Movies Reviews
The Charles Dickens Collection (BBC Video)
I have bought this recently released boxed set of DVD’s on Amazon.com for $42, which I think is quite a bargain for 6 great movies. I am a huge Dickens fan, I’ve been hunting for different movie versions of his different stories for years, so this 2005 BBC release …
Bewitched (2005)
Almost to be filed under the category of guilty pleasure is the 2005 movie “Bewitched” featuring Nicole Kidman, except that it wasn’t that much of a pleasure. I grew up watching the television show starring Elizabeth Montgomery and was curious about how the film version might be. Typically I …
Shutter Island movie 2010
Shutter Island is a film that deserves much more attention than it has gotten. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a tarnished detective who is sent to find an escaped prisoner on an island and lands in a huge conspiracy with many twists and turns. The acting from the entire cast …
Mobsters (1991)
Mobsters, directed by Michael Karbelnikoff is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was July 26, 1991 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama and stars Christian Slater as Charlie ‘Lucky’ Luciano, Costas Mandylor as Frank Costello, Richard …
ABD Family’s Original Movie “Cyberbully” (2011 Film)
ABS Family came out with a movie in 2011 called Cyberbully. And I have to just say that this movie went beyond my expectations and brought viewers the type of movie that focuses on a key issue effecting young teens. I was surprised at how relatable the film was …
Back to the Future Trilogy DVD
The films that rocketed Michael J. Fox to super stardom are collected in this fantastic DVD set for the first time. All three films are given the digital treatment, and the visuals and sound are eye and ear popping, especially when experienced in high definition.
The ‘Back to the …
Zathura movie
I know this movie is a rip off of Jumanji and was therefore given a bad rating, but in all honesty this was actually a pretty good movie. It is especially great for kids witht the exception that the younger brother calls his sibling a dick. This …
On thin ice
This was an excellent movies. I would definately recommend watching it. It is one of my favorite movies that lifetime plays. I would watch it again and I would buy it. Diane Keaton plays in it. She plays as a mother of two young boys. Her character has a …
Matchstick Men
Matchstick Men is a film that cons you right until the end. A con man getting conned at his own game - while this story has been told in many different versions, the intrique and suspense is no less in this film than any other. It took me …
The Corpse Bride Movie
The Corpse Bride is one of my favorite animated films ever. This movie really makes you feel the power and emotion in it. And with Johnny Dep playing the main character you know you are in for one wild ride. It was very cool to see some of Johnny Dep’s …
Cleo from 5 to 7 movie
A film directed by Agnes Varda and part of the french new wave in the early sixties that inspired a whole world of upcoming filmmakers back then. This story is about a young woman who gets to know she is pregnant and experiences the most hectic and emotionally intense …
Deja Vu (movie)
When I read the description of Denzel Washington’s movie, Dejavu, I thought it sounded interesting. And, after watching it, I have to say it was even better than expected.
Washington plays an investigator for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms who is brought in to investigate the explosion of …
Oliver Twist (2005 movie)
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 …
Movie Cloverfield
I finally had a chance to watch Cloverfield on DVD. I have to admit, it was not exactly what I was expecting.
I was expecting a real story with enough footage that I could actually see what was happening, not another attempt at the Blairwitch Project. Just …
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982) movie
Starring: Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote.
