Movies Reviews
Movie Inglourious Basterds
After the underwhelming Kill Bill Vol. 2 and the shockingly poor Deathproof I had begun to think that Quentin Tarantino had forgotten how to make great movies. Where was the revolutionary, wunderkind director who changed the face of modern cinema?
Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction seemed to be but memories …
The Replacements (2000)
Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman star in this football movie about a former College Quarterback who is given a chance in the NFL (with other “replacement” players, when a strike is underway. This movie hits the spot for most movie fans, but it could have been better. I am …
The movie Monsters Inc.
I think that like most people as a young child I was afraid of monsters. I remember lying in bad feeling so afraid because I thought that monsters were going to pop out of my closet and eat me.
It was because of those memories that when Monsters Inc …
Finding Nemo
One of my daughter’s favorite all time movie is Finding Nemo. She was obsessed with Nemo for such a long time. I enjoyed watching this movie with her because it was a classic. Anything that is made by Disney or Disney Pixar is such a great …
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 …
Highlander
I actually saw the movie Highlander after watching the television series first. And, I’ll admit, it ended up being a bit confusing the first time around. But, after watching it a second and third time, it turned out to be a halfway decent movie.
The film, of course, is what …
Santa Sangre movie
Santa Sangre is the last film by the cinematic artist Alejandro Jodorowsky, and tells the story about a man locked inside an institution for his unstable mental condition. He is plagued by the memories of his childhood where is religiously fanatic father tortured his mother in a most brutal …
Hellboy 2 (R, 2008)
I typically do not like these types of films where the hero is grotesque, but has these sensitive powers. I was intrigued by the Hellboy concept, but never bothered to watch the first one. I have been told that it is probably a good thing as …
Kiss the Girls (1997)
Kiss the Girls, directed by Gary Fleder is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for terror, violence and language. The original release date was October 3, 1997 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller and stars Morgan Freeman as Dr. Alex …
Rocky Horror Picture Show
While I’ve never felt the urge to do any cross dressing, I have to admit I’m almost as big of a fan of the Rocky Horror Picture Show as many of the people who do go that far.
I had never seen this movie until I met my wife and …
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz (2000 movie)
This takes us on a journey of self discovery, where war is a thing of the past (for a year) and peace is being challenged by a new breed of dictators. The Gundams have served their purpose are were decommissioned…and were to be destroyed. After the uprising, the Gundams …
Disturbia
Drawing upon its Hitchcockian influences, Disturbia is Rear Window for a modern audience. Instead of being confined to his apartment with a broken leg, Kale Brecht (Shia LaBeouf) is confined to his house, under house arrest, for rattling the skull of one of his teachers. He has an ankle …
Tschick (German Movie)
Tschick is a movie directed by director Fatih Akin based on a best-selling Young Adult novel Tschick (translated as Why We Took the Car in English). It’s a shame I cannot find a trailer for the movie with English subtitles even though the film is released with English subtitles. So …
Splinter movie
Horror movie fans have been subjected to numerous ghastly, teen-driven horror flicks in recent years. “The Messengers”, “Pulse”, and “The Eye” are just a few of the countless titles that fall into that category, but nestled in among the dreck are a few classics that are a must see …
P.S. I love You
When I picked up the movie P.S. I Love You, I expected it to be a tear jerker. What I found was, not only did it not move us to tears, we had a hard time keeping our eyes open.
While I loved the concept behind it, a man dies …
The Bank Job (2007 version)
Who ever said that the movie, “The Bank Job” directed by Estonian director, Brad Jurjens is a good movie, well he/she doesn’t know what they are talking about. This supposed to be dramatic movie has a good story, but the end result is really horrible due to the way …
The Time Machine by HG Wells
Bam! This story starts as a tragedy quickly becomes a classic science fiction thriller with an epic ending. In the 1800’s Professor Simon Newcomb was living a perfect life until his wife was shot by a mugger. Then he threw himself into his work on fourth dimension geometry and …
Nightmare on Elm Street 4
Starring:
Lisa Wilcox (Alic), Andras Jones (Rick), Tuesday Knight (Kristen), Rodney Eastman (Joey), Ken Sagoes (Kincaid), Danny Hassel (Dan)
Well, they managed to resurrect Freddy Krueger —“ the directors and producers have to, else they could not continue to make money from this horror legend.
