Movies Reviews
Sherlock Holmes 2009: The Movie
Sherlock Holmes is another great performance by Robert Downy Jr. who keeps the story extremely entertaining and exciting. Although at times the plot can be expected, it continues to keep mostly everyone interested in the movie. The plot is fun and exciting to watch as Sherlock Holmes puts together …
Movie Chaos
“Chaos” can be best described as a gripping thriller where one has no hint how the story is going to end. Full of interesting twists and action, this movie is worth watching not only once but even twice.
I believe that the best assets of the movie “Chaos” are the …
Kung Fu Panda Movie
This movie is a cartoon-based kung fu movie which features Jack Black as the fat panda Po. He is a total fanatic of the Furious Five which includes the best at kung fu, featuring Angelina Jolie as Tigress, Lucy Liu as Viper (the snake), Jackie Chan as Monkey, Ian …
Interstellar (science fiction drama movie)
Initially I was torn between wanting to watch Interstellar and actually watching it, because I’d read a lot of bad reviews about it on the internet. Some reviewers including one of my good friends who has a similar taste as mine in movies, claimed it was terrible, hyped up and …
Twilight Movie
“Twilight” is a movie adapted from a famous novel “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer. I was recommended this movie by my sister and so I rented it’s DVD from a local DVD store to watch it on Sunday. I did not have high expectations from the movie.
Twilight is a romantic …
Captain Fantastic (2016 Comedy-Drama Film)
This year is the year of surprises for me. I have expected many films to be great, such as Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad and Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk and they end up not matching my expectations. However, films such as Sing Street, Swiss Army Man, Hunt for the …
The Box Movie
It was a 2009 movie by Cameron Diaz and James Marsden. It was a story of a couple who received a box being delivered by a man named Arlington Steward played by Frank Langella.
It was curious at first what the box is all about until Mr. Steward came back …
High School Musical movie
This is one of the best newer movies to come out of Disney in the recent future.
Set around a basketball player and the class brain trying out for the school’s musical and landing the lead roles, the movie has a fun plot to follow and some great music.
I’ve seen …
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
The best way to describe this movie is a cute teenager movie with a humoristic twist. ‘Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging’ is about 14 year old Georgia Nicholson (Georgia Groome) who simply isn’t happy with her life. She dreams of having a boyfriend and thinks that she found the …
Red Eye
We recently purchased a copy of Red Eye for 99 cents at the local video store. So, I didn’t think it was going to be that good.
I was definitely wrong. While not as good as other airplane movies, it still was one of the better thrillers I’ve seen.
The main …
Transformers - The Movie
I grew up with Transformers. I owned Optimus Prime, watched the cartoons, knew the theme song. So there was both great anticipation and a small amount of dread when I heard that Michael Bay was producing a live action, CGI filled Transformers movie. The anticipation came …
Knowing (2009)
Knowing is a science fiction movie starring Nicholas Cage as a young single parent. His name is John Koestler. His son Caleb goes to elementary school and participates in digging up a time capsule that was buried many years before. Each child gets one of the pictures …
Santa with Muscles-film
I recently watched a comedy oriented Christmas film called santa with muscles starring the wrestler Hulk Hogan. Movies with Hulk Hogan as a lead are not too good and have average appeal.However,this film is a shame to the rest of Hogan’s movies. It was basically about a rich dude who …
Mickey’s Christmas Carol
I just finished reading Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol to my daughter and she said she would love to see a movie about it. Wanting to find a movie that gave justice to the book yet wasn’t too scary for her, I finally settled on Mickey’s Christmas Carol.
