Movies Reviews
11:14 DVD
Hilary Swank, Rachael Leigh Cook, Ben Foster, and Patrick Swayze are a few stars in this very unusual film called 11:14 which is now available on DVD. This very unusual movie was written and directed by newcomer Greg Marcks. He actually used his inheritance from his grandmother …
Maleficent (2014 Film)
Maleficent is another one of the Disney movies that made its appearance earlier in the year. Not animation, but a live action film that promised to tell a different story than what the Disney fans are used to. I will happily admit that I am a Disney fan that …
The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County with Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep.
I remember the first time I saw this movie. I felt mislead by the tough guy of all times, Clint Eastwood. How could he betray me by acting out a love story with …
“Passengers” movie
Colombian director Rodrigo Garcia is known for its versatility. He has directed such series as “Family Soprano” or “Six Feet Under.” He made the photos for “Four Rooms” and Quentin Tarantino’s biographical drama “GIA” with Angelina Jolie in the lead role. In his director’s filmography has several projects on the …
Summer School
In the year 2000 we have “High School Musical” but in the 80’s they used to have “Summer School”. It seems really funny to compare these two movies with each other because they represent two different generations and two different ways of making teen movie.
In “High School Musical” we …
The Fountain (2006)
The Fountain (2006) is a science-fiction film br director Darren Aronofsky and is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for some intense sequences of violent action, some sensuality and language.
The Fountain is a story split into three different time periods. The first in the 16th century, when a conquistador named …
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Release Date: 1993
Genre: Fantasy/ Animation
Running Time: 76 minutes
Directed by: Henry Selick
Written by: Tim Burton, Michael McDowell
Music by: Danny Elfman
It is evident that The Nightmare Before Christmas is a project close to Tim Burton’s heart. Burton, who was trained as an animator before becoming a director, has created an imaginary world …
The Stepfather Movie
Jerry Blake (Terry O’Quinn), a real estate agent, has chosen a rather unusual path in life, to put it mildly: he moves in with single mothers with children, plays a good husband/stepfather for a while, and then murders the family and takes off. He takes precautions like changing his …
The Human Stain
The Human Stain with Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman.
Right from the beginning, the audience is put to sleep with the playing of dull background music. We see Hopkins and Kidman slide off an icy road in their car and fall to their drowning death. …
American Gangster (2007)
I loved this film. At first sight I was put off because I assumed it was probably just another boring action film, the kind that leave me a bit cold, but actually this film is based on a very interesting true story and although it was long, I …
James Bond Casino Royale Movie
The movie James Bond Casino Royale is the best Bond movie I have seen. The action is amazing, but it also has an engaging, exciting plot. The action is shot and acted in a way that you really feel scared for the characters. It is never …
I Can Do Bad All By Myself film (2009)
I Can Do Bad All By Myself is another one of my favorite films from the director Tyler Perry. In my honest opinion I feel like this one of his best pieces compared to some of his recent work. I also call this one a classic because it’s well …
Movie The Mask
The Mask with Jim Carey and Cameron Diaz.
This bizarre film straddled the line between comedy and science fiction. As in life, I believe that you must choose one direction or style. I feel that this movie took a chance by flip flopping styles; but …
A lot like live
It`s a great movie. It`s a comedy romance and Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet plays really good in it. It takes some people years to fall in love at first sight. A LOT LIKE LOVE is a romantic comedy about destiny, connection and the frequently fuzzy line between chance …
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: The Movie
I have always maintained that the best books to be made a movie are the fantasy books (witness Lord of the Rings the movie). I was eagerly awaiting the third movie Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban because I wanted to see how well the new casts such …
Manchester By The Sea (2016 Drama Film)
Just before the film ended when Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) finally acknowledged the guilt that manifested inside him I hit the pause button. I went to the bathroom and let the faucet running - it was the first time I had an emotional breakdown while watching a film. I just …
Going The Distance (Movie)
This movie features real-life sweethearts Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, and the movie is all about a girl named Erin (Drew Barrymore) who just meets up with a guy Garrett (Justin Long) and they have a fresh and new relationship in New York but Erin is only there for …
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 …
A Rather English Marriage Movie
Two very different men meet at the hospital where they come regularly to attend their dying wives. Reggie (Albert Finney) is a former pilot, a World War II squadron leader; he is not very attached to his wife whom he only needed to cook and clean for him since …
Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park (1993) is an action film from director Steven Spielberg and is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for intense science fiction terror.
Jurassic Park tells the story of millionaire John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) who asks two dinosaur experts (Laura Dern and Sam Neill) to act as consultants on his …
Underdog movie
No one is more surprised than I am that Underdog is actually a good little movie. As a rule, I don’t like remakes or re-thinks that mess with the history of something I loved as a child, and I did love watching the Underdog cartoons as a kid.
