Movies Reviews
Our Mutual Friend, 1998, mini-series
Our Mutual Friend, 1998, is a pleasure to watch. The story is based on a novel by Charles Dickens. John Harmon (Steven Mackintosh), a wealthy young gentleman, is about to return to England from a long stay overseas and receive his inheritance left to him by his father. There …
In the name of the father movie
Based on a true story, this film reveals some severe weaknesses in the british justice system as a man, played marvellously by Daniel Day-Lewis, is wrongfully accused and imprisoned for a murder. And not only that, but his whole family, who are also all innocent, are convicted. This was …
Movie: Black Swan
Synopsis: After years of dedication to ballet, a dancer (Natalie Portman) gets the opportunity to play the Swan Queen in an upcoming production of Swan Lake. However, the role proves to be very challenging and, as a result, her mind starts to unravel as the stress gets to her.
What …
The Castle of Fu Manchu movie
This is one of the classic Christopher Lee movies, and personally, I think that most people I’ve met who are still interested in some of these classic horror and suspense films either like this movie or hate it. Personally, I appreciated this movie, since I didn’t think that it …
Kung Fu Panda Secrets of the Furious Five. A Movie
I recently had the opportunity to watch this movie on the Disney Channel and I have to say that I loved it. Directed by John Stevenson and released in 2008 by Paramount Pictures this was a fantastic movie that made me laugh and smile just like I was a …
Paranormal Activity movie
Paranormal Activity is probably the least scary movie I have seen. I can say with all honesty that I did not find this movie funny. Yeah sure it got a lot of crazy reviews and media hype. But when ti came down to sitting down and watching this film even …
Redbox DVD Rental
Since I am kind of thrifty, I am always looking to find ways to save money. We like to watch a lot of movies around our house, and we have found the Redbox DVD rentals quite handy. They only cost a dollar a night to rent a movie, and …
I Know What You Did Last Summer
This is a 1997 horror film in the style of movies like Scream, and other teen horror films, the movie is about a group of kids that run over a guy while drunk driving and hide the body instead of calling the cops and reporting the accident, the kids …
Honey (2003)
Honey, directed by Bille Woodruff is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for drug content and some sexual references. The original release date was December 5, 2003 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Drama/Music/Romance and stars Jessica Alba as Honey Daniels, …
Zodiac
My aunt treated me to the movies the other night, and we decided to watch Zodiac. It was just released in my country, and I have a great time watching this movie. Here is my review.
The movie is about a killing spree that sort of terrorized San …
Once Upon a Time in the West Movie
Sergio Leone was a filmmaker who loved western films above anything, and his dollar trilogy is one of the most powerful love letters ever written in cinema history. With Once Upon a Time in the West he continued on that same line, but developed his visual style to the …
Fifteen and pregnant
I do not know where I have been, but I was watching lifetime the other day which I absolutly adore especially for there made for tv movies. I noticed a movie from 1998 called Fifteen and pregnant. I went on to read the description and it caught my attention …
Flicka
This movies stars Alison Lohman as a teenager just coming home from boarding school to her parents horse ranch. While at school, she continually dreams of being back at the ranch and the horses, thus failing her courses. Anyway, once back at the ranch, she takes a …
Black Cat Episode 4
Black Cat Episode 4 involves Sven and Rinslet Walker trying to rescue Eve from Torneo’s mansion while Black Cat tries to finish the job and kill her.
I liked this episode a lot; it was really clever and showed off more of Sven’s talents as a master escape artist. …
The Lovely Bones (movie)
Ever since I discovered what I really want to do, the director Peter Jackson has become one of my favourites mostly for his detailed work and the way he perceives things; and hence I generally go out of my way to see movies he is associated with in …
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 …
Movie: “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”
I was very excited to see the new romantic comedy, “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”. It’s a modern love story version of the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol”. I adore Dickens, and I’m always up for a modern remake a la “West Side Story” or “The Diary of Bridget …
The Notebook
I don’t usually like romance books or movies because to me they all seem to be way too unrealistic for my comfort, even though ironically I love things such as good fantasy novels and movies and horror novels and movies. This was why I first shied away from the …
House Movie
House is a very cool and good movie. I must say I really loved this movie a lot when I saw it. House made me afraid of huge houses. I remember as a kid when I would go to my friend’s huge house. After I saw this film, I …
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, directed by Rob Cohen is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was May 7, 1993 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Action/Biography/Drama and stars Jason Scott Lee as Bruce Lee, Lauen Holly …
The Illusionist movie
I watched this movie today. It was very entertaining to watch. It’s unique, different from most movies. It brings something different to the screen. I liked all of the actors in it and they did a very good job playing their roles. I was entertained and interested in the …
Turner & Hooch
Tom Hanks is one of the finest actors hollywood has ever seen. He proved it by winning two academy awards for his great performances. I recently watched his movie Turner and Hooch on DVD and found the movie very boring and just waste of money and also waste of …
Mr. Wrong movie
On Friday evening my family and I were waiting for my mother to get to my grandmother’s house after she was finished at the hair dresser, so what I did to kill time was watch a little television. That was how I saw the movie “Mr. Wrong” on the …
Case of the Unlucky Gamber
I am reviewing The Case of the Unlucky Gambler, 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, …
A Christmas Carol (1951)
The famous black-and-white 1951 British version of “A Christmas Carol” starring Alastair Sim is considered a classic and loved by many. Before I had watched it for the first time, I heard his movie praised so much that I thought I was going to love it as well. However, …
Valkyrie movie
Before I rented “Valkyrie” last night, I decided that it might be good, despite my dislike of Tom Cruise, because it has two things going for it that I like: it is based on a true story, and it is set during WW2, and I am a big fan …
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 …
Crank (2006)
Crank, directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America, and stars Jason Statham as Chev Chelios.