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
If it weren’t for “E.T. The Extra Terrestrial”, alien movies with heart would have never existed. “E.T.” is about a young boy named Elliot (Thomas) who is quite lonely until he meets a friendly alien …
The Rookie Movie
This was quite the inspirational movie. This was a movie that I had not planned to watch, but it seems like any movie my boyfriend likes, he wants me to watch as well. But I am so glad that I saw it because I think it impacted me in …
Film God Father
God Father is based on a novel with the same name written by Mario puzo God father deals with the sophisticated underworld relations which are ruled by Italians in the U.S.A. The story is about Vito Corleoane who is an aged don and his elder son too is with …
Flawless (R, 1999) movie
I had skipped over this film in my Netflix queue for a long time. Thre was something about seeing Phillip Seymour Hoffman playing a gay drag queen that kept me from bumping it up in the queue. Then I rented it finally. Robert DeNiro is …
So close to life movie
This is a film by Ingmar Bergman and was made in the late 50s when he really had found his cinematic expression to its full potential. The story is about three women who are about the give births to children on a hospital. They talk a lot about their …
Rambo 2008 movie
Rambo is a 2008 film directed by and starring Stallone, the first in the Rambo series in years, the film looked promising, I watched these films growing up, and got tired of the monotony of the cliche and dull story lines in each sequel. This looked fresh and really …
The Postman Always Rings Twice movie
This film hasn’t got anything to do with postmen at all. It’s a story about jealousy and murder with Jack Nicholson in the leading role. The film didn’t manage to engage me in its story for some reason, even though I think both Nicholson and Jessica Lange are very …
300: Rise of an Empire, movie
My Husband and I liked and own the first 300 movie (called The 300). For those who have never seen it, it tells the tale of the battle of 300 lone Spartan soldiers against a huge army and the powerful Xerxes. We watch the original 300 fairly frequently and …
The Iron Giant movie
The Iron Giant tells the tale of a boy who befriends a giant robot. The robot is actually a war machine but it does not remember its programming (it got a dent on the head..lol). This movie shows how vindictive some people can be when they can’t have things …
Exiled (2007)
I find the movie Exiled pretty similar to one particular movie like a gangster wanting to be good type of story. Exiled is something like that, but the difference is that the setting of this movie is in Macau.
Anthony Wong and Francis Ng star and they sort of like …
Josie and the Pussycats movie
I spent a good chunk of my Saturday morning watching movies on some of the movie channels we have a free trial of. One of them was Josie and the Pussycats; a movie I haven’t seen in a while.
This is a great movie, at least better than you might …
Mugavari Tamil Movie
Mugavari is one of my favourite Ajit’s movie. This movie produced by Nic Arts S.S.Chakaravarthy. S.Durai wrote the script and directed the movie. It was his debut movie as a director. Ajit and Jothika played the lead role in this movie. The other casts …
Lost in Translation (2003)
I am guilty of being a bit prejudiced about films and although Lost in Translation has Bill Murray as one of the leads and he was so funny in Ghostbusters etc, I assumed maybe he had gone down the same ‘comedian, once funny, now does sentimental stuff’ route, along …
Stuck (R, 2007) movie
I can recall the actual events surrounding this little film. Quite frankly, I was surprised to even see something like this on Netflix. But since Hollywood will make a movie out of anything, I shouldn’t be that surprised. The true story centers around a young African-American …
Erin Brockovich (2000)
Erin is a single mother who had just lost her court case against a wealthy doctor in a lawsuit relating a personal injury, now unemployed she has to now look work to pay the bills and maintain her family. She puts it to her lawyer to assist her in …
Happy Feet
Penguins..,such lovely and adorable creatures aren’t they? So lovely that the producers at Hollywood made an animated film about them , Emperor Penguins to be exact,who find their true love/soul mate by singing one to another.Aaa yes,but the story isn’t about the ones that sing,it is about one that …
Flightplan
Flight Plan is a 2005 movie about a Kyle Prat who is played by Jodie Foster. She worked for Elgin Air in Berlin, Germany as an engineer. Her husband dies when he falls off a roof. She thinks someone is watching her and her daughter Julia so …
Next, Lee Tamahori Movie
Cris Johson, this young man since birth has extraordinary talent. Cris can predict what will befall him in the future, exactly two minutes to the front. However, this does not apply for a woman believed to be his life partner, Liz. Short stories, Liz and Cris met and they …