The thing …
The North Avenue Irregulars movie
This 1979 Disney movie, The North Avenue Irregulars, is a real hoot. I didn’t see it initially, but came to it years later when I saw it on cable. I was hooked. Now I watch this movie whenever I can find it on TV, which isn’t …
Children of a Lesser God (1986)
A simple love story that leave just leave you with a sense of relief after it is all said and done, this movie is about a young woman who is deaf that works a school for the hearing impaired. She is frustrated with her life and work environment and …
Turistas (UR, 2006) movie
I was a little apprehensive about seeing this movie because there are just so many slasher films out there where the “teen/college” kids get offed one by one. The difference that sets this film apart is the fact that the filming and action seem more realistic than …
Godzilla Raids Again
Godzilla Raids Again is the second movie released just a couple of years after the first Godzilla movie. Still shot in black and white, the story follows the emergence of a second Godzilla as well as a new monster that has a spiked back, horns and sharp teeth. Not …
Cujo
If you are not afraid of dogs by now you will be after watching the movie Cujo. Stephen King is the master of horror and he really does make you fear dogs and never look at them in the same way ever again. The movie is about a a killer …
Movie: Witless Protection
I loved the first Larry the Cable Guy movie I saw, the one where he is a health inspector. So, I figured I couldn’t go wrong with the movie Witless Protection.
I was wrong.
Basically, this movie stars Larry the Cable Guy as a small town cop who is in charge …
Gidget Goes Hawaiian movie
Two years after Sandra Dee captured the world as the girl midget known as Gidget, the character was back in Gidget Goes Hawaiian. Now honestly, this one is probably my favorite. There’s something about the storyline that I really loved. I don’t know if technically it’s …
The Wedding Planner movie
This movie depicts many woman’s ideal job. It would be fun, in my opinion, to plan the perfect wedding, nailing down every detail, including the perfect best man’s speech.
In this movie, JLo’s character is the best wedding planner at one of the top wedding planning companies. She is thought …
Grey Gardens (Movie) 2009
Grey Gardens is a 2009 (made for television I think) movie about the two stars of a 1970s documentary of the same name - ‘Big’ Edie and ‘Little’ Edie Bouvier Beale. This eccentric mother and daughter team was the aunt and cousin respectively of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, the …
The Tomb (2007)
Starring: Victoria Ullmann (Tara Griffen), Christian Behm (Billy), Gerald Griesbaum (Richard Morris)
It’s a bewildering movie I even watched till the end, and I still don’t understand the story.
Tara and Billy were imprisoned in a dark place called the Witch House; a mysterious voice (mechanically distorted) challenging …
Stigmata film
I first saw the horror movie “Stigmata” a little after I got cable television which would have been in about te year 2001 or 2002. Thus I was still a bit young at the time, and I only saw a part of the movie because I thought it was …
Away From Her
I am really in tears watching this movie. The tears meant that the movie works perfectly well for me. This movie is something that youngsters will not fancy, since it features the older generations. But, it tells me that one day I am going to be …
“The Tale of Despereaux” (2008 Film)
The 2008 animated, family film, “The Tale of Despereaux” was filled with adorable characters and a story line that is fun and heartwarming for the entire family. If you have not yet seen this film, then I strongly urge, no matter what your age is, that you plan on …
Kangaroo Jack
“Kangaroo Jack” is one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen. Even now I am not completely sure as to whether the movie was made for children, young adults, teenagers, adults or simply for the whole family. Watching it made my head hurt, but for some reason, a …
Kung Fu Panda
I saw ‘Kung Fu Panda’ a few days ago. The first thing that hit me as soon as the movie started was the awesome graphics. This animated movie brings together Jack Black(Po), Dustin Hoffman(master shifu), Angelina Jolie (Tigress), Ian McShane (Tai Lung), Jackie Chan (Monkey), Lucy Liu (Viper), Seth …
The Host, movie
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 …
Yours, Mine and Ours (2005 Film)
While the cast of the 2005 film “Yours, Mine & Ours” is respectable and some of my favorite actors are involved in it, the film itself did not do their skills much justice and was a flop. I found the film to be a re-make almost of other films …
“It’s Complicated” movie
The “It’s Complicated” movie with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin is a fantastic movie. It is a very “grown-up” movie (rated R) meaning that it deals with adult issues and emotions. Streep’s performance goes without saying: awesome, honest, mature, whitty, and real. Baldwin plays such …
Final Destination 4
Before I watched the movie Final Destination 4, I expected that it would but the first three to shame. When I saw it as one of the coming attractions in the theatre when I went to see the movie District Nine, it appeared to be crammed with great visial …
Red Dawn (1984)
There is some controversy about this movie and the date it was released, to the effect that it was the very first movie to have a Motion Picture Association rating of PG-13 due to the excessive violence that the movie offered. Now I say to you my good viewing …
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 …
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre movie
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is a blood and guts horror film about a group of kids being chased around by a chainsaw wielding, crazy man. There is a plot, yes, but it is thin and not the reason why you should watch this movie. I also want to be …
Blood diamond
I have watched countless movies in the last year and personally rate Blood Diamond on a par with The Departed as 2006’s best movie. Another strong, mature performance from DiCaprio ensures this movie never flags.