Underdog …
Cold Souls Movie
Cold Souls is an excellent independent film to sink your teeth into. Paul Giamatti does an excellent job, as usual, of playing a flawed and likeable character, only this time the character is himself. The plot is quite simple, Paul is an actor who needs help disengaging from the …
1408
I always wait for these suspense horror movies to come out. I just had to go see 1408 as soon as it hit the theatres. I love John Cusack in movies and i like this type of movie so i thought this movie may be pretty good to go …
Movie The Scorpion King
An action-filled romp, this prequel to “The Mummy 2” tells the tale of an ancient time when the evil King Memnon is sending his troops across vast lands to conquer all neighboring armies and peoples. King Memnon is not only securing his victories through the prowess of his …
The Garden (NR, 2006) movie
I was a little apprehensive about this film. It looks low-budget from the Netflix description. And none of the other reviews gave it a riveting description. But I must admit that I liked the premise. And as the story went along, I was …
One Fine Day
One Fine Day starring George Clooney and Michelle Pfeiffer is one of the finest romantic comedy movies I have ever seen The movie is a very well directed movie with great performances by the lead couple. Michelle Pfeiffer should be given a special mention here. She is so perfect …
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The Blair Witch Project, directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for language. The original release date was July 30, 1999 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Adventure/Drama/Horror/Mystery/Thriller and stars Heather Donahue as herself, …
21 grams movie
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is mexican filmmaker who showed his amazing talent half a decade ago with Amores Perros. 21 grams is his second film and it tells a very tragic and complex story, all told in flashbacks, of three people who meet each other for different reasons that are …
I Want To Live movie
I Want To Live is a movie about a woman who ends up being in the right place at the wrong time. Barbara Graham was a real person and I Want To Live is her story. Susan Haywood does a fine performance as Barbara Graham. Barbara works with a …
Movie-Chocolat
This film powerfully demonstrates how humans should never repress themselves. The protagonist courageously braves all criticisms and alienation to introduce to this rigid town, that one can act on human desire.
The town, despite its extremeness in following unwritten rules, exemplifies a lot of our societies. The protagonist, enviably shepherds …
Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)
This story is a remake three times over and this remake just did not make the grade, for the life of me, no matter how many times I start watching and try to watch this movie, I just get extremely bored and I have to switch away to something …
Don’t Look Now movie
The self-taught director Nicholas Roeg made the incredible beautiful and mysterious film called Walkabout in the early 1970s, and followed it up with this horrific film with diabolic undertones. It is the story of an english couple played by Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland who’s daughter dies for mysterious …
Elf-movie
Elf is a Christmas film starring Will Ferrel as a man raised by elves fir the first thirty years of life..This happened because as a child,the man managed to get into Santa’s sack while he was in an orphanage.Santa accidentally takes the baby back to the north pole and …
When Harry met Sally movie
This cult-rated romantic comedy was the very first of a long series of similar films, all starring Meg Ryan as practically the same character. When Harry met Sally was directed by the talented Rob Reiner (even though he wasted his talent at several occasions in my opinion), and also …
Down by Law (1986)
“Down by Law” is a 1986 US movie in English filmed in black and white. The 107 movie is in some ways a series of vignettes that tell the stories of three men who meet in prison, serve time together, then escape the Louisiana Parish Prison through a swamp. …
Cry Baby movie
I think I watched almost every one of Johnny Depp’s later films before I finally got around to watching one of his first ones, Cry Baby. After seeing the movie for the first time, I can understand why it has become a bit of a cult movie.
While the overall …
The Simpsons Movie
I can’t remember the last time so much hype surrounded a movie. With many convenient stores around America dressed in “Kwik-E-Mart” colors, a year’s worth of trailers and even a giant Homer Simpson next to the Cerne Abbas giant (both visible from space), it wasn’t surprising that many critics …
Nanny Mcphee
Nanny Mcphee is a bit boring film with some unconvincing scenes which no logic. Emma Thompson plays Nanny McPhee in the movie and she has some magical powers which is not really convincing. Cedric Brown played by Colin Firth ia a widower and has seven children who are extremely …
Little Voice
LV (stands for “Little Voice”) is a young woman who obviously suffers from social phobia. She is so shy, especially of strangers, that she hardly ever speaks. Her father is dead, and her mother acts like a teenager who has just discovered flirting and sex: that’s all she does, …
Daddy Day Care (DVD)
Dady DAy Care is okay to watch if you have children in the household. But if you dont have children I wouldnt really recommend watching it, evemn though it is funny. In this movie Eddie Murphey loses his job and he needs a way to make income, …
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
Nicholas Cage stars in this movie as a hitman for hire, he takes a trip to Bangkok to do another assignment, the deal is that he has rules that he lives by and in this movie we see what happens to him when he breaks his own rules. From …
Shooting Gallery (2005)
Shooting Gallery, directed by Keoni Waxman is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for violence, some strong sexuality, nudity, language and drug use. The original release date for this movie was December 27, 2005 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Thriller …
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 …
Die Hard movie
It took me a very long time to watch the movie “Die Hard” since after seeing it advertise on cable television, and hearing people, including of of my friends in particular talk about it, I thought it would be another one of those action movies with lots of action …
Aquamarine (2006)
Aquamarine, directed by Elizabeth Allen is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for mild language and sensuality. The original release date was March 3, 2006 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Family/Fantasy/Romance and stars Emma Robertys as Claire, Joanna Levesque as …
Man of the year movie
Man of the year is a movie staring Robin Williams as a late night comedian who decides to run for president after a member of the audience suggest it. No one really thought he had a chance, however through a glitch with the new Delacroy voting machines he …
The Notebook (2004)
The Notebook is a classic romantic movie about a story from a notebook that an old man reads to an older lady. He often reads the same notebook to her as she is suffering from Alzheimer’s and cannot remember. The story that he reads to her is about …
Training Day (2001)
Training Day, directed by Antione Fugua is rated R by the Motion Picture Asociation of America for brutal violence, pervasive language, drug content and brief nudity. The original release date was October 5, 2001 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Crime/Drama/Thriller and stars Denzel …
The Hot Chick (2002)
The Hot Chick, directed by Tom Brady is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America on appeal for crude and sexual humor, language and drug references. The original release date was December 13, 2002 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Fantasy and …
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