Chev wakes up to find himself in a extremely unusual predicament, he is drugged and left for dead, the good thing is, he can stay …
Mamma Mia! Movie (2008)
I had only watched this movie recently as I thought it was corny, but to my surprise, it turned out to be really great! The movie was comedic and was kind of a musical, I surprised myself by really liking it, it was actually the first time I heard …
Iron Man
This latest superhero movie from Jon Favreau, the director of “Elf” and “Zathura”, starring Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges and Terrence Howard, surpasses many others in the same genre, with a sly adult take on an otherwise rather two dimensional character. The special effects, while impressive …
Raising Helen movie
Raising Helen was a movie which starred Kate Hudson, it about a woman whose sister unexpectedly dies in an accident with her husband, now she has to take care of his sister’s kids and juggle it with her demanding job and her temporary on hold fun life. At first …
Taintlight, spoof horror film
I’ve watched movies on mass suicide, rape, people eating shit, and about a dozen more sick things. Nothing and I mean nothing could have prepared me for this movie that I decided to watch. Taintlight. Yes Taintlight, a movie that decided to tear apart the first Twilight movie a …
Mine pyar kiya, a Hindi movie
Casting: Salman khan, Bhagyasri
Mine Pyar kiya is a box office hit. It is a turning point to salman khan. This is a debut film for bhagyasri. Bhagyasri got an eternal fame with this movie. This is a love story. The narration of story is really good. Performances of salmankhan and …
Disney Pixar Movie CARS
Good fun, Light and educational fun, my 4 year old loves is crazy about this movie. He wants to see it three times a day. The most important part is we as a parent loves it too. Some of the special reasons I think.
The animations of cars, racing, …
What’s Love Got to do with it? (1993)
This is the biographical movie remake of the life of Tina Turner, played by Angela Bassett, she takes on the character role and makes this documentary in a wonderful piece of movie designed to show people what it was like to be Tina herself. Starting off from her younger …
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for rude and sexual humor, and language. The original release date for this movie was June 18, 2004 for United States audiences. This movie falls in the genre of …
Sky high movie
“Sky high” is an awesome movie, especially for kids. It is a story of a school of “superheroes”. I saw this movie few days back, and I really liked this movie, it is a very sweet story, and it has everything starting from high school romance, rivalry, raging, and …
Wicker Man (2006 movie)
Nicholas Cage stars in this mystery/drama/horror type movie. He finds himself on a remote island populated mostly by women. His task is to find a missing child who might also be his daughter.
Now that the foundation has been laid for the plot of the movie, where did it go …
Tropic Thunder
I was on a quest this summer to find the best comedy, and they saved the best for last, in my opinion. Tropic Thunder is the funniest movie of summer 2008. Better than Zohan, Get Smart, Pineapple Express, AND Step Brothers, which is saying a lot giving …
The Dungeonmaster (VHS), science fiction film
What better way to start a movie than with a guy on a bed, looking to be pleasuring himself by movement? How about adding in that guy chasing a woman wearing a red dress through an abandon jail? Better yet take those and add the woman undressing herself, then …
Hotel Rwanda movie
Depicting the horrible massacre in Rwanda in the 1990s, this film features an excellent Don Cheadle as the man who tries to save as many people from being killed as he can. Unfortunately, the film focuses all to much on the mere sentimental parts, and leaves the audience practically …
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King DVD
And so here it is, the final part of this fantastic trilogy. By this point you know if you like the films or not, and for those who do, this is the glorious finale.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT:
As Frodo and Sam draw ever closer to Mount Doom, the rest of the …
Disturbia
WOW, I was so taken away, by the beautiful movie of Disturbia. It is a suspense thriller, and a lot of times caught me flinching on my seat.
This is a story of a teenager, called Kale, who has been sentenced to house arrest, for punching his teacher. …
Movie Vantage point
This movie was released in India yesterday, this is a fast paced movie with a thrilling script, the story is about the conspiracy of
kidnapping the US president, the story deals with different point of view and interpretation of a situation of conspiracy by different people. Movie has …
Pulp Fiction movie
When Pulp Fiction was released, I had not seen a good movie like this in a while. Pulp Fiction held my attention from the moment the movie started and I waited with my breath held to see what would happen next until the end of the movie. John Travolta …
Love Potion No. 9 (1992)
Love Potion No. 9, directed by Dale launer is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America. The original release date was November 13, 1992 for United States audience. This movie falls in the genre of Comedy/Romance and stars Tate Donovan as Paul Matthews, Sandra Bullock as Dianne …
Movie Lakeview Terrace
I recently saw the movie Lakeview Terrace starring Samuel L. Jackson at the movies theater. The movie was about a bi racial couple that moves next store to a black police officer raising his son and daughter by himself. From the time the couple moved in …
Click - the movie
In my opinion this is the best comedy drama of recent years, many of you have already known the story plot it’s about a guy Michael Newman an architect (played by Adam Sandler) who come into posession of a remote control that can magically move life back and forth …
Dragonballz Movie 1-The Dead Zone (US Version)
It starts and Piccolo is attacked from behind by three strange beings; Gohan is kidnapped with Chi Chi beaten and battered…all this for the dragonballs. Searching for his son, Goku borrows the dragon radar and heads of on his trusty Nimbus to find Gohan. With all seven dragonballs gathered …
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 …
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