Taxi (2004 movie)
A bicycle delivery rider (Queen Latifah) moves on to bigger and better things as a NYC Taxicab Driver with a suped-up menace of a car. A ditsy cop tries to make a good impression and fails myserably. To two are paired up accidentally to solve a bank robbing crime …
Doctor Dolittle
Doctor Dolittle is a delightful musical that has stood up through the test of time as an entertaining film. Oddly, when released in 1967, it didn’t do well. Musicals were sadly on their way out, and Doctor Dolittle was one of the victims. However, it’s become …
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 43
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode 43 begins with the attack on Fort Briggs by Drachma’s soldiers, they are wiped out by the soldiers at Briggs after being deceived by Kimblee. Later we see Al and May together, and she’s trying to teach him the basics of Alkahestry but he …
Watchmen the movie
I recently went to see The Watchmen movie. I wanted to see what all the hype was about. Mind you, I had never read the comic book. The only thing I did before I went to see the movies was I looked up the storyline on Wikipedia and talked …
I Walk the Line (2005)
“I Walk the Line” is a 2005 biopic of the life of musician Johnny Cash and his relationship with June Carter. The 136 movie is in color and English. I tend to like shorter movies, but the extra time in this movie is spent in music so it …
Red Eye
Red Eye is a suspense thriller movie that is about a man, Jackson, who is on a path to kill a government official. Jackson wants Lisa to help him kill this person. That sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? The part about this movie that I did not get is …
Friends With Money Movie
I enjoyed this movie a lot. The concept is unique–what happens when one person in a group of friends is in a drastically different socioeconomic status than the rest of them? The characters were both believable and interesting at the same time. I liked how Jennifer …
A Knight’s Tale
A Knight’s Tale is a movie that will make you laugh. The main character William Thatcher (Heath Ledger) who tries to pass hisself off as a nobleman and starts jousting to become the world champion of this sport. He has to be the best and there are a few …
Alien Nation (1988)
Aliens known as Newcomers are the main story line of this futuristic movie. A flying saucer crash lands on Earth where it is discovered to be holding enslaved aliens. Without the proper repairs that are required to fix the space craft, the aliens are forced to live out the …
The Lovely Bones movie
Let me start out by saying that I haven’t read the novel “The Lovely Bones”, which the movie was of course based on, so I’ll have to review the movie on its own merits. The story is about a young girl who is murdered, and her afterlife experiences, as …
The Third Man movie
Hailed as one of the best films of all time, The Third Man is a complex noir-like film about an american arriving in Germany and gets involved in mysterious events when his friend apparently has died. The film was directed by Carol Reed, and features Joseph Cotten and Orson …
The Wedding Planner (2001)
Jennifer Lopez is once again searching for love in all the wrong places and she finds exactly what she is looking for in the welcoming arms of her costar Matthew McConaughey’s character. Whether meeting by chance or intentionally, Jennifer’s characters are always getting caught up in relations that just …
The Green Mile
I have heard of the movie The Green Mile before. But, I have never taken the time to watch it because I figured it would be like another Stephen King movie/book; The Shawshank Redemption.
My wife decided to watch it again on Saturday though so I had a chance to …
The Red Headed League
I am reviewing The Red Headed League, a Sherlock Holmes episode from the boxed set, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was produced by Granada television in 1983. This episode finds a red headed man requiring Holmes’ service. This red headed man was given a short term job …
Anchor Man The Legend of Ron Burgundy
I have to say Anchor Man is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen in my life. I think this movie was very good and the main star Will Ferrel did a awesome job in the film. Will Ferrel played the part of Ron Burgandy and was very …
Finding Neverland - (starring Johnny Depp)
Finding Neverland is one of the best movies that I watched and it featured both extremely talented and amazing actress and actor. They are none other than Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet.
Johnny’s character is so strikingly handsome and one of the best moments that I love would …
The Women movie
When I agreed to take my wife to see the movie “The Women” my first thought was “what have I gotten myself into?” However, after watching it with her, I will admit, it wasn’t as painful as I thought it would be.
While obviously a classic chick flick, I found …
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