From the previous movie, the remaining dream …
The Air I Breathe
I found a certain similarity between the movies “The Air I Breathe” and “Vantage Point”. Both of them have a story where people who lead a complete different life style are related by an incident. It seems that there were many positive comments about “Vantage Point” and unfortunately “The …
The Parent Trap
My mom purchased this version of the classical Parent Trap. I’ve watched it over a hundred times and it still gets me laughing. I don’t know anyone who hasn’t even heard of it or seen it. It’s just another one of those things that gets passed down generation to …
Almost Famous movie
The self-biographical film by Cameron Crowe in which a young music journalist gets to travel around america with a rock band and experience the same thing they do. Almost Famous is a film about growing up, being an individual, but also a very touching portrait of the people associated …
Ultramarines : A Warhammer 40.000 movie
Created by Games Workshop, Warhammer universe is one of the oldest fantasy universes. At first it was a simple table game, but over time expanded to large manufacturing companies have obtained the license for toys, toys that created this exquisite universe. The toys were followed by the emergence of …
Hannibal Rising (R, 2007) movie
If you like Hannibal Lechter, you will love this film. In a really in depth look at how Hannibal grew to become so vile, cunning, and deadly, this movie begins with his childhood. The film then follows him quickly through adolescence, and up to young adulthood. …
Metallica: Some kind of monster
This is a documentary feature by the same couple who made the much talked about films about the “West Memphis Three” and how they where innocently convicted for murder and put on death row. Those two films features music by heavy metal band Metallica and now the filmmakers made …
Company Film
Company is a sequel of the earlier Ramu Production Satya. This films marks the debut of Vivek Oberoi, and he has done a good job playing the gangster in the film. The story is about underworld, and the organized crime that takes place under it. Devgan, takes …
Ella Enchanted
I love Ella Enchanted. There’s a beautiful cast for this movie and they consist of Minnie Driver, Hugh Dancy, Anne Hathaway especially and many more.
Anne plays the character of Ella and this movie is something like Enchanted. In fact, this movie was made first prior to …
Babylon 5: In the beginning Movie
Set ten years before the popular science fiction tv series. Here there has been a serious misunderstanding which has lead to a terrible war that threatens to extinct the whole human species.
This is an excellent addition to the tv series, and it doesn’t even require the viewer to have …
Movie Iron Man
Based on the comics with the same name, Iron Man is one of last summer’s blockbuster movies, starring Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role. This film combines several genres, from action to romance and comedy, in a well-built plot. Technology nowadays has allowed this comic book to be …
Reluctant Carpenter
I am reviewing the Case of the Reluctant Carpenter, 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, …
Miranda Hobbes, Sex and the City
Miranda Hobbes is the fictional character of Sex and the City. She is workaholic successful lawyer,and the only character in the series who gave birth to a baby. Her pregnancy and motherhood in the end of the series are quite different with her character we found in the beginning …
The Lovers DVD Movie
I just couldn’t fathom why there ever exists a classic black and white movie titled The Lovers which was made around the year 1958. Yesterday, my 2 best friends came to my house as per normal to chill and they brought this classic DVD movie from one of …
Black Cloud
‘Black cloud’ is a movie directed by Rick Schroder. The actors are Richard, Justin etc.. Black cloud is a young Navajo man. He wants to get a chance to prepare himself in order to get a chance in the boxing matches. This film is nothing but the way he …
American Beauty movie
While his wife (Annette Bening) is out sleeping with her competition in the real estate business, middle aged business man Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) gets fired from his job, blackmails his former boss, smokes pot, works out, lusts after a teenage girl and eventually gets murdered by his homophobic …
Spinout movie
I’ve watched Spinout numerous times in my life, and I both like it and dislike it. I’ll say straight up that the reason I’m not fond of it is that I don’t like the ending. From the time I first saw it as a little girl, I …
Wishing Well movie
Wishing Well is a 2009 TV movie that aired on the Hallmark Channel. It fits the mode of family film, but it’s a very old plot, one that has been re-used to death over the past few years.