In recent times there has been a glut of African “conscience” movies but this has …
Titanic
This must have been a good movie because it evoked so many emotions from me. The setting and the characterizations were incredible. Leonardo is as always beautiful in it. The thing I hated was when she was on the door or whatever at the end and she says ‘I’ll …
Album : Metallica - Master of Puppets (1986)
What better time for me to re-visit one of my favorite albums of all time now that it has been recently remastered again and re-released. I remember when i first heard this album years and years ago it blew me away. Up until then i was just listening …
The Picture of Dorian Gray (2007): movie
Oscar Wilde’s short story The Picture of Dorian Gray has been adapted into a movie a number of times. The most recent adaptation of the short story was made in 2007. It was produced by Third Rock Films and directed by Duncan Roy. It starred David …
Tangled (Animation)
My daughter wanted to watch this movie so much! She would beg me every day to bring her to the theater to watch this movie. She even did her same old puppy eyes so I had no choice but to say yes. So I went to the theater to …
Memphis Belle movie
Memphis Belle is an airplane serving in war and its crew is one of the best of the whole fleet. Time and again have they completed missions behind enemy lines and only one is left before they can return home. This one however, doesn’t turn out as well as …
Wild Things 2, thriller film by Jack Perez
Here’s a sequel to that movie with two famous actresses who kissed each other on screen. Ticket sales were pretty high for Wild Things and video sales were much bigger just for one scene. It would only make sense to cash-in on that one sequence and make Wild Things …
Falling Down movie
Michael Douglas leads an impressive cast in Joel Schumacher’s “Falling Down”, an interesting tale told out over the course of one day, as an average man embarks on a rampage as he tries to simply “get home”.
It’s an interesting idea, and an incredibly simple one, but don’t let …
The Running Man (1987 film)
I forgot how cheestastic this movie was. It’s an 80’s Schwarzeneggar film, so it’s not all that surprising, but it’s been awhile since I’ve seen it.
Ahnuld plays Ben Richards, a soldier who is framed for mass murder after defying orders to fire on innocent civilians. He’s forced …
The Skull Movie Starring Peter Cushing
When I heard about this movie, I was eager to watch it, being that I heard that it was about the haunted skull of the historical figure the “Marquis de Sade”, the same person who the word “sadism” was coined from.
It is also not to be confused with …
My Big Fat Greek Wedding Movie
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a hilarious romantic comedy. Single and thirty, Toula, as a nice Greek girl, should be married already with a slew of Greek babies. Her mother cannot for the life of her understand why Toula isn’t married yet, settled down with a …
A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester movie
When Raymond Burr couldn’t film his role as Perry Mason, several movies for television were produced without him, utilizing other Hollywood stars as A-class lawyers. I really wished they hadn’t done that. It was a waste and a sham. They would have done better to have …
Lady In the Water, M. Night Shyamalan Movie
Director with full name Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan, who is known more M Night Shyamalan, the director is the one that consistently offers the world’s’ new ‘in each of his movies. A, The Sixth Sense (1999), the drama presents the world with a touch of Paranormal through a supernatural experience …
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