fiction/Thriller and stars Tom Cruise as David Aames, …