Here’s the plot. Big city girl gets sent to small …
Grease
I have seen the movie Grease probably about 50 times since I was a kid. And, even though I have seen it that many times, I can’t help but take the time to watch at least part of it whenever I come across it on television.
I’m not sure what …
Avenger Episode 3 (Anime)
Avenger Episode 3 begins with bounty hunters coming after Layla on orders from Lord Volk. Nei and Speedy are caught in the middle and have to escape being captured.
I didn’t really like this episode a lot at all. The problem with Avenger is that it tries to …
Movie: “Grandma’s Boy” (2006)
Although this film received poor reviews upon release, I have to say it’s one of my all-time favorite films. It’s one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. It’s one of those movies you can watch over and over, and it’s still hilarious.
Alex (Covert) is a 35-year-old video game …
Unthinkable (movie)
Recently I watched a suspense movie named “Unthinkable”. One of the main reasons why it stood out was because it was more of a psychological thriller. I thought that this was unique since basic plots like these which have terrorist and the United States military tend to have a …
Hilary and Jackie movie
A true story about two sisters who’s life are deeply affected by music, both for performing it and listening to it. They are very much alike but still they choose different paths in life, even though none of them seem to be the right one. Perhaps they should have …
Rambo (2008)
Rambo (2008) is an action film by director Sylvester Stallone and is rated R by the MPAA for strong graphic bloody violence, sexual assaults, grisly images and language.
Rambo takes place 20 years after the last Rambo. Since then John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) has went to northers Thailand and …
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
Be Kind Rewind (2008) is a comedy directed by Michael Gondry and is rated PG-13 for some sequal refrences.
Be Kind Rewind focuses on two characters: trouble-making Jerry (Jack Black) , and well-meaning Mike (Mos Def). Mike works in an old, out-of-date movie rental store that only sells VHS, …
“Inception” (2010 Film)
The 2010 film staring Leonardo DiCaprio called “Inception” was something that looked as though it would confuse me and leave me angry at the ending. However, after watching the film just once, I find myself hooked on to the main character of Cobb’s (DiCaprio) life as well as feel …
THE ISLAND MOVIE DVD
I hope I am not the only person who was totally NOT impressed with this movie. I found THE ISLAND to be entirely predictable after about 30 minutes. I try so hard not to figure out the endings of movies, or what is REALLY going on, because, when they …
Anastasia 1997 BluRay Movie
When this movie came out in 1997, I had never even heard of the small child that was being portrayed in the film. I was informed by my mother that the movie was based on the 1956 movie about the return of the Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna. It …
I, Robot (starring Will Smith)
I watched I, Robot when it was first released years back and it is something that unexpectedly, this movie is super amazing. I love anything with Will Smith in it and he truly sizzles. Will Smith plays a detective by the name of Del and he is super …
Movie The Ugly Truth
I had heard a lot of talk about the movie The Ugly Truth. Mainly, Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl were said to have a lot of on-screen chemistry. Still, it was supposed to be a chick flick, with a bit of an edge, and I would say that the …
Unfaithful
I like this movie although I saw it few years ago. I thought it is usual, but for anyone who haven’t seen it yet, I can recommend it.
Starring Richard Gere, who portrayed the role of Edward Sumner, a good husband and family man.
The unfaithful half is Connie …
Movie : Exte by Sion Sono
Wow! This movie is definitely a much better film than you would ever expect from the goofy premise. A film that basically is about cursed hair extensions I wasn’t expecting much but then again I was. Sion Sono is a brilliant, disturbed and talented director who …
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